PsyberSpace® - we help you understand your world
By Leslie Poston, Research Psychologist: Applied Psychology, Media Psychology, Organizational Psychology
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PsyberSpace® is a weekly psychology podcast for curious people who want to understand why the world feels the way it does, online and offline. The show helps you name what you’re seeing and feeling, understand the science behind it, and figure out what to do next.
If you've ever wondered what makes "reply guys" tick, why we fall for emotionally manipulative language in politics, why meetings suck, why comfort can keep us stuck, why limerence hits so hard, or how music and media reshape your brain, you’re in the right place. New episodes drop every Monday to help you understand your world a little better each week.
PsyberSpace looks at how psychology, media, and big systems shape everyday life. Some weeks it’s algorithms, AI, and social platforms; other weeks it’s work culture, gender and power, climate anxiety, grief, or the way capitalism sets the baseline for what “normal” looks like. Each episode breaks down how these patterns show up in real people’s bodies and minds—and what you can do to respond with more clarity, care, and agency in your own life, work, and community.
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Sounds Deep, Says Nothing: The Science of Bullshit Receptivity
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Jun 11, 2026 |
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The Credibility Trap: Why We Trust Confident Wrongness
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Jun 05, 2026 |
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Propaganda: Nobody's Immune
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May 11, 2026 |
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Moral Licensing: How Doing Good Gives People Permission to Be Worse
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May 04, 2026 |
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The Death of Serendipity: What Algorithmic Personalization Is Doing to Your Mind
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Apr 27, 2026 |
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From the Rape Academy to Your Living Room
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Apr 20, 2026 |
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When TV Makes Harm Look Normal: Why We Keep Watching
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Apr 13, 2026 |
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The Psychology of AI Slop: How Synthetic Junk Erodes Attention, Trust, and Meaning
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Apr 06, 2026 |
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Meta Lost. Now What?
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Mar 29, 2026 |
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The 100% Myth: Why Giving Everything Is Costing You Everything
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Mar 23, 2026 |
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Why Common Sense Isn't Common
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Mar 16, 2026 |
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Your AI Best Friend Is Lying To You
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Mar 09, 2026 |
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Forever Wars Shrink the Future: What Endless War Does to the Human Mind
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Mar 02, 2026 |
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What the Epstein Network Tells Us About Power, Complicity, and the Psychology of Betrayal
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Feb 23, 2026 |
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Courage is Contagious: The Psychology of Collective Efficacy
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Feb 16, 2026 |
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The War on What You Saw: The Psychology of Gaslighting at Scale
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Feb 09, 2026 |
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When They Come For You: The Psychology of Expanding Violence
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Feb 02, 2026 |
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Your Data Is Already Breached: Why Age Verification Makes It Worse
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Jan 27, 2026 |
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Why Does Debating Bad Ideas Make Them Stronger?
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Jan 19, 2026 |
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When "No" Stops Mattering: The Psychology of Stolen Consent
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Jan 12, 2026 |
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Psychedelic-Assisted Therapy, EMDR, and Beyond: Real Talk on Mental Health Modalities
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Jan 05, 2026 |
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Going No Contact: Why Adult Children Are Choosing Their Mental Health Over Family
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Dec 23, 2025 |
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When Trust in Research Breaks: How Engineered Doubt Unravels Our Sense of What’s Real
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Dec 16, 2025 |
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Stop Thinking: How Clever Phrases Hijack Your Brain
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Dec 09, 2025 |
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Limerence: When Obsession Masquerades as Love
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Dec 02, 2025 |
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How to Spot Weaponized Therapy Speak
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Nov 24, 2025 |
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From Entropy to Action: Hope, Tactics, and Knowing When to Step Up (E5 of 5 in Series)
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Nov 21, 2025 |
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Living in Entropy: Power in the Entropy Age, or Who Thrives When Things Fall Apart (E4 of 5 in Series)
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Nov 21, 2025 |
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Living in Entropy: Epistemic Entropy, When Truth Stops Feeling Solid (E3 of 5 in Series)
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Nov 20, 2025 |
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Living in Entropy: System Decay and Psyches Under Late-Stage Capitalism (E2 of 5 in Series)
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Nov 18, 2025 |
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Living in Entropy – When the Future Stops Feeling Real (E1 of 5 in Series)
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Nov 17, 2025 |
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We're All Living in Different Realities (Literally)
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Nov 03, 2025 |
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The Bystander Effect Revisited: Courage Against “Inevitable” Harm
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Oct 27, 2025 |
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The Psychology of Better Work: Why Remote Work, Rest, and Shorter Weeks Help Us Thrive
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Oct 20, 2025 |
