Psycho Schizo Espresso

Psycho Schizo Espresso

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If psychology was a country, then it would be the world’s top tourist destination bar none. It’s an enchanted territory with something for everyone: from aliens to drug lords, from serial killers to conspiracy theories. Join intellectual explorers Bruce Dickinson and Dr Kevin Dutton for an Indiana Jones style adventure through some of its most far-flung corners as they delve into the psyches of rock icons, sporting superstars, and special forces soldiers and get the latest tips and insights from some of the most respected thought leaders and brain scientists on the planet. If you’ve ever wondered whethe...

Double Shot Giveaway - Zeus Dickinson: Rock God Or Just A Very Naughty Boy?

Double Shot Giveaway - Zeus Dickinson: Rock God Or Just A Very Naughty Boy?

While we break between season 2 and 3, we’ve decided to give you all a taster of the Psycho Schizo Espresso ‘Double Shot’ editions that are available on www.patreon.com/psychoschizoespresso . Subscribe now, to get access to all previous double shots and be in pole position for when season 3 arrives in January. If you subscribe, you can listen to this episode and extended editions of all previous Psycho Schizo Espresso episodes AD-FREE.THIS EPISODE WAS ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED 14/9/2022In this episod

Dec 7, 2022 • 2:09:17

Episode 26 - Algorhythm and Blues with Dr. Michael Brooks

Episode 26 - Algorhythm and Blues with Dr. Michael Brooks

Maths is everywhere. It allows us to fly planes, make music, initiate the perfect lunge in fencing, and add up all the numbers on a roulette wheel (the total comes to 666, by the way.) All the things that Bruce loves…so shame he got a C in it for his GCSE! In this, the final episode of the series then, Bruce and @TheRealDrKev attend to some unfinished business as they are joined by the writer and quantum physicist, Dr Michael Brooks, bearing weapons of math instruction. What exactly is maths, th

Nov 23, 2022 • 1:06:50

Episode 25 - Psycho Killer…Qu’est-ce que c’est? With Dr. Scott Bonn

Episode 25 - Psycho Killer…Qu’est-ce que c’est? With Dr. Scott Bonn

The Night Stalker. Son of Sam. The Zodiac Killer. For centuries, serial killers have terrified and fascinated us in equal measure. But why? What is it about the Hannibal Lecters and Ted Bundys of this world that so captures our imagination? In this episode of Psycho Schizo Espresso, Bruce and @TheRealDrKev are joined by the criminologist and serial killer expert, Dr. Scott Bonn – a man who has actually sat down and eaten cheeseburgers with the Son of Sam, .44 Caliber Killer, David Berkowitz, and

Nov 9, 2022 • 1:17:06

Episode 24 - Lifting the Lid on Death with Roger Byard

Episode 24 - Lifting the Lid on Death with Roger Byard

As one of the world’s foremost forensic pathologists, Professor Roger Byard is a man who has given his life to death. In his 40 years at the coalface of mortality, there’s not much he hasn’t seen…serial killers, cot deaths, the 2002 Bali bombings, the 2004 southeast Asian tsunami. In this episode of Psycho Schizo Espresso, he joins Bruce and @TheRealDrKev to reflect on his journey through death that began over 4000 autopsies ago! As you can imagine, the conversation is wide-ranging and takes in

Oct 26, 2022 • 1:05:32

Episode 23 - From The Moshpit To The Cockpit… & Everywhere in Between: Aces High with RAF Top Gun Fin Monahan

Episode 23 - From The Moshpit To The Cockpit… & Everywhere in Between: Aces High with RAF Top Gun Fin Monahan

Bruce and @TheRealDrKev are joined by the legendary RAF fighter pilot, chief instructor, and Red Arrows Commanding Officer, Fin Monahan DFC, who talks them through precisely what it takes - both physically and psychologically - to be a real life Top Gun, and what a bad day at the office looks like at Mach 1 over the deserts of Iraq and the mountains of Afghanistan. As you can imagine, Bruce & Kev are really, ahem, flying in this episode! What’s the difference between the mindset of a commercial

