{"podcast":{"title":"Tell Me How You're Mighty: Real Talk About Cheating","slug":"tell-me-how-you-re-mighty-real-talk-about-cheating-6585398","podcast_index_feed_id":6585398,"rss_url":"https://feeds.libsyn.com/477381/rss","website_url":"https://tellmehowyouremighty.com","image_url":"https://static.libsyn.com/p/assets/e/a/b/2/eab2ce43030304a127a2322813b393ee/Podcast-Cover-1400px.jpg","author":"Tracy Schorn","episode_count":133,"summary":"Real talk about cheating, delivered by friends who get it. Your hosts are Tracy Schorn, aka Chump Lady who runs the advice site ChumpLady.com, and Sarah Gorrell, a radio journalist and mighty single mum of four. We talk with resilient people who survived infidelity and to experts about cheaters, relationships, parenting, and, of course, mightiness. Sarah brings the dulcet tones. Tracy brings the snark. New episodes every week.","last_synced_at":"2026-06-17T00:20:20.018533+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/tell-me-how-you-re-mighty-real-talk-about-cheating-6585398"},"episode":{"title":"106. Cruelty by Nature: An Interview with Dr. Peter Salerno","slug":"106-cruelty-by-nature-an-interview-with-dr-peter-salerno","published_at":"2025-11-11T10:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/tell-me-how-you-re-mighty-real-talk-about-cheating-6585398/106-cruelty-by-nature-an-interview-with-dr-peter-salerno","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/tell-me-how-you-re-mighty-real-talk-about-cheating-6585398","url":"https://577d6acd-4824-45aa-b966-1d1f3698395e.libsyn.com/106-cruelty-by-nature-an-interview-with-dr-peter-salerno","audio_url":"https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/pscrb.fm/rss/p/traffic.libsyn.com/secure/577d6acd-4824-45aa-b966-1d1f3698395e/Salerno_Oct_mix.mp3?dest-id=4054080","summary":"We're back with Dr. Peter Salerno this week talking about his new book \" Cruelty By Nature: The Science of Intentional Abuse .\" If you've been at the receiving end of abuse and were confused why unconditional love wasn't working, this episode is for you. Do some people enjoy being cruel? Is unkindess its own reward? Salerno discusses the research around personality disorders and sadism and takes on therapists who endangers victims when they counsel victims to meet harmful acts with forgiveness and greater understanding. Conventional therapy argues that antisocial behavior comes from a person acting out trauma and masking shame. This view, Salerno argues, ignores behavioral science. Some people behave unethically because their brutish methods work for them. Worse, some disordered people actually derive pleasure from hurting others.","meta_description":"We're back with Dr. Peter Salerno this week talking about his new book \" Cruelty By Nature: The Science of Intentional Abuse .\" If you've been at the rece…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2288,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/tell-me-how-you-re-mighty-real-talk-about-cheating-6585398/episodes/106-cruelty-by-nature-an-interview-with-dr-peter-salerno/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/tell-me-how-you-re-mighty-real-talk-about-cheating-6585398/106-cruelty-by-nature-an-interview-with-dr-peter-salerno.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}