Extremism, Atheism and Other Controversies with Seth Andrews
This week I welcome back Seth Andrews, host of The Thinking Atheist channel and podcast and an all-around great guy. In this wide-ranging discussion, we take up issues with religion but spend a lot mo...
17 Apr 20211h 17min
The Power of Showing a Little Gratitude
This week I talk from a psychological perspective on the surprising power of gratitude and how this helps us maintain perspective. I share some very personal experiences of this in my own life as well...
10 Apr 202141min
How to Understand Everything with Tom Beakbane
This week I welcome neuroscientist Tom Beakbane to the show to discuss his book “How to Understand Everything” and the subject of consilience, a word Tom has used as a foundational idea for a multi-fa...
3 Apr 20211h 28min
Indoctrination and Radicalization in Cults
This week I am offering something a little different: an interview I did for Paganicon 2021 on the subject of cult indoctrination and radicalization and how this might also apply in groups and relatio...
27 Mars 20211h 41min
Sensibly Speaking Podcast #289: Scientology, Cult City Tours and Protests
This week, there was a bit of a kerfuffle in Clearwater over the Scientology and the Aftermath reunion and Cult City Tours which happened on Hubbard’s Birthday on March 13th. In this podcast, I go ove...
20 Mars 202141min
Let’s Talk About Mental Health, Part 2
About two years ago, Melissa and I did a podcast about mental health, suicide and treatment, talking intimately about our own experiences as well as what we have learned. This week we tackle this subj...
13 Mars 202158min
Scientology and Double Binds
This week I am joined by my wonderful wife, Melissa, to discuss the psychological principle of double binds and how these are control mechanisms used to deceive, manipulate and control people in not j...
6 Mars 202157min
Recovering from Scientology - Another Layer
This week I talk somewhat intimately about what has been happening in my own recovery from Scientology and how my recent education has really ramped up that process in both good and not-so-good ways, ...
27 Feb 202143min
