The Dr. Phil Podcast

A deadly plane crash in Palm Beach has left nine people dead and raised urgent questions about what went wrong in the final moments of the flight. Dr. Phil is joined by veteran pilot Harold Kaczynski to examine the Learjet 60 tragedy, analyzing flight data, air traffic control communications, and weather radar imagery for clues. Could severe thunderstorms, dangerous icing conditions, or a sudden l...

This isn't about Gaza, and it never was. Dr. Phil on the real reason the world hates the Jews and Israel. Rome. The Crusades. The expulsions. The pogroms. The Holocaust. The Jewish people have been blamed for everything, and the accusations contradict each other. Dr. Phil explains the psychology behind the world's oldest hatred and why it's exploding again now, from the UN to the 2026 Nobel Peace...

This is the Best of Dr. Phil, where we're bringing back the most requested and unforgettable stories from the Dr. Phil archives. Today, accusations, resentment, and years of family conflict come to a head on my stage. Four adult siblings say they've been blacklisted by their mother from seeing their dying father, a claim their mother vehemently denies. Can they put an end to the fighting? Envoy TV...

15 years ago, Butch wrote to Dr. Phil asking for help to confront the man who shot and killed his mother. Butch was only 12 years old when he witnessed his loving mother’s tragic death. The man responsible, was his own father, and although Butch had every reason to cut his mother’s killer out of his life, Butch refused to give up on the possibility of forgiveness and reconciliation with his father...

The WNBA Finals. Five games. Five times, the Atlanta Dream and Golden State Valkyries walked off the court for the national anthem, and I'm not buying the "pregame routine" excuse. Protest or not, it's dead wrong — and your kids are watching. Stand still for two minutes. Show some respect. It's not too much to ask. This is The Real Story with Dr. Phil — no spin, no BS.  Envoy TV: ht...

America is being sold a “hate election,” and your body is paying the price. Dr. Phil breaks down the 2026 midterms’ war of words, from both parties to your social media feed, and reveals the science behind it. Hate spikes cortisol, fuels anxiety and paranoia, and raises heart disease risk by 19%. On The Real Story, Dr. Phil gives you a five-step plan to stop the hate cycle before Election Day. Env...

Dr. Phil continues to his conversation with Kristin, whose husband, Brian Brimager, is serving a 26-year sentence in a federal prison for the murder of a woman, a woman he had kept secret from Kristin. For nearly 15 years Kristin has stayed by Brian's side despite his arrest, media scrutiny, deception, and his guilty plea of murdering and dismembering his girlfriend, Yvonne Baldelli. Kristin says...

It’s been nearly 15 years since Yvonne Baldelli's disappearance first made headlines, tragically followed by her dismembered body being discovered in a Panamanian jungle, with the prime suspect being her Marine veteran boyfriend, Brian Brimager. Just 2 months before Yvonne disappeared, the couple had moved to a small Panamanian Island, in what was supposed to be a fresh start for their relationshi...

I have a message for anyone who thinks October 7th was Israel's fault: you are morally corrupt. And that same lie is now being taught in your child's classroom. Three years later, I sat down at the UN with Eliya Cohen, held hostage by Hamas for 505 days, and his wife, Ziv Abud, who survived the massacre. Their story is a victory. But here at home, a new wave of ideology in American schools is rewr...

Your plane is diving, the captain has been stabbed, and your kids are next to you. What would YOU do? Israeli plumber Yaniv Hayun didn't wait. When a co-pilot turned terrorist tried to crash a flydubai jet carrying 174 people, Yaniv put him in a chokehold, dragged him from the cockpit, and helped pull the plane out of a 17,000-foot dive. Dr. Phil explains why situations don't make heroes; they rev...

Screaming soccer moms. Bullied teenage referees. Parents throwing punches at kids' games. Have youth sports parents completely LOST THEIR MINDS? Dr. Phil exposes the ugly side of youth sports, where out-of-control parents drive referees off the field and ruin the games their kids love. Listen to the viral confrontations as referees fight back against abusive parents — and discover why sideline rag...

For years, military pilots have tracked objects that outfly anything we've built, and the government finally concedes they're real ... without saying what they are. Dr. Phil talks to Rep. Eric Burlison, who says he was pulled into a classified briefing describing a successful operation to lure these craft to a desert test range, and Jordan Flowers of the Disclosure Foundation, who says the declass...

