Ep. 0129: The Psychology of Power & Obedience with Jim Cunagin

On this episode of the Dangerous History Podcast, CJ talks with Dr. Jim Cunagin, a practicing psychiatrist, about the psychology of power and obedience and some of the experiments that can help us understand these phenomena.

Join CJ & Jim as they discuss:

• Stanley Milgram’s experiments
• Philip Zimbardo’s Stanford prison experiment
• The conformity experiments of Solomon Asch
• The Bystander Effect (or ‘Kitty Genovese Effect’)
• Jane Elliot’s Blue Eyes/Brown Eyes experiment
• The lessons and meaning of these experiments when it comes to understanding power,

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External Links

• Jim’s recent appearance on Nick Hazleton’s Anarcho-Yakitalim podcast to discuss Stanley Milgram’s experiments
• The Stanford Prison Experiment
• The Milgram experiment
• The Asch conformity experiments
• The Bystander Effect
• Jane Elliot’s experiment
• Michael Huemer’s presentation “The Psychology of Authority” from Porcfest X
• Philip Zombardo’s Ted Talk, “The Psychology of Evil”