Everything Everywhere All at Once: Intergenerational Trauma & Nihilism
Welcome to Season Six of Popcorn Psychology!! We are kicking off this season with the 2023 Oscar winner for Best Picture: Everything Everywhere All At Once! We deep dive into the subject of intergener...
14 Apr 20232h 19min
500 Days of Summer: Situationships, Adjustment, and Depression
Happy Valentine’s Day! Let’s travel back in time to the height of quirky hipsterdom, 2009, and dive into 500 Days of Summer! This movie has been heavily requested for almost the entire time we’ve been...
14 Feb 20231h 39min
Thank You For Smoking: Gaslighting, Moral Flexibility, & Work/Life Balance
Surprise! In this episode we are joind by Dr. Andy Luttrell, Psychology Professor at Ball State University and host of Opinion Science Podcast. We are talking about the 2005 film, Thank You For Smokin...
31 Jan 20231h 34min
The Grinch: Holidays, PTSD, and Situational Triggers
Happy Holidays as we land in Whoville to talk about The Grinch!! In this episode we focus the 2018 animated adaptiation from Illumination! We include aspects of the 1966 an 2000 versions to be inclusi...
24 Des 20221h 45min
Bonus Episode: Interview with the creators of The Retaliators
[Content Warning: mentions of sexual assault and violence towards women] In a special bonus episode, we have an interview with the creators of the new movie The Retaliators! We are joined by the scree...
19 Des 20221h 1min
Hook: Anxiety, Parenting, & Cluster B Diagnoses
Happy Holidays! In our first holiday episode of 2022, we traveling to NeverNeverLand in Steven Spielberg's Hook!! We mainly break down the characters of adult Peter Pan and Captain Hook. We discuss a ...
15 Des 20221h 51min
Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers - Ecological Grief, Individuation, and Internal Family Systems
Welcome back to the Tolkien-verse! We are diving back into the Lord of the Rings trilogy with The Two Towers. We are joined by Justine Mastin, therapist and author of Starship Therapise and The Grievi...
29 Nov 20221h 50min
Reservation Dogs: The Impact of Suicide and Grief Within a Community
[Content Warning: In depth discussion on suicide] In honor of National Native American Heritage Month, we are discussing the critically acclaimed tv series, Reservation Dogs! Specifically we explore t...
17 Nov 20221h 29min
