{"podcast":{"title":"Deep Psychology","slug":"deep-psychology-6651282","podcast_index_feed_id":6651282,"rss_url":"https://feeds.captivate.fm/deep-psychology/","website_url":"https://www.deep-psychology.com","image_url":"https://artwork.captivate.fm/10fb5f43-7246-44a0-9948-871ebdded993/pZDc8hL-kCzDYOWmMpboZo5R.png","author":"Ross Edwards","episode_count":238,"summary":"Deep Psychology Podcast with author and coach Ross Edwards Psychology, meditation and self-observation for deeper self-knowledge New episodes Wednesday; snippets on Thursday, Sunday and Tuesday Explore my 200-episode archive by category: https://deep-psychology.com/#pod-cats Follow my fortnightly newsletter: https://eepurl.com/iQjAiw My books & music: https://deep-psychology.com/my-links","last_synced_at":"2026-06-12T08:20:26.681497+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/deep-psychology-6651282"},"episode":{"title":"Your Brain Is Not the Source of Fear","slug":"your-brain-is-not-the-source-of-fear","published_at":"2026-04-09T18:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/deep-psychology-6651282/your-brain-is-not-the-source-of-fear","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/deep-psychology-6651282","url":"https://www.deep-psychology.com","audio_url":"https://episodes.captivate.fm/episode/7f03bb15-7f45-4802-bcb1-5e7a9221c82f.mp3","summary":"Our usual thinking is to pin the cause of the fear on the brain. So we say “we feel fear because x area of the brain activates. If it didn’t activate, we wouldn’t feel fear. It’s because of my brain” How can your brain “cause” fear? How can a squidgy lump of flesh cause fear? This is a snippet from my Wednesday 8th April episode, The Limits of Brain Science (#139). Philosophy category: https://player.captivate.fm/collection/41de4d4f-0232-4c5d-bb84-436add43f6f9 Explore my 200-episode podcast library: https://deep-psychology.com/#pod-cats Newsletter & books: https://deep-psychology.com/my-links","meta_description":"Our usual thinking is to pin the cause of the fear on the brain. So we say “we feel fear because x area of the brain activates. If it didn’t activate, we…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":350,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/deep-psychology-6651282/episodes/your-brain-is-not-the-source-of-fear/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/deep-psychology-6651282/your-brain-is-not-the-source-of-fear.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}