InForm:Podcast
101 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 2 months ago - ★★★★★ - 23 ratingsThe InForm:Podcast seeks to be an informal and informative way to talk about the intersection of Social Work (or social justice if you prefer), Psychoanalysis, and Critical Theory.
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InForm 034 Psychoanalysis, Politics, & Discord Servers (Pt. 2)
July 27, 2020 00:12 - 57 minutes - 52.5 MBPart two of Neil & Jared's discussion of psychoanalysis and politics. We mainly focus on the question of --is psychoanalysis revolutionary?
InForm 035 Psychoanalysis, Politics, & Discord Servers (Pt. 2)
July 27, 2020 00:12 - 57 minutes - 52.5 MBIntro: Part two of Neil & Jared's discussion of psychoanalysis and politics. We mainly focus on the question of --is psychoanalysis revolutionary? Table of contents: Review of the last episode Is psychoanalysis revolutionary or “revolutionary”? How might psychoanalysis fit into (or not fit into) political projects? The dangers of imaginary identification. Want an InForm:Discord server? -- Let us know.
InForm: Psychoanalysis, Politics, & Discord Servers (Pt. 2)
July 27, 2020 00:12 - 57 minutes - 52.5 MBIntro: Part two of Neil & Jared's discussion of psychoanalysis and politics. We mainly focus on the question of --is psychoanalysis revolutionary? Table of contents: Review of the last episode Is psychoanalysis revolutionary or “revolutionary”? How might psychoanalysis fit into (or not fit into) political projects? The dangers of imaginary identification. Want an InForm:Discord server? -- Let us know.
InForm 034 Psychoanalysis, Politics, & Discord Servers (Pt. 1)
July 21, 2020 17:54 - 1 hour - 55.6 MBINTRO: In this episode of InForm:Podcast Neil & Jared go through questions, comments, criticisms, and concerns regarding psychoanalysis and revolutionary politics. BACKGROUND: Neil & Jared both participate on the Discord servers for Red Library & The Regrettable Century. Recently some of the other members of those communities asked some questions about the revolutionary potential (or the lack thereof) of psychoanalysis. Given that the communication on the discord servers was o...
InForm: Psychoanalysis, Politics, & Discord Servers (Pt. 1)
July 21, 2020 17:54 - 1 hour - 55.6 MBINTRO: In this episode of InForm:Podcast Neil & Jared go through questions, comments, criticisms, and concerns regarding psychoanalysis and revolutionary politics. BACKGROUND: Neil & Jared both participate on the Discord servers for Red Library & The Regrettable Century. Recently some of the other members of those communities asked some questions about the revolutionary potential (or the lack thereof) of psychoanalysis. Given that the communication on the discord servers was o...
InForm 033 Some thoughts on the Oedipus Complex, the Name-of-the-Father, & Castration
July 08, 2020 19:30 - 1 hour - 60.5 MBIntro: In this episode, we set out to talk about the Oedipus Complex... and we do talk about it, but we also end up talking about several other (related?) things a well. References: 1. Bruce Fink's books 2. Psychoanalytic Diagnosis by Nancy McWilliams 3. Lacan, Seminar VII 4. Lacan, Seminar XVII 5. Freud, Beyond the Pleasure Principle 6. Freud, Totem & Taboo 7. Why Theory Podcast
InForm: Some thoughts on the Oedipus Complex, the Name-of-the-Father, & Castration
July 08, 2020 19:30 - 1 hour - 60.5 MBIntro: In this episode, we set out to talk about the Oedipus Complex... and we do talk about it, but we also end up talking about several other (related?) things a well. References: 1. Bruce Fink's books 2. Psychoanalytic Diagnosis by Nancy McWilliams 3. Lacan, Seminar VII 4. Lacan, Seminar XVII 5. Freud, Beyond the Pleasure Principle 6. Freud, Totem & Taboo 7. Why Theory Podcast
InForm: Entering Analysis (Pt 2)
July 02, 2020 14:30 - 1 hour - 70.2 MBIn this episode we talk about: A summary of episode #030 Psychoanalysis and insurance Psychoanalysis and (so called) "evidence-based practice" Transference The liminal space between session one and really starting psychoanalysis
InForm 032 Entering Analysis (Pt 2)
July 02, 2020 14:30 - 1 hour - 70.2 MBIn this episode we talk about: A summary of episode #030 Psychoanalysis and insurance Psychoanalysis and (so called) "evidence-based practice" Transference The liminal space between session one and really starting psychoanalysis
InForm 031 Dis/Entangled Podcast
June 11, 2020 12:00 - 1 hour - 176 MBWe interrupt your regularly scheduled podcast listening to bring you this: Dis/Entangled podcast, a show hosted by the Cat's Meow Jared. On this show, Jared speaks with other social workers about what defines "social work" for them. This particular episode feature Neil, who talks about critical theory, psychoanalysis, and social work, his professional development, and some other sundry things. If the premise of Dis/Entangled sounds interesting to you and you liked this episode in pa...
