Specials: Schadenfreude - Joy at Another Person's Misfortune

Specials: Schadenfreude - Joy at Another Person's Misfortune

You see the downfall of someone popular trending, and you feel a small flicker of delight, followed straight away by guilt. This special episode asks whether that flicker means something is wrong with you. We trace it from Aristotle's three Greek words and a brain scan showing envy hurts and a rival's fall feels like the painkiller. Along the way we cover why "he deserved it" is the most powerful justification we have, and why a crowd forms the moment a fight breaks out. Then we talk about the line where ordinary schadenfreude ends and sadism begins. And finally we close the episode as always with practical things to do with the feeling of Schadenfreude.

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