Eyes Wide Open

What if the person you think is a narcissist is actually something far more calculated?

In this revealing conversation, Dr. Daniel Jones, one of the leading researchers on the Dark Triad of personality (Machiavellianism, narcissism and psychopathy) explains how to recognise manipulation, deception, predatory behaviour and the psychological traits that can make some people extraordinarily difficult to detect. We go deep into Machiavellianism, the psychology of the master manipulator and explore how Machiavellians differ from narcissists and psychopaths, how Dark Triad traits are measured, and whether intelligence, emotional control and delayed gratification can make manipulative personalities harder to spot.

Dr. Jones also explains the red flags to look for in dating, relationships and the workplace, including manipulation, seduction, narcissistic behaviour, emophilia and predatory behaviour. We discuss the psychology behind Elizabeth Holmes and Theranos, narcissistic traits, psychopathy, callousness, lack of empathy, sadism, guilt and shame and ultimately ask one of the biggest questions in psychology: Does evil actually exist?

IN THIS EPISODE

00:00 — Dr. Daniel Jones: Introduction & Origin Story

02:31 — What Are the Dark Triad Traits?

04:15 — How Dark Triad Traits Are Tested & Measured

05:15 — Callousness & the Absence of Empathy

06:37 — Sadism: Assessment & Reporting

08:40 — Guilt & Shame

12:10 — Machiavellianism vs Narcissism vs Psychopathy

13:50 — Elizabeth Holmes & the Psychology of Theranos

20:49 — Narcissistic Traits

28:30 — Machiavellianism: The Master Manipulator

32:30 — How to Identify Dark Triad Personalities & Manipulators

36:47 — Delayed Gratification & Impulse Control

38:20 — Are Machiavellians More Intelligent?

46:10 — Dating, Relationships & Red Flags

54:30 — Emophilia: Why Some People Fall Fast

1:00:40 — Seduction & the Narcissist Trap

1:03:43 — Marriage & the Secrets of Long-Term Manipulation

1:11:05 — Predators: What You Need to Know

1:13:30 — Does Evil Exist?

1:15:00 - How to handle the Dark Triad

WHO IS DR. DANIEL JONES?

Dr. Daniel Jones is an Associate Professor of Management at the College of Business in Reno, Nevada. He received his PhD in Personality and Social Psychology from the University of British Columbia in 2011. Following his PhD, Dr. Jones studied corporate psychopathy as a postdoctoral researcher and later studied leadership as a visiting scholar. He subsequently spent six years as an Assistant Professor of Legal Psychology before moving into the field of management. His research focuses on Dark Triad personality traits, Machiavellianism, narcissism, psychopathy, manipulation, deception, relationships and predatory behaviour. In this episode, we explore practical ways to recognise manipulation, understand narcissistic and Machiavellian behaviour, identify potential red flags in dating and relationships, and understand what to do when you find yourself the target of manipulative or predatory behaviour.

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TOPICS Machiavellianism • Machiavellians • Dark Triad • narcissism • narcissists • psychopathy • psychopaths • manipulation • deception • emotional manipulation • psychological manipulation • predators • personality psychology • corporate psychopathy • narcissistic abuse • narcissistic relationships • dating red flags • relationship psychology • emophilia • sadism • lack of empathy • Dark Triad personality traits • Machiavellian personality • narcissistic personality • psychopathy

#Machiavellianism #Narcissism #DarkTriad #Psychopathy #Narcissist #Psychology #Manipulation #Relationships #Emophilia

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Are female psychopaths hiding in plain sight? What does a female psychopath actually look like and how come they're so difficult to recognise?

In this eye-opening episode of the Eyes Wide Open Podcast, I speak with Dr Fiona Girkin, a researcher specialising in female psychopathy, dark personality traits, narcissism, manipulation and toxic behaviour. Dr Girkin’s research explores the prevalence and impact of female psychopathy in society, challenging some of the traditional assumptions about what a psychopath actually looks like and how psychopathic behaviour manifests.