Oct 12, 2022 • 1:03:18

Episode 22 - First Impressions with Rory Bremner

Episode 22 - First Impressions with Rory Bremner

In this episode of Psycho Schizo Espresso, Bruce and @TheRealDrKev are joined by one of the UK’s greatest and best-known impressionists and comedians, Rory Bremner, as they explore the psychology of imitation and examine precisely what it takes to be a good mimic. Are some of us just ‘born’ impressionists? As they delve ever deeper into the mysteries of the voice, Bruce & Kev break genuinely new ground in this largely uncharted area of human psychology. Do you, they ask Rory, need to put yourse

Sep 28, 2022 • 55:33

Episode 21 - Zeus Dickinson: Rock God Or Just A Very Naughty Boy? The Texas Brain-Sore Massacre…

Episode 21 - Zeus Dickinson: Rock God Or Just A Very Naughty Boy? The Texas Brain-Sore Massacre…

In this episode, Bruce and @TheRealDrKev catch up with each other from different sides of the globe. With Bruce in San Antonio, Texas, in the middle of Iron Maiden’s world tour, Kev has a unique opportunity to treat him as one of his ‘guinea pigs’ and delve deep into the psychology of one of the rock world’s true global icons. Kev identifies Bruce as one of the toughest people he’s ever met (and, given some of the folk he hangs around with, that’s saying something!) But where does that toughness

Sep 14, 2022 • 1:06:46

Episode 20 - Kukri School with Krishna Thapa

Episode 20 - Kukri School with Krishna Thapa

In this episode of Psycho Schizo Espresso, Bruce and & @TheRealDrKev are joined by Special Forces legend Krish Thapa, one of the first Gurkhas to pass SAS selection and almost certainly the only Buddhist monk to pass it! Growing up as a young boy in the Himalayas, Krish eventually ended up serving 17 years in the British Special Air Service and commanding Mountain Troop, a crack squad of world class climbers and skiers skilled in the art of polar and high altitude warfare. Krish talks to Kev and

Aug 31, 2022 • 1:04:24

Episode 19 - Gumball Wizard: Reins, Grains and Automobiles with Jodie Kidd

Episode 19 - Gumball Wizard: Reins, Grains and Automobiles with Jodie Kidd

Bruce and @TheRealDrKev are joined by former horsewoman, supermodel, and racing driver Jodie Kidd…and can’t believe their luck when they discover that she’s also the proud landlady of an award-winning gastropub with its very own beer! In the process of trying to blag themselves a table, Kev and Bruce delve into precisely what it takes to strut one’s stuff on Chanel’s iconic catwalk and explore similarities in mindset between the world’s top models and elite sportspeople. Most of us learn to walk

Aug 17, 2022 • 59:39

Episode 18 - Monet, Monet, Monet – It’s A Rich Man’s World: Pigments Of The Imagination With One Of The World’s Top Art Forgers, David Henty

Episode 18 - Monet, Monet, Monet – It’s A Rich Man’s World: Pigments Of The Imagination With One Of The World’s Top Art Forgers, David Henty

David Henty was such a brilliant art forger that when he got out of prison – and no, he wasn’t ‘framed’ – people started asking him for authentic David Henty forgeries of Picasso, Dali, and other ‘wall of famers’ to hang in their homes and offices. In this episode he joins Bruce & @TheRealDrKev to explain how an early ‘brush’ with the law as a passport forger propelled him into the world of fine art; how his photographic memory means he only needs to glance at a painting once in order to recreat

Aug 3, 2022 • 1:06:22

Episode 17 - Sexbot, Sexbot, You’re My Sexbot (and Baby, You Can Turn Me On)

Episode 17 - Sexbot, Sexbot, You’re My Sexbot (and Baby, You Can Turn Me On)

