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Psychology Takeaway Podcast — 115 episodes

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

2

Play is not just for kids

3

Fear part #4 Therapy and Treatment

4

Test sheep and goat

5

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

8

Let Them = Part One

9

HELPING Teens today

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What Older Generations Keep Missing About Today’s Teens

11

Potpourri

12

Have a better day - and a better life

13

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

14

Slang eh?

15

Rawdogging - From Taboo to Trend: How Words Change Meaning

16

Sleep - It's essential

17

LET THEM Part Two

18

LET THEM Part One

19

Happiness Index of Countries

20

The Healing Power of the Natural World

21

Be Less Thin-Skinned

22

Why Do People Persist in Weird Beliefs

23

Is dating dead in 21st-century America?

24

CURIOSITY – an essential life skill

25

The Psychology of Play and Laughter

26

CRISPR and TIGR and Bears Oh My!

27

New Years Resolutions Continued with Guest Andrea Assaf

28

2026 Anxiety Part Two

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2026 Anxiety Part One

30

Annual New Year’s Resolution Show

31

Beating the Christmas Blues

32

Psychology of Christmas

33

Human-ish The Anthropomorphize Episode

34

Final Exams!

35

The Thanksgiving Show: : Gratitude Without the Sugarcoat

36

Natural world Healing part 2

37

Friday Healing Power of the Natural Part One

38

Do sociopaths and psychopaths really exist?

39

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

40

Toxic Talk Part Two: The Answer

41

Invitation to Halloween

42

Toxic Talk: Has YouTube Turned Hostile?

43

The Psychology of Art

44

HALLOWEEN IS COMING

45

Autism - Part Two

46

The Autism Epidemic – Part One

47

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

48

Psychology Takeaway: The Psychology of Evil

49

Why Do We Undermine Ourselves? Dissecting Self-Sabotage

50

Fear of Intimacy: What’s Holding Us Back?

51

Spiritual Health With Father Matt

52

You’ve Decided to Get Help. Now What?

53

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

54

Curious Kids - Part Two

55

Raise Curious Kids – Part One

56

Capable Kids Part 2

57

Raising Capable Kids

58

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

59

Episode for July 11, 2025 OOPS

60

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

61

When Smart People Do Dumb Things

62

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

63

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

64

Creativity and mental health

65

Who can you trust for advice?

66

Curiosity with guest Sheila Carroll

67

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

68

Mental Health on College Campuses

69

College Mental Health- with a special guest

70

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

71

Oak Island —Part 2

72

The Psychology of Treasure Hunting Part One

73

April Fool's Special

74

Lucid Dreaming

75

Follow Up to the Podcast on Dreams and Visions

76

Dreams, Visions and Hallucinations

77

Will the Real St. Patrick Please Stand Up?

78

86 Reasons for Asylum Admission

79

Color My World

80

Make Good Decisions Everyday

81

Psychology of Color

82

Optimism and health

83

Lonely - Part Two

84

Dangers of AI

85

Loneliness Part One

86

Happiness

87

The Guide from Andrea

88

Polar Night - The Heart of Winter

89

The Kalokagathia in the New Year

90

Resolutions 2025

91

Psychedelics Back in the News - Part Two

92

Psychedelics Back in the News - Part One

93

Post-Christmas blahs

94

Christmas stress - an encore presentation

95

Brain eating bacteria?

96

Nightmares and things that go bump in the night

97

Sleep, perchance to Dream

98

Sleep Apnea: Understanding the nighttime struggle

99

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

100

Bedtime procrastination

101

WEIRD Neuroscience

102

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

103

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

104

Kidults – “I don’t want to grow up”!

105

Emotional Intelligence and Gender

106

Personality Part 3 – How Personality Variables Affect Decision-Making

107

Personality Part Two - Clarification

108

Personality - Part Two

109

Further exploration of educational concepts - Part Two

110

A Special Curriculum - Andrea Part One

111

Ralph Is Back!!!

112

Personality - Part One

113

Resilience - encore presentation

114

Good Mental Health – Part Two

115

The importance of humor - encore