InForm: [CROSS POST] Dis/Entangled Podcast
June 11, 2020 12:00 - 1 hour - 176 MBWe interrupt your regularly scheduled podcast listening to bring you this: Dis/Entangled podcast, a show hosted by the Cat's Meow Jared. On this show, Jared speaks with other social workers about what defines "social work" for them. This particular episode feature Neil, who talks about critical theory, psychoanalysis, and social work, his professional development, and some other sundry things. If the premise of Dis/Entangled sounds interesting to you and you liked this episode in pa...
InForm: Entering Analysis (Pt. 1)
June 05, 2020 12:00 - 1 hour - 65.1 MBINTRO: On today's show, Jared & Neil Talk about the process of starting an analysis. CONTENT: We talk about the difficulties with finding an analyst, and some of the ways that Lacanian analysts, in particular, have tried to overcome those difficulties. We talk about our own experiences of entering into an analysis. We also get into a bit about the different discourses, and the idea of the analyst as Socrates.
InForm030 Entering Analysis (Pt. 1)
June 05, 2020 12:00 - 1 hour - 65.1 MBINTRO: On today's show, Jared & Neil Talk about the process of starting an analysis. CONTENT: We talk about the difficulties with finding an analyst, and some of the ways that Lacanian analysts, in particular, have tried to overcome those difficulties. We talk about our own experiences of entering into an analysis. We also get into a bit about the different discourses, and the idea of the analyst as Socrates.
InForm029 Todd McGowan
May 26, 2020 19:30 - 1 hour - 87.1 MBIntro: Today on InForm:Podcast we are lucky enough to talk with super-theorist Todd McGowan. Content: We reached out to Todd McGowan and asked if he would be willing to talk about how his experience in analysis (as an analysand) influenced the ways that he thinks, works, and lives. Todd responded to our request and was very generous with his time. (He talked with us for over 90 min!) In addition to talking about the effects of analysis on Todd's life we also talk about politi...
InForm: Why Theory's Todd McGowan
May 26, 2020 19:30 - 1 hour - 87.1 MBIntro: Today on InForm:Podcast we are lucky enough to talk with super-theorist Todd McGowan. Content: We reached out to Todd McGowan and asked if he would be willing to talk about how his experience in analysis (as an analysand) influenced the ways that he thinks, works, and lives. Todd responded to our request and was very generous with his time. (He talked with us for over 90 min!) In addition to talking about the effects of analysis on Todd's life we also talk about politi...
InForm 029 Todd McGowan
May 26, 2020 19:30 - 1 hour - 87.1 MBWe reached out to Todd McGowan and asked if he would be willing to talk about how his experience in analysis (as an analysand) influenced the ways that he thinks, works, and lives. Todd responded to our request and was very generous with his time. (He talked with us for over 90 min!)
