Episode 091 – Rooting For the Bad Guy (Part Two): What Villains Reveal About Us

Part Two concludes one of the deepest conversations ever presented on Why Make Music.... After examining why audiences become emotionally attached to fictional villains in Part One, this episode asks a far more difficult question: what does that attraction reveal about us?

Across nearly three hours, Willa May explores the psychology behind sympathy, accountability, celebrity, power, culture, politics, storytelling, social media, family dynamics, and the systems that often create the very villains we claim to oppose.

Topics include:

• When understanding becomes justification
• Why charisma can blur accountability

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