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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 ShowEvery Accusation Is a Confession
Here it is: You have heard it so many times it barely registers anymore. Election fraud. The deep state. Grooming children. Weaponizing the government. Burying…
The Lucas Bean ShowThe Perfect Alibi. They Called It God.
Think about the best good cop bad cop routine ever pulled off in American politics. One party found a way to never be responsible for anything. Ever. Children…
The Lucas Bean ShowDon't Obey In Advance
You’ve seen it a thousand times. Someone spends years saying the most vicious things imaginable. Calling people groomers. Threatening civil war. Celebrating…
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#115 - Why Conservatives Are Obsessed with Trans People
To support my work subscribe to my Substack here: https://lucasbean.substack.com/ In this episode we look at one of the most revealing psychological patterns…
The Lucas Bean ShowWhy The Right Borrows Morals From A Book
There is a psychological reason why conservative Christians look at a kind, generous, honest person who doesn’t go to church and their first reaction isn’t…
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#114 - 4 Dark Psychological Traits of the Trump Cult
4 Dark Psychological Traits of the Trump Cult. To support my work subscribe to my Substack here: https://lucasbean.substack.com/ In this episode we break down…
The Lucas Bean ShowWhy I Won’t Debate You
There is a reason experts refuse to debate conspiracy theorists. It is not arrogance. It is not because the facts cannot hold up under scrutiny. It is because…
The Lucas Bean ShowWhy Joe Rogan Keeps Going Back
In October 2024, Joe Rogan gave Donald Trump three hours on the most listened to podcast in the world. The interview got 40 million views on YouTube alone…
The Lucas Bean ShowConservative Culture Creates Weak Men
I want to talk about something that nobody in conservative media will ever say out loud. Conservative culture does not produce strong men. It produces broken…
The Lucas Bean ShowTrump Full Narcissistic Collapse
Why Trump is in the middle of a narcissistic collapse and nobody around him will say it out loud I have been studying authoritarian movements and the…
The Lucas Bean ShowWhy Right Wing Media Run on Fear
Joseph Goebbels, head of Nazi propaganda, wrote in his diary in 1933: do not argue with facts. Make people feel something. Make them afraid. The truth does not…
The Lucas Bean ShowThey Built Him. Now They’re Running.
Something is happening that was not supposed to happen. The people who put Donald Trump in the White House are walking away from him. Not quietly. Loudly. In…
The Lucas Bean ShowWhy Conservatives Are Obsessed with Trans People
There is something strange happening in American politics. The loudest voices on the right are not talking about inflation, or crime, or healthcare. They are…
The Lucas Bean ShowBoth Sides Are NOT The Same
You ever notice the people saying both sides are equally as bad used to wear a red hat? There is a psychological reason for that. Psychologist Roy Baumeister…
The Lucas Bean ShowThe Five Tricks the Trump Cult Uses to Make Sure a Real Argument Never Happens
I have spent years getting into arguments with Trump supporters. At family dinners. Online. At work. And no matter how solid my point was, no matter how much…
The Lucas Bean ShowThey are not misremembering. They're lying. And we have the receipts.
You’ve seen it happening in real time. The yard signs disappeared. The hats went in a box. The tweets got deleted. And suddenly, everywhere you look, people…
The Lucas Bean ShowWhy Trump Supporters Are Always Angry
There is a version of this conversation where I tell you Trump supporters are just misinformed. That if we explained things better, showed them the right…
The Lucas Bean ShowWhy All MAGA Supporters Seem Like They All Peaked In High School
Why All MAGA Supporters Seem Like They Peaked In High School And Never Recovered There is a specific kind of person you recognize immediately. They are in…
The Lucas Bean ShowUnderstand Trump Cult Criminal Acts
Something happened in America that we still haven’t fully reckoned with. Ordinary people, neighbors, coworkers, family members, started doing things they knew…
The Lucas Bean ShowThe Trump Cult Is a Support Group And Trump is their sponsor.
MAGA is not a political movement. It is a support group for people who wanted power and never figured out how to earn it. And Trump is not their leader. He is…
The Lucas Bean ShowWhy MAGA Cult is Obsessed with Obama
Barack Obama has not been president for ten years. And yet his name dominates political arguments more than any other former president. More than Bush. More…
The Lucas Bean ShowWhy MAGA Wants to See the World Burn
There is a psychological reason for that. And it is more disturbing than you think. The Research Political scientist David Moon at the University of Bath…
The Lucas Bean ShowWhy Educated Women Vote Against Other Women
There is a psychological reason for that. And you are definitely not going to like the answer. The Study Researcher Scott Huettel at Duke University studied…
The Lucas Bean ShowWhy Addicts Love the Trump Cult
You ever notice how some people turn every single conversation back to themselves? There is a neuroscience reason for that. And once you see it, you cannot…
The Lucas Bean ShowThe MAGA Movement Is Falling Apart
After studying how authoritarian movements and cults collapse throughout history, one pattern keeps appearing. These movements do not fall apart all at once…
The Lucas Bean ShowIs Trump Cult Fascist?
Is the Trump Administration a Fascist Regime? Let’s go through the four pillars of fascism and decide together. People keep comparing the Trump administration…
The Lucas Bean ShowTrump Cult Sunk Cost of Shame
Why Some Trump Fanatics Will Go Down With The Ship Most people assume that if you show someone enough evidence their leader is corrupt, dangerous, or simply…
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#113 - Then It Was Too late
A reading from a section of Chapter 13 of "They Thought They Were Free" by me. Please listen and re-listen to this over and over again until you understand it…
The Lucas Bean ShowHow Trump Cult Hijacked Very Lonely People
There is a psychological reason Trump’s movement exists at all. And it has nothing to do with policy, economics, or religion. It has to do with something far…
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#110 - If you Have Empathy It's Normal to Be overwhelmed Right Now
If you Have Empathy It's Normal to Be overwhelmed Right Now. They are flooding the zone.
