InForm:Podcast

On this episode of InForm: Podcast, I interview Rob Bell about his newest book, "Where'd You Park Your Spaceship." We talk about psychoanalysis, dreams, talking to people who work in stores, surfing, and lots of other stuff too. Referenced: The RobCast (Rob Bell's podcast) Peter RollinsHelene VoglesingerThe Outlaws (Amazon Prime video) Tao te ChingJim & Andy: The Great Beyond (Netflix)Station 11 (Max) 

This episode is the first episode in season 5 of InForm: Podcast. It is short because it's just me giving some updates, announcements, info on what I want to do with the podcast in the future, etc. Because this episode is what it is, I'm also releasing episode 38 --which I think is a very interesting interview-- at the same time. Go listen to episode 38! 

In today's episode of the InForm: Podcast Neil covers chapter two of the book Psychoanalytic Politics by Sherry Turkle with Chris & Jason from the Regretable Century... I recorded this a long time ago. Sorry it took me so damn long to put it up. 

On this episode of InForm: Podcast, Neil talks with Nathan Gorelick about psychoanalysis, psychedelics, psychosis, delusions, science, & mysticism. The result is a long, hopefully informative conversation. Nathan is Term Assistant Professor of English at Barnard College in New York. He holds a Ph.D. in Comparative Literature from the State University of New York at Buffalo, and he has completed the six-year cycle of the Training Seminar in Lacanian Psychoanalysis with Gifric in Quebec City, Canada. He has published widely on the theoretical and historical intersections of psychoanalysis with diverse topics including ecocide and catastrophe fetishism, psychedelic drugs, Continental philosophy, the Haitian Revolution, Islam and Islamophobia, and the theory of the novel. His first book, The Unwritten Enlightenment, sets out a new theory of the relation between literature, ideology, and the unconscious, and is forthcoming early in 2024 from Northwestern University Press.REFERENCED DURING THE EPISODE: 1. Žizek video on ideology 2. Freud's -- Future of an Illisuion, Civilization & its Discontents, Moses & Monotheism, Analysis Terminable & Interminable. 3. Otto Rank -- The Trauma of Birth 4. Éric Laurent -- Guiding Principles for Any Psychoanalytic Act 5. The Lacanian Review #7 "Get Real" 

WARNING: I drop the F-bomb in this episode, and we talk about sex. There is an explicit tag for a reason! INTRO: In this episode of the InForm Podcast, I talk with Jared Elwart about how reading science fiction makes him think about psychoanalysis and how thinking about psychoanalysis influences how he reads Science Fiction. CONTENT:We discuss two books and one film.   The book The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le Guin (We also reference The Dispossessed and The Lethe of Heaven)  The book Axiom's End by Lindsay Ellis  The film Everything Everywhere All At Once We also mention:  The Rebel by Albert Camus  The Human Crisis by Albert Camus  Jared and I have a free-flowing conversation about how these three works might intersect with each of our thinking in and through psychoanalysis.

INTRO: On this episode of the InForm: Podcast I talk with psychoanalyst Michael McAndrews who practices out in Colorado. Michael's practice is unique for several reasons. The first is that he provides psychoanalysis to people who normally would not have the ability to afford mental health services. The second is that he provides services to people who have lost a baby, child, or pregnancy. The conversation was very informal, and hopefully very informative.   REFERENCES: Lacanian CompassFreud's Free Clinic by Elizabeth DantoWinnicott's Primary Maternal PreoccupationCPCTSurplus Jouissance Projects [S][J][P]

In this episode of Inform: Podcast I interview Why Theory's Ryan Engley about psychoanalysis in the classroom. (Tod McGowan, the other half of Why theory was interviewed about this same topic on an earlier episode of InForm.)  Our conversation ranges all over the place, but one of the consistent themes is the idea of sustaining the analysand's/student's desire/curiosity. Some of our references include:  Lacan's Seminar 17  T.R. Johnson's book The Other Side of Pedagogy  The Pedagogy of the Oppressed  The TV Show: Peep Show, and (of course) Mad Men

In today's episode of the InForm: Podcast Neil covers chapter one of the book Psychoanalytic Politics by Sherry Turkle with Chris & Jason from the Regretable Century... And lots of other stuff too. We recorded the episode late at night, and we were all tired. I hope you all enjoy the result. 

InForm Podcast: 052The episode you're about to listen to is a conversation with Peter Rollins, a thinker, writer, podcaster, and community organizer who works at the intersections of psychoanalysis, theology, and philosophy.Before getting started I'd like to say the following: Getting to do this was something that was very exciting for me because I've been reading Pete's books, listening to his podcast, and watching his YouTube videos for many years, and his work has had a significant influence on me. The conversation was long and we talked about lots of different things including,  Pete's own analysis Attempts to hysteriasize liturgical structures   Productively mal-adaptive symptoms (or sinthomes)  The importance of lack or absence  The impact of Hegel on philosophy, religion, and psychoanalysis  Community organizing Psychoanalytic schools The pass  And much more 

Psychoanalytic Politics (by Sherry Turkle) w/ The Regrettable Century | Pt. 1 In this episode, Neil, Jason, & Chris discuss the introduction to the text. 

