Freud Museum London: Psychoanalysis Podcasts

This week Tom and Jamie discuss Freud's ‘Constructions in Analysis’ (1937). This was his final completed paper on psychoanalytic technique, in which he compares psychoanalysis to archaeology. This episode is an exploration of the ideas in our current exhibition, 'Freud's Antiquity: Object, Idea, Desire'.

To help usher in the autumn season, Tom and Jamie discuss Freud’s beautiful short paper ‘On Transience’ (1916) in the final episode of the Freud in Focus, Summer Shorts series. Producer: Karolina Heller

In this episode of Freud in Focus, Summer Shorts, Jamie and Tom discuss Freud’s 1927 paper entitled ‘Humour’.  Producer: Karolina Heller

Dive into Freud's humorous analysis of creativity and daydreaming. Discover how childhood play fuels artistic expression and the bittersweet evolution of innocent play into adult fantasies. Explore how dreams and daydreams serve as windows into repressed wishes, unraveling the intricate connections between creativity and the unconscious mind. The insights on literary works and playfulness reveal how personal memories shape a writer's craft, stirring deep emotional responses in readers.

In this podcast, Jamie and Tom discuss Freud's final thoughts on the place of the individual in society. They also explore Freud's experiences with pandemics, his humanizing approach to mental illness, the hardships he faced during the Great War, his escape to Great Britain, and offer book recommendations.

In part five of our new podcast series Jamie and Tom discuss the last chapter of Civilisation and its Discontents, in which Freud offers his final thoughts on the place of the individual in society. Producer: Karolina Heller

In part four of our new podcast series Jamie and Tom discuss the sixth and seventh chapters of Civilisation and its Discontents, in which Freud recounts the history of instinct theory, and explores the origin of the sense of guilt. Producer: Karolina Heller

In part three of our new podcast series Jamie and Tom discuss the forth and fifth chapters of Civilisation and its Discontents, in which Freud discusses the origins of society, writes two extraordinary footnotes, and introduces a new factor into his exploration of the causes of discontent in civilisation. Producer: Karolina Heller

In part two of our new podcast series Jamie and Tom discuss the second and third chapters of Civilisation and its Discontents, where Freud extends his critique of religion and discusses the techniques available to help deal with human suffering. Producer: Karolina Heller

In part one of our new podcast series Jamie and Tom discuss the first chapter of Civilisation and its Discontents, looking at Freud’s analysis of the ‘oceanic feeling’, and the famous archaeological metaphor of the mind. Producer: Karolina Heller