Ordinary Unhappiness
@unhappinesspod.bsky.social
a podcast about psychoanalysis, politics, pop culture, and the ways we suffer now | hosted by @counterfactual.bsky.social and @patblanchfield.bsky.social
free episodes every other saturday; even more for subscribers at https://bit.ly/OrdinaryUnhappiness
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126: Mailbag Part 2: Searching for the Self Teaser - Ordinary Unhappiness
Subscribe to get access to the full episode, the episode reading list, and all premium episodes! www.patreon.com/OrdinaryUnhappinessIt’s part two of our mailbag episode – which means Abby, Patrick, an...
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🚨NEW MAILBAG🚨 We field listener questions about psychoanalysis and Buddhism; Melanie Klein; what a "master signifier" is and whether the Left needs one; the discourse about limerence and "person addiction"; precarity, education, and much, much more
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think this is the most fun I've ever had recording an @unhappinesspod.bsky.social ngl
🚨NEW MAILBAG🚨 We field listener questions about psychoanalysis and Buddhism; Melanie Klein; what a "master signifier" is and whether the Left needs one; the discourse about limerence and "person addiction"; precarity, education, and much, much more
www.buzzsprout.com/2131830/epis...
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126: Mailbag Part 2: Searching for the Self Teaser - Ordinary Unhappiness
Subscribe to get access to the full episode, the episode reading list, and all premium episodes! www.patreon.com/OrdinaryUnhappinessIt’s part two of our mailbag episode – which means Abby, Patrick, an...
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December 20, 2025 at 5:17 PM
think this is the most fun I've ever had recording an @unhappinesspod.bsky.social ngl
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Friends! Here's an update from @counterfactual.bsky.social with news about our brand new, limited-time-only Higher Ed Death Spiral Membership Drive.
Note: the Death Spiral is ongoing, but our Membership Drive only lasts until 12/31/25!
Note: the Death Spiral is ongoing, but our Membership Drive only lasts until 12/31/25!
Higher Ed Death Spiral Membership Drive | Ordinary Unhappiness
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December 14, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Friends! Here's an update from @counterfactual.bsky.social with news about our brand new, limited-time-only Higher Ed Death Spiral Membership Drive.
Note: the Death Spiral is ongoing, but our Membership Drive only lasts until 12/31/25!
Note: the Death Spiral is ongoing, but our Membership Drive only lasts until 12/31/25!
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An excellent podcast overall
🚨NEW MAILBAG🚨 We field listener questions about psychoanalysis and Buddhism; Melanie Klein; what a "master signifier" is and whether the Left needs one; the discourse about limerence and "person addiction"; precarity, education, and much, much more
www.buzzsprout.com/2131830/epis...
www.buzzsprout.com/2131830/epis...
126: Mailbag Part 2: Searching for the Self Teaser - Ordinary Unhappiness
Subscribe to get access to the full episode, the episode reading list, and all premium episodes! www.patreon.com/OrdinaryUnhappinessIt’s part two of our mailbag episode – which means Abby, Patrick, an...
www.buzzsprout.com
December 20, 2025 at 2:28 PM
An excellent podcast overall
🚨NEW MAILBAG🚨 We field listener questions about psychoanalysis and Buddhism; Melanie Klein; what a "master signifier" is and whether the Left needs one; the discourse about limerence and "person addiction"; precarity, education, and much, much more
www.buzzsprout.com/2131830/epis...
www.buzzsprout.com/2131830/epis...
126: Mailbag Part 2: Searching for the Self Teaser - Ordinary Unhappiness
Subscribe to get access to the full episode, the episode reading list, and all premium episodes! www.patreon.com/OrdinaryUnhappinessIt’s part two of our mailbag episode – which means Abby, Patrick, an...
www.buzzsprout.com
December 20, 2025 at 2:13 PM
🚨NEW MAILBAG🚨 We field listener questions about psychoanalysis and Buddhism; Melanie Klein; what a "master signifier" is and whether the Left needs one; the discourse about limerence and "person addiction"; precarity, education, and much, much more
www.buzzsprout.com/2131830/epis...
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Feeling really grateful to see THERE IS NO PLACE FOR US on this NYT list of the books readers were most excited about this year.
Thank you to everyone who's been reading and sharing it.
Thank you to everyone who's been reading and sharing it.
The Books Times Readers Were Most Excited About This Year
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December 18, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Feeling really grateful to see THERE IS NO PLACE FOR US on this NYT list of the books readers were most excited about this year.
