Discussing freedom of speech and the self-censorship debate on the Internet and social media; featuring attorney Robert Shelby, professor Jessica Levinson and professor Gabrielle Ganbrell;
The popularity of online challenges and how they have become increasingly unsafe and, in some cases, deadly; hearing from families who lost children to the blackout challenge" choking game;
Discussing the disproportionate targeting of Black Americans in arrests, shootings, and killings; what the "defund the police" movement means and whether the slogan is misleading;
A British lottery winner says that her life had turned upside down; a woman says that she is addicted to playing the lottery; professionals discuss the pros and cons and what's important to know before buying a ticket; what happens if one comes into sudden wealth;
Teens help rescue two strangers from a house fire; Anthony rescues a man who is being electrocuted on a railroad track; Chase helps a woman who is being fat-shamed on a plane; the Dream Machine Foundation; Dave dives into a freezing river to save a woman;
Thousands of asylum seekers, from the Mexican border, arrive in Washington, D.C. and New York City on buses, sent by the governors of Texas and Arizona; National Border Patrol Council President Brandon Judd; attorney Saman Movassghi Gonzales;
The gruesome quadruple murder of university students in Moscow, Idaho, remains a mystery for seven weeks, until law officials are able to track down a suspect, Bryan Kohlberger;
Bryan Kohlberger, the suspect in the murders of four Idaho University students in Moscow, Idaho, has an interesting past; childhood friends; his reported behavior at a local bar; his family's statement; the daughter of the BTK serial killer speaks out;
Who should be held responsible when minors break the law; whether prosecutors should provide juvenile delinquents with resources instead of punishing them; parents compare their experiences with teens and the law;
Women speak out about sexual abuse that they endured from one OGBYM; a university football player says that he is just one of thousands of victims, who were abused by one doctor; a gymnast says that Dr. Larry Nasser sexually abused her for years in plain sight;
DNA testing brings the era of keeping family secrets to a close, spurring paternity surprises and lawsuits, making some people's lives better but ruining others; what to know before taking a DNA test;
Vaping is physically damaging and has become a real point of contention within families of teen users; where 12-year-old Connor gets his vapes; Grace and Jordyn share their stories of how vaping put them into the hospital and have vowed never to vape again;
Laura admits to driving drunk thousands of times and didn't learn her lesson, when she totaled her car; she says that she doesn't want to drink and has tried to stay sober; the family of three children killed by a drunken driver;
Laura says that she wants to stop drinking, but every time that she tries, the alcohol wins; a former drunken driver who killed two young women; the mother of one of the women tells how that day changed her life; Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD);
Sherri Papini reportedly disappeared while jogging; weeks later, she turned up, saying that she'd been abducted by two women who branded her and planned to sex traffic her; investigators unraveled a web of deceit and manipulation, and Papini is behind bars;
A prominent family has been tied to the deaths of a housekeeper, a high school classmate, and a young woman in a boat crash in 2021; Alex Murdaugh reportedly found his wife and son shot dead on their property, setting off a bizarre chain of events;
How women feel about the pressures of aging; supermodel and writer Paulina Porizkova; women who are consumed with self-consciousness and fear of aging; a website focused on self-acceptance; documentary series "The What's Underneath Project";
Andrew Tate is banned on social media for his misogynist viewpoints; a healthy debate about "toxic masculinity" with the "Godfather of the Manosphere", a scholar and author, a men's rights attorney, the CEO of the Center for Countering Digital Hate;
Teenagers admit that they are addicted to their digital devices; parents whose kids ran away, became violent, or committed suicide due to social media and video games; how screen time can seriously affect the development of a child's brain;
Baronica and Nathan's 9-year-old son shot his 8-year-old brother in the chest with one of six unsecured guns in their home; Kristin's 15-year-old son was killed by an unsecured gun in a friend's home; Susan's daughter was shot and left paralyzed;
James says that he meets models online, and when they are on the way to meet, the women are then kidnapped and transported to an undisclosed camp, where a gang leader then contacts him, and he saves the women by sending gift cards to free them;
South Florida neighbors are furious at Darren, an animal lover, who feeds green iguanas that destroys people's yards and plants and damage their property; Matthew admits to arguing with Darren and allowing his dogs to defecate in Darren's yard;
Social media may have led to a teen girl's and a young woman's eating disorders; a 14-year-old's death was recently ruled a suicide resulting from "depression and the negative effects of online content; digital hate; mental health professionals;
John has been locked up, for more than 26 years, for a crime that he says that he did not commit and says that his girlfriend's then 9-year-old daughter, Alyssa, lied to get rid of him; Alyssa later recanted and tells Dr. Phil what she says really happened;
