In this episode of the InForm:Podcast, I speak with Peter Rollins , the man behind pyro-theology, the Wake festival, the Spark retreat, Atheism for Lent, and many more things that can provoke all sorts of interesting experiences and elaborations. I first became aware of Pete's work many years back as I was attempting to build up my own understanding of Lacan. I don't remember exactly how it happened, but I found a video of him talking about Lacanian ideas, where he explained them in ways I found...
Mar 06, 2024•1 hr 8 min•Season 5Ep. 40
On this episode of InForm:Podcast, I speak with practicing Lacanian psychoanalyst Isolda Alverez about the way the aims of the psychoanalytic clinic have changed from Freud's time through Lacans and into the present day. Recommendations: 1. Band: Yo La Tango ( Spotify , Apple Music ) Album: "And Then Nothing Turned Itself Inside Out" ( Spotify , Apple Music ) 2. Lucifer (TV Show on Netflix , Comic ) 3. The Unbearable Lightness of Being ( Amazon )...
Jan 31, 2024•1 hr 3 min•Season 5Ep. 39
This episode of InForm:Podcast is a re-release and crosspost of an interview I did as part of From78 (another interview podcast). It was originally released in 2020. At that time, I was still figuring out aspects of podcasting, so the audio is not as good as I make it today. Be that as it may, the audio is OK, and the interview is (I think) good.
Jan 18, 2024•1 hr 53 min•Season 5Ep. 38
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 Rollins Helene Voglesinger The Outlaws (Amazon Prime video) Tao te Ching Jim & Andy: The Great Beyond (Netflix) Station 11 (Max)...
Jan 04, 2024•1 hr 14 min•Season 5Ep. 37
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!
Jan 04, 2024•14 min•Season 5Ep. 36
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.
Jun 28, 2023•1 hr 33 min•Season 4Ep. 35
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, ...
Jun 14, 2023•1 hr 51 min•Season 4Ep. 34
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 A...
May 17, 2022•1 hr 15 min•Season 3Ep. 33
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 Compass Freud's Fr...
Apr 11, 2022•1 hr 46 min•Season 3Ep. 32
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 Oppresse...
Mar 22, 2022•1 hr 24 min•Season 3Ep. 31
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.
Feb 24, 2022•1 hr 22 min•Season 3Ep. 30
InForm Podcast: 052 The 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 influenc...
Dec 21, 2021•1 hr 30 min•Season 3Ep. 29
Psychoanalytic Politics (by Sherry Turkle ) w/ The Regrettable Century | Pt. 1 In this episode, Neil, Jason, & Chris discuss the introduction to the text.
Nov 01, 2021•1 hr 37 min•Season 3Ep. 28
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" i...
Aug 21, 2021•1 hr 23 min•Season 3Ep. 27
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 of Psychoanalyst 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 in the episodes are: Deprivation and institutions in group homes. The holding environment. Fear of being dropped. not becoming callous as one does clini...
Jul 08, 2021•1 hr 20 min•Season 3Ep. 26
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...
Jul 02, 2021•52 min•Season 3Ep. 25
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 n...
Jun 15, 2021•55 min•Season 2Ep. 24
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 T...
Apr 27, 2021•1 hr 32 min•Season 2Ep. 23
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. Some blah, blah, blah 0:00 - 0:07 Intro 0:07 - 2:42 Psychoanalysis of Everyday Life 2:42 - 17:05 Music & psychoanalysis The unconscious as an apature Main segment 17:15 - 1:06:18 Can you do psychoanalysis with people who are too accepting of it Psychoanalytic politics The In...
Mar 31, 2021•1 hr 14 min•Season 2Ep. 22
Announcements Below are links to the things we mentioned in the announcements section of the podcast. Lacanian Ink Lacanian Review Lacanian Review Online (free) Lacanian Works Exchange (free) The Psychoanalysis of Everyday Life (Jared) We talk about signs v. signifiers Main Segment: Does Psychoanalysis Need to be Marginal (Neil & Jared) Recap of the prior episode Maria Bamford Adam Phillips RSA The Aims of Analysis , By Thomas Svolos Various Sundry Things: Sign up for Neil's email newsletter...
