Psychopaths
Channel: Engaged Brain Podcast
Date: 09/04/2016

The Evil Brain: What Lurks Inside a Killer’s Mind - Jeffrey Kluger
http://science.time.com/2013/05/03/evil-brain/
science.time.com/author/jkluger/

"For as long as evil has existed, people have wondered about its source, and you don’t have to be too much of a scientific reductionist to conclude that the first place to look is the brain. There’s not a thing you’ve ever done, thought or felt in your life that isn’t ultimately traceable to a particular webwork of nerve cells firing in a particular way, allowing the machine that is you to function as it does. So if the machine is busted — if the operating system in your head fires in crazy ways — are you fully responsible for the behavior that follows?" Today I speak with Jeremy Astesano about the brains of psychopaths and some common misunderstandings.

What Might Surprise You About Psychopaths
http://www.buzzfeed.com/jeremyjeremyjeremy/what-might-surprise-you-about-psychopaths-27kqh

James Fallon - Psychopath Inside
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vx8RxRn6dWU

Music is provided by http://freemusicarchive.org/ - Bryan Divisions - "Mirror" and offered by the Creative Commons License

Sponsor Information
WCP Lawyers
Are you a lawyer? Are you also a psychopath? Despite being a psychopath, do you want to do something for good with your skills, or at least something with less of a chance of ending up in prison? If the following list of skills sound like you, then you might be right for us:
Enduring antisocial behavior
Diminished empathy and remorse
Disinhibited or bold behavior
Fearless
Cunning
High social intelligence
So if this sounds like you, then give us a call and come do some good (or at least constrained bad). Call us at 1-800-WCPLAWS.

Disclaimer: This is a work of satire. In the tradition of A Prairie Home Companion, this ad, among others, will form the backbone of the underwriting and sponsorship of my podcast.
http://kurczek.blogspot.com/
http://prairiehome.org/