33: The Problem with Empathy feat. Jade E. Davis
Abby and Patrick welcome Jade E. Davis, author of the new book The Other Side of Empathy. They discuss Jade’s critique of naïve notions of “empathy” and what she calls “empathy culture.” They examine ...
25 Nov 20231h 27min
32: Thanksgiving Special, Part 2: Murder, Myth, and Memory Teaser
Subscribe to get access to the full episode, the episode reading list, and all premium episodes! www.patreon.com/OrdinaryUnhappiness In the second – overstuffed – installment of our two-part Thanksgi...
20 Nov 20236min
31: Thanksgiving Special, Part 1: The Holiday Syndrome Teaser
Subscribe to get access to the full episode, the episode reading list, and all premium episodes! www.patreon.com/OrdinaryUnhappiness In the first installment of our two-part Thanksgiving Special, we ...
18 Nov 20235min
UNLOCKED: 14: Standard Edition Volume I Part 1: Freud Goes to Paris
Friends! This week we are on deadline and/or under a terrifying pile of ungraded papers, so we're giving folks a chance to enter the wild world of The Standard Edition with this freshly unlocked episo...
11 Nov 20231h 40min
30: Standard Edition Volume 1 Part 4: Wilhelm Fliess: The Anxiety of Influence (and a Theory of Noses) feat. Christine Smallwood Teaser
Subscribe to get access to the full episode, the episode reading list, and all premium episodes! www.patreon.com/OrdinaryUnhappiness In the latest installment of the Standard Edition, we begin the Fl...
4 Nov 20233min
29: Gender, Trauma, and Psychoanalytic Politics feat. Avgi Saketopoulou and Ann Pellegrini
Abby and Patrick welcome psychoanalyst Avgi Saketopoulou and psychoanalyst and academic Ann Pellegrini to discuss their new co-authored book, Gender Without Identity. They talk about the genesis of th...
28 Okt 20231h 24min
28: Wild Analysis: Halloween (1978) Teaser
Subscribe to get access to the full episode, the episode reading list, and all premium episodes! www.patreon.com/OrdinaryUnhappiness After a long chat about why people like and dislike horror – and a...
21 Okt 20234min
27: From HIV to COVID: Virality, Vulnerability, and Interdependence feat. Steven Thrasher
Abby and Patrick welcome Steven Thrasher, author of The Viral Underclass: The Human Toll When Inequality and Disease Collide. We discuss Steven’s singular career trajectory (from Saturday Night Live t...
14 Okt 20231h 41min
