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Psychiatrist analyzing how cultural trends and modern therapy incentivize dysfunction. hannahspier.substack.com
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#98. They Feel Sorry for Elizabeth Holmes. Here's What They Miss
Elizabeth Holmes was convicted of deliberately deceiving investors. Why is the conversation now about feeling sorry for her? Her new documentary, You Can See…
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#97. Why Women VOTE the Way They Do
Are women's political choices driven by too much empathy—or by the pressure to agree with the group? If empathy explains their politics, why can it disappear…
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#96. Why Men Are Condemned Before the Evidence Is In | Janice Fiamengo, James Nuzzo and Tom Golden
Even Republican women blame men for the challenges women face. Tom Golden presents survey data suggesting that this attitude reaches across political parties…
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#95. Why Female Psychopaths Are So Hard to Recognize
I'm joined by Dr Fiona Girkin, a researcher specialising in female psychopathy and dark personality traits, whose doctoral research examined workplace bullying…
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#94. She Said It Was Consensual. Then They Called It Trauma.
The Cornell 7 case has become about much more than what happened that night. Jane Doe's lawyer says her behavior afterward — including initially describing the…
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#93. The Cornell 7: How This Happened.
The Cornell 7 case raises a bigger question: is there any moral category left between "illegal" and "good"? Listen ad-free by subscribing on Substack…
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#92. How to Cure a Feminist
What does it actually take to "cure" feminism? In this episode, I look at why grievance-based feminism is psychologically attractive, why facts alone rarely…
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#91. Women Are Getting Angrier. Here's Why.
Female rage is increasingly being reframed as something righteous, therapeutic, even healthy. This is how we have taught women that their anger is not…
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#90. Why Evidence Wasn't Enough for the Lindsay Clancy Jurors
In this episode, I look at the Lindsay Clancy juror interviews and the psychology behind how the jury processed the case. Why did evidence of psychosis seem…
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#89. Why Powerful Men Fall for Borderline Women
Evolutionary psychologist Edward Dutton joins me to discuss his new book Borderline Genius, Borderline Insane and we ask the question: have women with…
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#88. Their Surrogate Refused to Abort. Now They're Suing Her.
McKenna West agreed to carry a baby for a California couple for around $60,000. When the baby was diagnosed with a serious heart condition, the genetic parents…
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#87. The New Feminist Buzzwords You Need to Know
Hannah is joined by returning guests: Janice Fiamengo, author of "The Goddess That Failed" Tom Golden, host of the "Men Are Good" podcast, and Jim Nuzzo author…
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#86. When "Silent Suffering" Turns Into Manipulation
In this episode, I examine the growing Quiet BPD narrative and the behaviors being described as internalized—from withdrawing and ghosting to relationship…
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#85. Why We Want Lindsay Clancy to Be the Victim
The Lindsay Clancy case has become a story about postpartum psychosis, psychiatric medication and a healthcare system that supposedly failed a struggling…
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#84. Why Women Are Really Angry at Voice Memo Guy
Check out our sponsor: Get 15% off OneSkin with the code HANNAH at https://www.oneskin.co/HANNAH A viral voice memo has everyone arguing about timing, pressure…
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#83. How We Trained Girls For Conflict
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#82. The Dark Psychology Behind "High Value" Women
"High-value woman" dating advice promises better men, stronger boundaries and a softer life.A new manifestation of feminism. But much of it is really a guide…
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#81. How Women Use Mental Health to Avoid Growing Up
How did ordinary adulthood become evidence of psychiatric suffering? What's the real attraction? In this episode, I react to young women presenting normal…
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80. Why So Many Young Women Suddenly Have "Alters"
Dissociation is a real and measurable psychological phenomenon—but does that validate dissociative identity disorder as it is commonly portrayed online and…
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#79. Why We Pretend Women Aren't Violent
SPONSOR: Get 15% off OneSkin with the code HANNAH at https://www.oneskin.co/HANNAH In this episode, we look at the Mackenzie Shirilla case as a starting point…
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#78. Why Men are GIving Up on Modern Women
Modern dating has become increasingly expensive for men — not only financially, but emotionally, socially, and psychologically. In this episode, I look at the…
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#77. The Glorification of Feminist Violence
Get 15% off OneSkin with the code HANNAH at https://www.oneskin.co/HANNAH #oneskinpod On June 3, 1968, Valerie Solanas walked into Andy Warhol's studio and…
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76. Why Therapy Protects the Pathological Female
Most treatments for Borderline Personality Disorder focus on emotional dysregulation. The goal is to reduce distress, self-harm, anxiety, and crises. But that…
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#73. Psychopath or Sociopath? Reacting to Dr. Ramani and Her Anti-Male Bias
What is the real difference between a psychopath, a sociopath, and antisocial personality disorder? In this episode, I respond to Dr. Ramani's claim that…
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#74. How to Recognize Female Narcissism
In this episode, I break down the red flags of narcissism in women and why female narcissism is often much harder to recognize than male narcissism. Women are…
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#75. Does Motherhood Make Women Sick?
