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For many years, there has been a stereotype that men with liberal beliefs tend to have lower testosterone levels and, as a result of the feminist movement, a declining sperm count. This has led many to assume that these beliefs somehow weaken men, but research is now indicating that these assumptions may not be true. In this podcast, we explore the evidence that suggests that men with liberal views may not e losing their testosterone, and how the feminist movement may or may not be responsible for man's declining sperm count.

The biggest threat to woke ideology and ultra left sensitivity is this next generation of kids. Because they are being fed these ideas as strict rules to follow with negative, punitive consequence, they reject them in total. As the kids in the 1960's rebelled against conformity and the kids from the 1980's rejected religious dogma, the kids today laugh at the frivolous attempt to tell them how to act and what they can and cannot say.

Red pill, Blue pill, Traditional marriage, polyamory, feminism, Jordan Peterson's model: we try to sort out the value in each of these perspectives and the errors in them.

Some say the promise of a road to salvation is lined with dead bodies. Like robots we all make our way toward a life without suffering. None of us are born with discipline, and it has somehow become the new religion. The system is rigged, flawed, and sick. So how do you become someone who fulfills their dreams? These guys propose that it's through delayed gratification and well thought out plans all are destined for salvation.

It is the stuff from dreams and Nightmares! Can people enter psychedelic states without taking drugs? Even the late David Stuckey warns that only a glimpse causes daredevils to recoil. "When you've taken a drug, somewhere you know that you've taken a drug." - says Terence Mckenna. This is original content never been examined before. It is entirely possible that some peoples lives are organically psychedelic beyond the altered states of drugs.

Once known for Hollywood stars, bourbon, and coal; Americans now boast some of the highest rates of loneliness in the world. We examine the three types of loneliness leading to pathology. Some forms of social isolation are easy to deal with, and others appear to be deeply enmeshed in American life. The plague of isolation, boredom, and loneliness predate the pandemic and will likely stay with us for a long time. Loneliness is a signal to act and do something constructive with your life.

Dr Douglass and Dr Thompson discuss the gradual change in human culture towards increasing interpersonal isolation. We talk about how this came about, its negative psychological impacts, and how to change it.

Tesla! The future is Psychology. We don't need self-driving cars, we need automated depression inoculation systems. We need technology informed parenting coaches. The Future looks like autonomous vehicles driving mentally disturbed, suicidal, eternal victims through the streets. While machine intelligence creeps its way closer to quantum processing and verifiable artificial Intelligence, human psychology appears to be headed for institutionalized loss of agency. What do you think is going to happen to the 30% percent of Americans currently showing signs of anxiety and depressive disorders? No scalable treatment exists capable of handling this magnitude of suffering. In this episode, we take a look at the overwhelming volume of psychic distress and speculate as to how we got here. The real frontier is the shy and illusive inner world of human experience. The Future is Psychology. We are going to make it through this truly bizarre period, and the solution might be right around the corner. This is the centennial episode on ETF.

We explore healthy and mature masculinity in contrast to "toxic masculinity." We contrast this with healthy and unhealthy femininity. We talk about the need for people to play out and mature in their aggression and how this is important to mature, health debate and political and ideological discourse in societies.

This is a story about masculinity shaped by strong cultural influence. The guest explains the cost of suppressing emotional vulnerability to survive life's hardships. While it appears possible to cut off the emotions related to ones own suffering, we remain vulnerable to the pain of those closest to you. Dr. Dave continues to map out a comprehensive model of strength and vulnerability removing the stigma of therapy for men.

Fighting Connection: The psychology of post-traumatic growth

Can people break up and actually be friends? We examine the fruits of an accidental break up that looks just like Conscious Uncoupling. It seems only crazy people would end a romantic relationship and still like each other. Let's take a look at the psychology of friendly breakups.

These days you must have a stance on vaccines, gun-control, Ukraine, transgender issues and the economy. And you must hate and shame anyone who has a different stance. How did this happen? Is this okay? Or do we need to escape this prison of partisanism?

Now they've done it! Mass shooters come in 5 types according to these psychologists. The truth is we have no idea how mental illness plays a part in mass shootings. Gun control is one proposed solution. Are there any mass shooters that are not mentally ill?

Retirement, Elephant style. We talk about the American program of life and retirement and how it forces everyone into a selfless, identity-less final chapter of life. We explore ways to break this cycle. We identify the need for Adventure, Community, and Meaning.

We further explore the dynamics of romantic relationships using Johhny and Amber as examples. We talk about the dynamics of jealousy, attachment insecurity, and borderline psychology.

