{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Connection ","title":"Dr. Mark McDonald - The Dissident MD","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/c29a963b\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":5584,"description":"Dr. Mark McDonald is a board certified child & adolescent and adult psychiatrist, with extensive additional training in adult psychoanalysis and expertise in working with children with autism and trauma, as well as obsessive-compulsive and bipolar disorders. He is also the founder of the website Dissident MD where he discussed the intersection of politics and medicine. Mark and I discuss everything from religion to politics to sexuality to cults! If you're curious about the psychological underpinnings of today's cultural and political moment, this is the episode for you. \n0:03:00 - Covid lockdowns and cults\n0:08:15 - The New So-Called \"Masculinity\" \n0:10:45 - The Appeal of MAGA\n0:16:00 - Narcissism and Projection\n0:24:00 - The Importance of Religion and Christianity in Society\n0:38:00 - The Impersonal Nature of Government\n0:50:00 - Proper Role of Government\n0:55:00 - The Role of Masculinity and Femininity \n1:06:30 - The Importance of Moral Clarity\n1:17:30 -  Jennifer Gets Psychoanalyzed\n1:22:30 - Healing Men and Women for Unity\nMark's Websites: https://www.markmcdonaldmd.com/about and https://dissidentmd.com/\nAllie Beth Stuckey's book on Toxic Empathy: https://www.amazon.com/Toxic-Empathy-Progressives-Christian-Compassion/dp/0593541944\nPodcast with Hoyt Richards, Cult Survivor: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/connection/id1562691307?i=1000549702951","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/lf_zmiOch4JlSYqVozjGkvCbmsF9LYJZEHThSTiUsiA/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9zaG93/LzI4MDA3LzE2NDM3/MzYwMTktYXJ0d29y/ay5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}