A conversation about war, propaganda, moral numbness, and what it takes to stay human and responsible in a collapsing public sphere. 

Recorded on 3 March 2026 (Day 4 of the US-Israel-Iran-Lebanon-GCC War)

In this conversation, your host (Jay Humphries) and philosopher/psychologist Andreas (Dr Andreas Schreiber) begin with the language of war — pre-emption, deterrence, inevitability, and the way political language can make violence feel necessary, controlled, or already decided.

From there, we move into something deeper: how repeated exposure to suffering changes us, how public trust collapses, how Europe and the West seem increasingly unable or unwilling to act independently, and how narrative itself becomes a trap.

This is not just a conversation about geopolitics. It is also about meaning, morality, and responsibility. We talk about numbness after Gaza, double standards around civilian lives, the psychology of power, the failure of institutions, the roots of individualism, and what happens when technology, ideology, and fear begin to shape human consciousness more than truth does.

At the centre of it all is one question:

How do we stay human, connected, and responsible when the world around us is being explained through language that distances us from reality?

For more details on Dr Andreas Schreiber:

www.curavitae.eu/logotherapie-existenzanalyse/logotherapie/

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