Thank you to everyone who's been reading and sharing it.
Thank you to everyone who's been reading and sharing it.
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a subscription to McMansion Hell is literally a dollar a month and in exchange you get some of my best and most thorough essays (the regional car dealership rococo one, the one about gray floors, this one)
for patreon i wrote about getting stranded in tomorrowland as an 8th grader, michael sorkin's classic essay "see you in disneyland" and the legacy of 1990s disneyfied architecture and urbanism today
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"See You in Disneyland" | McMansion Hell
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December 17, 2025 at 10:23 PM
a subscription to McMansion Hell is literally a dollar a month and in exchange you get some of my best and most thorough essays (the regional car dealership rococo one, the one about gray floors, this one)
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I'll also add that Abby, Patrick, and Dan come across as some of the kindest and most compassionate people with regard to the human condition, which is a truly beautiful thing.
December 14, 2025 at 7:29 PM
I'll also add that Abby, Patrick, and Dan come across as some of the kindest and most compassionate people with regard to the human condition, which is a truly beautiful thing.
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I absolutely second this! I'm hopelessly addicted to this podcast. I've stopped walking in the middle of the sidewalk over so many things I've heard on here. One "holy shit" moment after another....
I cannot recommend this podcast highly enough. If you are struggling to understand this world or yourself or how to live with being yourself in this world, subscribe!
Abby, Pat and Dan are wonderful teachers who welcome listeners into a complicated theoretical world without condescension. The best!
Abby, Pat and Dan are wonderful teachers who welcome listeners into a complicated theoretical world without condescension. The best!
Friends! Here's an update from @counterfactual.bsky.social with news about our brand new, limited-time-only Higher Ed Death Spiral Membership Drive.
Note: the Death Spiral is ongoing, but our Membership Drive only lasts until 12/31/25!
Note: the Death Spiral is ongoing, but our Membership Drive only lasts until 12/31/25!
December 14, 2025 at 7:29 PM
I absolutely second this! I'm hopelessly addicted to this podcast. I've stopped walking in the middle of the sidewalk over so many things I've heard on here. One "holy shit" moment after another....
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Seconded! Subscribe!
I cannot recommend this podcast highly enough. If you are struggling to understand this world or yourself or how to live with being yourself in this world, subscribe!
Abby, Pat and Dan are wonderful teachers who welcome listeners into a complicated theoretical world without condescension. The best!
Abby, Pat and Dan are wonderful teachers who welcome listeners into a complicated theoretical world without condescension. The best!
Friends! Here's an update from @counterfactual.bsky.social with news about our brand new, limited-time-only Higher Ed Death Spiral Membership Drive.
Note: the Death Spiral is ongoing, but our Membership Drive only lasts until 12/31/25!
Note: the Death Spiral is ongoing, but our Membership Drive only lasts until 12/31/25!
December 17, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Seconded! Subscribe!
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I cannot recommend this podcast highly enough. If you are struggling to understand this world or yourself or how to live with being yourself in this world, subscribe!
Abby, Pat and Dan are wonderful teachers who welcome listeners into a complicated theoretical world without condescension. The best!
Abby, Pat and Dan are wonderful teachers who welcome listeners into a complicated theoretical world without condescension. The best!
Friends! Here's an update from @counterfactual.bsky.social with news about our brand new, limited-time-only Higher Ed Death Spiral Membership Drive.
Note: the Death Spiral is ongoing, but our Membership Drive only lasts until 12/31/25!
Note: the Death Spiral is ongoing, but our Membership Drive only lasts until 12/31/25!
Higher Ed Death Spiral Membership Drive | Ordinary Unhappiness
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December 14, 2025 at 6:58 PM
I cannot recommend this podcast highly enough. If you are struggling to understand this world or yourself or how to live with being yourself in this world, subscribe!
Abby, Pat and Dan are wonderful teachers who welcome listeners into a complicated theoretical world without condescension. The best!
Abby, Pat and Dan are wonderful teachers who welcome listeners into a complicated theoretical world without condescension. The best!
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I can confidently say that the best $5 a month I spend on myself is for the Ordinary Unhappiness patreon. It's a podcast about psychoanalysis and politics/culture with warm and fascinating hosts, and brilliant guests. They're doing 20% off their annual membership and I promise it's worth every penny
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December 15, 2025 at 2:07 AM
I can confidently say that the best $5 a month I spend on myself is for the Ordinary Unhappiness patreon. It's a podcast about psychoanalysis and politics/culture with warm and fascinating hosts, and brilliant guests. They're doing 20% off their annual membership and I promise it's worth every penny
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just resubscribed
it's so good
membership drive! 20% annual memberships
it's so good
membership drive! 20% annual memberships
Update: morbid symptoms can't hold us back - we're doubling down on what we do best.
