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The Lucas Bean Show
Sharing insights on psychology, History, human behavior, politics, new technology and business | Author, Scientist, Podcast Host | I make videos & I try to tell good stories.
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The Lucas Bean ShowMAGA Can’t Handle You Pushing Back
You have seen it a thousand times. A Trump supporter says something vicious. Cruel. Deliberately provocative. They mock a deportation. They laugh at someone…
The Lucas Bean ShowConservatives Are Lazy Thinkers
Scott Eidelman went into a bar and proved something that most of us already suspected. In 2012, Eidelman, a psychologist at the University of Arkansas, wanted…
The Lucas Bean ShowWhy the Right Celebrates When People Suffer
In 2009, neuroscientist Hidehiko Takahashi at the National Institute of Radiological Sciences in Chiba, Japan published a study in Science, one of the most…
The Lucas Bean ShowWhy Everyone in Trump's Cabinet is Desperate
Every authoritarian regime in modern history has faced the same problem. The leader needs subordinates to govern. But competent subordinates are dangerous. A…
The Lucas Bean ShowThe MAGA Simulation: MAGA Lives in A Delusional False Reality
There is a question that sits underneath every argument you will ever have with a conservative, and it is not the one you think. It is not why they believe…
The Lucas Bean ShowMAGA Loves The Show
There is a comforting story the left tells itself about the people who vote for Donald Trump. In this story, they are dupes. They were lied to, they believed…
The Lucas Bean ShowHow MAGA Cult Ends
Every cult in history has ended. The Peoples Temple. Heaven’s Gate. The Branch Davidians. Aum Shinrikyo. The Rajneeshees. NXIVM. Every single one. The leaders…
The Lucas Bean ShowMAGA Supporters Blame Everyone Else for Their Problems
If you watched the video, you already know what locus of control is and why it explains how Trump built his entire political movement around people who refuse…
The Lucas Bean ShowThe Internet Lets the Dumbest People in America Find Each Other.
Before the internet, every town in America had them. The guy at the end of the bar who thought the moon landing was faked. The woman in the break room who…
The Lucas Bean ShowMAGA Blames You For Trump
Gas prices went up. They blamed Biden. Tariffs are killing small businesses. They blame the media. Their retirement accounts are collapsing. They blame the…
The Lucas Bean ShowMAGA Is a Narcissistic Family System
A Republican senator says something mildly critical of Donald Trump. Within hours, MAGA is flooding their social media with death threats. A journalist reports…
The Lucas Bean ShowMAGA Cult Peaked in High School
James Gilligan spent 25 years running psychiatric care inside the Massachusetts prison system. He directed mental health services at Bridgewater State Hospital…
The Lucas Bean ShowWhat Happens If MAGA Watches Real News
Conservatives are afraid of everything. They think crime is surging. They think immigrants are invading. They think cities are burning and civilization is…
The Lucas Bean ShowCon Artists Are Rarely Prosecuted Because They Prey on the Guilty, Not the Innocent
There is a quote from one of the most successful con men in American history that explains everything about MAGA. His name was Joseph Weil. He operated in…
The Lucas Bean ShowWhy MAGA Thinks They Are Smart
You Did Your Own Research? Cool Story Bro. Imagine you take a test. Twenty questions on logical reasoning. You finish, put your pencil down, and the researcher…
The Lucas Bean ShowMAGA Supporters Hate Themselves
Try this experiment. Ask a liberal to describe who they are. Not what they believe. Who they are. You’ll hear things like: I’m a dad. I coach my daughter’s…
The Lucas Bean ShowWhy Trump Supporters Think They Sound Smart
You already know what it looks like. Someone at Thanksgiving starts talking about the border. Or the economy. Or whatever Fox News ran that morning. They say…
The Lucas Bean ShowWhy Liberals Don't Worship Politicians Like MAGA Cult Does
If you watched the video, you already know what identity fusion is and why it explains the difference between how liberals and MAGA supporters relate to…
The Lucas Bean ShowChristian Nationalists Love What God Lets Them Get Away With.
