Beauty is Truth: A Tale of Covid in Two Cities
Beauty is Truth: A Tale of Covid in Two Cities
Have Americans, in the aftermath of Trump and in the time of COVID, lost our ability to appreciate beauty? And without b... Read more
22 Mar 2021
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42mins
Election emergency: Can we pull America out of its death spiral?
Election emergency: Can we pull America out of its death spiral?
America is in the midst of an emergency – an emergency which threatens our bodies, threatens our social fabric, and thre... Read more
1 Nov 2020
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25mins
In Praise of Shame
In Praise of Shame
When Donald Trump steals our democracy, will Americans fight to save it? In Episode 7, Dr. Steven Reisner argues that if... Read more
30 Sep 2020
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38mins
The Masque of the Black Death (Racism in the Time of Trump)
The Masque of the Black Death (Racism in the Time of Trump)
In 1842, Edgar Allen Poe wrote the Masque of the Red Death, a prescient short story about a country devastated by plague... Read more
16 Jun 2020
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33mins
Mourn and Mobilize: Radical psychoanalysis confronts the climate emergency
Mourn and Mobilize: Radical psychoanalysis confronts the climate emergency
Climate trauma – is it the result of the climate catastrophe or a consequence of our inability to really imagine such a ... Read more
9 Feb 2020
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28mins
Paranoia: Is it good for the Jews?
Paranoia: Is it good for the Jews?
Paranoia - is it a mental disorder or a political strategy? Dr Steven Reisner exposes the underlying connection between ... Read more
18 Jan 2020
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31mins
The American Dream: Time to Wake Up?
The American Dream: Time to Wake Up?
A mega mall in New Jersey, a pile of shoes and toothbrushes in the Arizona desert, and an array of immigrant witnesses a... Read more
6 Jan 2020
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25mins
Trump, lies & the American way: a psychoanalysis of political lying.
Trump, lies & the American way: a psychoanalysis of political lying.
What was Trump’s very first lie? Steven Reisner explores the effects of lying on children, on politics, and ultimately o... Read more
7 Nov 2019
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25mins
A constitutional crisis without a written constitution?
A constitutional crisis without a written constitution?
The importance of eye contact, the “fascist nature” of traffic lights vs “democratic” traffic circles, how Britain’s unw... Read more
9 Oct 2019
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22mins