Psyche

Dr. Todd McGowan, English professor at The University of Vermont and co-host of Why Theory podcast, discusses his book Enjoyment Right & Left. Topics include death, existentialism, enjoyment vs pleasure, the death drive, Carl Schmitt, symbolic castration, and movies analyzed in the book: Thirteenth Floor and Heathers

In this episode, I speak with Helen Rollins. Helen is a writer and filmmaker.  Episode Highlights:  Tammy Faye Bakker as a saint for radical Christianity  Her short film "Allone", an interpretation of a Buddhist parable that reflects on the life found in the ubiquity of loss and suffering Her article, "'The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance' & Masculinity" Much more! Dialectial Materialist Girl substack  Instagram 

In this episode, I speak with Dr. Nick Walker. Nick is an author, educator and futurist, best known for her book Neuroqueer Heresies and her work on neurodiversity and Neuroqueer theory. Nick is also a professor of psychology at California Institute of Integral Studies and senior aikido instructor at the Aiki Arts Center in Berkeley, California. Nick also writes speculative fiction, including the urban fantasy webcomic Weird Luck. Episode Highlights:  Neurodiversity paradigm  Neuroqueer Theory  Gender and embodiment  Power & privilege Essentialism and policing  Aikido  Much more!

In this episode, I speak with Conner Habib. Conner is a podcaster, author, lecturer, and a sex workers’ rights advocate. His debut novel is Hawk Mountain. Episode Highlights: Memory and the adolescent psyche The symbolism of animals Dreams, desire and violence Psychoanalysis and lack Meister Eckhart Wilhelm Reich Rudolf Steiner Sexual desire and masculinity Much more!

In this episode, I speak with Jay Bakker. Jay is a speaker, author and leads the Revolution Gathering in Seattle, Washington.  Episode Highlights:  Tammy Faye as saint of a radical christianity  Our mutual respect and love for Peter Rollins  Paul Tillich  Hegel Men and therapy  Our tendency to scapegoat The anarchic, radicality of grace  The importance of empathy much more!

In this podcast, Peter Rollins and Richard Boothby discuss the posture of unknowing and a radical Lacanian interpretation of Christianity. They explore topics such as Rick's approach to religion and personal reflections on his son's suicide. Pete introduces his Lacanian approach to Christianity and they delve into the relationship between Jesus and Paul. The discussion also covers Hegel and the divided Absolute, the practice of a radical Lacanian Christianity through transformance art, and much more!

In this episode, I speak with Patrick McGrath-Muñiz. This is the fifth installment of my series with Patrick exploring the first twenty-two cards of the Major Arcana of the Tarot. Patrick is a professional artist from Puerto Rico. His work has been featured in museums across the country. In this episode, we explore the symbolism and significance of the Emperor card. Episode Highlights: Father energy and father hunger  Toxic masculinity  Colonialism and capitalism Phallic symbols   Marcus Aurelius  Much more! Website: https://www.patrickmcgrath-art.com Patrick's Tarot Deck: https://www.usgamesinc.com/tarot-neocolonial-de-las-americas.html

In this episode, I speak with Devin McGrath-Conwell. Devin graduated from Middlebury College in February 2019 with a joint-degree in film and English, and then could not stay away from his alma mater. He approaches his communications work as he would a script or short story: always looking for the best way to tell a story. Devin is currently pursuing an MFA in Screenwriting from Emerson College. In between work and school, he is a freelance critic and journalist who never tires of watching, writing about, and generally devouring film and television. In this episode, we discuss Devin's wonderful article, "The Many Masculinities of 'Ted Lasso'".  Website: https://dmcgrathconwell.com

In this episode, I talk with Dr. Phil Ford. Phil is an associate professor of musicology at the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music. He is the author of the book Dig: Sound and Music in Hip Culture (a cultural history of hipness from the 1930s through the 1960s), the long-running blog Dial 'M' for Musicology, and various essays that have appeared in Representations, Journal of Musicology, Musical Quarterly, and elsewhere. With J. F. Martel he is working on a book titled Weirding, to be published by Strange Attractor Press. Phil is a pianist, rabid Wagnerite, crap Buddhist, degenerate fight fan, and avid consulter of the I Ching. He wishes that just for once he had an enthusiasm that he didn't have to apologize for or explain to his academic peers. He is also the co-host of the podcast Weird Studies.  In this episode, we discuss Nick Lowe's song "The Beast in Me".  Episode Highlights:  The UFC and the recent Dana White controversy  Carl Jung's notion of the shadow  Ursula LeGuin's "A Wizard of Earthsea" Hal and Sidra Stone's Voice Dialogue therapy  Zen Buddhism  Alchemical transformation  The universal religious impulse  Much more! 

Dr. Peter Rollins, an author and philosopher, discusses embracing unhappiness and overturning traditional notions of religion. Topics include existentialism, psychoanalysis, embracing the void, contradiction in existence, Jung vs Freud, building community through vulnerability, differentiating enjoyment and pleasure, atheism for Lent, and the union of contradiction through art.