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Animus Air

272 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 1 year ago - ★★★★★ - 14 ratings

The voice of Animus Empire's weekly polemic. He analyzes ideological trends and answers listener questions through his teachings and the use of lengthy metaphors, just like Jesus.

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279 NLP, SFBT, REBT

August 02, 2019 19:26 - 45 minutes - 42.1 MB

Intro: why psychology craves fundamental principles. Why honesty is magic (3:00). SFBT is reheated NLP (14:15). The validity of love languages (23:30). The difference between neurosis and personality (29:30). Why socialism is psychologically attractive (37:00). How to respond when people say therapy is pointless (42:30). animus AT animusempire DOT com

278 Marianne Williamson

July 26, 2019 17:38 - 48 minutes - 44.5 MB

Intro: when to end a relationship. Responsibility, guilt, and slavery (8:15). Analysis of various claims, both pro and con, about self help (16:00). How to properly use self help and positive thinking (27:00). Factors that lead to cultural change (31:00). How long it takes to change (41:45). animus AT animusempire DOT com

277 Growth Mindset

July 12, 2019 17:46 - 46 minutes - 42.5 MB

Intro: astrology is wrong but still important. The failure of growth mindset indicates a larger problem in psychology (2:00). Second wave feminism got something right (19:45). Why people complain about New York (27:30). What women can do to confront their anxiety (33:00). How to fix a family issue (37:30). animus AT animusempire DOT com

276 Unconscious Freedom

July 05, 2019 14:58 - 46 minutes - 42.2 MB

Intro: what Les Miserables and July 4 have in common. Additions to Unconscious Map: The Course (11:45). Why women cut their hair short (14:15). What the Nazis and the Roman Empire have in common (22:45). How to treat traumatized people (29:00). The difference between the unconscious and the subconscious (34:30). How male and female assertiveness present in different ways (39:00). animus AT animusempire DOT com

275 Good Thoughts, Bad Thoughts

June 28, 2019 16:55 - 53 minutes - 48.6 MB

Intro: do drugs until you panic. The psychology revolution will be like the paleo diet revolution (11:15). How a psychologist is supposed to talk about himself (27:30). Law of Jante, and whether Nordic countries are really happy (32:45). How many clients can a psychologist have (37:15). The benefits of moving every seven years (45:00). animus AT animusempire DOT com

274 George Bruno

June 21, 2019 17:00 - 55 minutes - 50.4 MB

Find Mr. Bruno: https://www.facebook.com/The-George-Bruno-Experience-1699093200318262/ https://twitter.com/georgebruno http://youtube.com/georgebruno https://www.instagram.com/georgeabruno Intro: the importance of talking with people who you disagree with. Background on George Bruno (6:00). The split in the manosphere is indicative of a deeper cultural issue (11:00). The root of our psychological issues (19:00). How technology affects the dating market (23:30). APA guidelines for counseling...

273 Alchemy

June 14, 2019 17:56 - 55 minutes - 51.2 MB

Intro: the importance of talking through your cautiously guarded issues. Magazine moving sale: https://animusempire.com/store (7:30). An introduction to the rule paradox (12:00). The rule paradox as it applies to psychology (19:15). The rule paradox as it applies to the manosphere (25:15). Elaboration of the rule paradox (29:30). Alchemy as an archetypal process, how it manifests today (33:15). How exactly fear is a great motivator (45:15). What wisdom is and how it differs from intelligence...

272 Uroboros

June 07, 2019 18:26 - 55 minutes - 51.3 MB

Intro: psychology informs philosophy like emotions inform reason. Whether the SJW campus culture is really that bad (8:00). Introduction to the uroboros and what it means (14:00) How to apply the uroboros today (21:15). What to do when you find yourself being overly critical (33:45). The right way to experience gratitude (40:30). How to act around a mentor figure (48:00). animus AT animusempire DOT com

271 Generativity

May 31, 2019 19:31 - 52 minutes - 48.3 MB

Intro: further proof psychology research is a fiat industry. The root of every problem you’ve ever had (5:00). The real reason why Everest is crowded (9:30). Announcement: Unconscious Map, the Course (14:15). Generativity is the final stage of adult development (28:30) When psychologists should break confidentiality (41:00). What valid psychological research is there to do (47:00). animus AT animusempire DOT com

