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The Evolutionary Roots of Depression with Roberta Maria Acchi April 5, 2006

Host: Armand DiMeleGuests: Roberta Maria Acchi
Category: Depression & Mood, The Mind & Neuroscience

Depression may be a biological strategy shaped by evolution, not merely a pathology. Armand DiMele and guest Roberta Maria Acchi examine rank theory, the biochemistry of winning and losing, why men hide depression, how oppressed groups are kept docile, and how blocked creative potential rewires the nervous system toward low mood.

Birthdays and the People Who Forget Them March 14, 2006

Host: Armand DiMele
Category: Emotions & Inner Life, Family & Parenting

Armand DiMele’s own birthday becomes the occasion for listeners to share their best and worst birthday memories. Callers open up about longing for recognition, an alcoholic and shaming family, the guilt of estrangement, and the quiet joy of finally feeling celebrated. Honest, warm radio.

Your Three Survival Instincts December 27, 2005

Host: Armand DiMele
Category: Emotions & Inner Life, Identity & The Self

Self-preservation, social belonging, and the drive for intense one-to-one connection are the three instincts shaping every personality. Armand DiMele maps how each type behaves at a party, in a relationship, and under stress, arguing that your weakest instinct is where your life breaks down. Callers test the framework live.

Personality Types Under Crisis December 20, 2005

Host: Armand DiMele
Category: Emotions & Inner Life, Society, Culture & Current Events

A transit strike hits New York and Armand DiMele uses the chaos as a live laboratory, walking through how obsessive, narcissistic, sociopathic, and explosive personality types each respond to sudden disruption. Callers share raw feelings about getting to work, managing depression, and solidarity with striking workers.

How Power Corrupts and Controls November 8, 2005

Host: Armand DiMele
Category: Emotions & Inner Life, Identity & The Self

Power is neither good nor bad, but how we wield it reveals our deepest wounds. Armand DiMele maps the many faces of power, from fear-based authority and birth-order dynamics to the narcissistic traits of those who dominate others, and asks how we make peace with our own hunger for it.

Sibling Rivalry and Competition November 3, 2005

Host: Armand DiMele
Category: Family & Parenting, Identity & The Self

Sibling rivalry is rooted in biological competition for scarce resources, chiefly parental time and attention. Armand DiMele traces the dynamic from birth order through adult behavior, drawing on callers’ stories, and offers parents concrete guidance on reducing destructive competition at home.

Irritability and the Storms We Carry Undated

Host: Armand DiMele
Category: Anxiety & Fear, Emotions & Inner Life

Irritability is a lie, Armand argues: it always points back to unexpressed anger from the recent past, not the present annoyance. Callers processing Hurricane Irene illustrate how collective fear gets manufactured and internalized, and how presence and love are the only real antidotes.

Nonviolent Communication with Tom Bond Undated

Host: Armand DiMeleGuests: Tom Bond
Category: Communication & Conflict, Emotions & Inner Life

Every judgment hides an unmet need. Tom Bond, executive director and lead facilitator for Marshall Rosenberg’s Nonviolent Communication work, joins Armand DiMele to explain how shifting from blame to feelings and needs can transform stuck, accusatory arguments into genuine connection.

Thinking as Emotional Discharge Undated

Host: Armand DiMeleGuests: Ben Starr, Giullian Gioiello
Category: Emotions & Inner Life, The Mind & Neuroscience

Thinking is not neutral reflection but a behavior the mind uses to discharge uncomfortable feelings before they overwhelm us. Armand DiMele walks through his feelings-impulses-behaviors model, with co-hosts Giullian Gioiello and Ben Starr, and a caller’s story about a protest march illustrates how beauty and solidarity can break through emotional shutdown.

The Father Inside You Undated

Host: Armand DiMele
Category: Family & Parenting, Identity & The Self

Father’s Day triggers deep, often denied wounds that shape careers, relationships, and self-worth. Armand DiMele maps the landscape of absent, frightening, and emotionally dead fathers, argues that most men’s self-hatred traces back to unacknowledged need for their fathers, and fields calls from listeners grappling with unavailable dads and its lasting fallout.