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Real Clear

123 episodes - English - Latest episode: 2 days ago - ★★★★★ - 120 ratings

Clinical 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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Episodes

Preview of Upcoming Crime Series with Renown Guests

February 04, 2022 16:00 - 2 minutes - 1.73 MB

In 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 MB

Join 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 MB

Please 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 MB

Existential 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 MB

Join 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 MB

Dr. 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 MB

Fmr. 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 MB

Dr. 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 MB

Please 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 MB

Dr. 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 MB

America 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 MB

This 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 MB

Psychologist, 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 MB

Reason 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 MB

Reason 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 MB

Clinical 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 MB

Clinical 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 MB

Please 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 MB

Clinical 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 MB

Clinical 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 MB

Psychologist 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 MB

Psychologist 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 MB

Clinical 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

Guests

David Cohen
1 Episode

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