# What is Psychology? Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-great-updraft-7045130/what-is-psychology Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-great-updraft-7045130/what-is-psychology.md Podcast: [The Great Updraft](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-great-updraft-7045130) Published: 2026-05-06T19:00:00+00:00 Episode link: https://www.spreaker.com/episode/what-is-psychology--71896255 Audio file: https://api.spreaker.com/download/episode/71896255/95684a7b_4354_465c_8092_dccd111708d3.mp3 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-great-updraft-7045130/episodes/what-is-psychology Duration seconds: 2871 ## Resource What is psychology? Why are there so many views on how human psychology works? What are some key questions in psychological work?This is both a foundational episode for understanding all of the work I do on this podcast, and for our May and June Psychology series, where we look at many critical questions in psychological and self-development work.My definition? Psychology is the study of why you are the way you are.[I apologise for the mic taps. I attempted to edit out as many as possible.]My Psychology category: https://player.captivate.fm/collection/9f81342e-0c6f-4b7d-ab6c-bd333126470e Explore my 200-episode podcast library: https://deep-psychology.com/#pod-cats Newsletter & books: https://deep-psychology.com/my-links ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-great-updraft-7045130/episodes/what-is-psychology/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-great-updraft-7045130/what-is-psychology.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.