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Popcorn Psychology

Tv & Film

Health & Fitness

Frequency: 1 episode/19d. Total Eps: 140

Three licensed therapists breakdown and analyze popular movies and characters from the perspectives of an individual, child, and a marriage and family therapist.

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🇨🇦 Canada - filmReviews
29/07/2025
#47
🇬🇧 Great Britain - filmReviews
29/07/2025
#35
🇺🇸 USA - filmReviews
29/07/2025
#70
🇫🇷 France - filmReviews
29/07/2025
#23
🇨🇦 Canada - filmReviews
28/07/2025
#23
🇬🇧 Great Britain - filmReviews
28/07/2025
#20
🇺🇸 USA - filmReviews
28/07/2025
#63
🇫🇷 France - filmReviews
28/07/2025
#14
🇫🇷 France - tvAndFilm
28/07/2025
#61
🇨🇦 Canada - filmReviews
27/07/2025
#16

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The Breakfast Club: Parental Influence & Societal Roles w/ Molly McAleer

Season 7 · Episode 8

vendredi 20 septembre 2024 • Duration 02:26:38

[Trigger warning as we discuss domestic violence, parental abuse, suicide, and briefly mention sexual assault]

School is back in session and we are already in detention! But never fear because joining us is a very special guest: Molly McAleer! We break down the five members of The Breakfast Club: Bender, Claire, Andrew, Brian, & Alison. We discuss a variety of topics: parental influence on our sense of self, societal roles, the general misery of adolescence, suicide, familial abuse, and more. Though this episode is almost as long as a Saturday detention, we hope its more insightful and entertaining.

You can find Molly McAleer on her podcasts: Trend Lightly and Mother May I Sleep With Podcast

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Jumanji & Trauma Reactions

Season 7 · Episode 7

mardi 27 août 2024 • Duration 02:08:31

In the jungle you must wait, til the dice read five or eight! We are jumping into the 1995's Jumanji! We will be discussing the four main characters: Alan, Sarah, Judy, & Peter; and how they all demonstrate different reactions to trauma. We cover a variety of topics: selective mutism, pathological lying, identity issues, and arrested development.

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Seinfeld & Festivus: Trauma & Personality Disorders

Season 6

samedi 23 décembre 2023 • Duration 01:13:22

Happy December 23rd! Or how its known in the Costanza household: HAPPY FESTIVUS! Join us as we round out 2023 by getting out our metal poles and discussing the Festivus episode of Seinfeld. We discuss how trauma is represented by George Costanza as well as how Festivus is a holiday made by and for someone with Narcissistic Personality Disorder. We wish you all a happy new year and we hope you all win your family's feats of strength!!

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Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith - Manipulation, Grooming, and Gaslighting LIVE at Chicago Podcasters Unite Festival

Season 2

lundi 13 mai 2019 • Duration 26:55

Have you heard the tragedy of Darth Plagueis the Wise? In this special short LIVE episode we cover Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith and the manipulation and grooming masterfully deployed by Palpatine to turn Anakin Skywalker into Darth Vader. We discuss the specific strategies that master manipulators use to groom their prey and detail how Darth Sidious played the long game in his slow gaslighting of Anakin and helped warp his mind from the Chosen One to the Dark Lord. We also discuss how the failure of the Jedi's communication and training techniques and how failing to tell him the truth helped convert him from hero to villain! Tune in to hear the story of the fall of the Chosen One!

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Avengers Infinity War and Endgame: Examining different responses to Grief and Loss

Season 2

lundi 29 avril 2019 • Duration 01:41:28

SPOILER ALERT!!!! Avengers Assemble and make sure you have your kleenex! In this epsiode we will be discussing the events of Avengers Endgame and Infinity War in full detail so DON"T LISTEN UNTIL YOU ARE READY because this epsidoe is FULL OF SPOILERS! Without giving too much away we will be discsussing how the OG Avengers Hawkeye, Black Widow, Hulk, Thor, Captain America, and Iron Man deal with Grief and Loss in these two epic films!

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The Princess Bride: Grief, Loss, and Revenge Fantasies

Season 2

lundi 8 avril 2019 • Duration 01:29:32

In this episode on Rob Reiner's 80s Classic: The Princess Bride we discuss Grief and loss and the different ways that people react to it. We primarily focus on the presentations of Buttercup, Westley, and Inigo and the different ways in which the deal with losses in their lives. We also discuss the concept of revenge fantasies and how they represent a classic McGuffin that drives many plots, but, in reality rarely works out the way people imagine.

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Harry Potter and Psychology: Years 5 & 6 - PTSD and Personality Disorders

Season 2

lundi 25 mars 2019 • Duration 01:30:47

The wait is over! In the second installment of our Harry Potter series we are discussing The Order of the Phoenix and The Half Blood Prince! This episode will largely focus on youth trauma and the various responses to it in youth as demonstrated by Harry, Luna, and Draco. We will also evaluate the healthiness of the responses to it by the adults in the films and how their use of information (or lack thereof) impacts recovery. We will also discuss the villainous Dolores Umbridge and evaluate whether or not she demonstrated the Dark Triad of Narcissism, Machiavellianism, and psychopathy.

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Heathers: Bullying, Suicide, and Anti-Social Personality Disorder

Season 2

lundi 11 mars 2019 • Duration 01:46:07

Welcome back for Season Two! We are diving into a cult classic that has been requested several times by listeners and covering Heathers. We hit a variety of topics: bullying, Antisocial Personality Disorder, suicide, the effects of parenting, and the struggle of trying to find your identity as an adolescent. We also rip apart the movie’s example of a mental health counselor and provide more appropriate ways for mental health providers to handle crises in school settings.

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Ten Things I Hate About You: Romantic Relationships, Family Relationships, and Adjustment Disorder. A Fan Choice Valentine's Special 2019!

Season 2

lundi 11 février 2019 • Duration 01:42:13

In this special Valentine's Day Episode we discuss the classic Millennial Rom Com 10 Things I Hate About You! We discuss Healthy Relationship development, Teen Social Issues, Adjustment Disorder, Family Systems Issues after a divorce, and boundary setting. Tune in to hear us analyze this modern retelling of Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew and be sure to check our Facebook for a contest about this one!

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Mean Girls: Personality Disorders Live at Women in Podcasting Festival

Season 1

lundi 7 janvier 2019 • Duration 30:35

In this fetch LIVE recording of Popcorn Psychology we debate the Queen of the Plastics: Regina George. Is she a Psychopath? In this episode we debate Antisocial, Histrionic, and Narcissitic traits displayed by Regina George in Mean Girls live from the Otherworld Theater in Chicago at the Women In Podcasting Festival. Tune in to find out what we think Regina's deal is!

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