Life is *%$@ing strange: how does that relate to existential psychology?

Life is *%$@ing strange: how does that relate to existential psychology?

Thoughts about how an awareness of life's strangeness might impact us, both positively and negatively, and how that might relate to existential psychology concepts. Topics include: how an awareness of life's strangeness might be seen to be a core existential stressor (like the fear of death, or fear of isolation); how this might relate to religious/spiritual experience; how this might relate to traumatic experience and PTSD; how being aware of life's strangeness might make one more likely to embrace nonsensical, low-evidence beliefs of various sorts; how this might relate to mental illness (including psychosis and delusion). Learn more about the show and get transcripts at⁠ ⁠behavior-podcast.com⁠⁠. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Spotting the liar in Secret Hitler, Werewolf, and other social deduction games

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Spotting fake Amazon product reviews, with language analyst Olu Popoola

Spotting fake Amazon product reviews, with language analyst Olu Popoola

I talk with Olu Popoola, a forensic linguistic analyst, deception researcher, and fraud investigator, about spotting indicators of false, deceptive text. Topics discussed include: what linguistic anal...

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A talk with Benjamin Moots, who served 15 years in prison for second degree murder, mostly in maximum security settings. Topics include: his account of what led to his murder conviction; what prison l...

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Behavioral indicators of good and bad relationships, with Brandi Fink

Behavioral indicators of good and bad relationships, with Brandi Fink

A talk with DBrandi Fink, a psychology researcher who has done work analyzing the interpersonal dynamics of couples and families, including couples and families having physical abuse and drug/alcohol ...

1 Jun 20191h 22min

Mind games and social manipulation in door-to-door sales

Mind games and social manipulation in door-to-door sales

A talk about how psychology and reading behavior play a role in successful door-to-door sales. I interview two experienced door-to-door salespeople: Conrad Smith, who was a top salesman for a well-kno...

15 Mai 20191h 18min

Restaurant psychology you've never noticed, with service industry pro Robin Dibble

Restaurant psychology you've never noticed, with service industry pro Robin Dibble

A talk with Robin Dibble, an experienced service industry professional based in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Robin has worked all sides of the restaurant business, from waiting tables, to cooking, to mana...

20 Apr 20191h 3min

Choke-holds and mind games: MMA pro Robert Drysdale talks psychology and behavior

Choke-holds and mind games: MMA pro Robert Drysdale talks psychology and behavior

A talk with Robert Drysdale, a Brazilian jiu-jitsu and mixed martial arts expert and world champion, on the roles psychology and predicting opponent behavior can play in professional fighting. Topic d...

18 Mar 20191h 3min

The mind games behind the sword: Using psychology in fencing | Seth Baldwin

The mind games behind the sword: Using psychology in fencing | Seth Baldwin

A talk with Seth Baldwin about the sport of fencing and the role psychology and predicting opponent behavior can play in the sport. Baldwin is an experienced fencer who, at the peak of his game, got 3...

9 Mar 20191h 17min

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