schadenfreude

It's your last dose of Jane² this week. Today they're doing apologies as well as correcting the record on microwave baked potatoes...

The Reverend Kate Bottley is our guest today, talking about her book 'Have a Little Faith'.

Our next book club pick has been announced - A Dutiful Boy by Mohsin Zaidi.

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Taking pleasure in other people's pain: SchadenFreude.

You might be the lightning rod.

Managing a long-distance relationship during college years.

Should you attend Jiu Jitsu class even if you can't participate?

Getting the team to be motivated to do hard things.

Dealing with opposing financial philosophies in a marriage.

Feeling you belong to a group can be great - but it also has a darker side, leading us down an unhappy path of hatred and violence towards people with different identities and backgrounds.

Dr Laurie Santos talks to Mina Cikara - whose homeland descended into a bloody civil war - and Jamil Zaki about how we can fight hatred with empathy, kindness and difficult conversations.

(Deep canvassing clips courtesy of The Leadership Lab https://leadership-lab.org/ at the Los Angeles LGBT Center.)

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Envy is one of the most unpleasant of all human emotions. It also turns out to be one of the most difficult for researchers to study. And yet, there's mounting evidence that envy is a powerful motivator. This week, we explore an emotion that can inspire us to become better people — or to commit unspeakable acts.

Envy is one of the most unpleasant of all human emotions. It also turns out to be one of the most difficult for researchers to study. And yet, there's mounting evidence that envy is a powerful motivator. This week, we explore an emotion that can inspire us to become better people — or to commit unspeakable acts.