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Ordinary Unhappiness — 173 episodes
156: 9/11: Chosen Traumas and Time Collapse
155: Freud’s “On Narcissism”: Narcissism, Part 6 Teaser
154: Let’s Talk About Sex(ology): Narcissism, Part 5
153: Everyone’s Looking at You and You’re Probably Going to Hell: Narcissism, Part 4 Teaser
152: The Pope, the Church, and the Politics of Progress feat. Jack Hanson
151: All is Vanity: Narcissism, Part 3
150: Cops in Our Heads feat. Stuart Schrader
149: Myth, Fate, and Desire: Narcissism, Part 2
148: You’re So Vain: Narcissism, Part 1
147: Standard Edition Volume 2 Part 13: Studies on Hysteria, Part XIII: The Home Economics of Grief: Fräulein Elisabeth von R Concluded Teaser
146: Winnicott: Creativity and Subjectivity, Part III Teaser
145: Psychic Militancy feat. Lara Sheehi
144: Winnicott: Creativity and Subjectivity, Part II Teaser
143: Winnicott: Creativity and Subjectivity, Part I
142: Standard Edition Volume 2 Part 12: Studies on Hysteria, Part XII: Dancing On My Own: Fräulein Elisabeth von R Continued Teaser
UNLOCKED: 133: Laplanche Part Two: The Primal Situation feat. Danielle Drori
141: Jonathan Lear and the “Good-Enough World” feat. Chris Landry
140: Psychoanalysis for the People feat. Loren Dent
139: Standard Edition Volume 2 Part 11: Studies on Hysteria, Part XI: Technique and Resistance: Fräulein Elisabeth von R Continued Teaser
138: Genocide and the Politics of Hospitality feat. Avgi Saketopoulou
137: Repression, Resistance, and Reenactment feat. Séamus Malekafzali Teaser
136: Ideology and Family History feat. Jordy Rosenberg
135: Standard Edition Volume 2 Part 10: Studies on Hysteria, Part X: Daddy’s Daughter or Some Man’s Husband: Fräulein Elisabeth von R Continued Teaser
134: On Suicide and the Indifference of Others feat. Helen Epstein
133: Laplanche Part Two: The Primal Situation feat. Danielle Drori Teaser
132: Laplanche Part One: Sexuality and Subjectivity feat. Danielle Drori
131: Wild Analysis: Heated Rivalry Teaser
BONUS EPISODE: Romantasy, Fantasy, and Trauma
130: Movies, Screens, and Fantasies feat. A.S. Hamrah
129: Standard Edition Volume 2 Part 9: Studies on Hysteria, Part IX: Family Secrets and the Sacrifices of Marriage: Fräulein Elisabeth von R Continued Teaser
UNLOCKED: 117: Experiences in Groups feat. Lily Scherlis
128: Projective Identification Part II feat. Brian Ngo-Smith Teaser
127: Projective Identification Part I feat. Brian Ngo-Smith
126: Mailbag Part 2: Searching for the Self Teaser
125: Demons, Community, and Conversion Therapy feat. Grace Byron
124: Mailbag: Uses of Theory and AI Grinchiness Teaser
123: Polymorphous Perversity and Gender Pleasure feat. Lucie Fielding
UNLOCKED: 32: Thanksgiving Special, Part 2: Murder, Myth, and Memory
122: Standard Edition Volume 2 Part 8: Studies on Hysteria, Part VIII: The Blow That Falls: Fräulein Elisabeth von R Continued Teaser
UNLOCKED: 103: Ayahuasca and Climate Grief feat. Sarah Miller
121: LSD: Subjectivity, Ineffability, and Mental Health feat. Dan Karlin
120: Wild Analysis: The Substance Teaser
119: Lacan, Knowledge, Fantasy feat. Nick Stock and Nick Peim
118: Standard Edition Volume 2 Part 7: Studies on Hysteria, Part VII: Fräulein Elisabeth von R Teaser
UNLOCKED: 107: On Abjection
117: Experiences in Groups feat. Lily Scherlis Teaser
Bonus Episode: Martyrdom, Mourning, and the Legacy of Charlie Kirk
116: Writing Panic feat. Michael Clune
115: Standard Edition Volume 2 Part 6: Studies on Hysteria, Part VI: Katharina Teaser
114: Fashion and Psychoanalysis feat. Valerie Steele
113: The Pervert’s Guide to Cinema, Part III Teaser
112: Psilocybin-Assisted Psychotherapy feat. Josh West
111: Standard Edition Volume 2 Part 5: Studies on Hysteria, Part V: Miss Lucy R. Teaser
110: Wild Analysis: Sex and the City Teaser
Bonus Episode: Jeffrey Epstein: Open Secrets (Crossover with In Bed With the Right)
109: Somatics, Politics, and Practice feat. Sumitra Rajkumar
Episode 108: Standard Edition Volume 2 Part 4: Studies on Hysteria, Part IV: Frau Emmy von N. Teaser
Episode 107: On Abjection Teaser
Episode 106: Abortion, Agency, and Protest feat. Hilary Plum
105: Standard Edition Volume 2 Part 3: Studies on Hysteria, Part III: Four Versions of Anna O. Teaser
104: Manufacturing Homelessness feat. Brian Goldstone
103: Ayahuasca and Climate Grief feat. Sarah Miller
102: Reparations, Responsibility, and Climate Justice feat. Olúfẹ́mi Táíwò
101: Mailbag: On Pain, Learning, and the Problem of Other Minds Teaser
100: Mailbag: An Embarrassment of Riches
99: Wild Analysis: The White Lotus feat Sam Adler-Bell Teaser
98: From Boundaries to Attachment: The Uses and Abuses of Pop Psychology feat. Lily Scherlis
97: Standard Edition Volume 2 Part 2: Studies on Hysteria, Part II: Anna O.
