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    Ep. 7 - Caste as Inheritance: Rank, Power, and the Politics of the Indian State (w/ Dr. Pavithra Suryanarayan, LSE)

    19/05/2026 | 31 min
    In this episode of Politically Insane, host V. Prakash sits down with Pavithra Suryanarayan, Associate Professor in the Department of Government at the London School of Economics, to unpack one of the most consequential and misunderstood forces in Indian politics: caste. But this isn't a conversation about caste simply as identity or ethnicity. Suryanarayan argues that to truly understand how caste shapes political behavior, you have to understand it as rank -a form of inherited social standing that functions more like aristocracy or racial hierarchy than like religion or tribe.Drawing on her research across India and the post-Civil War American South Suryanarayan explains why threatened elites - from upper-caste groups in India to white coalitions in the Reconstruction-era South - consistently respond to social integration not by competing harder, but by weakening the very state institutions that might level the playing field. She also offers a striking new lens on the BJP's electoral dominance: a welfare strategy built deliberately around direct transfers that deliver material benefits to the poor without ever blurring the caste boundaries that its upper-caste base is most anxious to preserve.
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    Ep. 6 - Digital Immunity: The Psychology of Misinformation with Dr. van der Linden

    12/05/2026 | 25 min
    In this insightful interview, Dr. Van der Linden, Professor of Social Psychology in Society at the University of Cambridge and author of #Foolproof, explores the psychology of misinformation, inoculation techniques, and the role of policy and education in combating disinformation.
    Discover how psychological strategies and regulatory measures can help build societal resilience against misinformation threats.

    Key topics
    Inoculation theory and pre-bunking techniques
    The role of education and policy in combating misinformation
    AI threats and inoculation against AI-generated falsehoods
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    Ep.5 - Polling the Nation: Joe Twyman on UK Democracy

    01/05/2026 | 27 min
    The conversation delves into the importance of polling in elections, the misuse of polls for political narratives, the public's understanding of polls and misinformation, the impact of technology on polling, the challenges of conveying uncertainty in polling, and the complexity of polling accuracy and interpretation.

    Takeaways
    Polls and their interpretation can be instrumentalized to spread misinformation or disinformation.

    The public's understanding of polls and their significance is relatively low, and conveying uncertainty is challenging.
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    Ep. 4 - Out of Touch? How Politicians Learn, Mislearn, and Govern (with Dr. Miguel Pereira)

    03/02/2026 | 33 min
    Why do political elites so often misread the public -- and why does it matter for democracy? In this episode of Politically In/Sane, Sarina Sharma-Welsh speaks with Dr. Miguel Pereira (LSE) about how politicians learn what voters want, why elite blind spots persist, and how social background, unequal political voice, and social media distort representation. The conversation explores distrust in institutions, polarization, and whether democratic accountability still works—and what it would take to rebuild it.
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    Ep.3 - Political Disruptors: How Farage, Trump & New Entrepreneurs reshape democracies (with Prof. Hobolt at LSE)

    08/01/2026 | 38 min
    The episode explores political entrepreneurs like Nigel Farage, their strategies (issue entrepreneurship and anti-establishment rhetoric), and how they're disrupting traditional party systems across Europe and beyond. A conversation with Prof. Sara Hobolt.
    Prof. Sara Hobolt: https://bsky.app/profile/sarahobolt.bsky.social
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Politically In/Sane is the Political Behaviour podcast featuring leading figures in the field. It explores how people think, feel, and act politically — from emotions and identities to algorithms and elections — where psychology meets democracy. Have an idea, a theme you'd want us to explore ? Feel free to contact us at: 📩[email protected]
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