We sit down to talk about the Netflix television show “The Tiger King”. We each share our psychological analysis of Joe Exotic, Carol Baskin, and Doc Antle. We compare each of their zoo cultures to cult criteria. Are they zookeepers or cult leaders? Are they narcissists ? .
Read moreEp: 176 - Breaking Bad - Walter White & The Midlife Crisis (Preview)
In this episode we discuss AMC’s “Breaking Bad”. We discuss all of the characters on the show but focuses on Walter White, the iconic character from AMC's "Breaking Bad". Was this just a midlife crisis? How evil is Walter White on the Scale of Evil? Does it change over time?.
Read moreEp: 175 - (The John Frum Cult) Cults Vs. Religions - The Psychology of Cults
What are the fabled “Cargo Cults” of the pacific? Indigenous tribes that were overwhelmed by technology. So much that they began to worship the American Servicemen as gods. We explore religions vs. cults. What makes a cult?
Read moreEp: 174 - Banana Phobia (Stalker Preview Episode) - The Psychology of Phobias
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In this Episode: We answer a letter from "Banana Phobia", a person who is phobic about bananas. Did you know that 50% of humans have a lifelong, irrational fear of an object or situation? For around 7% of us, that fear rises to the level of clinical phobia.
The Stalker Letter That Started It All
“Dear UPC podcast. If you use my letter, please keep my name anonymous, because I’m deeply ashamed of what I’m about to say.
I have what would probably be considered a phobia about bananas. I don’t know when this started, just that I’ve had it for as long as I can remember.
If I see a banana I feel a tremendous sense of anxiety and need to get away from it immediately. There have been times when I have smelled a banana in a restraint or something and I become physically sick to my stomach.
I’m hoping you can provide insight into why I feel this way. I feel deeply embarrassed about this, because rationally, I understand how crazy or silly it sounds. But it feels like a sense of dread that I always have to walk around with.
Any info would help. Love you, love your podcast and never miss an episode. Thanks in advance!
P.S.- I’m a recent stalker of the podcast, and my experience so far has been great. ! I have to say, the stalker-only shows are even better than the free feed ones, so thank you for all of the tremendous bonus content that you offer. It was totally worth it to sign up.””
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Ep: 173 - Scale of Evil, (Part 10) “Death House Landlady” - The Psychology Of Serial Killers
Do serial killers and murderers have to look like the devil to be one? In this episode, we present the Case of Dorothea Puentes, one of the most cited cases for level 15 on Dr. Michael Stone’s Gradations of Evil Scale.
Read moreEp: 172 - AMC's Better Call Saul & "The Svengali Effect" - The Psychology of Better Call Saul
If the characters in Better Call Saul were superheroes, what would their special power be? We will also discuss the “Svengali Effect” to see if Charles McGill’s accusations about Jimmy McGill are true. Is he a sociopathic mastermind? We are going to hold him up to the criteria of what it means to be manipulative sociopath to understand the psychology behind this beloved character.
Read moreEp: 171 - The Six Stalkers (Part 2) “The Shoe Fetish Slayer" - The Psychology of Stalking and Foot Fetishes - Jerome Brudos (Preview)
Jerome (Jerry) Brudos, a serial murderer from Oregon, is an example of the lust stalker, and the next subject of the 6 types of stalkers. Jerome Brudos is notable for his foot fetish, his obsession with women’s shoes, but also his escalating pattern of savagery.
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