270 Timaeus

May 17, 2019 18:12 - 49 minutes - 45.5 MB

Intro: The Odyssey is a story about developing a sense of urgency. Ben Shapiro BBC interview is a retelling of Narcissus (8:45). How to tell when you’re done with therapy (19:00). Whether it’s possible to stop drinking without anxiety management (26:45). Why the big three religions view sexuality as sinful (29:30). Whether the shadow is monstrous, as Jordan Peterson says it is (38:45). The true nature of willpower and how to strengthen it (45:00). animus AT animusempire DOT com

269 Rand vs Jung

May 10, 2019 19:56 - 55 minutes - 51.3 MB

Intro: how to find the pressure points in your psychology. De Blasio aggravates the homeless tragedy (6:00). How to tell when your intuition is wrong (12:30). An introduction to empiricism and rationalism (28:15). Gratitude as rationalism (35:30). Exposure therapy as empiricism (37:30). Past vs present in therapy as rationalism vs empiricism (40:00). Positive psychology as rationalism (42:15). Stereotype threat as empiricism (44:30). Power poses as rationalism (46:30). Responsibility as rati...

268 Jung the Tradcon

May 03, 2019 13:16 - 48 minutes - 44.8 MB

Intro: Schwarzenegger talk. When psychological projections are healthy (2:45). How our insecurities corrupt virtue (8:15). Whether fear or anger is a greater motivator (13:00). Psychological tyranny leads to political tyranny (16:00). The number one way to alleviate loneliness (20:00). Everyone gets immigration wrong (23:00). Whether Carl Jung would be a libertarian (30:00). The problem with utilitarianism and effective altruism (36:45). animus AT animusempire DOT com

267 Thanos

April 26, 2019 19:31 - 55 minutes - 50.7 MB

Intro: the nature of the black pill. Healthy fantasy vs unhealthy fantasy (5:00). The real difference between alpha and beta males (11:30). Game of Thrones and the difference between a situation and its context (17:30). Joe Biden, Thanos, and why we remain stuck in life (25:00). How to let go of an injustice (37:30). How to fix a nagging girlfriend (45:00). The folly of negative utilitarianism (50:45). animus AT animusempire DOT com

266 Notre Dame

April 19, 2019 21:10 - 53 minutes - 48.9 MB

Intro: how to manage emotions without psychology. A Twitter discussion reveals everything about psychology (7:00). Notre Dame is a dream artifact (27:00). The real reason Tiger was able to come back (41:00). Why some people get worse with therapy (44:45). When it helps to visualize how to handle a stressful situation (49:15). animus AT animusempire DOT com

265 Structure vs Freedom

April 12, 2019 21:02 - 54 minutes - 49.7 MB

Intro: Everybody is lying to you. Assange arrest (9.00). Andrew Yang represents good ideas in a broken framework (12.30). A fallacy that permeates psychology (18.30). Structure vs freedom is a false dichotomy that causes confusion (21.00). Stoicism vs emotionalism (26:15). Nazism vs communism (28:30). Tiger moms vs American permissiveness (32:15). Alpha vs beta (35:00). Micromanaging vs tuning out (38:00). Cognitive psychology vs psychodynamic (39:30). When to talk about your problems with f...

264 Emotional Initiation

March 29, 2019 15:21 - 49 minutes - 45.7 MB

Intro: the root cause of every single one of our issues. What Shakespeare teaches us about therapy (2:45). What the college admissions scandal teaches us about therapy (9:30). Recap of the stages of adult development (14:00). How to have a fulfilling long-term relationship (19:00). What it means to be mature (30:30). Why there are disagreements about the influence of biology on gender (40:00). The Myers-Briggs vs the Big Five (44:00). animus AT animusempire DOT com

