On this day, 7 October 1988, thousands of workers in Montenegro, then part of Yugoslavia, went on strike demanding the resignation of the Communist Party leadership, whom they blamed for 200% inflation and a 50% reduction in living standards over the past eight years. Montenegrins and Serbs also complained of persecution by ethnic Albanians in neighbouring Kosovo.While riot police attacked and teargassed workers, the Communist Party declared that they supported the demands of the workers. The

The EPPP does not require you to become a neuroanatomist, but it does expect you to recognize the major dopamine pathways and what happens when dopamine activity changes within them. This episode simplifies the mesolimbic, mesocortical, nigrostriatal, and tuberoinfundibular pathways by connecting each one to the symptoms and medication side effects most likely to appear on the exam. By the end, you should be able to work backward from a clinical vignette and identify the dopamine pathway being

On this day, 6 October 1995, 32,000 machinists went on strike at Boeing, one of the world's largest aircraft manufacturers. It lasted for 69 days and ended in most of their demands being met. More information, sources and map: https://stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/10666/machinists-at-boeing-strikeOur work is only possible because of support from you, our listeners on patreon. If you appreciate our work, please join us and access exclusive content and benefits at

On this day, 5 October 2001, workers at the Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital in Blantyre, Malawi, launched a sitdown strike for better pay. In particular, the workers were complaining about wages and additional allowances, which were considerably lower for health workers than they were for workers in the justice system.The strike shut down almost all of the 1500-bed facility, with only a few beds remaining open in the Orthopaedics and burns departments. The strike was primarily by nurses, but also

Piaget, Erikson, and Kohlberg all proposed stage theories of development, but the EPPP may test whether you can distinguish what each theorist believed was actually developing. This episode compares Piaget’s cognitive stages, Erikson’s psychosocial conflicts, and Kohlberg’s levels of moral reasoning using memorable examples and high-yield exam distinctions. You’ll also learn a simple strategy for identifying the correct theorist when an EPPP question gives you a developmental vignette.

On this day, 4 October 1945, US President Harry S. Truman ordered the Navy to seize half of the US's oil refining capacity in order to break a three-week strike of the nation's oil workers. More info in this excellent book: https://shop.workingclasshistory.com/collections/books/products/strike-jeremy-brecherOur work is only possible because of support from you, our listeners on patreon. If you appreciate our work, please join us and access exclusive content and benefits at

Nobel Prize awarded for work on optogenetics and galanin neurons; altering social and parental behaviors.

On this day, 3 October 2019, a series of protests led by Indigenous peoples began in Ecuador in protest at an austerity package backed by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) known as Decree 883. The bill, aimed at reducing public spending, included pay cuts and increases in fuel costs of at least 30%. The movement began with a strike of transport workers on 3 October. After unions called off the stoppage, Indigenous peoples then took the lead in organising disruptive street protests. After a

On this day, 2 October 1915, the mostly women workers at the weaving mill in Morozov, Russia walked out for a pay rise to compensate for the increasing cost of living. The strike spread to tens of thousands of other workers in nearby towns, who stayed out until 7 October when they received a 20% raise. More information, sources and map: https://stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/9226/morozov-mill-women-workers-strikeOur work is only possible because of support from you, our listeners

Welcome to the MAX Unko Kawaii World!Total number of visitors exceeded 1.6M! The Unko Museum is a “poop-entertainment” museum that offers an unprecedented experience that overturns your stereotypes through the theme of poop. Inside the museum, there is a poop volcano where tiny poop pops out from a giant object and a photogenic space lined with cute and sparkling poops. There is also a “shitty game” space where guests can enjoy poop games. You can find 12 unique poop animals too! Enjoy the MAX poop

One of the easiest ways to lose points on the EPPP is to know that Broca’s and Wernicke’s areas are involved in language—but confuse what each one actually does.

On 1 October 2012 health workers in Estonia began a strike for better pay and conditions. In particular, they were demanding a 23% pay increase for caretakers, 17.5% for nurses, and 11% for doctors. They also demanded reduced workloads, and pay for interns.At first, workers in Tallin and Tartu walked out from outpatient care centres, while doctors initiated a go-slow. On October 8 the strike expanded to include inpatient facilities, and affected cities like Parnu, Viljamdi, Narva, and Kuressaare.On

On this day, 30 September 1919, compositors and pressmen working at The Daily Sketch newspaper in London refused to print the paper until an editorial criticising an ongoing railway strike was deleted. That same day, another newspaper had its publication delayed by its workers demanding that a government advert appealing to the public to resist the strike be thrown out. However they were persuaded by union leaders to withdraw their demand. Newspaper packers and delivery drivers also tried to delay

Modern couples have more ways to communicate than any generation before them, yet many appear to be experiencing less sexual intimacy. Intriguingly, some research suggests that the emerging divide between religious and secular couples may have less to do with religious couples changing and more to do with declining sexual frequency among secular couples. The timing raises an important psychological question: what changed as relationships moved deeper into the digital age? This episode explores how

On this day, 29 September 1909, the revolutionary Industrial Workers of the World union began the first of what became known as the free speech fights, in Missoula, Montana. Members would publicly speak on the streets of the town in open defiance of a law banning public speaking. When one speaker was arrested another took their place, including well known organisers Elizabeth Gurley Flynn, who was pregnant at the time, and Frank Little. As a result, the local jail was filled with no end to the

On September 22, 1979, an American surveillance satellite detected a mysterious double flash over the remote southern oceans. The signal looked disturbingly similar to the optical signature of an atmospheric nuclear explosion. Some U.S. intelligence analysts believed a secret nuclear test had occurred, while a White House scientific panel remained unconvinced. Suspicion eventually centered on several countries, particularly Israel and South Africa, but no perpetrator was ever established. Nearly

On this day, 28 September 1991, leading labour organiser Shankar Guha Niyogi was assassinated in his sleep at midnight in Bhilai, India. Niyogi, who had successfully led efforts to organize cement factory and contract coalminers, as well as establish health care and cultural programs for poor workers and peasants, had angered many local industrialists, whose profits had suffered as a result. He was murdered by a hired gunman, Paltan Mallah. In 1997, several capitalists were convicted of conspiracy

Would a person with strong psychopathic traits recognize those characteristics in themselves—or believe that everyone else is simply more emotional, gullible, or weak? Self-awareness in psychopathy is more complicated than the stereotype of the calculating individual who knows exactly what they are. This episode explores insight, identity, manipulation, emotional differences, and what psychology suggests psychopaths may actually understand about themselves.

Playing hard to get is one of dating’s oldest strategies: show interest, but not too much interest, and supposedly the other person will want you more. Psychological research suggests there is some truth behind the idea, but only under surprisingly narrow conditions. The difference between creating attraction and killing it may come down to whether someone experiences you as selective or simply uninterested.

Sometimes detectives know exactly who they want to investigate but lack the evidence needed to prove it. DNA may already exist from a crime scene, yet investigators still need something belonging to the suspect for comparison. That is when an ordinary coffee cup, cigarette butt, drinking straw, or piece of trash can become extraordinarily important. Once an object has been abandoned, investigators may sometimes collect it and test biological material left behind. This episode examines how discarded