Psychobabble101: Recent Episodes
Graciela Morcillo
Psychobabble101 is a blog and podcast by Graciela Morcillo, student of english literature and musician, and Veronica, anthropologist and photographer. In every episode we will discuss the meaning of untranslatable words that are unique to one language and which express a particular feeling. We aim to discuss the diversity of emotion with different artists and creative people of different cultural backgrounds. What I feel is not necessarily what you feel. Different folks, different feelings. Let's start babbling! Created and produced by Graciela M. Music by Graciela M. & Veronika Biller
Let's keep it short! Grab your popcorn! Get cozy and enjoy the show! Your head cinema "Kopfkino" is about to start. Starring your favourite chaos queens Veronica Violet and Graciela Morcillo. Let's start babbling!
We love to love, right? It's Valentin's day so let's discuss the origin of love! Have you ever heard of the 9 Greek forms of Love? Is love a parasite? What's the story with the one who got away? This time Graciela Morcillo and new host Veronica Violet invited Darrly Kiermeier to discuss and perform their art work.
Timestamps:
00:00:00 The Origin of Valentin's day and the concept of romantic Love
00:06:25 Veronica Violet's piece and the 9 Greek forms of Love
00:11:05 Darryl Kiermeier's interpretation of Love
00:28:20 Graciela Morcillo's interpretation of Love
Do you know how it feels to be strangely ashamed? Foreign ashamed? Foreign estranged? Well, there are many ways to translate this weird German word. That's why Graciela Morcillo and Tim Robin Reichel invited photographer Veronica Violet not only to talk about her "fremdschämen" piece but also to help them to break down the emotion behind the word. We promise, this episode has everything you need! A poem, body positivity and some podcast madness!
Never have they ever struggled so much on agreeing on a definition! Graciela Morcillo and Tim Robin Reichel invited Parastu Shera, who works for Amnesty International, to discuss the meaning and emotion of feeling "Weltschmerz" (Engl. World Pain). 3 German speakers, 3 different backgrounds, and no clue what it actually means... Podcast madness in its finest!
Are you a "Weichei" (Engl. soft egg)? And if not, are you sure you don’t want to be one? What’s wrong with being a soft egg? It's time to face some gender madness! I promise it gets juicy! So stop reading, start listening and let's start babbling!
Who says football and drag queens do not have anything in common? This time around Graciela Morcillo and Tim Reichel invited Daniel, a British actor from London now living in Munich, to discuss the meaning of "Schadenfreude" (engl. damage joy). So get ready for some serious madness! Because "Schadenfreude" means....
In this episode Graciela Morcillo, Tim Robin Reichel, and YouTuber Vince Ecker discuss the true meaning of being "mutterseelenallein" (engl. mother-soul-alone). From being the only queer kid in the village to dramatic movie moments to crying publicly on O'Connell Bridge in Dublin. To be mother-soul-alone does not only mean that you are alone. It means...
Graciela Morcillo and Tim Robin Reichel discuss facing your inner dog pig. Or was it pig dog? Don't get confused. This episode is all about body positivity, procrastination, and what it means to live with your inner pig dog/dog pig or whatever this weird creature's name is.