Psyche, Science, and Society

WUNC The State of Things interview: Torture and Interrogation Symposium

September 10th, 2008

I was interviewed today, along with law professor Scott Silliman, by Frank Stasio on WUNC, North Carolina Public Radio, on the show The State of Things. Here is the program description:

Torture and Interrogation Symposium

Since the attacks of 2001, there has been growing controversy over the United State’s use of certain interrogation techniques against so-called enemy combatants.  A symposium at the Parr Center at UNC this weekend will address many aspects of this controversy, including the complex and uncertain laws regarding torture, and the surprising role psychologists play in helping the government apply its interrogation methods. Host Frank Stasio will be joined by guests Scott Silliman, professor of the Practice of Law and executive director of the Center on Law, Ethics, and National Security at Duke University, and Stephen Soldz, the director of the Center for Research, Evaluation and Program Development at the Boston Graduate School of Psychoanalysis.

You can listen to or download the program here. I am brought in about 12 minutes into the show.

If you’re near Chapel Hill, come hear me speak on Saturday, September 13.

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