Dr. Leslie Carr
The Nature of Nurture
The Nature of Nurture helps us make sense of ourselves as human beings living during strange and stressful times. By using current phenomena as context (like covid, cults, and political polarization), this podcast delves deep into the nature vs. nurture debate by exploring how our minds and mental health are shaped by lived experience.
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Dr. Leslie Carr
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Jul 6, 2026
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Episodes
Recovery from Schizophrenia without Medication, an interview with Tracey Higgins 13.03.2023 47:24
Host Leslie sits down with Tracey Higgins to explore Tracey’s full recovery from schizophrenia without medication. They discuss the role that trauma played in her symptoms, and the controversy that surrounds her message that recovery from schizophrenia is possible. Links Mentioned in this Episode: Tracey’s book: https://www.amazon.com/Girl-Bridge-Memoir-Tracey-Higgins/dp/1777595215 Tracey’s websi...
The Psychology of Money: Interview with personal finance expert Barbara Stanny Huson 27.02.2023 45:25
Host Leslie talks about the psychology of money with expert Barbara Stanny Huson. They talk about how a person’s personal history impacts their relationship with money - about how to change it. Links mentioned in the episode: Barbara Ehrenreich: Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America . In 2001 when the book was published, 60% of US citizens made less than $68k per year. Real median US ho...
Strong in the Broken Places: An Interview with Quentin Vennie 13.02.2023 51:15
Leslie interviews wellness icon Quentin Vennie about his life growing up in West Baltimore on the front lines of the drug trade, and his journey to wellness. They discuss panic attacks and the nature of anxiolytic drugs, and the role that juicing, yoga, and meditation played in his mental health recovery. Links mentioned in the episode: Equitea.com Quentin’s memoir is Strong in the Broken Places:...
The Sexy Lie: An Interview with Dr. Caroline Heldman, political scientist and gender in media expert 30.01.2023 58:42
Your host Leslie sits down with political scientist Dr. Caroline Heldman to discuss the role that female body objectification plays in sex and a woman’s role in society at large. Issues related to advertising, media, and culture are discussed. Warning: This discussion contains graphic discussions of pornography that includes descriptions of sexual assault. This conversation isn’t suitable for very...
Season 3 Trailer 23.01.2023 1:47
Exploring the different facets of the human condition in Season 3. Some of those facets include, sex, drugs, and technology. Tune in now! Links: drlesliecarr.com The Nature of Nurture is produced by Cassiopeia Studio
Season 2 Wrap-Up: Thanks for Listening and a Season 3 Teaser 11.04.2022 2:05
Connect with Contributors: Dr. Leslie Car: lesliecarr.com
The Nature of Reality. Interview with physicist Radhika Dirks 11.04.2022 1:12:41
Connect with Contributors: Dr. Leslie Car: lesliecarr.com Radhika Dirks: @radhikadirks on Instagram and https://xlabs.ai/ Links Mentioned in the Episode: The Fabric of the Cosmos with physicist Briane Greene on PBS: https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/series/the-fabric-of-the-cosmos/ Donald Hoffman TED talk Do we see reality as it is? : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oYp5XuGYqqY Hyperspace by Michio...
From The Placebo Effect to The Secret: Mind Over Matter with Fatimata Sanogo 28.03.2022 1:13:25
Connect with Contributors: Dr. Leslie Car: lesliecarr.com Fatimata Sanogo: @fatimatayoga on Instagram and https://sahelsage.org/ Links Mentioned in this Episode: Her book ( 31 Universal Spiritual Principles: A Daily Guide and Tool for spiritual growth, joy and empowerment, from the teachings of Michael Bernard Beckwith. ): https://www.amazon.com/Universal-Spiritual-Principles-Fatimata-Sanogo/dp...
Interview with Michelle Masters “How Our Beliefs Shape Our Experience” 14.03.2022 1:11:20
Connect with Contributors: Dr. Leslie Car: lesliecarr.com Michelle Masters: https://michellemastersnlp.com/ Links Mentioned in this Episode: Heart of the Mind - Engaging Your Inner Power to Change with Neuro-Linguistic Programming The brain didn’t perceive the color blue and it wasn’t mentioned in early writing: https://www.dunnedwards.com/colors/specs/posts/color-blue-history Joe Dispenza: https:...
Using hallucinogens to heal eating disorders and depression: Interview with food and body mindset coach Alicia Castaneda. 28.02.2022 1:03:55
Connect with the Contributors: Alicia’s website is Ritualco.co Leslie's website is lesliecarr.com Links mentioned in the episode: Brain Over Binge (book): https://www.amazon.com/Brain-over-Binge-Conventional-Recovered/dp/0984481702 Learned Optimism (book): https://www.amazon.com/Learned-Optimism-Change-Your-Mind/dp/1400078393 https://facebook.com/groups/resilienceroundtable 60% of women have...
