Wicked Smart w/ Lucas Bean

Wicked Smart w/ Lucas Bean

Hosted by Lucas Bean · Lucas Bean

4.9from 54 ratings

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349
Episodes
96
Transcribed
54
Ratings
Daily
Cadence
2018
First episode

About Wicked Smart w/ Lucas Bean

Sharing insights on psychology, History, human behavior, politics, new technology and business | Author, Scientist, Podcast Host | I make videos & I try to tell good stories. lucasbean.substack.com (https://lucasbean.substack.com?utm_medium=podcast)

Publisher
Lucas Bean
Category
business · history
Language
en
Explicit
No
First episode
8 May 2018
Latest episode
3 Nov 2026

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96 of 349 episodes have a transcript.

  1. 3 Nov 2026TRANSCRIPT

    Why MAGA Loves Hurting Experts: Why We Vote

  2. 2 Nov 2026TRANSCRIPT

    MAGA Hates Thinking: It Hurts Their Head

  3. 1 Nov 2026TRANSCRIPT

    The Fall of the Far Right and MAGA Cult

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Why MAGA Loves Hurting Experts: Why We Vote

Published 3 Nov 2026 · Transcript excerpt

[…] In 1994, researcher Blake Ashforth at Arizona State University studied what happens when people with small amounts of authority use it to control, belittle, and humiliate the people that work underneath them. He called it petty tyranny. It's the tendency to lord your power over others, not because their job requires it, because it feels good to a small, insecure person to do so. The petty tyrant takes credit for other people's work, He punishes people for asking questions. He makes new rules up as he goes and changes them whenever he feels like it. Sound familiar? Petty tyrants don't act this way because they have too much power. […]

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