Amber Heard was diagnosed with borderline personality disorder. We are all capable of getting a little borderline but some people slip into this desperate volatile state far too often. Is there a world so disturbed that all people fluctuate in and out of borderline terror and rage?

Dr Thompson & Dr Douglass explore the psychology operating at the roots of Johnny and Amber's relationship. We talk about the human's violent impulse when our attachment needs are threatened, as well as the "king/queen complex" and how power corrupts.

Dr Thompson & Dr Douglass psychoanalyze Will's infamous slap. We talk about the US's strong reaction and why it captivated America. We talk about the relationship between Will and Jada and how that played into it.

Beneath everyone's political opinion lies a deeply personal, emotional psychology. To understand your political leanings, you must understand the unconscious emotional dynamics that were shaped in your childhood. If we are able to free ourselves from the partisan deadlock that is gripping the U.S. and much of the world, we will need to develop "dialectical thinking" which requires a psychologically-based self-awareness.

Meta Dating or dating in the metaverse is not just dating apps on virtual reality steroids. We are potentially for the first time looking at how we date and why we date. Dating in the Metaverse exposes unconscious and conscious limitations in how we think. This looking glass reflects back into the unknown architecture of our very existence.

With each passing year, Americans are having less and less sex. Why is this? We look at sexuality in American culture and explore reasons for our change in sexual behavior and dating. We talk about how sex and relationships have changed across history.

From moral righteousness to feminist outrage, hookup culture gets around. Why is this concept captivating peoples minds and infiltrating bedrooms? We psychologists must know. This actually becomes an examination of male sexual development. Peer pressure often leads to young guys first sexual contact. How does this make room for onset of Hookup Culture? To hookup, or not to hookup: that is the question.

Is the exchange of money for sex a path towards freedom or a window into psychopathy? Sugar babies and sugar dating claim to be an "honest" alternative to conventional relationships. Sugar Daddies might be looking for sex, love, and affection eventually landing in an internet scam for the elderly. Platforms like Seeking Arrangements have a dark side stranger than prostitution. What is the psychic impact of having a short lived career based on selling sex and companionship? Is there really a healthy way to sell sex?

Dr Douglass and Dr Thompson explore the new norm in dating and romantic relationships: the "situationship." We talk about what this term means and why situationships have become so common. We talk about relationships in contemporary times and how we have departed from traditional relationship norms.

Openly expressing sexuality goes beyond the bedroom into voyerisom. Onlyfans provides the platform for women to get praise and money directly from anyone with an account. Explore potential psychiatric reasons for this behavior and see if your psyche can handle the sexology of Onlyfans.

Humans need meaning and direction in life, perhaps more than anything. In modern times, we project this need, unconsciously, on a wide range of things--many of which are not up to the challenge. Many great tragedies have their roots in the human's blind, urgent search for a deeper meaning in life.

We explore this minefield: Unplanned pregnancies, single mothers, the woman's right to choose, dead beat dads, pre-marital sex, children's need for their fathers, the culture of idealizing motherhood. We explore the controversial idea that, like relationships and sex, having a child should require two yes-es, not just one. Abortion, sex, consent, raising children and the culture of blaming men and assuming women are victims and angels--these are the subjects of this conversation.

What is Mass Formation Psychosis? Dr. Malone, Joe Rogan, and some guy from Belgium get deplatformed for talking about it. Two psychologists examine the validity of this phenomenon. Mass formation psychosis is a new term that is not a real diagnosis and has never been used in research. It does clearly point to a real aspect of mob mentality and social psychology.

Is the term trauma being misused or over-used? Is there truth to the saying "if it doesn't kill you it makes you stronger"? Or do we need to avoid trauma at all costs and provide safe, sensitive healing to people's trauma? Dr Thompson defines trauma and differentiates it from difficult experiences that make a person stronger.

Psychologists Thompson and Douglass explore the psychology behind dating and attraction. They talk about being "creepy" and it's relation to the powerful male need for sex and sexual affirmation. The talk about the subtle qualities of being attractive and the catch 22 of showing one's desperate needs as repulsive to women.

Why do families fight at Christmas? Why do people get depressed? Psychologists Dr Douglass and Dr Thompson explore the psychology behind the Christmas tradition. What is happening in our culture around Christmas? Why is it such a powerful tradition? We identify similarities between Christmas and fantasies of romance or fantasies of transcendence. What is the best thing to teach kids about Santa Claus?

We explore the underlying emotional/psychological trends in most romantic relationships. We identify the common pitfalls in relationships and marriage. We identify alternative possibilities for love, sex and marriage. We discuss the pros and cons of monogamy, polyamory, nonmonogamy, serial monogamy, and casual dating.

