Psyche audio helps you to better understand yourself and others through expert guides, provocative ideas and personal life stories. We address psychological questions and puzzles from a range of perspectives including philosophy, history, anthropology and more. You will discover practical knowledge and insights to help you navigate everyday challenges, overcome difficulties and find meaning, wonder and spirituality. Psyche is a nonprofit digital magazine. With a dedication to pluralism and openness, Psyche is a companion on your journey to better knowing your self and living well. Free to read and now free to listen. Discover articles and videos at psyche.co...
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Sep 29, 2026 · 12:02
Some actions and words provoke instant revulsion. To know if we can trust that gut feeling, we should probe why we have it. Psyche audio helps you to better understand yourself…
Sep 28, 2026 · 29:20
The neuroscientist Stanislas Dehaene wants to bring four decades of findings on how the brain learns into the classroom. But evidence alone can’t overcome the politics in…
Sep 25, 2026 · 12:26
If more and more of our daily interactions are ungracious exchanges with machines, we should expect it to change us. Psyche audio helps you to better understand yourself and…
Sep 24, 2026 · 12:42
So many of the world’s superstitions have been supplanted by rational thinking. Why does one of the oldest beliefs persist?. Psyche audio helps you to better understand yourself…
Sep 23, 2026 · 28:03
A queer psychologist shares skills from dialectical behaviour therapy to help you cope and find joy in a stigmatising world. Psyche audio helps you to better understand yourself…
Sep 22, 2026 · 10:27
When a relationship provokes both strong positive and negative feelings in you, it can take a toll – here’s what’s going on. Psyche audio helps you to better understand yourself…
Sep 21, 2026 · 11:37
Watching a seated Ozzy play his final gig, my ankle broken, I’m in tears – this couldn’t be more metal. Psyche audio helps you to better understand yourself and others through…
Sep 18, 2026 · 12:00
The philosopher Gabriel Marcel offers the antidote to a grotesque new ideology: don’t fix existence, be open to it. Psyche audio helps you to better understand yourself and…
Sep 17, 2026 · 2:00
Rooting for a team and other collective experiences are opportunities to be seized – even if only once in a while. Psyche audio helps you to better understand yourself and others…
Sep 16, 2026 · 12:51
The reports span centuries and cultures. If they’re real, memory and identity might be far more recoverable than we thought. Psyche audio helps you to better understand yourself…
Sep 15, 2026 · 10:55
After my husband died, I fell into a dark ruminative spiral. The way back would begin at 2pm tomorrow. Psyche audio helps you to better understand yourself and others through…
Sep 14, 2026 · 18:07
We all have parts of ourselves others know but we don’t. Gain greater self-awareness by seeing yourself from the outside in. Psyche audio helps you to better understand yourself…
Sep 11, 2026 · 11:01
Traditional patriarchy has always told women not to laugh. Today, female laughter still disturbs a male-dominated world. Psyche audio helps you to better understand yourself and…
Sep 10, 2026 · 2:26
Watching Penelope’s heroic wait in The Odyssey made me lament my impatience. But maybe I’ve been thinking about it wrong. Psyche audio helps you to better understand yourself and…
Sep 9, 2026 · 29:25
Etymology unravels the mysteries of language and the hidden webs that link people across the world. Here’s how to dive in. Psyche audio helps you to better understand yourself…
Sep 8, 2026 · 9:07
How does a man show up for his community? I learned from an old farmer on the edge of the desert. Psyche audio helps you to better understand yourself and others through expert…
Sep 7, 2026 · 10:26
The philosophical debate goes on. But our research on self-obligations suggests there’s a common, consequential view. Psyche audio helps you to better understand yourself and…
Sep 4, 2026 · 2:17
Mindfulness experts teach us to be present in the moment. I suggest an antidote – a meditation that’s focused on absence. Psyche audio helps you to better understand yourself and…
Sep 3, 2026 · 13:53
Set aside the philosophical debates and act as if there is no free will. It leads to less blaming and better questions. Psyche audio helps you to better understand yourself and…
Sep 1, 2026 · 10:56
A women’s history of logistics from the battlefields of 19th-century Europe to middle-class households and sex trafficking. Psyche audio helps you to better understand yourself…
Aug 31, 2026 · 28:46
With Radio Paradise, William Goldsmith built an internet radio station that’s become a living argument for taste, trust and the art of choosing what comes next. Psyche audio…
Aug 22, 2026 · 30:22
Use ‘mindful self-coaching’ to help yourself overcome everyday ADHD challenges, from procrastination to feelings of overwhelm. Psyche audio helps you to better understand…
Aug 20, 2026 · 19:42