We explore:

- What makes female psychopaths different from male psychopaths?

- Why can female psychopathy be so difficult to detect?

- Can charm and apparent empathy hide psychopathic traits?

- How do female psychopaths manipulate and control others?

- What is the connection between psychopathy and narcissism?

- What are the warning signs of a female psychopath?

- Can psychopaths genuinely love or feel empathy?

- How does psychopathy affect relationships and workplaces?

- Why do some victims struggle to understand what happened to them?

Dr Girkin also discusses gaslighting, relational aggression, manipulation, workplace psychopathy and the darker side of human behaviour. This is a provocative exploration of one of psychology's most misunderstood subjects and it may change the way you think about some of the people around you. Could you recognise a female psychopath if you met one? Watch and decide for yourself?

#FemalePsychopath #Psychopathy #Psychology #Narcissism #DarkPsychology #EyesWideOpen #ConorRyan #FionaGirkin

 @DrFionaGirkin 

00:00 Dr Fiona Girkin Origin Story

05:30 Female Psychopath PHD

06:30 People are Scared!

07:50 Psychopathy in Women

10:00 Relational Aggression, Gossip & Innuendo

11:30 Social Isolation and Reputation Destruction

12:11 Playing the Victim

12:45 The DARVO effect

13:30 Bullying in the Nursing Profession

15:00 Therapists, Psychologists, Psychiatrists

16:30 Corporate Psychopathy

18:00 Identifying Psychopaths in the Workplace

20:00 Retaliation

23:00 How to deal with a workplace psychopath

26:00 Envy, Jealousy, Beauty

27:00 Antagonism and Triangulation

28:00 Narcissism

30:00 Conflict Resolution

31:00 Lindsay Clancy

41:00 Dating Red Flags

45:00 Human Nature / The Empath

47:00 Tasmania, Cancellation and Controversy

51:00 Johnny Depp Amber Heard

55:00 Speaking out

57:00 The Personal Cost

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Dr Dani Sulikowski is an evolutionary psychologist, professor, and researcher at Charles Sturt University, Australia. In this conversation we discuss how competition amongst women sometimes involves sabotage, triangulation, manipulation and deceit. Female intrasexual competition is often a competitive reproduction strategy that results in a handful of winners and many losers. Dr Sulikowski reveals the deep layers of manipulation, bullying, coercion and abuse at play. We also discuss the Jason Arday trajedy, narcissism, the impact of ideology in society and the catastrophic outcomes. Female intrasexual competition is far more ruthless than most people realise.

#narcissist #narcissism #psychopathy #psychopath #gossip #darktriad #machiavellianism #triangulation #psychology #women #cambridge #feminism

00:00 Dani Sulikowski intro and origin story

02:13 Aggression Male v Female

04:46 Female Intrasexual Competition

05:30 Sabotage, Narcissism and Cluster B

08:00 Reproductive success and evolution

13:00 Sabotage

14:00 Narcissism, Dark Triad and Psychopathy

19:34 Gossip and Relational Aggression

22:00 Workplace bullies

25:30 Status and the workplace

28:00 Female Psychology

31:00 Cancel Culture, Ideology, Hate Speech

45:49 The Jason Arday Affair

1:02:03 Universities and the Academy

1:06:00 Trans and the Justice System

1:12:19 Dating, Sex and Relationships

1:20:00 Toxic masculinity & feminism

1:24:51 Social Policy, Ireland and Australia

1:31:30 Tradition and a Personal Price

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Dr. Peter Salerno is a psychologist, author and noted expert in trauma, personality disorders and abuse. We discuss the genetic and physiological traits of narcissism and the destruction untreated personality disorders can cause in the general population. We talk about antagonism, manipulation tactics, gaslighting and love bombing. We uncover what happens when someone is being abused, from early warning signs to the long-term effects on the mind, body and nervous system. We also unpack the biggest misconception around abuse and why narcissism is only now becoming fully understood.

