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Oliver Burkeman: Why Are We So Angry?

Why is everyone so angry nowadays, and what is it doing to the world?

Radio 4,5 episodes

Episodes

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14/11/2018
In a political state where even the winners stay angry, what will our future be?
14 Nov 2018,14 mins
07/11/2018
Anger can be a destructive force, so Oliver Burkeman learns how it can be managed.
07 Nov 2018,14 mins
31/10/2018
Anger can be seen as just, Oliver explores how it may be essential for social change.
31 Oct 2018,14 mins
Episode 2
Outrage sells. Oliver Burkeman finds how companies can profit from our anger.
24 Oct 2018,14 mins
Episode 1
What in our biological and social evolution made us so angry? Oliver Burkeman finds out.
17 Oct 2018,14 mins