WNYC - The Stakes

A series of illustrations for a new three part series of podcasts by WNYC – ‘The Stakes’ explores the science of persuasion and how persuasive psychology is used to prevent us from never putting our phones down (amongst other things!) The first episode looks at the weird work and experiments of psychologist James McConnell, and why he was on the receiving end of a bomb from the Unabomber Ted Kaczynski. The second episode explores the capture of Ted Kaczynski and his hatred for behaviourism and episode three sees how our obsession with social media has taken over thanks to a few giant tech companies and the science of persuasion.

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Find out more about the podcast here