Chapters:

00:00 Dr Peter Salerno intro and origin story

06:10 Understanding narcissism, cluster b and the dark triad

10:20 Narcissist: lies, untruths, shame and self esteem

11:30 Diagnosing narcissism, etiology and pathology

15:29 Worst case scenarios, serial killers and manipulation

19:00 The justice system, treatment and rehabilitation

22:10 The Hare Psychopathy test and prison

26:00 Key differences between narcissists and psychopaths

29:00 Key traits of a narcissist

33:00 Biological sex differences, gender and narcissism

35:58 Pattern recognition, romance and dating

40:00 Power and politics

43:11 Antagonism, triangulation and grandiosity

46:30 Machiavellianism

48:00 Recovering from abuse

50:00 Public policy, corporations and society

56:10 What the future holds

#narcissism #psychopath #relationships #psychology #psychologyfacts #narcissist

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In this episode, Conor Ryan sits down with former global health Policy, Planning Director and Whistleblower Nicholas Enrich to discuss his explosive new book, "Into the Wood Chipper: A Whistleblower's Account of How the Trump Administration Shredded USAID."

Nicholas reveals the chaotic internal collapse of America's premier foreign aid institution under the crosshairs of Elon Musk's newly created Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE). From the removal of the agency’s name to viral whistleblowing memos that triggered Supreme Court citations, Enrich pulls back the curtain on what happens when a federal agency is systematically dismantled.

Nicholas Enrich was The Office of Policy, Programs and Planning for Global Health Director at USAID when Elon Musk and DOGE systematically dismantled the organisation in the weeks following Donald Trump's inauguration on Jan 20, 2025. Thousands died in the aftermath as a direct result of the cancellation of vital overseas programs for the vaccination and treatment of Ebola, TB and HIV. It's estimated that 14 million people around the world will die by 2030 as a reult of the cuts.

The Lancet "USAID was the world’s leading donor for humanitarian and development aid. In 2023, funding from the US accounted for 43% of government donations to the global humanitarian

system"

00:00 Nicholas Enrich intro

01:26 Elon Musk declares WAR in the Whitehouse

02:29 What was USAID

04:10 Nicholas Enrich dream Job

05:50 The Trump transition

08:15 Mike Benz and Joe Rogan

11:18 USAID, Ebola, HIV and fraud

14:18 Elon declares WAR

15:30 JFK, USAID and DOGE

20:44 United States Government

22:50 Tuberculosis

25:40: Tech Bros, Twitter and Silicon Valley

26:30 Betrayal, Gestapo and Termination

29:30 Global Health and the human cost of complacency

32:00 Promotion and Dismissal

33:00 Life Saving programs, lies and falsehoods

34:00 Whistleblower memos and Marco Rubio

39:20 Death and Destruction in numbers

41:31 The State Department, Global Health and Foreign

44:00 Defense and Foreign Aid

45:00 USAID and National Security

48:00 The price of blowing the whistle

51:15 courageous is a contagion

52:24 Marco Rubio in the Senate

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President Barack Obama "Gutting USAID is a travesty, and it's a tragedy. Because it's some of the most important work happening anywhere in the world...Sooner or later, leaders on both sides of the aisle will realize how much you are needed.Your work has mattered and will matter for generations to come."

#elonmusk #usaid #doge

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Edward Slingerland is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, Distinguished University Scholar and Professor of Philosophy at the University of British Columbia, where he also holds appointments in the Departments of Psychology and Asian Studies. From January to June each academic year he also serves as Visiting Professor in the Department of Religion at Dartmouth. Educated at Princeton, Stanford and UC Berkeley, he has taught at the University of Colorado, Boulder, the University of Southern California and the University of British Columbia.

In "Drunk: How We Sipped, Danced, and Stumbled Our Way to Civilization", Professor Slingerland outlines the case for drinking alcohol, how it has impacted society, shaped friendships, established romantic relationships and contributed to the development and success of the human race. Professor Slingerland argues that alcohol, the king of social lubricants, can indeed be a force for good in the world if used mindfully, carefully and in moderation. We would not have civilization without intoxication.

