The Dr. Phil Podcast

Dr. James Kimmel Jr., lecturer in psychiatry at the Yale School of Medicine, founder and co-creator of the Yale Collaborative for Motive Control Studies, and the developer of the behavioral addiction model of violence joins Dr. Phil to discuss how science may prevent school shootings. “The human brain on revenge looks almost identical to the human brain on drugs,” Dr. Kimmel says. Hear what Dr. Kimmel says he believes transforms a good person into a killer and how his research has been able to provide a missing piece to the puzzle when it comes to mass shootings. New episodes drop Tuesdays. Listen and subscribe here. For more information: https://www.drphilintheblanks.com/ Interested in advertising on the show? Visit: https://www.advertisecast.com/PhilintheBlanks     Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Author, business executive, retired national gymnast and award-winning documentarian Jennifer Sey joins Dr. Phil for a discussion on today’s toxic social climate and how she says she got caught up in the crosshairs of “cancel culture.” New episodes of Phil in the Blanks drop Tuesdays. Listen and subscribe today. For more information: https://www.drphilintheblanks.com/ Interested in advertising on the show? Visit: https://www.advertisecast.com/PhilintheBlanks Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Kay Buck, executive director of the Coalition to Abolish Slavery and Trafficking (CAST), the only organization in the U.S. that is exclusively dedicated to working on the human rights issue of trafficking, joins Dr. Phil to share what we can do to help identify and eliminate sexual and labor trafficking. Learn how to spot traffickers, what questions to ask, what to do if you think you are interacting with someone who is trapped, and more.  “Pay attention to this because we are the eyes and ears,” Dr. Phil says Donate to CAST: https://castla.nationbuilder.com/donate CAST website: https://www.castla.org/ For more information: https://www.drphilintheblanks.com/ Interested in advertising on the show? Visit: https://www.advertisecast.com/PhilintheBlanks Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

“He has been helping politicians get elected to the most powerful positions in the country for decades,” Dr. Phil says. Sean Spicer, former White House Press Secretary, strategist, communications expert, and author joins Dr. Phil on the Phil in the Blanks podcast to share all his secrets. What does he say about former President Donald Trump’s tweets? How does he explain his quote about Trump’s inauguration? And, how does he describe his time in the White House? He answers these questions and more! New episodes drop Tuesdays. Listen and subscribe here:   For more information: https://www.drphilintheblanks.com/ Interested in advertising on the show? Visit: https://www.advertisecast.com/PhilintheBlanks Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Valentino Dixon’s world was turned upside down when he was wrongly accused and then convicted of a double homicide after another man confessed to the crime. He was exonerated after spending 27 years behind bars. Marty Tankleff was wrongly convicted of murdering his wealthy parents and freed on appeal after serving 17 years of a 50-year-to-life sentence. Today he is an attorney working as Special Counsel at Barket, Epstein, Kearon, Aldea & LoTurco. “We've seen so many innocent people go to prison. And later on, when the facts come out, we discover that the law enforcement had evidence that pointed to someone else, not the person that was convicted,” says Tankleff. Both men are guests on the next of the Phil in the Blanks podcast. New episodes of Phil in the Blanks drop Tuesdays. Listen and subscribe today. For more information: https://www.drphilintheblanks.com/ Interested in advertising on the show? Visit: https://www.advertisecast.com/PhilintheBlanks Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

From video game nerd to squad commander in the Israeli Defense Forces, actor, stunt performer, screenwriter, and author Izzy Ezagui says he is the only soldier in the world to lose an arm in combat and return to the battlefield as a sharpshooter. “The hard part was convincing the military to give me that opportunity because they were obviously reluctant to put someone in my situation back in a combat environment,” says Ezaugui. This week he’s joining Dr. Phil to talk about his life and his new book, Disarmed: Unconventional Lessons from the World's Only One-Armed Special Forces Shooter on the Phil in the Blanks podcast. Phil in the Blanks drops Tuesdays. Listen and subscribe today.  For more information: https://www.drphilintheblanks.com/ Interested in advertising on the show? Visit: https://www.advertisecast.com/PhilintheBlanks Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Two teachers and 19 children are dead after a recent shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas. “Almost half of school shootings are over in the first few minutes. That means we need to prevent it before it happens,” Dr. Phil says. Churches, supermarkets, schools -- when is enough, enough? What do you say to your children? Dr. Phil discusses this and more.  For more information: https://www.drphilintheblanks.com/ Interested in advertising on the show? Visit: https://www.advertisecast.com/PhilintheBlanks Courtesies: WOAI/KABB-TV, San Antonio, TX @hugocervantes86 / Local News X / TMX Isaias Melendez / @da_realsauce / Local News X / TMX Mireles Family and Lydia Martinez Delgado / Local News X / TMX Pete Luna/Uvalde Leader-News Zuma Press Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Dr. Phil and Dr. Frank Luntz discuss communication skills with USC students. Topics include getting what you want through effective communication, being canceled on campus, dyad exercises, empathy, facing consequences for differing viewpoints, building human connection, navigating criticisms and social media, and expressing hope for future generations.

Is it possible to build bridges and put an end to “Us versus Them"? Dr. Frank Luntz, USC professor and president of Frank I. & Associates, survey research and consulting firm says, “If people don’t feel heard, they get mad, and then they start to do things that are not necessarily good for others.” In part one of a two-part Phil in the Blanks podcast, Dr. Phil joins Luntz for a focus session with USC students of varying political stripes to discuss how we can start to turn opposing views into effective communication. For more information: https://www.drphilintheblanks.com/ Interested in advertising on the show? Visit: https://www.advertisecast.com/PhilintheBlanks Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Can people really change? Psychotherapist and New York Times bestselling author Lori Gottlieb joins Dr. Phil on his Phil in the Blanks podcast and offers tips for changing your life – and making the changes stick.  “People have the answers. They just don't necessarily have access to them, and our job is to help them access the answers that they already have,” Gottlieb says.  Are you ready to make a change? Find out what Gottlieb says is a real important step in change. For more information: https://www.drphilintheblanks.com/ Interested in advertising? Go to: https://www.advertisecast.com/PhilintheBlanks   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices