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Episode 096: Glasgow Senses Falling Down, Falling Down — Perfect Sense (2011) with T.R. Brooks

Join Alex and guest host Dr. T.R. Brooks as they discuss the intriguing and horrifying implications of a series of pandemics that rob people of their beloved senses in Perfect…

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April 28, 2025
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Episode 110: There’s Nothing Like a Freudian Obsession of Mother — Vertigo (1958) with Daniel Kieckhefer

Join Alex and film studies professor Daniel Kieckhefer as they explore the deeper meaning in Alfred Hitchcock’s masterpiece Vertigo (1958). The film stars James Stewart as a boyish former SFPD…

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February 16, 2026
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Episode 008: Don’t Make Me Spray You With My Fox Repellent! Zootopia (2016) with Justine Egan-Kunicki

Join Alex and Justine Egan-Kunicki in a discussion of the psychological concepts Disney’s animated jaunt Zootopia (2016). The voice roles are Ginnifer Goodwin, Jason Bateman, Idris Elba, and many others.…

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January 13, 2020
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    Episode 004: Don’t Mess Around in Cemeteries! Phantasm (1979) with Randy Stein

    October 21, 2019 / 0 Comments

    Join Alex and Dr. Randy Stein on this Halloween edition of the podcast, for a discussion of the psychological concepts in Don Coscarelli’s cult horror classic Phantasm (1979), starring Angus Scrimm as the horror villain, the Tall Man, in a role so-named because imagination and originality was used elsewhere in the film.

    Please leave your feedback on this post, the main site (cinemapsychpod.swanpsych.com), on Facebook (@CinPsyPod), or Twitter (@CinPsyPod). We’d love to hear from you!

    Legal stuff:
    1. All film clips and music are used under Section 107 of Title 17 U.S.C. (fair use; no copyright infringement is intended).…

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    Bloopers/Outtakes from Recording Ep003

    October 7, 2019 / 0 Comments
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    Episode 003: I Have Dreamed a Dream… Within a Dream? Inception (2010) with Jason Spiegelman

    September 30, 2019 / 0 Comments

    Join Alex and Jason Spiegelman on discussion of the psychological concepts in Christopher Nolan’s Inception (2010), starring Leonardo DiCaprio and several other actors he hires again for the Dark Knight Rises.

    Please leave your feedback on this post, the main site (cinemapsychpod.swanpsych.com), on Facebook (@CinPsyPod), or Twitter (@CinPsyPod). We’d love to hear from you!

    Legal stuff:
    1. All film clips are used under Section 107 of Title 17 U.S.C. (fair use; no copyright infringement is intended).
    2. Intro and outro music by Sro (“Self-Driving”). Used under license CC BY-SA 4.0.

    Episode Transcript

    <Electronic intro music>

    ALEX SWAN: Hey everybody and welcome to another episode of the CinemaPsych Podcast!…

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    Episode 002: Is Being Stranded a Problem? Cast Away (2000) with Marc Klippenstine

    September 9, 2019 / 0 Comments

    Join Alex and Dr. Marc Klippenstine on discussion of the psychological concepts in Robert Zemeckis’s Cast Away (2000), starring Tom Hanks and a volleyball named Wilson.

    Please leave your feedback on this post, the main site (cinemapsychpod.swanpsych.com), on Facebook (@CinPsyPod), or Twitter (@CinPsyPod). We’d love to hear from you!

    Legal stuff:
    1. All film clips are used under Section 107 of Title 17 U.S.C. (fair use; no copyright infringement is intended).
    2. Intro and outro music by Sro (“Self-Driving”). Used under license CC BY-SA 4.0.
    3. Film reel sound effect by bone666138. Used under license CC BY 3.0.…

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    Episode 001: Come Viddy, Me Little Droogies—A Clockwork Orange (1971) with Wind Goodfriend

    August 27, 2019 / 1 Comment

    Join Alex and Dr. Wind Goodfriend on discussion of the psychological concepts in Stanley Kubrick’s A Clockwork Orange (1971), based on the book by Anthony Burgess.

    (Apologies for the audio issues! The crackling you hear is not your speakers/headphones, but turned out to be equalizer settings. I tried to fix it, but it led to some gaps in audio. This won’t be an issue on future episodes!)

    Please leave your feedback on this post, the main site (cinemapsychpod.swanpsych.com), on Facebook (@CinPsyPod), or Twitter (@CinPsyPod). I’d love to hear from you!

    Legal stuff:
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    Episode 000: An Introduction & a Memento (2000) for the Future

    July 27, 2019 / 3 Comments

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