Cobra Kai & Some Psychology Too
Psychodrama
English - October 06, 2020 06:17 - 57 minutes - 28.3 MBSociety & Culture Science Social Sciences Homepage Download Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
After having the past few weeks marked by very grave serious national news that added to our already maxed-out pandemic related stress, forest fires in the Western United States, the death of Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Trump’s taxes being released, a chaotic presidential debate, the death of prominent psychologist Dr. Scott Lilienfeld, and then Trump predictably contracting COVID - we decided to do a fairly lighthearted show this time around.
We talk about Cobra Kai and examine its characters from a psychological perspective. There are a bunch of spoilers but surely you all have binged on it already so there is nothing to spoil. And if you have not seen Cobra Kai, go watch it; it is great. And still listen to this episode because psychological science shows that “Story Spoilers Don’t Spoil Stories”and in fact it may actually improve them.
We had a blast making this episode as we discussed all the rumbles we were involved in as teenagers as well as Bananarama, both the band and the pancakes. This past summer was a cruel, cruel, summer indeed, enjoy this respite before November because it looks like 2020 is showing NO MERCY!”
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More about Dr. Scott Lilienfeld and his contributions to psychology:
50 Great Myths of Popular Psychology
Psychological Treatments that Cause Harm
The Dodo Bird verdict: Status in 2014
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