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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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
E137 - How do Romantic Relationships Work? (w/ Dr. Paul Eastwick)
Dr. Paul Eastwick is a Professor at UC Davis where he runs the Attraction and Relationships Research Laboratory. Dr. Eastwick’s research investigates how people initiate romantic relationships and the...
21 Aug 20251h 3min
