Podcast appearances and mentions of Thomas S Szasz

"The Myth Of Mental Illness" by Thomas S. Szasz, M.D., where he critiques modern psychology as "pseudoscience and warns against the dangerous overreach of psychiatry into all aspects of contemporary life.Follow that episode, we received an incredible amount of negative comments and we realized we stuck a nerve. In this episode we circle back and do a follow up to The Myth Of Mental Illness.• Banned.Video: https://banned.video/channel/the-soul-trap• Rumble: https://rumble.com/c/TheSoulTrap • Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheSoulTrap • Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/the_soultrap/ • Website: https://www.thesoultrap.com/ • Podcast: https://thesoultrap.buzzsprout.com/Support the show

Though the Libertarian Christian Podcast may have a slight bias towards podcasts, we also love a good book. In this episode, host Doug Stuart and Alex Bernardo of the Protestant Libertarian Podcast sit down to talk about their reading habits and the books they've been enjoying recently, ranging from works of fiction like Harry Potter all the way to historical narratives about the Soviet Union. Whether you're looking for some quality book recommendations or just want to know more about the hosts and their approaches to reading, this is a delightful and laid-back episode you're not going to want to miss.  Alex Bernardo is part of the Christians for Liberty Network and is the host of the Protestant Libertarian Podcast. There, he explores the intersection between protestant Biblical studies and libertarian philosophy, addressing topics related to theology, history, culture, economics, philosophy, and current events from both protestant and libertarian perspectives.  More about Alex as well as links to all the books discussed in this episode can be found in the additional resources section below.   Main Points of Discussion: 00:00    Introduction     01:45    Kindle, physical copies, & audiobooks     07:24    Highlighters or pens?     11:51    Doug and Alex's reading goals     19:25    Fiction books     32:24    Books that impacted Alex     38:40    What's Alex reading next?     40:14    Books that impacted Doug     44:11    What's Doug reading next?   Additional Resources: - The Protestant Libertarian Podcast: libertarianchristians.com/shows/protestant-libertarian-podcast/ - Follow Alex Bernardo on Twitter: @ProLibertyPod - Fiction books:         The Chronicles of Narnia series, by C.S. Lewis         The Harry Potter series, by J.K. Rowling         Amon's Adventure, by Arnold Ytreeide         The Memoirs of Stockholm Sven, by Nathaniel Ian Miller         Space: A Novel, by James A. Michener - Impactful books          The Peril of Modernizing Jesus, by Henry J. Cadbury         The Artist, the Philosopher and the Warrior, by Paul Strathern         The White Pill, by Michael Malice - Next up:          The Case Against the Fed, by Murray Rothbard         Ideology and Insanity, by Thomas S. Szasz         The Individualists, by Matt Zwolinski and John Tomasi         Fossil Future, by Alex Epstein         The Viking Heart, by Arthur Herman         Roger Williams and the Creation of the American Soul, by John M. Barry         Biblical Critical Theory, by Christopher Watkin - Other:         Human Action, by Ludwig Von Mises         Surprised by Scripture, by N.T. Wright         Revelation for the Rest of Us, Scot McKnight         Paul and the Faithfulness of God, by N.T. Wright         The Crucifixion of the Warrior God, by Gregory A. Boyd         Cross Vision, by Gregory A. Boyd         The Witch Trials of J.K. Rowling, by The Free Press         The Quest of the Historical Jesus, by Albert Schweitzer   Audio Production by Podsworth Media - https://podsworth.com 

Over 40% of the population has been diagnosed with a mental illness of some sort. In this episode, we crack open a book, "The Myth Of Mental Illness" by Thomas S. Szasz, M.D., where he critiques modern psychology as "pseudoscience and warns against the dangerous overreach of psychiatry into all aspects of contemporary life. *** Video of this episode here: https://youtu.be/fNrLsLL6aI8• Banned.Video: https://banned.video/channel/the-soul-trap• Rumble: https://rumble.com/c/TheSoulTrap • Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheSoulTrap • Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/the_soultrap/ • Website: https://www.thesoultrap.com/ • Podcast: https://thesoultrap.buzzsprout.com/Support the show

