Freudian Sips

110. Parental Advisory

08 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

This week, the ‘mother-daughter’ part of this podcast becomes even more relevant as Anna and Bonnie talk about parenting styles. They explain the ...

109. B(ox) F(anatic) Skinner

25 Jan 2023

Contributed by Lukas

This week, the gals are talking about the father of operant conditioning, BF Skinner. Since he was a pretty firm atheist who didn’t believe in all t...

108. Purposefully Vague

11 Jan 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Values. Goals. Meaning. It’s all part of the word cloud about ‘purpose’ that Anna and Bonnie are making to start off the new year. They talk a l...

107. Must be the Season of the Glitch

19 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

You didn’t think the gals forgot Spooktober, did you? Well, buckle up for a bunch of tricks and treats, because this week, Anna and Bonnie are talki...

106. Beck's a Busy Bee

07 Sep 2022

Contributed by Lukas

This week, Anna and Bonnie talk about the father of cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), Dr. Aaron Beck. As always, Anna talks about Aaron’s life and...

105. Booger Defense Mechanisms

03 Aug 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Fighting through low energy and even lower focus, the girls try to talk this week about a few personality assessments. Bonnie talks about the Big Five...

104. Facing the Music

20 Jul 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Hot take, guys: music is pretty cool. This week, Bonnie and Anna unpack all the different ways music affects the brain, how it gives us lots of feel-g...

103. A Tangled Web of Balls

06 Jul 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Bonnie and Anna have this tangled ball of Christmas lights that someone left in their office, but it’s also emotions? This week, they’re chatting ...

102. It's Pronounced Horn-Eye

08 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

This week, the gals are talking about Karen Horney, a Neo-Freudian who fought back against some of Freud’s wackier ideas and ended up influencing a ...

101. A Cluster of B's

04 May 2022

Contributed by Lukas

In light of the Depp v. Heard trial that’s making headlines, the gals are exploring some relevant personality disorders: borderline and histrionic. ...

100. Freud Forever

06 Apr 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Happy hundred episodes, Sipsters! Bonnie and Anna reflect on their three years (!) in podcasting and the hundred episodes since, including talking abo...

Episode 99: Keep Goghing

16 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Armed with an extremely potent Starry Night shot, the girls are talking this week about Vincent van Gogh, perhaps one of the most famous artists of al...

Episode 98: A Bundle of Love

16 Feb 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Happy Valentine’s week! In honor of the holiday, Anna and Bonnie are talking about love, of course. Bonnie talks about the eight types of love from ...

Episode 97: Tickling Schizophrenia

02 Feb 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Don't worry, Sipsters, this episode is NOT an auditory hallucination! Or is it? It's not, but Anna does have a cold, and Bonnie is on the moon! Figura...

Episode 96: The Quick and Nasty Quiz

19 Jan 2022

Contributed by Lukas

To start off the new year, Anna is subjecting Bonnie to a quiz! First they talk about various personality tests and assessments they’ve already cove...

Episode 95: Sexy Manatees

15 Dec 2021

Contributed by Lukas

For their final episode of 2021, and to follow up on their episode about narrative therapy, the gals are talking about role playing! They chat about r...

Episode 94: Once Upon a Time...

24 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Once upon a time, the gals wanted to talk about narrative therapy, a relatively new therapy that focuses on the client telling their personal stories ...

Episode 93: Rites and Wrongs

27 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

This might be the gals’ spookiest episode yet! Anna and Bonnie are talking about exorcisms, the act of banishing a malevolent spirit or influence fr...

Episode 92: All Aboard the Lobotomobile!

13 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Happy Spooktober, Sipsters! And what better way to kick off than to talk about the downright scary historical practice of lobotomies? Bonnie starts us...

Episode 91: Achieving Final Fusion

15 Sep 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Multiple personality disorder. Split personalities. Or, as it’s known nowadays, dissociative identity disorder. This week, the girls chat about this...

Episode 90: A Teacup Full of Brain

01 Sep 2021

Contributed by Lukas

This week, Anna and Bonnie try to wrap their brains around the story of Phineas Gage, a construction foreman whose custom tamping rod took a little tr...

