The Shanker Chronicles

Dr. Stuart Shanker concludes season 1 of The Shanker Chronicles Podcast by deep-diving into the most urgent issue of all - the REAL threat to democracy. From advertisement to politics, sugar, Netflix, and Facebook, Dr. Shanker explores the power the psychology of reasoning and data science has over society and democracy. Join Dr. Shanker at this season finale, as he shares the true meaning of freedom and the real goal of Self-Reg.0:00 Intro0:36 Looking Back4:09 American Tobacco Company 8:52 "Instead of a dessert, reach for a cigarette!"11:05 The "Green" Campaign13:04 Manipulated Consumers16:29 The Psychology of Reasoning20:05 Data Science - Netflix Vs. The Wrong Hands34:50 Freedom - The Ability to Choose39:42 Trump Campaign - Data Science Masterpiece42:52 Cambridge Analytica48:34 Political Lying Isn't New51:30 Familiarity is Red Brain. Truth is Blue Brain.53:17 Summary - The Important Insight 58:19 The Real Goal of Self-RegThe Netflix Technology Blog - https://netflixtechblog.comThank you for listening to The Shanker Chronicles, part of the Self-Reg Pods family and brought to you by Self-Reg Global.Join Self-Reg Global & Dr. Stuart Shanker in our monthly webinar series:Self-Reg Global 2022 Webinar Series - The Epidemic Of Epidemics 2.0https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/self-reg-... Learn more and connect with our Self-Reg community:• Website - https://selfregglobal.com/ • Twitter - https://twitter.com/selfregglobal?lan...• Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/SelfRegGlobal/• Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/self_reg_gl...Hear more from Dr. Shanker on Twitter - @StuartShanker

In this episode, Dr. Stuart Shanker overtly unpacks the ever-growing attitude - shamelessness. He reviews the attitude's largest influence sources, from politics to business leaders, provides examples from significant historical events, and explores whether it is narcissistic behaviour or not.Join Dr. Shanker as he applies a Self-Reg lens on shamelessness and shares the neurological, social, and emotional impact it has on people all around the world.0:00 Intro0:35 Shamelessness is Growing2:32 Weaponizing Shamelessness6:12 The Impact9:20 Narcissism?12:41 The Roots - The Cold War 19:51 Fighting Fire With Fire 25:00 Nixon - "Use Any Means! Is That Clear?"33:20 Trump - Power Becomes The Goal 35:36 Morality Shift41:52 Cohesion Vs. Terror48:41 So Are Shameless Leaders Narcissists?51:13 Summary - "We Must Resist That Temptation" 56:49 OutroThe Red and the Blue: The 1990s and the Birth of Political TribalismBook by Steve Kornacki:https://www.google.ca/books/edition/The_Red_and_the_Blue/sO9EDwAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&printsec=frontcoverThank you for listening to The Shanker Chronicles, part of the Self-Reg Pods family and brought to you by Self-Reg Global.Join Self-Reg Global & Dr. Stuart Shanker in our monthly webinar series:Self-Reg Global 2022 Webinar Series - The Epidemic Of Epidemics 2.0https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/self-reg-... Learn more and connect with our Self-Reg community:• Website - https://selfregglobal.com/ • Twitter - https://twitter.com/selfregglobal?lan...• Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/SelfRegGlobal/• Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/self_reg_gl...Hear more from Dr. Shanker on Twitter - @StuartShanker

