Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchEd Cohen, "On Learning to Heal or, What Medicine Doesn't Know" (Duke UP, 2022)
Episode 187
At thirteen, Ed Cohen was diagnosed with Crohn’s disease—a chronic, incurable condition that nearly killed him in his early twenties. At his diagnosi…
3 years, 3 months ago
Annie Reiner, "W. R. Bion’s Theories of Mind: A Contemporary Introduction" (Routledge, 2022)
Episode 202
Annie Reiner’s introduction to Wilfred Bion’s theories of mind presents Bion’s intricate ideas in an accessible, original way without compromising th…
3 years, 3 months ago
Jonathan Dil, "Haruki Murakami and the Search for Self-Therapy: Stories from the Second Basement" (Bloomsbury, 2022)
Episode 108
Haruki Murakami, a global literary phenomenon, has said that he started writing fiction as a means of self-therapy. What he has not discussed as much…
3 years, 3 months ago
Neurasthenia
Episode 105
In this episode of High Theory, Kim talks with Saronik about neurasthenia. A disease that no longer exists, neurasthenia was a nineteenth century Ame…
3 years, 3 months ago
Christopher M. Palmer, "Brain Energy: A Revolutionary Breakthrough in Understanding Mental Health" (Benbella Books, 2022)
Episode 22
Christopher M. Palmer's book Brain Energy: A Revolutionary Breakthrough in Understanding Mental Health (Benbella Books, 2022) will forever change the…
3 years, 3 months ago
Richard Wood, "A Study of Malignant Narcissism: Personal and Professional Insights" (Routledge, 2022)
Episode 194
A Study of Malignant Narcissism: Personal and Professional Insights (Routledge, 2022) offers a unique insight into malignant narcissism, exploring bo…
3 years, 3 months ago
Geert Lovink, "Sad by Design: On Platform Nihilism" (Pluto Press, 2019)
Episode 93
Why is the internet making us so unhappy? Why is it in capital’s interests to cultivate populations that are depressed and desperate rather than driv…
3 years, 3 months ago
Tom McLeish, "The Poetry and Music of Science: Comparing Creativity in Science and Art" (Oxford UP, 2021)
Episode 126
What human qualities are needed to make scientific discoveries, and which to make great art? Many would point to 'imagination' and 'creativity' in th…
3 years, 4 months ago
Belonging: A Conversation with Geoffrey Cohen
Episode 140
Why do we feel the need to belong, and what happens when we don’t? This episode explores:
What it takes to belong. Why it physically hurts to be excl…3 years, 4 months ago
Batja Mesquita, "Between Us: How Cultures Create Emotions" (Norton, 2022)
Episode 193
A pioneer of cultural psychology argues that emotions are not innate, but made as we live our lives together. We may think of emotions as universal r…
3 years, 4 months ago