Ep: 211 - Living With Borderline Personality - The Psychology of Borderline Personality Disorder (Preview)

Borderline Personality can be extremely challenging for the person that has it, and also for the relationships in that person's life. In this episode: We discuss what it's like living with Borderline Personality.

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Ep: 162 - Analyzing The Aaron Hernandez Murders (Stalker Preview Episode) - The Psychology of Aaron Hernandez


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In this episode- We explore the brain trauma, drug use, developmental history, and closeted homosexuality, and eventual suicide that were all part of this deeply troubled killer.

Michael Drane and Andrew Baker discus the Netflix documentary Killer Inside: The Mind of Aaron Hernandez. In this documentary they discuss Aaron Hernandez as a rising star in the NFL. He seemed to have everything, but Hernandez was living a double life... football star by day, impulsive murderer by night.


Aaron Hernandez’s fiancé speaks out



What Is The Netflix documentary about Aaron Hernandez?


A much-anticipated docuseries on Aaron Hernandez hit Netflix on Wednesday, and over three episodes it traces his shocking and seemingly incomprehensible downfall. Between the ages of 16 and 27, the Connecticut native went from being a fun-loving high school star to a well-paid tight end for the Super Bowl-minded Patriots, only to end up committing suicide in prison after being convicted of one Boston-area murder and being heavily implicated in two others.
— http://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2020/01/15/aaron-hernandez-netflix-documentary/%3foutputType=amp

Football Players That Have Committed Suicide or Retired Early




Featuring Professor/Psychoanalyst Michael Drane (@upcmd), Unpopular Culture Podcast is a psychology podcast hosted by Professor & Psychoanalyst Michael Drane. With help from professionals in different fields, he seeks to shine light into the broken underbelly of society.

Listen as he takes on the psychology behind subjects like:

True Crime: serial killers, murders, stalkers, cults, forensic analysis

Psychology: mental illness, social phenomenon, mob mentality, psychoanalysis, etc. 

Culture: Sexuality, Satanic Panic, love, Tv analysis, movie analysis. 

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Ep: 159 - Borderline Personality for "Bees with Boots - The Psychology of Borderline Personality Disorder

We discuss Borderline Personality Disorder. Attachment wounds and intense fear of abandonment lie at the heart of what is clinically known as Borderline Personality disorder. Many of us have features of this disorder. In this episode, we explain how this looks early and late in life, what to do if you have it, and how to get some help

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Ep: 142 - Scale of Evil (Part 6) Psychopathic "In The Way" Killers - The Psychology Of Murder

We review the case of Ismael Juarez Cisneros, a semi-psychopath "In The Way" killer who murdered his close friend in retaliation for informing to authorities. This is level 11 on Dr. Stone's Gradation Evil Scale.

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Ep: 130 - Scale of Evil (Part 3) Hot Heads & Fits of Rage - The Psychology of Murder

We cover levels 6-8 on Dr. Michael Stones "Gradation of Evil Scale”. How can anger push someone to murder?

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Ep: 124 - Creative Madness - The Psychology of Creativity vs. Insanity

We describes the thin line between Creativity and Insanity. What is the process in the brain and how psychopaths use it to choose their victims. How do brain chemicals such as dopamine effect things like art? What does neuroscience say about psychopaths?

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Ep: 123 - Cult Psychology: Order Of The Solar Temple

In this episode Michael Drane discusses the Order of the Solar Temple cult. Solar Temple gained worldwide notoriety when the burnt bodies of 74 of its members were found in Switzerland, Canada and then France. 23 bodies were discovered in a burnt-out farm in canton Fribourg. Another 25 bodies were found in canton Valais.

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Ep: 119 - Obsessive Compulsive - The Psychology Of OCD (Preview)

Obsessions, Compulsions, Hair Pulling, Skin Picking... Do you have any of these? Prof. Michael Drane talks Obsessive Compulsive Disorder and everything related to OCD.

