An 11-year-old girl with synesthesia sees colorful auras around people and feels that numbers have colors and personalities. The podcast explores the different forms of synesthesia, including auditory visual and grapheme-color. It also discusses the impact of synesthesia on perception, learning challenges, and color associations influenced by emotions and relationships.

Explore anxiety and its management through interviews with individuals who sought help for their worries. Topics include the concept of the 'Worry bully', the connection between anxiety and technology, personal experiences with anxiety and bullying, societal factors contributing to anxiety, types of anxiety and coping mechanisms, and strategies for managing anxiety.

Martin Pistorius, a survivor of a mysterious neurological illness, shares his terrifying ordeal of being locked in his own body for almost 10 years. He discusses his gradual awakening, coping with dark thoughts, the reality of locked-in syndrome, and finding love and connection despite the challenges.

Investigating neurological conditions disrupting our sense of self, such as body identity disorder, schizophrenia, and the doppelganger effect. Delving into body illusions, including the rubber hand experiment and the doppelganger effect. Exploring the experiences of individuals with schizophrenia, depersonalization disorder, psychosis, and ecstatic epilepsy. Progress in understanding the self and consciousness through neuroscience. The speaker's reflections on the science of self and its influence on their own sense of self.

Former Olympian and now medical doctor Jana Pittman discusses her passion for athletics and her decision to pursue a career in medicine. She reflects on racing against Kathy Freeman and the challenges of balancing athletics and academics. The hosts explore resilience and the importance of embracing failure as a learning opportunity. Jana shares her future goals in the field of obstetrics and gynecology, specifically in uterine transplant surgery.

This podcast episode explores the concept of resilience and how it relates to positive adaptation during adversity. It discusses personal and professional obstacles faced by an Olympic athlete, the close bond and mistaken identities of identical twins, a twin study on resilience and wellbeing, strategies to increase resilience in everyday life, building resilience through life challenges, and the host bids farewell and announces plans for a new series in 2021.

Explore the cognitive process behind bias and prejudice in this podcast. Learn how children develop social cognition and anthropomorphize non-living entities. Discover the phenomena of anthropomorphizing in adult life and its impact on perception and interaction. Strategies to combat biases, particularly in relation to racism, are discussed. The challenges and scientific rigor of social psychology are also explored.

Exploring the high rates of Indigenous suicide in Australia, addressing trauma, supporting grieving families, personal stories of resilience, creating a football team for suicide prevention, Indigenous suicide risk during COVID-19, progress and challenges in suicide prevention efforts.

Psychologists explore the concept of playing hard to get in dating, discussing its potential to increase desirability. The podcast also delves into the manipulative nature of this behavior, its influence on attachment styles, and its effectiveness in different cultures. The hosts question its validity and emphasize the importance of open communication for fulfilling relationships.

Timothy Carey, expert on applying perspective on control to address inequality in Rwandan society discusses the significance of control for psychological health and its application to address health inequality in Rwanda. They also talk about the impact of control and cooperation on COVID pandemic outcomes and the importance of collaboration among nations and communities, while highlighting innovative coping strategies and the significance of control and personal meaning in moving forward.