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Why Your Surgeon Wears Special Socks: The Psychology of Talismans and Lucky Charms
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Oct 12, 2025 |
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The Psychology of Everyday Aesthetics: Why Your Surroundings Shape How You Feel
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Oct 06, 2025 |
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The AI Transparency Trap: Why Honesty About AI Use Destroys Trust
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Oct 03, 2025 |
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Frictionless and Forgettable: How Tech Undermines Friendship and Creativity
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Sep 29, 2025 |
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Stuck in the In-Between: The Psychology of Liminal Spaces
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Sep 22, 2025 |
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Microjoys and Mini-Moments—The Psychology of Tiny Pleasures
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Sep 16, 2025 |
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When Hate Speaks: The Psychology of Stochastic Terrorism
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Sep 12, 2025 |
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Sneaky Grief - The Losses That Linger, the Systems That Ignore Them
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Sep 07, 2025 |
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Hoarding Power: The Billionaire Brain and the Psychology of Possession
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Aug 31, 2025 |
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Why Some People Want the World to Burn
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Aug 25, 2025 |
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The Comfort Trap: Why Ease Is the Enemy of Progress
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Aug 18, 2025 |
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The Voice Inside Your Head: Who's Really Running the Show?
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Aug 11, 2025 |
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She Leads: What Psychology Reveals About Women and Power
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Aug 04, 2025 |
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Media As Resistance: The Psychology of Necessary Consumption
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Jul 27, 2025 |
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Your Brain on Easy Mode: AI, Comfort, and the Cost of Convenience
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Jul 24, 2025 |
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Why Hard Work Doesn't Always Pay Off: The Psychology of Workplace Myths
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Jul 21, 2025 |
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You're Not Imagining It: How Your Workplace Is Rewriting Your Reality
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Jul 13, 2025 |
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Your Nervous System vs. The News Cycle: Why Normal Coping Isn't Working
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Jul 06, 2025 |
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Everyday Eugenics: The Psychology of Who We Let Die
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Jun 30, 2025 |
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Alone Together in the Empire: The Psychology of Community Collapse and Collective Rage
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Jun 23, 2025 |
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Why You Get Your Best Ideas in the Shower - The Psychology of Insight
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Jun 16, 2025 |
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Bad, Not Broken: The Psychology of Excusing Harm
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Jun 09, 2025 |
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Childhood Trauma: The One Test You Don't Want to ACE
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Jun 02, 2025 |
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The Paradox of Progress - Why Success Makes Us Forget
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May 26, 2025 |
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Outsourcing Our Minds: AI, Learning, and the Cognitive Cost
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May 19, 2025 |
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The War on Empathy: Why Authoritarians Fear It
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May 12, 2025 |
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Words They Don’t Want You to Say: The Psychology of Linguistic Oppression
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May 05, 2025 |
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First, Do Harm: The Dark Side of Psychology's Troubled Legacy
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Apr 28, 2025 |
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LOL at Democracy? How Memes Normalize Authoritarianism
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Apr 21, 2025 |
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Uncertain Times: How We Make Decisions When We Don't Know What's Coming
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Apr 14, 2025 |
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United in Opposition: How the Psychology of Anti-Fandom Fueled America's Recent Protest
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Apr 07, 2025 |
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The Persuasion Matrix - When Marketing Becomes Propaganda
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Mar 31, 2025 |
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The Science of Trust: Building Psychological Safety in Today's Workplace
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Mar 24, 2025 |
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Frayed Connections: The Psychology of Friendships in the Digital Era
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Mar 17, 2025 |
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The Risk Paradox: Why We Fear Sharks But Text While Driving
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Mar 10, 2025 |
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Mind Locked: The Surprising Psychology Behind Our Resistance to Change
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Mar 03, 2025 |
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The Shadows Within: How Disgust and Shame Break Society
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Feb 24, 2025 |
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Breaking the Cycle: Confronting and Changing Toxic Work Environments
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Feb 17, 2025 |
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Extinction Burst: The Desperate Ways Extremists and their Movements React When Losing Ground
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Feb 11, 2025 |
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Small Steps, Big Impact: Psychology To Help You Take Action In Overwhelming Times
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Feb 03, 2025 |
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The Psychological Power of Art and Creativity: Why We Create and How It Shapes Us
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Jan 27, 2025 |
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Shields Up: Recognizing and Resisting Propaganda in Authoritarian Regimes
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Jan 20, 2025 |
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Busting Brain Busters: Unraveling Popular Psychology Myths
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Jan 14, 2025 |
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Billionaire Brain: How Extreme Wealth Rewires Human Psychology
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Jan 06, 2025 |
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The Resolution Revolution: Why Your Brain Doesn't Care About January 1st
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Dec 30, 2024 |
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The Psychology of Holiday Consumption: From Black Friday to Blue Monday
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Dec 23, 2024 |
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Unpacking Our Psychological Reactions to High-Profile Violence
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Dec 16, 2024 |
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Decoding Morals: Why We Think and Act the Way We Do
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Dec 09, 2024 |
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Is Social Media Actually Good for Your Kids? What the Research Really Shows
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Dec 02, 2024 |
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Without Conscience: How Psychopaths Shape Our World
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Nov 25, 2024 |
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The Fire Within: Understanding the Psychology of Anger
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Nov 18, 2024 |
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The Invisible Chains: Understanding the Psychology of White Supremacy
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Nov 11, 2024 |
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Staying Grounded In Turbulent Times
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Nov 04, 2024 |
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Masking Insecurity: Studies in Compensatory Masculinity
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Oct 28, 2024 |
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Truth in the Digital Age: Mastering 4 Essential Literacy Skills
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Oct 21, 2024 |
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The Double Bind: Cognitive Dissonance in Everyday Life
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Oct 14, 2024 |
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Public Health in the Mind: The Psychology Behind Health Behaviors and Denial
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Oct 07, 2024 |
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Navigating the Waves: The Psychology of Change Management
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Sep 30, 2024 |
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Unpacking Resilience: The Lies We Tell Ourselves to Survive
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Sep 23, 2024 |
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Beyond the Screen: Unpacking the Myths of Social Media's Impact on Children
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Sep 16, 2024 |
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Tech Tension: Unpacking the Psychological Impact of Educational Technology
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Sep 09, 2024 |
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Why Meetings Suck: The Hidden Psychological Costs of Modern Work Rituals
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Sep 02, 2024 |
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The Climate Stressed Mind: Psychology's Role in Understanding Climate Change Impact
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Aug 26, 2024 |
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Mind Traps: The Psychology Behind Spreading Misinformation
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Aug 19, 2024 |
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The Trust Dividend: Psychological Safety's Impact on Business
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Aug 12, 2024 |
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"Well, Actually...": Unraveling the Psychology of Online Corrections
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Aug 05, 2024 |
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Beyond Optimism: The Psychology of Hope as the Engine of Human Progress
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Jul 29, 2024 |
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Generation Why: What's Behind Intergenerational Conflict
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Jul 22, 2024 |
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Shadows and Lies: Unraveling the Psychology of Gaslighting
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Jul 15, 2024 |
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Unseen Bonds: The Psychology of Mass Delusion in Extremist Groups
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Jul 08, 2024 |
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Fading Memories: Understanding the Psychology Behind Forgetting
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Jul 01, 2024 |
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Swifties and K-Dot Nation: The Psychology of Concert Crowds
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Jun 25, 2024 |
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Invisible Strings: The Hidden Power of Anticipatory Compliance in Shaping Minds
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Jun 17, 2024 |
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The Politeness Protocol: Exploring the Psychology of Control in Social Dynamics
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Jun 10, 2024 |
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Orchestrating the Brain: The Cognitive and Therapeutic Power of Music
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Jun 03, 2024 |
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Close Connections: Exploring Parasocial Relationships on TikTok
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May 27, 2024 |
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"For the Children": The Psychology Behind Persuasive Phrases - A Special Episode
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May 25, 2024 |
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Language Evolution and Algorithmic Evasion
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May 20, 2024 |
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The Psychology of Online Communities
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May 13, 2024 |
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Can We Uncover The Psychology of a "Karen"?
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May 06, 2024 |
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Thinking Fast and Slow in Honor of Kahneman
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Apr 29, 2024 |
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Introduction
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Apr 23, 2024 |