Should we be using trigger warnings?
We interrogate a growing body of evidence that suggests trigger warnings aren鈥檛 working in the way they are intended.
This programme may contain information that you might find to be evidence-based and informative...
Trigger warnings are everywhere.
They鈥檙e used in the news, on social media and in academia to flag potentially distressing material so we can emotionally prepare ourselves or avoid it.
But what if they actually make things worse?
We interrogate a growing body of evidence that suggests they aren鈥檛 working in the way they are intended. So should we still be using trigger warnings?
Also this week, we鈥檒l hear from psychotherapist and author Stephen Grosz who'll share what he has learnt about love and gift-giving from four decades of conversations with his patients.
And Daryl O鈥機onnor, Professor of Psychology at the University of Leeds, joins us in the studio and brings news of a study on links between discrimination and inflammation in the body, and why carrying out acts of kindness for others comes with benefits for you...
Presenter: Claudia Hammond
Producer: Gerry Holt
Content editor: Ilan Goodman
Production coordinator: Jana Holesworth
Studio engineer: Bob Nettles
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