After exploring the wormholes and warp drives of human intelligence in the previous episode, @TheRealDrKev and Bruce beam themselves up into the virtual world of artificial intelligence. The questions they ponder are so deep they trigger the development of entirely new areas of the brain! Could rock bands of the future be one day made up entirely of robots? Ahem…are there some out there already? If advanced robotic creations develop a belief in God then what kind of God would it be? Would it be

Jul 20, 2022 • 54:01

Why Do Cats Sh*t In a Box? Prof. Mike Anderson Part 2

Why Do Cats Sh*t In a Box? Prof. Mike Anderson Part 2

Bruce and @TheRealDrKev continue their deep dive into the shadowy world of intelligence with world-renowned cognitive scientist Mike Anderson. In Part Two the spotlight falls on what, precisely, intelligence is…illuminating, in turn, the spectrums of both animal and artificial intelligence. Is ‘true intelligence’ only possible in humans, Bruce and Kev ask? Is intelligence overrated: Is it really as important as we all seem to think? What, exactly, do we mean by ‘genius’’? And how come some of us

Jul 6, 2022 • 53:16

9 out of 10 people are stupid. But that’s OK – we’re in the 1%.( Prof. Mike Anderson P1)

9 out of 10 people are stupid. But that’s OK – we’re in the 1%.( Prof. Mike Anderson P1)

World-renowned cognitive scientist Professor Mike Anderson joins the podcast to talk to us about one of psychology’s most controversial topics: Intelligence. @TheRealDrKev, Bruce and Mike tackle all the big questions head on. ‘What exactly is Intelligence?’ they ask. ‘What can computers and smart phones tell us about our brains?’ ‘Is there such a thing as an optimal level of intelligence?’ ‘Are intelligent people happier?’ And: ‘Is intelligence like underwear: good to have but better not to show

Jun 22, 2022 • 46:00

What comes out at Two Minutes To Midnight and makes you want to Run To The Hills? Extraordinarius Bruceickinsoni!

What comes out at Two Minutes To Midnight and makes you want to Run To The Hills? Extraordinarius Bruceickinsoni!

Bruce and @TheRealDrKev return for a brand new series of Psycho Schizo Espresso - and are more fired up than ever! Perhaps that’s because Bruce has just finished his hugely popular one man speaking tour of the UK & North America and Kev has just taken up his new position as Australia’s first Professor of the Public Understanding of Psychology at the University of Adelaide. Join the podcast as they plan ahead for what’s to come in Series 2 and catch up on the latest news…including how Bruce has

Jun 8, 2022 • 44:23

Episode 13 - Beyond Reason: Life, Logic & Language with Steven Pinker

Episode 13 - Beyond Reason: Life, Logic & Language with Steven Pinker

Why does ‘done and dusted’ sound better than ‘dusted and done’? What makes a good swear word? Are we really as rational as we make out? In this, the final episode of Season 1 of Psycho Schizo Espresso, Bruce and @TheRealDrKev chat to Harvard linguist, cognitive scientist, and bestselling author Steven Pinker about the science of talking and thinking…and discover that, sometimes, a good insult can be worth a thousand compliments. Stupid f@*kwits!We'll be back in a month! So keep subscribed to Psy

Apr 19, 2022 • 57:31

Episode 12 - Ghostbusters 2 - 'We Ain't Scared Of No Ghosts' With Prof. Chris French

Episode 12 - Ghostbusters 2 - 'We Ain't Scared Of No Ghosts' With Prof. Chris French

Bruce and @TheRealDrKev continue on their odyssey into the shadowlands of the paranormal with world-renowned spookmeister Professor Chris French, examining the evidence for telekinesis, poltergeists and better mannered, more conventional ghosts...as well as delving into scientific explanations of out-of-body experiences and déjà vu. Got a funny feeling you've heard that bit before? Stay tuned! Kev, Bruce & Chris will reveal all...You can listen to and watch longer episodes of Psycho Schizo Espre

