Best Nick Fortino Podcasts (2025)

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77: Rob Wipond | Uncovering Psychiatry's Forced Treatments 1:13:49

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Investigative journalist, and author of "Your Consent is Not Required" shares his findings on what really goes on in psychiatric detention. More Rob Wipond: https://robwipond.com

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76: David Healy | The Antidepressant Deception 1:31:36

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Nick Fortino and renowned psychiatrist Dr. David Healy look at modern psychiatry and psychopharmacology. Dr. Healy, a vocal critic of the pharmaceutical industry's influence, exposes how the "serotonin myth" emerged from marketing, reveals how antidepressants (SSRIs) can blunt emotions and cause iatrogenic harm, and discusses the public health cris…

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75: Jennifer Giordano | Conventional Psychiatry is Unscientific 1:02:24

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Psychiatrist talks about her experience in psychiatry residency, how she questioned the belief system she learned, and her process of redefining her treatment approach. She highlights the glaring misconceptions that justify the default mode of practice in psychiatry. And she shares her insight on how to safely withdraw from psychiatric drugs. For m…

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74: Denelle Dixon | Stellar Blockchain for Human Flourishing 54:24

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Stellar Lumens (XLM) CEO, Denelle Dixon sits with Nick Fortino to discuss the implications of blockchain technology on society across all borders. Visit Denelle at https://x.com/DenelleDixon ✨Join us on Patreon https://patreon.com/psychologyis ✅ Early access to ad-free videos - No more skipping ads! ✅ Your name in end credits of main full length vi…

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73: Niklas Serning | The Sense and the Nonsense of Therapy 1:12:44

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Is therapy scientific? Do some of the common practices and beliefs that define therapy in modern times actually do harm? The brilliant psychotherapist Niklas Serning joins us for a conversation about how his thinking as a therapist has evolved. "I have let go of therapeutic theory, and I think I am a better therapist for it." Here's the link the ar…

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72: Joanna Moncrieff | Depression is Not a Chemical Imbalance 1:04:31

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Dr. Moncrieff's 2022 umbrella review of the serotonin theory of depression became one of the most widely read and influential papers of modern times, ranking in the top 5% of all scientific papers ever written. In light of the extreme interest, Dr. Moncrieff wrote a new book--Chemical Imbalance: The Making and Unmaking of a Serotonin Myth. She join…

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71: James W. Kalat | The Man Behind Psychology Textbooks 51:45

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James W. Kalat is a Professor Emeritus at North Carolina State, and a renowned psychologist and author. He is best known for his widely used textbooks on biological psychology and introductory psychology. He shares his reflections on the search for understanding, how textbooks come into existence, and on decades of being a psychology professor. Mor…

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70: Christina Bjorndal | Holistic Well-Being 1:08:12

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Dr. Christina Bjorndal blesses Psychology Is with her wisdom and well rounded knowledge about how to establish and maintain well-being. She draws upon her personal experience with extremely challenging mental health struggles and her extensive experience as a naturopathic doctor.Visit Christina https://www.instagram.com/drchrisbjorndal?utm_source=i…

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69: Nicholas Christakis | Our Psychological Blueprint 57:15

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Dr. Nicholas Christakis is a Sterling Professor of Social and Natural Science at Yale. He is known for his research on the influence of social networks in determining behaviors and health phenomena in human populations. He explores how social factors affect biological and social functioning, illustrating that behaviors like smoking, happiness, and …

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68: Ellen Galinsky | The Great Potential of Teenage Years 1:16:23

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Ellen talks working with Mr. Rogers, and her new book, 'The Breakthrough Years: A New Scientific Framework for Raising Thriving Teens’. Visit Ellen Galinsky https://ellengalinsky.com ✨Join us on Patreon https://patreon.com/psychologyis ✅ Early access to ad-free videos - No more skipping ads! ✅ Your name in end credits of main full length videos, in…

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67: Neseret Bemient | Why This Psychiatric Nurse Left After 17 Years 1:12:04

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Former psychiatric nurse shares her experience treating patients in a psychiatric unit, and what lead to her approaching mental illness holistically. Visit Neseret Bemient: https://youtube.com/@neseretbemient?si=Voqh6SvKZpYUc5AV ✨Join us on Patreon https://patreon.com/psychologyis ✅ Early access to ad-free videos - No more skipping ads! ✅ Your name…

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66: The Truth About ADHD (A Deep Dive) 23:44

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In light of wide range of responses to my recent article and video on ADHD, I've dedicated this podcast episode to a deeper analysis of ADHD, and to respond to some unfavorable comments. Think through this with me! Here are links to the original Mad in America article, and video which accompanied it. https://www.madinamerica.com/2024/10/adhd-and-we…

