Episodes

  • How to be the archivist of your own family

    How to be the archivist of your own family
    May 16 2026
    By curating your family’s stories, rituals and relics, you’ll feel anchored – and create a bridge between the generations.

    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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    29 mins
  • Talk to strangers

    Talk to strangers
    May 15 2026
    A new book examines the benefits of chatting with people we don’t know – from mood boosts to a greater sense of belonging.

    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
  • Music speaks louder than words through what it leaves unsaid

    Music speaks louder than words through what it leaves unsaid
    May 14 2026
    The ineffable in music resides in the gap between saying and not saying. Music neither states nor conceals. It hints.

    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
  • How to navigate your menopause

    How to navigate your menopause
    May 13 2026
    From coping with hot flushes to understanding brain fog, there’s plenty you can do to help yourself through menopause.

    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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    30 mins
  • True resilience is not about bouncing back

    True resilience is not about bouncing back
    May 12 2026
    I hate talk of resilience: it places an expectation on people to return to how they were. That’s not how real recovery works.

    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
  • The ghost in the image was me

    The ghost in the image was me
    May 11 2026
    For years I watched people through cameras and screens, filling in the blanks and calling it truth.

    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
  • Reality shifting opens portals to the weirdness of our world

    Reality shifting opens portals to the weirdness of our world
    May 10 2026
    It’s easy to denounce ‘reality shifting’ as a shared delusion. But there is value in making the world feel unfamiliar.

    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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    11 mins
  • A psalm for lost spaces

    A psalm for lost spaces
    May 9 2026
    You have to sit down somewhere, unhurried and unbothered, to really hear yourself. But where?.

    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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    8 mins