Apr 5, 2022 • 47:09

Episode 11 - Ghostbusters Part 1 with Professor Chris French

Episode 11 - Ghostbusters Part 1 with Professor Chris French

In this episode, Bruce and @TheRealDrKev enter the twilight zone with Chris French – one of the world’s leading experts on paranormal phenomena, Professor Emeritus of Anomalistic Psychology at Goldsmiths College, University of London, and the author of the forthcoming “Weird Shit”. In the first of a two-part episode, they discuss demonic possession, fortune telling and UFOs…and whether religion should be seen as just a glorified sub-discipline of parapsychology.You can listen to and watch longer

Mar 22, 2022 • 50:42

Episode 10 - The Badass Bullfighter of Eton

Episode 10 - The Badass Bullfighter of Eton

Bruce and @TheRealDrKev are joined by Alexander Fiske-Harrison @FiskeHarrison – a rare-breed British bull fighter and the most badass Etonian schoolboy of the past four centuries. He talks about the aesthetics and philosophy of his ancient but emotive profession, mounts an impassioned defence of its heritage, tradition and culture, and reveals how he spent as much of his time at Eton being bollocked in the headmaster’s office as he did at his desk in the classroom! Expect red flags, red rags, an

Mar 8, 2022 • 51:32

Episode 9 - Pain, Pleasure & Paracetemol: It Hurts When I Touch It But I Like It!

Episode 9 - Pain, Pleasure & Paracetemol: It Hurts When I Touch It But I Like It!

In this episode of #PsychoSchizoEspresso, Bruce and @TheRealDrKev welcome Professor Christopher Eccleston ( @Chris_Eccleston ) - a world renowned expert on the science of pain. They discover that if beauty is in the eye of the beholder then pain is in the brain of the beholder. No two people experience it in the same way and some of us – ascetics, masochists and self-harmers, for example - even enjoy it!You can listen to and watch longer episodes of Psycho Schizo Espresso AD FREE if you become a

Feb 22, 2022 • 1:03:40

Episode 8 - A Smooth Operator

Episode 8 - A Smooth Operator

Psychopaths are usually known for breaking hearts, not mending them. But Professor Stephen Westaby is different. In Episode 8, Bruce and @TheRealDrKev are joined by the renowned cardiothoracic surgeon, and diagnosed psychopath, who relished doing battle with the Grim Reaper on the bloodiest, most inhospitable fringes of life and death. Taking on cases that would have other surgeons pissing their pants, Westaby pissed in his boots – via a catheter – so he wouldn’t have to leave the operating tabl

Feb 8, 2022 • 55:08

Episode 7 - Wilko Johnson - A Man of Substances

Episode 7 - Wilko Johnson - A Man of Substances

In this episode of #PsychoSchizoEspresso @TheRealDrKev and Bruce take a trip to the seaside and dig up a national treasure on Canvey Island. In one of the UK’s remotest pubs, Wilko Johnson, the legendary Dr Feelgood guitarist, talks speed, death, and Ian Dury…and why he shouldn’t have an airport named after him.You can listen to and watch longer episodes of Psycho Schizo Espresso AD FREE if you become a Patreon at www.patreon.com/psychoschizoespressoTo access the YouTube version of this episode

Jan 25, 2022 • 1:03:11

Episode 6 - Andy McNab: A Good Psychopath’s Guide To Life, Special Forces & Getting Served In A Bar!

Episode 6 - Andy McNab: A Good Psychopath’s Guide To Life, Special Forces & Getting Served In A Bar!

