All Episodes
The Psychology of Superstition — 48 episodes
Social Identity and Shared Myths
Mass Panic — How Belief Spreads Through Crowds
Economic Behavior and Lucky Thinking
Conspiracy Thinking — When Superstition Goes Collective
Superstition in Politics — Fear as a Tool
Cognitive Dissonance — Defending Belief at All Costs
Threat Detection and the Survival Brain
Predictive Brain — How the Mind Invents Meaning Before Evidence
The Dopamine Effect — Why Superstition Feels Rewarding
Why Superstitions Never Fully Disappear
When Coincidences Feel Like Messages
Digital Myths — How Media and Technology Create Modern Superstitions
Anxiety and Uncertainty — Why Fear Makes Superstition Stronger
Memory and Belief — Why We Remember Proof That Never Existed
The Illusion of Control — Why We Feel Responsible for Randomness
What Superstition Reveals About Us
Why Superstition Never Truly Disappears
Breaking the Spell — How Superstitions Lose Their Power
Curses and the Mind — When Fear Becomes Destiny
Fate or Coincidence — When Random Events Feel Meant to Be
Dreams and Destiny — When the Night Feels Like a Message
The Curse of Objects — Why We Believe Things Can Hold Bad Luck
The Power of Ritual — Why Repetition Feels Like Protection
Numbers and Belief — The Psychology of Luck and Counting Fate
Food and Fate — Superstitions at the Table
Lucky and Unlucky Days — When Time Itself Feels Cursed
Death and the Supernatural — Rituals, Spirits, and the Fear of the Restless Dead
Mirrors — Portals, Reflections, and Seven Years of Bad Luck
Weather Superstitions — Reading Fate in the Sky
Animal Omens — Black Cats, Ravens, and Other Creatures of Fate
Witchcraft — Fear, Power, and the Human Imagination
Astrology — Fate Written in the Stars
Gambling Superstitions — Luck, Chance, and the Illusion of Control
Cursed Objects — When Things Carry Misfortune
Dreams as Omens — Do Our Night Visions Predict the Future?
Omens — Reading Signs in the World Around Us
Lucky Charms — The Psychology of Magical Objects
Haunted Houses — Why We Fear Certain Places
The Evil Eye — Envy, Belief, and the Fear of Being Watched
The Curse Effect - Do We Really Believe in Hexes?
Friday the 13th - How a Date Became a Global Symbol of Bad Luck
When Belief Becomes a Burden - Superstition and Obsession
Born Lucky? The Psychology Behind Feeling Fortunate
Game-Day Rituals - Why Athletes and Fans Are So Superstitious
The Ritual Instinct - Why We Knock on Wood and Repeat Habits
The Power of Numbers - Why 13 Is Feared and 7 Is Blessed
The Evolutionary Origins of Superstition
What is Superstition? A Psychological Perspective