Liminal Spaces: A Psychological and Social Deep Dive Double Talk Asks

For more on Double Talk with Hannah and Cailin Loesch, visit If you ve spent decent time on social media over the past couple of years, you ve probably come across photos of liminal spaces. lists the primary definition of a liminal space as a state or place characterized by being transitional or intermediate in some way, like a motel or a train station where everyone is either coming or going. But toward the tail end of 2021, the number of Google searches for liminal spaces skyrocketed thanks to its recentlypopularized second definition: any location that is unsettling, uncanny, or It s difficult to elaborate on the common thread of all liminal spaces. In the eyes of the masses, you know a place is a liminal space simply because of its aura. But you don t necessarily know why it makes you feel the way that it does. We wanted to pin down the viral phenomenon a bit more, so we caught up wit