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Hello, Since publishing my recent interview with Sam McCormick , quite a few new people have subscribed to Speaking Body . I want to take a moment to say thank you! I’m genuinely grateful that you’re here, whether you’ve been following for a while or only recently found your way to this work. There are many things asking for your time and attention, and I don’t take it lightly that you’re giving s...

Hello folks, I’ve been working on mixing and editing this for a few weeks, and I’m very pleased to release it to you. I hope you like listening to it as much as I liked making it! Show Notes: In this episode of The Speaking Body , Neil speaks with Sam McCormick , professor of communication studies at San Francisco State University and host of Lectures on Lacan . What begins as an interview quickly...

In this short solo episode, I continue my exploration of what distinguishes psychoanalysis from other therapeutic practices. Building on earlier discussions about an “ethic of not knowing,” I introduce a key clinical distinction: the difference between judging and noticing . Rather than positioning the analyst as someone who knows and interprets, this episode argues for a different stance—one that...

Intro Hello and welcome to the Speaking Body Podcast . I’m your host, Neil Gorman . This is another short, solo episode—just me talking directly to you. I want to start off today with a short recap of what I presented in the last episode , where I tried to lay out what I see as a really essential aspect of how psychoanalysis is practiced. Recap & Review When you last heard from me on this podcast,...

In this short solo episode of The Speaking Body Podcast, I (Neil Gorman) try a new format and invite listeners to email feedback about whether they like it. I explain a key difference between how psychoanalysis is practiced versus many forms of psychotherapy, coaching, or other helping relationships: when someone seeks help, they often engage in transference by supposing the helper has knowledge,...

The intro music I use for the Speaking Body Podcast is something I threw together in Logic Pro. If anyone would like to listen to the track in its entirety, here it is. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit speakingbody.substack.com/subscribe

Introducing Speaking Body: A Relaunch of Neil Gorman’s Psychoanalysis Podcast I announce a relaunch and rebrand of my podcast, formerly The Informed Podcast, explaining that my views and relationships to psychoanalysis, theory, practice, and institutions have changed over the years. He renames the show Speaking Body and expands it into a broader project, including a website (speakingbody.com) that...

In this episode, I announce that I’m rebranding and relaunching my podcast, previously called the Informed Podcast, as Speaking Body. I explain that Speaking Body will be both a podcast and a website ( speakingbody.com ) that will archive my writing, offer a newsletter, and sometimes include video episodes on YouTube, while keeping the same RSS feed for subscribers. Going forward, I will focus les...

In this episode of the InForm: Podcast, I speak with Peter Rollins , the man behind pyro-theology, the Wake festival, the Spark retreat, Atheism for Lent, and many more things that can provoke all sorts of interesting experiences and elaborations. I first became aware of Pete's work many years back as I was attempting to build up my own understanding of Lacan. I don't remember exactly how it happe...

On this episode of InForm:Podcast, I speak with practicing Lacanian psychoanalyst Isolda Alverez about the way the aims of the psychoanalytic clinic have changed from Freud's time through Lacans and into the present day. Recommendations: 1. Band: Yo La Tango ( Spotify , Apple Music ) Album: "And Then Nothing Turned Itself Inside Out" ( Spotify , Apple Music ) 2. Lucifer (TV Show on Netflix , Comic...

On this episode of InForm: Podcast, Neil talks with Nathan Gorelick about psychoanalysis, psychedelics, psychosis, delusions, science, & mysticism. The result is a long, hopefully informative conversation. Nathan is Term Assistant Professor of English at Barnard College in New York. He holds a Ph. D. in Comparative Literature from the State University of New York at Buffalo, and he has complet...

In this episode of Inform: Podcast I interview Why Theory's Ryan Engley about psychoanalysis in the classroom. (Tod McGowan, the other half of Why theory was interviewed about this same topic on an earlier episode of InForm .)  Our conversation ranges all over the place, but one of the consistent themes is the idea of sustaining the analysand's/student's desire/curiosity. Some of our references in...

InForm Podcast: 052 The episode you're about to listen to is a conversation with Peter Rollins, a thinker, writer, podcaster, and community organizer who works at the intersections of psychoanalysis, theology, and philosophy. Before getting started I'd like to say the following: Getting to do this was something that was very exciting for me because I've been reading Pete's books, listening to his...

Intro:   Psychoanalytic superstar Todd McGowan makes his second appearance on the InForm: Podcast. In this episode (after Neil makes an error), we talk about psychoanalysis in the classroom.  Longer Show Notes:  At the top of the show, you hear Neil realizing he has forgotten to hit record after we have all been talking for 25 min. But after that, you can hear Neil, Jared, and Todd discuss:  How T...

Intro: On this episode of InForm:Podcast we talk with Dr. Leon Brenner about his forthcoming book The Autistic Subject: On the Threshold of Language, which is part of the Palgrave Lacan Series edited by Calum Neil and Derek Hook. Dr. Leon Brenner is a research fellow at the University of Potsdam and lecturer at the International Psychoanalytic University, Berlin. He is a training analyst, studying...

INTRO: On this episode of InForm:Podcast Neil & Jared sit down and talk with Ryan Engley from the Why Theory Podcast about ordinary psychosis and the classroom as a psychoanalytic space.  REFERENCES:  T.R. Johnson's book " The Other Side of Pedagogy " ( Amazon )  Some info on Ordinary Psychosis ( Text 1 , Text 2 , Text 3 , Text 4 , Text 5 )  Bruce Fink's book " A Clinical Introduction to Lacan...

Intro: Today on InForm:Podcast we are lucky enough to talk with super-theorist Todd McGowan. Content: We reached out to Todd McGowan and asked if he would be willing to talk about how his experience in analysis (as an analysand) influenced the ways that he thinks, works, and lives. Todd responded to our request and was very generous with his time. (He talked with us for over 90 min!) In addition t...