People who play contact and collision sports are at risk for head trauma and concussion; whether children should be allowed to play these sports; a teen with almost no memory after a third concussion; a mom who says that playing football killed her son;
Four women on different journeys with alcohol; stereotypes about women who drink oversimplify the issue, and some may not even recognize the transition between moderation and problematic drinking habits;
Atif Rafay says that two undercover cops posed as mobsters and lured him into thinking that he would be killed if he didn't confess to murdering his family; director Kelly Loudenberg (Netflix's docuseries "The Confession Tapes") covered Atif's story;
Attorney Alex Murdaugh and his family have been linked to deaths, corruption insurance fraud, defrauding clients, and the 2021 murders of his wife and their son; evidence from the trial; experts analyze Alex's behavior; a video that may blow up his alibi;
Attorney Alex Murdaugh is accused of killing his wife and son, possibly to cover up financial crimes; a video that police say sounds like a murder confession; custom made guns; the housekeeper's testimony; drama at the trial includes a bomb threat;
The legalization of sports betting has raised big concerns about gambling addictions and online gambling; podcaster Sean Green ("The Sports Gambling Podcast"); author Natasha Schull (book, "Addiction by Design: Machine Gambling in Las Vegas");
Jared Bridgeton, 35-year-old father of four, was killed in an ambush-style shooting in Jacksonville, Florida, while his 2-year-old daughter watched; rumors are swirling that Jared's ex-wife and her current husband may have been involved in the killing;
The DEA warns that over-prescription of ADHD medication could be as bad as the opioid crisis; parents of formerly out of control boys; doctors weigh in on whether kids are over-diagnosed and over-medicated; the best way to diagnose a child with ADHD;
Dr. Phil shows parents the reality of what many teens are doing behind the wheels of their vehicles; a mom says that she had no idea that her son was part of the street racing culture, until he lost his life in a fatal crash;
Parents say that their 2-year-old daughter was one of several children terrorized by several employees at her daycare; another couple say that a DCPS investigative unit contacted them regarding allegations of child abuse by their 3-year-old's caretakers;
How seeing real, staged, or highly-manipulated photos of strangers mostly living their "very best lives" affects people's mental health; influencers admit that their work doesn't portray their real lives; algorithms are designed to create addictions;
Rachel fears that her friend, Simone, is being scammed by someone, online, pretending to be singer Omarion, and Simone wants the truth; online romance scams; Dr. Phil and wife, Robin, share their experience with their identities being stolen online;
Celebrities and influencers make fortunes and garner millions of followers and likes touting unorthodox, and often dangerous diets and health practices to achieve society's ideas of perfection or wellness, and some people follow them blindly;
Rapper Brooklyn Queen says that a complete stranger began contacting her, declaring to be her birth mother and insisting on connecting with her, but there is no way that this can be true, because her mother, Kimberly, is her biological mother;
The number of young people who identify as transgender has nearly doubled in recent years; some say that teens are rushing to get medical treatments, without counseling or knowing the facts; Ryan transitioned from female to male and back again;
Three families say that their daughters, collegiate student athletes, faced immense pressure to balance it all and suffered in silence, before they died by suicide; Thomas, a current student athlete, shares his story of struggling with mental health;
Austin's mom posts TikTok videos which some say constitute bullying, and her former friend cut off contact with her because of her social media posts; Donna, 62, says that her husband has a 24/7 addiction to TikTok; Dr. Brian Boxer Wachler (book, "Influenced");
Prominent attorney Alex Murdaugh is convicted of the 2021 murders of his wife, Maggie, and younger son, Paul; Dr. Phil and a panel of guests, including body language experts, discuss details from the trial, including Murdaugh's body language;
Dr. Phil and his panel of experts discuss details of Alex Murdaugh's murder trial and a breakdown of his body language, including three key behaviors that gave Murdaugh away; what went on behind the scenes;
Innocent citizens are being brutally attacked by strangers with long, violent criminal histories; some people say that these attacks are a result of soft on crime policies enacted by "woke" and "progressive" district attorneys and other elected officials;
An interview with Julia Wendell, who reveals what she discovered that makes her believe that she is Madeleine McCann, who vanished in 2007 at age 3, Wendell's parents in Poland insist that she is their biological child and deny that she was kidnapped;
The news has reported accusations of discriminations against white people in universities and workplaces; whether or not reverse discrimination exists; activists say America is obsessed with race;
Dr. Phil talks with a group of Gen Zers and millennials, who express their thoughts and emotions about their feelings of loneliness, including their struggles with the social stigma of sadness and feeling alone;
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