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Due South's conversation about morality and politics with 'Outraged' author Kurt Gray

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Outrage seems inevitable in this political climate, but psychology and neuroscience professor Kurt Gray has some ideas on how to tamp down the tension.

Gray says the idea of humans as apex predators is a myth, and he explains that recognizing we are hard-wired to look for threats can be a first step in understanding our moral outrage and bridging divides. He joins Due South co-host Leoneda Inge to talk about his book Outraged: Why We Fight About Morality and Politics and How to Find Common Ground.

Guest

Kurt Gray, Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; director of UNC-CH’s Deepest Beliefs Lab and the Center for the Science of Moral Understanding

Leoneda Inge is the co-host of ¹ÏÉñapp's "Due South." Leoneda has been a radio journalist for more than 30 years, spending most of her career at ¹ÏÉñapp as the Race and Southern Culture reporter. Leoneda’s work includes stories of race, slavery, memory and monuments. She has won "Gracie" awards, an Alfred I. duPont Award and several awards from the Radio, Television, Digital ¹ÏÉñapp Association (RTDNA). In 2017, Leoneda was named "Journalist of Distinction" by the National Association of Black Journalists.
Rachel McCarthy is a producer for "Due South." She previously worked at ¹ÏÉñapp as a producer for "The Story with Dick Gordon." More recently, Rachel was podcast managing editor at Capitol Broadcasting Company where she developed narrative series and edited a daily podcast. She also worked at "The Double Shift" podcast as supervising producer. Rachel learned about audio storytelling at the Salt Institute for Documentary Studies. Prior to working in audio journalism, she was a research assistant at the Aspen Institute in Washington, DC.