![TED Talks Society and Culture show](https://d3dthqtvwic6y7.cloudfront.net/podcast-covers/000/031/135/small/tedtalks-society-and-culture.png)
Summary: By leading the Americans in his audience step by step through the thought process, sociologist Sam Richards sets an extraordinary challenge: can they understand -- not approve of, but understand -- the motivations of an Iraqi insurgent? And by extension, can anyone truly understand and empathize with another? (Filmed at TEDxPSU.)