Episodes

  • Is choosing food and medicine based on naturalness a good idea?

    Is choosing food and medicine based on naturalness a good idea?
    Jan 13 2026
    Understanding the intuitive power of the word ‘natural’ could help inform choices about what to eat or what to do when ill.

    Psyche audio helps you to better understand yourself and others through expert guides, provocative ideas and personal life stories. We address psychological questions and puzzles from a range of perspectives including philosophy, history, anthropology and more. You will discover practical knowledge and insights to help you navigate everyday challenges, overcome difficulties and find meaning, wonder and spirituality.

    Psyche is a nonprofit digital magazine. With a dedication to pluralism and openness, Psyche is a companion on your journey to better knowing your self and living well. Free to read and now free to listen. Discover articles and videos at psyche.co.

    Psyche articles are only ever written and edited by human experts. We use AI for audio narration only.
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    9 mins
  • Why being ghosted is inevitable and being a ghoster is too

    Why being ghosted is inevitable and being a ghoster is too
    Jan 12 2026
    Being ghosted can feel shocking. But we need to get used to it because there’s no other way to cope with our world.

    Psyche audio helps you to better understand yourself and others through expert guides, provocative ideas and personal life stories. We address psychological questions and puzzles from a range of perspectives including philosophy, history, anthropology and more. You will discover practical knowledge and insights to help you navigate everyday challenges, overcome difficulties and find meaning, wonder and spirituality.

    Psyche is a nonprofit digital magazine. With a dedication to pluralism and openness, Psyche is a companion on your journey to better knowing your self and living well. Free to read and now free to listen. Discover articles and videos at psyche.co.

    Psyche articles are only ever written and edited by human experts. We use AI for audio narration only.
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    13 mins
  • Muscle memory

    Muscle memory
    Jan 9 2026
    How transitioning upended my own gendered understanding of strength, desirability, and power.

    Psyche audio helps you to better understand yourself and others through expert guides, provocative ideas and personal life stories. We address psychological questions and puzzles from a range of perspectives including philosophy, history, anthropology and more. You will discover practical knowledge and insights to help you navigate everyday challenges, overcome difficulties and find meaning, wonder and spirituality.

    Psyche is a nonprofit digital magazine. With a dedication to pluralism and openness, Psyche is a companion on your journey to better knowing your self and living well. Free to read and now free to listen. Discover articles and videos at psyche.co.

    Psyche articles are only ever written and edited by human experts. We use AI for audio narration only.
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    9 mins
  • Heidegger knew that we are always outside, weathering the storms

    Heidegger knew that we are always outside, weathering the storms
    Jan 8 2026
    We aren’t safe inside separate minds. Being-in-the-world means we’re entangled and vulnerable – and that’s how we flourish.

    Psyche audio helps you to better understand yourself and others through expert guides, provocative ideas and personal life stories. We address psychological questions and puzzles from a range of perspectives including philosophy, history, anthropology and more. You will discover practical knowledge and insights to help you navigate everyday challenges, overcome difficulties and find meaning, wonder and spirituality.

    Psyche is a nonprofit digital magazine. With a dedication to pluralism and openness, Psyche is a companion on your journey to better knowing your self and living well. Free to read and now free to listen. Discover articles and videos at psyche.co.

    Psyche articles are only ever written and edited by human experts. We use AI for audio narration only.
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    12 mins
  • Forever compelled

    Forever compelled
    Jan 7 2026
    In an investigation of compulsions, a book connects our modern understanding of OCD to accounts from previous eras.

    Psyche audio helps you to better understand yourself and others through expert guides, provocative ideas and personal life stories. We address psychological questions and puzzles from a range of perspectives including philosophy, history, anthropology and more. You will discover practical knowledge and insights to help you navigate everyday challenges, overcome difficulties and find meaning, wonder and spirituality.

    Psyche is a nonprofit digital magazine. With a dedication to pluralism and openness, Psyche is a companion on your journey to better knowing your self and living well. Free to read and now free to listen. Discover articles and videos at psyche.co.

    Psyche articles are only ever written and edited by human experts. We use AI for audio narration only.
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    2 mins
  • Aftershock

    Aftershock
    Jan 7 2026
    A random shooting left me with crippling PTSD. Could magnetic stimulation of my brain quiet the terror?.

    Psyche audio helps you to better understand yourself and others through expert guides, provocative ideas and personal life stories. We address psychological questions and puzzles from a range of perspectives including philosophy, history, anthropology and more. You will discover practical knowledge and insights to help you navigate everyday challenges, overcome difficulties and find meaning, wonder and spirituality.

    Psyche is a nonprofit digital magazine. With a dedication to pluralism and openness, Psyche is a companion on your journey to better knowing your self and living well. Free to read and now free to listen. Discover articles and videos at psyche.co.

    Psyche articles are only ever written and edited by human experts. We use AI for audio narration only.
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    10 mins
  • How to think differently about procrastination

    How to think differently about procrastination
    Jan 6 2026
    Avoid the trap of thinking you’re either working or not. A different mindset promises less self-judgment and more progress.

    Psyche audio helps you to better understand yourself and others through expert guides, provocative ideas and personal life stories. We address psychological questions and puzzles from a range of perspectives including philosophy, history, anthropology and more. You will discover practical knowledge and insights to help you navigate everyday challenges, overcome difficulties and find meaning, wonder and spirituality.

    Psyche is a nonprofit digital magazine. With a dedication to pluralism and openness, Psyche is a companion on your journey to better knowing your self and living well. Free to read and now free to listen. Discover articles and videos at psyche.co.

    Psyche articles are only ever written and edited by human experts. We use AI for audio narration only.
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    18 mins
  • What your mind’s blank moments reveal about consciousness

    What your mind’s blank moments reveal about consciousness
    Jan 5 2026
    Scientists are uncovering the nature of an elusive mental experience that challenges what it means to be conscious.

    Psyche audio helps you to better understand yourself and others through expert guides, provocative ideas and personal life stories. We address psychological questions and puzzles from a range of perspectives including philosophy, history, anthropology and more. You will discover practical knowledge and insights to help you navigate everyday challenges, overcome difficulties and find meaning, wonder and spirituality.

    Psyche is a nonprofit digital magazine. With a dedication to pluralism and openness, Psyche is a companion on your journey to better knowing your self and living well. Free to read and now free to listen. Discover articles and videos at psyche.co.

    Psyche articles are only ever written and edited by human experts. We use AI for audio narration only.
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    10 mins