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
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free episodes every other saturday; even more for subscribers at https://bit.ly/OrdinaryUnhappiness
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Thanks so much for sharing this. That @unhappinesspod.bsky.social conversation was one I really cherished.
November 30, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Thanks so much for sharing this. That @unhappinesspod.bsky.social conversation was one I really cherished.
In part two, we move from family rituals and traumas to social traumas and historical crimes; the history of the holiday and behind the holiday; and the fantasies, brutalities, and anxieties of settler colonialism itself. www.buzzsprout.com/2131830/epis...
UNLOCKED: 32: Thanksgiving Special, Part 2: Murder, Myth, and Memory - Ordinary Unhappiness
Last year we unlocked part 1 of our Thanksgiving Special so that everyone could hear the good/bad news about the "Holiday Syndrome." This year we're unlocking part 2, on settler colonialism, history, ...
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November 25, 2025 at 5:50 PM
In part two, we move from family rituals and traumas to social traumas and historical crimes; the history of the holiday and behind the holiday; and the fantasies, brutalities, and anxieties of settler colonialism itself. www.buzzsprout.com/2131830/epis...
In part one, we tackle the so-called "Holiday Syndrome," the Thanksgiving family scene in all its yearnings and pain, what it means to regress, why so many holiday dishes resemble baby food, and more.
www.buzzsprout.com/2131830/epis...
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UNLOCKED: 31: Thanksgiving Special, Part 1: The Holiday Syndrome - Ordinary Unhappiness
Unlocked Patreon episode. Support Ordinary Unhappiness on Patreon to get access to all the exclusive episodes. patreon.com/OrdinaryUnhappinessIn the first installment of our two-part Thanksgiving Spec...
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November 25, 2025 at 5:50 PM
In part one, we tackle the so-called "Holiday Syndrome," the Thanksgiving family scene in all its yearnings and pain, what it means to regress, why so many holiday dishes resemble baby food, and more.
www.buzzsprout.com/2131830/epis...
www.buzzsprout.com/2131830/epis...
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Loved this. When I’m asking my students to read Kristeva and Lacan etc I encourage them to read for association, not for understanding. Felt this is ‘precisely’ what you were saying in the beginning of the pod. It is really hard for them to let go of the search for understanding. Thanks ☺️
October 11, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Loved this. When I’m asking my students to read Kristeva and Lacan etc I encourage them to read for association, not for understanding. Felt this is ‘precisely’ what you were saying in the beginning of the pod. It is really hard for them to let go of the search for understanding. Thanks ☺️