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The Curious Introvert

Meredith Hackwith Edwards

A weekly podcast covering societal taboos & cultural blind spots. Join host Meredith Hackwith Edwards as she deep dives with curiosity & nuance into philosophy, society & culture with expert guests.

Episodes frequently feature philosophers, researchers, historians & journalists.

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370 episodes

  1. Ep. 369: Is Meditation the On-Ramp to Psi? EEG Scans of Mediums & Meditators 57:57
  2. Ep. 368: Should Sex Ed be Taught in Schools? 42:58
  3. Ep. 367: What if We Could Understand Animal Language? 52:28
  4. Ep. 366: Baby $ Bonuses: Should Governments BRIBE You to Have Kids? 48:36
  5. Ep. 365: Why Do Disney Adults Give Us the Ick? 47:04
  6. Ep. 364: Are Your Shoes Bad for Your Brain? Walking, Foot Health & the Lie of 10K Steps 1:04:34
  7. Ep. 363: Are Political Parties Just Cults?! [REMASTERED] 46:01
  8. Ep. 362: Alcohol Advice Keeps Changing. What Are We Supposed to Believe? 51:04
  9. Ep. 361: Is Racism Reversible? From a Black Man Who Goes to KKK Rallies [REMASTERED] 57:15
  10. Ep. 360: FETISHES: Why We Hide What Turns Us On (& Questions You’re Too Embarrassed to Ask) 1:05:19
  11. Ep. 359: Is Individualism Holding Us Back?? Cowboys & the Prison of Privacy [REMASTERED] 46:59
  12. Ep. 358: California Homelessness: Lost Cause? [REMASTERED] 48:33
  13. Ep. 357: Nutritional Psychiatry? Stopping Symptoms Through Eating! [REMASTERED] 49:12
  14. Ep. 356 If Aliens are Real, Why Does No One Care? [REMASTERED] 47:21
  15. Ep. 355: Should We be Protected from Uninformed Voters? [REMASTERED] 40:21
  16. Ep. 354: Is Your Cortisol Lying to You? Burnout, “Normal” Labs & Vagus Nerve 58:26
  17. Ep. 353: Recycling: Have We been SCAMMED?! 57:15
  18. Ep. 352: Is Ambition Anti-Happiness? Former Facebook Employee Shares [REMASTERED] 45:20
  19. Ep. 351: Corruption in Healthcare: Industry Insider Exposes Commercial Incentives [REMASTERED] 48:41
  20. Ep. 350: Are We Rehabilitating Criminals … or Just Recycling Them? 1:08:57
  21. Ep. 349: Hot Car Infant Deaths: Just Bad Parents? [REMASTERED] 54:58
  22. Ep. 348: Are Your Breast Implants Making You Sick? (What they don’t tell you) 1:05:56
  23. Ep. 347: Trigger Warnings: Making us Fragile or Helping us Heal? [REMASTERED] 46:21
  24. Ep. 346: Could your spit predict CANCER? Testing & Warning Signs with an Oral Microbiome Expert! 44:31
  25. Ep. 345: Is Premarital Sex Bad? [REMASTERED] 37:29
  26. Ep. 344: Lucid Dreams & OBEs: One Researches. The Other Explores it First Hand. 1:11:40
  27. Ep. 343: Developing Psychic Abilities in a World on Fire (is this really that important?) 53:55
  28. Ep. 342: The Cult That Sold Orgasms 1:07:28
  29. Ep. 341: Lost at Sea at 16: Killer Whales & Courage [REMASTERED] 42:00
  30. Ep. 340: Funerals in America: Status FOR SALE? 51:03
  31. Ep. 339: Cannibalism – Communion to Placenta – Where Do We Draw the Line? [REMASTERED] 23:58
  32. Ep. 338: COMMON GROUND: AI Grief Bots - Solving Grief or Distorting it? 1:16:03
  33. Ep. 337: Can a Sexless Marriage Survive? [REMASTERED] 1:03:34
  34. Ep. 336: Prescription NAPS??! Toddler Protocol for High Achievers 50:11
  35. ANNOUNCEMENT! New name & logo 1:47
  36. Ep. 335: Anxiety: Where does it come from & what do we do with it?? [REMASTERED] 49:50
  37. Ep. 334: Football: Are We Cheering for Brain Trauma? 44:32
  38. Ep. 333: Does Age = Pain? How to NOT Age Like Everyone Else! 48:13
  39. Ep. 332: The Cult Origins of Teen Rehab: How are these places still open?? 55:56
  40. Ep. 331: Disentangling Faith from Religious Trauma [REMASTERED] 36:38
  41. Ep. 330: Is Your Happiness Being Politicized? [REMASTERED] 36:29
  42. Ep. 329: Antique Vibrator Museum: Bees, Buffalos & Stigma [REMASTERED] 31:46
  43. Ep. 328: What If It’s Not in Your Head? Mold Illness & Medical Blind Spots 52:46
  44. Ep. 327: He Ate His Own Foot!? Grief, Friendship & Foot Tacos [REMASTERED] 15:51
  45. Ep. 326: Retired at 29: Why & How? [REMASTERED] 53:25
  46. Ep. 325: Is Chaos Your Comfort Zone? Stress Addiction & How to Break the Cycle 1:02:37
  47. Ep. 324: The Hoarder Within Us: The Psychology of Our Stuff [REMASTERED] 33:29
  48. Ep. 323: The Psychology of Arguing on the Internet: Can you ACTUALLY change someone’s mind? 1:09:16
  49. Ep. 322: Early Sobriety: Can You Keep Your Friends? [REMASTERED] 44:35
  50. Ep. 321: Relationship Boundaries: NIGHTMARES, Ultimatums & Inner Demons 48:51