5: are you an aggressive player? or just a bad person?
Julia and JJ question whether there is a connection between an aggressive style of play over the board and aggressively alienating personalities off the board. And, even worse, could aggression still ...
12 Apr 202248min
4: f*ck chess, all my homies play chess (with Jon Mackenzie of the Chess Pit Podcast)
Jon Mackenzie of The Chess Pit podcast (and Tifo football analytics?) joins JJ and Julia to discuss what he describes as his own ambivalence towards the game of chess. Why is it that chess differs fro...
5 Apr 202256min
3: a chess player walks into a therapist's office...
What would therapy for a tournament chess player look like? During a "therapy" session, Julia helps JJ unpack a number of questions that plagued them throughout a frustrating tournament where JJ kept ...
29 Mar 20221h 1min
2: this is your brain on blitz
We're all obsessed with blitz, but could it actually be addictive? Our resident clinical psychologist explains why playing online chess might actually be addicting and assesses whether JJ's blitz beh...
22 Mar 20221h 17min
1: the real psychology of chess
JJ convinces Julia to start a podcast about chess and psychology. Julia explains what people mean when they say they're interested in "the psychology of chess," and what they're missing. They explore...
15 Mar 202252min
chessfeels podcast: the trailer
chessfeels episode 1 drops March 15th. Beware the Ides of Julia's half-birthday! Leave us a five-star review and be entered into a drawing for a chance to win three free months of LiChess Premium.
8 Mar 20221min