Episode 89: Sounds Like Survival

04 Aug 2021

Contributed by Lukas

The girls are going for gold this week to talk about resilience, especially inspired by the 2020 Olympics and some mental health controversy. Anna use...

Episode 88: Those Old Chestnuts

21 Jul 2021

Contributed by Lukas

“It’s all in your head.” “Time heals all wounds.” “Have you tried yoga?” This week, Anna and Bonnie are chatting about some frequently u...

Episode 87: Battle of the Brains

07 Jul 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Anna and Bonnie are chatting this week about how brains may differ depending on gender — or more accurately, how they don’t differ much at all, ac...

Episode 86: Walking the Psycho Path

09 Jun 2021

Contributed by Lukas

This week, Anna and Bonnie are talking about Robert Hare and the test he made to assess whether someone is a psychopath! They chat about what words li...

Episode 85: A Sexy, Sexy Episode!

26 May 2021

Contributed by Lukas

WARNING: There's another echo in this episode, despite Anna’s best efforts! Oh, wait, that's the wrong warning. WARNING: SEX! Because this week, the...

Episode 84: For the Hoard!

12 May 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Trying to stay one step ahead of the Podcast Police, Anna and Bonnie are talking this week about hoarding, the disorder that causes people to accumula...

Episode 83: Anti-Social Media

14 Apr 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Facebook. Twitter. Instagram. Social media sites are an almost unavoidable part of life, but how do they affect our mental health? Anna and Bonnie div...

Episode 82: Broken News

29 Mar 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Is the news BAD? Well yes, lately, generally, but does it try to be even WORSE? Anna and Bonnie investigate! They follow a hot scoop about negativity ...

Episode 81: Freudian Smokes!

08 Mar 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Anna has finally convinced her mother to talk about marijuana in front of microphones! They chat about what marijuana actually is, the history of the ...

Episode 80: Eighty/HD

15 Feb 2021

Contributed by Lukas

After putting the topic off for far too long, Anna and Bonnie are finally talking about attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder, or ADHD! They chat a...

Episode 79: And We're Back!

01 Feb 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome back, Sipsters! After a short hiatus, the girls are back and ready to vibe. They’re starting off with some healthy self-disclosure by talkin...

Episode 78: Christmas Potpourri

21 Dec 2020

Contributed by Lukas

For their last episode in 2020, Anna and Bonnie have cobbled together a list of holiday-themed research studies to chat about. Can science tell what t...

Episode 77: Upper Downer

08 Dec 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Anna and Bonnie finally did it: they made an episode about bipolar disorder. This week, the gals chat about what bipolar disorder actually looks like,...

Episode 76: Attagirl, Mary!

23 Nov 2020

Contributed by Lukas

This week, Bonnie and Anna are talking about Mary Whiton Calkins, the first female president of the American Psychiatric Association! As always, Anna ...

Episode 75: Dead Funny

26 Oct 2020

Contributed by Lukas

In their second Spooktober episode, the girls are talking about… death! Don’t worry, it’s not as scary as it sounds. Bonnie gives an overview of...

Episode 74: Which Witch is Which?

12 Oct 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Happy Spooktober, Sipsters! This week, Bonnie is telling us the story of the Salem witch trials, including how it all went down and who all the major ...

Episode 73: Shrug Emoji

28 Sep 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Expansion Pack Volume One! After mentioning these concepts in other episodes, Bonnie and Anna are explaining more details about defense mechanisms and...

Episode 72: Forget Us Not

13 Sep 2020

Contributed by Lukas

This week, Anna and Bonnie chat about memory, specifically how it works and how it can sometimes fail. They talk about some good brain stuff, explain ...

Episode 71: Do Me a CBT

31 Aug 2020

Contributed by Lukas

This one is long overdue: Anna and Bonnie are finally talking about cognitive behavioral therapy, commonly known as CBT! They talk about important CBT...

Episode 70: Dr. Shapes and the Nine Types

17 Aug 2020

Contributed by Lukas

What do triangles, squiggles, and numerals one through nine have in common? They can all help you understand your personality better! This week, the g...

Episode 69: Freud 2.0

03 Aug 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Anna and Bonnie are FINALLY talking about Anna Freud, daughter of Sigmund! The gals discuss Anna Freud’s history and childhood growing up with Sigmu...

