Podcast Episodes

105: Standard Edition Volume 2 Part 3: Studies on Hysteria, Part III: Four Versions of Anna O. Teaser

Episode 105

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Abby, Patrick, and Dan return to the first case study in Studies On…

Published on 4 months, 3 weeks ago

104: Manufacturing Homelessness feat. Brian Goldstone

Episode 104

Abby and Patrick welcome journalist and anthropologist Brian Goldstone to discuss his new book, There is No Place for Us: Working and Homeless in America.
 A devastating and essential read, There is …

Published on 5 months ago

103: Ayahuasca and Climate Grief feat. Sarah Miller

Episode 103

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Abby and Patrick are joined by one of their favorite writers, Sarah…

Published on 5 months, 1 week ago

102: Reparations, Responsibility, and Climate Justice feat. Olúfẹ́mi Táíwò

Episode 102

Abby and Patrick welcome philosopher Olúfẹ́mi Táíwò on the occasion of the new edition of his book Reconsidering Reparations: Why Climate Justice and Constructive Politics Are Needed in the Wake of S…

Published on 5 months, 3 weeks ago

101: Mailbag: On Pain, Learning, and the Problem of Other Minds Teaser

Episode 101

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In the second half of our their hundred-episode Mailbag spectacular…

Published on 5 months, 4 weeks ago

100: Mailbag: An Embarrassment of Riches

Episode 100

Abby, Patrick, and Dan mark one hundred episodes of Ordinary Unhappiness! They start by looking back on the show’s run so far, and what they’ve gotten from engaging with psychoanalysis as a living bo…

Published on 6 months ago

99: Wild Analysis: The White Lotus feat Sam Adler-Bell Teaser

Episode 99

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Abby and Patrick are joined by returning guest Sam Adler-Bell, co-h…

Published on 6 months, 1 week ago

98: From Boundaries to Attachment: The Uses and Abuses of Pop Psychology feat. Lily Scherlis

Episode 98

Abby and Patrick are joined by writer and artist Lily Scherlis for a provocative reflection on the ideological subtexts, historical contexts, and real-world value of some of our moment’s most bandied…

Published on 6 months, 2 weeks ago

97: Standard Edition Volume 2 Part 2: Studies on Hysteria, Part II: Anna O.

Episode 97

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Abby, Patrick, and Dan turn to the first case study in Freud and Br…

Published on 6 months, 3 weeks ago

96: Mediating Motherhood feat. Hannah Zeavin

Episode 96

Abby and Patrick welcome returning guest Hannah Zeavin – scholar, write, editor, co-founder of the Psychosocial Foundation and Founding Editor of Parapraxis magazine – to talk about her brand-new boo…

Published on 7 months ago