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Back to SearchSIO495: Can AI Chatbots Make You Delusional? A Psychologist Explains
Episode 495
Stormy Decisis AKA Dr. Alan Smerbeck is back! With multiple stories in the news of AI Chatbots potentially driving people to delusion or psychosis, S…
4 months, 2 weeks ago
SIO494: Autism and ADHD, Part 2
Episode 494
***This is a two-parter. Listen to part 1!
Previously, the leading theory was that kids with autism and/or ADHD had mental health struggles due to em…
4 months, 2 weeks ago
SIO493: Kids with ADHD/Autism Struggle with Mental Health. New Study Says Maybe It's the Stress of Being Different
Episode 493
Previously, the leading theory was that kids with autism and/or ADHD had mental health struggles due to emotional regulation issues or other direct e…
4 months, 2 weeks ago
SIO492: How Radicalized Was Kirk's Killer, Really?
Episode 492
Part 2 of my thoughts and observations based on all the info I could gather on Tyler Robinson. I think there's an aspect to him that isn't being emph…
5 months, 2 weeks ago
SIO491: What Do We Actually Know About Tyler Robinson? Why Did He Kill Charlie Kirk?
Episode 491
The public has gone through several phases of evolution on what the shooter's motive was. At first, it was assumed he was a leftwing terrorist. Then …
5 months, 3 weeks ago
SIO490: The "Leaky Pipeline" of Academia
Episode 490
Dr. Bryan Gillis is back after far too long! But instead of space, he's here to talk about the problems in academia that lead to women and minority g…
6 months ago
SIO489: TikTok Banned #Skinnytok and It Was Right to Do So
Episode 489
Dr. Jenessa Seymour joins to discuss why TikTok's move here is aligned with what we know about eating disorders from the literature, and what happens…
6 months, 1 week ago
SIO488: She Filmed Her Harassment and It Went Viral on TikTok
Episode 488
Lydia and I invite one of our good friends, Holly, to share her recent viral story of harassment at a public park in Glendale, California. We discuss…
6 months, 2 weeks ago
SIO487: How Close Is Iran Actually To Nuclear Weapons?
Episode 487
We had like, a mini war over Iran's nuclear situation and it is barely even a memory in today's news cycle. But what happened there? Did Iran have nu…
7 months, 2 weeks ago
SIO486: Good News! According to The Economist, College Is Totally Affordable!
Episode 486
... what? Yep that's right. They say there is no college affordability crisis. And I guess then, presumably no student debt crisis as well? You can r…
7 months, 2 weeks ago