Terror Talk: True Crime, Serial Killers and Horror

There is a sub genre in the horror realm called Torture Porn that includes movies of intense victimization, torture, hunting, stalking, On today's episode we discuss some of the movies that embody this genre as well as the psychology behind why we watch or don't watch them.

This episode includes our latest What the Hell? Segment.

Beware: we discuss the dark side of life with a dark sense of humor.

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There is a sub genre in the horror realm called Torture Porn that includes movies of intense victimization, torture, hunting, stalking, On today's episode we discuss some of the movies that embody this genre as well as the psychology behind why we watch or don't watch them.

This episode includes our latest What the Hell? Segment.

Beware: we discuss the dark side of life with a dark sense of humor.

https://www.patreon.com/terrortalk

Email: [email protected]

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/terrortalkpodcast/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/TalkTerror

Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/newterrortalkpodcast/

There is a sub genre in the horror realm called Torture Porn that includes movies of intense victimization, torture, hunting, stalking, On today's episode we discuss some of the movies that embody this genre as well as the psychology behind why we watch or don't watch them.

This episode includes our latest What the Hell? Segment.

Beware: we discuss the dark side of life with a dark sense of humor.

https://www.patreon.com/terrortalk

Email: [email protected]

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/terrortalkpodcast/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/TalkTerror

Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/newterrortalkpodcast/

We discuss our work life as therapists. Every day is different! We discuss what we've been watching i.e. American Horror Story Roanoke, Bill Burr, Dave Chapelle, and our new Patreon page. 

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Email: [email protected]

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/terrortalkpodcast/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/TalkTerror

Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/newterrortalkpodcast/

We discuss our work life as therapists. Every day is different! We discuss what we've been watching i.e. American Horror Story Roanoke, Bill Burr, Dave Chapelle, and our new Patreon page. 

https://www.patreon.com/terrortalk

Email: [email protected]

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/terrortalkpodcast/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/TalkTerror

Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/newterrortalkpodcast/

We discuss the IT properties: Stephen King's book, IT (1990) miniseries made for TV, (2017) IT, (2019) IT Chapter 2.  Cathy joins us remotely. First we discuss general reactions about IT Chapter 2, some new merchandise including The World of IT. We then delve in to the major psychological themes in the IT story including mastering our fears, and confronting repressed trauma. We further explore the differences between the book and the movies that amplifies the cultural trauma and terror in the original story. Also mentioned is the mental health representation in IT.

This episode includes our latest What the Hell? Segment.

https://www.patreon.com/terrortalk

Email: [email protected]

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/terrortalkpodcast/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/TalkTerror

Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/newterrortalkpodcast/

We discuss the IT properties: Stephen King's book, IT (1990) miniseries made for TV, (2017) IT, (2019) IT Chapter 2.  Cathy joins us remotely. First we discuss general reactions about IT Chapter 2, some new merchandise including The World of IT. We then delve in to the major psychological themes in the IT story including mastering our fears, and confronting repressed trauma. We further explore the differences between the book and the movies that amplifies the cultural trauma and terror in the original story. Also mentioned is the mental health representation in IT.

This episode includes our latest What the Hell? Segment.

https://www.patreon.com/terrortalk

Email: [email protected]

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/terrortalkpodcast/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/TalkTerror

Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/newterrortalkpodcast/

We discuss the IT properties: Stephen King's book, IT (1990) miniseries made for TV, (2017) IT, (2019) IT Chapter 2.  Cathy joins us remotely. First we discuss general reactions about IT Chapter 2, some new merchandise including The World of IT. We then delve in to the major psychological themes in the IT story including mastering our fears, and confronting repressed trauma. We further explore the differences between the book and the movies that amplifies the cultural trauma and terror in the original story. Also mentioned is the mental health representation in IT.

This episode includes our latest What the Hell? Segment.

https://www.patreon.com/terrortalk

Email: [email protected]

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/terrortalkpodcast/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/TalkTerror

Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/newterrortalkpodcast/

Transparent did more for trans visibility than almost anything on TV. So what happens when its star is accused of harassing the trans women on his own set?

⚠️ Trigger warning: This episode includes discussions of sexual harassment allegations and transphobia. Listener discretion is advised.

Transparent, the Amazon Prime Video series starring Jeffrey Tambor as Maura Pfefferman, put a trans woman's transition at the center of a family drama. In 2018 Tambor was fired after allegations from castmates, including actress Trace Lysette.

Therapists Shannon and Cathy take an early Shrink Chat through the audience effect, minority stress, food insecurity and the unconscious bias baked into what we watch.

In this episode:

- The research: would a TV camera in the room wreck your exam?

- Shrauger, 1972: low self-esteem participants made nearly twice as many errors with an audience

- Transparent, Gaby Hoffmann, Bradley Whitford and the 1994 flashbacks

- Working with LGBTQ teens, and why the distress has shifted toward trans youth

- Jeffrey Tambor and the Trace Lysette allegations

- Oppression inside marginalized communities

- Football season: All or Nothing on Amazon Prime and Hard Knocks

- Food Stamped, the documentary where a couple eats healthy on a food stamp budget of $50 a week

- The dietitian's verdict: too few calories, and how much work it took

- The KonMari method and the budgeting rabbit hole

- The Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media (seejane.org), and its research with Google and USC's engineering school

- Why late night is all Jimmies, and Ellen DeGeneres: Relatable

- Final Draft's free Inclusivity Analysis add-on for screenwriters

- Foliomania: Mrs. Meyer's Apple Cider and Maple Creme Oreos

Clinical terms: audience effect, social facilitation, self-esteem, minority stress, internalized and horizontal oppression, unconscious bias, gender parity, food insecurity, caloric restriction.

A note on late night: when this was recorded, Samantha Bee was hosting Full Frontal on TBS, and Lilly Singh's A Little Late premiered on NBC that same month, September 2019.

A note on Geena Davis: alongside the roles that dried up as she got older, the Institute's own founding story is that she noticed the gender gap in children's TV while watching with her daughter. It was founded in 2004.

00:00 Intro

00:30 The Zip Line Injury

00:46 Welcome to Shrink Chat

01:15 Would a TV Camera Wreck Your Exam?

03:30 Shrauger 1972: Self Esteem and the Audience Effect

04:55 What We're Watching: Transparent

06:17 LGBTQ Teens and Where the Distress Has Moved

07:20 Jeffrey Tambor and the Trace Lysette Allegations

09:15 Oppression Inside Marginalized Communities

10:41 Football Season: All or Nothing and Hard Knocks

11:33 Food Stamped: Eating Healthy on $50 a Week

15:27 The Dietitian's Verdict

17:19 The Geena Davis Institute and Unconscious Bias

20:51 Late Night's Jimmies and Ellen's Relatable

22:31 Final Draft's Inclusivity Analysis

23:59 Foliomania: Mrs. Meyer's and Maple Creme Oreos

25:49 Sign Off

Two licensed therapists, one forensic psychologist, one clinical LMFT, take apart the minds behind the crimes.

Until then... sleep safe. 😴
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