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From Dante鈥檚 flatterers in the 8th circle of Hell, to King Lear鈥檚 silver-tongued daughters - history never runs out of sycophants. In this Archive on 4 - hosted by journalist and broadcaster Matthew Gwyther - you will learn how to spot, avoid, or profit from a lickspittle.

How dangerous is a leader who is vulnerable to brown-nosing? What are the consequences of a society sympathetic to sycophancy? And where does deceitful flattery hide in our world today?

Only the most attractive, astute, and discerning of listeners would tune into this programme...

Contributors:
Emma Smith, Professor of Shakespeare Studies at Oxford University
Angie Hobbs, Professor of the Public Understanding of Philosophy at the University of Sheffield
Anthony Scaramucci, former White House Communications Director
Year 5 + 6 from The New School, South London, led by teacher Jack Park
Manfred Kets de Vries, psychologist and business consultant
Andrew Lownie, literary agent and author
Cody Dahler, comedian and political satirist
Martin Rowson, cartoonist for The Guardian
Hamilton Morrin, Psychologist at the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience
Myra Cheng, PHD researcher at Stanford University

Presenter: Matthew Gwyther
Producer: Jude Shapiro
Executive Producer: Jack Howson
Mix Engineer: David Crackles

A Peanut & Crumb production for 蘑菇短视频 Radio 4
With thanks to The Cartoon Museum and The New School.