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PsyberSpace® - we help you understand your world

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PsyberSpace® - we help you understand your world

Dr. Leslie Poston, Research Psychologist: Applied Psychology, Media Psychology, Organizational Psychology

Why We Keep Falling For Moral Panics

July 02, 2026 10:19am 19 min

Moral Panics as Effort Shields: Why Outrage Replaces ActionWhy do we grab onto moral panics so eagerly, and then quietly drop them the moment they stop being convenient? In this episode, host Leslie Poston, Ph.D., introd...

Why We Reject New Evidence That Could Directly Help Us: The Semmelweis Effect

June 25, 2026 2:01am 19 min

The Semmelweis Effect, COVID Cognitive Decline, and Why Evidence Struggles to SpreadHost Leslie Poston explains the Semmelweis effect (reflexively rejecting strong evidence because it threatens identity or established no...

The Age of Uncertainty: What Workplace Instablity is Doing to Your Brain

June 18, 2026 3:18am 15 min

Sustained Uncertainty at Work: Why It Hurts Your Brain and What HelpsHost Leslie Poston discusses sustained workplace uncertainty and its psychological effects, citing an APA Monitor on Psychology article and survey data...

Sounds Deep, Says Nothing: The Science of Bullshit Receptivity

June 11, 2026 4:51am 15 min

Bullshit Receptivity: Why We Trust the Wrong WordsHost Leslie Poston discusses “bullshit receptivity,” a peer-reviewed construct describing susceptibility to impressive-sounding but meaningless language. She highlights C...

The Credibility Trap: Why We Trust Confident Wrongness

June 04, 2026 7:52pm 18 min

The Credibility Trap: Why Confidence Beats CorrectnessHost Leslie Poston is back after a hiatus to move PsyberSpace to a new weekly Thursday schedule and explains why people often trust confident speakers over accurate o...

Propaganda: Nobody's Immune

May 11, 2026 6:09pm 12 min

How Propaganda Uses Your Values Against Your Brain: The Passport Revocation ExampleHost Leslie Poston explains that no one is immune to propaganda, using her own initial approval of a proposal to revoke passports for unp...

Moral Licensing: How Doing Good Gives People Permission to Be Worse

May 04, 2026 1:19pm 12 min

Moral Licensing: Why Doing Good Can Make Us Behave WorseHost Leslie Poston explains the phenomenon of moral licensing: after people do something that affirms their identity as a good person, the brain registers progress ...

The Death of Serendipity: What Algorithmic Personalization Is Doing to Your Mind

April 27, 2026 1:02am 19 min

The Cost of Losing Serendipity in Algorithmic DiscoveryHost Leslie Poston discusses how algorithmic recommendation systems have replaced everyday accidental discovery, reducing serendipity and narrowing what people encou...

From the Rape Academy to Your Living Room

April 20, 2026 2:00pm 14 min

Semantic Derailment and the Social Permission That Sustains Organized Sexual ViolenceHost Leslie Poston discusses a CNN investigation into an “online rape academy,” including a Telegram group called ZZZ where nearly 1,00...

When TV Makes Harm Look Normal: Why We Keep Watching

April 12, 2026 9:37pm 18 min

The Ethics of Reality TV: Deception, Conflict, and What We NormalizeHost Leslie Poston examines the ethical and psychological costs of reality and reality-adjacent TV that relies on deception or engineered conflict, argu...

The Psychology of AI Slop: How Synthetic Junk Erodes Attention, Trust, and Meaning

April 06, 2026 1:15pm 18 min

AI Slop and Your Brain: Attention, Fatigue, and the Erosion of MeaningHost Leslie Poston explains how “AI slop” is industrial-scale synthetic content optimized for volume and fast reactions rather than accuracy or useful...

Meta Lost. Now What?

March 29, 2026 6:39pm 13 min

Meta Verdicts, Kids’ Harm, and the Push for Age VerificationHost Leslie Poston reviews two jury verdicts finding Meta liable for harming children: a New Mexico case ordering $375 million in civil penalties for concealing...

The 100% Myth: Why Giving Everything Is Costing You Everything

March 23, 2026 1:49am 23 min

Why “Give 100%” Is Corrosive: Sustainable Performance, Burnout, and Reserve CapacityHost Leslie Poston examines the phrase “give 100%” in American work culture, tracing it to Protestant work-ethic theology and arguing it...

Why Common Sense Isn't Common

March 16, 2026 12:43am 24 min

Common Sense or Power Move? The One Question That Reveals the DifferenceHost Leslie Poston argues that “common sense” is often used to end conversations and universalize one person’s perception rather than provide eviden...

Your AI Best Friend Is Lying To You

March 09, 2026 2:43am 22 min

When AI Becomes a Confidant: Loneliness, Engagement Incentives, and the Risks of Chatbot “Support”Host Leslie Poston examines why so many adults and teens are using LLM chatbots like ChatGPT and Claude as friends, therap...

Forever Wars Shrink the Future: What Endless War Does to the Human Mind

March 02, 2026 2:16pm 20 min

Forever War and the Stolen FutureHost Leslie Poston examines a hidden psychological cost of “forever wars”: they don’t just create fear and grief, they change how people relate to time—shrinking hope, planning, and the a...

What the Epstein Network Tells Us About Power, Complicity, and the Psychology of Betrayal

February 23, 2026 12:25am 18 min

Losing Our Heroes: The Epstein Files, Elite Complicity, and the Psychology of Looking AwayHost Leslie Poston discusses the psychological impact of seeing the names of people you once admired or trusted in the Epstein fil...

Courage is Contagious: The Psychology of Collective Efficacy

February 16, 2026 4:53pm 15 min

Sustained Resistance: How Communities Keep Showing Up Under RepressionHost Leslie Poston closes PsyberSpace’s three-part series on American authoritarianism by focusing on the psychology of sustained resistance. Drawing ...

The War on What You Saw: The Psychology of Gaslighting at Scale

February 09, 2026 3:29am 16 min

The Power and Purpose of Obvious Lies in Authoritarian RegimesIn this episode of PsyberSpace®, host Leslie Poston explores why authoritarian regimes tell obvious lies that contradict available video evidence and their ps...

When They Come For You: The Psychology of Expanding Violence

February 02, 2026 2:04am 13 min

Understanding American Authoritarianism Short Series Part 1 of 3: Expansion of State ViolenceIn the first part of a special three-episode series on PsyberSpace®, host Leslie Poston examines the psychology of authoritaria...

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