Postpartum depression is real, and in some cases it can be severe and even dangerous. Mothers who are struggling deserve compassion, support, and proper care…
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#72. Is Feminism an Intrasexual Competitive Strategy? | Dr Dani Sulikowski
Is feminism really a movement for equality or could it be something else entirely? Evolutionary psychologist Dr Dani Sulikowski joins me to discuss if feminism…
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#71. The 3 Mechanisms Behind Female Grievance
In this episode, I look at the mechanisms behind female grievance culture: externalizing blame, turning victimhood into identity, and rewarding antagonism…
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#70. How Feminism Changed Women's Psychological Makeup
For decades, feminist literature has claimed that feminist identification is associated with better psychological well-being in women. But what exactly was…
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#69. Preventing the Pathological Female and the Role Feminism Played
Prevention matters because once these patterns are learned, they are extremely difficult to undo. I am not convinced we can confidently call them curable. This…
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#68. This Therapy Teaches You How To Manipulate
At first, Dialectical Behavioural Therapy sounds like good therapy: calm tone, validation, "skills," the language of care. But if you look closely, something…
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#67. Borderline vs Vulnerable Narcissism: A Diagnostic Walk-Through of Taylor Frankie Paul
What if borderline and vulnerable narcissism are the same traits—just executed differently? Using a real case, I break down the strategy behind. Want ad-free…
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#66. How Borderline Traits Develop and Why They're Increasing Now
Borderline Personality Disorder is usually framed as the result of trauma: a broken attachment system, a damaged patient reacting to early wounds. This is…
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#65. What Louis Theroux Refused to Show About the Manosphere | Janice Fiamengo, Tom Golden & James Nuzzo
What was presented as an investigation into the subculture of the "Manosphere" felt like something else entirely. In this panel discussion, I'm joined by…
Psychobabble#64. Is Borderline Personality Caused by Trauma?