“You Marry Your Unfinished Business," an interview with master couples therapist Erika Boissiere 14.02.2022 54:24
Connect with the Contributors: Erika's website is TRISF.com Leslie's website is lesliecarr.com Links From This Episode: https://terryreal.com/
Season 2 Trailer 31.01.2022 2:16
Season 2 of The Nature of Nurture coming Monday, January 31, 2022!
Interview with Stephanie Pass “A Tiny Little Couch” 31.01.2022 55:16
Connect with the Contributors: Leslie's website is lesliecarr.com Erica can be found at TRISF.COM Links Mentioned in This Episode: https://terryreal.com/
Thanks for listening - and a season two teaser 07.06.2021 2:41
Thanks for listening to Season 1 of The Nature of Nurture! Tune into this quick bonus episode to hear a teaser for Season 2.
BONUS: The Climate Crisis is a Psychological Crisis, an interview with One Green Thing founder and CEO Heather White 07.06.2021 1:01:55
Connect with Heather: OneGreenThing.org @OneGreenThing on Instagram @MyOneGreenThing on Twitter Links From This Episode: The book Leslie’s mother got for her when she was 19 years old that awakened her interest in physics was Michio Kaku’s Hyperspace ( https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/hyperspace-michio-kaku/1138748797 ). Some of her other favorite titles are The Elegant Universe by Brian Greene (...
Inheritance: Drug Abuse and Addiction with Artist Cuyler Ballenger 31.05.2021 56:49
Connect with Cuyler: Cuylerballenger.com https://lawndaleartcenter.org/exhibition/cuyler-ballenger/ Instagram: @snake_ballenger Connect with Lawdale: lawndaleartcenter.org Instagram: @ lawndaleartcenter Links From This Episode: Crazy Like Us book: https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Crazy-Like-Us/Ethan-Watters/9781416587095 Crazy Like Us article: https://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/10/magazine/...
Experiencing Postpartum Psychosis with Lisa Abramson 24.05.2021 58:24
Connect with Lisa: www.lisaabramson.com + @lisaaabramson on Twitter and Instagram. Links From This Episode: Giving Birth Landed Me In the Psycho Ward: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/17/parenting/postpartum-psychosis-motherhood.html Information on the link between sleep deprivation and psychotic experiences: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6048360/#:~:text=The%20finding%20that%20sle...
Empathy and Race in America with Corey Ponder 17.05.2021 1:07:01
Connect with Corey: www.coreyponder.com , @coreytponder on Twitter and Instagram. Links From This Episode: Some pieces that Corey has written on confronting the idea of being Black in America: https://www.coreyponder.com/single-post/i-am-a-black-man https://www.coreyponder.com/single-post/failure-of-belief-is-why-america-fails https://www.coreyponder.com/single-post/tired-of-the-loop https://www.c...
Covid, Your Government, and You 10.05.2021 48:05
Connect With The Contributors: Bart Magee: https://www.accessinst.org/ Twitter @bartmagee @accessInstSF Insta @bartmagee @accessinstsf Blythe Adamson: blytheadamson.com Twitter: @DrBlytheAdamson Instagram: @DrBlytheAdamson Luis Perez: https://www.ifrsf.org/ https://www.drluisperez.com/ Links From This Episode: FAA Traffic by the Numbers: https://www.faa.gov/air_traffic/by_the_numbers/ Forbes artic...
From Insider to Expert: Cult Psychology with Dr. Janja Lalich 03.05.2021 55:16
Connect With The Contributors: Dr. Janja Lalich: http://cultresearch.org/ Twitter = @Janja_Lalich, and Facebook = https://www.facebook.com/Janja-Lalichs-Cults-Extremism-Page-183221905078546/ Dr Leslie Carr: www.lesliecarr.com and @DrLeslieCarr on Twitter and Instagram Links From This Episode: Some additional information about The Milgram Shock Experiments: https://www.simplypsychology.org/milgram....
Surviving Toxic Families with Dr. Sherrie Campbell 26.04.2021 1:07:29
Dr. Sherrie Campbell: www.drsherriecampbell.com . Instagram = @Dr. Sherrie, Twitter = @Dr_Sherrie, and Facebook = SherrieCampbellPhD. Dr Leslie Carr: www.lesliecarr.com and @DrLeslieCarr on Twitter and Instagram Links From This Episode: David Pelzer, A Child Called It : https://www.amazon.com/Child-Called-Childs-Courage-Survive/dp/1558743669 The Myers Briggs Personality Inventory: https://www.mye...
Beyond Biology 19.04.2021 1:10:45
Links from this Episode: Reuters article: https://www.reuters.com/article/health-coronavirus-mental-illness/one-in-5-covid-19-patients-develop-mental-illness-within-90-days-study-idUKL8N2HS4ND “The Efficacy of Psychodynamic Psychotherapy” by Jonathan Shedler: https://www.apa.org/pubs/journals/releases/amp-65-2-98.pdf A book about the DSM that some might find interesting: https://www.amazon.com/Bo...
The Nature of Nurture Trailer 31.03.2021 3:41
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