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65: Todd Rose | They Don't Think What You Think They Think 1:12:20

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"We live in challenging times: there is enormous pressure to go along to get along, to stay silent, or to lie about our private beliefs in order to belong. But blind conformity is never good for anyone." - Todd Rose This blind conformity is especially harmful when we are conforming our beliefs to what we think people believe, but the people don't e…

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64: Tomasz Starczewski | Surviving Antidepressant Withdrawal 1:03:42

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Psychiatric surviver who struggled with antidepressants, but ultimately successful at tapering off all drugs including Paroxetine, and Sertraline. Tomasz now guides individuals on the path to recovery from antidepressant withdrawal and PSSD.Visit Tomasz's website https://protracted-withdrawal.com/✨Get AD FREE early access and your name in videos th…

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63: Mariam Grossman | Thinking Deeply About Gender Ideology 59:07

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Author of Lost in Trans Nation, Dr. Mariam Grossman joins Nick for a thoughtful conversation about modern gender ideology and how it can misguide people who don't conform to rigid gender stereotypes. This is a charged topic, and we handle it with care. ✨Get AD FREE early access and your name in videos through our Patreon! https://patreon.com/psycho…

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62: Julia Hotz | If Not Psych Drugs, Then What? 1:29:22

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A life of mental wellbeing is possible without psychiatry… but how? Social prescribing is simple, yet a promising answer to healing and living healthy psychologically. Nick Fortino and journalist, Julia Hotz discuss these evidence-based, harmless, effective interventions that drug hyper-prescribing psychiatrists so blatantly overlook. ✨Get AD FREE …

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61: Josef Witt-Doerring | Psychiatry is Not What You Think 57:16

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Dr. Josef (Side Effects Podcast) shares surprising truths he's uncovered while working in the field of psychiatry. ✨Get AD FREE early access and your name in videos through our Patreon! https://patreon.com/psychologyis

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60: Steven Hassan | Cults and Mind Control 57:55

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Dr. Hassan is the world’s foremost expert on mind control and the psychology of cults and we have a fascinating conversation based on his seminal book, Combatting Cult Mind Control. We are all vulnerable to mind control because we are all vulnerable to the situational factors that make an individual vulnerable to mind control. Learn more about Dr. …

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59: Patrick Hahn | Medicalization of Childhood 1:18:06

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In this conversation, Nick interviews Dr. Patrick Hahn--author of multiple books, including Obedience Pills--about the nature of an ADHD diagnosis, the way that the public has been misled about it, and the problems with the most common treatments for it. Nick boldly asserts that the way that ADHD diagnoses halt the search for an actual condition ex…

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58: Kent Shultz | Escaping a Web of Psychiatry 2:17:06

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Psychiatric survivor's candid story. Kent openly shares with Nick the details of what led him to see a psychiatrist, and the misdiagnoses, and overprescribing that ensued. ✨Want to support Psychology Is? Visit https://patreon.com/psychologyis

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57: Dawn Neumann | Traumatic Brain Injury and Recovery 1:10:47

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Can someone recover from brain injury? Is football safe enough for kids to play? What is Alexithymia? All these questions and more are answered as Nick Fortino sits with brain rehabilitation specialist, Dawn Neumann. ✨Want to sponsor Psychology Is? Visit https://patreon.com/psychologyis Created by Nick Fortino & Robert Daluz…

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56: Jaclyn Long | IFS: Internal Family Systems Therapy 1:02:38

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Like members of a family, are our minds made up of multiple parts? Nick sits with marriage and family therapist Jaclyn Long to explore the intriguing concepts of the Internal Family Systems. If you're interested in pursuing IFS therapy in California, here is a link to the Mindful Child and Family Therapy Center: www.mcaft.com/appointment ✨Want to s…

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55: Stephen Costello | Logotherapy and Secrets to Happiness 1:13:18

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Logotherapist Dr. Stephen Costello sits down with Nick for a profound conversation about the vital role that meaning plays in our psychological well-being, and in our ability to endure adversity. Dr. Costello shares fascinating details about the legendary life of Viktor Frankl, and eloquently explains the principles of logotherapy. ✨Want to sponsor…

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54: Eric FitzMedrud | Better Sex Comes By Being a Better Man 1:50:46

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The importance of men’s understanding of consent is at the forefront of this conversation. Nick Fortino sits with Dr. FitzMedrud, Author of The Better Man: A Guide to Consent, Stronger Relationships, and Hotter Sex. They go over all the nuances and best practices when approaching your partner or anyone sexually.✨Want to sponsor Psychology Is?Visit …

