S02 EP. 4-2 | Why We Other People: Stanford Prison Experiment, Culture & Inequality | Open Notes
In this continuation, we explore how social distance, culture, power, and inequality shape our understanding of crime, punishment, and humanity.
Dr. Mooney explains how distance from the incarcerated leads to dehumanization, why proximity changes empathy, and how role-playing, from classrooms to the Stanford Prison Experiment, reveals our capacity to conform to harmful systems.
We also dive into larger themes, including:
✔️ The psychology of oppression & authoritarianism
✔️ The risk of living in the “ideal” instead of the “real”
✔️ How technology and polarization deepen social divides
✔️ The impact of inequality, childhood trauma, and the roots of incarceration
✔️ What Indigenous communities can teach us about non-carceral justice
From critiques of U.S. punishment models to reflections on multiculturalism, compassion, and the future of justice, this episode offers deep insight into the systems shaping our society and how we might build something better.
👉 Watch Part 2 to continue this transformative conversation and gain new perspectives on justice, psychology, inequality, and collective values.
Watch Part 1 here: • S02 EP. 4-1 | Why U.S. Prisons Fail: Stigm...
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Timestamps:
00:00 | Episode Preview
00:34 | Learning about Crime in Class
02:45 | Emery Bogardus and Social Scale
05:51 | Discussion on the Stanford Prison Experiment
13:26 | Expectations of Ideal vs. Real and how cultural differences in relation to crime?
21:22 | If funding was no object as a criminologist what would you research?
29:02 | Open Notes Ending
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Music
The Intro We Have Been Waiting For | Produced & Written by Kevin Shrout | 756E6D69-6E757300
Guest | Heather Mooney
Hosts | Angela Thompson, Nora Mortimer, & Kiana Gerhart
Video Editor | Kiana Gerhart @its_kianaaaa
Content Revisers | Nora Mortimer, & Angela Thompson