Why do some people live in the past while others don’t? Armand DiMele argues that nostalgia and adult homesickness are really about longing for a lost version of yourself, not just a lost place or time. Callers explore music, family, and the cost of uprootedness.
A genetic study finding hereditary loneliness traits opens a wide-ranging conversation about the hidden inner lives of men. Armand DiMele argues that male depression and isolation run far deeper than society acknowledges, buried under stoicism, workaholism, and the pressure to never appear weak. Callers share their own struggles.
When wealth replaces love in a family, children grow up rudderless and waiting for their parents to die. Armand DiMele, Dr. Kent Robertshaw, MD, Psychiatrist, and Dr. Tripp Evans examine how inherited money warps identity, poisons relationships, and breeds the particular loneliness of the very rich.
What does a healthy mind actually look like? Armand DiMele and three colleagues, including Dr. Kent Robertshaw, MD, psychiatrist, and Dr. Scott Baum, PhD, psychologist, debate sanity, emotional complexity, and self-acceptance. They challenge the idea that primitive feeling equals health, and argue that genuine sanity demands refined introspection, not just the absence of symptoms.
Armand DiMele surveys a provocative batch of recent research suggesting that male midlife crisis is triggered not by aging alone but by a wife’s menopause, that creativity peaks in early adulthood and fades, and that polygamy rather than religion drives suicide bombing. Callers weigh in on relationships and sexual culture.
High self-esteem is not the simple good we’ve been told it is. Armand DiMele and co-host Roberta examine research showing that abusers and violent criminals often score high on self-esteem scales, why therapists’ reliance on supportive praise backfires, and what honest self-knowledge offers instead.
Why do people lie, and what drives each kind of deception? Armand DiMele walks through six categories of lying, from flattery to self-aggrandizement, then takes calls including a striking conversation with a caller who confesses a history of theft and makes a live on-air apology.
Can you change how smart or capable you are, or are you stuck with what you have? Dr. Carol Dweck, Professor and Author of the book Mindset, joins Armand to explain how fixed versus growth mindsets shape success, relationships, and resilience, and why treating setbacks as information rather than verdicts changes everything.
Wolf pack hierarchy becomes a lens for understanding human social roles. Armand DiMele and Roberta Maria Atkins break down alpha, beta, and omega dynamics, tracing how these roles emerge in any group, how omegas can rise, and how different behavior types from play to avoidance shape daily life.
What separates a true alpha from a Type A overachiever? Armand DiMele and co-host Roberta Maria Atti break down the biology and behavior of alpha males and females, drawing on animal instinct, political figures, and research to argue that real leadership is rooted in calm and security, not adrenaline and aggression.
