Kerry Baldwin - Moral Panic, Media, & Responding to Coronavirus
Channel: The Bad Roman
Date: 2020-08-24

In this episode, Craig speaks with independent researcher, writer, and fellow podcaster Kerry Baldwin to discuss her article The Virulence of Moral Panic, published by the Libertarian Christain Institute. 

The conversation centers on how the 2020 Coronavirus pandemic can be understood as Moral Panic, a term borrowed from criminal psychology, that sheds light on the factors that push societies to act in certain ways. To learn more about Kerry and how you can support her work please visit her website. 

0:00 - Episode Two Intro

00:58 - Dare to think Podcast 

2:20 - Dr. Bon’s article from Psychology Today

11:20 - What are coronaviruses?

15:30 - COVID-19 is not a conspiracy

19:00 - 3D Printing Ventilators

19:25 - FDA and Coronavirus Test from Private Labs, and for further reading

19:45 - CDC flips public mask recommendation

20:00 - Response to Coronavirus in non-US countries

21:21 - Moral Panic during coronavirus, a social-psychological approach to understanding moral panic

24:23 - New Mexico Governor, Michelle Lujan Grisham (D) addressing her citizens

24:55 - Tracking of social distancing

30:00 - Police called by neighbors

33:20 - Mental Health during Coronavirus

34:30 - The Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman

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