Personology podcast

Personology

A psychological examination of historically significant lives. We will peek into the minds of our subject to answer, what made them tick? Uncovering the personal motivations that drove their public acts and how those acts in turn changed all our lives.

A psychological examination of historically significant lives. We will peek into the minds of our subject to answer, what made them tick? Uncovering the personal motivations that drove their public acts and how those acts in turn changed all our lives.

 

#23

Abraham Lincoln: The Greatest President and Sufferer of Melancholy

Abraham Lincoln contemplated suicide more than once in his life, he knew suffering and yet... more

29 Mar 2021

51 MINS

51:36

29 Mar 2021


#22

Howard Hughes: A perfectionistic obsession to innovate

Howard Hughes was one of the most financially successful businessmen of all time, an engin... more

22 Mar 2021

51 MINS

51:09

22 Mar 2021


#21

Marilyn Monroe: From Orphan to Iconic Movie Starlet

Marilyn Monroe had a traumatic upbringing, yet marketed herself into one of the worlds mos... more

15 Mar 2021

1 HR 16 MINS

1:16:23

15 Mar 2021


#20

Ernest Hemingway: Hypomania Drove Writing Genius

Ernest Hemingway was one of the most accomplished writers of the 20th century and also one... more

08 Mar 2021

51 MINS

51:32

08 Mar 2021


#19

Lenny Bruce: Laugh Till You Cry

Lenny Bruce invented the genre of satirical comedy against a back drop of depression, subs... more

01 Mar 2021

1 HR 11 MINS

1:11:34

01 Mar 2021


#18

Marie Curie: The Discovery of Radioactivity Through Deep Depression

Marie Curie discovered two elements and radioactivity while enduring deep clinical depress... more

22 Feb 2021

52 MINS

52:39

22 Feb 2021


#17

Matthew Henson: Courageous Discoverer Despite Racism

Matthew Henson is likely the first man to set foot on the north pole due to his deep curio... more

15 Feb 2021

49 MINS

49:20

15 Feb 2021


#16

Muhammad Ali: A Study in How to Become "The Greatest"

Muhammad Ali remains one of the greatest boxers of all time, but he was also a principled ... more

08 Feb 2021

56 MINS

56:35

08 Feb 2021


#15

Henry VIII: When Biology Drives Paranoia and Thereby History

Henry VIII was considered amongst the most charismatic and consequential of Kings, marryin... more

01 Feb 2021

53 MINS

53:27

01 Feb 2021


#14

Amy Winehouse: Painfilled Lyrics Foreshadow Death

Amy Winehouse was a grammy award winning pop, soul and jazz singer whose haunting voice an... more

25 Jan 2021

1 HR 02 MINS

1:02:14

25 Jan 2021


#13

Personology Season 2 Trailer

From Henry VIII to Lenny Bruce to Amy Winehouse, season 2 of Personology will dive into 10... more

19 Jan 2021

01 MINS

01:25

19 Jan 2021


#12

Joe McCarthy - Part 2: When Power Corrupts

Joe McCarthy was a U.S. republican senator from Wisconsin who from the late 1940's through... more

19 Oct 2020

43 MINS

43:35

19 Oct 2020


#11

Joe McCarthy - Part 1: The Power of Personality

At one point Joe McCarthy was amongst the most powerful and dangerous of people, what spec... more

12 Oct 2020

39 MINS

39:00

12 Oct 2020


#10

Adolf Hitler: What makes a malevolent mind?

Adolf Hitler, leader of the Nazi party, dictator in Germany from 1933-1945, initiator of w... more

11 May 2020

56 MINS

56:15

11 May 2020


#9

Martin Luther King Jr: Revolutionary Through Nonviolence

Martin Luther King Junior was an activist, minister and the most visible leader in the Civ... more

04 May 2020

35 MINS

35:40

04 May 2020


#8

John Lennon - Part 2: Joined to Yoko

Decades after his death, John Lennon is still one of the most well-known artists of all ti... more

27 Apr 2020

34 MINS

34:56

27 Apr 2020


#7

John Lennon - Part 1: Composer of Longing

John Lennon was one of the worlds most revered singer songwriters, and peace activists. Hi... more

20 Apr 2020

40 MINS

40:29

20 Apr 2020


#6

Diane Arbus: Evoking freaks

Diane Arbus, a renowned photographer who changed our view of acceptable subject matter wit... more

13 Apr 2020

50 MINS

50:08

13 Apr 2020


#5

Frida Kahlo: When trauma shapes artistic creation

Frida Kahlo is a revolutionary Mexican, feminist, and LGBTQ artist whose devastating traum... more

30 Mar 2020

42 MINS

42:58

30 Mar 2020


#4

Albert Einstein: Inside the Mind of Quirky Genius

Albert Einstein is the theoretical physicist who discovered the theory of relativity and E... more

23 Mar 2020

34 MINS

34:55

23 Mar 2020


#3

Harry Houdini: A Lifetime of Escaping

Harry Houdini, a name synonymous with magic. The innovator of escapism, known the world ov... more

16 Mar 2020

35 MINS

35:45

16 Mar 2020


#2

Vincent Van Gogh: A Portrait of Neuropsychiatric Illness

Vincent Van Gogh is one of the most influential of all post impressionist artists. Known f... more

09 Mar 2020

40 MINS

40:53

09 Mar 2020


#1

Introducing: Personology

A psychological examination of historically significant lives. We will peak into the minds... more

01 Mar 2020

02 MINS

02:05

01 Mar 2020