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Sana Qadar

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 at 1pm Sunday. Repeated 5.30pm Monday and 1.30pm Thursday.

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Emotionally immature parents and grandparents: what to do if you have them (or are one)Should you consider estrangement from an emotionally immature parent? How do you process the grief of realising your more stable parent … might have been a passive enabler? And what should you do if you realise you are an emotionally immature parent?

Published: Sun 14 Jun 2026 at 4:00am

Sun 14 Jun 2026 at 4:00am

with Sana Qadar

Image of someone reaching inside a shoe box/memory box filled with old photos.Duration: 34 minutes 46 seconds

Handling emotionally immature parents, raising emotionally mature kidsIf you've never had good parenting modelled to you, how do you raise emotionally mature kids?

Published: Sun 7 Jun 2026 at 4:00am

Sun 7 Jun 2026 at 4:00am

with Sana Qadar

Image of a teddy bear sitting on a bed.Duration: 33 minutes 10 seconds

How to catch a liar (it's harder than you think)Rebecca figured out a brilliant way to catch her partner in a lie. It led to a career in forensic psychology…

Published: Fri 29 May 2026 at 2:00pm

Fri 29 May 2026 at 2:00pm

with Sana Qadar

A podcast tile depicting a brain with the word FORENSIC superimposed over the top of it.Duration: 35 minutes 10 seconds

Ambiguous crimes and inattentional blindness: the science of eyewitness memoryIf you saw a crime, how clearly would you remember it? What about if you were questioned years… even decades later? Eyewitness testimony is an important part of the justice system, so how much do we know about our ability to recall details?

Published: Fri 22 May 2026 at 2:00pm

Fri 22 May 2026 at 2:00pm

with Sana Qadar

A podcast tile depicting a brain with the word FORENSIC superimposed over the top of it.Duration: 29 minutes 36 seconds

Confessing to a crime you didn't commitImagine police are interrogating you over a crime you didn't commit. If you're innocent, you're safe, right? Wrong. Sometimes, being innocent can make you more likely to confess. How is that possible?

Published: Fri 15 May 2026 at 3:00pm

Fri 15 May 2026 at 3:00pm

with Sana Qadar

A podcast tile depicting a brain with the word FORENSIC superimposed over the top of it.Duration: 31 minutes 15 seconds

Can criminal profiling identify a killer?Criminal profiling promises a lot — being able to piece together a picture of a suspect through clues, intuition and psychology sounds great. But how reliable is it?

Published: Fri 8 May 2026 at 3:00pm

Fri 8 May 2026 at 3:00pm

with Sana Qadar

A podcast tile depicting a brain with the word FORENSIC superimposed over the top of it.Duration: 31 minutes 50 seconds

INTRODUCING — ForensicForget everything you’ve learned from crime dramas. Forensic is a new podcast series from All in the Mind on ABC Radio National that takes you behind the psychological tools used to solve crimes.

Published: Wed 6 May 2026 at 12:30pm

Wed 6 May 2026 at 12:30pm

with Sana Qadar

A podcast tile depicting a brain with the word FORENSIC superimposed over the top of it.Duration: 1 minute 8 seconds

Our millennia-long obsession with immortalityWould you want to live forever? The rich and powerful certainly do.

Published: Sun 3 May 2026 at 4:00am

Sun 3 May 2026 at 4:00am

with Sana Qadar

A person's silhouette illuminated by colourful laser lights.Duration: 32 minutes 5 seconds

Pretty privilege, surgery stigma and the cosmetic procedure paradoxCosmetic procedures aren't reserved for celebrities anymore - they're becoming more and more accessible for every day people.

Published: Sun 26 Apr 2026 at 4:00am

Sun 26 Apr 2026 at 4:00am

with Sana Qadar

Neon lights in the shape of lips.Duration: 29 minutes 35 seconds

The psychology behind our moral outragePolitics, war, abortion, gun control — why do some topics make us so outraged? One theory is that our preoccupation with preventing harm is to blame.

