Breaking Free of the Culture Around You

Breaking Free of the Culture Around You

In today's episode we discuss how you can come to understand the psychology of your culture, your society and your zeitgiest, and how this can help you when you are trying to determine your own values. In particular we describe three virtues upheld by Western culture; Freedom, Happiness & Convenience, and we discuss the benefits and dark sides of each. Audio-Essay by Dr. Alex Curmi. Dr. Curmi is a consultant general adult psychiatrist with a sub-speciality in addictions who complete...

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E145 | Surviving a Cult (part 2 of 2 w/ Gillie Jenkinson)

E145 | Surviving a Cult (part 2 of 2 w/ Gillie Jenkinson)

Gillie is a qualified psychotherapist and counsellor with more than 30 years’ experience. She specialises in working with survivors of coercive, cultic or spiritual abuse, trauma including rape and se...

16 Okt 202553min

E144 | Brain Stimulation Headsets for Depression (w/Daniel Månsson)

E144 | Brain Stimulation Headsets for Depression (w/Daniel Månsson)

Daniel Månsson is a clinical psychologist and co-founder of Flow Neuroscience, a medical device comapny which produces transcranial direct current stimulation (TDCS) headsets for depression. Today we...

9 Okt 202549min

E143 | Does ChatGPT Make a Good Therapist? (w/ Jared Moore)

E143 | Does ChatGPT Make a Good Therapist? (w/ Jared Moore)

Jared Moore is a computer science Ph.D. student at Stanford University. There he recently taught a course about AI called on How to Make a Moral Agent. He has previously been lectured at the Universi...

2 Okt 202542min

E142 | Thinking Films: Her (2013)

E142 | Thinking Films: Her (2013)

Today Alex discusses the classic 2013 sci-fi romance Her directed by Spike Jonze and starring Joaquin Phoenix, Amy Adams and Chris Pratt. Including themes such as loneliness, attachmement , artifiical...

25 Sep 202549min

E141 | Are Dating Apps Ruining Love? (Modern Relationships w/ Prof. Viren Swami)

E141 | Are Dating Apps Ruining Love? (Modern Relationships w/ Prof. Viren Swami)

Professor Viren Swami is an international expert on attraction and body image and has written and edited several books on these topics. He is a chartered psychologist and associate Fellow of the Briti...

18 Sep 20251h 14min

E140 - Surviving a Cult (part 1 of 2 w/ Gillie Jenkinson)

E140 - Surviving a Cult (part 1 of 2 w/ Gillie Jenkinson)

Gillie is a qualified psychotherapist and counsellor with more than 30 years’ experience. She specialises in working with survivors of coercive, cultic or spiritual abuse, trauma including rape and se...

11 Sep 202543min

E139 - Can Ozempic Cause Depression? (Talking Science with Dr. Anya Borissova)

E139 - Can Ozempic Cause Depression? (Talking Science with Dr. Anya Borissova)

Today Alex and Anya break down mental health studies to deliver fascinating insights from research, discuss the difference between good and bad science, and understand how science can be (for better a...

4 Sep 20251h 4min

E138 What Does Science Reveal About Therapy? (w/ Prof. Pim Cuijpers)

E138 What Does Science Reveal About Therapy? (w/ Prof. Pim Cuijpers)

Pim Cuijpers. Ph.D. is professor emeritus of Clinical Psychology at the Department of Clinical, Neuro and Developmental Psychology, Amsterdam Public Health research institute, Vrije Universiteit Amste...

28 Aug 20251h 10min

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