You don’t have to ‘reinvent’ yourself to live happily after 60. There’s a better approach grounded in lifespan psychology. Psyche audio helps you to better understand yourself…
Aug 19, 2026 · 14:32
More subtly nuanced than standard diagnostic categories, Arabic lets speakers articulate a world of emotional experiences. Psyche audio helps you to better understand yourself…
Aug 18, 2026 · 2:20
Research on the ‘extinction of experience’ suggests many of us are losing vital connections to the natural world. Psyche audio helps you to better understand yourself and others…
Aug 18, 2026 · 13:35
When the future I’d been planning lay shattered at my feet, freezing my eggs offered a fragile hope. Psyche audio helps you to better understand yourself and others through…
Aug 17, 2026 · 11:10
To work your character into better shape, be like a carpenter who fixes warped wood by bending it the opposite way. Psyche audio helps you to better understand yourself and…
Aug 16, 2026 · 10:37
It’s no small task to live a life of sustained attention. So slow down, and give your brain a break to do its work. Psyche audio helps you to better understand yourself and…
Aug 15, 2026 · 24:34
Stop blaming technology – distraction starts within. Manage your inner triggers to enjoy greater focus and a fuller life. Psyche audio helps you to better understand yourself and…
Aug 13, 2026 · 2:14
In Studs Terkel’s oral history ‘Working’, some of the people happiest with their work have something in common. Psyche audio helps you to better understand yourself and others…
Aug 13, 2026 · 10:17
Handwritten letters seem like a remnant of pre-online life, but they connect us to ourselves and each other like nothing else. Psyche audio helps you to better understand…
Aug 12, 2026 · 9:25
After a painful breakup, I found myself agreeing to perform in a surreal play, dressed in my pyjamas. Psyche audio helps you to better understand yourself and others through…
Aug 11, 2026 · 12:14
It’s often assumed people lose their minds in a crowd. Research on riots, festivals and sports tells a more uplifting story. Psyche audio helps you to better understand yourself…
Aug 10, 2026 · 27:30
For Hegel, your thoughts aren’t trapped in a cerebral box: they act on the world, making meaning and expressing your freedom. Psyche audio helps you to better understand yourself…
Aug 6, 2026 · 2:06
When I took up indoor climbing, I didn’t anticipate the special appeal it held for someone with ADHD. Psyche audio helps you to better understand yourself and others through…
Aug 6, 2026 · 12:38
There’s more to virtue than how we treat other individuals. ‘Structure-facing virtues’ tie the personal to the big picture. Psyche audio helps you to better understand yourself…
Aug 5, 2026 · 14:25
That moment of sweet immersion in the task at hand: that’s flow. With some strategy, you can experience it more often. Psyche audio helps you to better understand yourself and…
Aug 4, 2026 · 9:11
An animal rights group offered a rare job opportunity. How hard could it be to play along?. Psyche audio helps you to better understand yourself and others through expert guides,…
Aug 3, 2026 · 13:30
Stranded between ‘low’ and ‘high’ art, the middlebrow is unfairly condemned. It’s a ‘both/and’ mode capable of greatness. Psyche audio helps you to better understand yourself and…
Jul 30, 2026 · 2:05
Learning about the Korean concept of ‘jeong’ helped me understand the importance of my not-quite-friends at the gym. Psyche audio helps you to better understand yourself and…
Jul 30, 2026 · 28:21
For 19 years, the NBA superstar Carmelo Anthony mastered the version of himself the world demanded. Retired from basketball, he confronts a harder question: who is he now?.…
Jul 29, 2026 · 11:03
Far from being a waste of time, the regrets that haunt you reveal more about who you are than your successes ever could. Psyche audio helps you to better understand yourself and…
Jul 27, 2026 · 11:50
Diagnoses of muscle dysmorphia or ‘bigorexia’ are rising. A psychoanalytic lens offers an explanation – and a healthier path. Psyche audio helps you to better understand yourself…
Jul 24, 2026 · 2:28
As a girl, I felt I should change my voice. Anne Carson’s writing on the ancient Greeks shows how old that pressure is. Psyche audio helps you to better understand yourself and…
Jul 23, 2026 · 12:22
Chronic exposure to the world’s horror has a mental cost. Being an effective witness requires a more sustainable approach. Psyche audio helps you to better understand yourself…
Jul 22, 2026 · 30:27
Close the intention-action gap and live the way you want, using insights from the cognitive neuroscience of habits. Psyche audio helps you to better understand yourself and…
Jul 21, 2026 · 10:38
Millennia-old rock paintings reflect a wisdom about healing that should inform today’s evolving psychedelic treatments. Psyche audio helps you to better understand yourself and…
Jul 20, 2026 · 10:11
I wanted to outrun my thoughts. But in the stillness of prison, I had no choice but to face myself. Psyche audio helps you to better understand yourself and others through expert…
Jul 17, 2026 · 13:21
