Why We Do What We Do
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Why We Do What We Do
We explain popular and weird, little-known ideas in psychology. Whether you are a little curious about psychology, or a student, or even a professional, we have something for everyone.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/why-we-do-what-we-do--3419521/support.
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Burning Man pt. 1
There is a unique annual art event that is hours from civilization in the blistering hot sun that culminates the incineration of humungous humanoid ef...
Mini: Hard Conversations
Many people avoid or even advocate against having conversations about confrontational topics. We disagree. We explain how it is important to have thes...
Abstinence Only Education
Democratized education lead by trained professionals and experts has resulted in unprecidented growth in progress and improvements in quality of life....
Mini: Mind Reading
Psychic, telepathic mind-reading is complete nonsense logistically, philosophically, practically... all of the "ally's." We will explain why in some d...
My Cross to Bear
The idea of personal responsibility will seem like common sense to some. Scientifically, however, it is an interesting concept to understand. How does...
Mini: Charcuterie Boards
We are taking a side journey into the delectable topic of charcuterie boards. We briefly describe what they are and then how to put one together. Do y...
2025 Wrap-Up
Another year on the books. We reflect on what we discussed this year, our listener stats, and personal experiences with movies, books, and TV shows. I...
Mini: Choral Responding
Choral or Unison responding is a classroom participation strategy in which all students answer together when given an opportunity to do so. This allow...
Culture and Disability
Different cultures around the world have unique perspectives on disability. We survey several different cultural values and approaches to thinking abo...
Mini: Circular Breathing
Have you ever heard of circular breathing? For musicians who play instruments that require blown air, circular breathing is a technique to produce con...
Disability and Ability
Conditions that differ from "normal," sometimes called disability, don't preclude people with those conditions from being able to do regular vocationa...
Mini: 6-7
Because this was selected the "word of the year," we decided we may as well discuss it. If you've been lucky enough to miss this trend, sorry to end y...
Private Equity in Disability
Sometimes investment groups will purchase and then unify individually-owned, small businesses that provide care for people with disabilities. Once the...
Mini: Perfect Pitch Perfect
This is not about the movie(s). Amazingly, that didn't even occur to us before, during, or even immediately after recording this... This is about the...
Sexuality in Disabilities
A touchy topic that some people don't want to touch is sexuality as it relates to disability. There is some "moral" prudishness that borders on (if no...
Mini: Adaptive Sex Industry
The industry around sex equipment has been leading the charge in the development of equipment for different bodies and impairments. This mini describe...
Terms in Disability
The vernacular treadmill is ever running and we often find we are behind on the currently accepted terms. While some struggle to accept change, many o...
Mini: No Nut November
Do you believe in the magic of sperm? The longer you hold onto it, the mightier you become. Except, not. The idea of sperm retention does almost nothi...
Accessibility for All
Brilliant people have worked to create accessibility so comprehensively baked into our lives that we often don't even recognize that it is there. Howe...
Mini: Making Things More Accessible
This is a quick tutorial for making things more accessible and checking for accessibility when creating documents mostly in MS Office and Adobe. So, t...
Autism Subtypes
Continuing on with our suite on disability and accessibility, this episode explores new research exploring autism subtypes and their links to genetic...
Mini: Signs That Don't Mean You Have ADHD
Do you wake up after sleeping? Do you eat food when you are hungry? You might have ADHD! Not because of those things... those just mean you are human...
Models of Disability
How do we start talking about disabiliity? First, we need to understand how people thinking about and appraoch disability. This episode kicks off a su...
Mini: Thin Blue Line
The "Thin Blue Line" has a probable origin in military history. It has been employed as a symbol of law enforcement, but commoly applied in contrast t...
Ritual Sacrifice
Our final Halloween episode tackles a grizzly topic: Ritual Sacrifices. We explore some of the practices and reasons for sacfrifice throughout history...
Mini: Houska Castle
There is a mysterious castle in Czechia with defensive structures pointed inward toward the caste. There are also stories of a hole in the ground of u...
How Do Halloween Masks Affect Our Behavior?
Wearing a mask changes the way our social word interacts with us. This might mean access to rewards that we might not otherwise try to access, but the...
Mini: Creepy Pasta
Creepy pasta is/was a democratized way ot telling scary stories that are just on the edge of believability. They seem to have dissipated into various...
Mary Shelley's Frankenstein
One of the most iconic and well-established horror stories in the world, Mary Shelley's Frankenstein is a masterpiece of literature. The talented dire...
Mini: 666
We have a fascination with assigning meaning to various numbers. Actually, many cultures enjoy assigning meaning to numbers as well. In western tradit...
I Want To Take You To The Bermuda Triangle
Some spooky topics are geographically creepy. Arguably, the most famous scary geography is lovingly called The Bermuda Triangle. This portion of the w...
Mini: R.I.P.
This is our first Halloween mini of 2025! RIP is a well-wishing, a command, and an indication of your relationship to person or idea being bid farewel...
Variants of Hell
Welcome to our annual month of creepy topics! We are kicking off this year's selection with an overview of various conceptuatlizations of Hell from th...
Mini: Colored Noise
You have probably heard of white noise, but there are a variety of noise patterns that have been assigned a color. Some have proposed hypothetical ben...
Propaganda: How You Are Being Tricked pt. 2
In the last episode, we outlined several specific propaganda strategies. We conclude this discussion by explaining some ways we can attempt to combat...
Mini: Kintsugi
Kintsugi is a Japanese tradition of repairing broken things rather than retiring them, and in doing so making them stronger. It has a nice metaphor fo...
Propaganda: How You are Being Tricked pt. 1
Propaganda is remarkably effective at influencing your behavior, even if you don't recognize that it is happening. Being aware of its strategies can h...
Mini: How Many Faces Can You Remember?
A lot. Unless you have face blindness, you can remember a lot of faces. Is this all in the brian? We do our best to explain the research behind our ab...
Understanding Chiropractic
Once again, we have an idea that has mostly been bogged down in the septic tank of pseudoscience. There seems to be some therapeutic benefit to chirop...
Mini: That Time Humans Loved Radiation
This is another exploration of bad idea history. At one point, humans got really into consuming and surrounding themselves with irradiated materials....