Politics on the Couch
Hosted by Rafael Behr · Larchmont Productions
5.0from 52 ratings
- 55
- Episodes
- 13
- Transcribed
- 52
- Ratings
- Daily
- Cadence
- 2020
- First episode
About Politics on the Couch
The political psychology podcast where Rafael Behr examines how our minds respond to politics and how politicians mess with our minds. In each episode an expert from the world of politics, psychology, history or philosophy joins Raf on our 'couch' to discuss what's driving our political thought and behaviour. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy (https://acast.com/privacy) for more information.
- Publisher
- Larchmont Productions
- Category
- news · society & culture
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 11 Apr 2020
- Latest episode
- 16 Jun 2026
Latest episodes
13 of 55 episodes have a transcript.
16 Jun 2026TRANSCRIPT
Why Populists Are Winning (and How To Beat Them)
17 Jan 2026TRANSCRIPT
Hypocrisy – why we hate it and why we can’t do without it
18 Dec 2025TRANSCRIPT
Can Democracy Survive Social Media?
Inside a recent episode
Why Populists Are Winning (and How To Beat Them)
Published 16 Jun 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] And so, you know, it doesn't use kind of policy language. It is the kind of language that you'd exchange in the pub. It's down to earth. It uses... colloquialisms that just sort of feel very normal and that is a real characteristic obviously it's different in every kind of national context but the sort of the chassiness is sort of quite it's a kind of a common theme if you like and it's why one of my conclusions is that although populists are preachers they do it in a a very accessible language and it's a real contrast to to mainstream politicians who are planners and technocratic and all a bit meh all too often. […]
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- Liam Byrne
- Michael Hallsworth
- Jay Van Bavel
- Tessa Buchanan
- Polly Curtis
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- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 5.0 / 5
- 12 ratings
- Spotify
- 4.9 / 5
- 40 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 37 / 100
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- Quality
- 53
- Social presence
- 0
- YouTube
- 0
- Engagement
- 51
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Who hosts Politics on the Couch?
Rafael Behr host the show. Published by Larchmont Productions.
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