263 Emotion Money

March 22, 2019 22:05 - 55 minutes - 50.9 MB

Intro: what to learn from homeless people. Movies become exhausting when you learn emotions (5:15). How to use the grief of death (9:15). What caused the New Zealand shooting (10:30). Top ten signs you blame the Boomers for ruining America (19:00). Financial advice is some of the best psychological advice (28:30). The mechanisms behind deja vu (44:15). A story about the dangers of gratitude (46:15). Whether people have different levels of energy (49:30). animus AT animusempire DOT com

262 Sexual Initiation

March 15, 2019 13:55 - 42 minutes - 39 MB

Intro: self-analysis is worth thousands of dollars per hour. Stages of development are lifted from Joseph Campbell (10:00). Whether a non-Christian can still be pro-Christian (16:30). Sexuality is the pinch point of our psychological issues (18:45). animus AT animusempire DOT com

261 Sam Harris Meditation

March 08, 2019 23:34 - 59 minutes - 54.6 MB

Intro: importance of pain; desire vs impetus. Top ten pick-up lines overheard at an antifa protest (11:15). Sam Harris's kind of meditation teaches repression (16:00). Whether it's possible to "cure" homosexuality (33:15). Why teen suicide is on the rise (39:00). Why we over-complicate weight loss and success (46:15). Whether workaholism and sex addiction are real (50:30). How to be consistent (53:00). animus AT animusempire DOT com

260 Friends

February 22, 2019 22:05 - 48 minutes - 44 MB

Intro: The open secret of our society. How to tell if your psychologist is terrible (5.00). Top ten signs your neighbor is Jussie Smollett (16.00). What we need to learn from having friends (20.30). Whether it’s moral to take advantage of an immoral system (33.00). What is success from a psychological perspective (37.15). How to determine what threats we’re avoiding (42.30). animus AT animusempire DOT com

259 Solitary

February 15, 2019 18:43 - 50 minutes - 45.8 MB

Intro: CBT is the low fat diet of psychology. Observations about psychology from two Uber drivers (8:45). Top Ten Signs Your Neighbor Ilhan Omar (17:15). How to overcome the solitary stage of adult development (23:00). How to fix the addiction industry (35:45). How to tell when you fully process your grief (44:00). animus AT animusempire DOT com

258 The Brothers Karamazov

February 08, 2019 13:43 - 55 minutes - 50.7 MB

Intro: what a unification of psychology means to you. How to think about religion (6:00). A story about my confirmation (12:00). Top ten complaints about Amy Winehouse from her roommate in Heaven (20:00). Three psychological takeaways from Brothers Karamazov (25:30). Whether chemical addictions are secondary emotional payoffs (42:00). Whether it’s right to harvest organs from criminals (45:00). Whether capital punishment is right (50:15). animus AT animusempire DOT com

257 Separate From Parents

February 01, 2019 16:55 - 57 minutes - 52.4 MB

Intro: why self-sabotage occurs; the misconception about victimhood. The first stage of adult development (4:00). The Brothers Karamazov is a novel for today (8:45). Mid90s is a movie about defeating an oedipal mother (13:00). The key to separating from your parents (21:00). An aside about the homeless problem (27:00). How to separate from parents (35:00). Failure in separation from parents (39:30). Whether parents should pay for college tuition (45:45). What does it mean to be a good person...

256 Therapeutic Process

January 25, 2019 18:58 - 54 minutes - 49.9 MB

Intro: the failure of therapy. Intensity trumps taste (3:30). Why women laugh at groin shots (8:45). Why Russians are the best gymnasts, and what this teaches us about psychology (11:00). The five stages of the therapeutic process (18:30). (education, awareness, acceptance, process, action) Gobekli Tepe aside (38:30). What to do when your girlfriend withholds sex (41:45). Whether Stoicism is about being emotionless (45:00). Why you get more anxious at night (49:30). animus AT animus...

