Proxy with Yowei Shaw
Y3 ProductionsIt’s the knot you can’t untangle - a problem so specific, it makes you feel alone. But what if you could talk to someone who gets it? On Proxy, we find just the person you were looking for, a stranger who's lived something close enough to help you get a little less stuck. It’s not therapy - it’s emotional investigative journalism™️. Yowei Shaw, former co-host of Invisibilia, at your service.
If you’re just discovering the show, a good place to begin is Bisexual Wife Guy, Mic Chooses the Wrong Life, or Amanda and the Nonstop Narrator.
The team is hard at work investigating another batch of cases, with new episodes returning mid-April 2026 🚀
Proxy is an independent podcast, supported mostly by listeners. If you want to help the show keep going, consider joining our Patreon. Membership starts at $5 a month and includes bonus episodes, ad-free listening, and access to our group Zoom hangs. You can also join our Patreon for free to get the newsletter 🍏
Follow us on Instagram: @proxypodcast @yoweishaw
Get in touch at proxythepod@gmail.com
It’s the knot you can’t untangle - a problem so specific, it makes you feel alone. But what if you could talk to someone who gets it? On Proxy, we find just the person you were looking for, a stranger who's lived something close enough to help you get a little less stuck. It’s not therapy - it’s emotional investigative journalism™️. Yowei Shaw, former co-host of Invisibilia, at your service.
If you’re just discovering the show, a good place to begin is Bisexual Wife Guy, Mic Chooses the Wrong Life, or Amanda and the Nonstop Narrator.
The team is hard at work investigating another batch of cases, with new episodes returning mid-April 2026 🚀
Proxy is an independent podcast, supported mostly by listeners. If you want to help the show keep going, consider joining our Patreon. Membership starts at $5 a month and includes bonus episodes, ad-free listening, and access to our group Zoom hangs. You can also join our Patreon for free to get the newsletter 🍏
Follow us on Instagram: @proxypodcast @yoweishaw
Get in touch at proxythepod@gmail.com
Is there anything we can actually do about polarization?
Whoever wins the election, Americans will still want to rip each other's heads off. Social psychologist Jay Van Bavel helps us understand why we should care about polarization, how we got here, and what, if anything, we can do about it.
If this episode resonates, you might also try How to Cope with Now or Nicole Can't Stop Being Aggro.
From the episode:
- Jay Van Bavel's book The Power of Us: Harnessing Our Shared Identities to Improve Performance, Increase Cooperation, and Promote Social Harmony
- The paper on political sectarianism Jay co-wrote
- Find out more about Jay Van Bavel and his work
- Follow Jay on X and Instagram: @jayvanbavel
Proxy is an independent podcast, supported mostly by listeners. If you want to help the show keep going, consider joining our Patreon. Membership starts at $5 a month and includesbonus episodes, ad-free-listening, and access to our group Zoom hangs. You can also join for free to get the newsletter 🍏
Follow us on Instagram: @proxypodcast @yoweishaw
Get in touch at proxythepod@gmail.com