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Podcast: Pol and Pop (Politics/Pop Culture)
Episode: PROMO: How did we get so polarized? And what can we do about it? (Get 2 the Point flashback)
Description: From May 17th, 2022-- episode 7 of Get 2 the Point.----In this episode, I start out by delving into how humans evolved tribalism, how our news media has become less objective and more biased over time, and how social media makes that even worse.Then I go into the psychology of Donald Trump, how the Republican Party progressed to the point of nominating someone like him, and how he gets people to believe whatever he wants them to believe.After that I look at confidence versus proof, the specific example of the 2020 Presidential...