Scientists say they can reverse aging of skin cells by 30 years?! Who's ready to look like a newborn baby? We know animals can talk to one another, but mushrooms? Who's ready for a Google translate option for Fungi?! 'Dark Tetrad' personality traits like narcissism have been linked to buying crypto. Jeremie feels personally attacked. Who out of the three fel ... Show More
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The Craziest F*ing Story We've Ever Heard | The Father Who Built a Gene Therapy
Some people hit walls. Others knock them down, build a lab, raise millions, and call up strangers to make a genetically engineered mouse. When Terry Pirovolakis learned his young son Michael had SPG50 — a rare degenerative disease with no treatment and a grim prognosis — he didn’ ... Show More
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He Hasn’t Peed in 17 Years | Kidney Failure
Alex hasn’t peed in 17 years — and he’s been busy. Diagnosed at 11 with a rare kidney disease triggered by a brutal run of childhood illnesses, his life became a blur of seizures, dialysis, and a transplant that didn’t stick. Now, between 7-hour nocturnal dialysis sessions, Alex ... Show More
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43: The Mirror Crack’d: The Mirror Stage, Part III
Abby, Patrick, and Dan conclude their adventure through Lacan’s mirror stage! They reprise Lacan’s parable of the mirror-besotted baby and tie together the many threads – theoretical, clinical, and philosophical – woven through it. They walk through how Lacan musters evidence for ... Show More
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Jul 2022
Personality Psychology (PERSONALITIES) Encore with Simine Vazire
A few personal updates from your internet dad and then … WHO ARE WE? This one is a banger, folks. Personality researcher & psychology professor Dr. Simine Vazire dishes about introverts, extroverts, self-esteem, sociopaths, neuroticism, conscientiousness, Buzzfeed quizzes, yearbo ... Show More
1h 21m
Jun 2023
Psychological Alchemy, the Hermes Archetype and Carl Jung
What if we have “the gods” all wrong? What if they’re not bygone superstitions of ancient cultures, but living archetypes that are endemic to the human psyche? Watch the full video version here! Mythopoetic thinkers like psychiatrist, Carl Jung argued just that. But there’s one a ... Show More
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