Please consider supporting @unhappinesspod.bsky.social's Higher Ed Death Spiral Membership Drive! 20% off annual memberships; use code 9E144.
Note: the spiral is ongoing but the drive ends on 12/31.
Please consider supporting @unhappinesspod.bsky.social's Higher Ed Death Spiral Membership Drive! 20% off annual memberships; use code 9E144.
Note: the spiral is ongoing but the drive ends on 12/31.
Higher Ed Death Spiral Membership Drive | Ordinary Unhappiness
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December 14, 2025 at 11:48 PM
just resubscribed
it's so good
membership drive! 20% annual memberships
it's so good
membership drive! 20% annual memberships
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Ordinary Unhappiness is the rare podcast that manages to be both intellectually challenging and laugh-out-loud funny. A true gem worth listening to, supporting, and sharing
Friends! Here's an update from @counterfactual.bsky.social with news about our brand new, limited-time-only Higher Ed Death Spiral Membership Drive.
Note: the Death Spiral is ongoing, but our Membership Drive only lasts until 12/31/25!
Note: the Death Spiral is ongoing, but our Membership Drive only lasts until 12/31/25!
Higher Ed Death Spiral Membership Drive | Ordinary Unhappiness
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December 14, 2025 at 10:49 PM
Ordinary Unhappiness is the rare podcast that manages to be both intellectually challenging and laugh-out-loud funny. A true gem worth listening to, supporting, and sharing
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Calling all Freudians, Lacanians, Kleinians, etc. Check out @unhappinesspod.bsky.social, now in their higher education death spiral campaign. Support their amazing work if you can!
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December 14, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Calling all Freudians, Lacanians, Kleinians, etc. Check out @unhappinesspod.bsky.social, now in their higher education death spiral campaign. Support their amazing work if you can!
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sidenote: if you are a person who has ever had anything that a 19th century man with a beard and a cigar would describe as "hysterical symptoms" you WILL listen to some of the Standard Edition episodes and go sit and stare at the wall for a few hours. but, like. in a good, useful, productive way
December 14, 2025 at 7:50 PM
sidenote: if you are a person who has ever had anything that a 19th century man with a beard and a cigar would describe as "hysterical symptoms" you WILL listen to some of the Standard Edition episodes and go sit and stare at the wall for a few hours. but, like. in a good, useful, productive way
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i would have never explored Freud's case studies without being an OU member. it's a cliche but i honestly do feel enriched -- i know so much more about Freud (in all his complexity), his colleagues, the history of psychology, 19th century European society, and myself. cannot recommend highly enough
Friends! Here's an update from @counterfactual.bsky.social with news about our brand new, limited-time-only Higher Ed Death Spiral Membership Drive.
Note: the Death Spiral is ongoing, but our Membership Drive only lasts until 12/31/25!
Note: the Death Spiral is ongoing, but our Membership Drive only lasts until 12/31/25!
Higher Ed Death Spiral Membership Drive | Ordinary Unhappiness
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December 14, 2025 at 7:48 PM
i would have never explored Freud's case studies without being an OU member. it's a cliche but i honestly do feel enriched -- i know so much more about Freud (in all his complexity), his colleagues, the history of psychology, 19th century European society, and myself. cannot recommend highly enough
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My friends at @unhappinesspod.bsky.social are doing a membership drive - 20% off (of your cost, of your symptoms) annual memberships. Psychoanalysis, culture, politics, and of course charming personalities. What more could you want?
Update: morbid symptoms can't hold us back - we're doubling down on what we do best.
Please consider supporting @unhappinesspod.bsky.social's Higher Ed Death Spiral Membership Drive! 20% off annual memberships; use code 9E144.
Note: the spiral is ongoing but the drive ends on 12/31.
Please consider supporting @unhappinesspod.bsky.social's Higher Ed Death Spiral Membership Drive! 20% off annual memberships; use code 9E144.
Note: the spiral is ongoing but the drive ends on 12/31.
Higher Ed Death Spiral Membership Drive | Ordinary Unhappiness
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December 14, 2025 at 7:16 PM
My friends at @unhappinesspod.bsky.social are doing a membership drive - 20% off (of your cost, of your symptoms) annual memberships. Psychoanalysis, culture, politics, and of course charming personalities. What more could you want?
