Episode Details

Are you Type A or Type B? (Justice for Type C !)

Maybe the label you’ve given yourself feels grounding (and that’s okay!). Maybe it’s limiting – something you’ve been trying to shake off..? Or maybe you’ve turned a label into a sort of playbook, a personality shorthand we were never really meant to rely on.

This week, Alice Griffin and Jannah Anderson dive into self‑imposed labels – dissecting the logic of Myers-Briggs and comparing their own Enneagram results as they unpack the universal urge to categorise ourselves. And can you ever truly shake off a label once it’s been culturally assigned… sometimes en masse? (Raygun made peace with hers two years post-Olympics – and you probably would too with Sammy Sex in your corner).

TikTok’s Obsessed With “Type A” and “Type B” Personality Types - Here’s Why by Keyaira Boone, Cosmopolitan

The Carl Jung Quote You’ll Love Based on Your Myers-Briggs Personality by Susan Storm, Psychology Junkee

Why Myers-Briggs Is Totally Useless - But Wildly Popular by Anna North, New York Times

To Promote Inclusivity, Stay Away From Personality Assessments by Quinisha Jackson-Wright, New York Times

Mindfulness by Dr Ellen Langer

Thank You For Smoking: How Big Tobacco Created the ‘Type A’ Personality Myth

Uncertainty-identity theory Hogg, M.A, in Advances in Experimental Social Psychology, Vol. 39

Schema Theory in Psychology by Charlotte Nickerson, Simply 

Personality Isn’t Permanent by Benjamin Hardy

All I Ever Wanted Was To Be Hot by Lucinda Froomes Price

The Psychopath Test by Jon Ronson

Untold: Raygun Breaking Badly, Netflix

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