Latest Political psychology Podcast Episodes

Recovering from Madness

Poli-Psych 101 - November 17, 2020 23:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 25 ratings
Episode 6 of an exclusive 6-episode series. In case you missed it:  In episode 5 of this series, I spoke with my father, a man I admire and respect but we are at odds in our views. It's been difficult to reconcile who he is as a father with who he supports politically. So in today's episode, th...

The Dad Episode: Navigating Difficult Conversations

Poli-Psych 101 - November 01, 2020 22:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 25 ratings
Episode 5 of an exclusive 6-episode series. We are just hours away from the election. This week, our country saw the highest amount of Covid cases ever recorded.  On the justice front, we as a nation watched as a new form of "justice" was installed in the Supreme Court.  There's a case about he...

Styles of Denial

Poli-Psych 101 - October 28, 2020 04:00 - 42 minutes ★★★★★ - 25 ratings
Episode 4 of an exclusive 6-episode series. Have you ever been toward the end of a relationship and wondered "How did I not see this?" Denial is a little gift from our brain and comes in various styles, all meant to keep us and our fragile egos feel intact. Notice it's about feeling intact. It...

Contagious Emotions

Poli-Psych 101 - October 22, 2020 21:00 - 59 minutes ★★★★★ - 25 ratings
Episode 3 of an exclusive 6-episode series. In this episode, we talk contagious emotions, how emotions are passed from one person to another, like a contagion.  We catch emotions from each other,  partly because of empathy. Partly because of mirror neurons that pick these things up from other ...

The Cost of Emotional Illiteracy in the Age of the Mad King

Poli-Psych 101 - October 13, 2020 20:00 - 51 minutes ★★★★★ - 25 ratings
Episode #2 in a 6-episode exclusive series. This podcast began as treatment notes on election night in 2016. Without knowing much about Donald Trump, I knew some of what we as a nation could expect based on his public behaviors for decades; after all the best predictor of future behavior is past...

Healing America

Poli-Psych 101 - October 07, 2020 00:00 - 9 minutes ★★★★★ - 25 ratings
Episode #1 in a 6-episode exclusive series. On Poli-Psych 101, host Renie Schoenkerman talks to psychological experts about all the stuff we see playing out in America today. From professors to clinicians, forensic experts and self helpers, they explore the costs of emotional illiteracy and bene...

Welcome to Poli-Psych 101

Poli-Psych 101 - September 22, 2020 14:00 - 1 minute ★★★★★ - 25 ratings
On November 8th, 2016, it became clear that Donald Trump would become the 45th President of the United States. For some, this was great news. For others, it evoked real grief and tears. For me, I took to my notebook. I'm Renie Schoenkerman, I'm a Marriage and Family Therapist. I've seen what ha...