Haloes & Shadoes explores the full spectrum of the human mind through science, history and faith. Good or bad, "You Become What You Practice Quietly"
Malcolm Little: The Hustler Who Rebuilt Himself in a Prison Library
Born Malcolm Little. Known as Detroit Red, then Malcolm X, then el-Hajj Malik el-Shabazz. Four names in thirty-nine years, and each one was a belief about who he was.
This is the story of a boy whose father was killed and whose mother was institutionalised, a teacher who told him his dream was unrealistic, a hustler on the streets of Harlem, and a prison inmate who copied the dictionary out by hand, page by page, starting with the letter A. It follows him through twelve years as one of America’s loudest and most certain voices, and the pilgrimage to Mecca that forced him to ask whether he had been wrong.
We look at cognitive dissonance, the psychology of what happens when two things you believe cannot both be true, and why most of us defend a belief rather than revise it. Malcolm did the harder thing, at the moment it cost him the most.
Halo or shadow? Both, and the same man.
#history #psychology #selfawareness
8 Oct 2026
The Signpost You Stopped Reading | Why Familiar Ideas Feel True
Think of a signpost you walk past every day. You stopped reading it years ago, you just follow where it points. Your brain does the same thing with ideas.
This episode breaks down the illusory truth effect, the quirk of the mind that makes anything you’ve heard often enough feel true, whether or not it is. We look at the halo and the shadow of that mental shortcut, why it keeps daily life running smoothly and also lets unchecked claims, and the stories we repeat about ourselves, slip in as fact. Then a few things you can try: trace where an idea started, count sources instead of repetitions, and choose better material to repeat.
Because you become what you practise, quietly.
#psychology #criticalthinking #mindset
26 Sept 2026
Mary Magdalene: The Woman Who Stayed When Everyone Else Fled
For nearly fifteen hundred years, the Western world called her a prostitute. She wasn't one. There is no line in any Gospel that says so.
This is the story of a woman who financially supported a ministry out of her own means, stood at the foot of the cross when nearly every male disciple had fled, and became the first person, according to every Gospel account, to witness the resurrection. And how one sermon delivered in the year five hundred and ninety-one rewrote her entire reputation, a mistake the Church didn't formally correct for fourteen centuries.
We dig into the illusory truth effect, the psychological mechanism behind how repetition alone, with zero evidence attached, can manufacture something that feels indistinguishable from fact, whether it's happening inside one mind or across an entire civilization.
Halo or shadow? In her case, the shadow was never even hers to begin with.
#historypodcast #psychology #philosophy
Reach and audience
Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.
Spotify
3.3 / 5
12 ratings
Contact Ministry of Mind
Guest appearances
Does not typically book guests
Based on episode analysis; this does not confirm that the show is currently accepting guests.
Host of Ministry of Mind?
Claim your podcast to manage its listing and keep your show details accurate.
Pod Engine is an independent podcast discovery and analytics service and is not affiliated with or endorsed by this podcast. Artwork and show content belong to their owners. Full legal notice.
Explore this show Podcast research with Pod Engine
