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Episode 258
The Psychopathic Psychology of our Next President with Neuroscientist James Fallon
Will our next President be a psychopath? Dr. James Fallon breaks down the psychopathic traits of presidential hopefuls Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton while detailing the relationship of power between Bill and Hillary Clinton. Fallon also discusses “Bonnie and Clyde syndrome” and the novel A Mother’s Reckoning: Living in the Aftermath of Tragedy written by Sue Klebold mother of Dylan Klebold one of the Columbine high school shooters in this episode of Media Mayhem hosted by Allison Hope Weiner.
Download the psychopathic traits checklist HERE.
See how past presidents scored HERE.
Episode Breakdown
00:01 Welcoming Dr. James Fallon to Media Mayhem.
02:27 David Duke, Donald Trump & the KKK.
03:20 Psychopathic traits and conspiracy theories.
06:13 Presidents’ Scores on FFM-FD
09:12 Dominance, fearlessness and anti-social traits.
10:30 Psychopathic traits for the 2016 presidential candidates.
15:04 Donald Trump, narcissism and emotional empathy.
18:45 Donald Trump psychopathic traits.
19:50 Donald Trump’s misrepresentation.
23:21 Bill & Hillary Clinton’s psychopathic traits.
30:57 Cognitive empathy & Hillary Clinton’s psychopathic traits.
36:30 Externalizing blame.
38:40 A Mother’s Reckoning: Living in the Aftermath of Tragedy.
40:43 Bonnie & Clyde syndrome.
44:43 The media portrays of Sue Klebold.
49:50 Suggestions for selecting a candidate.
51:55 Thank you and goodbye.
Guest Bio
Dr. James Fallon is a neuroscientist. He is professor of psychiatry and human behavior and emeritus professor of anatomy and neurobiology in the University of California, Irvine School of Medicine. His research interests include adult stem cells, chemical neuroanatomy and circuitry, higher brain functions, and brain imaging. In addition to his neuroscience research, James Fallon has lectured and written on topics ranging from art and the brain, architecture and the brain, law and the brain, consciousness, creativity, the brain of the psychopathic murderer, and the Vietnam War.
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