Episode 68: The Sundae Spectrum

27 Jul 2020

Contributed by Lukas

This week, the gals are finally going to tackle talking about autism spectrum disorder. Despite the name of the disorder, though, is it more of a sund...

Episode 67: A Mental Menagerie

13 Jul 2020

Contributed by Lukas

This episode has dogs! Specifically, therapy dogs and service dogs, so they’re on the job, so you can’t pet the dogs. Sorry for the clickbait. But...

Episode 66: Diagnosing Democracy

07 Jul 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Since they are two Americans recording on the Fourth of July, Anna and Bonnie spend an episode talking about famous presidents with (alleged) mental i...

Episode 65: Carl Come Back

22 Jun 2020

Contributed by Lukas

This week, we finally add technical difficulties to our podcast résumé. It's been 65 episodes, so I guess it's about time. But while struggling with...

Episode 64: Empathize and Educate

15 Jun 2020

Contributed by Lukas

At the request of a Sipster (@CoiesQuestions on Twitter), the gals are chatting about what it’s like to love someone with a mental illness, especial...

Episode 63: Mega-Lo-Manic!

07 Jun 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Following an episode on bad self-esteem, the girls tackle the opposite: narcissism. Specifically, they talk about narcissistic personality disorder an...

Episode 62: Foot Feats

01 Jun 2020

Contributed by Lukas

This week, Anna and Bonnie are chatting about self-esteem, a frequent battleground in most people’s brains. They discuss the sources of how we see o...

Episode 61: Think Before You Inkblot

18 May 2020

Contributed by Lukas

You know those inkblot tests that psychiatrists in movies use to let you know they’re a psychiatrist? That’s a real thing! Inkblot tests were crea...

Episode 60: Wild Child(ren)

11 May 2020

Contributed by Lukas

This week, Anna and Bonnie are talking about feral kids, or children raised in such isolation as to be animalistic. Specifically, Bonnie talks about t...

Episode 59: Who Washes the Washer?

04 May 2020

Contributed by Lukas

The gals have been avoiding this for too long; they’re talking about obsessive-compulsive disorder this week. To explain OCD, they break down both t...

MH Avengers: Age of Access, Part 2

29 Apr 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Anna (sans Bonnie) joins an amazing group of fellow mental health podcasters to talk about the current COVID-19 pandemic, how the insurance landscape ...

Episode 58: Don't Torture Orphans!

27 Apr 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Or, Wacky Experiments Volume III! The gals are talking about two terrifically-named experiments this week. Bonnie tells us about the Monster Study, wh...

Episode 57: Adrenaline Junk

20 Apr 2020

Contributed by Lukas

This week, the gals are talking about adrenaline and the role it plays in our fight and flight instincts. They also talk about how some people seek ou...

Episode 56: How Not to Get Eaten

06 Apr 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Inspired by the Great Toilet Paper Crisis of 2020, Anna and Bonnie are chatting about mob mentality. To do this, they have to wade through things like...

Episode 55: He's Thoughtsy!

30 Mar 2020

Contributed by Lukas

This week, Anna and Bonnie are chatting about Viktor Frankl, creator of logotherapy. As always, Anna gives a history of Viktor’s life, including his...

Episode 54: Breathing Wet, a COVID-19 Special

23 Mar 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Amid all the pandemic panic, Anna and Bonnie are here to provide whatever information (and laughs) they can. Armed with quaran-tinis, they talk about ...

Episode 53: Attached at the Sip

16 Mar 2020

Contributed by Lukas

This week, the gals continue their discussion about attachment, which they started last week by talking about John Bowlby and Mary Ainsworth. Now Anna...

Episode 52: Oops! All History

02 Mar 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Anna and Bonnie are starting a more-than-one-parter about attachment, as in how we learn to relate to others through how we attach to our caregivers. ...

Episode 51: The Eyes Have It

24 Feb 2020

Contributed by Lukas

This week, Bonnie went to a two-day training, and Anna is making her talk about it! Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (or EMDR) is a metho...

Episode 50: Mailbag!

17 Feb 2020

Contributed by Lukas

In honor of a whole FIFTY episodes, Anna and Bonnie are taking your questions! They chat about things like being single on Valentine’s day, dealing ...

