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Am I On The Spectrum? An Aspies Guide To the Autistic Spectrum Iam on it and so are you!
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New Self Help Book Launch 2020 (This podcast interview is between the author Danielle Hampson and the editor Amanda Moss from Lifestyle Monthly Magazine and was recorded during the Covid19 virus lock down please excuse the distant quality).Am I on the Spectrum? An Aspies Guide to The Autistic Spectrum - I am on it and so are you - is a psychology self help publication which cuts through the mystery and complexity surrounding autism looking at everyday personality types.If you've ever wondere ...
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Alright...as you know Slavoj Žižek and Mladen Dolar are the founding members of the Ljubljana School of Psychoanalysis with Alenka Zupančič as part of their Troika, and this week we have our first episode of a new series we're doing on Mladen Dolar's upcoming book Rumors as part of the Theory Redux editions with Polity Press. A little birdie told m…
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LISTEN TO THE FULL EPISODE HERE! Alright, this is a PATREON PREVIEW and we're back with the wonderful PETER ROLLINS talking Donald Trump's Sharpie & the rise of Obscene Masters, Paul Tillich, Simone Weil, Badiou and fidelity to an Event, Religion as a truth procedure, Jordan Peterson and Richard Dawkins, and of course...Seamus gambling with God. LI…
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Alright, we’ve got some Good News…God is Dead! But does he know he’s dead? This week is PART ONE with the wonderful PETER ROLLINS and we’re talking Death of God theology; belief, knowledge, and Faith. We get into Christian Atheism, Peter’s Church of the Contradiction, and why Nothing Lives, Nothing Binds, & Nothing Saves. What does Bigfoot have to …
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LISTEN TO THE FULL EPISODE HERE! Alright, we're on our season break & here is the fourth episode of our new PATREON series SHORT SESSIONS and we’re talking Donald Trump, Freud's Totem & Taboo, and Todd McGowan's End of Dissatisfaction. This week it's cannibalism, the Unabomber, societies of prohibition, societies of enjoyment, and of course...the h…
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The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse: Social Division
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Alright, we’re Living in the End Times and this is the FOURTH and FINAL episode in our series on The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, or as Žižek sometimes puts it, the Four Riders of the Apocalypse. So far in our series we’ve taken a look at the economy focussing on intellectual property, the biogenetic revolution, nature and the ideology of eco…
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LISTEN TO THE FULL EPISODE HERE! Alright, we’re Living in the End Times, and this is the fourth and final episode in our series on The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, or as Žižek sometimes puts it, the Four Riders of the Apocalypse. So far in our series we’ve taken a look at the economy focussing on intellectual property, the biogenetic revoluti…
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Alright, we’re Living in the End Times! The commons of our culture has been captured and this is the third episode in a series we’re doing on The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, or as Žižek sometimes puts it, the Four Riders of the Apocalypse. This week we’re talking Nature & Ecology. Does Nature exist? Can you eat plastic ice cream? Žižek says …
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LISTEN TO THE FULL EPISODE HERE! Alright, here's another PATREON EPISODE PREVIEW This week we’re talking Spies for the People, Whistleblowers, Wikileaks, Julian Assange, and the Logic of the Bomb. Slavoj Žižek asks, "Did WikiLeaks open our eyes to the illusion of freedom?" Was the only surprising thing about the WikiLeaks revelations that they cont…
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Bring Me My Philips Mental Jacket! Alright, we’re Living in the End Times, the commons of our nature has been captured and this is the second episode in our series on The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, or as Žižek sometimes puts it, the Four Riders of the Apocalypse. This week we’re talking biogenetics! Žižek says we are approaching a whole ser…
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LISTEN HERE! Alright, this is the third episode of our new Patreon series SHORT SESSIONS and we’re taking a look at one of Slavoj Žižek’s most recent Substacks “The Uses & Misuses of Neurotheology”. We’re talking Out-of-Body experiences, LSD & dolphins, non-consensual encounters with dimethyltryptamine crocodiles, and climate controlled neurologica…
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Alright, we’re Living in the End Times, the commons of our culture has been captured and this is the first episode in a series we’re doing on The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, or as Žižek sometimes puts it, the Four Riders of the Apocalypse. This week we’re talking intellectual property and the economy. Žižek says we are approaching a whole seri…
