All In The Mind
All In The Mind is ABC RN's weekly podcast looking into the mental universe, the mind, brain and behaviour — everything from addiction to artificial intelligence.
- Update frequency
- every 7 days
- Average duration
- 29 minutes
- Episodes
- 257
- Years Active
- 2021 - 2025
Why revenge feels good — and what it costs
Revenge feels sweet... At least for a moment. James Kimmel Jr knows that better than most.
As a lawyer, he made a career out of helping clients get payback. But the drive for revenge started to eat …
00:32:21 |
Sat 06 Sep 2025
Task paralysis and procrastination - why it's so hard to get sh*t done
Five years of unpaid taxes. Homework handed in on the last day of an extension. Some people are champion procrastinators.
Why? And what does task paralysis (sometimes called ADHD paralysis) have to …
00:30:47 |
Sat 30 Aug 2025
Cruel intentions: how toxic tabloids and celebrity culture changed the way we talk about mental health
If you opened up a magazine in the 2000s, you'd likely be met by countless images of celebrities on their worst days. And the conversation accompanying those images? Pretty toxic.
We've come a long …
00:29:38 |
Sat 23 Aug 2025
Is clutter making you feel bad?
When was the last time you decluttered? Was it a satisfying process, or did it fill you with dread?
Where you sit on the clutter spectrum differs person to person, so today, we investigate if declut…
00:29:39 |
Sat 16 Aug 2025
Serial killers: answering your questions about how they think
Can serial killers ever learn empathy? Is their psychology similar to mass shooters? Why are they almost always men?
Welcome to All in the Mind’s first ever ‘mailbag’ episode!
These are just some o…
00:29:35 |
Sat 09 Aug 2025
Depersonalisation — when nothing feels real
Have you ever felt like things were not quite real?
That you were no longer connected to your body or didn’t know who you were?
Nathan Dunne felt this way for years. And it’s never quite stopped af…
00:30:06 |
Sat 02 Aug 2025
Divination isn’t scientific, but can it ever be therapeutic?
Love it or hate it, there are reasons you might read your star sign and relate to what it says about you as a person.
We all fall into cognitive traps — but if we’re aware of them, is it such a bad …
00:34:04 |
Sat 26 Jul 2025
Where have all the serial killers gone?
The backpacker killer. The Claremont killer. Ted Bundy. The crimes serial killers commit linger in our memories for decades.
But when was the last time you heard about an active serial killer in the…
00:32:07 |
Sat 19 Jul 2025
Kleptomania: when compulsive stealing takes over your life
What drives some people to steal compulsively?
This week, as part of our special four-part series Criminal Psychology, we're talking about kleptomania and the impact it can have on a person's life.
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00:27:10 |
Sat 12 Jul 2025
Pyromania vs revenge – why do people light fires?
Australians know the devastation of bushfires all too well. So why would anyone deliberately light a fire?
In this episode of Criminal Psychology, our new four-part series on unusual crimes and unus…
00:29:42 |
Sat 05 Jul 2025
Munchausen by Proxy: when parents hurt their kids
Why would any parent lie about their child's health? Or worse, intentionally make their child sick?
In episode one of Criminal Psychology, our new four-part series on unusual crimes and unusual mind…
00:31:50 |
Thu 26 Jun 2025
INTRODUCING — Criminal Psychology
On All in the Mind, we investigate why people behave the way they do. But there are some perspectives we don't often hear about.
Introducing Criminal Psychology, a special series diving into just th…
Mon 23 Jun 2025
Chronically stressed? These small changes can help
Time and time again, Dr Rangan Chatterjee has seen chronic stress wreak havoc on his patients' lives — contributing to autoimmune disorders, gut problems, low libido and more.
But the most devastati…
00:32:01 |
Sat 21 Jun 2025
Loneliness — you're not alone, from Ladies, We Need To Talk
Loneliness hurts. And we know it's bad for us, worse than smoking or obesity. Even though a third of us are lonely, we're embarrassed to say so.
So, what would happen if we talked about our lonelin…
00:32:04 |
Sat 14 Jun 2025
The confusion about concussions
Concussions are hard to diagnose, often get missed, and don't always get taken seriously.
And if you're not a professional athlete, it can be surprisingly hard to get clear information on how to man…
00:30:03 |
Sat 07 Jun 2025
Managing your emotions so they don't manage you
Avoiding your emotions is generally a recipe for disaster — but Ethan Kross makes a case for occasional 'strategic' avoidance.
He’s a professor of psychology from the University of Michigan, and he’…
00:31:16 |
Sat 31 May 2025
Do people really behave differently in a crowd?
Panicky. Irrational. Impulsive. These are the traits that have long been associated with crowd behaviour.
But modern crowd science suggests that’s an incomplete, if not inaccurate picture.
From cro…
00:31:25 |
Sat 24 May 2025
Why do we love collecting?
Whether it's stamps, figurines, antiques or toys, plenty of people love collecting. But why?
What are the psychological drivers behind the hobby? How much is marketing influencing us, and is there a…
00:29:06 |
Sat 17 May 2025
Outwardly impressive, losing it on the inside? The cognitive distortions of a high achiever
Over years of clinical practice, psychologist Dr Mary Anderson started to notice a peculiar pattern across her many clients.
Despite being impressive high achievers on the outside, inside they were …
00:29:06 |
Sat 10 May 2025
Ads, sports and games: how gambling infiltrated Australian culture
If you're watching sport or browsing social media, odds are you will come across gambling ads. If you work in an office, you might've joined Melbourne Cup or footy tipping comps.
In Australia, it ca…
00:30:45 |
Sat 03 May 2025
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