Public opinion / political beliefs

Podcasts

• "Extreme Listening," with Deeyah Khan, from a bit of optimism with Simon Sinek

• "Where are all the moderate politicians?" from Not Another Politics Podcast (University of Chicago's Center on Effective Government), 21 October 2021 -- added 11.20.22

• "How a Rising Star of White Nationalism Broke Free From the Movement," from Fresh Air, 24 September 2018

• "'Soul of America' Makes Sense of Nation's Present by Examining Its Past," from Fresh Air, 2 May 2018

• "The American Women Who Joined ISIS," from The Daily, 22 February 2019

• "#185: Why the reason some people refuse to wear masks during a pandemic has little to do with the masks themselves," from You Are Not So Smart, 31 July 2020

• "#197: Steven Novella and Jesse Walker discuss the history and psychology of conspiracy theories," from You Are Not So Smart, 29 January 2021

• "#171: How partisan identities affect our ability to reason, rationalize, and recall," from You Are Not So Smart, 29 January 2020

• "Capitol Siege Has Been a Success for Recruiting Extremists, Former DHS Staffer Says," from Fresh Air, 25 March 2021

• "Reporter's Video From Inside Senate On Jan. 6 Shows A Crowd Prepared for Violence," from Fresh Air, 25 February 2021

• "Conspiracy," from Throughline, 21 May 2020

• "The Opposite of Addiction," from Your Undivided Attention, 22 October 2019.

• "How Political Language is Engineered," with Drew Westen and Frank Luntz, from Your Undivided Attention, 2 June 2022.

Videos

• The Reunited States, streaming on Amazon Prime

• United States of Conspiracy, from PBS Frontline, streaming via web for free

• American Insurrection, from PBS Frontline, streaming via web for free

• Documenting Hate: New American Nazis, from PBS Frontline, streaming via web for free

• JIHAD, streaming on YouTube for free (by Deeyah Khan, see podcast option #1 above)

• "A black man goes undercover in the alt-right," a TED Talk with Theo E.J. Wilson, July 2017

• "How to have better political conversations," a TEDx Talk with Robb Willer, September 2016

• "What you can learn from people who disagree with you," a TED talk with youth leader Shreya Joshi -- added 10.30.22

• Alt-Right: Age of Rage, streaming on Netflix (subscription required)

• Explained: Cults, streaming on Netflix (subscription required)

• "Are You Biased?" episode of 100 Humans series, streaming on Netflix (subscription required)

• "Two incompatible sacred values in American universities," a lecture by Jon Haidt at Duke University, available on YouTube (free)

• 15 Minutes of Shame, a documentary on HBO (produced by Monica Lewinsky) about "cancel culture" (HBO subscription required) -- watch the trailer here

Readings

• This SPECIFIC Oatmeal Cartoon (ONLY this one!)

• "Do you live in a political bubble?" interactive + article from The New York Times, 3 May 2021

• "Why is Big Tech Policing Speech? Because the Government Isn't," from The New York Times Magazine, 26 January 2021

• "The Coddling of the American Mind," from The Atlantic, September 2015 [NOTE: This article became a book, linked below, and also inspired the OpenMind activity listed on this page]

• "The Science of Reasoning with Unreasonable People," from The New York Times, 31 January 2021

• "Americans are Self-Censoring at Record Rates," from Persuasion, 31 July 2020

• "Why Do We Love to Hate?" from Psychology Today, 12 February 2021

• "A Pennsylvania Mother's Path to Insurrection," from The New Yorker, 1 February 2021

• The Righteous Mind: Why Good People Are Divided By Politics and Religion, by Jonathan Haidt (each chapter = 1 learning activity), Amazon link

• The Coddling of the American Mind: How Good Intentions and Bad Ideas are Setting Up A Generation for Failure, by Greg Lukianoff and Jonathan Haidt (each chapter = 1 learning activity), Amazon link

• Biased: Uncovering the Hidden Prejudice That Shapes What We See, Think, and Do, by Jennifer Eberhardt (each chapter = 1 learning activity), Amazon link

• The Influential Mind: What the Brain Reveals About Our Power to Change Others, by Tali Sharot (each chapter = 1 learning activity), Amazon link

• Predisposed: Liberals, Conservatives, and the Biology of Political Differences, by John Hibbing, Kevin Smith, and John Alford (each chapter = 1 learning activity), Amazon link

• Braving the Wilderness, by Brene' Brown (each chapter = 1 learning activity except the required chapter in week 1), Amazon link