Are You Under Arrest?

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He claims he's innocent, but he doesn't even know the law. But they also don't know the law,. Like, so there is a little bit of a cat and mouse, but not much of one. In the end, they're they just let him go, ye. And he's sort of surprised. Hes like, all right, im under arrest te take me away. Untiik, oh, no, you got work he's like, what? Ye, just go to work. Don't worry. We like, we'll find youye.

David and Tamler wander through the bewildering dream-like world of Franz Kafka’s "The Trial." In part one of a two-part discussion we discuss the circumstances of its publication, the various interpretative approaches that can be taken to the novel, and all the ways that Kafka’s prose gets under your skin, making you feel what’s happening even if you don’t fully understand it. Recorded in the decidedly un-Kafka-esque location of Nosara, Costa Rica – thanks to the Harmony Hotel for having us back!

Plus – Social Psychologists for Peace send an open letter to Vladimir Putin urging him to reverse course on the tragic invasion of Ukraine. Putin seems intent on toppling the Ukranian government but has he considered Sherif et al (1961), Tajfel (1977), Festinger (1954), and Brewer (1991)?