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Psychology Takeaway Podcast — 122 episodes

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Here is why Sarah did not make the podcast

2

Psychology in the News

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Helping People Help Themselves

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Helping With Problems

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Sleep, Dreams, and Creativity: Why Your Best Ideas May Come When You're Not Trying to Have Them

6

Why Do We Dream? | The Psychology and Science of Dreams

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Understanding Sleep – Part 2: When Sleep Goes Wrong

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Why We Sleep: The Hidden Work of the Sleeping Brain Sleep Part One

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Play is not just for kids

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Fear part #4 Therapy and Treatment

11

Test sheep and goat

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FEAR! - Part #3 PHOBIA

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Fear Acquisition — How Fear Is Learned

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What Is Fear And How Is It Learned

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Let Them = Part One

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HELPING Teens today

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What Older Generations Keep Missing About Today’s Teens

18

Potpourri

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Have a better day - and a better life

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HELP!!! Asking for help and why it's hard to do.

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Slang eh?

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Rawdogging - From Taboo to Trend: How Words Change Meaning

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Sleep - It's essential

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LET THEM Part Two

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LET THEM Part One

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Happiness Index of Countries

27

The Healing Power of the Natural World

28

Be Less Thin-Skinned

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Why Do People Persist in Weird Beliefs

30

Is dating dead in 21st-century America?

31

CURIOSITY – an essential life skill

32

The Psychology of Play and Laughter

33

CRISPR and TIGR and Bears Oh My!

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New Years Resolutions Continued with Guest Andrea Assaf

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2026 Anxiety Part Two

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2026 Anxiety Part One

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Annual New Year’s Resolution Show

38

Beating the Christmas Blues

39

Psychology of Christmas

40

Human-ish The Anthropomorphize Episode

41

Final Exams!

42

The Thanksgiving Show: : Gratitude Without the Sugarcoat

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Natural world Healing part 2

44

Friday Healing Power of the Natural Part One

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Do sociopaths and psychopaths really exist?

46

From Samhain to Candy Corn: The Psychology Behind Halloween’s Evolution

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Toxic Talk Part Two: The Answer

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Invitation to Halloween

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Toxic Talk: Has YouTube Turned Hostile?

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The Psychology of Art

51

HALLOWEEN IS COMING

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Autism - Part Two

53

The Autism Epidemic – Part One

54

Is Psychology Still a Popular Major—and Where Can It Take You?

55

Psychology Takeaway: The Psychology of Evil

56

Why Do We Undermine Ourselves? Dissecting Self-Sabotage

57

Fear of Intimacy: What’s Holding Us Back?

58

Spiritual Health With Father Matt

59

You’ve Decided to Get Help. Now What?

60

Why Don’t People Just Go to Therapy When They need it?! (Part 1)

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Curious Kids - Part Two

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Raise Curious Kids – Part One

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Capable Kids Part 2

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Raising Capable Kids

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Marijuana and the Brain: Long-Term Effects Explained by Neuroscientist Kristin Cooper

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Episode for July 11, 2025 OOPS

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Marijuana vs. Tobacco: Myths, Risks & the Road Ahead

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When Smart People Do Dumb Things

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Feelings, and Filters: The Psychology of Eating in the Age of Social Media

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Flow: How to Get in the Zone and Stay There"

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Creativity and mental health

72

Who can you trust for advice?

73

Curiosity with guest Sheila Carroll

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Curiosity Didn't Kill the Cat - It Made It Healthier

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Mental Health on College Campuses

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College Mental Health- with a special guest

77

Oak Island: The hero's journey with Ralph and Jim

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Oak Island —Part 2

79

The Psychology of Treasure Hunting Part One

80

April Fool's Special

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Lucid Dreaming

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Follow Up to the Podcast on Dreams and Visions

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Dreams, Visions and Hallucinations

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Will the Real St. Patrick Please Stand Up?

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86 Reasons for Asylum Admission

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Color My World

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Make Good Decisions Everyday

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Psychology of Color

89

Optimism and health

90

Lonely - Part Two

91

Dangers of AI

92

Loneliness Part One

93

Happiness

94

The Guide from Andrea

95

Polar Night - The Heart of Winter

96

The Kalokagathia in the New Year

97

Resolutions 2025

98

Psychedelics Back in the News - Part Two

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Psychedelics Back in the News - Part One

100

Post-Christmas blahs

101

Christmas stress - an encore presentation

102

Brain eating bacteria?

103

Nightmares and things that go bump in the night

104

Sleep, perchance to Dream

105

Sleep Apnea: Understanding the nighttime struggle

106

How to deal with insomnia (sort of) going out of your mind

107

Bedtime procrastination

108

WEIRD Neuroscience

109

What You Are Eating, Might Be What’s Eating You! - Part Two

110

What You Are Eating, Might Be What’s Eating You!

111

Kidults – “I don’t want to grow up”!

112

Emotional Intelligence and Gender

113

Personality Part 3 – How Personality Variables Affect Decision-Making

114

Personality Part Two - Clarification

115

Personality - Part Two

116

Further exploration of educational concepts - Part Two

117

A Special Curriculum - Andrea Part One

118

Ralph Is Back!!!

119

Personality - Part One

120

Resilience - encore presentation

121

Good Mental Health – Part Two

122

The importance of humor - encore