Let's Do Politics in a Depressive Mode: An In...

In this episode, we excitingly continue our conversation with the renowned Judith Butler. She takes us through her objection to the so-called opposition between surface reading and the hermeneutics of suspicion, describes what she calls “the relational move,” and animates for us ...  Show more

In this episode we host the renowned philosopher, Judith Butler. She has been invested in psychoanalytic thought from early on in her career, but this dialogue received little attention. In this episode, Butler openly talks about her initial encounter with psychoanalysis as a que ...  Show more

Sam Harris and Paul Bloom speak about the psychology of adapting to the coronavirus pandemic, the disastrous analogy between coronavirus and flu, the political siloing of information, true and false concerns over "panic," pressuring China to close down their live animal markets, ...  Show more

Sam Harris and Caitlin Flanagan discuss the ethics of abortion, the fact that universities with immense endowments are laying off staff during the Covid-19 pandemic, the Woody Allen autobiography, the moral hypocrisy of Hollywood, the lessons of "Tiger King," and other topics. If ...  Show more

In today's episode, Abby talks about the funk she's been in lately and how she chose to show up for herself to get out of it and does a brain dump of what's been on her mind lately - involving setting boundaries so you don't always reach your breaking point, romanticizing the ...

Trigger warning: this episode deals with topics such as depression, ongoing violence, graphic content and trauma. In this episode, I'm honoured to have a very insightful and deep chat with Halima and Amira, two Palestinian American licensed clinical professional counsellor who fo ...  Show more