In today’s Solidarity Fridays episode, after a short and much-needed break, Kyle and Joe return, but don't really touch on any news. This time, they have a very open conversation largely focused on philosophy and capitalism. They dive into a lot of philosophical questions: are we reducing the mystical to the medical? Do we understand enough about spirit and somatic energies to measure them? How much are therapists and sitters interpreting mystical experience and assigning meaning to it for others vs. teaching people how to interpret it themselves? What makes a God? Is commodifying the sacred bad? And what makes something sacred other than it being significant? And the classic: What is good?  They also touch on Harvard School of World Religions' year-long series on psychedelics and the future of religion, the Divine Command Theory, James Kent's DoseNation podcast series, Charles Eisenstein and the concept of deflationary money, the billionaire pledge, triple bottom line thinking and other ways to incentivize employees to make businesses closer to co-ops, and why not all capitalism is bad. Lastly, Joe highly recommends Tom O'Neill and Dan Piepenbring's book, CHAOS: Charles Manson, the CIA, and the Secret History of the Sixties, which touches on MKUltra, the Phoenix Program, how the government used Charles Manson, and how the drug war was a logical consequence of the paranoia of the U.S.S.R. and communism toppling the USA and capitalism. Notable Quotes “Coming from the somatic world, our bodies- I think, sometimes we dismiss that and maybe might call that a little ‘woo woo,’ but how is your body an actual instrument that can help you understand maybe what’s going on? It’s firing a bunch of signals all the time, right? Information is just coming in and we have to try to make sense of it. Is it an appropriate instrument to try to learn how to discern the information that’s coming in? Could we finely tune that?” -Kyle “It’s helpful to have diagnostic categories, but I think we’re taking the diagnostic categories a little too seriously and making them a little too real. A diagnostic category is not as real as a glass of water in your hand. One’s real concrete, one’s real abstract. Both are helpful at times. Both could be harmful, depending on what you do with the glass.” -Joe“A lot of folks want to just use psychedelics and escape the world, like the ‘drop out’ thing. Like, ‘I’m just going to be with the spirit world.’ But it’s like, what good is you being with the spirit world if you’re not having any impact on the world world?” -Joe “Being hubristic enough to say that ‘I have an answer’- that’s where I see the problem. Being willing to engage in conversation with people with a lot more experience with this kind of thing is probably where it’s at. Like, ok, let’s talk to 4-5 economists and see what their opinion is. Maybe talk to some professional ethicists to see what their opinion is. I don’t think anybody is going to have the answer, but by hearing all of those perspectives, we can learn more.” -Joe Links Center for the Study of World Religions: Medicalizing Mysticism: Religion in Contemporary Psychedelic Trials (youtube) Divine Command Theory Psymposia.com: “Lucy In The Sky With Nazis: Psychedelics and the Right Wing” by Brian Pace, PhD Sage Journals: Increased nature relatedness and decreased authoritarian political views after psilocybin for treatment-resistant depression James Kent’s DoseNation podcast The Myth of Mental Illness: Foundations of a Theory of Personal Conduct, by Thomas S. Szasz The Giving Pledge turns 10: These billionaires pledged to give away half their wealth, but they soon ran into a problem CHAOS: Charles Manson, the CIA, and the Secret History of the Sixties, by Tom O'Neill with Dan Piepenbring Support the show! Patreon Leave us a review on Facebook or iTunes Share us with your friends Join our Facebook group - Psychedelics Today group – Find the others and create community. Navigating Psychedelics  

