In this episode we discuss aliens. Does alien life exist somewhere else in the universe? Or is it...already...here... We each talk about our own beliefs and then discuss three different alien encounters. Was Da Vinci really an alien? If you get abducted eleven times, is the twelfth one free? And does one mysterious Redditor have the truth? Listen a…

In this episode, we discuss the M Night Shyamalan movie Old. Listen as we try to make sense of this bizarre movie, and feel ourselves age twenty years in the process. The movie has exactly 50% on Rotten Tomatoes, which we use as a flawless segue into discussing how we feel about Rotten Tomatoes in general. Is it a good thing? Should you look up a r…

In this episode we welcome Dr. Carlo Umiltà, a professor of neuroscience at the University of Padova. Dr. Umiltà also has a condition known as amusia, which causes music to sound like noise. What is it like to live without music? How does one take part in a musical while being unable to hear music? How does this affect his appreciation of movies? D…

In this episode we welcome Magic: The Gathering artist Adam Paquette! What is it like to paint for the game? What is he currently working on? Are players wizards or planeswalkers? What can the colours in Magic tell us about our current political climate? Will Liam solve the hardest equation in the history of the podcast? Does North West Kardashian …

'Twas the night before Christmas when all through the web, Not a podcast was published, not even one ep. When over by the bed, my phone gave a shout, The Doctor, Italian and Madman had a new episode out... In this bonus episode we discuss the present, in its various forms. Then we exchange gifts, trying to guess what the other two gave us, using (s…

Do humans have free will? Will you decide to listen to this episode of your own accord? Or are we just passengers along for the ride. We tackle these questions before testing out free will in a game of "Would you Rather?" including difficult choices like: Would you rather lose The Beatles or The Rolling Stones from history? Would you rather only be…

What is a conspiracy theory? What makes them so captivating? Can Alberto tell which conspiracy theories Liam and David just made up? Did dinosaurs build the pyramids? Is Frozen just search engine optimization? We answer none to some of these questions in this episode! --- Links to resources mentioned in the show. Review article on the psychology of…

What makes a movie a Halloween classic? What separates "Horror" from "Halloween Horror"? Coziness? Pumpkins? Tim Burton? Join us and discover what spooky connections the PSYCHOlinguistic doctor will make, what an Italian does during this pagan tradition, and what a madman concocts for this spooky and strange time of year!…