Real Clear
123 episodes - English - Latest episode: 2 days ago - ★★★★★ - 120 ratingsClinical Psychologist and Psychoanalyst addresses relevant political and social issues of our times in a straightforward and honest manner. Taking on anti-logic factions that are growing in society.
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Preview of Upcoming Crime Series with Renown Guests
February 04, 2022 16:00 - 2 minutes - 1.73 MBIn the next two weeks the Thinking Kind podcast will interview Dr. Barry Latzer, as well as Dr. J Reid Meloy. Dr. Latzer is a widely published and respected criminologist and emeritus professor at the John Jay College of Criminal Justice. Dr. Meloy is the world leading expert on threat detection and has been consulted by FBI Quantico, the Royal family, as well as high-profile criminal and civil courts throughout the US and Europe. I will interview each of these two experts in the coming w...
Personal Responsibility & Crime in America in 2022
January 30, 2022 23:00 - 23 minutes - 16.3 MBJoin Dr. Klein in a monologue regarding the reduction in personal responsibility in American society; our growing problems with crime that result from an overly lenient society that no longer holds that an individual is no longer responsible for his or her own behavior. Support the Show.
Guest Poem from L.H.
January 18, 2022 03:00 - 1 minute - 1.31 MBPlease enjoy this pithy poem from a Thinking Kind listener, L.H. Thanks very much, L.H. Dr. Klein Support the show
Pondering Toward the New Year
December 27, 2021 18:00 - 4 minutes - 3.43 MBExistential questions are presented by the host, psychologist and psychoanalyst, and arm-chair philosopher. We hope you enjoy! Support the Show.
Fast vs Slow: Covid & the Medical System
November 20, 2021 23:00 - 22 minutes - 15.1 MBJoin Dr. Klein in discussing a personal story regarding Covid and enjoy keen analysis the vast issues causing problems in our medical systems. Support the show
Medicare For All: Death Knell of Private Psychotherapy
October 03, 2021 23:00 - 35 minutes - 24.1 MBDr. Klein addresses the contentious topic of government-run-healthcare, otherwise known as Medicare-for-all. Dr. Klein believes that universal healthcare will negatively impact the provision of psychotherapy in the nation. Tune in for a candid and logical discussion of a most important issue facing the American culture and economy. Support the Show.
War, Afghanistan, Veterans: Talking with Fmr. Major Nico Marcolongo
September 05, 2021 00:00 - 50 minutes - 34.5 MBFmr. Major Nico Marcolongo is a veteran of the Iraq conflict who served 14 years as a Marine Corps Officer. His educational experience includes a bachelors degree in Mandarin from UC Davis and Masters work in non-profit administration and organization. As a Major in the Marine Corps, Nico was an intelligence officer in the Iraq theatre. He has an impressive intuition and organized understanding of the historical context through which war efforts occur. To this end, he and I discuss the A...
Broken Psychiatry, Homelessness, Social Values: A Dialogue with UCLA Prof. Dr. David Cohen
August 30, 2021 23:00 - 2 hours - 90.9 MBDr. Klein has the distinct pleasure of speaking with Dr. David Cohen, Professor and Associate Dean at the UCLA School of Social Welfare. Dr. Cohen is a widely published scholar; his research looks at psychoactive drugs (prescribed, licit, and illicit) and their desirable and undesirable effects as socio-cultural phenomena “constructed” through language, policy, attitudes, and social interactions. Drs. Klein and Cohen discuss the broken American psychiatric system, drugs and the use of the me...
The Poetics of Fred Schmitt: A Dialogue.
August 25, 2021 20:00 - 31 minutes - 21.4 MBPlease join Dr. Klein in his discussion with Fred Schmitt, a talented poet, organizational consultant, and beloved family member. The two read some of Freds poems, discuss matters of substance and selfhood, and reflect on being as such! Support the Show.
Interview with Bill Craib: The Project to Find America
August 14, 2021 15:00 - 44 minutes - 30.9 MBDr. Klein interviews Bill Craib. Bill is an executive at the Human Capital Institute, a formally trained broadcast journalist, an author, and a blogger and podcaster for his Project to Find America. Join in and listen to a discussion about the vexing matters of American political engagement and non-engagement, economic perils, our devolved media behavior, and our national difficulty to marshal evidence toward the evaluation of strongly held beliefs. Enjoy! Subscribe to Real Clear podcast o...
