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Julia Shaw: Criminal Psychology of Murder, Serial Killers, Memory & Sex | Lex Fridman Podcast #483

Julia Shaw: Criminal Psychology of Murder, Serial Killers, Memory & Sex | Lex Fridman Podcast #483

Recommended on this episode

ProductRecommended

NeuroNation

NeuroNation (inferred)

“one that I like”
“it's called NeuroNation, and that's one that I like because it's all these really short games”— Julia Shaw

The guest's own work

BookBy the guestISBN verified

Green Crime: Inside the Minds of the People Destroying the Planet and How to Stop Them

Julia Shaw

“her new book that you should definitely go order now called Green Crime, which is a study of the dark underworld of poachers”— Lex Fridman
BookBy the guest

Evil: The Science Behind Humanity's Dark Side

Julia Shaw

“You wrote the book Evil: The Science Behind Humanity's Dark Side. So lots of interesting topics to cover here.”— Lex Fridman
BookBy the guestISBN verified

The Memory Illusion

Julia Shaw

“when I was writing The Memory Illusion, which was my first book, and the research that was in line with that”— Julia Shaw
BookBy the guest

Bi: The Hidden Culture, History, and Science of Bisexuality

Julia Shaw

“I wrote a book called Bi: The Hidden Culture, History, and Science of Bisexuality, and I did that after I created a bisexual research group”— Julia Shaw
MediaBy the guest

Bad People

Julia Shaw

“One of them is Bad People Podcast. You co-host it. It has over 100 episodes, each covering a crime.”— Lex Fridman
ProductBy the guest

Spot (Talk to Spot)

Julia Shaw

“I ended up co-founding Spot, which is talktospot.com if you want to check it out.”— Julia Shaw

Also referenced (named, not recommended)

BookReferenced

The Idiot

Fyodor Dostoevsky

“I'm sometimes like a Prince Myshkin character from The Idiot by Dostoevsky, where you just see... the beauty in the puzzle.”— Julia Shaw
BookReferencedISBN verified

Sexual Behavior in the Human Male

Alfred Kinsey

“this is one of the big findings in this book that he published called "Sexual Behavior in the Human Male," which was a best-seller for an entire year”— Julia Shaw
BookReferencedISBN verified

Ordinary Men

Christopher Browning (inferred)

“I was just watching this documentary based on a book, Ordinary Men, talking about the Germans in Nazi Germany”— Lex Fridman