InForm: Subject of the Statement & Subject of the Enunciation
May 13, 2020 11:05 - 56 minutes - 51.6 MBIntro: In this episode of InForm:Podcast Neil & Jared talk about the Subject of the Statement & the Subject of the Enunciation. References: If you have not listened to InForm-027 you might want to listen to that episode before you listen to this one. This wonderful video on the graph of desire from Lacan Online. The Subversion of the Subject and the Dialectic of Desire in the Écrits (Amazon) Formations of the Unconscious: The Seminar of Jacques Laan Book V (Amazon)
InForm028 Subject of the Statement & Subject of the Enunciation
May 13, 2020 11:05 - 56 minutes - 51.6 MBIntro: In this episode of InForm:Podcast Neil & Jared talk about the Subject of the Statement & the Subject of the Enunciation. References: If you have not listened to InForm-027 you might want to listen to that episode before you listen to this one. This wonderful video on the graph of desire from Lacan Online. The Subversion of the Subject and the Dialectic of Desire in the Écrits (Amazon) Formations of the Unconscious: The Seminar of Jacques Laan Book V (Amazon)
InForm027 Demand V. Desire
May 01, 2020 11:05 - 53 minutes - 48.6 MBIntro: Neil and Jared talk about the principle of moving from demand and activating desire in psychoanalysis. References: The Lacanian Compass A tour of the Graph of Desire from Lacan Online. (Video) The lecture by Kai Hammermister was indeed not online any longer. Hary Guntrip's account of his analysis with Fairbarin & Winnicott. (PDF)
InForm: Demand V. Desire
May 01, 2020 11:05 - 53 minutes - 48.6 MBIntro: Neil and Jared talk about the principle of moving from demand and activating desire in psychoanalysis. References: The Lacanian Compass A tour of the Graph of Desire from Lacan Online. (Video) The lecture by Kai Hammermister was indeed not online any longer. Hary Guntrip's account of his analysis with Fairbarin & Winnicott. (PDF)
InForm: The "Self Care" Episode
April 22, 2020 15:05 - 57 minutes - 52.5 MBIntro: This is an episode where Jared & Neil talk bout how the concept of "self care" is used and misused in contemporary clinical settings. Just so you know: Normally the InForm:Podcast is allergic to editing (i.e. we don't edit, we just record and mix, and then post). Rather than seeing this as a flaw, we see it as a feature of the podcast. However, this time we did need to cut out a little bit of dodgy audio. We almost did not release the podcast at all... but in the end (obv...
InForm026 The "Self Care" Episode
April 22, 2020 15:05 - 57 minutes - 52.5 MBIntro: This is an episode where Jared & Neil talk bout how the concept of "self care" is used and misused in contemporary clinical settings. Just so you know: Normally the InForm:Podcast is allergic to editing (i.e. we don't edit, we just record and mix, and then post). Rather than seeing this as a flaw, we see it as a feature of the podcast. However, this time we did need to cut out a little bit of dodgy audio. We almost did not release the podcast at all... but in the end (obv...
InForm025 The Weird & the Eerie (aka: The Role of the Analyst Pt. 2)
April 07, 2020 18:00 - 1 hour - 64.4 MBINTRO: In this episode of InForm Neil & Jared talk more about the role of the analyst as a sort of detective of the weird and the eerie. ROUGH OUTLINE: Review: Last time we mentioned the role of the analyst is the secretary of the unconscious. Today we will be talking about the role of the analyst as a detective. Freud has ideas about what makes things in life uncanny, odd, upsetting, etc. 1. The double: 2. The four registers — animism, castration-complex, repetition-compuls...
InForm: The Weird & the Eerie (aka: The Role of the Analyst Pt. 2)
April 07, 2020 18:00 - 1 hour - 64.4 MBINTRO: In this episode of InForm Neil & Jared talk more about the role of the analyst as a sort of detective of the weird and the eerie. ROUGH OUTLINE: Review: Last time we mentioned the role of the analyst is the secretary of the unconscious. Today we will be talking about the role of the analyst as a detective. Freud has ideas about what makes things in life uncanny, odd, upsetting, etc. 1. The double: 2. The four registers — animism, castration-complex, repetition-compuls...