Burning Witches: America's New Religion
August 06, 2021 22:00 - 19 minutes - 13.3 MBAmerica has not become more secular. We have simply displaced our religious impulses onto our politics. Tune in as Dr. Klein describes the new American tradition of witch burning! Support the show
First Poetry Reading: An Awful Beauty
July 29, 2021 00:00 - 3 minutes - 2.77 MBThis is the first poetry reading. I hope that you will submit your poems to me through www.thinkingkind.com. I will review each weeks submissions, select one that resonates with me, and read it on air. Support the show
Postmodernism: To Build or Destroy
July 28, 2021 02:00 - 26 minutes - 18.3 MBPsychologist, Psychoanalyst, and informal philosopher, Lucas A. Klein, Ph.D., forcefully illustrates the divide between Postmodernism and the classical philosophers. Ours is a time fraught with tension between the will to build and the impulse to destroy. Support the Show.
Defending Reason & Evidence
July 14, 2021 02:00 - 21 minutes - 14.5 MBReason and evidence have been under attack. The academy and our social discourses have devolved into movements that value personal conviction and disregard evidence as irrelevant. The host, a clinical and forensic psychologist as well as psychoanalyst, makes a compelling case as to how the technological shifts have amplified this problem. He then walks the listener through a basic philosophy introduction, and finally describes ideal methods of public discourse. Support the Show.
Defending Reason & Evidence
July 14, 2021 02:00 - 20 minutes - 14.2 MBReason and evidence have been under attack. The academy and our social discourses have devolved into movements that value personal conviction and disregard evidence as irrelevant. The host, a clinical and forensic psychologist as well as psychoanalyst, makes a compelling case as to how the technological shifts have amplified this problem. He then walks the listener through a basic philosophy introduction, and finally describes ideal methods of public discourse. Support the show
Portland, Oregon: A Tale of 2 Cities
July 02, 2021 06:00 - 40 minutes - 27.7 MBClinical Psychologist describes the state of Portland, Oregon, causes of decline, and methods of improvement. Support the Show.
Social Justice & Trauma
June 28, 2021 20:00 - 14 minutes - 9.67 MBClinical Psychologist and Psychoanalyst addresses some ways that the social justice movements in America may in fact be denying the effects of racial traumas. Support the Show.
Introduction to Thinking Kind & Dr. Klein
June 28, 2021 18:00 - 2 minutes - 1.96 MBPlease allow me to introduce myself. Take a listen, and get a sense if you want to follow my style of thinking. Thanks for tuning in, Lucas A. Klein, Ph.D. Support the show
A Peril of Critical Race Theory
June 24, 2021 02:00 - 30 minutes - 20.8 MBClinical Psychologist and Psychoanalyst, Lucas A. Klein, Ph.D., addresses problems with Critical Race Theory and presents methods of improving the national dialogue on what is an incredibly important topic. Support the Show.
A New Take on Critical Race Theory
June 24, 2021 02:00 - 29 minutes - 20.4 MBClinical Psychologist and Psychoanalyst, Lucas A. Klein, Ph.D., addresses problems with Critical Race Theory and presents methods of improving the national dialogue on what is an incredibly important topic. Quiet Resolve music for Thinking Kind Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/thinkingkind)
What Does Cancel Culture Really Cancel?
June 20, 2021 17:00 - 17 minutes - 12 MBPsychologist and Psychoanalyst, Lucas A. Klein, Ph.D. takes a brief look at the consequences of prohibitions of talking and of observing evidence. Support the Show.
What Does Cancel Culture Really Cancel?
June 20, 2021 17:00 - 17 minutes - 11.8 MBPsychologist and Psychoanalyst, Lucas A. Klein, Ph.D. takes a brief look at the consequences of prohibitions of talking and of observing evidence. Support the show
Crisis of Identity in the Western World
June 13, 2021 22:00 - 15 minutes - 10.5 MBClinical Psychologist and Psychoanalyst addresses relevant issues of the times in the west in a straightforward, honest, and also compassionate manner. The first episode describes a narcissistic fragmentation of the self that is stopping people from talking together in meaningful ways. Support the show