Psychtalk Radio

Are psychopaths more like Hannibal Lecter or Dexter Morgan? How likely is it that your boss is really a psychopath? Find your answers in this in-depth discussion with Dr. Walter Sinnott-Armstrong, an experimental philosopher at Duke University and an expert on psychopaths. Here are some more detailed questions we answer. No spoilers this time – [...]

Dr. David Myers is a renowned social psychologist and a prolific writer and educator. His bestselling psychology textbooks have been translated into twelve languages and used in thousands of high schools and colleges around the world. He is also a prominent advocate for the hearing impaired. His countless writings for both academic and general audiences [...]

Why do teenagers do stupid things? What makes their brains different from those of children or adults? And how can parents and the rest of society help teenagers develop into healthy adults? Our two expert guests, Dr. Scott Swartzwelder and Dr. Aaron White, joined us to discuss these topics from their latest book, What Are They [...]

When our storyteller Liz Paxton first talked to a Peace Corps recruiter, she asked to do business work somewhere warm, but she was offered a post teaching English in Russia–not the closest match! She soon tried again and took an assignment helping artisans in Morocco, where she would go on to spend five years. Join [...]

Quantified Self is a movement of people tracking and quantifying their own lives. They often know the answers to questions such as, What is your current heart rate? Average amount of REM sleep? How many steps did you take today? How many minutes did you spend on Facebook? On this episode, we talk to a [...]

Patricia Ruiz Asturias is the Director of the Modern American English School, known to its students as El MAES, in Antigua, Guatemala. Patricia goes by Patty or Ms. Patty, which reflects her youthfulness and energy despite her 60 years of age (born April 1952). She founded MAES 34 years ago in 1978. MAES is the [...]

Marriage counseling meets boating vacation: gimmick or dopamine delivery system? That’s the question of the hour in our conversation with Dr. Bryce Kaye and Helen Kaye. Since founding Love Odyssey Charters in 2010, they have taken couples on week-long yacht trips on the rivers and sounds of North Carolina. Dr. Bryce Kaye is a psychotherapist practicing [...]

Learn about the power of improv and its connections to mindfulness and spirituality in this fun-packed conversation with Anoo Tree Brod. Anoo has performed improv with Transactors since joining in 1997. Transactors is the longest running active improvisational company in the South. Anoo has also taught improv to people of all ages at businesses, schools and [...]

For James Kotecki, politics is not always funny, but it should be. As both a serious pundit and a humorist, he cares about things like elections and economic policies, but he is committed to communicating in the language of comedy. He joined us to explore the connections between politics, humor and psychology. Kotecki first entered [...]

The most romantic thing you can do for your relationship may be to meditate, which might be the last thing these millennials are thinking about. Here this, extending your penis will only do some much, extending you consciousness however, will surprise you and your partner forever. So says our guest Dr. Marsha Lucas, a neuropsychologist and [...]