Karin Tamerius is a psychiatrist, a political psychologist, and the founder of Smart Politics. She writes the Substack ”The Smart Politics Way,” which has quietly become one of the most thoughtful guides to how we talk about—and think about—politics. In this episode, I got a chance to speak with her about why the human brain is not hardwired to deal with politics in a productive way, how empathy shapes peoples’ political belief, and the kinds of discipline that people can engender within themselves to deal with the news cycle.