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Back to SearchWhy people become terrorists: Nafees Hamid
Episode 84
Nafees Hamid talks about what makes people into terrorists and other forms of extremists…and how we might be able to persuade them or talk them down.…
4 years, 1 month ago
NXIVM Sex-Trafficking Cult Survivor Kelly Thiel
Episode 83
Kelly Thiel was once a member of the notorious NXIVM cult. For those of you who – like me – don’t or didn’t know much about this sect, you’re in for …
4 years, 1 month ago
I lived in an airport for 7 months: Hassan Al Kontar
Episode 82
Today’s guest is Hassan al-Kontar, an absolute gem of a person who found himself in one of the most unique and unusual positions imaginable: living i…
4 years, 1 month ago
Why we like to suffer - Prof. Paul Bloom
Episode 81
Why do we like to suffer? Canadian-American Professor of Psychology and Cognitive Science Paul Bloom believes he has the answer. Or at least, some of…
4 years, 2 months ago
Guantanamo's Most Tortured Prisoner: Mohamedou Ould Salahi
Episode 80
Today, we’ve got a classic On the Edge interviewee, in the form of Mohamedou Ould Salahi, who was detained in Guantanamo Bay for 14 years and is cons…
4 years, 2 months ago
True Crime 1: Anders Breivik
Episode 77
Journalist Andrew Gold and forensic psychiatrist Dr. Sohom Das from A Psych for Sore Minds take a look inside the minds of perpetrators in three scar…
4 years, 2 months ago
True Crime 2: Swedish Killer Twin Sisters
Episode 78
In the second episode of our Halloween trilogy, Dr. Sohom Das explains what really went on in the minds of Swedish twin sisters Ursula and Sabina Er…
4 years, 2 months ago
True Crime 3: The Broadmoor Cannibal
Episode 79
In our final installment of the three Halloween Specials, Dr. Sohom Das takes us into the mind of the Broadmoor Cannibal, Peter Bryan.
Dr. Sohom Das…
4 years, 2 months ago
Why you're hung larger than a gorilla - Dr. Chris Ryan
Episode 76
He’s back! It’s part 2 with podcaster and evolutionary sex expert Dr. Chris Ryan, author of Sex at Dawn and Civilized to Death. He writes all about t…
4 years, 2 months ago
How our ancestors REALLY had sex - Dr. Chris Ryan
Episode 76
Today I have one of the biggest names to ever grace the stage of this podcast, in the form of Chris Ryan. Chris is known for many things, but is perh…
4 years, 2 months ago