The Illusion of Control, Part 1

In this episode of Weirdhouse Cinema, Ron and Joe discuss the dreamlike 1973 American supernatural horror film “Messiah of Evil,” written and directed by Gloria Katz and Willard Huyck. It stars Michael Greer, Marianna Hill, Joy Bang, Anitra Ford and Royal Dano.See omnystudio.com/ ... Show More

In this episode of Stuff to Blow Your Mind, Robert chats with author, artist and educator Geo Rutherford about her new book “Spooky Rivers: 25 Strange and Mysterious Rivers that Snake Across Our Planet.”See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. 

In this episode of STBYM’s The Artifact, Robert discusses Thomas Edison’s creepy, singing phonograph doll…See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. 

in this episode, we discuss how we go into auto-pilot and allow our limiting narratives and beliefs control our reality (what we refer to in this episode as "the game"), and was that we can get back in control.show links: https://bio.site/siobhanlaurenpodcast mentioned in this ep ... Show More

In this episode, Joel and Antonia explore how unconscious parts of the psyche influence our thoughts, behaviors, and relationships—sharing personal stories, relationship patterns, and the weighty reality of shadow work through the lens of Jungian typology and the 8-function model ... Show More

In this week’s episode, Gareth and Kim talk about to about the role that control plays in our lives.Why do we try to control things and is it even possible? How can we feel safe when we feel things are outside our control? How can we better understand our relationship with contro ... Show More

Today’s episode of Uncertain is about the ways that studies can leave us overconfident and how “just-so stories” can make us feel overly certain about results that are still a work in progress. And sometimes studies get misleading results because of random error or weird samples ... Show More

Things happen to us each and every day that we have no control over. Planes get delayed. We get sick. Devastating events occur. But what happens to you is only a tiny sliver of how your life goes. In this episode, learn a powerful mental trick to (always) be in control of your ha ... Show More

<p>Think about the last time you asked someone for something. Maybe you were nervous or worried about what the person would think of you. Chances are that you didn't stop to think about the pressure <em>you</em> were exerting on that person. This week, we explore a phenomenon tha ... Show More

The fear of uncertainty drives us to overwork, to over-plan, to burn out trying to keep everything from falling apart, while the comfort of control keeps us stuck in safe choices and quiet satisfaction. Losing control or staying too in control, that’s what the episode unpacks. 

Bob hosts while Wade reveals his secrets for Cincinnati Bengals' success and Mark theorizes how compulsions might come from “the simulation.” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices 

<p>In this episode, neuromarketing experts Prince Ghuman and Matt Johnson discuss the many strange examples from their book, Blindsight, in an effort to make us all smarter consumers, empowered to make better decisions after touring a showcase of all the less-obvious ways marketi ... Show More