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PSYCHOCINEMATIC — 52 episodes

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A Bridgerton Episode - Part 1: Actually so much representation (and also Pitbull)

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The Future of Psychocinematic Podcast

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Episode 68: Two Backbrace Girls, and Romy & Michele’s Highschool Reunion (with Lauren Edwards)

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Episode 67: Why Santa Claus IS Autistic, and making theatre more inclusive (With Oliver Hetherington-Page)

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Episode 65: HALLOWEEN SPECIAL: The Haunting of Hill House, or, problems that could be solved by simply talking? (with Braaains Podcast)

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Episode 64: Crohn’s Disease representation in Boldly Go, and Pete Davidson just trying to spread awareness (with Chris Cosgrove)

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Episode 63: A Star is Born - love, trauma and addiction in the journey of fame (with Alex Steed)

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Episode 62: Let’s fold in the cheese as we confabulate on ND coded characters in Schitt’s Creek (with Marie Camin)

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Episode 61: The Kings Speech and other screen royals with a stutter (with Priya)

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Episode 60: The truth about Tourette’s and Tiktok (with Monica Nguyen)

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Episode 58 Tribute Re-release: Rubber Johnny, a wildly problematic viral short film (with Nic Fornasier)

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Episode 57 Tribute Re-release: The Royal Tenenbaums (with Nic Fornasier)

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Episode 56: Inclusion in action in How To Train Your Dragon (with Lo Nigrosh)

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Episode 55: Heartbreak High aka All Hail Queen Chloe Hayden (with Zoe Simmons)

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Episode 54: Frozen is Psychoeducation for kids... and adults (with Laura Pettenuzzo)

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Episode 53: Wednesday and coded vs canonized neurodivergent characters (with Jeremy Andrew Davis)

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Episode 52: Ode to Joy and what Narcolepsy REALLY looks like (with Charlene Barker)

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Episode 51: Reasons to like Please Like Me (with Dr. Elise McGlashan)

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Episode 50: What America’s Next Top Model taught us about bodies, beauty, gender and how to be on top (with Clinton McQueen)

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Episode 49: RE-RELEASE (RIP Judy Heumann) Crip Camp, the Disability Rights Movement, and who you should listen to instead of me

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Episode 48: Drop Dead Fred and ”Imaginary Friend Syndrome” with Ariadne Giousmas

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Episode 47: Married At First Sight & the brutal reality of Reality TV with Clare Verrall

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Episode 45: Falling for Christmas- Lindsay is back! And so are outrageous representations of amnesia (with Emily & Heather McIntyre)

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Episode 44: Bojack Horseman the cartoon horse teaches us everything about mental illness (with Annie Ware)

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Episode 43: Hannah Diviney talks Latecomers, disability advocacy and serious plans to take over the world

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Episode 42: ADHD is being Everything Everywhere All At Once (with Jordan Bastian)

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Episode 41: Darren Aronofsky loves a Mental Illness Movie - Part 2. Black Swan (with Ash Roberts)

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Episode 39: Looking for Alibrandi and life as an Italian immigrant family in 1960’s Australia (With Frank Fornasier)

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Episode 38: Darren Aronofsky loves a Mental Illness Movie - Part 1. Requiem for A Dream (with Nic Fornasier)

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Episode 37: Keep Sweet, Pray and Obey and the psychology of abusive cults (with Merowyn Olaver)

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Episode 34: Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind: a film nerd and psychologist’s literal dream (with Indi Gage)

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Episode 32: Russian Doll, and trying to stop dying and start living after trauma (with Maz Fornasier)

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Episode 31: Human Resources & Perinatal Mental Illness (with Clary Garrett)

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Episode 30: Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory aka Things Roald Dahl Hated (with Maz Fornasier)

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Episode 29: Encanto - Disney Does Intergenerational Trauma (with Heidy White)

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Episode 28: Crazy Ex Girlfriend, living with Borderline Personality Disorder in musical form (with Dr Elise McGlashan)

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Episode 27: Special, one person’s journey of life with Cerebral Palsy - emphasis on one (with Peta Hooke)

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Episode 25: Atypical, and how autism representation has and hasn’t progressed since Rain Man (with Eric Michael Garcia)

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Episode 24: Touched With Fire, aka the non-hollywood Bipolar movie (with Jossie Williams)

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Episode 21: Clueless, and why Cher Horowitz, like, totally has ADHD (with Maz Fornasier)

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BONUS: Crip Camp, the Disability Rights Movement, and who you should listen to instead of me

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Episode 20: Split, Primal Fear, and Identity, aka Having DID does not make you a murderer (with Maz Fornasier)

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Episode 17 - Sybil (1976), Sybil (2007), and the big question: Does Dissociative Identity Disorder exist? (with Maz Fornasier)

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Episode 14b: Forrest Gump. Part 2: It was capitalism all along (with Maz Fornasier)

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Episode 14a: Forrest Gump: Part 1 - The creation of Forrest and erasure of American history (with Maz Fornasier)

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Episode 12b: The Simpsons Tackle Depression & Anxiety! Part 2: Was the Simpsons good for mental illness stigma? (with Nathan Phillips)

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Episode 12a: The Simpsons Tackle Depression & Anxiety! Part 1: How The Simpsons evolved and shaped us (or didn’t) (with Nathan Phillips)

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Episode 11b: The Royal Tenenbaums, or when shitty dads mess up their clever kids - Part 2: Wes-isms under a mental health lens (with Nic Fornasier)

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Episode 11a: The Royal Tenenbaums, or when shitty dads mess up their clever kids - Part 1: The Family of Geniuses (with Nic Fornasier)

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Episode 10: The Virgin Suicides, teen angst and mental illness through the male gaze (with Maz Fornasier)

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Episode 8: The Queen’s Gambit, aka chess & drugs & Anya Taylor Joy (with Maz Fornasier)

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Episode 6: Love Actually - about mental health and disability, actually.