There is a question that never gets asked in the Christian nationalism debate. If this movement is really about faith, why do the people who push it the…
The Lucas Bean ShowMAGA Supporters Can't Think On Their Own
Try something the next time you’re talking to a Trump supporter. Don’t argue with them. Don’t fact check them. Don’t try to change their mind. Just ask them…
The Lucas Bean ShowWhy Selfish People Love to Use Religion to Hurt People
There is a type of person who will walk into a room full of strangers, start a fight, and then tell everyone they were attacked. They will say something…
The Lucas Bean ShowPropaganda Only Works on People Who Accept the Frame
Before I explain how propaganda works, I want you to answer a question. Why are scientists always changing their minds? If you started thinking about an…
The Lucas Bean ShowWhy MAGA Lose Their Minds Over Facts
You have been in this argument before. You came prepared. You had the sources. You had the data. You had the court documents, the direct quotes, the video…
The Lucas Bean ShowFour Predators Sitting in Your Church Right Now
The Dark Psychology of Unearned Power Church is the easiest place on earth to get power you did not earn. A lawyer has to pass the bar. A doctor has to be…
The Lucas Bean ShowWhy MAGA Hates You for Reading Books
In 1963, historian Richard Hofstadter at Columbia University published a book that would win him his second Pulitzer Prize. It was called Anti-Intellectualism…
The Lucas Bean ShowWhy You Can’t Get Through to a Trump Supporter
You have tried everything. You showed them evidence. They dismissed it. You showed them video. They said it was fake. You showed them court documents. They…
The Lucas Bean ShowNarcissistic People Love Conspiracy Theories
You’ve met this person. Everyone has. They are never wrong. Nothing is ever their fault. When something goes bad in their life, there is always someone else to…
The Lucas Bean ShowConservative Women Vote Against Women's Rights
A woman on TikTok just shared something she overheard. A conservative woman said she would happily give up her own right to vote as long as it meant liberal…
The Lucas Bean ShowConservative Culture Rewards Mediocre People
Conservative culture rewards mediocre people. There is a psychological reason for that. Becoming exceptional takes years. It takes discipline. It takes failure…
The Lucas Bean ShowDoes Religion Make You Dumber?
How Religious Dogma gave Us MAGA. Are religious people less intelligent? * Religion: An organized system of beliefs, cultural systems and worldviews that…
The Lucas Bean ShowTrump's Failed Response During Pandemic: A timeline
The Timeline They Don’t Want You to See Dr. Fauci pleaded the 5th in front of Congress Wednesday July 29th. Over 100 times. And a certain segment of America is…
The Lucas Bean ShowWhy Trump & MAGA Hate Dr. Fauci?
If you watched the video, you already know the five psychological reasons millions of people turned a scientist into the most hated man in America for telling…
The Lucas Bean ShowThe Weakest People in America Voted Trump
The weakest people in America all voted for the same man. There is a psychological reason for that. In 1996 psychologist Steven Hayes at the University of…
The Lucas Bean ShowWhy the MAGA Cult Thinks Like 10 Year Olds
Before the age of 11, the human brain cannot think abstractly. It processes the world the only way it knows how. In concrete terms. One cause. One villain. One…
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#127 - Why MAGA Think Like Children Do
Why MAGA has a very hard time shifting from Concrete thinking to Abstract thinking. To support my work subscribe to my Substack here…
The Lucas Bean ShowWhy MAGA Is Obsessed with Dr. Fauci
If you watched the video, you already know what the scapegoat mechanism is and why it explains the Trump administration’s obsession with Anthony Fauci better…
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#126 - Why MAGA is Obsessed With Dr. Fauci
Trump is obsessed with Dr. Fauci because a million Americans died and the people responsible need someone else to blame. Philosopher René Girard called this…
The Lucas Bean Show8 Fascist Tactics Trump is Using on Americans Right Now
During World War II, the United States government did something that most Americans have never heard of. They did not just fight Hitler. They studied him. They…
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#125 - Trump Running Hitlers Playbook on American Citizens
You need to listen to this one. It's definitely a National Emergency and we need to make sure we all vote. Please don't take this lightly. In 1943, the Office…
The Lucas Bean ShowThe MAGA Cult Is Giant Conspiracy Theory