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This is a fantastic, vital podcast. Help keep it going!
Friends! Here's an update from @counterfactual.bsky.social with news about our brand new, limited-time-only Higher Ed Death Spiral Membership Drive.
Note: the Death Spiral is ongoing, but our Membership Drive only lasts until 12/31/25!
Note: the Death Spiral is ongoing, but our Membership Drive only lasts until 12/31/25!
Higher Ed Death Spiral Membership Drive | Ordinary Unhappiness
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December 14, 2025 at 5:02 PM
This is a fantastic, vital podcast. Help keep it going!
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tu tremblerais bien davantage si tu savais où je vais te mener!
December 14, 2025 at 4:52 PM
tu tremblerais bien davantage si tu savais où je vais te mener!
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I'm sure it's a sophisticated psychoanalytic joke that one of the membership tier benefits that @unhappinesspod.bsky.social offers is "we'll follow you on instagram" but fortunately it's also amusing for the unsophisticated likes of me
December 14, 2025 at 4:47 PM
I'm sure it's a sophisticated psychoanalytic joke that one of the membership tier benefits that @unhappinesspod.bsky.social offers is "we'll follow you on instagram" but fortunately it's also amusing for the unsophisticated likes of me
Friends! Here's an update from @counterfactual.bsky.social with news about our brand new, limited-time-only Higher Ed Death Spiral Membership Drive.
Note: the Death Spiral is ongoing, but our Membership Drive only lasts until 12/31/25!
Note: the Death Spiral is ongoing, but our Membership Drive only lasts until 12/31/25!
Higher Ed Death Spiral Membership Drive | Ordinary Unhappiness
Get more from Ordinary Unhappiness on Patreon
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December 14, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Friends! Here's an update from @counterfactual.bsky.social with news about our brand new, limited-time-only Higher Ed Death Spiral Membership Drive.
Note: the Death Spiral is ongoing, but our Membership Drive only lasts until 12/31/25!
Note: the Death Spiral is ongoing, but our Membership Drive only lasts until 12/31/25!
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Abby, Patrick, and Dan of @unhappinesspod.bsky.social are some of the most intellectually generous people I know—models of public scholarship and community building that I strive to emulate. They’re also just delightful to listen to. Consider subscribing: ordinaryunhappiness.com?utm_campaign...
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December 14, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Abby, Patrick, and Dan of @unhappinesspod.bsky.social are some of the most intellectually generous people I know—models of public scholarship and community building that I strive to emulate. They’re also just delightful to listen to. Consider subscribing: ordinaryunhappiness.com?utm_campaign...
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markets are efficient and the best way to get people what they want. in fact, the only reason you can't get RAM, Quaaludes, or a living wage is because of a guy we in the Economics profession call "the Grinch"
December 14, 2025 at 1:54 PM
markets are efficient and the best way to get people what they want. in fact, the only reason you can't get RAM, Quaaludes, or a living wage is because of a guy we in the Economics profession call "the Grinch"
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No more excuses for not having read *the* book of the year on the working poor & homelessness. A book that fundamentally challenges the conventional definition of "homeless," one that shines a light on exploitation & profitmaking out of all of this and does so through powerful, personal stories.
If cost has kept you from picking up There Is No Place for Us (which is totally understandable), good news: the ebook is *$1.99* today—93% off!—on Kindle, B&N, Bookshop, and elsewhere.
So grateful to everyone who's been reading and sharing the book this year. It means a lot.
So grateful to everyone who's been reading and sharing the book this year. It means a lot.
There Is No Place for Us by Brian Goldstone: 9780593237144 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books
ONE OF THE NEW YORK TIMES AND THE ATLANTIC’S TEN BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR • Through the “revelatory and gut-wrenching” (Associated Press) stories of five Atlanta families, this landmark...
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December 12, 2025 at 9:51 PM
No more excuses for not having read *the* book of the year on the working poor & homelessness. A book that fundamentally challenges the conventional definition of "homeless," one that shines a light on exploitation & profitmaking out of all of this and does so through powerful, personal stories.
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I've had "I should start listening to Ordinary Unhappiness, this seems like my jam" on my list for a while now; this got me to download immediately, awesome topics.
December 13, 2025 at 3:11 PM
I've had "I should start listening to Ordinary Unhappiness, this seems like my jam" on my list for a while now; this got me to download immediately, awesome topics.