Borderline Personality Disorder is routinely explained as trauma response. In this episode, I look at the evidence behind that assumption. It matters because…
Psychobabble#63. How to Screen for Borderline Traits
This isn't about calling women "crazy." It's about recognizing the strategy behind the "aura" and the patterns of behavior that society often fails to warn men…
Psychobabble#62. Borderline: The Female Version of Antisocial
Are we misdiagnosing female predators as "patients"?In this video, I explore a provocative but clinically grounded theory: that Borderline Personality Disorder…
Psychobabble#61. Challenging the 'ADHD Was Always There' Narrative
ADHD did not expand by accident.In some U.S. states, nearly 1 in 5 boys have been diagnosed. Adult diagnoses continue to rise. The standard explanation is…
Psychobabble#60. The ADHD Surge Adult Women
ADHD is officially classified as a neurodevelopmental disorder: a lifelong brain condition said to be present from birth. But despite decades of research…
Psychobabble#59. Girl Rotting, Heterofatalism & "Decentering Men"
I am joined by Janice Fiamengo, Tom Golden, and James Nuzzo to analyze a "folder of awful" containing various feminist buzzwords and social media trends…
Psychobabble#58. Dissecting the 4 Major Obesity Delusions
Obesity is increasingly explained through hormones, genetics, metabolism, and microbiomes. These explanations sound compassionate, scientific, and…
Psychobabble#57. Psychiatry Made the Bipolar Child Inevitable
To question a diagnosis today is to trigger a moral reaction.In contemporary psychiatry, diagnostic categories no longer function merely as clinical tools…
Psychobabble#56. How Borderline Was Rebranded as Bipolar
I explain how traits once understood as borderline pathology were gradually laundered into bipolar disorder — through expanding criteria, rapid cycling, and…
Psychobabble#55. When Dark Traits Drive Paternal Alienation
Most so-called "high conflict" divorces are not what people think they are. The term suggests two volatile adults locked in mutual chaos. But in a significant…
Psychobabble#54. Why Women Get Away With Narcissism (3 Patterns You'll Recognize)
In this video, I walk through three everyday patterns in which narcissistic traits are reframed as vulnerability, self-awareness, or moral superiority and…
Psychobabble#53. AuDHD: When Psychiatry Becomes Customer Service
Therapists can't say no to women, psychiatry won't protect its categories, and TikTok has turned serious disorders into identity accessories.In this video, I…
Psychobabble#52 The Survival Guide for Dealing with Cluster B and Borderline Women
This episode sits very deliberately at the "how do I deal with this?" level. It's for people who find themselves repeatedly destabilised in relationships…
PsychobabbleThe Most Unhinged Feminist Comments on Reddit (Game Show Edition)
Welcome to the Psychobabble Christmas Special — and to the most dangerous game on the internet: Can You Think Like a Feminist? I brought three of my favorite…
PsychobabbleFemale Luxury Beliefs with Rob Henderson
In this episode I speak with Rob Henderson author of Troubled and originator of the concept luxury beliefs: ideas that raise the status of the elites while…
PsychobabbleThe Rise of the Pathological Female
A cultural and clinical blind spot: the rise of female-coded Cluster B traits. Why do so many go undiagnosed? Why has misbehavior been rebranded as "trauma"?…
PsychobabbleFeminism's Buzzwords: How Women's Studies Rewrote Reality
In this episode, we trace the evolution of Women's Studies — the ideological factory floor where feminist theory manufactures its ever-expanding vocabulary…
PsychobabbleFeminist Buzzwords: The Conversation Continues and We Test Our Internalized Misogyny
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit hannahspier.substack.com In this bonus segment for Psychobabble Insiders, we continue our…
PsychobabbleHow Therapy Culture Is Destroying Families
One in four American adults is now estranged from their parents, and most aren't cutting contact over abuse, but ideology. In this conversation with Noelle…
PsychobabbleWokeism as an Adaptation: Ideology, Intelligence, and the Fate of Europe
In this Psychobabble episode with Edward Dutton, we explore how left-wing narratives manifest in mental health issues, and why wokeism may function as an…
PsychobabbleStill Selling Feminism: Our Response to Diary of a CEO
In this special joint episode of Psychobabble and Men Are Good, Tom Golden, Janice Fiamengo, and I take on The Diary of a CEO's viral "feminism debate"…
PsychobabblePsychology's Leftward Drift with Dr. J.D. Haltigan
In this episode of Psychobabble, I sit down with developmental psychologist Dr. J.D. Haltigan to talk about his personal experiencees and observations of how…
PsychobabbleHow Cluster B Traits Took Over Our Culture
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit hannahspier.substack.com In the extended, members-only segment, we get to the heart of what's at…
PsychobabbleMankeeping: The Latest Academic Attack on Men
In this episode, James Nuzzo returns to dissect the bizarre new concept of "mankeeping." A term born in academia and quickly adopted on social media to frame…
PsychobabbleAutism: From Disorder to Sacred Identity
In this episode of Psychobabble, we take a scalpel to the modern autism diagnosis, tracing its dramatic expansion from a severe childhood disorder to a…
PsychobabbleAutism Therapy Controversies and the MMR Vaccine Debate
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit hannahspier.substack.com Let's continue our journey into Autism and break down what proper…