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Ep: 116 - Archetypes of The Avengers - The Psychology of The Avengers


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In this episode we visit with our good friends over at The Psychology In Seattle Podcast. Professor Michael Drane is joined by Dr. Kirk Honda and Humberto to discuss the conclusion of The Avengers Infinity War saga.

Michael discusses in this episode an analysis of The Avengers characters using Psychological Archetypes!! You won’t want to miss this episode.


What are The Avengers?


The Avengers are a team of superheroes assembled by Nick Fury and the intelligence agency S.H.I.E.L.D. through the Avengers Initiative.

The original team consisted of Iron Man, Captain America, Hulk, Thor, Black Widow and Hawkeye.

They were initially brought together by S.H.I.E.L.D. to combat Loki, Thor’s adoptive brother. The team was initially formed by Nick Fury to “fight the battles that S.H.I.E.L.D. never could”.
— https://marvel-movies.fandom.com/wiki/Avengers_(team)


Unpopular Culture Podcast is a psychology podcast hosted by Professor & Psychoanalyst Michael Drane. With help from professionals in different fields, he seeks to shine light into the broken underbelly of society.

Listen as he takes on the psychology behind subjects like:

True Crime: serial killers, murders, stalkers, cults, forensic analysis

Psychology: mental illness, social phenomenon, mob mentality, psychoanalysis, etc. 

Culture: Sexuality, Satanic Panic, love, Tv analysis, movie analysis. 

We are an independent psychology podcast. Help us keep UPC free of ads and on the air. Please consider supporting the show and get access to our "Stalkers Only" archive, and help be a part of the creative process.

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Ep: 112 - Speaking of Gaslighting - The Psychology of Brainwashing

Along with Therapist Sam Manewitz we discuss "Gaslighting". Gaslighting is the term used for how someone in a relationship who manipulates you into feeling crazy. What is it? How can you tell it is being used against you? How to get some help.

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Ep: 98 - My Trauma - The Psychology of Trauma

How does trauma affect us as humans? How do these traumas change us and make us unable to handle certain things. In what way Professor/Psychotherapist Michael Drane explains- What is trauma?

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Ep: 91 - Bypassing The Mind: EMDR Therapy - The Psychology Of Trauma

Professor Michael Drane & Trauma Specialist Jessica Gaul discuss a remarkable therapy that taps into the rabbit hole of human neurology, EMDR therapy (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing) has been known to bypass the conscious mind and even access repressed memories.

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Ep: 80 - Stories From A State Mental Hospital - Working in a Mental Hospital- Part 2

Our follow-up on Mental Hospitals. We talk about different stories of their time in mental hospital. Both of these gentlemen have worked in the industry for years as behavioral health techs at state mental hospitals and other locations. Is it dangerous? What is it like?

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Ep: 42 - American Beauty (Movie Review) - The Psychology of American Beauty (Stalker Only)

We discuss the psychology of American Beauty. American Beauty is a 1999 American drama Kevin Spacey stars as Lester Burnham, an advertising executive who has a midlife crisis when he becomes infatuated with his teenage daughter's best friend.

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Ep: 39 - Fatal Insomnia - The Psychology of Sleep

Fatal Insomnia is a rare disease that plagues a single family line for centuries. We dive into the Psychology of Sleep and REAL stories of people who suffered from Fatal Familial Insomnia. A guided, 60-second sleep meditation ends this podcast. Please tune in for the last three minutes of the show, ONLY if you are prepared to fall asleep.

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Ep: 8 - The Stanford Prison Experiment - The Psychology of Authority

The prison experiment in the 1970’s by Philip Zimbardo, who intended to study the effects of prison environments, but ended up uncovering examples of human nature. They are housed in a Stanford basement, make-shift prison. Students were divided into a group of prisoners and a group of guards. W

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Ep: 1 - The Story of David Reimer - The Psychology of Gender Identity

Michael honors the tragic life of David Reimer, the victim of a botched surgery at the age of 8 months, forced to live out his life as a woman. This terrible headlining story of the 1970's gave way to some of the most haunting and unethical decisions of our time, effectively starting the revolution for social change in the way of gender identity.

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