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''[[Psycomedia]]'' is a weekly podcast which, as the name suggests, looks at Psychology, Comedy and Media.
Every week, hosts Tim and Ben do their best to look at, as the introduction says, the funny side of psychology. Psycomedia does its best to tread the fine line between academic explanation, obscure jokes and genuine libel. Episodes are released on a Friday night. The show's homepage can be found
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* [[All Psychology Is Freudian]]: Inverted, so, so inverted. Inverted so much that Freud is used as profanity.
** Up until the episode that showcases studies that Freud would approve of.
* [[Audience Participation]]: Every episode starts with feedback from the listeners in the previous week.
* [[Awesome but Impractical]]: A surprising amount of the real research discussed.
* [[Biting the Hand Humour]]: Tim and Ben both attended [[Oxbridge|Oxford University]] but many episodes focus on the bizarre research of their teachers and other faculty members. Lovingly. And not libellously.
* [[Blatant Lies]]: Often mixed in with surprising truth.
* [[Bowdlerise]]: Freud is used as a substitute profanity.
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* [[British Accents]]: Of course, but notably when the hosts of [[Kingdom of Loathing|Advice Hot Dog]] claim they would believe anything said by Tim and Ben purely because of their accents.
* [[Catch Phrase]]: Hurray! (Usually ironically)
** And speaking of [[Catchphrase (game show)|Catchphrase]], Tim loves to watch [[Blockbusters]] on Challenge TV too, and what was that we just did, that was a belaboured segue!
* [[Comedic Sociopathy]]: Anytime experimental design comes up, there's usually a desire for extra electrocution or animal cruelty. Usually this parodies the level of cruelty already extent in psychology.
* [[Couch Gag]]: The outro to each episode is a mini sketch (tangentially) related to the episode's topic.
* [[Deleted Scene]]: The Frankenpodcasts are built from deleted scenes, just like [[The Bugle]].
* [[Double Act]]: Tim will often discuss the main difficulty with solo [[Stand Up Comedy]] being that he knows Ben gets him, he doesn't know that anyone else does.
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* [[Insane Troll Logic]]: What seems to motivate some experiments - getting from the theory to the method using this.
* [[Lampshaded the Obscure Reference]]: Often via the use of Venn diagram. Often involving the [[Star Wars]] Expanded Universe in Tim's case.
* [[Large Ham]]: Any time Tim improvises an outro instead of one being written.
* [[Laugh Track]]: Often referenced when a joke falls flat. One episode actually used it in the outro featuring a series of Doctor Doctor jokes.
* [[Left It In]]: The consequence of a lazy editor, and Ben's deliberate inability to understand the process.
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* [[Mistaken Nationality]]: Tim spends many episodes [[Foreshadowing]] a major incidence of this regarding Ben.
* [[My Name Is Not Durwood]]: The listeners gleefully do this to Ben, using such joyous variants as Dave and Not-Tim.
* [[Off the Rails]]: Is there any podcast that stays on-topic?
* [[Old Shame]]: Tim's student acting 'career'.
* [[Our Lawyers Advised This Trope]]: Featured in the very first episode, and also referenced whenever anything vaguely libellous comes up. Tim claims to have studied it extensively before starting the show.
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* [[Running Gag]]: Damn you Squire!, the plan to congratulate [[David Mitchell]] and [[Only Connect|Victoria Coren]] on their engagement, Phineas Gage Zombie Hunter, controlling a particular listener's life, backfeeding, Tim's hate of the word backfeeding, Tim hating having to bleep things, delicious cake.
* [[Seinfeldian Conversation]]: Often what occurs in the 'what have we done this week' section or the introduction.
* [[Self-Deprecation]]: regarding the humourousness of the podcast, and various other matters.
* [[Shown Their Work]]: Some weeks, yes. Other weeks the preparation is rather less done.
* [[Small Name, Big Ego]] / [[Narcissist]]: Tim will always promote himself and accepts any theory that boosts his ego, despite being a minor podcaster and unpublished writer. Ben suggests that Tim's self-esteem is impossible to measure because it's too high. This especially extends to Tim's many feuds, with [[Stewart Lee|Lee]] and [[Richard Herring|Herring]], [[Emma Watson]] and [[Angelina Jolie]]
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[[Category:Psycomedia]]▼
[[Category:Podcast]]
[[Category:Double Acts and Groups]]
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