Ordinary Unhappiness

157: Wild Analysis: Backrooms Teaser

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156: 9/11: Chosen Traumas and Time Collapse

Abby and Patrick bring a psychoanalytic lens to bear on the twenty-fifth anniversary of the September 11th, 2001 terrorist attacks. As they explain, psychoanalysis offers

155: Freud’s “On Narcissism”: Narcissism, Part 6 Teaser

Subscribe to get access to the full episode, the episode reading list, and all premium episodes! www.patreon.com/OrdinaryUnhappiness The Summer of Narcissism brings Abby

154: Let’s Talk About Sex(ology): Narcissism, Part 5

The Summer of Narcissism journey brings Abby, Patrick, and Dan to late nineteenth century Europe, and to the revolutionary and controversial new discourse of sexology. Em

153: Everyone’s Looking at You and You’re Probably Going to Hell: Narcissism, Part 4 Teaser

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152: The Pope, the Church, and the Politics of Progress feat. Jack Hanson

Abby and Patrick welcome writer, critic, and religion scholar Jack Hanson for an in-depth and wide-ranging conversation about the politics and social significance of the

151: All is Vanity: Narcissism, Part 3

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150: Cops in Our Heads feat. Stuart Schrader

Abby and Patrick welcome historian Stuart Schrader for a conversation about the history, ideology, and politics of contemporary American policing. Schrader’s new book, Bl

149: Myth, Fate, and Desire: Narcissism, Part 2

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148: You’re So Vain: Narcissism, Part 1

Abby, Patrick, and Dan kick off Ordinary Unhappiness’s Summer of Narcissism series! In this first episode of many, the three reckon with how talk of “narcissism” and “nar

147: Standard Edition Volume 2 Part 13: Studies on Hysteria, Part XIII: The Home Economics of Grief: Fräulein Elisabeth von R Concluded Teaser

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146: Winnicott: Creativity and Subjectivity, Part III Teaser

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145: Psychic Militancy feat. Lara Sheehi

Abby and Patrick welcome clinician, activist, and writer Lara Sheehi, author of the brand-new book, From the Clinic to The Streets: Psychoanalysis for Revolutionary Futur

144: Winnicott: Creativity and Subjectivity, Part II Teaser

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143: Winnicott: Creativity and Subjectivity, Part I

Taking a breather from our moment’s unrelentingly grim headlines, Abby, Patrick, and Dan return to a favorite analytic thinker – Donald Winnicott (1896-1971) – and begin

142: Standard Edition Volume 2 Part 12: Studies on Hysteria, Part XII: Dancing On My Own: Fräulein Elisabeth von R Continued Teaser

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UNLOCKED: 133: Laplanche Part Two: The Primal Situation feat. Danielle Drori

Unlocked Patreon episode. Support Ordinary Unhappiness on Patreon to get access to all the exclusive episodes. patreon.com/OrdinaryUnhappiness Abby and Patrick welcome D

141: Jonathan Lear and the “Good-Enough World” feat. Chris Landry

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140: Psychoanalysis for the People feat. Loren Dent

Abby and Patrick welcome returning guest Loren Dent. As co-director of Brooklyn’s Greene Clinic, Loren is the ideal person to unpack the history, meaning, and contemporar

139: Standard Edition Volume 2 Part 11: Studies on Hysteria, Part XI: Technique and Resistance: Fräulein Elisabeth von R Continued Teaser

Subscribe to get access to the full episode, the episode reading list, and all premium episodes! www.patreon.com/OrdinaryUnhappiness Abby and Patrick cover the “second p