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Daddy brain: how parenthood changes men
Friction-maxxing: does more effort = more value?
Mental health and the manosphere
'Task paralysis' and overcoming procrastination
What self-help advice is actually useful?
Is AI the end of creativity and cognition?
Trying to read more? Your brain will thank you
Hypochondria and cyberchondria: the many ways to worry about health
Burnout: the warning signs and how to stop it
When meditation goes wrong: part two
When meditation goes wrong: part one
Why do we crave closure?
Why should I spend time in nature?
Dark tourism, selfies and moral outrage
From gaming addiction to healthy gamer: Dr K's story
How can I become more securely attached?
Oppositional defiant disorder and bad behaviour in schools
We're all stressed. What should we do about it?
‘Should have been my birthright’ - the journey to reclaim a lost language
From death to divorce: getting through the worst losses of your life
Fame, isolation and terror: inside the mind of a lone mass killer
Emotionally immature parents and grandparents: what to do if you have them (or are one)
Handling emotionally immature parents, raising emotionally mature kids
How to catch a liar (it's harder than you think)
Ambiguous crimes and inattentional blindness: the science of eyewitness memory
Confessing to a crime you didn't commit
Can criminal profiling identify a killer?
INTRODUCING — Forensic
Our millennia-long obsession with immortality
Pretty privilege, surgery stigma and the cosmetic procedure paradox
The psychology behind our moral outrage
Staying sane in space
Mind Hacks with Dr Billy Garvey: "being a bit kinder to myself"
Tantrums, sleep training and anxiety: Dr Billy Garvey answers your parenting questions
The psychology of masturbation
Mind Hacks: Casey Beros
Tough conversations and anticipatory grief: being a carer
Family estrangement and infidelity: Esther Perel answers your questions
Mind Hacks: Joel Pearson
Is AI making our brains lazier?
Mind Hacks: Esther Perel
Couples therapy with an AI partner? Esther Perel's just done it
We want your parenting questions
Why do we choke under pressure?
Can 'normalisation of deviance' help to explain a catastrophe?
Got a question for Esther Perel?
The paradox of petty problems: Why small annoyances can snowball
Grief and guilt: losing a loved one to suicide
Driving me mad: why we get road rage
The cognitive distortions of a high achiever
Healing from self-hatred
The fight for focus in a world of distraction
Got the ick? Dating, disgust and evolutionary psychology
What to know about kids mental health
Difficult people and radical acceptance: answering your questions about tricky relationships
From prohibition to social media - what makes bans succeed ... or fail?
The music that saves us
If everything is traumatic, is anything traumatic? The power of labels
‘What if I’m a paedophile?’ The intrusive thoughts that haunted Uma
Consumer behaviour and the quest for cool
Narcissist, or just a pain? How to deal with difficult people
How borderline personality disorder makes it harder to hold down a job
From school avoidance to food anxieties: navigating neurodiverse parenting
Brain Rot: Meet the people who ditched their smartphones
Brain Rot: Internet addiction
Brain Rot: What is tech doing to your memory?
Brain Rot: Will AI turn us off human relationships?
Brain Rot: Is your phone destroying your attention span?
Why revenge feels good — and what it costs
Task paralysis and procrastination - why it's so hard to get sh*t done
Cruel intentions: how toxic tabloids and celebrity culture changed the way we talk about mental health
Is clutter making you feel bad?
Serial killers: answering your questions about how they think
Depersonalisation — when nothing feels real
Divination isn’t scientific, but can it ever be therapeutic?
Where have all the serial killers gone?
Kleptomania: when compulsive stealing takes over your life
Pyromania vs revenge – why do people light fires?
Munchausen by Proxy: when parents hurt their kids
INTRODUCING — Criminal Psychology
Chronically stressed? These small changes can help
Loneliness — you're not alone, from Ladies, We Need To Talk
The confusion about concussions
Managing your emotions so they don't manage you
Do people really behave differently in a crowd?
Why do we love collecting?
Outwardly impressive, losing it on the inside? The cognitive distortions of a high achiever
Ads, sports and games: how gambling infiltrated Australian culture
A different kind of grief — what true crime pods often overlook
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The silicon shrink – the worrying side of AI in mental health
Dissecting the brain - live at the World Science Festival Brisbane
How the housing crisis is warping people's view of the future
Fighting for focus in the age of distraction
The magic of memory - live at Podfest
Could AI keep you company as you age?
The ick: dating, disgust and evolutionary psychology
Can humans make it to Mars without losing their minds?
Do you hate yourself? Healing from self-hatred
'Bad behaviour' or just misunderstood? What to know about kids' mental health