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Artwork for Ordinary Unhappiness
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A podcast about psychoanalysis, politics, pop culture, and the ways we suffer now, featuring Abby Kluchin & Patrick Blanchfield

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It’s a Very Special Gerontophallocracy episode! Abby, Dan, and Patrick gather around the dining room table to proces... more

Just in time for Halloween, Abby and Patrick welcome video essayist and scholar Mariana Colín (aka The Morbid Zoo) for a wide-ranging conversation about media, communication, consent, the problem(s) of other minds, and more. What lies behind our fant... more

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Abby and Patrick take up Josef Breuer’s final contribution to the Studies on Hysteria. The second-last-chapter of th... more

Abby and Patrick are joined by Elizabeth Cotton, author of UberTherapy: The New Business of Mental Health, and Linda Michaels of the Psychotherapy Action Network (PsiAN), for a conversation about platform capitalism and datafication are reshaping psy... more

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Recent Guests

Mariana Colín
Video essayist and scholar researching political communication on social media
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Episode: 164: Technology, Telepathy, and Scanners feat. Mariana Colín from The Morbid Zoo
Elizabeth Cotton
Writer and educator in industrial relations and mental health, psychotherapist, and author of UberTherapy
University of Leicester
Episode: 162: UberTherapy and Its Discontents feat. Elizabeth Cotton and Linda Michaels
Linda Michaels
Psychologist, private practitioner, and chair and co-founder of the Psychotherapy Action Network
Psychotherapy Action Network
Episode: 162: UberTherapy and Its Discontents feat. Elizabeth Cotton and Linda Michaels
Robin Dembroff
Associate Professor of Philosophy at Yale University; author of Real Men on Top
Yale University
Episode: 158: On the Impossibility of Being a Real Man feat. Robin Dembroff
Jack Hanson
Writer, critic and scholar of religion
Freelance / Ph.D. in Religious Studies; columnist
Episode: 152: The Pope, the Church, and the Politics of Progress feat. Jack Hanson
Lara Sheehi
Author and psychoanalyst; researcher and lecturer
University of South Africa's Institute for Social and Health Sciences
Episode: 145: Psychic Militancy feat. Lara Sheehi
Danielle Drori
Guest from the Brooklyn Institute for Social Research
Brooklyn Institute for Social Research
Episode: UNLOCKED: 133: Laplanche Part Two: The Primal Situation feat. Danielle Drori
Jonathan Lear
Philosopher/psychoanalyst (as referenced in episode framing)
Episode: 141: Jonathan Lear and the “Good-Enough World” feat. Chris Landry
Chris Landry
Guest referenced in title as part of the episode feat.
Episode: 141: Jonathan Lear and the “Good-Enough World” feat. Chris Landry

Hosts

Abby Kluchin
Patrick Blanchfield

Reviews

4.7 out of 5 stars from 625 ratings
  • Stop breathing on me

    Patrick, your contributions are mighty and brilliant, but your breathy, whispering cadence makes me feel violated.

    Apple Podcasts
    5
    Guy Freire
    United States3 months ago
  • Collective Effusiveness

    As a psychoanalyst, writer, and teacher: I wholeheartedly approve of this close-reading dialogue.

    Apple Podcasts
    5
    rigatonijoe
    United States6 months ago
  • talk normal!

    I love this podcast! I send episodes to my friends and we enjoy discussing them! But the hosts' speaking styles are DIFFICULT. Abby talks too slowly, and I assume she thinks it makes her easier to understand, but I forget the beginning of each sentence by the time she gets to the end. Patrick talks at a normal rate (and I know Abby coached him to slow down from what used to be too fast), but he still hedges with 15 different clauses between the subject and the verb, so that I have to rewind ever... more

    Apple Podcasts
    5
    HandDrawnFoxes
    United States9 months ago
  • Bizarre and Lucid

    Brace yourself for immersive cold opens that wander 5 minutes or more. Dis-orienting orientation. Intense, but curious and oddly fond and respectful chats.

    Apple Podcasts
    5
    coffeeteacoffee
    United States10 months ago
  • Really thoughtful but meandering

    I used to love this podcast so much, but what is happening recently? Each episode is mostly just Patrick going off on tangents and constantly hedging and Abbie occasionally riffing on what he says. The guests get hardly any air time and the episodes feel directionless. Did Patrick up his Adderal or something?

    Apple Podcasts
    3
    Bizzle1888
    United States10 months ago

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Some listeners report uneven audio levels and a disorienting teaser format, while others enjoy the conversational, exploratory style.
Listeners praise the intellectual depth, nuance, and sustained attention to psychoanalytic ideas, with some valuing the public-facing approach to difficult material.
The hosts' chemistry and teaching ability are appreciated, though some listeners find the pacing, hedging, and tangents hard to follow.
Guest conversations and close readings appeal to listeners interested in connecting scholarship with current politics and culture; others want tighter focus and more guest airtime.

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164: Technology, Telepathy, and Scanners feat. Mariana Colín from The Morbid Zoo
Q: Did you grow up thinking about telepathy? Are you on the beautiful fantasy or hideous nightmare side? Do you believe in telepathy?
Colín says she has not experienced telepathy or paranormal activity, though she would welcome being haunted as a chance to encounter something beyond her understanding. She sees the problem of other minds as central to the film and to cultural fantasies about telepathy.
164: Technology, Telepathy, and Scanners feat. Mariana Colín from The Morbid Zoo
Q: Can you tell us a little bit about who you are and the work you do on The Morbid Zoo and otherwise?
Colín says she began The Morbid Zoo as part of her master's thesis, hoping video essays could help research reach a broader audience. She now sees YouTube as an inadequate replacement for academia and wants it to create productive pressure for academic institutions to improve digital outreach.
162: UberTherapy and Its Discontents feat. Elizabeth Cotton and Linda Michaels
Q: Can you walk us through like a hypothetical or typical experience of someone who's seeking treatment through these platforms and someone who might be providing it?
Cotton describes an employee assistance program that routes callers through a call center, uses nonclinical staff for checkbox assessments, and can involve repeated calls and retelling before a client reaches a therapist. She says the process can delay care and leave clients and therapists uncertain about data handling and session recording.
162: UberTherapy and Its Discontents feat. Elizabeth Cotton and Linda Michaels
Q: What is UberTherapy? What does it look like in really granular terms? Why is it taking over?
Elizabeth Cotton defines UberTherapy as the shift toward platform capitalism in mental health care: large technology and finance companies prioritize data, standardized services, on-demand access and financial returns over the therapeutic relationship. The model also makes therapy more like e-commerce, with ratings, insecure work and automated services.
152: The Pope, the Church, and the Politics of Progress feat. Jack Hanson
Q: Can you walk us through the broad strokes of the portrait of the church and its contemporary conjuncture?
Jack Hanson outlines a long arc from Vatican II's transformative reforms to present-day global church dynamics, highlighting how the church has navigated modernization, conflicts over authority, and its evolving role in global politics and culture.

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What is Ordinary Unhappiness about and what kind of topics does it cover?

Conversations connect psychoanalysis with politics, philosophy, social life, and popular culture. Abby Kluchin and Patrick Blanchfield are the regular hosts, often working through foundational psychoanalytic texts and concepts in extended close readings, and sometimes bringing in scholars, clinicians, writers, and cultural critics. Topics range from Freud, narcissism, and trauma to film, gender, religion, technology, and contemporary mental-health systems.

The style is intellectually ambitious and informal, mixing careful interpretation with personal anecdotes, humor, and wide-ranging cultural references. Recurring series offer sustained attention to particular thinkers and ideas, while guest interviews bring specialist perspectives to cur... more

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