96: Mediating Motherhood feat. Hannah Zeavin
95: Wild Analysis: Severance Teaser
UNLOCKED: 42: Wild Analysis: The President’s Analyst
94: Standard Edition Volume 2 Part 1: Pearls of Suffering: Studies on Hysteria, Part I Teaser
93: On Emma Jung feat. Ann Conrad Lammers
92: Gerontophallocracy 2025: The Primitive Accumulation Monster Dad at the End of History Teaser
91: Feminism, Antagonism, and Solidarity feat. Sophie Lewis
90: Standard Edition Volume 1 Part 12: The Project for a Scientific Psychology Part 3 Teaser
89: Breath, Vulnerability, and Interdependence feat. Jamieson Webster
88: On Hate and Aggression, Part IV Teaser
Episode 87: On Hate and Aggression, Part III
86: On Hate and Aggression, Part II Teaser
85: On Hate and Aggression, Part I
84: New Year Vibe Check: I Can’t Go On, I’ll Go On
83: Religion and Neurosis feat. Nathan Rein Teaser
82: Effing the Ineffable feat. Simon Critchley
81: Mailbag Part II: Readings and Misreadings Teaser
80: On Fantasy feat. Jordan Stein
UNLOCKED: 31: Thanksgiving Special, Part 1: The Holiday Syndrome
79: Mailbag Episode: Resistances (Part One) Teaser
78: Reactionary Fantasies: On “Cancel Culture” and Moral Panic feat. Adrian Daub
UNLOCKED: 49: Wild Analysis: Civil War
77: Gerontophallocracy 2024: Post-Election Processing Teaser
76: Gerontophallocracy 2024: Floating Signifiers Teaser
75: Psychosocial Realism feat. Daniel Lavery
74: The Pervert’s Guide to Cinema, Part II Teaser
73: Romance Was Never Real: From Courtly Love to the Rise of the Fuckboy feat. Sabrina Strings
72: Track Changes feat. Lisa Borst and Mark Krotov of n+1
71: Gerontophallocracy 2024: Proxy Battles Teaser
70: Wild Analysis: Heathers Teaser
UNLOCKED: 38: Wild Analysis: Taylor Swift
69: Truth, Lies, and Conspiracy Theories feat. Liz Franczak
68: Gerontophallocracy 2024: The September Debate: Domination and Other Pleasures Teaser
67: Gerontophallocracy 2024: Lethal Mothers and Try-Hard Sons feat. Sam Adler-Bell Teaser
66: Teens, Cops, and Spies: The Varieties of Hysterical Experience feat. Dan Taberski
65: Standard Edition Volume 1 Part 11: The Project for a Scientific Psychology Part 2 Teaser
64: Grief, Loss, and Love feat. Sarah Jaffe
63: The Pervert’s Guide to Cinema, Part I Teaser
62: Lacan and Psychosis in the City feat. Loren Dent
61: Gerontophallocracy 2024: Reality Testing and Temporal Distortion (It’s So Joever) Teaser
60: Love and Work feat. Joseph Earl Thomas
59: Gerontophallocracy 2024: The June Debate Teaser
58: Wild Analysis: The Idea of You feat. Anna Shechtman Teaser
57: “Do More Crosswords!” The Sexual Politics of Language feat. Anna Shechtman
56: Standard Edition Volume 1 Part 10: The Project for a Scientific Psychology Part 1 Teaser
55: What is the Pleasure Principle? feat. Rebecca Ariel Porte
54: Wild Analysis: Challengers Teaser
53: Broke Psychoanalysis: Harlem’s Lafargue Clinic feat. Kevin Duong
52: Standard Edition Volume 1 Part 9: Repression is a Scorpio: The Final Fliess Extracts feat. Christine Smallwood Teaser
51: Psychoanalysis and Gaza feat. Jess Ghannam
50: Political Disappointment feat. Sara Marcus
49: Wild Analysis: Civil War Teaser
UNLOCKED: 21: Wild Analysis: The Trauma Plot and the Joss Whedon Extended Cinematic Universe
48: Standard Edition Volume 1 Part 8: Oedipus Approaches: The Fliess Extracts, Continued feat. Christine Smallwood Teaser
