My Patriot Brain

My Patriot Brain

A conservative Ph.D. discusses social psychology, politics, and sports. Host Robert D. Mather, Ph.D. is a behavioral scientist and has authored over forty peer-reviewed articles and four books, including "Implicit Biases and the Unconscious: Liberal Biases, Racial Prejudice, and Politics". He has been interviewed by Fox News, CNN, The New York Times, and The Atlantic.

Episodes

January 6, 2026 37 mins

Dr. Mather discusses college football, NBA, podcasts, Corporation for Public Broadcasting, Billy Joel, Rob Reiner, ax life, dog brains, TV terrorists, the Bible, and the state of higher education in 2026 (threats to classical scholarship, intellectual meritocracy, masculinity, viewpoint diversity, Christianity, and the Woke U Cabal). He also responds to listeners on the Patriot Brain Line.


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Dr. Mather discusses college football, NBA, minor league baseball, federal unions, ghost students, blue slips, DEI, wire fraud/money laundering, and research on failure estimates. He also responds to listeners on the Patriot Brain Line.


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December 8, 2025 15 mins

Dr. Mather discusses college football, NBA, pizza trafficking, junkyard elementary, liberal women mental health, and new research on the goal pursuit. He also responds to listeners on the Patriot Brain Line.


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December 1, 2025 30 mins

Dr. Mather discusses college football, NBA, George Soros, an eagle, feminists, scouting, media bias, Biden’s autopen, old Wisconsin canoes, Trump vs CNN, TDS, digital ID in the UK, and new research on the social connections from live events. He also responds to listeners on the Patriot Brain Line.


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November 21, 2025 31 mins

Dr. Mather discusses sports, airplanes, the Democrat Media Complex, Dick Cheney, Antifa, GOP shenanigans, Joe Rogan, Pat McAfee, the wisdom of Patton Oswald, Russian and Chinese spy ships, the DNC having to go outside, and new research on perceptions of 911 callers. He also responds to listeners on the Patriot Brain Line.


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November 10, 2025 25 mins

Dr. Mather discusses Darryl Strawberry, Hunter Biden, flying cars, win-win court cases, Lou Holtz, recent elections, Nancy Pelosi, and the new wave of helper robots. He also responds to listeners on the Patriot Brain Line.


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November 3, 2025 37 mins

Dr. Mather discusses the World Series, liberal campus recruitment, finding lost children, FM car radios, the filibuster, Big Tech and Rosie O’Donnell, cult MAGA TDS, and military psychology in Abu Ghraib. He also responds to listeners on the Patriot Brain Line.


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October 27, 2025 36 mins

Dr. Mather discusses planes, the White House Ballroom, red dye, Hispanic Trump support, sports gambling, Blusky, and research on political rigidity. He also responds to listeners on the Patriot Brain Line.


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October 22, 2025 30 mins

Dr. Mather discusses OKC Thunder, Florida cheese, tough words, a man fighting a deer, airplanes, drones, Sandy Alomar, Bluesky, Trump’s Library, media bias, Whataboutism, survival skills, and No Kings. He also responds to listeners on the Patriot Brain Line.


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October 8, 2025 24 mins

Dr. Mather discusses college football, Major League Baseball, AOL, Jeffries/Schumer, Quiet Skies, Jack Smith, Southern Poverty Law Center, Communism culture, softball dads, and recent research on using AI to defend against cyberattacks. He also responds to listeners on the Patriot Brain Line.


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October 1, 2025 24 mins

Dr. Mather discusses the NFL, U.N. speech, William Bennett, RNC midterms, nonviolent felon rights, federal agency donations, military psychology, and recent research on ostracism. He also responds to listeners on the Patriot Brain Line.

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September 19, 2025 22 mins

Dr. Mather discusses Jimmy Kimmel, Chuck Schumer, Barack Obama, judges without law degrees, parasocial bonds, media bias, RFK, liberal social media, and research on fear of missing out (FOMO). He also responds to listeners on the Patriot Brain Line.

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September 3, 2025 28 mins

Dr. Mather discusses dog attacks, Intel, government growth data, French politics, national debt, and research on social media goal contagion. He also responds to listeners on the Patriot Brain Line.

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August 25, 2025 31 mins

Dr. Mather discusses voices of generational cohorts, organizational health apps, potential think tank workforce opportunities, and research on cultural differences in the effectiveness of nudges and cash rewards. He also responds to listeners on the Patriot Brain Line.

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February 11, 2025 29 mins

Dr. Mather discusses tariffs, Alinsky turnabout, inauguration, Kash Patel, Pam Bondi, LBJ, and the GOP’s aggressive winning. He also responds to listeners on the Patriot Brain Line.

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December 17, 2024 33 mins

Dr. Mather discusses wokeness, the supply chain, psychological examples, RFK’s food ideas, black plastic, and Phil Zimbardo’s Stanford Prison Experiment. He also responds to listeners on the Patriot Brain Line.

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November 20, 2024 21 mins

Dr. Mather discusses the mainstream media, education, and behavioral economic research on irrational debt repayment behavior. He also responds to listeners on the Patriot Brain Line.

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November 7, 2024 27 mins

Dr. Mather gives his thoughts on the 2024 U.S. Presidential Election.

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November 1, 2024 41 mins

Dr. Mather discusses his visit to a social justice program, Dr. Phil McGraw’s speech, election shenanigans, neighborhood thieves, Democrat name calling, Lee Smith’s new book, a potential new Chinese Spy Blimp, Phil Zimbardo, Polymarket, and immigration attitudes. He also responds to listeners on the Patriot Brain Line.

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October 16, 2024 25 mins

Dr. Mather discusses a Texas high school football coach, the ethics of automated cars, non-citizen voting issues, political yard signs, and research that shows demographics do not predict presidential election results. He also responds to listeners on the Patriot Brain Line.

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