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Alright, we’re back again with ADRIAN JOHNSTON to discuss more of his book INFINITE GREED: THE INHUMAN SELFISHNESS OF CAPITAL. FULL EPISODE ON OUR PATREON HERE! Adrian takes us through some of the shifts in Freud’s positions on Marxism and this insistence on negativity as history’s “real motor”.Are we worth our weight in gold? What is the link betw…
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Alright, you've been asking for it, and here it is... Adrian Johnston is back talking about his new book INFINITE GREED: THE INHUMAN SELFISHNESS OF CAPITAL. If you want more episodes and to support our project head to PATREON! Adrian says, “The capitalist socioeconomic system in its entirety thus resembles a person who shoves his own head up his ow…
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Alright, we’re back…plumbing the depths of psychoanalytic marxism! This week we discuss Slavoj Žižek’s Scatology through Adrian Johnston’s most recent book Infinite Greed: The Inhuman Selfishness of Capital. Jacques Lacan points out that we are born between urine and faeces, and that man is the only animal for whom waste disposal is a problem. What…
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Alright, Todd McGowan is back again on the podcast to talk more about his most recent book Embracing Alienation: Why We Shouldn't Try to Find Ourselves. TO HEAR OUR FIRST CONVERSATION WITH TODD ABOUT HIS NEW BOOK YOU CAN LISTEN HERE! You can also listen to our episode on Alienation as a concept in Żižek's work here! Are there good and bad for…
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Alright this week Todd McGowan is back on the podcast to talk about his most recent book Embracing Alienation Why We Shouldn't Try to Find Ourselves. SUPPORT OUR PROJECT ON PATREON! You can also listen to our episode on Alienation as a concept in Żižek's work here! The subject is divided from itself even in the form in which it is completely at hom…
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Alright, we’re back…LET'S GET ALIENATED! This is a PATREON PREVIEW of this weeks episode where we discuss Todd McGowan's latest book Embracing Alienation: Why We Shouldn’t Try to Find Ourselves. TO LISTEN TO THE FULL EPISODE SUPPORT OUR PROJECT ON PATREON! We’re talking the Politics of Alienation, Separation, What’s in a Name, Failing with Style, T…
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Exciting news! For the first time Bloomsbury has published a book length overview and guide to Slavoj Žižek's 1989 text The Sublime Object of Ideology and we're talking with it's author Rafael Winkler about his reading of Slavoj Žižek's famous text. Rafael is an Associate Professor in the Department of Philosophy, University of Johannesburg, South …
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Alright, this week on our PATREON we’re talking Fantasy & reading from Slavoj Žižek’s Plague of Fantasies. It’s coffin pillows, being there at your own conception, roguish reporters, and the most famous blanket in cinema. HEAD TO OUR PATREON TO LISTEN TO THE FULL EPISODE! PATREON.COM/ZIZEKANDSOON Next week we have Rafael Winkler on to discuss the n…
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Alright, we’re trying something different, a brand new monthly – or thereabouts – PATREON series on the podcast called SHORT SESSIONS…This week we're talking disaster films and the 2024 Netflix American adult animated apocalyptic comedy drama Carol & The End of the World. Is it subversive to NOT enjoy the end of the world? Through the usual suspect…
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LISTEN TO THE FULL EPISODE HERE! Welcome back...is it the Same Shit on a Different Day or Different Shit on the Same Day? This is PART TWO of our interview with ALENKA ZUPANČIČ on the undeadness of crisis, adaptation, Boredom, Bartleby Politics, the Right Words at the Right Time, Masters, Żiżek’s Frankfurt Book Fair Speech, Whistleblowers & Julian …
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Alright, the End is Near and this week we're talking with Alenka Zupančič about her latest book Disavowal with Polity Press that came out this week. In this first installment we're talking serial crisis, the Fire Within the Fire, knowledge, belief, deception, and the indispensability of concrete analysis. HEAD TO OUR PATREON TO HEAR THE SECOND PART…
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Support the podcast on PATREON and LISTEN TO THE FULL EPISODE HERE! Alright, the podcast is back for a new season. Don’t wake up! This episode we’re talking Alenka Zupanċič’s latest book Disavowal. Father, can't you see that I'm burning? What is disavowal and why does it function differently today? We’re talking knowing, fear, nightmares, and decep…
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This week we're joined by Slavoj Zizek! We discuss his new book, Christian Atheism, Judith Butler, the mafia, and where to find a good diner in New York. To support the podcast and gain access to many more episodes, join our PatreonEnjoy!
