E168 | Thinking Films: Taxi Driver (1976) w/ Tom Shkolnik
Today Alex and special guest Tom Shkolnik discuss the 1976 film Taxi Driver directed by Marin Scorcese and starring Robert De Niro and Jodie Foster. Tom is the director of the 2012 British drama The ...
27 Mar 1h 27min
E167 | Inside the Manosphere (w/ Dr. Rosy Blunstone)
Today Alex discusses the Louis Theroux documentary for Netflix Inside the Manosphere with psychiatry and psychotherapy registrar Dr. Rosy Blunstone - who also leads the the Thinking Mind Substack. Th...
20 Mar 48min
E166 | The Nazi & The Psychiatrist (w/ Jack El-Hai)
Jack El-Hai is an American journalist and author who focuses most of his work on the history of medicine, the history of science, and other historical topics. He is the author of The Nazi and the Psyc...
13 Mar 55min
E165 | Why Do Your Goals Make You Miserable? (w/ Dr. Paul Goldsmith)
Dr Paul Goldsmith is a Consultant Neurologist with a special interest in evolutionary biology and its application to the challenges of modern life. In his new book The Evolving Brain, Dr Goldsmith dra...
6 Mar 54min
E164 | Thinking Films: Nightcrawler (2014)
Today Alex discusses the 2014 film Nightcrawler directed by Dan Gilroy. It stars Jake Gyllenhaal as an unhinged freelancer who seeks out violent events late at night in Los Angeles, so he can film the...
27 Feb 33min
E163 | How Can We Master Our Emotions? (w/ Prof Laith Al Shawaf)
Dr. Laith Al-Shawaf is an award-winning professor, research psychologist, and writer at the University of Colorado. His research focuses on emotions, cognitive biases, and personality & individual dif...
20 Feb 1h
E162 | Training Your Mind to Break World Records (w/ Neil Agius)
Neil Agius is a Maltese former Olympian and world record-breaking ultra long-distance swimmer. Neil has completed some of the longest unassisted open-water swims in history, including record-breaking ...
13 Feb 1h 5min
E161 | How do Psychedelics Help with Depression? (Professor Emma Robinson)
Professor Emma Robinson is Professor of Psychopharmacology at the University of Bristol. Professor Robinson conducts research with rodents, which can help us to better understand how emotions get form...
5 Feb 48min
