Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchMark Borg, Jr., "Don’t Be a Dick: Change Yourself, Change Your World" (Central Recovery Press, 2019)
Episode 111
When we are hurt, we hurt others—yet when they hurt us back, we wonder why. This is one of the central phenomena addressed by Mark Borg, Jr. in his n…
5 years, 7 months ago
Nick Morgan, "Can You Hear Me? How to Connect with People in a Virtual World" (HBRP, 2018)
Episode 16
How is communicating virtually Is like eating Pringles forever? Find out as I talk to Nick Morgan about his new book Can You Hear Me? How to Connect …
5 years, 7 months ago
Mark Winborn, "Jungian Analysis: Art and Technique" (Routledge 2019)
Episode 138
Engaging with one’s patients is one of the most complicated aspects of being a psychoanalyst. Going well beyond simply processing information and spi…
5 years, 7 months ago
Joy Knoblauch, "The Architecture of Good Behavior" (U Pittsburgh Press, 2020)
Episode 84
Inspired by the rise of environmental psychology and increasing support for behavioral research after the Second World War, new initiatives at the fe…
5 years, 7 months ago
John R. Hibbing, "The Securitarian Personality: What Really Motivates Trump’s Base and Why It Matters for the Post-Trump Era" (Oxford UP, 2020)
Episode 15
What are the policy implications due to a fundamental distrust and dislike of “outsiders”?
Today I talked to political scientist John R. Hibbing about…
5 years, 7 months ago
Art Markman, "Bring Your Brain to Work: Using Cognitive Science to Get a Job, Do It Well, and Advance Your Career" (HBR Press, 2019)
Episode 14
What does it take to both fit in and yet also prosper and grow as a person in the workplace?
In today's interview, I discuss this question and others …
5 years, 8 months ago
Jeffrey J. Kripal, "The Flip: Epiphanies of Mind and the Future of Knowledge" (Bellevue Literary Press, 2019)
Episode 147
A “flip,” writes Jeffrey J. Kripal, is “a reversal of perspective,” “a new real,” often born of an extreme, life-changing experience. The Flip: Epiph…
5 years, 8 months ago
Danielle Giffort, "Acid Revival: The Psychedelic Renaissance and the Quest for Medical Legitimacy" (U Minnesota Press, 2020)
Episode 21
Psychedelic drugs are making a comeback. In the mid-twentieth century, scientists actively studied the potential of drugs like LSD and psilocybin for…
5 years, 8 months ago
Stuart Ritchie, "Science Fictions: Exposing Fraud, Bias, Negligence, and Hype in Science" (Penguin Books, 2020)
Episode 23
So much relies on science. But what if science itself can’t be relied on? In Science Fictions: Exposing Fraud, Bias, Negligence, and Hype in Science …
5 years, 8 months ago
Monica Coleman, "Bipolar Faith: A Black Woman’s Journey with Depression and Faith" (Fortress Press, 2016)
Episode 26
Monica A. Coleman's great-grandfather asked his two young sons to lift him up and pull out the chair when he hanged himself, and that noose stayed in…
5 years, 8 months ago