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Refresher- The Pop Culture Therapy Podcast
Chris Levine uses Pop Culture references to help you to have a better day and to be more positive. The home of the original "Psychology on Vinyl," "Music Videos that Helped Build Generation X" and "The Psychology of Film by a Prop Maker's Son" series. This podcast, while intended to be helpful and encouraging, is for entertainment purposes only. If in need of psychological help, please see an accredited therapist.
Episodes
- Refresher- The Pop Culture Therapy Podcast
Music Videos that Helped Build Generation X- Episode Four
We are entering the 90's on this one.
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Pavlov's Puppies, Part Two
There is more to the story here...and it can help with addiction.
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Music Videos that Helped Build Generation X- Episode Three
The third installment in the series. Enjoy!
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Music Videos that Helped Build Generation X- Episode Two
Wow! You all really liked episode one of this series. I hope you like this one as well.
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Music Videos that Helped Build Generation X- Episode One
The first in a four-part series. On this episode, some of the biggest and most popular are discussed.
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Money and Attraction
Does having money in itself make one more physically attractive? Let's find out.
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Party All the Time with DJ Party Ice
Get down. Get down and pawty.
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It's an Infant Ethical Inferno! Burn, Baby Burn!
Do babies instinctively have ethics? Let's find out, baby!
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Psychology on Vinyl- John Coltrane: "A Love Supreme"
Chris Levine discusses redemption using this iconic record to illustrate.
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Sadly Beautiful- Minor Key Song Psychology
How does the key a song is in change its vibe? Chris Levine discusses.
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AcuFUNKture
This was supposed to be an episode about acupuncture until it got hijacked by some Supermarket Funk! Enjoy.
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The Kitty Genovese Case and Altruism
This episode takes a terrible situation and uses it to help positivity spread, in the name of the victim.
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Psychology on Vinyl- The Clash: "Sandinista!"
Let's check out the psychology behind this complex and varied collection of songs.
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200th Episode Special- Thank you for Letting Me Be Myself Again
We just completed our first 200 episodes. Here is a Behind the Podcast to show what goes into them and how you inspire them.
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Ernest Lee Thomas: A Gen X Unifier
Can TV shows matter? Even fun ones? Yes. Enjoy.
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Refresher- The Pop Culture Therapy Podcast Presents...The Fluoxetine Capades!
Should you take an Anti-Depressant? Let's find out...
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Hating Yoko Ono- Don't You Know That You Can Count Me Out
People love to act like they know public figures, whom they have probably never met, and judging them...forgetting that a person is a person. Chris Levine…
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The Refresher Guesser! Love Advice from 1980's New Romantics
Who's ready to play round two of the Refresher Guesser? You are, Sugar.
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Psychology on Vinyl- The Platters: "Encore of Golden Hits"
Chris Levine delves into some of the most beautiful music ever made.
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The Hedonic Treadmill
Do we have a happy place we revert to? Can this change? Let's see.
Refresher- The Pop Culture Therapy PodcastFor Those About to Rip: Surf and Skateboard Subculture Psychology
These two activities are not just sports to those who love them. How so?
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Turn Me Off, Dead Man.
Take a brief tour of a mind that never stops going and be happy it's not yours.
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Boys DO Cry
What are some of us more sensitive than others? Listen...
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The "One Hit Wonder" is a Glass Half Full
How many hits have you written that are played on the radio? That's what I thought. So be nice.
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Psychology on Vinyl- The Who: Who's Next"
Pete Townshend seems to have been on to something. Chris Levine explains.
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The Hug: A Sensitive Secret Weapon
What all happens during a hug? Chris Levine discusses.
- Refresher- The Pop Culture Therapy Podcast
Pay No Attention to the Man Behind the Curtain
It's easy to round to the nearest charismatic power. Why? Let's find out.
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Pseudo Intellectualism- Follow the Bleeder
Who is smart? Why are they? How are they? Chris Levine discusses.
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1970's Music- It's a Slow Ride After All
Chris Levine discusses a key feature to music of this decade.
