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Indirect Message

Indirect Message

Laci Green

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Unconventional ideas about sex, media, and culture with Laci Green.
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Goodpods has curated a list of the 10 best Indirect Message episodes, ranked by the number of listens and likes each episode have garnered from our listeners. If you are listening to Indirect Message for the first time, there's no better place to start than with one of these standout episodes. If you are a fan of the show, vote for your favorite Indirect Message episode by adding your comments to the episode page.

Indirect Message - Beyond Bigots and Snowflakes
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03/11/22 • 38 min

Discourse about hot-button social issues is broken. Can we fix it?
Sociologist Ilana Redstone joins Laci to discuss the challenges of embracing viewpoint diversity. They explore how identity politics took academia and social media by storm, society's turn toward moral absolutes, whether our intentions matter, bad behavior vs bigotry, dealing with being offended, the secret ingredient for a vibrant discourse, and more.

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Indirect Message - Is It Time to Redefine “Body Positive”?
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07/30/21 • 30 min

Despite the body positive movement's enormous virality online, girls and women are just as fixated on their bodies as they ever have been. Is there a better approach?

Activists, researchers, and identical twins Drs. Lexie & Lindsay Kite join Laci to share their perspective. They discuss why the body positive movement has struggled to achieve its radical goals, self-objectification and a critique of the selfie, the effects of body shame on motivational states, diet talk, and integrating body positivity with a healthy lifestyle.

Content Warning: brief mention of eating and exercise disorders.

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Indirect Message - The Quiet Poison of Virtue Signaling
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08/24/21 • 37 min

Moralizing, outrage, and condemnation are all over social media. While it may be well-intentioned, there is quite often a dark side to this behavior.

Laci is joined by philosopher Dr. Brandon Warmke to explore the use and abuse of moral talk on social media. They discuss the five ways we virtue signal and why it is so widespread, the threat it poses to activist causes, and what those of us who crave better moral discourse can do about it.

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Indirect Message - Hacking Polyamory

Hacking Polyamory

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02/18/22 • 56 min

Even in progressive company, polyamory is a widely misunderstood relationship style. Today we take a deep dive to better understand polyamory through the lens of our sexual evolution.

Evolutionary psychologist Geoffrey Miller joins to discuss the stigmas of evolutionary psychology and polyamory, negotiating sexual boundaries, mate selection, dealing with jealousy, how poly can help people who struggle romantically, and technological threats to monogamy.

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Indirect Message - Till Death Do Us Part

Till Death Do Us Part

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05/08/20 • 28 min

Laci Green explores the myriad ways that existential anxiety may affect human behavior. She is joined by Dr. Jeff Greenberg, one of the original researchers behind Terror Management Theory. She explores what Terror Management Theory is, and how our belief systems and self esteem help us to live forever.

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Indirect Message - Disagreeing Better

Disagreeing Better

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01/22/20 • 28 min

As mass media infiltrates our lives, our communication skills are waning. Laci is joined by Peter Boghossian to discuss methods to navigate political disagreements.

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The psychological functions of virtue signaling, belief hygiene, if and when to draw the line with friends, how to change minds, justice vs. kindness, silencing dissidents, managing anger, and letting others be wrong.

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Indirect Message - Anonymity vs. Cancel Culture
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07/08/20 • 13 min

Anonymity is blamed for some of the worst behavior online. Should everyone be forced to reveal their true identity instead?

In this episode, Laci contends that anonymity isn't the boogeyman it's made out to be. She is joined by Scott Alexander from Slate Star Codex to discuss his crisis over a forced doxxing at the New York Times, the double edged sword of cancel culture, China's censorship problem, internet trolls, group think, and why we struggle with self control online.

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Indirect Message - Is TikTok Manipulating Us?
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12/02/21 • 19 min

Seemingly overnight, TikTok became one of the most addictive social media apps on the planet. It is also the first giant created in the authoritarian state of China. Laci discusses how TikTok managed to capture the world's attention, their controversial history of censorship, and whether the app could be used as a weapon of mass manipulation.
Learn more about Indirect Message at lacigreen.tv/podcast.
Laci's Twitter: twitter.com/gogreen18
Laci's YouTube: youtube.com/lacigreen

Guest: Chris Stokel-Walker, author of TikTok Boom
Content Warning: brief mentions of slavery, ableism, and the Uyghur genocide

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Indirect Message - The Hard Questions to Ask Before You Get Married
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12/23/21 • 21 min

America's 50% divorce rate is a jarring reality check. In this episode, Laci shares her evolving thoughts about getting married. She discusses why we tend to ask the wrong questions before tying the knot, the 4 communication habits that destroy relationships, and a shockingly simple way we can cut the divorce rate in half.
Learn more about Indirect Message at lacigreen.tv/podcast.
Laci's Twitter: twitter.com/gogreen18
Laci's YouTube: youtube.com/lacigreen
Today's Guest: Susan Piver, author of The Hard Questions

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Indirect Message - Confessions of an Ex-Mormon
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01/08/20 • 46 min

Faith crises have gone viral. Laci explores the stories of three ex-mormons who learn more than they bargained for, and the creative ways they communicate their differences with devout loved ones. She is joined by John Dehlin of the Mormon Stories Podcast.
To learn more about Indirect Message, visit http://www.lacigreen.tv/podcast!

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FAQ

How many episodes does Indirect Message have?

Indirect Message currently has 32 episodes available.

What topics does Indirect Message cover?

The podcast is about Podcasts, Social Sciences and Science.

What is the most popular episode on Indirect Message?

The episode title 'Is It Time to Redefine “Body Positive”?' is the most popular.

What is the average episode length on Indirect Message?

The average episode length on Indirect Message is 33 minutes.

How often are episodes of Indirect Message released?

Episodes of Indirect Message are typically released every 21 days, 1 hour.

When was the first episode of Indirect Message?

The first episode of Indirect Message was released on Sep 3, 2019.

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