D. W. Winnicott w/ Abby Kluchin and Patrick Blanchfield
The hosts of Ordinary Unhappiness join the podcast to discuss D. W. Winnicott; one of the most influential figures in the history of psychoanalysis in Britain. They explain how Winnicott's work was sh...
8 Apr 20251h 45min
Pop Psychology for Entrepreneurs w/ Erik Baker
Erik Baker returns to the podcast to demystify the entrepreneurial work ethic – from depression era spiritualism to contemporary pop-psychology via struggles over the meaning of work throughout the tw...
26 Mar 20251h 14min
A History of Wages for Housework w/ Emily Callaci
Emily Callaci unpacks the history and legacy of Wages for Housework, the feminist movement that demanded payment for the unpaid work of women required to sustain capitalism. She discusses five women a...
11 Mar 202557min
The Assisted Suicide Bill w/ Ellen Clifford
Ellen Clifford contextualizes the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill – often referred to as the assisted dying or assisted suicide bill – within the long history of eugenic politics and welfare ...
25 Feb 20251h 2min
Grenfell Tower is Still Burning w/ Peter Apps and Anna Stec
Peter Apps and Anna Stec discuss the Grenfell Tower fire, placing the incident in a longer political history of deregulation and privatisation as well as the ongoing dangers caused by the toxic nature...
11 Feb 20251h 5min
Workers Inquiry in the Care Economy w/ Callum Cant
Callum Cant joins the podcast to explain 'workers inquiry', a form of research that places the working class as its centre and protagonist. He explains how it differs from other forms of theoretical w...
31 Des 20241h 28min
Ideology and the Crisis of Care w/ Alyssa Battistoni
If access to care is so expensive, why are care workers so poorly paid? Historically, feminist discourses have looked at how ideology structures how we understand and value care work. However, in this...
24 Des 20241h 8min
30 Years of Violence in the Department for Work and Pensions w/ John Pring
John Pring documents the history of the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP), specifically how this department has inflicted 30 years of violence and austerity on sick and disabled people in Britain...
11 Des 20241h 17min
