The Megyn Kelly Show
Why CEO Killer Snapped, Dangers of "Gentle" Parenting, and Rise of "Normophobia," with Dr. Leonard Sax and Candice DeLong | Ep. 962
11 Dec 2024
Megyn Kelly is joined by Candice DeLong, host of "Killer Psyche," to talk about the shocking new details about the Ivy League-educated man Luigi Mangione accused of killing the healthcare CEO, whether the young man could have suffered a psychotic break, the bizarre outburst he had in front of the cameras ahead of a court hearing, and more. Then Dr. Leonard Sax, author of "The Collapse of Parenting," joins to discuss the societal issues at the core of what's wrong with young men and boys in America, the disturbing new details we're learning about the CEO killer and whether he may have "snapped," the major mistake parents are making by limiting family time, the dangers of social media for kids, why American parents are allowing too much time with friends and devices, the alarming trend of parents treating their children like adults, why this hinders a child’s ability to develop crucial life skills, the rise of soft and "gentle" parenting and its unintended consequences, how the shift ends up enabling a generation of rude and disrespectful kids, James Carville going off on young Democratic staffers, the troubling rise of "normophobia" - the fear or disdain among teens of being seen as "normal," how social media and the broader cultural climate has made being anxious a goal, the truth about gender and kids declaring themselves "trans," and more.DeLong- https://www.treefort.fm/series/killer-psycheSax- https://www.leonardsax.com/Join the millions of others who are already benefiting from these powerful, bite-sized lessons. Go to https://l.prageru.com/419fE2m and sign up for free today.Firecracker Farm: Get yours today at https://Firecracker.Farm/Done with Debt: https://www.DoneWithDebt.com/My Patriot Supply: https://PreparewithMegyn.comFollow The Megyn Kelly Show on all social platforms:YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/MegynKellyTwitter: http://Twitter.com/MegynKellyShowInstagram: http://Instagram.com/MegynKellyShowFacebook: http://Facebook.com/MegynKellyShow Find out more information at: https://www.devilmaycaremedia.com/megynkellyshow
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Welcome to The Megyn Kelly Show, live on Sirius XM Channel 111 every weekday at noon east. I'm Megan Kelly. Welcome to The Megan Kelly Show and happy Wednesday. We are learning new and disturbing details about the accused healthcare CEO killer as his manifesto and other chilling writings become public.
This comes amid more bizarre displays of praise for this guy, Luigi Mangione, from those who are positioning him as some kind of Robin Hood figure. I'm over it. I'm really over it. that psychosis by some faction of the American populace. Just, you know what, like Dr. Leonard Sachs is here in just a few minutes. I mean, this is the parenting expert. He's an MD, he's a PhD.
He has spent his life studying longitudinal long-term studies of children and actually practicing with children. And he actually knows a thing or two about psychology. And one of his main takeaways is have dinner with your children. Have family dinners. In a perfect world, seven nights a week. But as many nights as you can, even if it's short of seven.
Someone needed to do that in the families of the people who are now praising this guy as a Robin Hood figure. You're an idiot. By the way, heard this from our pals over on the editors. The guy... The Brian Thompson who was murdered, the CEO who was murdered comes from no privilege. His dad was totally self-made. I think he was a farmer.
And this guy, Brian Thompson, was totally self-made, pulled himself up, got himself to the top of the insurance world. The killer accused is from enormous privilege, tons of dough, the family owned country clubs, radio stations, health facilities, went to some Tony Boy's school for 40 grand a year, valedictorian, UPenn, Ivy League, all the advantages, all the breaks.
And yet he's supposed to be the Robin Hood? He's the one we're supposed to be rooting for? Screw you. It don't have the time. My mom always used to say, I cannot respond to irrational behavior rationally. And that is how I feel when I look at these morons trying to talk about this guy like he's some sort of our hero, this Luigi dude. All right, so Dr. Leonard Sacks is going to be on in one second.
But first, we want to get into some of the psychology of this guy and how on earth this could possibly happen. Like, how could this have gone down by a guy with that kind of pedigree who turns into a killer if what the police say is correct? And for that, we bring on Candace DeLong. She's a former FBI criminal profiler. She worked on cases like the Unabomber, the Tylenol murders.
We spoke to her on episode 466 about the Idaho murders. So you may be familiar with Candace's work. When they first recruited her over at the FBI, she was a head nurse over at Northwestern University. And then she went on to work, as I said, on some of the most prominent cases in America. She's hosted the award-winning podcast Killer Psyche with Candace DeLong.
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