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This week, the second half of our conversation with Mladen Dolar. We talk about the early days of the Ljubljana school, the structuralist revolution, the choice to read Hegel through Lacan, and the Frankfurt school. Mladen was there for it all. Thank you to all our Patrons! Up next we have our interview with Slavoj Žižek from our time with him in N…
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This week we're joined by Russ Sbriglia to discuss Zizek's upcoming events in the tristate area. Slavoj will be at Seaton Hall University in New Jersey on Monday April 8th! Zizek will also be in New York City, at NYU and the New School (sign up online for those events!) After technical updates we discuss Russ' recent essay, "Enjoy Your Trump". We t…
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This week, the second half of our conversation with Mladen Dolar. We talk about the early days of the Ljubljana school, the structuralist revolution, the choice to read Hegel through Lacan, and the Frankfurt school. Mladen was there for it all. For access our full conversation and to support the show, join our Patreon! Thank you to all our Patrons!…
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This week, we present the third episode in our series of interviews with the Troika — after Slavoj Žižek, and Alenka Zupančič . We’re speaking with Mladen Dolar, Professor and Senior Research Fellow at the Department of Philosophy, at the University of Ljubljana. Dolar is the co-founder of what has become known as ‘the Ljubljana School’. His princi…
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FULL EPISODE HEREThis week, we present the third episode in our series of interviews with the Troika — after Slavoj Žižek, and Alenka Zupančič . We’re speaking with Mladen Dolar, Professor and Senior Research Fellow at the Department of Philosophy, at the University of Ljubljana. Dolar is the co-founder of what has become known as ‘the Ljubljana …
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UNLOCKED - Immediacy w/ Anna Kornbluh
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This week, the fellas are back with Anna Kornbluh. When we spoke with Alenka Zupančič recently, she told us we should interview Anna about her new book Immediacy Or, The style of Too Late Capitalism. So we did!We’re talking mediation, the negative, Van Gogh immersive experiences, Sartre, Žižek’s early work on film, and the end of futurity.Enjoy!…
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This week, the fellas are back with Anna Kornbluh. When we spoke with Alenka Zupančič recently, she told us we should interview Anna about her new book Immediacy, or The style of Too Late Capitalism. So we did! We’re talking mediation, the negative, Van Gogh immersive experiences, Sartre, Žižek’s early work on film, and the end of futurity. This is…
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Elon Musk Ruined My Sex Life
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This week, the fellas scroll through Zizek's new substack. Tying together three articles, we move from 'tech talk' (Elon Musk, Apple Vision, the profound suffering of microchimpanzees), to a Zizekian theory of sexuality, and finally to the fine art of smoking (and other surplus enjoyments). To stay up to date and access many more episodes, join our…
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FULL EPISODE HERE This is an excerpt from this week's Patreon episode. We're talking the inherent transgression of the law. Michael buys tickets for the big apple, Peter is freezing in a field, and Will reviews Stalker and the Third Man. Enjoy! Please consider supporting us on Patreon for access to extra episodes and the ongoing production of the …
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Move your Buridan's Ass! This is an UNLOCKED PATREON episode demanded by the listeners wherein the fellas discuss Žižek's new book on Freedom. They touch on the freedom of philosophy, the philosophy of freedom, the pitfalls of Anarchism, Wittgenstein, Sartre, and Canadian Thanksgiving. Support the podcast on our PATREON for all of our Patreon epis…
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FULL EPISODE HERE This week the gang are talking Mladen Dolar’s “On Rumours, Gossip and Related Matters” from Objective Fictions as we prepare for the big interview! Mladen Dolar is a Slovenian philosopher, psychoanalyst, cultural theorist, and film critic. He is one third of the Troika with Alenka Zupančič and Slavoj Žižek and the co-founder, toge…
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It's 2024 and we’re back! We're talking what happens when you mean one thing but say amother. What role do jokes have throughout Žižek's work? This week we’re taking a look at Žižek’s Jokes via Todd McGowan, Jamil Khader, and Broderick Chow. In pod news, the final jewel of our Ljubljana crown…we’re talking to Mladen Dolar! Keep an eye out for upcom…
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LISTEN TO THE FULL EPISODE HERE! That's right, we're talking Godzilla Minus One this week. Also, the fall, the good, Schindler's List, Lacan and his (Hegelian) concept of empty speech, and what's new in the movies. Thanks everyone!Enjoy! This is a preview of this week's episode. For full access, please think about joining our Patreon!…