This episode sees former SAS soldier, bestselling author, and diagnosed “good” psychopath Andy McNab join @TheRealDrKev and Bruce as they dissect the unique mindset of Special Forces operatives, discuss what it takes to work undercover in highly volatile and suicidally dangerous war zones...and how being a psychopath can definitely help! Kev and Bruce also delve deeper into Andy’s psychopathic tendencies and hear how a trip to the pub one afternoon almost resulted in “a level of physical violen

Jan 11, 2022 • 56:16

Episode 5 - Is The Mafia a Good Thing? With Professor Dominic Abrams

Episode 5 - Is The Mafia a Good Thing? With Professor Dominic Abrams

Bruce and @TheRealDrKev discuss the secret life of groups, cults & crowds with one of the world’s top social psychologists, Professor Dominic Abrams. They ask: Are groups a “necessary evil”...could the world exist without them? When do groups become dangerous? Why do some groups pack more of an “us/them” vibe than others (think football fans, political parties, religious denominations)? What can we learn from the mysterious psychological alchemy of cults? And...are governments losing control

Dec 28, 2021 • 52:39

Episode 4 - Francis Rossi of Status Quo

Episode 4 - Francis Rossi of Status Quo

@TheRealDrKev and Bruce chat to Status Quo founder & frontman Francis Rossi about how to survive in the shark pit of rock n' roll. They talk egos, personas, and the psychological dynamics of being in an enduring, iconic rock band. Oh, and does it really make sense for Spotify to have over 4000 different music genres...?Please make sure you like, subscribe, rate, review and comment wherever you get your Podcasts from. It's the BEST way for others to find out about Psycho Schizo Espresso and to ke

Dec 14, 2021 • 40:52

Episode 3 - Is Bruce Dickinson a Psychopath?

Episode 3 - Is Bruce Dickinson a Psychopath?

In this episode, Kev analyses where Bruce sits on the psychopathic spectrum. Is he higher or lower than Freddie Mercury? Kev and Bruce also look at the Top 10 most psychopathic professions and discuss why some of the world’s top surgeons, CEOs and Special Forces soldiers might have more in common with Hannibal Lecter and Patrick Bateman than you might think. Plus…a little quiz to see how psychopathic YOU are! Are you fearless enough to go up in a plane with Bruce..?For more on Dr Kev's (@TheReal

Nov 30, 2021 • 48:56

Episode 2 - 667: The Neighbour of the Beast. Professor Steve Friesen - Part 2

Episode 2 - 667: The Neighbour of the Beast. Professor Steve Friesen - Part 2

Episode 2 of Psycho Schizo Espresso continues where Episode 1 left off; dissecting the number of the beast with Professor Steve Friesen from the University of Texas at Austin. Bruce, Kev and Steve also delve into the murky world of conspiracy theories, the Messianic psychology of Doomsday predictors, and what happens when you crash a car into a van-load of nuns.To access the audio-only version of Psycho Schizo Espresso, please visit http://podfollow.com/psycho-schizo-espresso/viewPlease make sur

Nov 16, 2021 • 54:59

Episode 1 - Decoding the Bible’s Deepest, Darkest Secret: 666 - The Number of the Beast

Episode 1 - Decoding the Bible’s Deepest, Darkest Secret: 666 - The Number of the Beast

Episode one of Psycho Schizo Espresso welcomes Professor Steve Friesen from the University of Texas at Austin and author of the book ‘Imperial Cults and the Apocalypse of John: Reading Revelation in the Ruins’ for the first of a two part episode. Expect a deep dive into the Book of Revelation, an exploration of satanic influence in heavy metal, and the ultimate decryption of one of the Bible’s most enduring mysteries: 666 - the number of the Beast.To access the audio-only version of Psycho Schiz

Oct 31, 2021 • 50:01

Coming Soon - Psycho Schizo Espresso with Bruce Dickinson and Dr. Kevin Dutton

Coming Soon - Psycho Schizo Espresso with Bruce Dickinson and Dr. Kevin Dutton

If psychology was a country, then it would be the world’s top tourist destination bar none. It’s an enchanted territory with something for everyone: from aliens to drug lords, from serial killers to conspiracy theories. Join intellectual explorers Bruce Dickinson and Dr Kevin Dutton for an Indiana Jones style adventure through some of its most far-flung corners as they delve into the psyches of rock icons, sporting superstars, and special forces soldiers and get the latest tips and insights from

Oct 18, 2021 • 1:30

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