255 Adult Development

January 18, 2019 17:39 - 41 minutes - 38.7 MB

Intro: Bono is a test for autism. What you cannot understand if you’re born after 1995 (6:00). The seven stages of adult development (8:45). How to dissolve a secondary emotional payoff (34:00). animus AT animusempire DOT com

254 The CBT Hoax

January 11, 2019 23:03 - 41 minutes - 38.4 MB

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253 Announcement

January 04, 2019 15:52 - 4 minutes - 3.9 MB

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252 Why Men Cheat

December 28, 2018 16:00 - 37 minutes - 34.1 MB

Intro: The proper way to make resolutions. How physical therapy is emotional therapy (4:00). The Church needs to evolve ahead of the curve for once (18:45). Why men cheat on their wives (25:45). Why laziness is a form of anxiety (32.00). animus AT animusempire DOT com

251 Santa is Real

December 21, 2018 16:16 - 34 minutes - 31.9 MB

Intro: farting on command. The Stanley Milgram hoax (2:30). The Stanford Prison hoax (8:45). When it’s good to avoid anxiety (15:00). Why we have Santa Claus (23:00). How to be honest (30:30). animus AT animusempire DOT com

250 Hiawatha

December 14, 2018 15:07 - 34 minutes - 31.5 MB

Intro: Hiawatha crater proves Atlanteans built the pyramids. How bachelors and married guys can both be sad (4:00). What to do when you have depression (11:30). The relationship between altruism and anxiety, clarified (14:00). Why the individual is sacred (19:00). Rand vs Aristotle on epistemology (30:15). animus AT animusempire DOT com

249 Baby It's Cold Outside

December 07, 2018 14:46 - 35 minutes - 32.8 MB

Intro: your three conversations. Baby It’s Cold Outside is all communication (2:00). How the collective unconscious influences us (8:45). The modern hero’s journey (16:00). Identification is visualization (21:00). Whether people are inherently good (25:45). The psychology of being an actor (29:30). animus AT animusempire DOT com

248 AI

November 30, 2018 13:17 - 28 minutes - 26 MB

Intro: the real threat of artificial intelligence. The ghost of microaggressions (5:30). Why freedom changes definition (10:00). How to tell whether you’re too dumb for a profession (13:15). How to allow your adolescent child to fully develop (17:15). The neuroscience of meditation (22:45). How to grieve properly (24:45). animus AT animusempire DOT com

247 Thanksgiving 18

November 22, 2018 23:42 - 25 minutes - 23.3 MB

Intro: Animus positioning. Pedophilia and slavery are the norm (5:30). Uncomfortable conversations at Thanksgiving(12:45). What poorly led meetings indicate about feminism (16:45). Robert Sapolsky causes depression (22:15). animus AT animusempire DOT com

246 Toxic

November 16, 2018 16:02 - 24 minutes - 22.3 MB

Intro: conspiracies are fertilized by attachment disorder. Zuckerberg and the nature of problems (7:45). The true implication of the word toxic (11:45). Philoctetes as a story about trauma (18:15). Resentments about society (20:15). animus AT animusempire DOT com

245 Matthew Shepard

November 09, 2018 15:06 - 29 minutes - 22.5 MB

Intro: my conspiracy about Elizabeth Warren. Job is an allegory for insomnia (4:30). Two-party system is the result of splitting (13:45). Abstinence-only education on the Left (17:00). animus AT animusempire DOT com

244 Words Matter

November 02, 2018 13:24 - 29 minutes - 27.4 MB

Intro: restricted speech is worse than mass shootings. If Apu is tantamount to blackface, then maybe blackface is okay (8:30). Tip jar anxiety is emblematic of a plague (12:15). What it means to be uncivil (19:15). The psychology of eschatology (22:30). How to be creative (25.45). animus AT animusempire DOT com

243 Blackface

October 26, 2018 10:35 - 33 minutes - 31.8 MB

Intro: insomnia is a call. How the book of Job makes sense (4:00). Gad Saad criticizes Jung, misses the point (10:45). The psychology license leads to censorship (20:00). What blackface comments reveal about your vagina (22:30). How a CBT psychologist can be Leftist (28:00). We may not be ready for individualism (30:00). animus AT animusempire DOT com

242 NPC

October 19, 2018 14:33 - 33 minutes - 30.3 MB

Intro: highfalutin, jargon-y call to action. Say’s law as it relates to psychology (4:30). Kobayashi Maru for girls, money, and school (9:45). Handmaid’s Tale is the female unconscious (18:30). Elizabeth Warren is 2018 (21:15). NPC meme works because the Left is a religion that criticizes religion (22:30). The final word on nature vs nurture (25:30). animus AT animusempire DOT com