In this episode, Dr. Stuart Shanker puts judgment aside and attempts to understand the dynamics that the Anti-Vax movement has created. He explores this topic by reviewing its history, social, emotional, and health implications.Dr. Shanker explains how people of all sides of any debate can become more curious, listen and understand each other better by reaching the blue-brain state that allows for learning to occur. The College of Physicians of Philadelphia published a great piece on this “History of Anti-Vaccination Movements”: https://www.historyofvaccines.org/content/articles/history-anti-vaccination-movements0:00 Intro0:35 The Better We Understand2:05 The Situation at Hand5:36 A Self-Reg Lens 8:15 Why I Wonder This11:55 Smallpox Anti-Vax Movement17:40 Eradication! But…20:59 MMR Anti-Vax Movement25:50 Infomation Vs. Attitudes 30:13 5 Features of Anti-Vax Movement33:50 “Denialism” as Ego Defence39:15 Shame44:23 Summary - Red Brain Issue52:03 OutroArticle by Jena & Worsham (NYT Dec 22 2021):https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/21/opinion/vaccine-hesitancy-covid-omicron.htmlLeon Seltzer made an interesting point in this regard: “I regard most shameless behaviour as a cover-up for deeper feelings of shame, which the individual is either too scared or too defended to confront.”https://www.psychologytoday.com/ca/blog/evolution-the-self/200911/shameful-or-shameless-if-you-had-which-would-you-chooseThank you for listening to The Shanker Chronicles, part of the Self-Reg Pods family and brought to you by Self-Reg Global.Join our monthly webinar series:Self-Reg Global 2022 Webinar Series - The Epidemic Of Epidemics 2.0https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/self-reg-... Learn more and connect with our Self-Reg community:• Website - https://selfregglobal.com/ • Twitter - https://twitter.com/selfregglobal?lan...• Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/SelfRegGlobal/• Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/self_reg_gl...Hear more from Dr. Shanker on Twitter - @StuartShanker

In this episode, Dr. Stuart Shanker discusses the impact global events such as the pandemic have on our emotional state, sense of safety, and the toll they take on our overall wellbeing. Dr. Shanker also unpacks the early era of COVID and reflects on them by revisiting situations in the past that had a similar effect on society. Dr. Stuart Shanker ties all these different events and concepts through the most consistent conflict society has to endure in modern times - messy science versus strong emotions.Thank you for listening to The Shanker Chronicles, part of the Self-Reg Pods family and brought to you by Self-Reg Global.Join our Webinar Series:Self-Reg Global 2022 Webinar Series - The Epidemic Of Epidemics 2.0Learn more and connect with our Self-Reg community:• Website - https://selfregglobal.com/ • Twitter - https://twitter.com/selfregglobal?lang=en• Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/SelfRegGlobal/• Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/self_reg_global/?hl=enHear more from Dr. Shanker on Twitter - @StuartShanker

Join Dr. Stuart Shanker as he explores the concept of freedom: what freedom really means and what allows us to truly be free. Dr. Shanker dives into the history of the concept of freedom as the ability to choose and discusses the link between the anti-vax movement, beliefs around personal freedoms and the Red-Brain epidemic. Dr. Shanker then explains the brain-body response to constraint (or the removal of our freedoms), how this sends us into Red-Brain, limiting our ability to choose and how we as a society need to stay in Blue-Brain to maintain our ability to understand and work through the many challenges that we face today.Thank you for listening to The Shanker Chronicles, part of the Self-Reg Pods family and brought to you by Self-Reg Global.Hear more from Dr. Shanker on Twitter - @StuartShankerInterested in more Self-Reg Learning?• www.selfregglobal.com• Twitter - @SelfRegGlobal• Facebook - @SelfRegGlobal• Instagram - @Self_Reg_Global

In this first episode, Dr. Stuart Shanker discusses the concept of polarization and describes how societies around the world are seemingly becoming more polarized and how this is being utilized for political gain by promoting fear and anger. Diving deeper, Dr. Shanker explains the chronic anxiety that polarization causes, the effect it has on the human body and whether a true liberal democracy can exist amongst such fear and anger.Thank you for listening to The Shanker Chronicles, part of the Self-Reg Pods family and brought to you by Self-Reg Global.Hear more from Dr. Shanker on Twitter - @StuartShankerInterested in more Self-Reg Learning?• www.selfregglobal.com• Twitter - @SelfRegGlobal• Facebook - @SelfRegGlobal• Instagram - @Self_Reg_Global

A short introduction to our brand new series 'The Shanker Chronicles'. This new podcast series from Self-Reg Global will be starting on January 25th with a 6-part series. Check out a new episode every week as Dr. Stuart Shanker dives into another important topic from COVID-19, Freedom & Constraint, Polarization and Threats to Democracy.Hear more from Dr. Shanker on Twitter - @StuartShankerInterested in more Self-Reg Learning?• www.selfregglobal.com• Twitter - @SelfRegGlobal• Facebook - @SelfRegGlobal• Instagram - @Self_Reg_Global