All In The Mind

Imagine police are interrogating you over a crime you didn't commit. 

If you're innocent, you're safe, right? Wrong.

Sometimes, being innocent can make you more likely to confess. How is that possible?

In part two of our four-part series, Forensic, we learn about the police interviewing techniques that make false confessions more likely, and the bizarre cases in which people come to believe they really, truly did commit a crime – despite being innocent.

Guests:

Saul KassinDistinguished Professor Emeritus at John Jay College of Criminal Justice Professor Emeritus at Williams College

Lisanne Adam Lecturer in Law, RMIT University School of Law

Celine van GoldeAssociate Professor in Legal Psychology, University of Sydney

Credits:

• Presenter/producer: Sana Qadar
• Senior producer: James Bullen
• Producer: Rose Kerr
• Sound engineer: Roi Huberman

You can catch up on more episodes of the All in the Mind podcast with journalist and presenter Sana Qadar, exploring the psychology of topics like stress, memory, communication and relationships on ABC Listen or wherever you get your podcasts.

Criminal profiling promises a lot — being able to piece together a picture of a suspect through clues, intuition and psychology sounds great. But how reliable is it?

In our first episode of Forensic, a four-part series unpacking the psychological tools used to solve crimes, we examine the history of criminal profiling. How it got popular in the 1950s after bombings in New York City, its shortcomings when scrutinised by researchers, and the techniques it is built on that police deploy today (but with a lot more data).

Guests:

Michael CannellAuthor, Incendiary: The Psychiatrist, the Mad Bomber and the Invention of Criminal ProfilingFormer Editor, The New York Times

Professor Craig JacksonProfessor of Occupational Health PsychologyBirmingham City University

Dr Victoria BerezowskiLecturer, Forensic Science, Deakin University

Credits:

• Presenter/producer: Sana Qadar
• Senior producer: James Bullen
• Producer: Rose Kerr
• Sound engineer: Isabella Tropiano

You can catch up on more episodes of the All in the Mind podcast with journalist and presenter Sana Qadar, exploring the psychology of topics like stress, memory, communication and relationships on ABC Listen or wherever you get your podcasts.

Further Information:

• Incendiary - Michael Cannell
• The Organized/Disorganized Typology of Serial Murder: Myth or Model?
• Is criminal profiling dead? Should it be? Psychology Today
• George Metesky, the ‘Mad Bomber’ – Wikipedia
• Unmasking the Mad Bomber – The Smithsonian, 2017
• A 16-Year Hunt For New York’s ‘Mad Bomber’ – NPR, 2011
• An overview of offender profiling – International Journal of Police Science and Management, 2024
• Offender profiling: a review of the research and state of the field – Police Psychology, 2021
• The Grit, Glamour and Gall of Criminal Profiling – The University of Arizona, 2021
• Casebook of a Crime Psychiatrist – James Brussel, 1968
• Dangerous Minds - The New Yorker

Forget everything you’ve learned from crime dramas.

Forensic is a new podcast series from All in the Mind on ABC Radio National that takes you behind the psychological tools used to solve crimes.

Across four episodes, we investigate criminal profiling, false confessions, eyewitness memory and lie detection, revealing what actually works, what doesn’t, and the surprising ways things can go wrong.

Forensic gives an evidence-led look at the cracks and complexities inside modern forensic psychology.

Our first episode drops this Sunday! 

In the mean time, check out our other true crime themed series from 2025, Criminal Psychology. 

You can catch up on more episodes of the All in the Mind podcast with journalist and presenter Sana Qadar, exploring the psychology of topics like stress, memory, communication and relationships on ABC Listen or wherever you get your podcasts.

Would you want to live forever? The rich and powerful certainly do. 

There are numerous examples throughout history of people going to extreme lengths in search of immortality. These days, it's Silicon Valley tech bros, testing out everything from blood transfusions to merging our brains with the cloud.

Why are they/we so obsessed with dodging death? What is it about extreme wealth that makes people dream of defying biology?

Today, tech journalist and social psychologist Aleks Krotoski takes us into the world of the ‘immortalists’: what they think the future of humanity might look like, and whether the rest of us want to come along for the ride.

Guest:

Aleks KrotoskiInvestigative journalistSocial psychologistAuthor, The Immortalists: The Death of Death and the Race for Eternal Life

Credits:

• Presenter/producer: Sana Qadar
• Producer: Rose Kerr
• Senior Producer: James Bullen
• Sound engineer: Tegan Nicholls

Cosmetic procedures aren't reserved for celebrities anymore - they're becoming more and more accessible for every day people. 

So if we're able to alter our looks or avoid the appearance of aging altogether, what impact does this have on our psychology?

Today, we examine how changing our faces might change how we see each other.

Please note, this episode includes some discussion of body image and mental health issues such as body dysmorphic disorder. Take care while listening.

Guests:

Professor Gemma SharpClinical psychologist and researcherAdelaide University

Dr Sarah BonellResearch FellowBolton Clarke Research Institute

Credits:

• Presenter/producer: Sana Qadar
• Reporter/producer: Rose Kerr
• Senior producer: James Bullen
• Sound engineer: Roi Huberman

More information:

Support:

You can catch up on more episodes of the All in the Mind podcast with journalist and presenter Sana Qadar, exploring the psychology of topics like stress, memory, communication and relationships on ABC Listen or wherever you get your podcasts.

Politics, war, abortion, gun control — why do some topics make us so outraged?

