# A psychologist’s guide to understanding and spotting narcissism | Ramani Durvasula

An episode of [The Big Think Interview](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/6797911690), 30 Oct 2026, 2 h 18 min.

Audio: https://traffic.megaphone.fm/APO9786282017.mp3

Narcissistic people are often charming at the dinner party and cruel in the car ride home, which tells you they can control it. Clinical psychologist Ramani Durvasula, author of It’s Not You, has studied narcissism since long before it became a buzzword, and she argues that most of what circulates online gets it wrong.

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