Personology Season 2 Trailer

From Henry VIII to Lenny Bruce to Amy Winehouse, season 2 of Personology will dive into 10 more fascinating historical and popular figures to see what makes them tick. Join Dr. Gail Saltz January 25th for more Personology!

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
Did Abraham Lincoln's deep depressions make him a better president
to lead the US through Civil War? He suffered depression
a couple of times. One when his engagement to Mary
Todd broke up, his friends really thought he was going
to commit suicide. Is there a genetic explanation for Henry
the Eighth lack of a male heir and his growing

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extreme paranoia through his life? He becomes a man obsessed
with holding onto his power, with his health failing him,
he sort of goes into a call like an extended mania.
Why did marylyn and Rose death by suicide coincide with
an upswing in her movie career? Arthur Miller once pulled
her in from the ledge of their apartment. She was

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suicidal at times, and she had a fascination, almost a
love affair with death. I'm Dr Gail Saltz, a psychiatrist
and psychoanalyst, and on my podcast Personology, I'll be joined
by amazing experts to dove into the minds of famous
historical figures understand how both nature and nurture, biology and
life experience shape their character, achievements and struggles. If you

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want to know what really made exceptional original ingenious people take.
Then take a listen to season two of Personalogy, starting
January on the I Heart Radio app, on Apple Podcasts,
or wherever you get your podcasts.