Kurt Gray

Apr 13, 2024 | theguardian.com | Savannah Ayoade-Greaves |Marina Hyde |Emine Saner |Lydia Spencer-Elliott |Kurt Gray |Carlyss Peer | +1 more

Marina Hyde with her take on Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson’s surreal US presidential bid (1m23s); Emine Saner meets the sociopath who learned to behave – and found happiness (8m05s); why Gen Z has fallen in love with Sex and the City (24m45s); and do our political opponents really hate us? (29m54s). How to listen to podcasts: everything you need to know

Apr 8, 2024 | theguardian.com | Kurt Gray

Politics is a firestorm, sometimes literally. In 2023 in the Berkshire mountains of Massachusetts, someone threw petrol on a pro-Trump sign nailed to a tree and set light to it. Three years earlier in the same area, a 49-year-old Trump supporter started a huge blaze after igniting some hay bales that were emblazoned with a pro-Biden sign. This bucolic area of Massachusetts is not known for arsonists, but both here and everywhere else in the world, it’s as though people are consumed by hate.

Jan 19, 2024 | moralunderstanding.substack.com | Kurt Gray

Normally, we do long-form posts, but we break this trend with a quick update. Freethink and Standtogether made a short movie about our work, where I discuss the harm-based nature of our moral minds, how it creates division, and how we can find common ground. Check it out here: This interview covers some of the content in my forthcoming book, “Outraged: Why We Fight About Morality and Politics,” which will be published in 2025.