The Lucas Bean ShowMy Amygdala Got Activated: MAGA
you ever notice how some people react to change like it’s a personal attack? New ideas. New cultures. New people. And instead of debating, they panic, rage and…
The Lucas Bean ShowWhy Trump Attracts So Many Emotionally Broken People
Most people assume Trump supporters are angry because of politics. Because of immigration. Because of the economy. The research points to something much deeper…
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#108 - You Didn't Boycott The Super Bowl They Fired You As a Customer
You Didn't Boycott The 2026 Super Bowl. The NFL Fired You As a Customer.
The Lucas Bean ShowTrump Supporters Defend Things They Know Are Wrong.
Most people assume Trump supporters are in denial because they are stupid or brainwashed. The research tells a completely different story. What is happening…
The Lucas Bean ShowTrump Supporters Are Quietly Quitting MAGA
Something is happening inside the MAGA movement and you won’t hear about it on Fox News. NBC News polled over 20,000 Americans and found that out of every 100…
The Lucas Bean ShowTrump Supporters Believe They Are Both Superior And Victims At The Same Time.
Trump Supporters Believe They Are Both Superior And Victims At The Same Time. Science Explains Why. Most people assume Trump supporters are motivated by…
The Lucas Bean ShowAnti Trump Cult Questions
Grab The PDF of questions here Grab The PDF of questions here Grab The PDF of questions here Grab The PDF of questions here This is a public episode. If you'd…
The Lucas Bean ShowWhy Good People Do Nothing When They Watch Cruelty Happen?
You ever notice how someone can watch a person get hurt right in front of them and feel completely fine about it? Not monsters. Not psychopaths. Regular…
The Lucas Bean ShowWhy Trump Supporters Can’t Admit They’re Wrong Even When They’re Caught on Camera
Most people assume that if you show someone proof of what they did, they will accept it. A confession in court. A video of the act. Their own words on record…
The Lucas Bean ShowWe Have Never Been Christian Nation
Most Christians in America are good people. They go to church. They help their neighbors. They try to live by what Jesus actually taught. This article is not…
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#107 - We Have Never Been A Christian Nation
We have never been a Christian Nation.
The Lucas Bean ShowWhy the Trump Cult Pulls in Broken People
People keep asking the wrong question. They want to know why Trump supporters believe the lies. Why they ignore the evidence. Why facts bounce off them like…
The Lucas Bean ShowWhy Trump Cult Lies So Much
You’ve been in this argument. Maybe at Thanksgiving. Maybe in a comment thread. Maybe with someone you used to respect. You bring the facts. They scream fake…
The Lucas Bean ShowWhy Trump Attacks Hardest When He Is Losing
There is a pattern so consistent with Donald Trump that you can almost set a clock to it. A lawsuit goes against him. A court rules against him. A poll drops…
The Lucas Bean ShowWhat Happens When You Force a Liberal to Watch Conservative "News"
I did not choose the experiment. It chose me. I was housesitting for a friend. Their living room television ran Fox News for roughly eight hours a day, every…
The Lucas Bean ShowSmart Men Are Rarely Conservative
You ever notice how the smartest men you know are rarely conservatives? There’s a scientific reason for that. In 1987, researchers at Saarland University and…
The Lucas Bean ShowWhy Women Vote for Trump
You ever notice how conservative women vote against the very rights that protect them? There’s a scientific reason for that. And you’re not going to like the…
The Lucas Bean ShowWhy the Trump cult falls for propaganda easily
The pattern is undeniable. Every debunked conspiracy. Every obvious lie. Every absurd claim. Trump supporters believe it all without question. It’s not…
The Lucas Bean ShowWhat Happens When You Force The Right to Watch Real News
What Happens When You Force Fox News Viewers to Watch Real News Researchers at UC Berkeley and Yale decided to find out. Political scientists David Broockman…
The Lucas Bean ShowWhy The Right Thinks There is No Accountability
You’ve seen it a thousand times. Someone on the right says something vicious. Cruel. Hateful. And when you finally push back, when you stop tolerating it and…
The Lucas Bean ShowTrump Cult Only Hires Corrupt People
You’ve been watching the news wondering the same thing everyone else is wondering. How does this keep happening. A disgraced TV host overseeing the military. A…
The Lucas Bean ShowHow The Trump Cult Ends
A history of how cults end Every cult in history has ended. Here’s how this one will too. I’ve been wondering for years how the Trump cult ends. Not if. How…
The Lucas Bean ShowWhy The Right Hates Themselves
The Neuroscience of Sacred Values Ever wonder why Trump supporters will vote to cut their own healthcare, support tariffs that destroy their jobs, and cheer…
The Lucas Bean ShowThe Nazis Were NOT Socialists
No, Nazis Were Not Socialists (And Conservatives Know It) Conservatives love this one. “Nazis were socialists! It’s right there in the name - National…
The Lucas Bean ShowThis One Test can Predict Your Political Views
I keep hearing conservatives say the same thing: “I like their policies. It’s just common sense. I’ve always been a conservative.” But here’s what the science…
The Lucas Bean ShowUnderstanding the Trump Cult Part 2
Most atrocities don’t start with monsters. They start with one irreversible choice. One moment where someone crosses a line they can’t uncross. And from that…