Shrinking Heads
Shrinking Heads is an enlightful take on pop culture and entertainment from a psychological lens. Straight from Emily's closet, Kaci and Emily attempt to use their counseling brains to create meaning in infamous moments that you didn't think needed to be revisited. Your mental health will thank you.
Episodes
40 episodes
Jada and Will
We discuss Jada's memoir and the confession that she and Will have been separated for 7 years. Who knew? Not us.
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54:46
Britney and Sam...a Love Story for the Ages.
What happened with Britney Spears' short-lived marriage? We don't know, but we pretend to.
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54:40
Tailored Taylor
We're back, and as any socially responsible therapists would do, we talk Taylor.
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Season 4
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Episode 1
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1:03:24
S3 E10: Elon Musk but Mostly Kaci and Emily Talking
It was the holidays. We try our best to offer a degree of insight into Elon Musk's oddities and behavior that may explain the Twitter dumpster fire. We fail.
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40:27
S3 E9: Merry Christmas Ya Filthy Animal--Fictional Hot Takes
Christmas and Counseling combine in our whole hearted attempt to bring some Christmas cheer and insight to some of our favorite fictional characters.
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Season 2
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Episode 9
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49:17
S3 E8: Love and Addiction with Margot and Cara.
Our clinical and personal takes on addiction's impact on friends and family and why drugs feel like a bad choice for...everyone?
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38:26
S3 E7: Adam Levine and Sext Therapy
Adam Levine's sexting game is psychoanalyzed with the as little snickering as we can muster.
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39:42
S3 E6: Home Thoughts From Abroad: An Ode to the Queen
We tracked down one of the British people in our lives, pastor Alex, to give his thoughts on the loss and legacy of the dearly departed Queen Elizabeth. Emily and Kaci make a point to sound stupid.
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46:56
S3 E5: 4 Weddings and a Funeral.
It's time for hot takes! A convenient rehashing of several previous episodes whose subjects have had major life developments.
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32:17
S3E4: Khloe Kardashian
Is Khloe the unluckiest in love person alive, orrrrr is something else going on?
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36:54
S3E3: Britney Griner
What on earth do we have to offer Britney Griner? Mostly just hope, which we're still pretty unsure about.
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41:27
S3E2 Anne Heche: Trauma and Legacy
We consider the complicated story of Anne Heche and the role of the counselor in processing trauma.
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43:32
S3 E1: Bachelor Nation, Meet Shrinking Heads.
A favorite guest of the show, Ally Coucke, fills the therapist world in on what is with the unquestionably messed up world of the Bachelor and dating for sport. Season 3 is here!
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Season 3
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Episode 1
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45:50
Season 2 Recap
Taking a quick break before we get back at it in Season 3.
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Season 2
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Episode 11
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4:10
S2 E10: Watermelon Sugar Eye
We're kind of late to Harry's party (or house, if you will) but we want to stay and hang for a long time. Turns out there is a lot we left out about our style icon, but it makes for easy listening. Just like Harry.
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Season 2
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Episode 10
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40:58
S2E9: Tom Gun
In all honesty: we think both Tom Cruise and Scientology are weeeird. Kaci uses one of the most popular terms in armchair therapy in her psychoanalysis, but she's a real therapist so she bout to back it up.
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Season 2
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Episode 9
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49:24
S2E8: Naomi’s River of Time
Emily and Kaci get serious for this episode and discuss the topic of suicide. Moved by Naomi Judd’s recent death, Kaci brings Emily along for a ride discussing suicide, generative development, and mental health vs mental illness. Oh! And we tal...
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Season 2
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Episode 8
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49:41
S2E7: Ben Simmons and Bethany Pinch Hits
While Kaci is away on a weekend trip, Emily and Bethany discuss the mental health of NBA star Ben Simmons and the challenges of being a professional athlete.
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Season 2
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Episode 7
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47:57
S2E6: Hot Takes I
The Oscars, Johnny and Amber, the Met Gala. We try our hand at multiple topics in one episode, each equally juicy.
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Season 2
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Episode 6
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38:56
S2E5; Johnny and Amber, obviously.
We tried really hard to find an angle for these two, but they've got some of their own work to do before they're ready for the therapist chair. *This is an ongoing story that has had several key developments since our recordi...
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Season 2
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Episode 5
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48:04
S2E4: JLo Loooves Love
Who knew that one of the hottest women in the history of the world could be so unlucky in love? We (but mostly only Kaci) did. Here's hoping #6 sticks, Jenny.
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Season 2
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Episode 4
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46:18
S2E3: Pete and Kanye don't play nice
Pete Davidson got cornered and finally bared his teeth. Where does he go from here and what is the appropriate societal reaction to celebrity mental illness?
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Season 2
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Episode 3
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33:39
S2E2: We Talk About Bruno…
Joined by two wee little guests, Emily and Kaci take a look at everyone’s favorite hush-hush character, Bruno Madrigal. In case you don’t know, or haven’t had the joy of this ear worm settling into your brain for eternity, Bruno is one of the m...
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Season 2
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Episode 2
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46:33