- Refresher- The Pop Culture Therapy Podcast
Pet Names- Partners in Potentially Cringy Crime
Why the pet names? Chris Levine explores, baby.
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The Ballad of the Loner
What is a loner? Is this by choice or genetics or circumstances? Chris Levine discusses.
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Laundromats, Sisters...They're Just a Kiss Away
How much does Chris Levine love Laundromats? Let him count the ways.
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Psychology on Vinyl- The Doors: "Strange Days"
Analyze the psychology behind this classic album with Chris Levine.
- Refresher- The Pop Culture Therapy Podcast
The Refresher Guesser- Can't Find My Way Home
It's here!!! Our new trivia segment!!! This time focusing on songs featuring American cities and states. Enjoy!
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Cravings!
Why does what taste good to us taste good to us? Chris Levine discusses.
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Yacht Rock! Peg Wins by a Landslide
Why do songs stay in your head even when you are sleeping? Chris Levine cruises down that highway.
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Sociocultural Theory. Your Move.
We have perspectives. But we also have choices.
- Refresher- The Pop Culture Therapy Podcast
A Public Service Announcement from Refresher
Please listen to this four-minute ad free message and thank you.
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Psychology on Vinyl- Love and Rockets: "Express"
Chris Levine inspects this pre-alternative music classic record from a psychological standpoint.
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Panic on the Streets of Chris Levine
I get it. I promise. You aren't alone with this...
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Talk to Strangers! I mean...just listen to the episode.
Can we benefit by opening up to a stranger? One, of course, who isn't nuts? Let's see.
- Refresher- The Pop Culture Therapy Podcast
Hypersomnia
Chris Levine discusses this sleep abnormality that he knows about far too well.
- Refresher- The Pop Culture Therapy Podcast
The Art of the Beer Commercial
Chris Levine tackles (get it?) the art of the commercial's alcohol companies would like us to respond to.
- Refresher- The Pop Culture Therapy Podcast
Chow Fun!
Fun is so necessary. This is why. Chris Levine discusses.
- Refresher- The Pop Culture Therapy Podcast
Psychology on Vinyl- "Saturday Night Fever"- The Original Movie Soundtrack
What you doing on your back? Check out Chris Levine's all things 1970's rewind from a psychological place on this episode.
- Refresher- The Pop Culture Therapy Podcast
Psychological Reactance- No Fair!!!
Chris Levine covers this phenomenon, be it based on real or perceived injustices.
- Refresher- The Pop Culture Therapy Podcast
Psychology on Vinyl- Bjork: "Post"
Chris Levine delves into this great work from the 1990's from a psychological perspective.
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Pluralize Your Passion
Are we limited in things we can love? Chris Levine discusses on this episode.
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Give The Drummer Some
Can a beat move you like a melody can? Chris Levine discusses.
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Psychology on Vinyl- Roxy Music: "Stranded"
A great record. Chris Levine looks at it from a psychological standpoint.
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Is Having a Soulmate Really a Thing?
Is the phenomenon of soulmates a sound one? Let's see.
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Operant Conditioning
Chris Levine explains how we can be "reinforced" into behavior.
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Psychology on Vinyl- The Grateful Dead: "Blues for Allah"
Chris Levine tackles this multi-faceted gem of a record from a psychological standpoint.
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Psychology on Vinyl- Talking Heads: "Remain in Light"
Chris Levine delves into this classic psychologically and otherwise.
- Refresher- The Pop Culture Therapy Podcast
Impulsivity...But wait! There’s more! Act now and you will get two additional knives for free!
Chris Levine recommends that before making important decisions too quickly, listen to this episode.
Refresher- The Pop Culture Therapy PodcastPsychology on Vinyl- Sleater-Kinney: "All Hands on the Bad One"
Chris Levine taps into the psychology of this album by this amazing band.
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Sleep Tight Beethoven and Leave Tchaikovsky Alone
Chris Levine dives into Classical Music and the benefits of the Mozart Effect.