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This week, the second half of our conversation with Alenka Zupančič; focusing on the different modalities of conspiracy theory, desire, drive, and her forthcoming work on disavowal. Special thank you to our Patreons and all listeners who have reached out over the last four years asking if we could speak with Alenka. To support the pod, and to find …
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This week, we're speaking to Alenka Zupančič, author of many texts, including What IS Sex, and Let Them Rot: Antigone’s Parallax. Zupančič. As a member of the "troika" (along with Mladen Dolar and Slavoj Zizek) Alenka is a central figure of the Lacanian-Hegelian Slovenian school we all know and love. We’re talking the early days of the troika, What…
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This week, the fellas are back discussing Alenka Zupančič's Problemi essay, 'Lying on the Couch'. How does the psychoanalytic framework allow us to make sense of culture and lying, what is the asymmetry of a truth and a lie, and what did we think of the new Beatles song? Mike is hot (again), Will has moved (again), and Peter kind of liked Killers o…
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Alright, we’re back with another UNLOCKED PATREON episode and we’re talking Jacques Derrida, the difference between parallax and différance, How To? with John Wilson, Krzysztof Kieślowski, documentary and fiction cinema, a deconstruction of Smash Mouth’s All Star, and the (w)hole in the picture. Thank you to all of our Patreons, we have our int…
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LISTEN TO THE FULL EPISODE HERE! This week the fellas discuss Zizek's new book on Freedom. They touch on the freedom of philosophy, the pitfalls of anarchism, Wittgenstein, Sartre, and Canadian Thanksgiving. Enjoy! This is a preview of this week's episode. For full access, please think about joining our Patreon!…
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Žižek & So On PodcastLISTEN: https://www.tinyurl.com/zizekpodcastsThis is PART TWO of our interview with Slavoj Žižek for the official book launch with Bloomsbury Publishing of Žižek’s latest book Freedom: A Disease Without A Cure. We’re talking the the wired brain, the Opium wars, freedom and politics, quantum physics and determinism, fate and the…
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Žižek & So On Podcast Today we’re speaking with Slavoj Žižek for PART ONE of the official book launch with Bloomsbury Publishing of Žižek’s latest book Freedom: A Disease Without A Cure. For PART TWO join our Patreon, where you can hear it now! On this episode, we’re talking freedom, knowledge as a fetish, global warming, why the struggle for freed…
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UNLOCKED - Desire, Drive, & Football w/ Jack Black
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Unlocked from our patreon: this week, we're joined again by Jack Black, Associate Professor of Culture, Media, and Sport at Sheffield Hallam University. We're talking football, melancholy, and English football anthems. How does football, or 'soccer', serve as an emblematic example of the Freudian/Žižekian concept of drive? Jack explains! For access…
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LISTEN TO THE FULL EPISODE HERE! This week, we're joined again by Jack Black, Associate Professor of Culture, Media, and Sport at Sheffield Hallam University. We're talking football, melancholy, and English football anthems. How does football, or 'soccer', serve as an emblematic example of the Freudian/Žižekian concept of drive? Jack explains! For …
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Alright, it's our 100th episode and we're talking masks. From Jim Carrey's The Mask to the Kardashians it's an important concept that crops up throughout Žižek's work where he emphasises that the truth is in your mask, the truth is in what you are doing. The intimate stories we tell ourselves, about ourselves, are usually a fake... We're running th…
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LISTEN TO THE FULL EPISODE HERE! Alright, we’re back with another PATREON episode and we’re talking Jacques Derrida, the difference between parallax and différance, How To? with John Wilson, Krzysztof Kieślowski, documentary and fiction cinema, a deconstruction of Smash Mouth’s All Star, and the (w)hole in the picture. Thank you to all of our Patre…
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This week the fellas read through Žižek’s Looking Awry. We’re talking anamorphosis, Shakespeare, Zeno’s Paradoxes and the end of the world. Will is in the woods, Peter is at a gathering and Michael’s cat is out of the bag.Thank you to all our fellow Thespians,Ž&…For access to many more episodes, and to support us, check out our Patreon!PODCASTYOUTU…
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FULL EPISODE HERE This is a PREVIEW for PART TWO of our conversation with professor RUSSELL SBRIGLIA and we're talking Lacanian theory and Moby Dick, the Kantian and Hegelian Sublime, Master Signifier and the Thing, the Whiteness of the Whale, and Orca attacks. We have some big interviews coming up and some SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENTS. Thank you to all o…
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