
Feminist Survival Project
A podcast for feminists who feel overwhelmed and exhausted by everything they need to do, and still worry that we're not doing enough - hosted by Emily and Amelia Nagoski, authors of BURNOUT: the secret to unlocking the stress cycle.
Latest episodes

Oct 19, 2020 • 59min
53: How to Attachment
What’s your attachment style? Which Broadway musical number does it correspond to? Emily and Amelia discuss… and sing.
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Episode 52: Trust
Attachment theory
Reaper Incandescent Sisal Light Up Halloween Decor
Candide - Make Our Garden Grow
Brené with Emily and Amelia Nagoski on Burnout and How to Complete the Stress Cycle
How to Be an Adult: A Handbook for Psychological and Spiritual Integration
Tell us one thing you’ve learned on FSP so far!
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Oct 12, 2020 • 49min
52: Trust
How do you know when to trust other people? How do you know when to share your cupcakes to make the world better for everyone? Emily and Amelia discuss and end with a song.
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Books by Dr. Sue Johnson
Entitled: How Male Privilege Hurts Women
Gas Light by Patrick Hamilton
Episode 08: The Monitor
Come as You Are chapter 4 covers attachment theory
Brandon Sanderson’s “Reckoners” series

Oct 5, 2020 • 39min
51: Calling In Amelia’s Covid
Update on Amelia’s long Covid situation and Emily’s new dad, Mandy Patinkin.
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“I’m a Black Feminist. I Think Call-Out Culture Is Toxic.” by Loretta Ross
lorettaross.com
Schadenfreude
Mandy Patinkin’s twitter
Mandy Patinkin’s love song

Sep 28, 2020 • 36min
50: Number Fifty
Fifty episodes! Let’s review the toolkit we’ve built during this year of podcasts. Emily and Amelia discuss.
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Brené Brown: The power of vulnerability (TED talk)
Episode 31: Social Support
Episode 01: Separate the Stress From the Stressor
Episode 08: The Monitor
Episode 28: Foop
Episode 32: The Owl and the Cheese
Episode 41: The Bikini-Industrial Complex
Episode 11: The Bubble of Love
Episode 05: What's Your Something Larger?
Episode 34: The Madwoman
Episode 35: Too Much Connection
Episode 18: The New Hotness
Episode 36: Embrace Tiger
Episode 49: How to Dreams
Episode 47: Pause For Pleasure
Episode 20: How to Numbing
Episode 27: How to Unfamiliarity

Sep 21, 2020 • 46min
49: How to Dreams
Are your dreams purely biochemical processes or are they Jungian-scented mind candles your subconscious teaches you lessons with? Emily and Amelia discuss.
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Jonathan Haidt:
"The Elephant and the Rider"
The Happiness Hypothesis
Encyclopedia Of Occult Sciences (archive.org)
Episode 34: The Madwoman
Episode 21: Your Body Will Tell You
Multiple trace theory

Sep 14, 2020 • 57min
48: You’re Allowed to Like the Thing
Do the views of authors and actors affect your ability to enjoy things? Can you consume problematic media in good conscience? Amelia and Emily discuss. J. K. Rowling is not invited.
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WTAF, RWA: Courtney Milan Banned, Suspended From RWA
I Asked My Friend WHY She Had a Plantation Wedding
Episode 29: Allegra
Zaris-Angel performs 'Naughty' at West End Live 2016
Splash Mountain to Be Rethemed to The Princess and the Frog
Auliʻi Cravalho
Hattie McDaniel
The Wind Can GTFO [A Gone With the Wind Breakdown]
Episode 43: How to Bystander
Episode 07: Your Racist Uncle, Your Apathetic Aunt, and Your Misogynist Cousin: How To

