Episode 35. Envy. A hidden force within human relations

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Episode 37: Male Perversion and Sexual Violence

Support our project and get access to the scripts for all episodes: https://www.patreon.com/lives From catcalling and unsolicited “dick pics” to upskirting and other forms of sexual assault—sexualized violence is omnipresent, especially on social media, and is often perpetrated b ...  Show more

Episode 36. What poverty does tu us. And what it has to do with our history.

We are back with a new episode! "Behind what is referred to in psychoanalysis as fate neurosis or repetition compulsion often lurks the uncanny magnetism of one's own social class" Support us on Patreon and get the scripts to the episodes: www.patreon.com/lives Script to this epi ...  Show more

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