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Episode 104: The Family That Crimes Together Stays Together — The Godfather (1972) with Jon Mandracchia

Join Alex and guest host Dr. Jon Mandracchia as they become members of the Corleone family discussing Francis Ford Coppola’s The Godfather (1972). This first part stars Marlon Brando as…

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October 13, 2025
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Episode 037: This Film is One Giant Racist and Sexist Fest! Crash (2004) with Karenna Malavanti

Join Alex and guest host Dr. Karenna Malavanti in a discussion of the various psychological concepts in the wildly controversial film, Crash (2004)! It’s controversial because even writer-director Paul Haggis…

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September 13, 2021
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Episode 030: I Can’t Get Over the Stalker Behavior! 50 Shades of Grey (2015) with Kiersten Baughman

Join Alex and guest host Dr. Kiersten Baughman in a discussion of the psychological concepts in the poorly-acted but provocative BDSM LARP, 50 Shades of Grey (2015)! Starring Dakota Johnson…

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April 19, 2021
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    Episode 006: Belief in Santa—Placebo Effect? Elf (2003) with Wind Goodfriend

    December 2, 2019 / 0 Comments

    Join Alex and Dr. Wind Goodfriend on discussion of the psychological concepts in Jon Favreau’s holiday classic Elf (2003), where we being the meme game in and discuss how the belief in Santa could just be a placebo effect of in holiday cheer.

    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!

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    Legal stuff:
    1. All film clips are used under Section 107 of Title 17 U.S.C.…

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    Episode 005: On Podcasts, We Wear Pink—Mean Girls (2004) with Olivia Aspiras

    November 11, 2019 / 0 Comments

    Join Alex and Olivia Aspiras in discussion of the psychological concepts in Tina Fey’s masterpiece Mean Girls (2004), starring Lindsay Lohan, Tina Fey, Rachel McAdams (Amy Adams), and Amanda Seyfried in her first film role. The limit does not exist on the amount of social psychology we can discuss. We thank you for being so obsessed with us!

    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!

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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!

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

    July 27, 2019 / 3 Comments

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