The Push by Ashley Audrain

About this episode

The episode features a full spoiler discussion of 'The Push' by Ashley Audrain, exploring themes of nature versus nurture and the concept of children being born 'bad'.

Send us Fan Mail FULL spoiler discussion of the book The Push by Ashley Audrain. What's nature? What's nurture? Can kids be born "bad?" https://www.psychologicalscience.org/publications/observer/obsonline/harlows-classic-studies-revealed-the-importance-of-maternal-contact.html The article was in the WSJ and can be found here - https://www.wsj.com/health/wellness/i-always-knew-i-was-different-i-just-didnt-know-i-was-a-sociopath-68ebe08b?gaa_at=eafs&gaa_n=AWEtsqfwpEx3OLdCcQvsfIq...

People in this episode

Hosts: Emily, Ashley

Topics covered

• spoiler discussion
• nature vs nurture
• sociopathy
• parenting
• psychology

Keywords

• The Push
• Ashley Audrain
• nature vs nurture
• sociopath
• parenting
• psychology
• book discussion

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: WSJ, Psychological Science

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