The MAGA movement is just one giant conspiracy theory. There is a psychological reason for that. Fake news. Witch hunt. Deep state. Stolen election. These are…
The Lucas Bean ShowWhy Do Conspiracy Theories Spread So Easily
There is a psychological reason for that. And it has almost nothing to do with intelligence. So I decided to do some research on conspiracy belief to…
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#124 - Why You Are Immune to MAGA Cult
Why You Are Immune to MAGA Cult. To support my work subscribe to my Substack here: https://lucasbean.substack.com/ LUCAS BEAN SOCIAL MEDIA: Instagram: //…
The Lucas Bean ShowWhy Church Attracts Predators
If you watched the video, you already know what the Dark Tetrad is and why churches attract the most dangerous personalities in human psychology. This Substack…
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#123 - I've Had It Interview with Jennifer Welch
I've Had It Interview with Jennifer Welch To support my work subscribe to my Substack here: https://lucasbean.substack.com/ LUCAS BEAN SOCIAL MEDIA: Instagram…
The Lucas Bean ShowI Have Never Seen a Strong Man at a MAGA Rally
I have never seen a strong man at a MAGA rally. Have you? They are beta males claiming to be alpha males. They lose their minds and have an emotional breakdown…
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#122 - Why The Right Accuses You of What They are Doing - Projection
Why The Right Accuses You of What They are Doing - Projection To support my work subscribe to my Substack here: https://lucasbean.substack.com/ LUCAS BEAN…
The Lucas Bean ShowMAGA Is All Feelings and No Facts
If you watched the video, you already know the psychological reason MAGA supporters say things with total confidence that are completely made up. This Substack…
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#121 - Charlie Kirk was Important to a Lot of Losers
The same people who call college a scam are the ones who love college football. They wanted that life desperately but were either too broke or too low IQ to…
The Lucas Bean ShowTikTok Wants to Ban Me For Being A Violent Political Extremist Group
So I got a warning from TikTok that they might Ban Me For Being A Violent Political Extremist Group. I make videos on psychology, history, extremism, fascism…
The Lucas Bean ShowHow to Get Someone Out of a Cult
I have been wondering for a while now why it is so impossible to get people out of a cult outside of just being there for them when they get out. So I decided…
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#120 - Why Conservatives Are So Afraid of Everything
Neuroscientists scanned the brains of thousands of people to see if there was a correlation between brain structure and political affiliation. There was…
The Lucas Bean ShowWhy Andrew Tate Is Obsessed With Women’s Clothes
Andrew Tate just got arrested in Miami on 38 charges. When they dragged him out, he was wearing a purple silk blouse, shiny capri pants, and tiny loafers that…
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#119 - Thought Stopping
In this episode, we break down how Trump pre-loaded four phrases into his followers: fake news, witch hunt, deep state, and TDS. How repetition programs an…
The Lucas Bean ShowThe Republican Party Is Dead
The Republican Party used to stand for something. You can argue about whether what it stood for was good or bad, but it had a platform. It had principles. It…
The Lucas Bean ShowTruthiness: Why MAGA Says Things with Total Confidence That Are Completely Made Up
A woman looked directly into a camera and said illegals must have dumped algae into the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool. She did not cite a source. She did…
The Lucas Bean ShowWhy They Love Trump
I have been wondering for years why millions of Americans look at Donald Trump and see themselves in him. Why are we able to see so clearly that Trump is a…
The Lucas Bean ShowWhy People Say Things with Total Confidence and Deny It the Second You Push Back
You have seen it a thousand times. Someone says something with complete confidence. The election was stolen. The vaccine is killing people. Obama is not…
The Lucas Bean ShowMary Lou Says Abolish I.C.E.
A MAGA cult fanatic just said the most progressive thing she has ever said on camera. Mary Lou Kultgen is one of the most famous Trump supporters on the…
The Lucas Bean ShowTrump Has Obama Derangement Syndrome
If you watched the video, you already know the six psychological reasons Donald Trump cannot stop talking about Barack Obama. This Substack goes deeper into…
The Lucas Bean ShowWhy MAGA Thinks Trump Did Nothing Wrong
There is a question that has haunted American political life for nearly a decade. How does a man get caught on tape bragging about sexual assault, get found…