Silly intro 0:00 - 1:00 We decided that Jared will do The Psychoanalysis of Everyday Life The Psychoanalysis of Everyday Life 1:00 - 20:45 Useless things I have & adore  Preslava Robert Surplus Jouissance  The TV show Hoarders  Investing & Retirement v. Adolescent Spending Peter Rollins  Streaming music, films v. Having the media  Main segment 20:45 - 56:05  How psychoanalytic thinking and practices can be used (or can't be used) in institutions  The episode with Todd McGowan  "getting better" is a by-product, a bonus Analysts don't have a "vested interest" nor do they make demands of patients/analysands  Jared's work in a hospital setting  Assessments v. therapy  Soaking up the symbolic order (the Other, the Name-of-the-Father)  Hospital's don't engage with the unconscious, they aim at getting people "back on their feet"  Psychoanalytic v. Behavioral health folks  The Extra Segment 56:05 -1:06:05Talking about the usefulness or non-usefulness of meds Various Sundry Things 1:06:05 - 1:22:45 Surplus Jouissance Projects [S][J][P] Craig Mod's Special Projects  The iterative process of thinking & writing  [S][J][P] ◎ Drafts [S][J][P] Podcast lectures  [S][J][P] Weekly Newsletter

This episode of the InForm: Podcast was a free wheeling conversation, which lasted a little over an hour, between Neil and Duke Novak. In the conversation we discuss the work Psychoanalysts Donald Winnicott, and the impact that has had on how Duke and Neil Think about their own work with children and teens.Some of the ideas that we talk about the episodes are: Deprivation and institutions in group homes. The holding environment.  Fear of being dropped. not becoming callous as one does clinical work. The true self and the false self. And when it cuts somewhat famous quote, “ it is a joy to be hidden, and a disaster to not be found.“

In this Episode of InForm Neil interviews Winnie about her experience starting psychoanalysis. The hope here is that this interview will be interesting and useful to others who might be considering starting an analysis. Intro:  We want to make psychoanalysis available to more people, even though it is not for everyone.    Helping people who are your friends enter into analysis when you're an analyst.   Content:  Winnie combines psychoanalysis and social work.  Finding an analyst.  The process of analysis can unsettle you. It might be better to expect that.  Going to Omaha.  Finding yourself making slips  "But that's not what I meant!"  Yes, but it is what you said...  What if we paid social workers & teachers better?

INTRO: This is a strange episode of InForm: Podcast where Neil does what he did way back in 2018 when he started the podcast -he just talks into a microphone about something in an informal way that is hopefully informative. 0:00 - 5:00   Going old school InForm for today.  Calling it Super Informal  5:00 - 8:00  Some of the differences between psychoanalysis & psychotherapy  One big difference is time  8:00 - 19:50  Psychoanalysis takes time, you can't microwave it.  There is a three-act structure  Act I - Feel safe enough to start free-associating  Why have you come?  What brings you in today?  Lots of highlighting  Act II - Say something unexpected, but honest and important (allowing the unconscious to speak) In Act II there is this process of "making sense" of things Unexpected patterns emerge  New connections are made  Some interpreting & constructing  Act III - When the person (analysand) comes into contact with something that "does not make sense"  A reorientation  A significant reorganziation Possibly putting the thing that you can't get past into the rearview mirror. (It's still there, but now it is behind you!) 

INTRO: In this episode of the InForm Podcast, Neil & Jared explore why people enjoy hating Freud so much. Our arguments are that the education system does a horrible job of presenting Freud's work, an abundance of myths about Freud, Anti-Semitism, and the friend/enemy distinction. We sort of wandering all over the place talking about a few reasons we believe people dislike Freud so much, but we still have a lot more that we want to say. Ergo, this episode is the first in a series, which we needed to cut short when a child interrupted the recording.  The Psychoanalysis of Everyday Life: Surplus Jouissance of getting good grades in grad school. We reference...  InForm 045 with Todd McGowan Seminar 16 on Lacan in Irland  Surplus Jouissance  Six Paradigm of Jouissance (Summary)  Why Do People Enjoy Hating On Freud:  Lack of any real knowledge, and an abundance of myths. Bad exposure in the education system. Being actually unsettled by what Freud says (Oedipal complex, unconscious, sexuality etc.  The friend/enemy distinction. Carl Schmitt - The Friend/Enemy Distinction.  Giorgio Agamben & Homo Sacer.  The Episode of The Daily where they talk about China as the enemy Various Sundry Things:  Seven Brief Lessons on Physics, by Carlo Rovelli.  The Lacanian Review #7 

Intro: Psychoanalytic superstar Todd McGowan makes his second appearance on the InForm: Podcast. In this episode (after Neil makes an error), we talk about psychoanalysis in the classroom. Longer Show Notes: At the top of the show, you hear Neil realizing he has forgotten to hit record after we have all been talking for 25 min. But after that, you can hear Neil, Jared, and Todd discuss:  How Todd started to get interested in psychoanalysis as a graduate student and the impact of reading Žizek's The Sublime Object of Ideology had on his formation as a psychoanalytic thinker and teacher.  Does psychoanalysis need to be marginal in the classroom?  Staying with the 99 & letting the one go.  What it is like to motivate students, and one's own children... or not motivate them.  Trying to teach from the discourse of the analyst.  Teaching fro the discourse of the hysteric (or perhaps the obsessional).  Grading practices.  D&G's Anti-Oedipus as a text that might be more in line with Lacan than people think.  Transference to institutions.  And other stuff that I can't remember. 

