Podcast Episodes

Cruel intentions: how toxic tabloids and celebrity culture changed the way we talk about mental health

If you opened up a magazine in the 2000s, you'd likely be met by countless images of celebrities on their worst days. And the conversation accompanying those images? Pretty toxic.

We've come a long wa…

Published on 2 months, 1 week ago

Is clutter making you feel bad?

When was the last time you decluttered? Was it a satisfying process, or did it fill you with dread?

Where you sit on the clutter spectrum differs person to person, so today, we investigate if declutte…

Published on 2 months, 2 weeks ago

Serial killers: answering your questions about how they think

Can serial killers ever learn empathy? Is their psychology similar to mass shooters? Why are they almost always men?

Welcome to All in the Mind’s first ever ‘mailbag’ episode!

These are just some of th…

Published on 2 months, 3 weeks ago

Depersonalisation — when nothing feels real

Have you ever felt like things were not quite real?

That you were no longer connected to your body or didn’t know who you were?

Nathan Dunne felt this way for years. And it’s never quite stopped affect…

Published on 3 months ago

Divination isn’t scientific, but can it ever be therapeutic?

Love it or hate it, there are reasons you might read your star sign and relate to what it says about you as a person.

We all fall into cognitive traps — but if we’re aware of them, is it such a bad th…

Published on 3 months, 1 week ago

Where have all the serial killers gone?

The backpacker killer. The Claremont killer. Ted Bundy. The crimes serial killers commit linger in our memories for decades.

But when was the last time you heard about an active serial killer in the n…

Published on 3 months, 2 weeks ago

Kleptomania: when compulsive stealing takes over your life

What drives some people to steal compulsively?

This week, as part of our special four-part series Criminal Psychology, we're talking about kleptomania and the impact it can have on a person's life.

We …

Published on 3 months, 3 weeks ago

Pyromania vs revenge – why do people light fires?

Australians know the devastation of bushfires all too well. So why would anyone deliberately light a fire?

In this episode of Criminal Psychology, our new four-part series on unusual crimes and unusua…

Published on 3 months, 4 weeks ago

Munchausen by Proxy: when parents hurt their kids

Why would any parent lie about their child's health? Or worse, intentionally make their child sick?

In episode one of Criminal Psychology, our new four-part series on unusual crimes and unusual minds,…

Published on 4 months, 1 week ago

INTRODUCING — Criminal Psychology

On All in the Mind, we investigate why people behave the way they do. But there are some perspectives we don't often hear about.

Introducing Criminal Psychology, a special series diving into just that…

Published on 4 months, 1 week ago