Lex Fridman Podcast

#483 – Julia Shaw: Criminal Psychology of Murder, Serial Killers, Memory & Sex

Dienstag, 14. Oktober 2025 · 2 h 49

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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.

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OUTLINE:

() – Introduction

() – Sponsors, Comments, and Reflections

() – Dark Tetrad – Psychopathy, Narcissism, Machiavellianism, Sadism

() – Serial killers

() – Murder

() – Lies and scams

() – Jealousy

() – Monogamy

() – Sexuality

() – Sexual fetishes

() – Criminal psychology

() – False memories

() – Criminals destroying the planet

() – Hope

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