In this episode of InForm: Podcast Neil & Jared ramble a lot (seriously, it's a lot). When they don't ramble they talk about if it is possible to do psychoanalysis with people who are too accepting of psychoanalysis.

The second episode in a series that considers the question: Does psychoanalysis need to be marginal?

On this episode of InForm: Podcast Neil & Jared get into a specific question: Does psychoanalysis need to be marginal?

In this episode, Neil & Jared try a new format for the show: (1) The psychoanalysis of everyday life, (2) Clinicians v. Analysts, (3) various sundry things.

On this episode of InForm:Podcast we talk with Dr. Leon Brenner about his forthcoming book The Autistic Subject: On the Threshold of Language, which is part of the Palgrave Lacan Series edited by Calum Neil and Derek Hook.

On this episode of InForm:Podcast Neil & Jared sit down and talk with Ryan Engley from the Why Theory Podcast about ordinary psychosis and the classroom as a psychoanalytic space.

On this episode, Neil & Jared talk about the similarity & difference between clinicians (i.e. licensed mental health people) and psychoanalysts.

Freud discovered that dreams were the "royal road to the unconscious," and he used dreamwork as an integral aspect of psychoanalytic practice. However, in recent years dreamwork has become far less utilized in psychotherapies. In this episode of InForm:Podcast Neil & Jared talk about some ways to do dreamwork -- the use of dreams in psychoanalysis/psychotherapy to get at truths that are important but hidden.

The conclusion of the series on psychoanalysis politics and discord servers. In this episode, Adam from the Red Library podcast joins us to wrap up the discussion.

Part two of Neil & Jared's discussion of psychoanalysis and politics. We mainly focus on the question of --is psychoanalysis revolutionary?

In this episode of InForm:Podcast Neil & Jared go through questions, comments, criticisms, and concerns regarding psychoanalysis and revolutionary politics.

In this episode, Neil & Jared aim to talk about the Oedipus Complex, but they end up talking about the Oedipus Complex, and a lot of other stuff besides.

Part two of our "Entering Analysis" series (if you want to hear part one listen to episode #030). Jared & Neil continue to talk about the process of stating psychoanalysis.

A crossover episode of Jared's solo show: Dis/Entangled Podcast.

On today's show Jared & Neil Talk about the process of starting an analysis.

We reached out to Todd McGowan and asked if he would be willing to talk about how his experience in analysis (as an analysand) influenced the ways that he thinks, works, and lives. Todd responded to our request and was very generous with his time. (He talked with us for over 90 min!)

In this episode of InForm:Podcast Neil & Jared talk about the Subject of the Statement & Subject of the Enunciation.

Neil and Jared talk about the principle of moving from demand and activating desire in psychoanalysis.

This is an episode where Jared & Neil talk bout how the concept of "self care" is used and misused in contemporary clinical settings.

On this episode of InForm Neil & Jared talk more about the role of the analyst as a sort of detective of the weird and the eerie.

In this episode (the first in a series) Neil & Jared talk about the role of the analyst as a secretary of the unconscious and how this relates to the drive.

First episodes of Seasons 2 of InForm:Podcast! In this season Neil will be joined by Jared, and we will continue to talk about things & stuff in an InFormal but (hopefully!) InFormative way.

A possible side project to this (my current side project).

I've been talking with other people who work in mental health about the unconscious. I've discovered that the way most of them use the concept "the unconscious" is very different than the way I think about and use that same concept.

A show about the writing process I use, and what that process might have to say about the (my!) unconscious.

This is an episode on finding benevolent explanations for some of the silly things teenagers might do.

Where has InForm:Podcast been?

This episode continues the series I'm doing on the "analytic attitude". The episode contains a reading of a bit of text penned by Christopher Bollas & a discussion of how saying something out loud to another person can be remarkable scary --yet also helpful-- for the speaker.

This is the first in a series of seven episodes that will get into the various elements that (I think) constitute a "good enough" attitude for therapists to adopt.

This episode of InForm:Podcast is all-over-the-place. I talk about lots of different stuff... and I don't even know how to describe it.

This is just a few things I thought after recording Episode 010.

Today's episode is on the parapraxis of negations. What's a negation? Listen to the episode and find out?

InForm:Podcast episode 009 is an episode where I talk about the concept of parapraxis -- AKA "bungled actions" or "silly little mistakes that don't mean anything... but really mean something. I try to show how a parapraxis is a coded message from something that has been repressed.

This is the B-Side for episode 008 on dreamwork. Talking about a few other ways you can work with dreams.

Today's episode talks about a few basic ideas and techniques around psychoanalytic dreamwork