Published: Sun 19 Apr 2026 at 4:00am

Sun 19 Apr 2026 at 4:00am

with Sana Qadar

Image of a megaphone on a wooden stool.Duration: 29 minutes 37 seconds

Forensic

INTRODUCING — ForensicForget everything you’ve learned from crime dramas. Forensic is a new podcast series from All in the Mind on ABC Radio National that takes you behind the psychological tools used to solve crimes.A podcast tile depicting a brain with the word FORENSIC superimposed over the top of it.Duration: 1 minute 8 seconds

Published: Fri 15 May 2026 at 11:04am

Fri 15 May 2026 at 11:04am

with Sana Qadar

Can criminal profiling identify a killer?Criminal profiling promises a lot — being able to piece together a picture of a suspect through clues, intuition and psychology sounds great. But how reliable is it?A podcast tile depicting a brain with the word FORENSIC superimposed over the top of it.Duration: 31 minutes 50 seconds

Published: Fri 15 May 2026 at 10:55am

Fri 15 May 2026 at 10:55am

with Sana Qadar

Confessing to a crime you didn't commitImagine police are interrogating you over a crime you didn't commit. If you're innocent, you're safe, right? Wrong. Sometimes, being innocent can make you more likely to confess. How is that possible?A podcast tile depicting a brain with the word FORENSIC superimposed over the top of it.Duration: 31 minutes 15 seconds

Published: Mon 18 May 2026 at 11:41am

Mon 18 May 2026 at 11:41am

with Sana Qadar

Ambiguous crimes and inattentional blindness: the science of eyewitness memoryIf you saw a crime, how clearly would you remember it? What about if you were questioned years… even decades later? Eyewitness testimony is an important part of the justice system, so how much do we know about our ability to recall details?A podcast tile depicting a brain with the word FORENSIC superimposed over the top of it.Duration: 29 minutes 36 seconds

Published: Mon 25 May 2026 at 12:43pm

Mon 25 May 2026 at 12:43pm

with Sana Qadar

Criminal Psychology

INTRODUCING — Criminal PsychologyOn 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: Tue 12 Aug 2025 at 12:10pm

Tue 12 Aug 2025 at 12:10pm

with Sana Qadar

Munchausen by Proxy: when parents hurt their kidsWhy would any parent lie about their child's health? Or worse, intentionally make their child sick?Illustration of a person in a maze shaped like a human fingerprint. The title Criminal Psychology is written across the artwork.Duration: 31 minutes 50 seconds

Published: Wed 2 Jul 2025 at 6:17pm

Wed 2 Jul 2025 at 6:17pm

with 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?Illustration of a person in a maze shaped like a human fingerprint. The title Criminal Psychology is written across the artwork.Duration: 29 minutes 42 seconds

Published: Fri 4 Jul 2025 at 12:11pm

Fri 4 Jul 2025 at 12:11pm

with Sana Qadar

Kleptomania: when compulsive stealing takes over your lifeWhat 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.Illustration of a person in a maze shaped like a human fingerprint. The title Criminal Psychology is written across the artwork.Duration: 27 minutes 10 seconds

Published: Sun 13 Jul 2025 at 9:28am

Sun 13 Jul 2025 at 9:28am

with Sana Qadar

Feature Articles

How 'hidden thoughts' can be a sign of OCD in some peopleEveryone experiences intrusive thoughts, and most people can brush them off without a worry. But what happens when those intrusive thoughts become inescapable?Image of strips of paper scrunched into the shape of a brain. The paper says words like "stress" and "anxiety".

Published: Mon 12 Jan 2026 at 6:00am

Mon 12 Jan 2026 at 6:00am

by Rose Kerr

The urge to steal has taken over Lynn's life. She has kleptomaniaDespite 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: Fri 18 Jul 2025 at 12:34pm

Fri 18 Jul 2025 at 12:34pm

by James Bullen

Self-hatred can be crippling — but it can also be treatedSelf-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: Fri 21 Mar 2025 at 7:30am

Fri 21 Mar 2025 at 7:30am

by Anna Salleh, Sana Qadar and James Bullen

Psychologists warn against overuse of labels for mental health disordersUsing 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: Thu 30 Jan 2025 at 9:20am

Thu 30 Jan 2025 at 9:20am

by Anna Salleh, Sana Qadar, James Bullen and Rose Kerr

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