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Hegel's Religion
In their penultimate episode on Hegel's Phenomenology of Spirit, Ryan and Todd analyze the religion section of the book. They focus most on the comic…
4 years, 2 months ago
Screwball Comedy
Ryan and Todd begin a series of discussions about the classical Hollywood genres with the screwball comedy, a genre that centers on the sexual antago…
4 years, 2 months ago
Mourning and Melancholia
Ryan and Todd are joined for the episode by James Godley, who recently organized a conference on mourning and the pandemic, entitled "In the Wake of …
4 years, 2 months ago
Wild Psychoanalysis
Ryan and Todd analyze Freud's essay "Wild Psychoanalysis" and delve into the problem of treating symptoms with knowledge rather than addressing the e…
4 years, 3 months ago
Abortion Theory
In this special episode, Ryan and Todd address the newly minted US Supreme Court decision that overturns the nationwide right to abortion access. The…
4 years, 3 months ago
Quilting Point
Ryan and Todd investigate the concept of the quilting point (point de capiton), as originally coined by Jacques Lacan and then in additional permutat…
4 years, 4 months ago
Lacan's Seminar 3: The Psychoses
Ryan and Todd provide their reading of Jacques Lacan's Seminar III devoted to the psychoses. They focus on the idea of the foreclosure of the paterna…
4 years, 4 months ago
Hamlet
Ryan and Todd address the history of psychoanalytic interpretations of Shakespeare's Hamlet, devoting time to both Freud and Lacan's reading. They th…
4 years, 5 months ago
Streaming
Ryan and Todd question the theoretical implications of the development of streaming for narrative, spectatorship, and politics. They look at the chan…
4 years, 5 months ago
The Woman Doesn't Exist (Aphorism 8)
Ryan and Todd explore Lacan's late aphorism, "The Woman doesn't exist." They address the importance of this statement for psychoanalytic feminism and…
4 years, 6 months ago