Category: Psychology

Changing Minds Owen Fitzpatrick

How to manage your mental health

10 Aug 2026

"Reality is a brain-curated 'broadcast' shaped by mood, filtering experiences into personal narratives; the podcast offers tools like the 'Four M's' (mood modulation, metacognition, mindset, meaning) to reframe perception, combat mental health struggles, and empower individuals to choose their role in life."

Changing Minds Owen Fitzpatrick

Maybe no one went crazy. It's your brain.

27 Jul 2026

"Explores how naive realism, language, cognitive dissonance, and emotional biases distort perception, emphasizing the dangers of overconfidence, AI manipulation, and confirmation bias while advocating for humility and critical thinking."

Changing Minds Owen Fitzpatrick

How storytelling secretly rewires your beliefs

20 Jul 2026

"Fictional narratives, like WWII propagandist Sefton Delmer's 'Der Chef,' and personal storytelling shape beliefs by prioritizing emotional engagement over accuracy, but reframing these narratives can foster growth and constructive perspectives."

Changing Minds Owen Fitzpatrick

How logic betrays the people who trust it

13 Jul 2026

Recommended: Go beyond your biases

"Explores how cognitive biases distort reasoning, using historical examples, and offers strategies to improve critical thinking and argumentation by questioning assumptions and embracing discomfort."

Changing Minds Owen Fitzpatrick

The neuroscience of giving and donating with Cherian Koshy

6 Jul 2026

Generosity as an active assertion of agency shapes identity and values through emotionally aligned, friction-reducing fundraising strategies that prioritize donor collaboration, authentic impact, and neuroscience-informed narratives over performative altruism.

Changing Minds Owen Fitzpatrick

Why most culture change fails (And what works)

29 Jun 2026

Organizational culture is defined by consistent behaviors and shared stories, not mission statements, and requires reinforcing desired actions, aligning incentives, and reshaping narratives to overcome resistance and build sustainable identity through lived experiences rather than rhetoric or policies.

Changing Minds Owen Fitzpatrick

You don't find meaning from life. You build it

22 Jun 2026

The text reframes meaning as a self-created narrative through active purpose assignment, leveraging Victor Frankl's logotherapy to transform adversity into growth via sacred values, empathy, and self-reflection, while emphasizing practical applications like aligning decisions with core values and redefining self-perception.

The Michael Shermer Show

Massimo Pigliucci on Doubt, Moral Courage, and Living Without Illusions

20 Jun 2026

The text examines ancient philosophies like Epicureanism and Stoicism, critiques New Atheism's societal influence, challenges deontological and utilitarian ethics, advocates for virtue ethics centered on character and intention, and explores moral dilemmas, secular humanism's limits, empathy, free will, and the interplay between individual and global ethics.