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Mar 2024
1h 47m

429. The Psychology of Social Status and...

Dr. Jordan B. Peterson
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Dr. Jordan Peterson speaks with best-selling author, Air Force veteran, and psychologist Rob Henderson. They discuss his recent memoir “Troubled: A Memoir of Foster Care, Family and Social Class” and go through Rob’s tumultuous upbringing within the California foster care system, the lived and observed transformations of social status and class as he ascende ... Show More
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