William Hitchcock tells Jim Fleming that Europe is divided in its attitudes towards America and that the wariness goes back to the Second World War.
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2010 was a great year for documentaries, even if they weren't actually documentaries.
Maybe the first step to beginning again is taking the time to remember - and, if necessary, mourn - what’s past.
Shortly after 9/11/01, Ilana Harlow talked about how creative rituals can help us.
In Super Senses, psychiatrist Bessel van der Kolk talked about how trauma disrupts people's relationship with their body. This extended interview includes more on studies into how trauma rewires the brain, and how yoga can help people heal.
Rolf De Heer talks about the experience of collaborating with the aboriginal people of Ramingining and how extraordinary the process was.
Steven Pinker tells Steve Paulson that parents don’t really have much to do with shaping their children’s personalities.
In many cultures, people use pain as a means of coming closer to God.
Ariel Glucklich talks with Jim Fleming about the history and psychology behind the practices.
There's a short story about a guy who's so afraid of other people reading his mind that he wears a tin foil hat to protect his thoughts. The tin foil part is crazy, but protecting your mind is maybe not such a bad idea. Academic psychologist Rob Brotherton says there are certain psychological traits that predispose people to believe in conspiracy theories. For example, there's an experiment done by a group of psychologists in Amsterdam. It involves a group of subjects and a messy desk.
FIND OUT HOW LIKELY YOU ARE TO BELIEVE IN CONSPIRACY THEORIES BY TAKING ROB'S QUIZ.
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