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53: Kristal DeSantis | A Relationship Guide for Men 1:04:16

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Are you wanting to love your girlfriend or wife better? Would learning your attachment style help? Find out in this episode with Kristal DeSantis, auther of STRONG: A Relationship Field Guide for the Modern Man. ✨Want to sponsor Psychology Is?Visit ⁠https://patreon.com/psychologyisCreated byNick Fortino & Robert Daluz…

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52: Henry Emmons | Chemistry of Joy and Calm 1:20:51

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Psychiatrist Henry Emmons joins psychologist Nick Fortino in conversation on the 52nd of the Psychology Is Podcast. This is a refreshing dialogue between thoughtful professionals with different backgrounds. We discuss psychiatric drug treatment, the basics of mental health, mindfulness, and how to deal with anxious thinking. To hear more from Dr. E…

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51: Ann Bracken | Story of Overmedication and Recovery 1:32:41

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The Psychiatric Survivors Movement has been growing for decades. There are multitudinous people who have been harmed by interventions irresponsibly conducted/prescribed by psychiatrists. Author and educator Ann Bracken is one such survivor. In the 51st episode of the Psychology Is Podcast, she tells her story about being depressed and overmedicated…

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50: Jim Gottstein | Too Evil to be Believable: Zyprexa Papers Expose Fraud 1:19:02

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Study referenced at 17:15 - https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/21300943/

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49: Anna Lembke | Addictive Drugs are Still Addictive If Prescribed 58:48

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Stanford psychiatrist and Medical Director Anna Lembke joins Nick Fortino on the 49th episode of the Psychology Is Podcast for an important conversation about a profound problem in our culture: many doctors, and especially psychiatrists, have become drug dealers. A health care system thoroughly contaminated by financial interests, a disempowering a…

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48: David Cohen | Psychiatry’s Scientific Emptiness 1:27:49

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"Psychiatry's most fundamental characteristic is its ignorance," wrote Raymond Dolan in his recent review of psychiatric literature. In this episode, UCLA professor Dr. David Cohen shares an excerpt from this study and others. He also describes the big picture, bringing to light the many elements that constitute the modern day mental health so-call…

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47: Kendra Campbell | Psychiatrist Changes Her Ways 1:04:20

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Dr. Kendra Campbell is bold, brilliant, and honest. A traditionally trained psychiatrist, Dr. Campbell recognized the irreconcilable flaws at the core of modern psychiatry--the invalidity of its diagnoses, its bogus chemical imbalance theory, and the harmful nature of its treatments--and changed her ways. In the most admirable fashion, she takes re…

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46: Sami Timimi | Insane Psychiatry 1:31:24

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Dr. Sami Timimi is a practicing child psychiatrist in the UK, but his practice is in direct contrast to the dominant ideology in psychiatry. This insane and horribly problematic ideology is exactly what Dr. Nick and Dr. Sami deconstruct in this important conversation. Dr. Sami’s recent book is entitled Insane Medicine.…

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45: Bruce E. Levine | The Rise and Fall of Psychiatry 1:15:26

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Clinical psychologist Dr. Bruce Levine joins Nick for a conversation about historical and modern practices in the field of psychiatry. The conversation is based on Dr. Levine's new book, A Profession Without Reason: The Crisis of Contemporary Psychiatry Untangled and Solved by Spinoza, Freethinking, and Radical Enlightenment.…

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44: Aaron Stark | I Was Almost A School Shooter 1:39:07

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This is one of the most important conversations we have ever had on the Psychology Is Podcast. Listen to this in-depth conversation with Aaron Stark, a man who almost carried out a school shooting before being redirected by the love, kindness, acknowledgement, and friendship. Aaron's story is intense. It's fraught with trauma. But what shines throu…

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43: Jerry Duberstein | Insight from a Couples Therapist of 40 Years 1:26:11

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In relationship, you want to maintain individual autonomy, and you also want security. Many people believe you can't have both, but you can. Dr. Jerry Duberstein has been a couples therapist for over 40 years. He and his wife co-wrote the book, Relationship Transformation: A Practical Guide for Couples Who Want to be Free and Connected. In this con…

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42: Beverley Thomson | Examining Antidepressant Harm 1:18:46

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Nick sits down with author Beverley Thomson for a conversation about antidepressant drugs. What are the desirable effects of these drugs? What are the adverse effects? Beverley examined this topic extensively to write her book Antidepressed. She shares her knowledge and insight here. Produced by Nick Fortino & Robert Daluz Follow us on instagramhtt…

