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Why We Hate

TV·2019–2019·1 season, 6 episodes·Discovery·Documentary

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Explore one of humanity’s most primal and destructive emotions – hate. At the heart of this timely series is the notion that if people begin to understand their own minds, they can find ways to work against hate and keep it from spreading.

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  1. 01OriginsS01E01 · 1.0Evolutionary anthropologist Brian Hare searches for the origins of hate in both the past and current day, exploring what causes humans to treat each other with cruelty and violence.
  2. 02TribalismS01E02 · 1.0Cognitive scientist Laurie Santos examines tribalism, asking why love for one group can inspire hate for other groups -- in politics, sports and even warfare -- and how tribal thinking shapes perceptions.
  3. 03Tools & TacticsS01E03 · 1.0Journalist Jelani Cobb investigates how hate tools like propaganda, dehumanization, the internet, and symbols can incite, amplify and spread hatred.

Episodes by season

Season01Episode ratings across the season — the gold bar is its best episode6Episodes2019Aired 1.0Season avg
  1. S01E01Season's bestOriginsOctober 13, 2019 1.0Evolutionary anthropologist Brian Hare searches for the origins of hate in both the past and current day, exploring what causes humans to tr
  2. S01E02TribalismOctober 20, 2019 1.0Cognitive scientist Laurie Santos examines tribalism, asking why love for one group can inspire hate for other groups -- in politics, sports
  3. S01E03Tools & TacticsOctober 27, 2019 1.0Journalist Jelani Cobb investigates how hate tools like propaganda, dehumanization, the internet, and symbols can incite, amplify and spread
  4. S01E04ExtremismNovember 3, 2019 1.0An examination of what drives people to embrace hateful ideas. Extremism expert Sasha Havlicek explores the factors that attract people to i
  5. S01E05Crimes Against HumanityNovember 3, 2019 1.0International criminal lawyer Patricia Viseur Sellers investigates the perpetrators of genocide and crimes against humanity, from leaders to
  6. S01E06HopeNovember 3, 2019 1.0Neuroscientist Emile Bruneau explores how people can use their capacity for critical thinking, their brain plasticity, and strategies like e

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