Program: All In the Mind

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All in the Mind is an exploration of the mental: the mind, brain and behaviour — everything from addiction to artificial intelligence.

Broadcast on ABC Radio National on Sunday at 1pm. Repeated Monday 11am , Friday 2:30am

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How borderline personality disorder makes it harder to hold down a job

Extreme emotional turmoil, fears of abandonment, huge amounts of stigma… These factors can make navigating a career when you have borderline personality disorder really tricky. But Rosie and Enya are making it happen.

Published: SatSat 25 Oct 2025 at 5:00pmwith Sana Qadar

Illustration of to people on either side of a floating ladder.

Duration: 29 minutes 35 seconds

From school avoidance to food anxieties: navigating neurodiverse parenting

Long before Sarah's daughter Chloe Hayden became an award-winning actress starring in Netflix's Heartbreak High, she was a kid facing immense struggles. Chloe was sensitive to smells, lights and foods; she had no friends; she hated school.

Published: 18 Oct 2025Sat 18 Oct 2025 at 5:00pmwith Sana Qadar

Image of Sarah and Chloe Hayden together smiling.

Duration: 29 minutes 37 seconds

Brain Rot: Meet the people who ditched their smartphones

We've all dreamt of lobbing our smartphone into the ocean and going off grid. So what happens when you follow through with it? For the final episode of Brain Rot, we speak to the people who decided they'd had enough.

Published: 11 Oct 2025Sat 11 Oct 2025 at 5:00pmwith Sana Qadar and Ange Lavoipierre

Duration: 28 minutes 57 seconds

Brain Rot: Internet addiction

Plenty of people will say they are addicted to the internet. But how well-recognised, scientifically, is an addiction … to your screen? In episode four of Brain Rot, we dig into how behavioural addictions work.

Published: 4 Oct 2025Sat 4 Oct 2025 at 7:00pmwith Sana Qadar and Ange Lavoipierre

Artwork of someone falling into a giant smart phone.

Duration: 29 minutes 31 seconds

Brain Rot: What is tech doing to your memory?

We're trusting tech with more tasks than ever — including the ones our brains once did. We're Googling things we used to know, taking screenshots of things we'll instantly forget, and hoarding all kinds of data we'll never check again.

Published: 27 Sep 2025Sat 27 Sep 2025 at 6:00pmwith Sana Qadar and Ange Lavoipierre

Digital artwork of a brain made up of wires and lights.

Duration: 29 minutes 36 seconds

Brain Rot: Will AI turn us off human relationships?

Whether it’s social media, the omnipresent smartphone or AI companions, in recent decades the way we relate to each other has been completely up-ended.

Published: 20 Sep 2025Sat 20 Sep 2025 at 6:00pmwith Sana Qadar and Ange Lavoipierre

Digital artwork of a pixelated heart shape.

Duration: 29 minutes 35 seconds

Brain Rot: Is your phone destroying your attention span?

Everyone seems to have a hunch that their phone is destroying their attention span, but is there any science to back it up?

Published: 13 Sep 2025Sat 13 Sep 2025 at 6:00pmwith Sana Qadar and Ange Lavoipierre

Digital artwork of a brain with arms, legs and eyes, looking at a smart phone.

Duration: 29 minutes 35 seconds

Why revenge feels good — and what it costs

Revenge feels sweet... At least for a moment. James Kimmel Jr knows that better than most.

Published: 6 Sep 2025Sat 6 Sep 2025 at 6:00pmwith Sana Qadar

Close up image of a gun being held facing towards the camera.

Duration: 32 minutes 21 seconds

Task paralysis and procrastination - why it's so hard to get sh*t done

Five years of unpaid taxes. Homework handed in on the last day of an extension. Some people are champion procrastinators. Why? And what does task paralysis (sometimes called ADHD paralysis) have to do with it?

Published: 30 Aug 2025Sat 30 Aug 2025 at 6:00pmwith Sana Qadar

A typewriter with words written: If Not Now, When?

Duration: 30 minutes 47 seconds

Cruel intentions: how toxic tabloids and celebrity culture changed the way we talk about mental health

If you opened up a magazine in the 2000s, you'd likely be met by countless images of celebrities on their worst days. And the conversation accompanying those images? Pretty toxic.

