Ryan and Todd analyze Freud's essay "Wild Psychoanalysis" and delve into the problem of treating symptoms with knowledge rather than addressing the enjoyment that they offer. Even though this is a minor Freud essay, it provides one of the pillars for a psychoanalytic approach to politics.

Wild Psychoanalysis

Ryan and Todd begin a series of discussions about the classical Hollywood genres with the screwball comedy, a genre that centers on the sexual antagonism. They look at the film that kicks off the genre, It Happened One Night, as well as the high point of the genre, Bringing Up Baby, in addition to others. 


Ryan was recently a guest discussing graduate student conferences, which one can listen to here: https://soundcloud.com/lclcoralhistory

Screwball Comedy

In their penultimate episode on Hegel's Phenomenology of Spirit, Ryan and Todd analyze the religion section of the book. They focus most on the comic work of art and the revealed religion sections as they try to make sense of why Hegel gives religion such a prominent place in the Phenomenology.

Ryan was recently a guest discussing graduate student conferences, which one can listen to here: https://soundcloud.com/lclcoralhistory
 
Barry Manilow’s “misunderstood” Dr. Pepper song:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fyonMvAh1Bw

Hegel's Religion

John Cullen from PODkast & Blocked Party has invaded the basement show!

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John Cullen Invades The Basement!

Ryan and Todd conclude their series on Hegel's Phenomenology of Spirit with a discussion of the Absolute Knowing section. They explore the relationship between this section and the rest of the book as well as considering what this section has to say about the relationship between mediation and immediacy.

Hegel's Absolute Knowing

Ryan and Todd trace the history of how thinkers have dealt with the problem of love--the varying definitions of love, the view of love's role in society, and love's philosophical importance. They begin with Plato's Symposium, touch on the New Testament, explore the role of love in Hegel's thought, discuss Badiou's love event, and conclude with the psychoanalytic conception of love, as developed by Jacques Lacan and Mari Ruti.

Love

Independent researcher Moss Robeson documented how the vociferously pro-Ukraine, anti-Russia troll operation NAFO was founded by a Hitler-admiring anti-Semite. He discusses the campaign's far-right roots, and also how the fascist LaRouche cult has tried to disrupt the anti-war movement.

VIDEO: https://youtube.com/watch?v=hG5XLThOpQY

Read Robeson's report on the Nazi origins of NAFO: https://mossrobeson.medium.com/ukes-kooks-spooks-nafo-735b66e48508

Check out Robeson's article "LaRouche’s ‘Ukrainian Nazi’ Legacy": https://mossrobeson.medium.com/larouches-ukrainian-nazi-legacy-7ab93aea3ea7

Robeson's "Bandera Lobby Blog": https://banderalobby.substack.com

NAFO troll operation founded by literal Nazi: Researcher exposes far-right Ukrainian networks

Richard Seymour on why Lula's margin of victory was so narrow in Brazil's presidential election and how it is that Jair Bolsonaro maintained such substantial support, despite Brazil's poor economic performance and his disastrous handling of the covid-19 pandemic. We also talked about what to expect from Lula's third term in office, both domestically and regarding Brazil's foreign policy.

Interregnum - Lula's knife-edge victory

This is a special Why Theory episode that was recorded live at the Impakt Festival that took place in Utrecht, Netherlands. Ryan and Todd discuss the theme of the festival--"the curse of smooth operations"--in terms of our relationship to technology. They question how technology provides enjoyment for us. 

The introduction ends at 4:53, and the question and answer period starts at 57:48.

Technology

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Today Jacques breaks his tooth on a rib live, we have our phones make some autofill statements about non-binary people, Hesse getting banned from Valentino, me doing sex work, Kamala being barred out, how stupid the Balenciaga panic is, and we roast that really annoying gay guy on twitter...you know who. 

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SD 178 - Non Binary People Sure Are

In an annual attempt to theorize the Christmas film, Ryan and Todd examine the concept of the misfit in three famous stop-motion Christmas films from the 1960s and 1970s: Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, Santa Claus Is Coming To Town, and The Year Without a Santa Claus. They discover the politics of nonbelonging at work in these films as it is figured through the idea of the misfit.

Clips:
We’re a Couple of Misfits (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fDHF08vEZTg)

The Island of Misfit Toys (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gr6GbKciNCY)

Silver and Gold (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rY-XDQN6ipE)

 The First Toymakers to the King (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M8NSlCUAI4M)
 
My World is Beginning Today (Jessica’s Trippy 2001/ Vertigo song; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mSCq34_49Ws)
 
Snow Miser (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dPrbccEdI5o)
 
Santa Claus is Comin’ to Town (Springsteen; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=76WFkKp8Tjs)
 
Father Christmas (The Kinks; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fPPCPqDINEk)

Misfit Christmas

Why Theory brings continental philosophy and psychoanalytic theory together to examine cultural phenomena.