Lectures on Lacan Podcast

“Apondering the Real” — this is how our podcast series on The Sinthome ends. Head our YouTube channel if you prefer to watch this one, or any of the previous episodes in this podcast. What a trip it’s been! And if you want to keep going, there’s still time to register for new lecture and discussion series on Seminar XXIV, which kicked off this past Friday. Registration remains open on a sliding sc...

Welcome to the penultimate episode of our summer podcast series on SXXIII! This one’s titled “Fashioning the Real,” and it returns us to a familiar diagram — but with a certain late-Lacanian twist, of course! Our new series on Seminar XXIV also begins this Friday, September 11, so this is an especially momentous week. Join us as we trace the linguistic and theoretical leaps that Lacan made after h...

I didn’t realize what this episode was about until the very end, when I started wondering what you call a noun that's been transformed into a verb, but without adding any affixes. The technical, linguistic name for this couldn’t be better: “Zero Derivation.” 🤯 Head to our YouTube channel if you want to watch this one play out. And don’t forget to mark your calendar: the first live discussion in o...

Our fall series on Seminar XXIV begins in two weeks, and I couldn’t be more excited to explore this key text in Lacanian psychoanalysis with everyone! To give you a preview of where we’re heading, here’s a nine-minute sample from the opening lecture. I’m calling it “Corps Torique,” but don’t make too much of this fancy title. The lecture is fundamentally about stupidity — the particular kind of st...

“Wax & Feather” — that’s what we’re calling this one. You’ll see why as the episode unfolds. Again, note the pink dots in the diagram below, this batch in service to a closed trefoil knot (read: perversion). Head to our YouTube channel for the full video recording. And if this episode leaves you wanting more, our deep dive into Love is the Failure of the Unbewoops (Seminar XXIV) is fast approachin...

This episode is called “Suture & Splice,” on account of the pink dots in the borromean diagram below, which allow for the emergence of an open trefoil knot (read: topological structure of neurosis). Definitely worth viewing this episode on our YouTube channel , if only to see why in the f^%# these sutures and splices occur! Spots are also filling up in our upcoming series on Lacan’s Seminar XXIV (...

I love the title of this episode: “Anything, But Not That.” Head to our YouTube channel if you want to watch it unfold. See below for the fundamental diagram on which this episode relies. And if you like where things are trending in this podcast, be sure to register for our upcoming lecture and discussion series, which is the logical next step. From the knottings and unknottings of Seminar XXIII t...

The second episode in our new podcast on SXXIII expands on the first. Hence the rather awkward title of this one: “Bags of Skin.” See below for some of the diagram work we did along the way; and head to our YouTube channel if you want to watch it unfold one pen stroke at a time. I’m also thrilled to report that the registration page for our next online lecture series is now live! Building directly...

Welcome to our new podcast series on The Sinthome (Seminar XXIII). This opening episode is called “Captivated Bodies.” You can also watch this episode at our YouTube channel . And if this episode piques your interest, stay tuned for more news later this week, when registration opens for our next online lecture series! Seminar XXIV, here we come!🤘🏼 This is a public episode. If you would like to d...

Welcome to the final episode in our summer series on SXXII! This one was a blast to record. It’s called “Enjoy Your Unconscious.” Access the text we used here . And head to our YouTube channel if you’d prefer to watch the video recording of this lecture. Stay tuned for more big news soon! This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus epis...

Here’s the second installment on THE SYMPTOM in our podcast series on SXXII. It’s titled “Symptom as Woman.” Note the diagrammatic tweak below that this shift from ellipsis to Woman allows us to make. And if you’d prefer to watch the video recording of this lecture, just head to our YouTube channel . Stay tuned for the concluding episode in this podcast series next week! This is a public episode....

Here’s the first of two episodes on THE SYMPTOM in our SXXII podcast. This one’s titled “Symptom as Ellipsis.” And note the shift in diagrams at this point in the series — again with the addition of a certain hungry fish! Head to our YouTube channel if you’d like to watch it swim into existence. Tap here to access the version of SXXII we used. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss...

