#483 – Julia Shaw: Criminal Psychology of Murder, Serial Killers, Memory & Sex
10/14/20252 hr 49 min
Julia Shaw is a criminal psychologist and author who in her books explores human nature, including psychopathy, violent crime, the psychology of evil, police interrogation, false memory manipulation, deception detection, and human sexuality. Thank you for listening ❤ Check out our sponsors: https://lexfridman.com/sponsors/ep483-sc See below for timestamps, transcript, and to give feedback, submit questions, contact Lex, etc.
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OUTLINE: (00:00) - Introduction (01:00) - Sponsors, Comments, and Reflections (08:16) - Dark Tetrad - Psychopathy, Narcissism, Machiavellianism, Sadism (29:23) - Serial killers (43:59) - Murder (51:51) - Lies and scams (56:38) - Jealousy (1:00:07) - Monogamy (1:05:20) - Sexuality (1:20:21) - Sexual fetishes (1:35:56) - Criminal psychology (1:39:04) - False memories (2:25:01) - Criminals destroying the planet (2:40:24) - Hope
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The following is a conversation with Julia Shaw, a criminal psychologist who has written extensively on a wide variety of topics that explore human nature, including psychopathy, violent crime, psychology of evil, police interrogation, false memory manipulation, deception detection, and human sexuality. Her books include Evil, about the psychology of murder and sadism, The Memory Illusion, about false memories, Bi, about bisexuality, and her new book that you should definitely go order now called Green Crime, which is a study of the dark underworld of poachers, illegal gold miners, corporate frauds, hitmen, and all kinds of other environmental criminals. Julia is a brilliant and kindhearted person with whom I got the chance to have many great conversations with on and off the mic. This was an honor and a pleasure. And now, a quick few-second mention of a sponsor. Check them out in the description, or at lexfriedman.com/sponsors. It is in fact the best way to support this podcast. We got Shopify for selling stuff online, BetterHelp for mental health, LMNT for electrolytes, and AG1 for my daily multivitamin. Choose wisely, my friends. And now, onto the full ad reads. I try to make 'em interesting, but if you skip, please still check out the sponsors. I enjoy their stuff.