The Psychology of Almost Everything

Episode 14 - The Psychology of Performance Analysis

Performance Analysis. What is it, and does it work? The psychologists talk to Richard Handyside who lectures on the subject at Birmingham City University.

Episode 13 - The Psychology of Policing: Part II

Retired Police Inspector Clive reflects on his time with the Major Incident Unit. He also tells Stewart and Peter how the police classify murders and how he and his team went about solving them.

Episode 12 - The Psychology of Policing: Part I

Peter and Stewart interview Clive, a retired "real life" Inspector Morse. Here in Part 1 Clive tells them why he joined the police and how, over the years, he moved from arresting car thieves to working on the Drugs Squad.

Episode 11 - The Psychology of the Parole Board

Parole Board Member and Panel Chair Ian Clewlow talks to Stewart and Peter about the Parole Board: how it operates, how effective it is, and how he believes it could be improved.

Episode 10 - The Psychology of Dreams

We all sleep and we all dream. Psychoanalyst Dr Anne Patterson tells Stewart and Peter how psychoanalysis helps us to make sense of our nightly unconscious world.

Episode 9 - Health Psychology

Physical Health Psychology: Consultant Clinical Psychologist Elspeth Desert talks to Peter and Stewart about how psychological therapies can help people with cancer, pain and other physical health problems.

Episode 8 - An Introduction to Psychoanalysis

Consultant Psychiatrist and Psychoanalyst Dr Anne Patterson talks to the psychologists about the basic principles and techniques of psychoanalysis. 

Episode 7 - The Psychology of Acting Part II

Peter and Stewart delve further into the psychology of performing with American actor Lance Fuller.
 

Episode 6 - Addictions

Have you ever worried that you or someone you love may be drinking too much? Or that you might be addicted to something? In this episode Peter and Stewart speak candidly to Dr Jenny Svandberg, Consultant Clinical Psychologist and author of ’The Psychology of Addiction’.
 

Episode 5 - The psychology of acting

Actor and author Michael Simkins joins Stewart and Peter for an amusing and insightful chat about his experiences.
Episode 5 is for anyone who has ever wondered how actors manage to immerse themselves into a role. We ask Michael Simkins how he prepares? Does he stay in role when he’s no longer on set? How do his methods compare to the ones psychologists use to understand personality?