This middle episode in our series on SXXII is called “The Wall of Sexuation.” You’re going to want a pen a paper for this one! You can access SXXII here and the video recording of this lecture at our YouTube channel ! This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit lecturesonlacan.substack.com

I hope this podcast episode on Seminar XXII makes your brain hurt a little less than it did mine. Let its title be your warning: “Ab- Con- Ex- Inex- sistence.” 😅 You can access SXXII here . And if you’d prefer to watch the video recording, you know where to go: YouTube . Stay tuned for more news soon! This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access...

Here’s the second episode in our new podcast series on SXXII, along with the diagram I worked up in the recording. The title of this episode is “The Human Form,” with an emphasis on that last word: form . You can access SXXII here and the video recording of this lecture at our YouTube channel . This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonu...

Welcome to our new podcast series on SXXII! Our first episode is fittingly titled “The Number Three,” mostly in service to Lacan’s style of counting — but also to the diagram below. 😁 You can access SXXII here . And if you’d prefer to watch the video recording of this lecture, just head to our YouTube channel . Stay tuned for more news soon! This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss...

Here’s the concluding episode on Lacan’s third Rome discourse. It’s called “Symptoms of the Real.” See below for some of the fishy diagram work that attends this episode, and tap here for access to La Troisième. Access to the video recording of this episode is available at our YouTube channel . And if you have yet to register for our upcoming series on THE SINTHOME (Seminar XXIII) , now’s the time...

This episode is appropriately titled “One, Three, Two.” 😂 See below for the diagram on which this episode builds, and tap here for access to La Troisième. As always, you can also access the video recording of this episode at our YouTube channel . And see you soon for THE SINTHOME (Seminar XXIII) ! 🔥 This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access...

“Kernels of Jouissance” — that’s what we’re calling the second episode in our new podcast series on La Troisième . See below, once more, for our guiding diagram, and tap here for access to La Troisième . You can also access this lecture at our YouTube channel . And be sure to join our upcoming series on THE SINTHOME (Seminar XXIII) for more! 🔥 This is a public episode. If you would like to discus...

Welcome to our new podcast series on Lacan’s third Rome discourse: La Troisième ! The title of this episode is fitting: “Bodies Imagined & Unimaginable.” See below for the diagram that got this lecture started, and tap here for access to La Troisième. As always, you can also access the video recording of this episode at our YouTube channel . And if you’re still hungry for more, be sure to join our...

Here’s the final episode in our podcast series on Seminar XXI. It’s called “x R y” — and hopefully much to your amusement! As always, you can access the video recording of this episode at our YouTube channel . And if you’re still hungry for more, join the final sessions of our autumn series on Seminar XXII ! 🔥 This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or g...

Things get a little weird in this penultimate episode, as the image below suggests and the title of this episode confirms: “Analytic Will-o'-the-Wisps.” As always, you can access the video recording of this episode at our YouTube channel . And if you’re eager for more, head to our Substack for all the latest news! This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers o...

The title of this episode, “Real Knowledge,” should be read as a question — and one we continue to ask at Lectures on Lacan, even in our lecture and discussion series on Seminar XXII . As always, you can access the video recording of this podcast episode at our YouTube channel . And if you’re eager for more, head to our Substack for all the latest news! This is a public episode. If you would like...

What’s between the true and the real? The title of this episode, of course! But don’t take my word for it. Trust in this diagram instead: You can also access the video recording of this lecture at our YouTube channel . And if you’re eager for more, head to our Substack for all the latest news! This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus...

You’ll want a pen and paper for this episode, which is aptly titled “Borromean Knots Flipped.” And if you get a kick out of the attached diagram as well, consider jumping into our current lecture series on SXXII, R.S.I. ! As always, you can access the video recording of this episode at our YouTube channel . And if you’re eager for more, head to our Substack for all the latest news! This is a publi...