Is It a Theater Piece or a Psychological Experiment? (Update)
In an episode from 2012, we looked at what Sleep No More and the Stanford Prison Experiment can tell us about who we really are.
- SOURCES:
- Felix Barrett, artistic director of Punchdrunk.
- Steven Levitt, professor of economics at the University of Chicago.
- Philip Zimbardo, professor emeritus at Stanford University.
- RESOURCES:
- “Philip Zimbardo, the psychologist behind the ‘Stanford Prison Experiment,’ dies at 91,” by Melissa De Witte (Stanford Report, 2024).
- “Debunking the Stanford Prison Experiment,” by Thibault Le Texier (American Psychologist, 2019).
- “The Lifespan of a Lie,” by Ben Blum (GEN, 2018).
- Punchdrunk.
- EXTRAS:
- “How Is Live Theater Still Alive?” by Freakonomics Radio (2025).
- "Why Is There So Much Fraud in Academia?" by Freakonomics Radio (2024).
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