Psyche Magazine

Research is uncovering the way music can calm the brain and there are techniques to help you amplify its emotional power. 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 discove...

When I was six, I met my sister: her quiet question sparked a bond that took us from foster agency to home. 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 kn...

Psychologists are discovering what’s going on when you do something you enjoy, but also feel weird or embarrassed about. 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...

As a hospital chaplain, I watched lives end, faiths fracture and certainties crumble. My job was holding hands in the dark. 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 disco...

People’s misunderstanding of terms like ‘heritability’ shows how important it is to communicate science carefully. 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 pract...

The experiences you had as a child influence your emotional life as an adult. Recognising these dynamics can be healing. 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...

You couldn’t love a clone of someone the same way you loved the original. But why? And what does this reveal about love?. 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 discove...

When a weed-infused treat put me in a psychological tailspin, it reshaped what I knew about fear. 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 an...

Unable to handle uncertainty, AI mimics the narcissistic compulsion to fill voids with plausible but false narratives. 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 p...

When I tested people’s blood after a protest, I discovered that science itself could be a form of dissent. 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 kno...

Screens and social media get the blame, but the real problem lies in how we measure intelligence in the first place. 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 pra...

You might feel unlovable or find dating daunting, but you deserve connection – and you can find it safely at your own pace. 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 disco...

In the pool, my softer, heavier self rediscovered motion and power – proof that this body, too, can swim. 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 know...

Philosophers debate whether delusions count as genuine beliefs. My father’s storytelling has made the question more personal. 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 dis...

Any excuses we might give for acting or not acting now are likely to seem much thinner to someone living 250 years from us. 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 disco...

Hassles are part of life, but the way we react often makes them worse. ACT skills can help you handle them with greater ease. 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 dis...

The great complexity and extraordinary simplicity of a constructed language with no more than 140 words. 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 knowl...

When our self-respect, status and social identity are threatened, we ought to defend ourselves and shame our wrongdoers. 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...

Burhan Sönmez, now the president of PEN International, was a rising human rights lawyer in Turkey. A brutal assault nearly killed him – and propelled him to a life in literature. 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 phi...

Research on the common strategies used to deal with emotions suggests their usefulness differs from culture to culture. 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...

Why I’ve started describing my feelings in the style of Murderbot, a half-human construct from Martha Wells’s sci-fi series. 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 disc...

Psychological minimalism is a way to clarify your life by cutting the mental noise from your environment and routines. 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 p...

There’s a way to recall past encounters with your fears that could help you feel more confident facing them in future. 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 p...

Aristotle created the blueprint for the bravery we need to resist injustice and do the right thing, even at our own risk. 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 discove...

Chatbots make us feel uniquely seen and heard, but then the ‘empathy gap’ kicks in and the relationship turns sour. 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 prac...