Molly Worthen’s Spellbound is an elegant, witty, readable, original, and deeply troubling book. A professor of history at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Worthen has spent two decades ...

Charismatic leadership can be a double-edged sword. While it captivates audiences and rallies teams towards seemingly impossible goals, it also harbors hidden dangers that can unravel the very fabric ...

Rizz, a slang term for charisma, is the Oxford English Dictionary’s word of the year (beating out Swiftie and situationship). This seems an appropriate time to write about the psychology of charisma.