Psyche

Patrick and I discuss our Puerto Rican roots, our hybrid identities and how the syncretistic history of the island has shaped our approach to life and ideas. Enjoy!

Luke and I talk dualism, Lacanian psychoanalysis and Zen Buddhism. Be sure to check out his dissertation and send him a note if you want to learn more about his research. Email: wlgrote@gmail.com Dissertation: The Self That Therefore I Am Not: Jacques Lacan, Zen Buddhism, and the Practice of Subjectivity

Discussing the philosophy of Zen Buddhism and the insights from Byung-Chul Han's book. Exploring personal connections in teaching world religions. Resonating with a philosopher's ideas of otherness and strangeness in life. Reflecting on wine, sleep issues, and the nuances of the Me Too movement. The significance of personal experiences and relationships in shaping perspectives. Exploring the concept of personalization and self-absorption. Struggles with Christianity and interpretation of God. Delving into friendliness and emptiness in Zen Buddhism.

Phuc and I speak about his upcoming book. We talk about the creative process, early Christianity, White Christian Nationalism, an ethics of peaceable kinship and much more!

Dr. Richard Boothby invites Mari Ruti and Alain Badiou to discuss Freud and Lacan's views on love. They explore narcissism in relationships, the processes of mourning and melancholia, and the interplay of love and narcissism. They also delve into Freud's death drive and its connection to love, as well as Lacan's concept of Dostin. Lastly, they explore love as a transformative experience and Badu's ontological challenge of love.

Guest Dr. Neil McLaughlin, a sociology professor, discusses the similarities and differences between Erich Fromm and Jordan Peterson, the impact of 'Escape from Freedom' on his life, Fromm's career and integration of ideas, engaging with Peterson from a Fronian influence perspective, addressing online negativity, creating democratic communities, and exploring the core issues and impact of Peterson's work.

Rudy and I discuss Fromm’s existential anthropology and the practice of meditation.

Exploring intersections of religion, psychoanalysis, and Marxism. Coping with hope and reality through diversion and distraction. Resonance vs. misery and desire fulfilled through not being fulfilled. The difference between grace and self-help. The concept of the unknown God and the role of art, philosophy, and ritual in embracing enlightenment.

Dr. Rudy McCormack, psychologist and expert in Erich Fromm's work, discusses important ideas from Fromm's 'Man For Himself', including humanism, essentialism, Adam and Eve myth, universalism, existential contradiction, and our relatedness.

Jonathan and I discuss his new book Indigo: The Color of Grief. We get into theopoetics, our relationship to emptiness, the nature of power, solidarity over solutions and so much more!