Why Politics and Personal Behavior Are Getting 'Weird'
How have the pandemic's upheavals made our behavior, stranger?
An episode of the Brian Lehrer: A Daily Politics Podcast podcast, hosted by WNYC Studios, titled "Why Politics and Personal Behavior Are Getting 'Weird'" was published on April 7, 2022 and runs 21 minutes.
April 7, 2022 ·21m · Brian Lehrer: A Daily Politics Podcast
Summary
How have the pandemic's upheavals made our behavior, stranger?
Episode Description
Violence at the airport or over mask mandates, rudeness, crime and reckless driving are all on the rise. How have the pandemic's upheavals made our behavior, stranger?
On Today's Show:
Olga Khazan, staff writer at The Atlantic and the author of Weird: The Power of Being an Outsider in an Insider World (Hachette Go, 2020), explores the theories as to why people are behaving so badly.
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