The Lucas Bean Show – Détails, épisodes et analyse

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In this episode we look at one of the most revealing psychological patterns in modern politics. The conservative obsession with trans people.

In 1996 psychologist Henry Adams at the University of Georgia conducted a study measuring the physical responses of men who scored high on homophobia scales while watching different types of adult content. The results were extraordinary. Over half the men who scored highest on homophobia showed a measurable physical response to gay content. Less than a quarter of non-homophobic men did the same.

Psychologists call this reaction formation. When people feel shame about something inside themselves they don't confront it. They attack it in others. The louder the outrage the deeper the shame.

This episode explains why the most anti-gay politicians keep getting caught in airport bathrooms. Why Grindr crashes every time the Republican convention comes to town. And why the men screaming loudest about trans people cannot stop thinking about trans people.

They are not protecting their values. They are terrified you will see their search history.

           

4 Dark Psychological Traits of the Trump Cult.

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In this episode we break down the Dark Tetrad, a cluster of four dark personality traits identified by psychologists Erin Buckels, Daniel Jones, and Delroy Paulhus at the University of British Columbia in 2013. These four traits, narcissism, Machiavellianism, psychopathy, and everyday sadism, are disproportionately drawn to authoritarian movements and leaders who deliver cruelty on demand.

We look at how each trait explains a specific behavior pattern inside the MAGA movement. Why facts don't work on them. Why the lying doesn't bother them. Why they feel nothing for the people getting hurt. And why the cruelty isn't a side effect of the movement. It's the whole point.

We also look at where these traits come from, how childhood abuse and neglect wire a brain for cruelty, and why Trump didn't accidentally attract these people. He built something specifically designed for them.

This is not a political episode. It is a psychology episode. And once you understand these four traits you will never look at this movement the same way again.

 

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Today I sit down with Jonathan Butterworth.

Jonathan is a former fortune 200 executive turned entrepreneur. In this episode we unpack what it really means to redefine success, face fear, and build a life on your own terms. From selling his first business in college to rediscovering his purpose after corporate life, Jonathan shares raw lessons on leadership, courage, life, meaning, purpose and the psychology of fulfillment.

Key Topics Covered:

• Breaking free from fear and societal conditioning

• Lessons from climbing the corporate ladder

• Managing people vs. truly leading them

• Turning layoffs into life-changing opportunities

• How confidence and curiosity drive success

• The underrated power of relationships and mentors

I Love this episode and I'm happy to call Jonathan a friend. 

Enjoy everyone. 

 

He is a renowned security researcher and writer, and an award-winning public speaker.   Josh has a master's degree in IT concentrating in Internet Security. He has also taken doctorate-level coursework in Information Security.   Josh has conducted cybersecurity research for well over 25 years. Apple has publicly acknowledged Josh for discovering an Apple ID authentication vulnerability. Josh’s research is often featured in Forbes and other major news outlets worldwide.   Josh is a great guy, we had a great conversation. 

Today we chat with Tarik DiDomenico a friend an AI Specialist at RedHat. He's Ex-Sony, MUFG, EY works in AI for Enterprise, former Exec Media, Entertainment and Fintech Exec. 

He previously worked with me at Sony Pictures and he's just a very smart guy. 

We chat about:  working at Sony Pictures  Building Products  Running companies  Moving to Montana 

This is an amazing conversation with a wicked smart guy and all around good dude. 

Today we chat with Tibo Louis-Lucas founder of the amazing popular apps TweetHunterPro and LinkedIn Automation app Taplio. 

We chat about how he built these two products with rapid iteration. During the pandemic he was building a new product every week for months until he found a hit (or two). 

He went through 7 failed products before he found Tweet Hunter Pro and it was a slow steady climb to success. Taplio also became wildly successful as LinkedIn content creation took off. 

 

This is an amazing conversation with a wicked smart founder and all around good guy. 

 

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Today we chat with Matt Burke video game executive who worked at

Nintendo and Wizards of the Coast.  

 

We talk James Bond Evolution of movies, Matt's history at Nintendo, Nintendo games, E3 James Bond Golden Eye, Super Smash Brothers, Zelda, N64, Wii, Nintendo Cube, Nintendo Switch, Counter Strike, Unreal Tournament 2, Starwars, Pedro Pascal, Pablo Hidalgo, Playstation and Pioneering costs of adding something new to a market and training consumers on the new thing.

 

We chat about so much. 

 

You'll want to listen to this one. 

 

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In todays episode we talk with Khe (Khemaridh) Hy the youngest managing partner at BlackRock in history. 

We discuss:

- Khe's origin story - Getting the job at BlackRock - Khe's Networking style (double breakfast) - Khe leaving BlackRock to become a creator - The leap from high paid executive to creator - Personal Burn rate (treat it like a business)  - Exercise routine - What he does now - The future  What a great discussion we had. We also found out we live 1/2 mile from each other. 

Are we going surfing soon? Listen to find out. 

 

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On todays episode we chat with Maika Isogawa who has a fascinating past, present and future. 

She's an ex Cirque Du Soleil Aerialist (flying around in the air) went to school at Standford and started her new career as a tech founder of Webacy. Webacy is a startup focused on security on the Web3 space. 

 

Very interesting conversation conversation. 

 

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On Todays episode I speak with Marlon Holden and amazing artist and outdoorsman. He also has a unique talent of being great at business before he was any of these other things.

 

We talk about:

• How he grew up
• Self sufficiency 
• building a tech startup in the fintech space
• becoming an outdoorsman 
• art creation and photography 
• bow hunting 
• all around philosophy on life 
• building on social media (254,000 followers on instagram) 

He's also my friend. You don't want to miss this episode. 

 

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