Psychedelics and neuroscience seem to support his ideas about ancestral dreams and fears – but with an evolutionary twist. Psyche audio helps you to better understand yourself…
Jul 15, 2026 · 15:07
In my therapy room, I’ve seen the costs of the controlling impulse. Winnicott and Rogers show us healthier alternatives. Psyche audio helps you to better understand yourself and…
Jul 14, 2026 · 26:29
As a child, you knew the thrill of conjuring with a pencil. Reclaim that pleasure with these activities (no talent needed). Psyche audio helps you to better understand yourself…
Jul 14, 2026 · 2:24
My reluctant participation in a line-dancing class showed me how moving as one promotes feelings of group unity – and joy. Psyche audio helps you to better understand yourself…
Jul 13, 2026 · 9:50
Ego death obliterated my gender identity, but then I stumbled upon the Public Universal Friend. Psyche audio helps you to better understand yourself and others through expert…
Jul 10, 2026 · 1:58
When I moved to a new city where I had no friends, Olivia Laing’s book helped me find my own rhythm and enjoy time alone. Psyche audio helps you to better understand yourself and…
Jul 9, 2026 · 15:39
Feeling unclear or pessimistic about what’s ahead? Your ‘best possible self’ is a tool for seeing things differently. Psyche audio helps you to better understand yourself and…
Jul 8, 2026 · 12:43
We understandably fear the flattening effect of modernity. But global data from China to Peru tells a hopeful story. Psyche audio helps you to better understand yourself and…
Jul 7, 2026 · 8:54
It was a three-week stint of make-outs, music, and not much else. But it meant more than he knew. Psyche audio helps you to better understand yourself and others through expert…
Jul 6, 2026 · 11:56
A mislabelled concerto and other errors and tricks show that reputation affects how art is perceived, sometimes radically. Psyche audio helps you to better understand yourself…
Jul 2, 2026 · 2:13
A profile of a scholar of the history of emotions provoked a remarkable backlash. But critics of the field misunderstand it. Psyche audio helps you to better understand yourself…
Jul 2, 2026 · 13:04
Being seen for who you are, both existentially and metaphysically, is a gift that society should strive to bestow on all. Psyche audio helps you to better understand yourself and…
Jul 1, 2026 · 29:31
At home, at work and out having fun, these are the supportive tools, apps and services that have helped me and many others. Psyche audio helps you to better understand yourself…
Jun 30, 2026 · 12:52
The simple act of communicating without expecting anything in return can bring you closer to your family – and to yourself. Psyche audio helps you to better understand yourself…
Jun 29, 2026 · 26:41
For the biologist Jeff Copeland, salvation lies not in God but a creature as fierce and free as the mountains it roams. Psyche audio helps you to better understand yourself and…
Jun 26, 2026 · 11:18
The people most drawn to ideological thinking and authoritarianism aren’t aware of what makes them so susceptible. Psyche audio helps you to better understand yourself and others…
Jun 25, 2026 · 2:12
From art to science to love, the moment of insight happens when we see a likeness between different things. Psyche audio helps you to better understand yourself and others…
Jun 24, 2026 · 19:20
Repetitive thought spirals about a partner could be a sign of ROCD. But there are ways to reclaim your peace and intimacy. Psyche audio helps you to better understand yourself…
Jun 23, 2026 · 10:21
The trauma of foster care left gaps in my memory. Could I piece together a past I couldn’t recall?. Psyche audio helps you to better understand yourself and others through expert…
Jun 22, 2026 · 10:53
When they snatched a book from her hands, she pushed back, passing the gift of literacy to generations of Black children. Psyche audio helps you to better understand yourself and…
Jun 19, 2026 · 10:57
I arrived in New Orleans feeling fractured and dislocated. Then I started haunting the jazz clubs. Psyche audio helps you to better understand yourself and others through expert…
Jun 18, 2026 · 15:37
Being an intensive parent will make you anxious and stifle your children’s development. Help them by learning to let go. Psyche audio helps you to better understand yourself and…
Jun 17, 2026 · 10:13
It’s easy to feel lost when you’re working on something new. But that rough patch is actually an encouraging signal. Psyche audio helps you to better understand yourself and…
Jun 16, 2026 · 2:34
The usual advice didn’t help my sleep problems, but then I tried an exercise that kickstarts the sleep-onset control system. Psyche audio helps you to better understand yourself…
Jun 15, 2026 · 12:15
Around the world, happiness tends to peak later in life. It has more to do with balancing priorities than elderly wisdom. Psyche audio helps you to better understand yourself and…
Jun 13, 2026 · 10:16
The popular game platform offers space to create, socialise, even protest. It’s also a realm of extraction and inequality. Psyche audio helps you to better understand yourself…
Jun 12, 2026 · 2:22