Was there Mental Illness in the ancient world? What did people think about Suicide or Schizophrenia? How did the philosophies of Epicurus or Hippocrates help? And what can this teach us about Mental Illness today? Michael Fontaine, Professor and Associate Vice Provost of Undergraduate Education, The Department of Classics, Cornell University, New York treats us to a new perspective on the extremes of the human condition. For more information about Classical Wisdom's Podcast Classical Wisdom Speaks, please check out our website at: http://classicalwisdom.comInterested in learning more? Get a FREE E-book on "Money, Gold and the End of an Empire" Here: https://classicalwisdom.com/free-e-book-money-gold-endofanempire/Get our Latest Magazine - dedicated to Statesmen - with our Classical Wisdom Litterae Magazine subscription Here: https://classicalwisdom.com/product/classical-wisdom-litterae-magazine-subscription/Here are some links to references mentioned on the podcast:1. The paper Michael gave at the American Psychiatric Association about Thomas Szasz and Epicurus (on mental illness): https://www.madinamerica.com/2014/08/religious-psychiatric-atheism-success-epicurus-failure-thomas-szasz/2. A long review essay on “Mental Disorders in the Classical World.” (It’s all about classics, and a good overview to how Michael approaches mental illness): https://www.madinamerica.com/2015/10/mental-disorders-in-the-classical-world-a-book-review/3. 2013. ‘On Being Sane in an Insane Place—The Rosenhan Experiment in the Laboratory of Plautus’ Epidamnus,’ Current Psychology 32, 348-365. – This paper is about Plautus’ Menaechmi (the twins separated at birth).4. 2017. ‘Schizophrenia, then and now: The Libation Bearers of Aeschylus,’ in J.A. Schaler, H.Z. Lothane, and R.E. Vatz, eds., Thomas S. Szasz: The Man and his Ideas. Transaction Publishers, New Brunswick, New Jersey, pp. 169-193. – This was summarized in the podcast.5. The world's first Lobotomy: https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/ancient-insights/202002/did-psychosurgery-start-out-joke6. You can get Michael's latest books, How to Drink: A Classical Guide to the Art of Imbibing here: https://tinyurl.com/y6stsjjkas well as The Pig War: https://www.amazon.com/dp/1732475075***Update from Michael: Also, since we did our podcast, a bombshell of a book came out that casts doubt on some of what I say about the modern experiment in article #3 down below. You can read my review of it in Psychology Today here: https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/ancient-insights/201911/the-big-lie-psychiatry***The interview initially took place in August 2019.

This week, we interview Professor Michael Fontaine. Michael is Professor of Classics and Associate Vice Provost of Undergraduate Education at Cornell University in New York. He regularly consults on Latin for museums, institutions, dealers, and collectors, having exposed forgery in Renaissance and Dutch Golden Age paintings. In 2016 he received the Thomas S. Szasz Award for Outstanding Contributions to the Cause of Civil Liberties. In the episode we discuss: How Michael came to be a Professor of Classics and Literature. How studying the ancient world helps us to understand what the first scientists thought about mental or emotional distress. The first use of the phrase ‘psychiatric ward’ which can be found at the Library of Alexandria in Northern Egypt. That the phrase that ultimately became the word ‘Psychiatry’ in ancient times actually meant a “Healing Place for the Soul” and is inscribed above library entrances even today (ΨΥΧΗΣ ΙΑΤΡΕΙΟΝ or Psyches iatreion). The links between the Rosenhan experiment and a comedic play written 2,200 years ago by the ancient Roman playwright T. Maccius Plautus. That, in the ancient world, there was no long term incarceration in prisons or asylums. The relationship between the Hippocratic/medical model (the humoral theory) and the Epicurean model of mental or emotional distress. That, in the ancient world, depression didn’t exist, and that the solutions for unhappiness were based in the community or in Philosophy. That about 1700 years ago, the Roman Empire entered a state of decline and it became mandatory to become Christian and during this time the philosophical view of mental distress died away to be overtaken by a supernatural understanding. Some of the similarities between the Epicurean model and the work of Thomas Szasz. How Michael came to know and discuss some of these matters with Thomas Szasz and, following his suicide in 2012, presented an academic paper to the American Psychiatric Association on Thomas Szasz’ legacy. The statistics that show that one in every four women around middle age in the US is taking an antidepressant. Michael’s essay on Schizophrenia in the ancient world. The distinction between the causes of, and the reasons for, our behaviour. Ron Leifer having his career ruined because of his support for the ideas of Thomas Szasz. A poem from 2,100 years ago by the Latin poet Catullus, that deals with transgender identity, even though it is generally believed that gender identity issues are a recent phenomenon (last 50 years or so). How Greek Tragedy can help us understand the world, particularly those of Euripides such as Medea Relevant links: On Being Sane in an Insane Place—The Rosenhan Experiment in the Laboratory of Plautus’ Epidamnus On Religious and Psychiatric Atheism: The Success of Epicurus, the Failure of Thomas Szasz Thomas Szasz Mental Disorders in the Classical World (A Review) Schizophrenia in the Golden Ass What Do the DSM, Elvis Presley, and Dionysus Have in Common? To get in touch with us email: podcasts@madinamerica.com © Mad in America 2018