Episode 49: Beelzebub Cattleprod's Hand Meat

10 Feb 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Or, Ology Wology, Volume II. In this second installment, Anna and Bonnie tackle two more -ologies: personology (or physiognomy) and chirology (or palm...

Patreon Preview: Murder Yet to Come, Chapter 1

27 Jan 2020

Contributed by Lukas

In a super special episode, Anna and Bonnie are starting their review of Murder Yet to Come, a mystery novel written by Isabel Briggs Myers, one of th...

Episode 48: He's a Lever, Not a Fighter

20 Jan 2020

Contributed by Lukas

This week, the gals are talking about Lev Vygotsky, the creator of a theory on learning called the Zone of Proximal Development. They chat about Lev’...

Episode 47: A Rootin'-Tootin' Goals Wizard

13 Jan 2020

Contributed by Lukas

It’s 2020, and the girls are stoked to be back with a new episode! In honor of the first episode of a new decade, the gals are chatting about settin...

Episode 46: Freudian Sip Survive Repeat, a Crossover Event

23 Dec 2019

Contributed by Lukas

For the last Freudian Sips episode of 2019, the gals are doing a special crossover event with Sip Survive Repeat, a podcast about people surviving cra...

Episode 45: Feast or Famine

15 Dec 2019

Contributed by Lukas

As the holidays draw near, Anna and Bonnie chat about food and our relationship to it, specifically when that relationship gets dangerous — such as ...

Episode 44: Winter Bummerland

09 Dec 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Do you ever just feel a little blue during all those white Christmases? It might be seasonal affective disorder — or S.A.D. — a specific type of d...

Episode 43: Making Mountains out of Mountains

02 Dec 2019

Contributed by Lukas

This week, to finish off their discussion on Jean Piaget, Bonnie tells Anna all about Piaget’s stages of learning and development: the sensorimotor,...

Episode 42 - Hakuna Schemata

25 Nov 2019

Contributed by Lukas

In the first part of a two-parter, your girls are talking about Jean Piaget and his theories. This time, Anna is telling Bonnie all about Piaget’s l...

Episode 41: Smart Attack!

17 Nov 2019

Contributed by Lukas

After taking some brain hemorrhage shots as their themed drink, Anna and Bonnie are talking about intelligence! Anna gives an overview of what IQ mean...

Episode 40: Are You My Mother?

11 Nov 2019

Contributed by Lukas

From another listener request, Anna and Bonnie are chatting about transference, which is basically putting your problems with someone else onto anothe...

Episode 39: Happy Butts

04 Nov 2019

Contributed by Lukas

This week, Anna and Bonnie got a listener request to talk about crossdressing, so after talking about random nonsense for ten minutes, they do that! T...

Bonus Episode: Mental Health Avengers

31 Oct 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Holy cow, a bonus episode that is ALSO a collaboration! While Mom Host is away, Anna Host will play, and playing means joining a bunch of fellow menta...

Episode 38: Anna's Bedtime Story Corner

27 Oct 2019

Contributed by Lukas

For their final spooky Spooktober episode, Anna is telling Bonnie all about sleep paralysis, including chatting about what it is and also telling some...

Episode 37: Rebunked!

21 Oct 2019

Contributed by Lukas

It’s the return to Spookyville this week, and Bonnie is telling Anna about something that science and psychology actually can’t explain too well: ...

Episode 36: Spooked and Soberwhelmed

14 Oct 2019

Contributed by Lukas

For the second part of their Spooktober episode series, Anna and Bonnie are (soberly) chatting about horror movies. They talk about why some people li...

Episode 35: Ballistic Bobos and Monkey Mothers

06 Oct 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Or, Wacky Experiments Volume II! For the start of their Halloween spooktacular, Anna and Bonnie are digging through the archives to use a previous rec...

Episode 34: Cupid's Stupid

30 Sep 2019

Contributed by Lukas

At the request of a listener, Anna and Bonnie are talking about breakups this week. They chat about the psychology of feeling heartbroken, share some ...

Episode 33: The Satire Method

22 Sep 2019

Contributed by Lukas

This week, the gals are talking about Virginia Satir, the mother of family therapy! As always, Anna gives a crash course on Virginia’s life, Bonnie ...

