Episode 247
Dr. Gad Saad Joins Jesse! (#247)
The Fallen State TV · Rev. Jesse Lee Peterson
December 18, 20211h 1m
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Show Notes
On this week's episode of TheFallenState TV, host Jesse Lee Peterson is joined by Dr. Gad Saad, an evolutionary behavioral psychologist and professor of marketing at Concordia University in Montreal, Canada. Dr. Saad is the author of The Parasitic Mind: How Infectious Ideas Are Killing Common Sense. In this interview, Jesse asks Dr. Saad what it was like growing up in Lebanon as a Jew, before he and his family were forced to flee to Canada to escape persecution. They also discuss many themes in Dr. Saad's book, such as truth vs. hurt feelings, Ostrich Parasitic Syndrome and Islam, universities and post-modernism, and much more. You don't want to miss this funny and enlightening discussion!
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