This is exactly right.

Our 20s are often seen as this golden decade, our time to be carefree, make mistakes and figure out our lives.

But what can psychology teach us about this time?

I'm Gemma Spegg, the host of The Psychology of Your 20s.

Each week we take a deep dive into a unique aspect of our 20s, from career anxiety, mental health, heartbreak, money and much more to explore the science behind our experiences.

The Psychology of Your 20s hosted by me, Gemma Speg.

Listen now on the IHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.

I'm Soledad O'Brien, and on my new true crime podcast, Murder on the Toe Path, I'm taking you back to 1964 to the cold case of artist Mary Pinchow Meyer.

She had been shot twice in the head and in the back.

It turns out Mary was connected to a very powerful man.

I pledge you that we shall neither commit nor provoke aggression.

John F. Kennedy.

Listen to murder on the towpath with Soledad O'Brien on the IHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts,

or wherever you get your podcast.

What happens when we come face to face with death?

My truck was blown up by a 20-pound anti-taint mine.

My parachute did not deploy.

I was kidnapped by a drug cartel.

When we step beyond the edge of what we know,

clinically died the heart stopped beating.

Which I was dead for 11.5 minutes.

In return.

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