Kris De Meyer is a neuroscientist who is currently a researcher at Kings in London. He’s produced a significant amount of work on cognitive dissonance, and is a filmmaker who produced the film ‘Right Between Your Ears’ which tells the story of how people from different walks of life came to the extraordinary belief that the world would end on a given date, took a public stand for it, and how they coped when nothing happened.
N.B. We recorded this podcast on Skype so there is a bit of background noise towards the end of the podcast.
Useful Links mentioned in the podcast
Pew Research Centre polarisation study from 2014
Jonathan Haidt – The Righteous Mind (from Amazon)
Jonathan Haidt – referenced YouTube lecture to the academic community
Thanks to…
Rebecca Huston – Producer and Editor
Roof Now – Music
What is the Echo Chamber Club Podcast all about?
In contrast to our newsletter, which seeks to show liberal and progressives a robust version of opposing points of view, our podcast seeks to strengthen our own ideology. We interview key thinkers; philosophers, journalists, academics and politicians about what their values are, and what it means to be anti-extremist and ‘centrist’ in 2017.
