The Psychology of OJ Simpson (2016 Rerun)
Psychology In Seattle Podcast
Kirk Honda
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🗓️ 30 December 2025
⏱️ 171 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | Have you seen the new documentary about O.J. Simpson, the ESPN documentary? |
| 0:05.9 | It's, if you haven't seen it, it's amazing. It's not only about O.J. Simpson, but it's also about |
| 0:11.5 | American culture and what it was like in the 60s and 70s and 80s regarding black, white |
| 0:20.2 | relations and politics. And it just involves so many different |
| 0:24.4 | things. The law. And it comes on the heels of a, you know, a pretty good mini-series on FX about |
| 0:33.4 | the O.J. Simpson trial. I forget what was called American Crime Story or something. |
| 0:44.0 | I thought it was a little cheesy at times, but I thought it was also quite gripping. |
| 0:48.6 | You have to take it with a grain of salt, this recreation, the mini series on FX, because of course the writers are interpreting things and taking things out and that kind of stuff. But from what I |
| 0:56.5 | understand, it seemed like a fairly accurate picture of what might have happened during the trial. |
| 1:03.7 | So after watching these two incredible TV experiences, for lack of a better term. I have just been obsessed with the O.J. Simpson |
| 1:16.2 | case. I was alive in an adult in the 90s and experienced the whole O.J. Simpson thing as an American, but I didn't follow it. It was something |
| 1:31.2 | that I heard about and people, I could, you know, I heard people talking about it, but I never |
| 1:36.6 | really looked into it. So this is really the first time I've, I've ever learned the details about it. And I just, I just find it fascinating. |
| 1:48.2 | Plus, I've received a lot of emails from patrons asking me to do an episode about OJ |
| 1:55.0 | because of these two miniseries documentaries that have come out. So here we are. |
| 2:01.7 | And this is what I'm going to talk about today. |
| 2:04.2 | I'm going to dive deep into the topic. |
| 2:07.0 | I'm going to talk about some of the history. |
| 2:09.7 | And I'm going to talk about possible psychological factors behind the behaviors exhibited by OJ Simpson. |
| 2:20.6 | This is the Psychology in Seattle podcast. I'm your host, |
| 2:26.8 | Dr. Kirk Honda. I am chair of the couple and family therapy program at Antioch University, |
| 2:32.6 | Seattle, and I'm also a licensed marriage and family therapist. Before I go any further, |
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