Episode 32: Smelly Genes, the Love Machines

16 Sep 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Do you wonder why you’re attracted to whoever you’re attracted to? Well, Bonnie and Anna are going to try their best to clear the air… especiall...

Episode 31: Good Old Fashioned Communes

09 Sep 2019

Contributed by Lukas

In the conclusion of their discussion on cults, Anna and Bonnie chat about four famous cults: the Peoples Temple (AKA Jonestown), the Manson Family, t...

Episode 30: Join Our Cult!

02 Sep 2019

Contributed by Lukas

It’s another two-parter, and the gals are talking about cults. This week, they’re focusing on the basics: what cults are, how they get their victi...

Episode 29: Taste the Brainbow

26 Aug 2019

Contributed by Lukas

What effects do colors have on our brains? Well, probably SOME effect! This week, Bonnie and Anna do their best to wade through sources and studies so...

Episode 28: Perls Before Swine

18 Aug 2019

Contributed by Lukas

The gals are chatting about Gestalt therapy this week! That includes talking about the development of the therapy, specifically by Fritz and Laura Per...

Episode 27: Write Brain

12 Aug 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Or: Ology Wology, Volume I. This week, Anna and Bonnie talk about two weird -ologies: graphology and phrenology. Absolutely true facts from this episo...

Episode 26: Something Serious

05 Aug 2019

Contributed by Lukas

This week is going to sound a little different, Sipsters, because Bonnie and Anna are opening up about a recent death in the family. They talk about c...

Episode 25: Necessary Sips, a Crossover Event!

29 Jul 2019

Contributed by Lukas

This week, Anna and Bonnie team up with Josh and Ian from Necessary Bullshit, the brother podcast to Freudian Sips! The ragtag bunch dive deep into th...

Episode 24: Maslow's Ugly Mom

22 Jul 2019

Contributed by Lukas

This week, Anna and Bonnie are talking about Abraham Maslow, creator of the famous hierarchy of needs and one of the figureheads of humanistic psychol...

Episode 23: Another Shocking Episode!

15 Jul 2019

Contributed by Lukas

This week, Anna and Bonnie dive into the weird world of ECT, AKA electro-convulsive therapy, AKA shock therapy. This includes the wild history of this...

Episode 22: Monkey Mirrors Mozzarella

08 Jul 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Do you know what mirror neurons are? Neither do Bonnie and Anna, but they’re sure talking about that this week! The gals go on a highly-disclaimered...

Episode 21: We End Your Life

30 Jun 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Bonnie and Anna are FINALLY done talking about Erik Erikson and his psychosocial stages! In their final episode of their longest topic series ever, th...

Episode 20: Adult Content

25 Jun 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Featuring a really big package (of career, romance, and kids)! Listen as Bonnie and Anna talk EVEN MORE about Erikson’s psychosocial stages of lifes...

Episode 19: Teens, Tweens, and Automobiles

14 Jun 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Get ready for Anna and Bonnie getting pretty tipsy, going on side tangents, and talking about more Erikson psychosocial stages. This week’s topics a...

Episode 18: The Terrible (Part) Twos

08 Jun 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Anna is sick and no one is drunk, so this episode has some weird energy! In part two of the gals’ series on psychosocial stages, Anna talks about to...

Episode 17: Burger Babies

31 May 2019

Contributed by Lukas

It’s time for a series! In part one, Anna talks about Erik Erikson’s life, how he got into psychology, and even his name. Then the gals chat about...

Episode 16: You Are Feeling Very Sipsy...

25 May 2019

Contributed by Lukas

This week, Anna and Bonnie are talking about hypnosis! They chat about how hypnotizable people are, how hypnosis got its start, and how being hypnotiz...

Episode 15: Wanna Shock a Dude?

21 May 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Or, Wacky Experiments Volume I, where the gals discuss experiments with questionable ethics. This time, Bonnie talks about the Milgram shock experimen...

Episode 14: Mutual Admiration Society

11 May 2019

Contributed by Lukas

It’s Mother’s Day, and Daughter Host won’t let Mom Host forget it. Grab something to sip and listen as the gals chat about Alfred Adler, a promi...