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Podcasts

Here you'll find a list of all the podcasts I make. The most current podcast will be at the top of the list, and the earliest will be at the bottom.

InForm | An Interview About Starting in Analysis

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

InForm | Why Do People Enjoy Hating Freud So Much?

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

TGL - 012 | Addendum | More on Jouissance, Death Drive, & Negativity (Lack)

INTRO: This episode of The Gorman Limit is being released very shortly after episode 011. The reason for this is that I thought about the topics I've been riffing on during episodes 010 and 011, and there was more I wanted to say about jouissance, the death drive,

TGL - 011 Negativity & The Death Drive

INTRO: In this episode of The Gorman Limit, Neil talks more about the concepts of negativity as lack (rather than as bad) and the death drive. This episode is a continuation of Neil's work teaching a seminar on doing clinical work with individuals. CONTENT: 0:00 - 0:

TGL 010 - It's All about Jouissance

Intro: In this episode of TGL, Neil starts to talk about the concept of Jouissance (i.e., enjoyment). The claim Neil makes is that understanding the way jouissance functions in our lives is essential to understanding why people do the things they do, in particular when those things don'

InForm | Todd McGowan & Psychoanalysis in the Classroom

Intro: Psychoanalytic superstar Todd McGowan [https://www.amazon.com/Todd-McGowan/e/B001IU0F3I?ref=sr_ntt_srch_lnk_1&qid=1619567603&sr=1-1] 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:

InForm | How to do analysis when people are "non-defensive"

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:

TGL 009 The Moment Before

Intro 0:00 - 8:15 - Ezra Klein Interviews George Saunders [https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/19/podcasts/ezra-klein-show-george-saunders-transcript.html] about A Swim in the Pond in the Rain [https://www.georgesaundersbooks.com/books/a-swim-in-a-pond-in-the-rain-hc]. - They talk about being parents - They talk about moments of crisis,

TGL 008 Some Thoughts on Non-Defensiveness

Intro: 0:00-9:55 - Hi - I've got another kid now - Live is crazy but also wonderful Story: 9:55-28:15 - Who, what, when, where, why - The kids of kids I was working with at this point in my life - Curse word warning!

TGL 007 "I want to help people"

Intro 0:00-9:20 * I teach in a school of social work... * When I ask students, Why are you here? Why are you studying this?” They will usually say, “Because, I want to help people.” * When I follow that up with a question like, “What does that mean?” or “What