E188 | Thinking Films: Why the 70Up Documentary Feels Like Years of Therapy
Why does watching the 70 Up documentary feel like years of therapy? Watching lives unfold over six decades can make you reconsider your own: what you’re chasing, what you’re postponing and what really...
17 Sep 28min
E187 | Can Psychiatrists Predict the Unthinkable? | The Lindsay Clancy Case
The Lindsay Clancy case has prompted an enormous debate about postpartum psychosis, criminal responsibility, psychiatric treatment and whether severe mental illness can ever be reliably predicted. In ...
10 Sep 29min
How AI Shapes Our Beliefs (Key Moment w/ Dr. Tom Pollak)
How do you arrive at your beliefs? In this clip from E182 of the podcast, Dr Alex speaks with consultant neuropsychiatrist Dr Tom Pollack about what AI-associated delusions may reveal about human beli...
3 Sep 12min
Update on Channel 4's: The Great ADHD Myth?
In this update to last week’s episode, Dr Alex reflects on the response to Channel 4’s The Great ADHD Myth? and on an important new development. He also discusses what that means for the documentary,...
27 Aug 8min
E186 | Channel 4’s New ADHD Documentary Missed a Huge Opportunity
In this episode of The Thinking Mind Podcast, Dr. Alex responds to Channel 4’s new documentary The Great ADHD Myth? Presented by psychiatrist Dr Max Pemberton, this film asks whether ADHD is really ...
20 Aug 29min
E185 | How Psychiatry Became Fixated on Chemical Imbalance (w/ Prof. Justin Garson)
What if one of psychiatry’s most influential ideas began with LSD, amphetamines and a handful of experiments that would be difficult to imagine today? In this episode, Dr. Alex speaks with philosophy ...
13 Aug 1h 2min
Why Tradwife Content Feels Dangerous (Key Moment w/ Dr. Rosy Blunstone)
Is being a tradwife really just about baking bread, homemaking and traditional femininity, or is there something deeper going on? This clip is an except from E181 of the Thinking Mind Podcast. In t...
6 Aug 13min
Podcast Announcements & Housekeeping!
The Thinking Mind is taking a short break, but there is plenty happening behind the scenes. In this quick update, Dr Alex shares what listeners can catch up on now, what is coming next, and why the po...
31 Jul 3min