This past August, a multi-state settlement was announced, leaving Meta to pay billions of dollars to the 47 states involved. But not every state accepted Meta’s settlement. In fact, Florida Attorney General, James Uthmeier, outright rejected the settlement, and has refused to sign on. Attorney General Uthmeier has called the amount of the settlement, “peanuts” compared to the harm Meta's prof...

Christa Pike survived her own execution. Now Tennessee faces serious questions about what went wrong and whether the state can legally try again. Dr. Phil examines the botched execution, the possible medical failures, the constitutional protections against cruel and unusual punishment, and Governor Bill Lee’s decision to suspend Tennessee executions pending an independent investigation. Pike was c...

Kratom, nicknamed “gas station heroin,” is sold right next to energy drinks at convenience stores and vape shops across America. After two Ole Miss students were found dead near packages of synthetic kratom pills, Dr. Phil gives you the real story: what kratom is, why concentrated 7-OH and synthetic kratom products are so dangerous, and what every parent and college student needs to know. See my p...

A four-part special event where Dr. Phil pulls back the curtain on the online platforms designed to addict, manipulate, and endanger our children, told through the families who paid the price and the experts fighting in, and outside the courtroom, to finally make Big Tech answer for it. In each episode, Dr. Phil will teach parents how to protect their child from the online dangers these platforms...

Predators sit behind keyboards shopping for your child in a store that never closes. Survivors and grieving parents expose the tactics predators use to groom children online, plus learn Dr. Phil gives parents the warning signs to look for. Envoy TV: https://www.envoytv.com/ DeleteMe makes it quick, easy and safe to remove your personal data online: Join Now: https://JoinDeleteMe. Com/PHIL See Priv...

The algorithm on social media is building a file on your child: what holds them, what hooks them, what keeps them from looking away. Families who nearly lost everything show how it hunts the most vulnerable, and Dr. Phil lays out the three rules of how it really works. Envoy TV: https://www.envoytv.com/ DeleteMe makes it quick, easy and safe to remove your personal data online: Join Now: https://J...

The harm isn't a glitch…it's the product working as designed. Families reveal how social media was engineered to addict children and keep parents locked out. Dr. Phil hands parents the checklist to see if their child is hooked. Envoy TV: https://www.envoytv.com/ DeleteMe makes it quick, easy and safe to remove your personal data online: Join Now: https://JoinDeleteMe. Com/PHIL Brought to you by Sl...

Why is Israel ranked the 8th happiest country in the world — despite war, October 7th, and rising antisemitism? In this Oct 7th Anniversary special, we reveal the secret to Israel's happiness in the 2025 World Happiness Report. Based on Gallup data since 2005, not a poll — Israel outranks dozens of peaceful nations. How? It's not about an easy life. It's about a meaningful life. We break down the...

Dr. Phil speaks with Israeli passenger Yaniv Huyan about his quick thinking and courage that helped save Flight 1073 - and the moments that changed everyone on board. Envoy TV: https://www.envoytv.com/ This episode is brought is brought to you by Preserve Gold, call 844-718-2642 or text ASK PHIL to 50505 for your free wealth protection guide. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and Cal...

Every major social media platform has made the same calculated bet: your child's safety is worth less than their bottom line. And not one of them moved until the lawsuits started hitting the stock price. Dr. Phil speaks with a special education teacher whose entire career was built on protecting children ... and who still couldn't protect her own daughter from a predator who found her through...

Dr. Phil is discussing a historic shift in education. Students across the country are being withdrawn from their public schools, and being homeschooled at rates reported to be 3 times higher than before the pandemic, with no slowing down. But an issue some are raising when it comes to homeschooling, is the concern that many states lack oversight, assessments, and regulations that could leave child...

Dr Phil breaks down the rise of AI-generated faith, digital cults, and AI companions that don't just answer you — they mirror you. From chatbots that reinforce any belief to warnings about delusions, loneliness, and mental health, this is The Real Story behind worship in the age of artificial intelligence. What you'll hear: What Spiralism is and how an AI-generated religion signed up 10,000 follow...

Most parents believe sex trafficking happens somewhere else, to other families, other kids, in foreign places, or dark alleyways. That belief is exactly why it keeps happening. Tonight, a survivor whose trafficking began at just eight years old, while she was still living at home. No kidnapping. No running away. No warning signs anyone wanted to see. Her story exposes how exploitation can start qu...