Talking to Strangers

Someone recommended this as an audiobook because of the way interviews and transcripts are included as audio (some are recreations) which is neat! But it opens with the recording from the Sandra Bland traffic stop, which is incredibly stressful and potentially triggering. There are a couple other content-warning worthy inclusions, the US gymnastics doctor, the football coach, and the Brock Turner rape which are hard to listen to.

Otherwise, there are a number of interesting investigations into why we are bad at catching people lying, different types of policing, where our expectations for “appropriate” reactions to stressful situations may lead us astray.