Podcast Episodes

History of Childhood

Season 7 Episode 21

In this episode, Dr. Fraad discusses the history of childhood. To quote the most well-known historian of childhood, Lloyd deMause, "The history of childhood is a nightmare from which we have only beg…

Published on 11 months ago

Whole Societies Can Be In Denial, Ours Certainly Is...

Season 7 Episode 20

In this episode Dr. Fraad discusses how the American Empire is Falling. That truth which is recognized throughout the rest of the world and in U.S. financial circles, is denied across America. Howeve…

Published on 11 months, 2 weeks ago

A Crime of Domination, Denial of Need & Dis-Connection from Other Human Beings

Season 7 Episode 19

In this episode, Dr. Fraad juxtaposes our capitalist system with sexual assault. Capitalist exploitation, like rape, requires a lack of connection and empathy for the workers one exploits. Capitalism…

Published on 11 months, 4 weeks ago

Birth Strike in the USA

Season 7 Episode 18

American women are on a birth strike. The U.S. leads the developed world in reducing the global birth rate. Only well-funded government programs for families and children will change this phenomenon.…

Published on 1 year ago

The Spirit Level of the United States

Season 7 Episode 17

In 2009 Richard Wilkinson and Kate Pickett wrote their best-selling book,  "The Spirit Level" which showed how economic inequality spawned extensive social suffering. 

Recently those authors revisite…

Published on 1 year ago

Whither Family-Withered Families

Season 7 Episode 16

Family was a mainstay of child development and emotional sustenance for both adults and children. US families are now falling apart. Today's episode asks the question: "What can be done to replace th…

Published on 1 year, 1 month ago

Marriage Is No Longer A Rite of Passage in American Adulthood

Season 7 Episode 15

In Today's times, most marriages end in legal or extra-legal separation or divorce. Why is this happening? What are its social political and personal causes and effects? Today's show explores this ph…

Published on 1 year, 1 month ago

A Revolution in the Family Is Already Happening

Season 7 Episode 14

There is a worldwide revolution that is already happening. It’s in the family, the primary site of creating and sustaining human life. Just as the nuclear family replaced the feudal family, new famil…

Published on 1 year, 2 months ago

Trump As Totem

Season 7 Episode 13

Donald Trump has morphed from a transgressive man into a "Totem", a symbol and embodiment of the rage of Americans at the erosion of white male privilege, and the economic and social devaluation of…

Published on 1 year, 2 months ago

Voluntary Childlessness Is A Worldwide Trend. Why?

Season 7 Episode 12

[S07 E12] Women with access to birth control are increasingly opting out of bearing children worldwide. Women are now economically forced into labor outside of the home. Thanks to persistent male cha…

Published on 1 year, 3 months ago