
Jacob Holzer
Psychiatrist and national security researcher; Clinical Staff Associate in Geriatric Psychiatry at McLean Hospital and Assistant Professor at Harvard Medical School; board-certified in forensic psychiatry.
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Jun 22, 2026
Why Do People Become Extremists? Behavioral Science and National Security
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Jacob HolzerGUEST
So, you know, one area that, and again, a lot of this stuff is interconnected, but that whole area of extremism and radicalization, and we're sort of not talking about You know, so I want to clarify that I'm not talking about any specific, let's say, ideology or political persuasion.

Jacob HolzerGUEST
You know, what I'm sort of talking about are people who are, you know, more extremist in thinking compared with people who are like more moderate or centrist in thinking.
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Jim CardosoHOST
Can you expand a bit on what this integrated approach, what that entails and why that's so important?