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    Episode 035: Mental Health, Sexuality, and Suicide, Oh My! The Hours (2002) with Crystal Steltenpohl

    August 2, 2021 / 0 Comments

    Join Alex and Dr. Crystal Steltenpohl in a discussion of the various psychological concepts in the crushing, but a poignant look at relationships and happiness, film The Hours (2002). The film stars Nicole Kidman, Julianne Moore, and Meryl Streep as three women struggling with their mental health, relationships, and happiness, connected by the story written by the famous Virginia Woolf. Listen, Nicole Kidman’s prosthetic nose was great to be like Virginia, but it didn’t change color!

    Check out Crystal on Twitter! Also, don’t forget to pop over to the Open Scholarship Knowledge Base.

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    Episode 009: One Neuron, You’re Alive; Two Make a Pair! Lucy (2014) Rage Watch with Christina Ragan

    February 3, 2020 / 0 Comments

    Join Alex and Christina Ragan (her FB Group for instructors for Bio and Neuro Psychology) in a discussion of the BAD psychological concepts in Luc Besson’s gobbledegook sci-fi thriller (?) Lucy (2014). It stars Scarlett Johansson as the eponymous Lucy, a woman who unlocks supernatural powers just by using more of her brain, and Morgan Freeman, a science-adjacent person who has really weird theories about space-time and brains. We called this a Rage Watch followed by a Rage Chat! Join us.

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

    January 13, 2020 / 0 Comments

    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. It’s like Disney’s attempt to make up for all the really bad stuff it made in the mid-20th century!

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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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    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.

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    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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    July 28, 2019 / 0 Comments

    Hi all–please consider sharing/supporting our start-up podcasting effort! See the GoFundMe link below for details. Love you 3,000!

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