Episode 19: The Stanford Prison Experiment Part 1

06/14/21 • 40 min

It's our first two-parter! Rachel just can't keep it short, can she? Today we head down to the depths of a Stanford University basement where Dr. Zimbardo created a mock prison experiment that has lived on in infamy. Why? Listen to find out!

Sources:

https://www.prisonexp.org

https://www.newyorker.com/science/maria-konnikova/the-real-lesson-of-the-stanford-prison-experiment

https://www.nytimes.com/1973/04/08/archives/a-pirandellian-prison-the-mind-is-a-formidable-jailer.html

https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/0146167206292689

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Sources:

https://www.prisonexp.org

https://www.newyorker.com/science/maria-konnikova/the-real-lesson-of-the-stanford-prison-experiment

https://www.nytimes.com/1973/04/08/archives/a-pirandellian-prison-the-mind-is-a-formidable-jailer.html

https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/0146167206292689

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Episode 18: Alice in Wonderland Syndrome (AIWS)

If you've heard of Alice in Wonderland, you're going to want to check this one out! Maddie deep-dives into Alice In Wonderland Syndrome (AIWS) and the fairy-tale-esque symptoms associated with this rare syndrome. Just like Alice found herself growing larger or smaller, seeing other things grow big or small, or even losing perception of time, those who suffer from AIWS can experience a wide variety of similar symptoms.

Sources:

https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/65763/12-absurd-facts-about-alice-wonderland

https://www.britannica.com/topic/Alices-Adventures-in-Wonderland

https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fneur.2019.00473/full

https://www.excedrin.com/migraines/causes/what-is-alice-in-wonderland-syndrome/

https://www.healthline.com/health/alice-in-wonderland-syndrome#causes

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1826192/pdf/canmedaj00720-0006.pdf

https://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/06/23/alice-in-wonderland-syndrome/

https://n.neurology.org/content/80/13/1262.short

https://journals.lww.com/rca/fulltext/2018/06000/alice_in_wonderland_syndrome__aiws___a_reflection.9.aspx

https://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/psychpedia/aiws

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Episode 19b: The Stanford Prison Experiment Part 2

How and why did the Stanford Prison Experiment end? Does it need to be debunked? Why do we care about it so much? Listen to our first ever "part two" to find out! Fair warning: Rachel gets really into it and tells people why they're wrong. But what else is new...?

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