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41: Chris Ferguson | Video Games Are Not Bad for You 1:21:55

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The video game industry has grown rapidly since the 1980's. Almost instantly they caused many to question the dangers of exposing our kids to extreme violence found in first-person shooters like Call of Duty or mature subject matter found in games like Grand Theft Auto. Chris Ferguson set out to find the truth. Are violent games actually harmful? I…

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40: Psychiatric Survivor Shares His Story 1:16:15

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The Psychology Is Podcast has featured authors, journalists, psychologists, and psychiatrists about the problems inherent in modern psychiatry. In this episode, we hear a personal story of a man who endured unnecessarily pathologizing diagnoses and damaging, ongoing drug prescriptions, and how he was able to free himself from the harm of modern psy…

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39: Joel Wong | Masculinities Across Cultures and Individuals 59:48

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Indiana University Psychology Professor Dr. Joel Wong joins Nick Fortino on the 39th episode of the Psychology Is Podcast for a conversation about the psychology of masculinity.

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38: Kirk Schneider | Existential-Integrative Therapy, and How to Cultivate 'Awe' 1:15:58

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Dr. Kirk Schneider is a licensed clinical psychologist and author of many books, including The Psychology of Existence and The Paradoxical Self. Dr. Scheider is also a leading spokesperson for contemporary existential-integrative psychology. In this conversation, we discuss existential integrative therapy, the power of presence and how to be presen…

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37: Kelly Brogan | Well-being Without Psychiatric Drugs 1:21:31

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Dr. Kelly Brogan performed a very unique human feat; she changed her mind. She was trained as an MD and psychiatrist at prestigious institutions including Cornell and NYU. Upon completing her training and practicing psychiatry for some time, Dr. Brogan recognized the limitations and harms of standard psychiatric treatment. She has moved past relyin…

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36: Rose McDermott | Covid, Violence, Nuclear War, World Peace 1:17:31

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Dr. Rose McDermott joins Nick on the 36th episode of the Psychology Is Podcast for an important conversation about Covid, politics, perception, violence, nuclear war, world peace, and heroism. Our world is tumultuous and beautiful and terrible and awesome. Let's talk about it.

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35: Anoop Kumar | Rethinking Human Nature for Medicine's Sake 1:40:53

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Medical Doctor Anoop Kumar joins Nick Fortino on the 35th episode of the Psychology Is Podcast for a conversation about human nature, and how a more complete understanding of the human body will enhance our capacity to practice medicine effectively.

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34: Tania Israel | Dialogue With Those Who Disagree 1:00:49

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Dr. Tania Israel, author of Beyond Your Bubble and expert in how to dialogue with people with differing political views joins Nick for the 34th episode of the Psychology Is Podcast.

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33: Nick Haslam | Concept Creep: Psychology's Expanding Definitions 1:05:14

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Dr. Nick Haslam coined the term 'concept creep', which refers to the way that concepts related to harm and pathology are expanding to include phenomena of different kinds and less extreme degrees. What are the implications of this? Drs. Nick and Nick take a deep dive into this in the 33rd episode of the Psychology Is Podcast.…

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32: Chris Ferguson | Why Do Insane People Become Leaders 55:15

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Psychologist Chris Ferguson joins Nick for the 32nd episode of the Psychology Is Podcast for a conversation about the reasons that insane people become leaders, and the impact this has on societies.

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31: Corey Clark | Psychology in Politics 1:29:58

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Political and moral psychologist Cory Clark joins Nick Fortino on the 31st episode of the Psychology Is Podcast for a conversation about psychology in politics. Why is there so often a lack of nuance in political positions? Why are our views so persistent? What effect does your political identity have on your political views? If tribalism here to s…

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30: Roger McFillin | Course Correcting the Mental Health Field 1:22:45

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Clinical Psychologist Roger McFillin joins Nick Fortino on the 30th episode of the Psychology Is Podcast for a conversation about the current state of the mental health field. What are we doing wrong? What are we doing right? How can we course correct?

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29 (Part 2): Shiva Ghaed | Healing from Mass Violence & Trauma 1:14:07

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Trauma therapist, and Las Vegas shooting survivor Shiva Ghaed offers tools to help process and heal from trauma and mass violence.

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29 (Part 1): Shiva Ghaed | Therapist Shares Las Vegas Shooting Survival Story 1:22:25

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Route 91 festival mass shooting survivor shares her story. Shiva Ghaed is a clinical psychologist with a focus on helping trauma victims. On this episode Shiva explains how she physically and mentally escaped the traumatic incident in Las Vegas.