In this episode, things get a little dark. Dave discusses the seemingly throwaway action movie Taken, but digs a little deeper. Human trafficking is explained, described, and discussed from a psychological perspective. On lighter notes, Britt fixates on Liam Neeson. Also included, the Top 5 Liam Neeson movies! Listen!
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In this episode, Dave continues his exploration and discussion of Neil Gaiman’s seminal work in comics, The Sandman. While discussing Dream’s literal descent into hell, he also researches and shares information about responsibility, including moral responsibility, social responsibility, and what happens when we don’t take responsibility.
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In this episode, Dave discusses a modern classic, Groundhog Day. Amidst a bevy of choices for psychological themes, the audience chose the theme of redemption. Dave discusses the definition of redemption from a number of perspectives; theological, psychological, and justice. Britt fangirls over a small rodent and we talk about the best Bill Murray movies
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In this episode, Dave branches out! That’s right, our first non-film podcast. This time, he discusses his favorite comic series of all time, Neil Gaiman’s The Sandman. Aptly, Dave also researches the effects of not sleeping on the physical body and the psychological mind.
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In this episode, Dave talks about love, of all kinds. He also discusses the psychological triangle of love and attempts to not bore you to tears! Additionally, he discusses infidelity, unrequited love, and the loss of love through unexpected death. To frame all of this, he watches the sappy classic, Love Actually.
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Ok, everybody, we finally made it! 5 weeks of podcasts and we are all caught up on Peter Jackson’s LOTR sagas. In this episode Dave discusses one of the major themes of Tolkien’s work, Greed! He also tells you why this movie is so much better than the first Hobbit movie!
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In this episode, Dave continues with his Tolkien marathon with the first movie in the Hobbit series. Painfully, Dave reveals that this is not a great movie. But it is also not as terrible as some critics say. As Dave takes this unexpected journey, he will also discuss peer pressure and its effects
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In this episode, Dave tackles a tricky subject that is not often researched psychologically, Fate. He also discusses the final movie in his favorite trilogy ever. Yes, even more than Star Wars ;). Britt and Dave discuss the awesomeness that is John Rhys-Davies and talk about their top 5 movies about Fate.
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Dave is back to continue the road to the last Hobbit movie with, The Two Towers! He reveals that this is his favorite of all of the Lord of the Rings movies and he tells you why. Additionally, he ties this movie to the psychological concept of resilience
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That’s right, you get an extra episode this month! Dave was a special guest of the podcast, “Common Room!” In this episode, Dave dissects your favorite TV characters (Joffrey from GOT, Schmidt from New Girl, The Evil Queen from Once Upon A Time, Sherlock from Sherlock, Saul from Homeland, and Donna from Parks and Rec)!
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