InForm: The Role of the Analyst Pt. 1
March 24, 2020 19:05 - 45 minutes - 41.8 MBHi In this episode (the first in a series) Neil & Jared talk about the role of the analyst as a secretary of the unconscious and how this relates to the drive. A general outline: This is take two (we tried to record earlier, but kids...) We talk about the role of the analyst and psychoanalysis as opposed to a psychotherapist/psychotherapy We talk about the unconscious as "a part of us that has a mind of its own" (again) The unconscious does not exist it insists The idea ...
InForm024 The Role of the Analyst Pt. 1
March 24, 2020 19:05 - 45 minutes - 41.8 MBHi In this episode (the first in a series) Neil & Jared talk about the role of the analyst as a secretary of the unconscious and how this relates to the drive. A general outline: This is take two (we tried to record earlier, but kids...) We talk about the role of the analyst and psychoanalysis as opposed to a psychotherapist/psychotherapy We talk about the unconscious as "a part of us that has a mind of its own" (again) The unconscious does not exist it insists The idea ...
InForm: Episode 1
March 05, 2020 13:20 - 1 hour - 60 MBIntro: First episodes of Seasons 2 of InForm:Podcast! In this season Neil will be joined by Jared, and we will continue to talk about things & stuff in an InFormal but (hopefully!) InFormative way. What you're hearing is our third attempt to record the show. (The first two did not go all sorts of bad because Neil did not check batteries...) What are we talking about? Intro? — InForm:Podcast Season 2. 1. Sex is a deconstructive of identity (not constructive). — Sexuality? ...
InForm023 -- Seasons 2/Episode 1
March 05, 2020 13:20 - 1 hour - 60 MBIntro: First episodes of Seasons 2 of InForm:Podcast! In this season Neil will be joined by Jared, and we will continue to talk about things & stuff in an InFormal but (hopefully!) InFormative way. What you're hearing is our third attempt to record the show. (The first two did not go all sorts of bad because Neil did not check batteries...) What are we talking about? Intro? — InForm:Podcast Season 2. 1. Sex is a deconstructive of identity (not constructive). — Sexuality? ...
InForm022 -- From78 Pilot Episode
August 23, 2019 00:20 - 23 minutes - 21.3 MBHi all, So this episode is strange. It is using the listenership that InForm has built up as a focus group. In this episode, of InForm you will hear a different show called From78. If you like it let me know. If you hate it let me know. If you have anything you'd like to tell me about it let me know.
InForm021 -- More About the Unconscious
August 03, 2019 06:25 - 24 minutes - 22.7 MBHI! In this episode, I share some of my experiences about talking with other mental health people about the unconscious. Outline: 1. Talking with others about the unconscious... we don't seem to be talking about the same thing. 2. The preconscious is not the unconscious. 3. The unconscious as leftover desire. Links: Complex Praxis newsletter.
InForm020 -- The Writing Process, & the Unconscious...
July 27, 2019 08:00 - 23 minutes - 22 MBHi! A funny thing happened. I recorded episode #021, I edited it, mixed it, and uploaded it... Then I saw that I had not recorded episode 020. Opps. So I then went back and recorded episode 020, this episode. The recording of this episode was done in fits and starts as things and stuff were going on throughout my day. The audio of each segment will probably be a bit different (The last segment, in particular, needed some gain because at one point my child was sleeping and I wa...
InForm019 -- Teenagers are big toddlers
July 12, 2019 12:00 - 33 minutes - 30.3 MBHi: Today's show is the second episode in season two. Thus far these episodes are coming out on Fridays. Not sure if that will continue to be the drop day. Does anyone have any strong thoughts on that? (If you do email me.) Outline: Terms: Adolescents & Teenagers Toddlers & Teenagers Toddlers are "cute" Teenagers are "difficult" Could we possibly have benevolent explanations for some of the things teenagers do? Other Stuff: If you enjoy InForm:Podcast you might also ...
InForm018 -- Getting moving again.