Dec 24, 2020•1 hr 18 min•Season 2Ep. 21
Intro: On this episode of InForm: Podcast Neil & Jared get into a specific question: Does psychoanalysis need to be marginal? Content: The Psychoanalysis of Everday Life -- Neil talks about getting rid of stuff, and how streaming services make things less desirable. Main segment -- We start to talk about the idea that psychoanalysis may need to be marginal. We base this off of Freud's idea that if people accept what psychoanalysis is saying too easily/quickly they probably don't understand w...
Dec 17, 2020•1 hr 21 min•Season 2Ep. 20
OUTLINE: In this episode, Neil & Jared try a new format for the show: (1) The psychoanalysis of everyday life -- Jared talks about "accidentally" leaving something at work. (2) Clinicians v. Analysts -- We continue our discussion of the difference between clinicians (psychotherapist) and analysts (psychoanalysis). (3) Various sundry things -- The film Inside Llewyn Davis REFERENCES: a) The Six Paradigms of Jouissance b) The introductory Lectures to Psychoanalysis c) The Psychopathology of Ev...
Nov 26, 2020•1 hr 11 min•Season 2Ep. 19
Intro: 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. Dr. Leon Brenner is a research fellow at the University of Potsdam and lecturer at the International Psychoanalytic University, Berlin. He is a training analyst, studying member of the APPI and a founder of Lacanian Affinities Berlin (laLAB). His latest book on the subj...
Nov 13, 2020•1 hr 41 min•Season 2Ep. 18
INTRO: 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. REFERENCES: T.R. Johnson's book " The Other Side of Pedagogy " ( Amazon ) Some info on Ordinary Psychosis ( Text 1 , Text 2 , Text 3 , Text 4 , Text 5 ) Bruce Fink's book " A Clinical Introduction to Lacanain Psychoanalysis: Theory & Technique " ( Amazon ) Heathers ( IMDB ) 1408 ( IMDB ) Jacob's Ladder (...
Sep 25, 2020•1 hr 27 min•Season 2Ep. 17
Intro: On this episode, Neil & Jared talk about the similarity & difference between clinicians (i.e. licensed mental health people) and psychoanalysts. Content: Clinicians Analysts Psychoanalytic Politics by Sherry Turkle American's desire to make an analysis understandable To understand analysis is to misunderstand it To resist analysis is to understand it...
Sep 08, 2020•1 hr•Season 2Ep. 16
INTRO: 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. CONTENTS: Why do dream work "Self-supporting semantic webs" The ego v. The ...
Aug 13, 2020•1 hr•Season 2Ep. 15
INTRO: 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. WARNING: Wes have marked this episode as explicit because there are definitely some of those naughty f-bombs in the episode. Additionally, the audio is sometimes not ideal because we had to record outside of our children's regular nap time. I tried to do some minimal editing to help get rid of some of the background kids/family...
Aug 05, 2020•1 hr 28 min•Season 2Ep. 14
Intro: Part two of Neil & Jared's discussion of psychoanalysis and politics. We mainly focus on the question of --is psychoanalysis revolutionary? Table of contents: Review of the last episode Is psychoanalysis revolutionary or “revolutionary”? How might psychoanalysis fit into (or not fit into) political projects? The dangers of imaginary identification. Want an InForm:Discord server? -- Let us know ....
Jul 27, 2020•57 min•Season 2Ep. 13
INTRO: In this episode of InForm:Podcast Neil & Jared go through questions, comments, criticisms, and concerns regarding psychoanalysis and revolutionary politics. BACKGROUND: Neil & Jared both participate on the Discord servers for Red Library & The Regrettable Century . Recently some of the other members of those communities asked some questions about the revolutionary potential (or the lack thereof) of psychoanalysis. Given that the communication on the discord servers was only te...
Jul 21, 2020•1 hr 1 min•Season 2Ep. 12
Intro: In this episode, we set out to talk about the Oedipus Complex... and we do talk about it, but we also end up talking about several other (related?) things a well. References: 1. Bruce Fink's books 2. Psychoanalytic Diagnosis by Nancy McWilliams 3. Lacan, Seminar VII 4. Lacan, Seminar XVII 5. Freud, Beyond the Pleasure Principle 6. Freud, Totem & Taboo 7. Why Theory Podcast...
Jul 08, 2020•1 hr 6 min•Season 2Ep. 11
