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Psychologia Podcast

A scientific exploration of the strange and pathological

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Episode 21: Mass Hysteria

Episode 21: Mass Hysteria

How is it possible that huge groups of people can all fall ill or be incapacitated by a physical sickness no doctor can ... Read more

11 Feb 2019

31mins

Ranked #2

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Episode 6: Your Brain on Music

Episode 6: Your Brain on Music

Music has a powerful effect on humans. Across time, cultures, and age, it is a constant presence, and the physiological ... Read more

22 Aug 2016

14mins

Ranked #3

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Episode 22: The Gruesome Case of the Killer Maids

Episode 22: The Gruesome Case of the Killer Maids

February 2nd, 1933 was a frosty evening in Le Mans, France. When Monsieur René Lancelin got to his front door, he found ... Read more

14 Oct 2019

27mins

Ranked #4

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Episode 3: Hypnosis On Trial

Episode 3: Hypnosis On Trial

What is hypnosis and does it have a place in our legal system? For over 100 years, the debate has raged on. Join us for ... Read more

2 May 2016

19mins

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Episode 8: The Exorcism of Anneliese Michel

Episode 8: The Exorcism of Anneliese Michel

In honor of the Halloween season, we are bringing you a mini-episode: a case study of a real-life horror story, caught i... Read more

29 Oct 2016

13mins

Ranked #6

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Episode 9: Killer Profile

Episode 9: Killer Profile

Is it possible to catch the criminal by studying the crime? How much can we rely on science to stop murder? Join us as w... Read more

23 Feb 2017

22mins

Ranked #7

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Episode 20: The First Women

Episode 20: The First Women

Before the second-wave feminist movement of the 1960s, psychological study was largely the study of (mostly white) men, ... Read more

21 Jan 2019

31mins

Ranked #8

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Episode 7: The Insanity Defense

Episode 7: The Insanity Defense

Who is sane and who is not? What exactly is an insanity plea? Can you be too insane to be guilty of a crime? Join us as ... Read more

21 Sep 2016

22mins

Ranked #9

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Episode 10: Persuasion

Episode 10: Persuasion

Why are some people better at convincing others to see the world their way? As far as psychology is concerned, it has a ... Read more

7 Jul 2017

25mins

Ranked #10

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Episode 19: The Doppelgänger Delusion

Episode 19: The Doppelgänger Delusion

Capgras Syndrome is a psychiatric disorder in which a person believes that people around them have been replaced with do... Read more

7 Jan 2019

23mins

Ranked #11

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Episode 11: Cults & Persuasion

Episode 11: Cults & Persuasion

Persuasion and cults seem to go hand-in-hand. Campaigns to convert people to religious and political movements have alwa... Read more

24 Jul 2017

18mins

Ranked #12

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Episode 4: Soldier's Heart

Episode 4: Soldier's Heart

Throughout time, the lasting effects of trauma have been called many things: "nostalgia," "soldier's heart," "shell shoc... Read more

6 Jul 2016

18mins

Ranked #13

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Episode 24: The Death Penalty

Episode 24: The Death Penalty

There are few topics that bring on as much emotional outrage and heated argument as the death penalty. It’s the kind of ... Read more

11 Nov 2019

30mins

Ranked #14

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Episode 12: American Asylums & The Kirkbride Plan

Episode 12: American Asylums & The Kirkbride Plan

There are many terrifying stories about the misery endured by patients in 19th century asylums, and while they seem too ... Read more

26 Aug 2018

21mins

Ranked #15

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Episode 23: The Tell-Tale Heart

Episode 23: The Tell-Tale Heart

For this year’s annual Halloween story time, we bring you another horror classic with a psychological undercurrent, a to... Read more

28 Oct 2019

29mins

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