July 05, 2019 14:00 - 15 minutes - 14.4 MBThis is a very sort episode where I try to do a few things. Explain why I have not done an episode of InForm:Podcast in a while. (This takes the form of telling you all about two major changes in my own life.) To InForm you all that the next few episodes of InForm:Podcast will be some lectures that I'm recording for a few classes I'll be teaching in the fall semester of 2019. If you're downloading this and listening to it after my long hiatus I really appreciate it a ton! Talk...
InForm: 2 of 7 on the Analytic Attitude
February 11, 2019 09:10 - 39 minutes - 36 MBHello, This is the second in a series of podcasts. (I recorded this podcast when I was super tired, but I wanted to make sure that it got recorded. I hope the lack of energy is not too apparent.) In this podcast I... Outline: Do a short review of some of the material from the last episode. Talk about a bit of text from a book by the psychoanalyst Christopher Bollas. Then move into a discussion of how speaking something out loud to another person (i.e. a psychoanalyst or ps...
InForm: The Good Enough Therapeutic Attitude
February 03, 2019 09:20 - 29 minutes - 27.5 MBHello! Thanks for downloading and listening to InForm:Podcast. Today's episode is the first in a series of what will be seven total episodes that focus in on some of the specific elements of a "good enough" therapeutic attitude. The topic of today's episode: Having a vested interest in what the patient/analysand wants (as opposed to what you might want for them). Some of the other stuff you'll hear in future episodes: focus on expression of emotion Understanding symptoms Id...
InForm: Random Recapitulations
January 27, 2019 09:25 - 27 minutes - 25.1 MBWow... This episode of InFrom:Podcast is totally nuts. I sat down with a few different (related?) ideas in my head and just hit record. Outline: 1. Freud said read widely. 2. A bit of text from Adam Phillips 3. Close reading and close listening 4. Anakephalaiossathai 5. Recapitulating 6. Peter Rollins to Rob Bell 7. You can support the InForm:Podcast via patreon (link at bottom of the page). Announcement: This podcast has come out every week! I'm somewhat proud of this. T...
InForm: Negations (B-Side)
January 23, 2019 11:20 - 11 minutes - 10.4 MBHi, This is a short B-Side that includes a few thoughts on the mechanics of negations. Outline: We all want to be accepted. During childhood we learn about being punished (i.e. not accepted) through experiences. These experiences become so engrained in us that we "think about" them with out thinking about them. (i.e. the become unconscious.) And these unconscious ways of avoiding a lack of acceptance lead to negations. Till Next time: Thanks for listening! Make glori...
InForm:010 Negations (A Side)
January 20, 2019 10:30 - 27 minutes - 25.2 MBHi, Today's episode of InForm:Podcast is all about negations, which are a parapraxis where a person says something, but the "negative image" of what they are saying is in fact the (repressed?) truth. Outline: Everyone negates. But often times people think they are the exception to the rule, that their negations are not really negations. Some examples of negations. Sometimes something is a negation, other times it's social protocol. Till next time: Make glorious mistak...
InForm:009 - Parapraxis
January 13, 2019 10:50 - 19 minutes - 17.8 MBInForm:Podcast episode 009 is an episode where I talk about the concept of parapraxis -- AKA "bungled actions" or "silly little mistakes that don't mean anything... but really mean something. I try to show how a parapraxis is a coded message from something that has been repressed. Outline: A punchy introduction (take five). A story about how I came into contact with the concept of parapraxis. The introductory lectures NOT the new introductory lectures. Psychoanalysis is al...
InForm:008 Dreamwork (B-Side)
January 09, 2019 11:00 - 25 minutes - 23.7 MBThis episode of InForm:Podcast is another B-Side. The content of the episode is: Outline: Dreams as wish fulfillment Dreams as aspects of self Cats as dream warriors Dreamwork with fantasy, animi, etc. Announcements: I do a newsletter, which you can sign up for here. Till NextTime: Make glorious mistakes!
