You're listening to serious inquiries only. Oh, Hello and

welcome to series inquiries only this is episode 252. I'm Thomas Smith, and you know what,

this is a bit of a change of pace,

because I used to do episodes like this all the time,

but then politics happened and 2016 happened and all that. But this is back to kind of a sciencey episode.

I'm really excited to have

Lindsay Osterman on who's been on the show before.

We talk about that in the beginning,

so you'll hear that.

But she's a psychologist and she's on the show

today to talk about parasocial relationships which even if you don't know exactly

what that means yet you probably are taking part in some parasocial relationships right now.

It's super interesting stuff.

She also goes into some studies that have been done and a study that she did

with perhaps some of you listening involved in that study.

She drew from the audience and I actually had forgotten about it as you'll hear

because it's been two years.

And then toward the end she even takes us through a study of

parisocial relationships with Trump and how that might predict voting. It's really

interesting stuff. So without further ado, let's get over to the interview with Lindsay Osterman.

I am joined by a guest it's I am joined by a guest. It's Lindsay Osterman. How you doing?

Fantastic, living my best life.

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