Published: 23 Aug 2025Sat 23 Aug 2025 at 6:00pmwith Sana Qadar

A swarm of paparazzi photographers with flashing cameras.

Duration: 29 minutes 38 seconds

Criminal Psychology

INTRODUCING — Criminal Psychology

On All in the Mind, we investigate why people behave the way they do. But there are some perspectives we don't often hear about. Introducing Criminal Psychology, a special series diving into just that.

Illustration of a person in a maze shaped like a human fingerprint. The title Criminal Psychology is written across the artwork.

Published: 12 Aug 2025Tue 12 Aug 2025 at 2:10amwith Sana Qadar

Munchausen by Proxy: when parents hurt their kids

Why would any parent lie about their child's health? Or worse, intentionally make their child sick?

Duration: 31 minutes 50 seconds

Published: 2 Jul 2025Wed 2 Jul 2025 at 8:17amwith Sana Qadar

Pyromania vs revenge – why do people light fires?

Australians know the devastation of bushfires all too well. So why would anyone deliberately light a fire?

Duration: 29 minutes 42 seconds

Published: 4 Jul 2025Fri 4 Jul 2025 at 2:11amwith Sana Qadar

Kleptomania: when compulsive stealing takes over your life

What drives some people to steal compulsively? This week, as part of our special four-part series Criminal Psychology, we're talking about kleptomania and the impact it can have on a person's life.

Duration: 27 minutes 10 seconds

Published: 12 Jul 2025Sat 12 Jul 2025 at 11:28pmwith Sana Qadar

Feature Articles

The urge to steal has taken over Lynn's life. She has kleptomania

Despite being mentioned in medical manuscripts for hundreds of years, we still know little about what causes kleptomania or how to effectively treat the debilitating condition.

Cropped shot of young woman carrying shopping basket, standing at produce aisle in supermarket.

Published: 18 Jul 2025Fri 18 Jul 2025 at 2:34amby James Bullen

Self-hatred can be crippling — but it can also be treated

Self-criticism, guilt and low self-worth are among the features of a toxic form of self-loathing that can have serious consequences.

Graphic of sad woman, hair blowing in the wind, holding her arm across her body.

Published: 20 Mar 2025Thu 20 Mar 2025 at 8:30pmby Anna Salleh, Sana Qadar and James Bullen

Psychologists warn against overuse of labels for mental health disorders

Using diagnostic labels for people with mental health issues is on the rise, but this can sometimes hinder rather than help, psychologists warn.

Colourful mental health graphic showing people with different thoughts.

Published: 29 Jan 2025Wed 29 Jan 2025 at 10:20pmby Anna Salleh, Sana Qadar, James Bullen and Rose Kerr

An autism diagnosis at 18 made me understand why I'm so sensitive to sound

Sensitivity to everyday sounds is a common disorder, especially among autistic people such as Amelia Geiss. But what causes it and how can we help manage it?

Amelia, wearing headphones and facing towards a moving train away from the camera.

Published: 6 Jan 2025Mon 6 Jan 2025 at 8:00pm

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Program: All In the Mind

How borderline personality disorder makes it harder to hold down a job

From school avoidance to food anxieties: navigating neurodiverse parenting

Brain Rot: Meet the people who ditched their smartphones

Brain Rot: Internet addiction

Brain Rot: What is tech doing to your memory?

Brain Rot: Will AI turn us off human relationships?

Brain Rot: Is your phone destroying your attention span?

Why revenge feels good — and what it costs

Task paralysis and procrastination - why it's so hard to get sh*t done

Cruel intentions: how toxic tabloids and celebrity culture changed the way we talk about mental health

INTRODUCING — Criminal Psychology

Munchausen by Proxy: when parents hurt their kids

Pyromania vs revenge – why do people light fires?

Kleptomania: when compulsive stealing takes over your life

The urge to steal has taken over Lynn's life. She has kleptomania

Self-hatred can be crippling — but it can also be treated

Psychologists warn against overuse of labels for mental health disorders

An autism diagnosis at 18 made me understand why I'm so sensitive to sound

Discover more podcasts

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