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After a short conversation about the "Top Ten Happiest Countries In The World", Mike and Ryan breakdown the portrayal of Autism in the 1988 classic, Rain Man .  This is an important subject to Ryan, because he deals with patients who are caretakers, and he's seen firsthand the frustrations that can pile up. Mike has huge opinions about the character Charlie Babbitt, going as far to say that ,...

On this week's bonus episode, Ryan and Mike over-analyze the movie "Punch Drunk Love", and try to say it's actually Superman's origin story.   Join our mental health support and discussion group Help the show by rating & reviewing us on iTunes Find Us Website Facebook Twitter Instagram  Get Royalty Free Music Kevin Macleod

Join our mental health support and discussion group on Facebook Help the show by rating and reviewing on iTunes BONUS After hearing the Boston accent in Good Will Hunting, Mike and Ryan play a game and try to guess what accent or impression the other is attempting. It's very bad, and you can skip this and we won't be upset. Thanks. Find Us: Website Facebook Twitter Instagram 

Mike embarrasses him self with an impersonation of Robin Williams. It's very very bad. Ryan and Mike talk about Rapper Big Sean, and the backlash he has received for making his mental health public. The guy opine that we should start by believing someone as our first reaction, and rushing to judge someone is the opposite of where we should be headed.  The breakdown of Good Will Hunting gets i...

Join our mental health support and discussion group Help the show by reviewing us on iTunes Deleted Scenes: Instant Expert Edition We discussed how experts can sometimes get diagnosis wrong in our episode on John Green's Turtles All The Way Down. In the spirit of that conversation, we play a little game called Instant Expert. Find Us: Website Facebook Twitter Instagram

Deleted Scenes In a scene from Mindhunter that didn't get airtime, two grizzled old veteran cops are way too old for common mental health myths Fund Us:   Pop Psych 101 Our Mental Health Support Group Facebook Twitter Instagram

To highlight our awareness of the shortcomings displayed by the character Drew in the Movie Tully, Mike and Ryan do some stand-up comedy, and lay into him a little bit. Find Us:  Pop Psych 101 Twitter Facebook Instagram

  In This Episode Mike is back! Bringing out the cavalry  Breakdown of the specifics of postpartum depression as seen in Tully Bri and Jenn break down Tully in detail Synopsis: Today, we are covering the 2018 film, Tully. Starring: Charlize Theron as Marlo and Mackenzie Davis as Tully Marlo is a New York suburbanite who's about to give birth to her third child. Her husband, Drew, is lovi...

Deleted Scenes Another bit of fun for us here at Pop Psych 101. This time, Ryan sends Mike through a literal emotional roller coaster. Mike has to tell his story as if one of the emotions from the movie Inside Out were running his control board. Find Us: Pop Psych 101 Twitter Facebook Instagram Email Music  "Reign" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attributio...

In This Episode: Special Guest Mxiety  Breakdown of the emotions in the film Inside Out Over analyzing the portrayal of memories in the film Inside Out as it relates to PTSD Synopsis: Do you ever look at someone and wonder what's going on inside their head? Well we get to see what's going on inside the head of 11 year old Riley Anderson as she copes with growing up and later on moving from Mi...

Jackson Maine & Ally in a Scene Unseen This was cut from Episode 20 - Codependency in A Star Is Born for time and because of silliness.  Ryan and Mike wish they had seen the character Ally in a group session with Jackson while he was in rehab. Since they didn't get to see that, they have re-created what they think would have happened had the movie shown us this scene.   Find Us: www....

In This Episode: Pop Psych’s musical background Breakdown of codependent relationships through the lens of A Star Is Born Over analyzing the song “Shallow” by Lady Gaga Note: Song use and royalties through The Real Life Radio Station on Dash Radio Synopsis: Today, we are covering the 2018 film, A Star Is Born. Starring: Lady Gaga as Ally and Bradley Cooper as Jackson Maine Jackson Maine is a famou...

Based off our episode "#19 - Couples Counseling in Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind" Ryan names some of Jim Carrey's most iconic roles, and Mike must react how he would imagine being in a relationship with that character.   Find Us: www.poppsych101.com Facebook Instagram Twitter Music Credits: "Hidden Agenda" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution...

Trying some new stuff to break up some of the heavy subjects we talk about. Being that Ryan does Improv in real life, he introduces it to Mike for the first time.  Find Us: www.poppsych101.com Facebook Instagram Twitter

 A Deleted scene from episode 017, Coping With Illnes in 50/50, Ryan and Mike tried a new segment out called "Mike Reacts". This time, Ryan reads Therapist horror stories to Mike and Mike...well her reacts to them. Very simple. Cut for time and newness? Social: Pop Psych 101 Facebook Mental Health Chat Group    Facebook Instagram Twitter Podcast: All Major Podcast Apps on iOS &...

Over-analyzing: The Dark Office Edition  On the cutting room floor from this week's episode, Addiction in Beautiful Boy, is a segment we call "Over-Analyzing With Ryan" He dives WAY TOO deep into the dark implications of the actors chosen in beautiful boy and their correlation with the characters they played in the hit TV show, The Office. ◘◘ Pop Psych 101  Facebook → Instagram → Twitter...

Coming off an intense episode about eating disorder, Ryan and Mike jump right back into to the intensity with an episode about addiction. Not only is the subject of addiction one of the most intense mental health issues, but the movie Beautiful boy in itself is also an intense look into addiction. Ryan, having spent 6 years, previously as an addiction specialist, has since moved on from that field...

Ryan and Mike open up with a discussion about SNL cast member, Pete Davidson , his recent alarming Instagram posts, and the deletion of his social media accounts. Mike tells the story of the rage he directed at a few strangers due to their lack of sympathy to sufferers of mental illness and the words they used to describe, Davidson. Mike, wants people to know that he did not handle that situation...

Continuing our streak of Christmas and Holiday episodes, Ryan and Mike break down Scrooge Syndrome / Chronic Embitterment, otherwise known as Post Traumatic Embitterment Disorder. To keep things light, they look at this Mental Health issue through the movie "The Muppet Christmas Carol". The psychology behind Charles Dickens famous character is fascinating, and important to understand and empathize...

13 Reasons Why, a teenage drama centered around a suicide and it's direct effect on the community and the high school in that community, created huge opinions around the nation about it's portrayal of suicide & intervention, or lack thereof. Ryan and Mike dissect and explain what's going on in the show, while informing what to look for in real life when someone is considering taking their...