47: Extraction, Exhaustion, and the Problem with Resilience feat. Ajay Singh Chaudhary
Episode 46: Wild Analysis: Dune Teaser
45: The Fantasy of Family and the Meaning of Family Abolition feat. Sophie Lewis and M.E. O’Brien
44: Standard Edition Volume 1 Part 7: The Prehistoric Other and the Great Lord Penis: The Fliess Extracts, Continued feat. Christine Smallwood Teaser
43: The Mirror Crack’d: The Mirror Stage, Part III
42: Wild Analysis: The President’s Analyst Teaser
41: Identification and Misrecognition: The Mirror Stage, Part II
40: Standard Edition Volume 1 Part 6: The Symptom is a Compromise: The Fliess Extracts, Continued feat. Christine Smallwood Teaser
39: It’s Not You, It’s Lacan: The Mirror Stage, Part I
38: Wild Analysis: Taylor Swift Teaser
UNLOCKED: 25: Wild Analysis: Barbie
37: New Year’s Mailbag: The Capacity for Change Teaser
36: Hate, Help, and Housing: Psychoanalysis and Social Work feat. Brian Ngo-Smith
35: Standard Edition Volume 1 Part 5: Fragments, Paranoia, and Projection: The Fliess Extracts, Continued feat. Christine Smallwood Teaser
34: Fatphobia and Moral Feelings feat. Kate Manne
33: The Problem with Empathy feat. Jade E. Davis
32: Thanksgiving Special, Part 2: Murder, Myth, and Memory Teaser
31: Thanksgiving Special, Part 1: The Holiday Syndrome Teaser
UNLOCKED: 14: Standard Edition Volume I Part 1: Freud Goes to Paris
30: Standard Edition Volume 1 Part 4: Wilhelm Fliess: The Anxiety of Influence (and a Theory of Noses) feat. Christine Smallwood Teaser
29: Gender, Trauma, and Psychoanalytic Politics feat. Avgi Saketopoulou and Ann Pellegrini
28: Wild Analysis: Halloween (1978) Teaser
27: From HIV to COVID: Virality, Vulnerability, and Interdependence feat. Steven Thrasher
26: Standard Edition Volume 1 Part 3: Freud’s Two Dads Teaser
UNLOCKED: 05: Wild Analysis: Mailbag - Dream Interpretation
25: Wild Analysis: Barbie TEASER
24: Drugs and the Death Drive feat. Ben Fong
23: Puns, Jokes, and Serious People feat. Ben Wurgaft
22: Realism and Other Romances feat. Grace Lavery
21: Wild Analysis: The Trauma Plot and the Joss Whedon Extended Cinematic Universe Teaser
20: A Dangerous Method: Sabina Spielrein, Carl Jung, Otto Gross
19: Advice and Anonymity feat. Danny Lavery, Rebecca Ariel Porte, and Kali Handelman: OU + the Podcast for Social Research
18: Standard Edition Volume 1 Part 2: Hysteria, Hypnosis, and Imposter Syndrome Teaser
17: Fanon the Clinician feat. Nica Siegel
16: Fantasy, Fascism, and Technology: From the Frankfurt School to Silicon Valley feat. Moira Weigel
15: Diagnosis and Identity: Mailbag Episode!
14: Standard Edition Volume I Part 1: Freud Goes to Paris Teaser
13: The Journalist and the Analyst: On Janet Malcolm feat. Sam Adler-Bell
UNLOCKED: Short Session 1 - Transference, continued
12: From Parties to Projective Identification: Why is Group Life so Hard? feat. Christine Smallwood
11: Succession: Oedipus and Failsons
10: Wild Analysis: Problematic Faves and the Anxiety of Influence Teaser
09: The Pleasure of the Text: The Standard Edition
08: Political Economy, Libidinal Economy
07: Kettle Logic and Family Secrets: The Uncanny, Part II
06: Unheimlich Maneuver: The Uncanny, Part I
03: Bonus Content: Short session I - Transference, continued Teaser
05: Wild Analysis: Mailbag Episode! Teaser
04: Guess Who’s Back, Back Again (It’s Freud) feat. Hannah Zeavin and Alex Colston
02: Transference
01: What is Psychoanalysis?