Did you really want to eat that last piece of cake, or were you secretly thinking about your mother? Sigmund Freud, who might have suggested the latter, established the unconscious mind as a legitimate domain for scientific research. He was the first to seriously study dreams and slips of the tongue, and he proposed that neurotic behavior could be explained by beliefs and desires that we repress. However, many of Freud’s theories have been rejected as unscientific, and his particular brand of psychoanalysis is all but obsolete. So why is Freud still worth remembering? John and Ken get Oedipal with Stanford historian Paul Robinson, author of "Freud and His Critics."

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The Legacy of Freud (outtake)

Speech written and performed by Ben Trefny, recorded by Martina Castro, and edited and 'scored' by Seth Samuel.

Music: "Fight for Camelot" by Jerry Goldsmith

The Mashers Won again(!!!) and Coach Masher Trefny Delivered This Speech

Casey Miner and Chris Hoff discuss irregular plurals in English.

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The "I Love You Mashers, You're Great" Speech

Voices are:
Devon Strolovitch (Yiddish)
Lilah Crews-Pless (English)
Chris Hoff (German)

Yiddish, German, and English

Devon is the Senior Producer of "Philosophy Talk," Host/Producer of "Fog City Blues," Audio Editor of Climate One at the Commonwealth Club, and co-Producer of the Peabody Award-winning "Inside the National Recording Registry." He is an amateur steel-drummer and speaks over a dozen languages, some used by more than .01% of the world population. He is author of "The Paris Café Chronicle" (2005), "Strolecisms" (forthcoming), and a much-cited PhD dissertation on medieval Judeo-Portuguese.

The Legacy of Freud (outtake)

Devon Strolovitch

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