Modern China Pt. 2: The Chinese Revolution & Civil War w/ Ken Hammond

Modern China Pt. 2: The Chinese Revolution & ...

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The Shadow and the Specter: Carl Jung, Psychoanalysis, and Modern Politics

In this episode, Breht speaks with scholar Angie Bittar about the life, thought, and enduring relevance of Carl Jung. Together they explore Jung's understanding of the unconscious, archetypes, the shadow, individuation, dreams, symbols, myth, and the modern search for meaning. Af ...  Show more

The Worldwide Family of Militant Women

In this episode, Breht and Alyson sit down with Arlene Eisen to discuss her new memoir, In the Worldwide Family of Militant Women. Eisen reflects on her political formation across the upheavals of the 1960s through the early 1980s, her encounters with Black liberation and anti-im ...  Show more

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