Nadia Abu El-Haj: A Brief History of Militarism, Psychiatry and PTSD
Nadia Abu El Haj describes the history of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder and what it reveals about psychiatry, American imperialism and anti-war politics. She tracks PTSD’s shifting status in medical ...
14 Feb 20231h 15min
James Wilt: How Capitalists Caused an Alcohol Health Crisis
In this episode James Wilt explains how alcohol corporations have caused and profited from a health crisis relating to drinking. He explains how capitalist accumulation and expansion has caused a heal...
7 Feb 20231h 5min
M.E. O'Brien and Alex Colston: Parapraxis Issue 1 and the Mistakes of Psychoanalysis
Founded by friend of the show, Hannah Zeavin, Parapraxis is a new magazine about psychoanalysis with a commitment to uncovering the psychosocial dimensions of life. In this conversation Alex Colston a...
31 Jan 20231h 4min
Lara Sheehi and Stephen Sheehi: Psychoanalysis in Palestine
Lara Sheehi and Stephen Sheehi discuss what it means to practice psychoanalysis in Palestine under constant attack from the settler colonial project of the Israeli state. They explain how Palestinian ...
24 Jan 20231h 29min
Beatrice Adler-Bolton (Part 2): Who's Afraid of the SPK?
In the second in a two-part interview with Beatrice Adler-Bolton, she discusses the work and legacy of the Socialist Patients Collective. Beatrice is a writer, artist & co-host of Death Panel, a podca...
17 Jan 20231h 10min
Beatrice Adler-Bolton (Part 1): All Care for All People
In this, the first of a two-part interview, Beatrice Adler-Bolton explains how capitalism shapes what we think of as health. Beatrice explains how health communism provides us with the tools to critiq...
10 Jan 202351min
Chelsea A. Jackson: An Abolitionist Theory of Care
Chelsea A Jackson is an academic, activist and member of Cradle Community which is a collective of organizers committed to radical education and building understanding of prison abolition and transfor...
20 Dec 202253min
Rita Issa: Why Is the NHS Going on Strike?
In this episode Dr Rita Issa discusses the forthcoming strikes in the NHS. She explains the ongoing pressures faced by healthcare workers including austerity, privatization and poor working conditions...
6 Dec 202234min
