Mysterious Goings On with Alex Greenwood

J. Alexander Greenwood

Explore the world of creativity and writing with Mysterious Goings On with J. Alexander Greenwood. Named a 2022 Top 5 Literature Podcast by CrowdUltra and a "New & Noteworthy" show by Apple Podcasts in 2016, this show is a magnet for top-selling authors and creative minds. Subscribe to embark on an enthralling journey through the world of creativity and literature. Website: https://mgopod.com/ Become a Paid Subscriber: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/j-alexander-greenwood/subscribe

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Mysterious Goings On with Alex Greenwood

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Sun Apr 5th We Before Me: How Identity Starts Thinking for Us
Mar 22nd The Heat Travels Slowly
Mar 8th Stop Pretending You're Powerless

Mysterious Goings On with Alex Greenwood

Apr 5, 2026
7¼ minutes
3 MB

In this episode, Alex reads his latest essay from All the Fits That's News — a piece that starts with a Star Trek argument and ends somewhere considerably less comfortable. The essay traces what happens when group membership stops being a background feature of how we live and starts running the cognitive show. Drawing on Henri Tajfel's social identity theory experiments from the 1970s, it looks at how we sort ourselves into groups, absorb those groups into our sense of self, and then quietly let them do our reasoning for us — in politics, in media, in workplaces, and yes...

Mysterious Goings On with Alex Greenwood

We Before Me: How Identity Starts Thinking for Us

J. Alexander Greenwood

00:00 -07:18