InForm:008 - Dreamwork (A Side)
January 06, 2019 11:05 - 23 minutes - 21.3 MBThis episode of InForm:Podcast attempts to continue to riff on the concept of repression that was first brought up in episode 005. The concept of this episode is dreamwork, which is a staple of psychoanalytic work. Here is an outline of what gets talked about in this episode. Misconceptions around dreamwork. A few methods (techniques) of doing dreamwork. Tell the dream from start to finish in as much detail as you can. I want to make sure I got that. Tell me the dream one m...
InForm:007 - Repetition Compulsions
December 30, 2018 11:25 - 18 minutes - 16.8 MBToday's episode introduces the concept of "repetition compulsion" and starts to riff on it.
InForm:009 - Repetition Compulsions
December 30, 2018 11:25 - 18 minutes - 16.8 MBOn today's episode of Inform: Podcast I recap the ideas that... Repression causes neurosis, not the other way around. The idea that what is repressed is not destroyed, rather it is exiled to the unconscious. When an idea (fantasy, desire, memory, or whatever) that has been exiled to the unconscious sends "coded messages". In today's episode, I want to suggest that one of the types of coded messages that can be sent are repetition compulsions. I try to give a few examples of r...
InForm: Repression (B Side)
December 23, 2018 19:00 - 21 minutes - 17 MBHello, So... I listened to episode 006, and I thought, "Huh. There is a lot more about repression i should have talked about." Good thing this podcast is informal, eh? Anyway, as a result you now have this: Episode 006 B-Side. In this episode: I try to suss out the concept of repression more. To do this I mention: Conflict between the id & the ego Compromise formation The Reality Principle Beyond the Pleasure Principle I try to explain the why the ego engages in repressio...
InForm: Repression (A Side)
December 22, 2018 12:05 - 24 minutes - 22.1 MBHi. Today on the show I start to talk about one of the staples of psychoanalytic thinking: Repression. In this episode: 1. Repression w/ examples 2. Disavowal 3. Foreclosure Also: If you like what you hear on this episode or other episodes, I'd sure love to hear from you.
InForm:006 - Zoē & Bios
December 21, 2018 11:00 - 18 minutes - 17.3 MBHi. Today on the show I start to talk about. I talk about how Agamben's ideas around zoē and bios (the two different words for life in Greek) Also: If you like what you hear on this episode or other episodes, I'd sure love to hear from you.
InForm:005 - The Difference between "relaxing" and generative practices
December 19, 2018 10:30 - 7 minutes - 7.06 MBHi! Normally I like to release episodes of this podcast on Mondays, but with the holidays coming up early this week I wanted to release it a bit earlier. In this episode: I had more thoughts to share on this idea of not doing our generative practices. I wanted to release this episode before the holidays, because I hope people are able to do both relaxing and engage in generative practices over the next few days. In particular, I talk about the difference between "relaxing" (do...
InForm:004 - On overdoing "being productive"
December 17, 2018 11:05 - 11 minutes - 10.5 MBThis week I continue to talk about being generative and being productive. The argument this episode makes is that if we overdo "bing productive" then we use up our stored up Generative capacity, and eventually we will be forced to rest and allow the Generative energy to get stored up again. Till next time: Make glorious mistakes!
InForm:003 - Rabbi Akiva's two questions
December 10, 2018 11:05 - 11 minutes - 11 MBIn this episode, I continue to riff on the productive antagonism between Generative-Discourse and Productive-Narratives. I do this by sharing a cool story (parable?) I heard about a Jewish Rabbi named Akiva, and two questions that can be used to help remind people that they are subjected to a larger Generative-Discourse when we are all caught up in our Productive-Narratives. I hope you enjoy it. Till next time: Make glorious mistakes!
InForm:002 - With the generative there is no production...
December 07, 2018 22:50 - 15 minutes - 13.8 MBIn the last episode of the InForm:Podast I spoke about 1. Generation (which I linked to the concept of Discourse) 2. Production (which I linked to the concept of Narrative) In this episode (002) I want to take this idea a little bit further, and make the following points. a) Even though Production & Narrative can't happen without Generation & Discourse. b) Production & Narrative can influence the Generation & Discourse they were grown from. I do this by trying to (over) ...