The protagonist of On the Calculation of Volume gets a unique view of how her actions matter. What if we saw the same?. Psyche audio helps you to better understand yourself and…
Jun 11, 2026 · 14:52
Self-reliance is a strange ideal because feeling lonely and sociability are both inescapable parts of being human. Psyche audio helps you to better understand yourself and others…
Jun 10, 2026 · 28:32
Dementia makes communication more challenging, but these practices and tips can help you stay connected through the changes. Psyche audio helps you to better understand yourself…
Jun 9, 2026 · 10:24
Noticing the patterns in mind-wandering can reveal important needs that have yet to be addressed in real life. Psyche audio helps you to better understand yourself and others…
Jun 8, 2026 · 8:53
After our dog’s death, small disturbances reshaped how we made sense of the loss. Psyche audio helps you to better understand yourself and others through expert guides,…
Jun 7, 2026 · 20:15
In uncertain times, an Icelandic concept can help you reconnect with your intuition and follow your inner compass. Psyche audio helps you to better understand yourself and others…
Jun 6, 2026 · 10:07
Many of us crave trivial details while ignoring much of the world around us. Research helps explain this selective curiosity. Psyche audio helps you to better understand yourself…
May 31, 2026 · 11:26
Contrary to classic habit science, certain behaviours never become easy. Recognising this can help you stick with them. Psyche audio helps you to better understand yourself and…
May 30, 2026 · 10:42
The desert acted as a mirror that seemed to say: you are like me – harsh, inventive, and full of life. Psyche audio helps you to better understand yourself and others through…
May 29, 2026 · 2:17
Faced with the pain of grief, it’s tempting to reach for words of comfort, but Yiyun Li showed me how little they offer. Psyche audio helps you to better understand yourself and…
May 28, 2026 · 11:46
Knowledge doesn’t only reside in books and lectures. As Bertrand Russell observed, there’s also ‘knowledge by acquaintance’. Psyche audio helps you to better understand yourself…
May 27, 2026 · 29:29
Ervin Staub survived the Holocaust as a child. As a psychologist, he spent a lifetime asking how cruelty takes hold – and whether kindness can, too. Psyche audio helps you to…
May 26, 2026 · 13:51
Amid the pounding bass, ravers achieve a transcendence long associated with sacred practices. Neuroscience explains how. Psyche audio helps you to better understand yourself and…
May 25, 2026 · 14:55
Staying silent often feels like the safe choice, but the costs can be profound. Here’s how to stand up for yourself. Psyche audio helps you to better understand yourself and…
May 24, 2026 · 13:32
In the therapy room, I’ve seen how rethinking what we are – and what it means to ‘be dead’ – can lighten our fears. Psyche audio helps you to better understand yourself and…
May 23, 2026 · 2:16
We all make wrong decisions, but if you’re a ‘maximiser’ rather than a ‘satisficer’, the regret hurts all the more. Psyche audio helps you to better understand yourself and…
May 22, 2026 · 11:00
The complex changes of dementia and legal concepts like ‘lucid intervals’ show why patients and families must plan ahead. Psyche audio helps you to better understand yourself and…
May 21, 2026 · 2:08
Researchers analysed how much romantic partners agree about their personal characteristics – and where they agree most. Psyche audio helps you to better understand yourself and…
May 20, 2026 · 10:07
When is a typically celebrated practice – working out – more like an addiction? Researchers have found some patterns. Psyche audio helps you to better understand yourself and…
May 19, 2026 · 11:17
I knew I was committing a small social crime. But we hadn’t truly been friends for a long time. Psyche audio helps you to better understand yourself and others through expert…
May 18, 2026 · 18:53
Screen-based life is deadening. Try some simple adventures and exercises to reconnect with the world’s sensory richness. Psyche audio helps you to better understand yourself and…
May 17, 2026 · 10:34
I’d lived through two eras: pre and post OCD diagnosis. Nothing prepared me for what the third era held. Psyche audio helps you to better understand yourself and others through…
May 16, 2026 · 29:06
By curating your family’s stories, rituals and relics, you’ll feel anchored – and create a bridge between the generations. Psyche audio helps you to better understand yourself…
May 15, 2026 · 2:19
A new book examines the benefits of chatting with people we don’t know – from mood boosts to a greater sense of belonging. Psyche audio helps you to better understand yourself…
May 14, 2026 · 11:46
The ineffable in music resides in the gap between saying and not saying. Music neither states nor conceals. It hints. Psyche audio helps you to better understand yourself and…
May 13, 2026 · 30:20
From coping with hot flushes to understanding brain fog, there’s plenty you can do to help yourself through menopause. Psyche audio helps you to better understand yourself and…
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