Introduction

Brian Aynnley: This episode is going to be an introduction to the idea of the real, which is a very, very big concept that Lacan introduces in seminar one. Todd McGowan: I think there is this kind of way in which the real becomes increasingly central in he gives increasing definitions for it. And if you go into psychoanalytic Wikipedia looking for something quick and comprehensive just to get me thinking through and understanding something, it can be presented in such a way that it's like nobody knows what's happening.