The Real Psychobabble Podcast

Featuring: Dr. Matt Gormley We're back to babble with friend-of-the-show Dr. Matt Gormley about a quintessential part of the human experience: failure. We get personal about our experiences with personal failures, and how these have shaped our lives. Tune-in and learn about the importance of failure and how it can be used to create motivation and personal growth. Plus, we add recommendations for h...

Dr. Lisa Kort-Butler joins us to discuss her research titled: Batman's Animated Brains. We're babbling about the different ways that the brain and neuroscience are represented in Batman comics, movies, and animated television shows. YES, you can learn things from cartoons. Then, we speculate on whether Batman has suffered a concussion and its potential impact on character representation across mov...

This week features special guest, Dr. Susan Swearer, advisor-of-the-show, and an internationally renowned bullying expert. We babble about her research and intervention work in Nebraska (and beyond!), the state of translational science, and how we can best address youth bullying and mental health. Tune-in and learn about why we name drop Lady Gaga, Indiana Jones, and the Grateful Dead. CHEERS!

We might have more in common with superheroes than we think. Listen and learn about how storytellers use origin stories to help us connect with characters and create templates for coping and growing from challenging life events. Then, stay tuned for the Psychobabble origin story as we bridge to our new partnership with KZUM-Lincoln. CHEERS!

NOTE: This episode was recorded prior to joining KZUM-Lincoln. Judge us not by the quality of our audio, but by the content of the episode. Skip to Season 2's Origin Stories for the professional recording studio quality. Psychobabble hits the road this week as we travel to #APA2019, making it all the more appropriate that we talk about the weird world of academic conferences. Friend of the show, M...

NOTE: This episode was recorded prior to joining KZUM-Lincoln. Judge us not by the quality of our audio, but by the content of the episode. Skip to Season 2's Origin Stories for the professional recording studio quality. What can Batman teach us about about mental health and the way that comic books portray mental illness? Like the Joker says, are we all just "one bad day away." Babble along with...

NOTE: This episode was recorded prior to joining KZUM-Lincoln. Judge us not by the quality of our audio, but by the content of the episode. Skip to Season 2's Origin Stories for the professional recording studio quality. Season 2 || Episode 3 Are you the kind of person who HATES spoilers? Or, do you read ahead or look up the ending to your favorite books, movies, and tv shows? Well, there's psycho...

NOTE: This episode was recorded prior to joining KZUM-Lincoln. Judge us not by the quality of our audio, but by the content of the episode. Skip to Season 2's Origin Stories for the professional recording studio quality. Season 2 || Episode 1 Psychobabble is back for another round, this time starting off season two with an episode about our experiences with the challenging and complex Impostor Syn...

NOTE: This episode was recorded prior to joining KZUM-Lincoln. Judge us not by the quality of our audio, but by the content of the episode. Skip to Season 2's Origin Stories for the professional recording studio quality.  Season 2 || Episode 2: Childhood Anxiety This week we return to the whiteboard to babble around childhood anxiety. Co-hosts Raul and Cody dish on different anxiety disorders...