Podcast - Chronicles of Narcissist: The Psychopath, the Sociopath, and the Wardrobe
Explaining Narcissism via Pop Culture. Still #1 out of 105 episodes.
The beauty of using psychology is it ages very well, but sticks best when entertaining.
Mid 2022, I went on an arts, comedy and entertainment podcast to test the viability of using pop culture to better explain the dangerous and threatening psychology of narcissists, sociopaths and psychopaths always trying to take over every relationship, family, group, organization and society.
Thankfully, by referencing iconic stories like Star Wars, Blade Runner and X-Men, “The people have spoken” by making the episode the most downloaded of the 105+ series. The irony is I was thrown off by the video in my first podcast via Zoom and thought I completely lacked focus and view of my on-screen notes, so imagine my surprise when it went to #1.
Even more rewarding, a few narcissistic abuse survivors shared they “loved” the episode, and it gave them comfort to have their struggles understood. It was so rewarding when adding “fun stuff” to these dark but important issues helped others.
Host Summary - “In this episode, I am joined by author, journalist, and expert in pathological narcissism Sam Ray to discuss the joys of having so many world leaders who display psychopathic and narcissistic tendencies. Sam Ray is gracious enough to explain many of these concepts to me through the allegories of X-Men and Star Wars. I learn that psychopaths and sociopaths are two different things, and so can you!”