Ordinary Unhappiness

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Abby, Dan, and Patrick conclude their viewing of Sophie Fiennes’ an…

Abby and Patrick are joined by Dr. Josh West to talk about some remarkable developments in psilocybin-assisted psychotherapy in Australia. Josh explains to Abby and Patrick how the clinical trials he…

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Abby and Patrick turn to the next of Freud’s cases in Studies on Hy…

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Abby and Patrick mark the announcement of the end of And Just Like …

We’re happy to share In Bed With the Right's latest episode. Patrick sits down with friends of OU Adrian Daub and Moira Donegan to reckon with the Epstein case - what we know, what we don’t know, wha…

Abby and Patrick are joined by somatics practitioner Sumitra Rajkumar to clarify the theory and practice of somatics and its relationship to ideas of personal and collective transformation. Sumitra w…

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Abby and Patrick examine the case study of “Frau Emmy von N.” From …

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Abby, Patrick, and Dan discuss and apply Julia Kristeva’s concept o…

Abby and Patrick sit down with writer Hilary Plum to discuss her remarkable new book, State Champ. A novel at which the politics of abortion stand at the center, but far from a didactically “politica…

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Abby, Patrick, and Dan return to the first case study in Studies On…

Abby and Patrick welcome journalist and anthropologist Brian Goldstone to discuss his new book, There is No Place for Us: Working and Homeless in America.
 A devastating and essential read, There is …

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Abby and Patrick are joined by one of their favorite writers, Sarah…

Abby and Patrick welcome philosopher Olúfẹ́mi Táíwò on the occasion of the new edition of his book Reconsidering Reparations: Why Climate Justice and Constructive Politics Are Needed in the Wake of S…

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In the second half of our their hundred-episode Mailbag spectacular…

Abby, Patrick, and Dan mark one hundred episodes of Ordinary Unhappiness! They start by looking back on the show’s run so far, and what they’ve gotten from engaging with psychoanalysis as a living bo…

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Abby and Patrick are joined by returning guest Sam Adler-Bell, co-h…

Abby and Patrick are joined by writer and artist Lily Scherlis for a provocative reflection on the ideological subtexts, historical contexts, and real-world value of some of our moment’s most bandied…

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Abby, Patrick, and Dan turn to the first case study in Freud and Br…

Abby and Patrick welcome returning guest Hannah Zeavin – scholar, write, editor, co-founder of the Psychosocial Foundation and Founding Editor of Parapraxis magazine – to talk about her brand-new boo…

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By popular request, it’s the Ordinary Unhappiness Severance episode…