Join Alex in a celebration of the past six years of CinemaPsych Podcast content and 100 episodes! It's been a journey, with so many films and guests, and so what better way to highlight that time with a clip show! In this double-sized episode, explore some of my favorite moments and discussions, from great films, actors, and directors to awesome psychology content and critical thinking in art. In addition to the past episode clips, Alex describes the new additions to the website, a reimagined resource for this show and the larger aim of film pedagogy in psychology. The film and clips discussed are grouped by broad psychology category. Of course, if you love what you hear in this super-sized episode, you should check out the rest the show!

This episode features clips from the following episodes, in order of appearance:

1. Clip from the first show, affectionately numbered Episode 000: An Introduction & a Memento (2000) for the Future



2. A quick defintion of amnesia and how it is used in the film Memento (2000): Episode 039: Do You Remember the Last Time We Talked About This Film? Memento (2000)



3. An introduction to the emotions in Inside Out (2015), with Dr. Molly Metz: Episode 010: I Need to Remember That Jingle Like I Need An HQ Crisis in My Head! Inside Out (2015) with Molly Metz



4. A brief primer on Gestalt problem solving in Cast Away (2000) by Dr. Marc Klippenstine: Episode 002: Is Being Stranded a Problem? Cast Away (2000) with Marc Klippenstine



5. Social influence and jury deliberations, featuring Dr. Jordan Wagge and Jason Spiegelman, in both versions of 12 Angry Men (1957/1997): Episode 038: Men Can Get Really Angry! 12 Angry Men (1957 & 1997) with Jordan Wagge & Jason Spiegelman



6. Along a similar vein, Dr. Olivia Aspiras explains social conformity and relational aggression in Mean Girls (2004): Episode 005: On Podcasts, We Wear Pink—Mean Girls (2004) with Olivia Aspiras



7. Dr. Christina Ragan "rages" on the 10% brain myth depicted in Lucy (2014): Episode 009: One Neuron, You’re Alive; Two Make a Pair! Lucy (2014) Rage Watch with Christina Ragan



8. Exploring Oliver Sacks and when real life meets drama with Dr. KatieAnn Skogsberg in At First Sight (1999): Episode 074: Virgil Picked Up His Hammer and Saw, and Hated it — At First Sight (1999) with KatieAnn Skogsberg



9. How classical and operant conditioning are differentiated in A Clockwork Orange (1971) with Dr. Wind Goodfriend: Episode 001: Come Viddy, Me Little Droogies—A Clockwork Orange (1971) with Wind Goodfriend



10. Learning is either baby steps or flooding in What About Bob? (1991) with Dr. Jordan Wagge: Episode 041: If Freud is the Butt of the Jokes, What Does it Mean? What About Bob (1991) with Jordan Wagge



11. Learn a little about the history of chimp language projects with Dr. Karen Brakke and how they were depicted in Project X (1987): Episode 040: Wait, A Chimp Can Fly A Plane?! Project X (1987) with Karen Brakke



12. Get a quick rundown of the developmental stages of each of the Von Trapp children from The Sound of Music (1965) with Dr. Jill Swirsky: Episode 092: Developmental Psychology… In Song Form! The Sound of Music (1965) with Jill Swirsky



13. Learn a little something about Organizational Citizenship Behaviors (OCBs) in Office Space (1999) with Dr. Ed Hansen: Episode 047: I Wouldn’t Say I’ve Been Missing Work—Office Space (1999) with Ed Hansen



14. Learn the opposite of OCBs with Counterproductive Worplace Behaviors (CWBs) in Clerks (1994) with Nic Baldwin: Episode 059: He Wasn’t Even Supposed to Be There Today! Clerks (1994) with Nic Baldwin



15. Explore the history of L-dopa and how experimenting with it changed the lives of so many patients in Awakenings (1990) with Dr. Sara Bagley: Episode 033: With L-Dopa, You Too Can Do the Hokey Pokey (But Only if You’re Rigid)—Awakenings (1990) with Sara Bagley



16. Get a great psychological definition of addiction from Dr. Melissa Maffeo as portrayed in Requiem for a Dream (2000): Episode 078: Drugs are Bad, MMKay? Requiem for a Dream (2000) with Melissa Maffeo



17. Sports and stats are a dream made in heaven, at least in Moneyball (2011) and to Dr. Jess Hartnett: Episode 060: Baseball is a Game of Statistics! Moneyball (2011) with Jessica Hartnett



18. Hypothesis testing is the core feature of Groundhog Day (1993), as devised by Dr. Jordan Wagge: Episode 083: Behaviorism and Research Methods on Repeat? Sign Me Up! Groundhog Day (1993) with Jordan Wagge



19. Explore the reasons why satire might be a good avenue for discussing hard topics, like the conversion therapy in But I'm a Cheerleader (1999) with Drs. Molly Metz and Will Ryan: Episode 045: A Juicy 90s Satire of Conversion Therapy—But I’m a Cheerleader (1999) with Molly Metz & Will Ryan



20. Learning about the true definition of "gaslighting," its resurgence into the lexicon, what students think of it now and its origin in Gaslight (1940) with Dr. Wind Goodfriend: Episode 089: You Haven’t Listened to this Episode, You’re Forgetful — Gaslight (1944) with Wind Goodfriend



21. Explore the rivalry of Sigmund Freud and Carl Jung, two heavyweight sin early Western psychology, and this rivalry's portrayal in A Dangerous Method (2011) with Dr. Sheila Thomas: Episode 064: Sex, Drugs, and Psychoanalysis? A Dangerous Method (2011) with Sheila Thomas



22. Discover how accurate the depiction of the 1970s was in The Stanford Prison Experiment (2015) with Dr. Keli Braitman and the late, great Dr. Jen Simonds: Episode 044: Wait, Zimbardo Didn’t Do An Experiment? The Stanford Prison Experiment (2015) with Keli Braitman and Jen Simonds



23. In a final bonus segment, Alex shares one of his most favorite moments from the past six years, with a quick introduction to how the music of Star Wars (1977) was intended to make you feel with Dr. Jim Davies and Hollywood composer Joe Kraemer: Episode 068: This Music Makes Me Feel… The Psychology of Star Wars (1977) Music with Jim Davies & Joe Kraemer

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