Freudian Sips

In the first part of a two-parter, your girls are talking about Jean Piaget and his theories. This time, Anna is telling Bonnie all about Piaget’s life and his theory on schema (schemata for plural), or the categories we use to sort information. Watch in shock and awe as Anna gets slightly tipsy and goes on side tangents!

After taking some brain hemorrhage shots as their themed drink, Anna and Bonnie are talking about intelligence! Anna gives an overview of what IQ means and how it’s tested, Bonnie talks about multiple types of intelligence, and they both chat about some famous figures with super high IQs. Is the g-spot actually on Pluto? Will Anna be able to hack into the mainframe? Tune in to find out!

From another listener request, Anna and Bonnie are chatting about transference, which is basically putting your problems with someone else onto another person. They chat about specifically how this looks in therapy, but also how it may look in everyday life and how to work through it. Featuring surprise guest (in the cold open): Gabe, AKA Anna’s brother and Bonnie’s son!

This week, Anna and Bonnie got a listener request to talk about crossdressing, so after talking about random nonsense for ten minutes, they do that! They chat about the history of crossdressing, how the practice is seen from psychological and cultural lenses, and how it relates to identity and the LGBTQ community. Features include new chairs and a brand new vocal noise from Mom Host.

Holy cow, a bonus episode that is ALSO a collaboration! While Mom Host is away, Anna Host will play, and playing means joining a bunch of fellow mental health podcasts in a roundtable discussion on mental health, the media, and various other relevant psychology topics. Be sure to go check out the other amazing podcasts featured in this episode: Capes on the Couch, Popcorn Psychology, PopPsych101, and GuardiansMH.

For their final spooky Spooktober episode, Anna is telling Bonnie all about sleep paralysis, including chatting about what it is and also telling some pretty chilling stories from people who have experienced it. Believe it or not, this very spooky thing is actually scientific. The Spookyville tourism board thanks you for your visit and hopes you’ll join us again next year!

It’s the return to Spookyville this week, and Bonnie is telling Anna about something that science and psychology actually can’t explain too well: near-death experiences, or NDEs. Bonnie chats about various theories behind NDEs and some weird, cool, creepy NDE stories, including one that’s pretty close to home! This one gets a little out there, guys.

For the second part of their Spooktober episode series, Anna and Bonnie are (soberly) chatting about horror movies. They talk about why some people like horror movies, why some people don’t, and how watching spooky stuff can actually be positive for our mental health!

Or, Wacky Experiments Volume II! For the start of their Halloween spooktacular, Anna and Bonnie are digging through the archives to use a previous recording in which they talk about some more weird experiments. So buckle up as the slightly tipsy gals talk about Bandura’s Bobo Doll experiment and Harlow’s monkey experiment. WARNING: the monkey one gets slightly upsetting!

At the request of a listener, Anna and Bonnie are talking about breakups this week. They chat about the psychology of feeling heartbroken, share some tips on how to get over a breakup, and even read some listener stories about their own rough breakups. So grab a glass of wine and a pint of ice cream and settle in for the heartbreak.