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Back to SearchAnita Wohlmann, "Metaphor in Illness Writing: Fight and Battle Reused" (Edinburgh UP, 2022)
Episode 184
Metaphor in Illness Writing: Fight and Battle Reused (Edinburgh UP, 2022) argues that even when a metaphor appears problematic and limiting, it need …
3 years, 6 months ago
Robin McCoy Brooks, "Psychoanalysis, Catastrophe, and Social Action" (Routledge, 2021)
Episode 200
Robin McCoy Brooks' book Psychoanalysis, Catastrophe, and Social Action (Routledge, 2021) uses psychoanalytic theory to explore how political subject…
3 years, 6 months ago
Jamieson Webster, "Disorganisation & Sex" (Divided Publishing, 2022)
Episode 181
Do we always know our own desire? How does it elude us? In her new book, Disorganisation & Sex (Divided Publishing, 2022), Jamieson Webster makes us …
3 years, 6 months ago
Nadine Weidman, "Killer Instinct: The Popular Science of Human Nature in Twentieth-Century America" (Harvard UP, 2021)
Episode 12
A historian of science examines key public debates about the fundamental nature of humans to ask why a polarized discourse about nature versus nurtur…
3 years, 6 months ago
Gabriel Levy, "Beyond Heaven and Earth: A Cognitive Theory of Religion" (MIT Press, 2022)
Episode 177
In Beyond Heaven and Earth: A Cognitive Theory of Religion (MIT Press, 2022), Gabriel Levy argues that collective religious narratives and beliefs ar…
3 years, 6 months ago
Neil Levy, "Bad Beliefs: Why They Happen to Good People" (Oxford UP, 2021)
Episode 297
Misinformation, disinformation, fake news, alternative facts: we are awash in a vast sea of epistemically questionable, not to mention false, testimo…
3 years, 6 months ago
Henry Markman, "Creative Engagement in Psychoanalytic Practice" (Routledge, 2021)
Episode 199
Creative Engagement in Psychoanalytic Practice (Routledge, 2021) fills the gaps in current clinical training and theory by highlighting the importanc…
3 years, 6 months ago
David Livermore, "Digital, Diverse & Divided: How to Talk to Racists, Compete with Robots, and Overcome Polarization" (Berrett-Koehler, 2022)
Episode 117
Today I talked to David Livermore about his book Digital, Diverse & Divided: How to Talk to Racists, Compete with Robots, and Overcome Polarization (…
3 years, 6 months ago
Adam Adatto Sandel, "Happiness in Action: A Philosopher's Guide to the Good Life" (Harvard UP, 2022)
Episode 180
A young philosopher and Guinness World Record holder in pull-ups argues that the key to happiness is not goal-driven striving but forging a life that…
3 years, 6 months ago
Suicide Prevention: Grassroots Intervention for High-Risk Groups
Episode 83
Suicide has been on the rise in recent years, most frighteningly among young people. Suicide is second leading cause of death for people ages 10-14 a…
3 years, 6 months ago