Sep 7, 2020 • 40min
47: Pause For Pleasure
Can focusing on pleasure help your brain counteract depression? Is it worth taking a moment to enjoy every donut even if it doesn’t? Emily and Amelia discuss.
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SPONSOR:
This episode is brought to you by “The Siren and the Deep Blue Sea,” the latest book in the Embraced by Magic Series by Kerrelyn Sparks.
https://www.kensingtonbooks.com/9781496730060/the-siren-and-the-deep-blue-sea/
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Entenmann’s donuts:
https://www.entenmanns.com/en/products/8-crumb-donuts?category=8
Episode 03: Human Giver Syndrome:
https://www.feministsurvivalproject.com/episodes/episode-03-human-giver-syndrome
Iggy Pop, King Biscuit Flower Hour:
https://www.allmusic.com/album/king-biscuit-flower-hour-mw0000029108
How to Manage Your Home Without Losing Your Mind:
https://www.aslobcomesclean.com/manage-home-without-losing-mind/
Episode 41: The Bikini-Industrial Complex:
https://www.feministsurvivalproject.com/episodes/episode-41-bikini-industrial-complex
Episode 10: Rest IS the Revolution:
https://www.feministsurvivalproject.com/episodes/episode-10-rest-is-revolution
Disney's Polynesian Resort Music Loop (Full 3 Hour Edition):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QrAkWFQpi0w
A Social History of Background Music:
http://passport2dreams.blogspot.com/2017/10/a-social-history-of-background-music.html

Aug 31, 2020 • 44min
46: What Even Is Hope
What is the nature of hope? Amelia’s off this week, so Emily discusses with her mysterious Marital Euphemism.
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How We Hope: A Moral Psychology by Adrienne Martin:
https://www.amazon.com/How-We-Hope-Moral-Psychology/dp/0691171394
Irascible Appetites:
https://aquinasonline.com/sense-appetites-passions/
Episode 08: The Monitor:
https://www.feministsurvivalproject.com/episodes/episode-08-the-monitor
Oregon Trail Generation:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xennials
Marital Euphemism:
https://twitter.com/rstevens

Aug 24, 2020 • 43min
45: Emily’s Epiphany
Emily’s worried about the future of democracy, but the good news is It turns out the nature of the problem doesn’t necessarily dictate the nature of the solution. (This one’s a little dark.)
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Sonya Renee Taylor:
https://www.instagram.com/tv/CD4C_56AbP7/?igshid=jrczl9b8x7ay
https://www.instagram.com/tv/CECUAjsADLF/?igshid=1ecl04ohd5a1h
Surviving Autocracy by Masha Gessen:
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/50695164-surviving-autocracy
How to Be an Antiracist by Ibram X. Kendi:
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/40265832-how-to-be-an-antiracist
Defying Hitler by Sebastian Haffner:
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/65458.Defying_Hitler
Early warning signs of fascism:
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/holocaust-museum-warning-signs-fascism/
The Cake in the Rain Song (not to be confused with The Pina Colada Song)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sD-zTwi3_GU
How Fascism Works: The Politics of Us and Them
by Jason Stanley
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/38255329-how-fascism-works
Episode 44: How to Shadow Work:
https://www.feministsurvivalproject.com/episodes/episode-44-shadow-work
Episode 04: The Abyss:
https://www.feministsurvivalproject.com/episodes/episode-04-the-abyss

Aug 17, 2020 • 42min
44: How to Shadow Work
Why do certain things really make you angry? Could it be that they remind you of things you dislike in yourself? Emily and Amelia discuss. Spoilers for Rise of Skywalker, The Mandalorian, Hamilton, Moana and The Accursed Year 2020.
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SPONSOR:
This episode is brought to you by “The Rebellious Rancher,” the latest book in the The Millers of Morgan Valley Series by Kate Pearce
https://www.kensingtonbooks.com/9781420148251/the-rebellious-rancher/
Jungian archetypes:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jungian_archetypes
Audre Lorde:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Audre_Lorde
Episode 34: The Madwoman:
https://www.feministsurvivalproject.com/episodes/episode-34-madwoman
Metta loving-kindness meditation:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maitrī