241 Latinx

October 12, 2018 13:15 - 26 minutes - 24.4 MB

Intro: get gay. Taxes (2:30). Humility (5:00). Decisions (7:45). Believe all women (15:00). When your ex threatens suicide (20:00). Blocking people on social media (23:45). animus AT animusempire DOT com

240 Kavanaugh Rage

October 05, 2018 11:50 - 27 minutes - 25.2 MB

Intro: the anger of Kavanaugh. A lesson in assertiveness (7:15). When oneitis is manageable (13:00). The cause of anxiety (16:15). ow to determine when you’re rationalizing (19:45). How to reconcile the genetic influences on our emotions (23:30). animus AT animusempire DOT com

239 Snorkeling

September 28, 2018 11:46 - 18 minutes - 16.8 MB

Intro: Kavanaugh hearing. Snorkeling and commitment (7:45). Neurology of commitment (13:45). animus AT animusempire DOT com

238 Vacation

September 14, 2018 11:01 - 1 minute - 1.02 MB

Be back Oct 5. animus AT animusempire DOT com

237 Burberry

September 07, 2018 12:38 - 32 minutes - 21.1 MB

Intro: scarcity mindset in psychology. The commitment of Dostoyevsky (12:15). The key to the psychology of success (15:45). How to respect your elders (18:00). animus AT animusempire DOT com

236 Thanos

August 31, 2018 14:12 - 32 minutes - 28.2 MB

Intro: two horses. Harris is wrong but Peterson is too inept to disprove him (9:00). My therapeutic technique (23:15). How do we untangle ourselves from our parents (28:00). ​​​​​​​animus AT animusempire DOT com

235 Symptoms

August 24, 2018 14:37 - 32 minutes - 30 MB

Beto O’Rourke is as patronizing as Robert Kennedy (1:30). Instagram policy intimates an oppressive patriarchy does exist (10:00). Pedophilia in the Catholic Church is a symptom of a deeper issue (13:45). How to treat an eating disorder (21:45). How to connect with others in a masculine way (23:30). ​​​​​​​animus AT animusempire DOT com

234 Partner

August 17, 2018 15:50 - 27 minutes - 25 MB

Intro: marriage is death. If you call your girlfriend your partner you need an initiation (3:30). Why I won’t get my psychologist license (9:00). Whether homosexuality is technically a perversion (13:00). Characteristics of late-stage civilization (17:00). To college, or not to college (22:45). ​​​​​​​animus AT animusempire DOT com

233 Mona Lisa

August 10, 2018 16:06 - 18 minutes - 17.3 MB

Intro: we need to define masculinity in order to talk about it. Agentic, and how philosophy influences definitions (2:30). How the Mona Lisa relates to the cultural divide in America (6:00). ​​​​​​​animus AT animusempire DOT com

232 Dostoyevsky

August 03, 2018 14:09 - 31 minutes - 29.2 MB

Intro: we’re allergic to humidity. Psychology is suffocated by dishonesty (2:00). Why we need shamanism to overcome resistance (11:45). How to have a religious experience like Dostoyevsky (14:15). My complicity with transgender pronouns (20:45). How to let a bad friend go (24:45). CBT for emergencies (29:00). ​​​​​​​animus AT animusempire DOT com

231 Rick Belden

July 27, 2018 13:49 - 1 hour - 65.4 MB

Intro: Rick Belden joins us to discuss the therapeutic process. Rick’s story (5:30). The power of grief (18:00). Male vs female emotional expression (27:00). Dreams and the shamanic initiation (38:00). How to have a religious experience (51.00). ​​​​​​​What we ultimately need (54:00). https://www.rickbeldencoaching.com/ ​​​​​​​animus AT animusempire DOT com

230 Jury Duty

July 20, 2018 13:06 - 26 minutes - 24.7 MB

Intro: Jury duty, the Simpsons, Dostoyevsky. Making friends (17:00). How to navigate #MeToo (21:00). ​​​​​​​animus AT animusempire DOT com

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