One theory is that our preoccupation with preventing harm is to blame.

So today, we examine how humans developed morality, why we differ in what we consider right and wrong, and how that drives us to moral outrage.

And after all of that, we'll find out how to have better conversations with people you disagree with (even if you're feeling outraged).

If you want to hear more about that, check out The skills supercommunicators use, which you can learn too.

This episode first aired in January 2025.

Guest:

Dr Kurt GrayProfessor in Psychology and Neuroscience, University of North Carolina at Chapel HillDirector, Deepest Beliefs Lab and the Center for the Science of Moral UnderstandingAuthor, Outraged: Why We Fight About Morality and Politics and How to Find Common Ground

Credits:

• Presenter/producer: Sana Qadar
• Senior producer: James Bullen
• Producer: Rose Kerr
• Sound engineer: Roi Huberman

More information:

The transcript for this episode can be found on its original webpage.

You can catch up on more episodes of the All in the Mind podcast with journalist and presenter Sana Qadar, exploring the psychology of topics like stress, memory, communication and relationships on ABC Listen or wherever you get your podcasts.

In the last couple of weeks, a lot of people have been getting excited about space exploration thanks to Artemis II.

So this week, we revisit an episode from our archives all about life as an astronaut and the psychological impacts of long distance space travel. 

And if you enjoy this episode, check out Artemis Explained, a podcast from the Science Friction team, following the Artemis II mission.

This episode was first broadcast in March 2024.

You can catch up on more episodes of the All in the Mind podcast with journalist and presenter Sana Qadar, exploring the psychology of topics like stress, memory, communication and relationships on ABC Listen or wherever you get your podcasts.

Guests:

• Dr Albert Holland, Senior Operational Psychologist, NASA Johnson Space Center
• Dr Cady Coleman, Former NASA astronaut
• Jamey Simpson, Cady's son

With excerpts from:Space: The Longest Goodbye, directed by Ido Mizrahy

Credits:

• Presenter/producer: Sana Qadar
• Producer: Rose Kerr
• Sound engineer: Simon Branthwaite

More information:

To view the transcript for this episode, please head to its original webpage.

Welcome back to All in the Mind's little sister: Mind Hacks. 

In this episode, we're joined by developmental paediatrician and co-host of Pop Culture Parenting, Dr Billy Garvey. From self compassion to channelling anger into advocacy, Billy shares his own strategies for managing bad days.

On Mind Hacks, we're bringing you bonus content with special guests, featuring rapid fire questions about their mental health tips and pet peeves. It's like a psychology version of eff, marry kill!If you have feedback or want to suggest a guest, you can reach us on [email protected]

Guest:

Dr Billy GarveyDevelopmental paediatricianAuthor, Ten things I wish you knew about your child's mental healthPodcast co-host, Pop Culture ParentingFounder, Guiding Growing Minds

Credits:

• Presenter/Producer: Sana Qadar
• Senior Producer: James Bullen
• Producer: Rose Kerr
• Sound Engineer: Hamish Camilleri

Relevant All in the Mind episodes:

You can catch up on more episodes of the All in the Mind podcast with journalist and presenter Sana Qadar, exploring the psychology of topics like stress, memory, communication and relationships on ABC Listen or wherever you get your podcasts.

How can I help my child with anxiety? What's the deal with sleep training? Are we supposed to ignore tantrums?

This week, we've invited developmental paediatrician Dr Billy Garvey back on All in the Mind for a mailbag episode. We'll unpack your parenting dilemmas which cover questions about kids of all ages, from the littlest of newborns right through to teenagers. 

So whether you're a parent, aunt, uncle, grandparent, friend or someone just curious about how to support young people in your life, Billy has advice for navigating challenging moments.

And please note, one of the questions is a bit heavy, touching on the topic of suicidality. Please take care while listening.

Guest:

Dr Billy GarveyDevelopmental paediatricianAuthor, Ten things I wish you knew about your child's mental healthPodcast co-host, Pop Culture ParentingFounder, Guiding Growing Minds

Credits:

• Present/producer: Sana Qadar
• Senior producer: James Bullen
• Producer: Rose Kerr
• Sound engineer: Antonia Gauci

More information:

Support resources:

Lifeline 13 11 14

13YARN 13 92 76

This week we're talking about something intimate… and sometimes taboo: masturbation.

From self-love, to disordered behaviour and back again, we explore how our perceptions of masturbation have changed over the course of history and why it's still linked to shame and confusion for some.

Also, why do humans (and other animals) masturbate in the first place?

Just a heads up, if the topic didn't give it away, this episode may not be suitable for little ones.

You can catch up on more episodes of the All in the Mind podcast with journalist and presenter Sana Qadar, exploring the psychology of topics like stress, memory, communication and relationships on ABC Listen or wherever you get your podcasts.

This episode first aired in September 2024.

Guests:

Esme Louise JamesPhD candidate, University of MelbourneContent creator and author of Kinky History

Dr Vijayasarathi RamanathanClinical sexologistSenior Lecturer of Sexual Health (Sexology) at Westmead Clinical School, University of Sydney

Dr Ann JonesHost, What the Duck?!

Dr Matilda BrindleEvolutionary biologistUniversity of Oxford

Credits:

• Presenter/producer: Sana Qadar
• Senior producer: James Bullen
• Producer: Rose Kerr
• Sound engineer: Beth Stewart

More information:

To find the transcript for this episode, head to its original webpage.