Usually it’s hard to get an opinion out of a therapist. But The Sanity Squad at Pajamas Media is our weekly podcast featuring four mental health experts who are never reluctant to comment on topical world and national events. Opinions? They’ve got em, along with insight into the psychological dynamics behind the issues of the day. Join psychobloggers Dr. Sanity (Dr. Pat Santy), Sigmund Carl & Alfred (Siggy), Shrinkwrapped, and Neo-neocon for some analysis every Tuesday. We guarantee you won’t ever have to talk about your mother—unless you want to. And the fee? Free.

Dr. Sanity is a psychiatrist and professor of psychiatry at the University of Michigan, whose credentials include a position as staff psychiatrist working in Community Mental Health. She was also a NASA flight surgeon and researcher, and she’s written a book entitled Choosing the Right Stuff: The Psychological Selection of Astronauts and Cosmonauts.

Shrinkwrapped is a psychiatrist who practices psychoanalysis. He lives with his family in the suburbs of New York, and—as he puts it—is “trying to make sense of the unreality around us.”

Sigmund Carl and Alfred isn’t really three people; he’s just one, “Siggy” for short. He earns his living as a political analyst specializing in anticipating the behavior of what he refers to as “really crazy people.”

Neo-neocon is trained as a Marriage and Family Therapist at the Masters level. She also has worked as a social science researcher specializing in child abuse.