00:00 Intro and origin story

07:45 How alcohol created civilization

10:01 Alcohol before agriculture?

12:00 The invention of alcohol

13:21 The creativity paradox and the prefrontal cortex

16:37 Alcohol and creativity

17:12 Alcohol, the biphasal curve and the brain

21:07 Alcohol content and the dangers

25:08 Anxiety

28:00 Alcohol, the arts and ideas

30:10 David Nutt's cancellation and alcohol alternatives

36:00 The price of drinking and the costs

37:00 Is alcoholism actually cultural (Northern v Southern)

43:00 Ireland's drinking culture

49:13 Drinking, Society, Politics

54:37 Alcohol, technology and Ai

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Are Scientists losing public trust? and is the very concept of truth itself under attack?

World renowned public intellectual, academic, writer and scientist, Lawrence Krauss on his new book "The War on Science" - released in Ireland and the UK September 2025.

In this conversation we discuss:

>The conflict between ideology and scientific truth

>Who the protagonists actually are

>The destruction of academia and the assault on universities

>Where the war is being waged

>What the future may hold

>and most importantly...what's actually at stake!

Watch on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E3F6U8jx7Wg

#science #cosmology #waronscience #physics #lawrencekrauss

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#Ai #kevinkelly #technology #wired #wellness

Kevin Kelly is Senior Maverick at Wired magazine. He co-founded Wired in 1993, and served as its Executive Editor for its first seven years. His newest book is Excellent Advice for Living, a book of 450 modern proverbs for good living.

Kevin also co-founded the ongoing Hackers’ Conference, and was involved with the launch of the WELL, a pioneering online service started in 1985.

Other books by Kevin include 1) The Inevitable, a New York Times and Wall Street Journal bestseller, 2) Out of Control, his 1994 classic book on decentralized emergent systems, 3) The Silver Cord, a graphic novel about robots and angels, 4) What Technology Wants, a robust theory of technology, and 5) Vanishing Asia, his 50-year project to photograph the disappearing cultures of Asia. He is best known for his radical optimism about the future.

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Dr. William Li is a world renowned physician, scientist and author of the New York Times bestseller "Eat to Beat Disease: The New Science of How Your Body Can Heal Itself." His latest book, "Eat to Beat Your Diet: Burn Fat, Heal Your Metabolism, and Live Longer" is available from all good bookstores now.

Dr. Li is on a mission is to help people everywhere become healthier whilst enjoyng and not being afraid of — their food.

In this conversation we talk about how human metabolism actually works, the foods that can help burn fat, ketogenic diet, carnivore diet, gut health, the microbiome and the top food hacks to burn fat faster!

Intro and Obesity forecasts

Metabolism

Food Hacks

Mental health and the pandemic

Stress

Good food tips

Carnivore diet

Keto diet

Gut Health and what the future holds

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John Kiriakou is a former CIA spy and whistleblower who was instrumental in exposing the CIA's enhanced interrogation technique's AKA Torture.

Recruited into the CIA at 25 year's of age by his college professor John rose in the organisation to become the Chief of Counter-terrorism in the Middle East.

In 2007, John Kiriakou became the first Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) official to publicly confirm that agency interrogators waterboarded a high-value detainee, terrorism suspect Abu Zubaydah — a revelation that had previously been a closely guarded secret.

Five years after this unauthorized disclosure to Brian Ross at ABC News, John pleaded guilty to leaking to journalists the identity of certain individuals who were involved with the CIA's rendition, detention, and interrogation program. He was sentenced to two and a half years in federal prison, eventually serving 23 month's.

00:00 Intro and recruitment into the CIA

04:43 Gulf War 1 and Saddam Hussein

13:07 The Twin Towers and 911

30:46 Pakistan

34:43 Hunting Abu Zubaydah

58:55 Torture and Guantanamo Bay

1:02:42 Blowing the whistle and going rogue

1:06:41 Arrest, Trial and Prison

1:13:47 Recovery and Rebuilding

1:16:31 Shannon Airport & Rendition

1:18:42 What the future holds

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