2021-11-02
37 分钟Pushkin.
As a super busy professor,
it's rare that I have time to truly get addicted to a new TV show or podcast.
To be really binge worthy for me, a new show has to be exciting,
surprising, so captivating that I simply can't stay away.
And since I really like learning new stuff, it usually has to teach me something important.
And that's the reason I decided to share this special bonus episode with you today.
Because I recently have become totally addicted to just such a podcast.
It's a new show called Bad Women, hosted by the amazing historian Halle Rubinhold.
Bad Women is a show devoted to understanding more about the lives of the women who were murdered by Jack the Ripper.
Now, from that description, you might be thinking, oh,
this is some new true crime thing that Lori's gotten obsessed with.
But that's not actually what the show is about.
What bad women really tackles is the mystery behind why the ripper's victims wound up in his path in the first place.
What are the sociological factors that put them in harm's way?
And what is it about our minds that prevents us from empathizing with these women and countless others who face poverty and injustice in the modern world?
Today,
I want to talk to Halley about these mysteries and what they mean for our own psychology and even for our own happiness.
I also wanted Hallie to tell me the strategies she uses to face these awful injustices head on.
I wanted to understand how someone could study these dark topics and stay optimistic.