Watch the full episode here: https://renderingunconscious.substack.com/p/ru401-michael-mcandrew-jen-braun RU401: ON FRONTIERS OF PSYCHOANALYSIS WITH MICHAEL MCANDREW, JEN BRAUN & SEAN CARROLL Join Rendering Unconscious Podcast at Substack for all new and archival episodes: https://renderingunconscious.substack.com Rendering Unconscious welcomes Jen Braun, Sean Carroll, and Michael McAndrew to the podcast! They’re here to discuss their upcoming event “Frontiers of Psychoanalysis,” June 6th 2026 at the Denver Art Museum, 9am-3pm. Rendering Unconscious episode 401. On this episode, Jen, Michael, and Sean discuss their upcoming psychoanalytic event in Denver, “Frontiers of Psychoanalysis,” highlighting its inclusivity and the diverse backgrounds of participants. The event aims to foster discussions among clinicians, early career professionals, and non-clinicians. The organizers emphasize the importance of deinstitutionalization, the value of early career clinicians’ contributions, and the need to broaden psychoanalytic perspectives. The conversation also touches upon the challenges of institutional training, including material and financial barriers, the role of desire in formation, and the potential for democratizing psychoanalysis through online education and networks. Register for “Frontiers of Psychoanalysis” by reaching out to Michael McAndrew at: mcandrew.mr [AT] gmail [DOT] com. Suggested registration fee is $70, please request sliding scale if needed. Check out related previous episodes: RU285: MICHAEL MCANDREW & PABLO LERNER ON HETERODOX PSYCHOANALYSIS RU News & Events: Join me Thursday, June 4th for The Queerness of Psychoanalysis: An Online Symposium, Freud Museum, London: https://www.freud.org.uk/event/the-queerness-of-psychoanalysis-an-online-symposium/ Sunday, June 7th, Emmalea Russo will continue her wildly popular series on poetry and psychoanalysis with REPETITION, RETURN, REBIRTH: On the psychoanalytic poetry of Cynthia Cruz and the Summer Solstice. https://www.tickettailor.com/events/renderingunconsciouscenterforpsychoanalysis/2152623 Saturday, June 13th, my Introduction to Psychoanalysis course continues! n the previous class, we reviewed Freud’s later works, including Group Psychology and Civilization and its Discontents. In this next class, we’ll be looking at Anna Freud, Melanie Klein, and the Controversial Discussions, as well as revolutionary psychoanalysts Wilhelm Reich and Otto Fenichel. On Wednesday, June 24th, join Freudian cinephile Mary Wild for The Man Who Fell Into Himself: David Bowie’s 1970s Transformations. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-man-who-fell-into-himself-david-bowies-1970s-transformations-tickets-1986912621136 All paid subscribers to RU Center for Psychoanalysis will receive the zoom links to attend these events live and the recordings will be archived at Substack. https://rucenterforpsychoanalysis.substack.com Full archive of RU Center events and CLASSES HERE: https://rucenterforpsychoanalysis.substack.com/t/classes See RU Center SCHEDULE OF EVENTS HERE: https://rucenterforpsychoanalysis.substack.com/p/schedule Rendering Unconscious is also a book: Rendering Unconscious: Psychoanalytic Perspectives, Politics & Poetry vols 1:1 & 1:2 (Trapart Books, 2024): https://amzn.to/4sOqSEu Thank you for being a paid subscriber to Rendering Unconscious Podcast. It makes my work possible. If you are so far a free subscriber, thanks to you too. Please consider becoming a paid subscriber to gain access to all the material on the site, including new, future, and archival podcast episodes. It’s so important to maintain independent spaces free from censorship and corporate influence. If you are interested in pursuing psychoanalytic treatment with me, please feel free to contact me directly: www.drvanessasinclair.net/contact/ Thank You.