How Do You Talk Someone Down From Extreme Violence? with Jared Shurin
In this episode I’m joined by Jared Shurin, a strategic communications specialist who works in counter extremism, violent radicalisation, misinformation, and social cohesion. We dig into the psychology of people who reach the point of extreme violence, why it often starts with the loss of trust, hope and faith, and how communication can pull people back from the edge.
We talk about:
How people become vulnerable to radicalisation
The link between extremism, suicidality, and hopelessness
Why most people sit in the exhausted moderate middle
The role of belonging, community, and agency in…
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