Its like a new drug and the addicts can be seen trapped in Selfie. Body positivity and forms of self acceptance battle the need to look like a model. Mere mortals live in anxiety laden habitats. One navigates this terrain with bent spine kneeling for a new god.

Heroes inspire us. They soar to great heights and fill us with hope for transcendence. Then they crest, and dive, and crash ...and our tabloids rush to the scene to show pictures of their fabulous demise. America ravenously watches the rise and the fall. We can't get enough. In this video we explore the psychology behind this archetypal American story.

We talk about the explosion of fitness obsession in American over the last 20 years. We analyze the psychology behind this and we explore the healthy, and perhaps not so healthy roots of the drive to achieve fitness goals.

Humans are guided by stars. In ancient times, stars were the gods. Eventually they were replaced by religion. The wise men were guided to Jesus by the stars. Religion was replaced by great thinkers. Eventually George Washington and John Rockefeller were the new idols. In the 20th century our new gods/leaders became the stars of Hollywood.

Psychologists Dr. Puran Douglass and Dr. David Thompson explore the emotional and psychological reason why fighting and romantic relationships are inextricably linked.

Racism and Woke-ism seem like opposites, but the psychology behind them is the same. In this video we dig into the psychological roots of racism, the woke movement, and the charged atmosphere of us vs them in Covid-era America. Why does everyone seem on edge? Where is all the judgment, righteousness and hatred coming from?

Dr Thompson and Dr Douglass define midlife crisis and explore the psychological roots of it. We discuss the life path that results in what has come to be called midlife crisis. We dispel the myth that it's an irrational chapter in a man's life where he wants to buy a sports car and have an affair.

Two therapists explore why some people are crushed by trauma while others find a way to survive and even thrive. Some people respond to trauma with creativity and spirituality. We identify the keys to growing through trauma. We touch on relationships, art, creativity, and spirituality.

We talk about the psychology of America that allowed the country to expand and rise to historically monumental wealth and luxury. We talk about how passionate work has led to wealth but how wealth has in turn led to a loss of passionate work ethic. Has America become oversensitive and soft?

In a post-feminist culture, many women claim to want more gentle, kind, androgynous men. But the saying "nice guys finish last" won't go away for a reason. Do women want nice guys? Or strong, assertive, "alpha males"? We explore this cultural conflict and examine the psychology of women and the psychology of attraction. We examine the manosphere and its place in this debate.

Depth Psychology involves the exploration of the deeper realms of the human psyche. Typical therapy tries to change thoughts and behaviors through conscious intention or using techniques. The deeper roots of human psychology can't be accessed in this way. To make deep and lasting change, the patient and therapist must be open to going into deeper, more mysterious realms of human consciousness. These realms are foreign to our culture's typical mindset and thus we avoid going here. In this video Dr. Thompson and Dr. Douglass talk about this type of psychotherapy.

Men hide their vulnerability. Do they need sensitive emotional nurturing despite the tough front they present? Do men get shamed in our culture if they express vulnerable needs? Is that why they hide their emotional needs? Does our culture scare men away from feeling and expressing their need for support, love, encouragement, affection? Is this why men often end up toxic? What is toxic masculinity? These are the questions we explore in this video.

We discuss the highly charged topics of gender and race in reference to sexuality and relationships. How have cultural and historical trends in gender and race interactions influenced sexuality and sexual relations in our time? Is sexuality influenced by race and gender? We discuss kinky sex impulses, and how creativity, freedom, and safety in sexuality can be therapeutic.

We examine the common pattern of sexual rejection in relationships, as well as the phenomenon of chronic sexual rejection for singles. We talk about the horrible consequences of this growing cultural phenomenon. We explore the psychology behind this pattern and ways to avoid it.

We explore how sex has been defined and confined in our culture and how women are taught to repress and disconnect from their sexuality.

Explore the psychology behind marriage and divorce. Why do we fall in love and why does love fade. What does the couples therapist face. How can love last? How can marriage last. Why do couples get divorced. Dr Douglass and Dr Thompson explore these questions and share personal experiences.

Times have changed and so have relationships. The old model of romantic relationships is rapidly deteriorating. Humans grow and evolve; our relationships must do the same. Dating, the honeymoon period, long term partnerships, and break-ups--these are all part of the natural cycle of relationships. Doctors Thompson and Douglass explore the psychology behind the relationship patterns in the 21st century.

psychologists walk through downtown Minneapolis exploring the nature of human consciousness expressed through unconventional paths. The banker and cardiologist might find themselves exploring drug induced altered states. So the story is told.