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Interview #19: Tribalism and the Value of Disagreement (with Dr. Julian-Pascal Saadi)
Alex chats with Dr Julian-Pascal Saadi about tribalism, therapy, cognitive dissonance and many other topics in the first in-person ML podcast since the pandemic began.
Dr Julian-Pascal Saadi is a Cou…
Published on 4 years, 6 months ago
Interview #18: How DNA Makes Us Who We Are (with Robert Plomin)
Robert Plomin is MRC Research Professor in Behavioural Genetics at the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King’s College London. He is the author of the book Blueprint: How DNA Mak…
Published on 4 years, 7 months ago
How DNA Makes Us Who We Are (Interview #18 Teaser)
In this upcoming interview Alex talks to Robert Plomin about the the genetic influences of psychological traits, the DNA revolution and much more.
Robert Plomin is MRC Research Professor in Behaviour…
Published on 4 years, 7 months ago
Interview #17: Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (with Michelle Batcock)
Alex chats about DBT with Michelle Batcock, an Accredited DBT Therapist & Member of the Board of Accreditation for the Society for DBT.
DBT is a modified form of Cognitive Behaviour Therapy with prono…
Published on 4 years, 7 months ago
Audio Essay #8: What are Emotions for?
How should we think about our emotions? What purpose do they serve? In this podcast we examine 9 common Emotions: Sadness, Anger, Disgust, Joy, Love, Fear, Guilt, Shame and Regret. We also discuss s…
Published on 4 years, 9 months ago
Interview #16: Dr. Adrian James - The Current Mental Health Lanscape
Dr. Adrian James is the President of the Royal College of Psychiatrists and a Consultant Forensic Psychiatrist.
In this episode we discuss the path to psychiatry, the first 6 months of his Presidency…
Published on 4 years, 9 months ago
Audio Essay #7: Marriage Story - Polarities and Collisions
This is an analysis of the Netlfix Film Marriage Story (2019), directed by Noah Baumbach.
Audio-essay by Dr. Alex Curmi. Dr. Curmi is a specialist registrar in General Adult psychiatry in the South L…
Published on 4 years, 10 months ago
Audio Essay #6: Wisdom vs Intelligence
What's the difference between wisdom and intelligence? Why does it matter?
Audio-essay by Dr. Alex Curmi. Dr. Curmi is a specialist registrar in General Adult psychiatry in the South London and Mauds…
Published on 4 years, 11 months ago
Interview #15: Mindfulness & Adversity (with Dr. Florian Ruths)
Florian Ruths is a consultant psychiatrist in adult mental health at the Maudsley. He is also clinical lead for mindfulness-based therapy at South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust. Florian h…
Published on 4 years, 11 months ago
Audio Essay #5: Failure, Personality and Calibrating One's Mental Compass
Audio-essay by Dr. Alex Curmi. Dr. Curmi is a specialist registrar in General Adult psychiatry in the South London and Maudsley NHS foundation trust with a special interest in psychotherapy and mindf…
Published on 5 years ago