Join Alex in a solo episode as he discusses of the psychological concepts in Alex Garland's sci-fi headspace thriller Ex Machina (2015), starring Domhnall Gleeson, Oscar Isaac, and Alicia Vikander in literally the only three main speaking roles. If this is our future, we clearly need to start welcoming our robot overlords. Full episode notes and transcript are available here.

Join Alex and Dr. Wind Goodfriend on discussion of the psychological concepts in Jon Favreau's holiday classic Elf (2003), where we being the meme game in and discuss how the belief in Santa could just be a placebo effect of in holiday cheer. Episode notes and full transcription available here.

Join Alex and Olivia Aspiras in discussion of the psychological concepts in Tina Fey's masterpiece Mean Girls (2004), starring Lindsay Lohan, Tina Fey, Rachel McAdams (Amy Adams), and Amanda Seyfried in her first film role. It's the perfect podcast episode: not to long and not too short. We thank you for being so obsessed with us! Episode notes and transcription are available here.

Join Alex and Dr. Randy Stein on this Halloween edition of the podcast, for a discussion of the psychological concepts in Don Coscarelli's cult horror classic Phantasm (1979), starring Angus Scrimm as the horror villain, the Tall Man, in a role so-named because imagination and originality was used elsewhere in the film. Episode notes and a full transcription can be found here.

Join Alex and Jason Spiegelman on discussion of the psychological concepts in Christopher Nolan's Inception (2010), starring Leonardo DiCaprio and several other actors he hires again for the Dark Knight Rises. Full episode notes and transcription available here.

Join Alex and Dr. Marc Klippenstine on discussion of the psychological concepts in Robert Zemeckis's Cast Away (2000), starring Tom Hanks and a volleyball named Wilson. Full transcription of the episode is available here.

Join Alex and Dr. Wind Goodfriend on discussion of the psychological concepts in Stanley Kubrick's A Clockwork Orange (1971), based on the book by Anthony Burgess. Full episode transcription available here.

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