The Psychology of Columbine (Ch 8 - Your Emails)
Psychology In Seattle Podcast
Kirk Honda
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🗓️ 1 May 2026
⏱️ 19 minutes
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00:00 Does every teenager have violent fantasies?
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40:34 How did Columbine affect the Christian faith?
53:36 Final words
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| 0:00.0 | Hey, Deservant listeners, this is the next chapter in our deep dive on the Columbine shooting, |
| 0:04.8 | and we are going to continue reading emails from y'all, and they're all pretty interesting, |
| 0:10.3 | and I think really extend the conversation into very interesting and practical directions. |
| 0:17.4 | What do you say? Let's get into it. |
| 0:18.6 | Let's do it. |
| 0:19.4 | This is the Psychology in Seattle podcast. I'm your host, Dr. Kerkhan. I'm a therapist, and I'm also a professor. |
| 0:23.9 | My name is Umberto Castaneda, and I'm a foot odor investigator. So anonymous annual patron, she wrote in says, hi, I was raised by a functioning alcoholic single mother in a chaotic, unpredictable home. |
| 0:38.3 | Okay, just jamming in. |
| 0:39.3 | This is a long email, but I think it's very illuminating. |
| 0:42.6 | So I was raised by my single mom. |
| 0:46.2 | She was a functioning alcoholic, meaning that she was able to pay her bills and work and stuff, I'm guessing. |
| 0:53.5 | And my house was chaotic and unpredictable. |
| 0:57.0 | The worst abuse for me was mental, as she repeatedly, contemptuously announced that I would never amount to anything. |
| 1:07.3 | Wow. |
| 1:07.5 | And that I was sick in my head and that I should be put into the system, I think, meaning... |
| 1:14.2 | Remitted. |
| 1:15.1 | Yeah. |
| 1:16.6 | Later, as a teenager, the worst was the shame I had for my low social class compared to my friends. |
| 1:24.9 | Didn't you have a bit of this growing up? |
| 1:26.6 | Oh, yeah. |
| 1:27.2 | What was that like? |
| 1:28.7 | So I went to a private school because, well, because my, at first my dad could pay for it, |
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