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The Pill Pod is hosted by a group of PhDs offering their irreverent (and unsolicited) takes on critical theory, philosophy, culture, and politics.

  1. Pill Pod 229 - Theory of the Gooner: Baudrillard vs Lacan

    OCT 31

    Pill Pod 229 - Theory of the Gooner: Baudrillard vs Lacan

    Have a look at our exclusive content https://www.patreon.com/plasticpills The Pill Pod reads Daniel Kolitz' anthropology of the gooners in Harper's Magazine https://harpers.org/archive/2025/11/the-goon-squad-daniel-kolitz-porn-masturbation-loneliness/ and we find it's all connected man Other sources cited included Lacan Seminar X, Freud Beyond the Pleasure Principle, and Baudrillard Transparency of Evil

    1h 13m
  2. Pill Pod 228 - Lacan: Traversing the Fantasy $♢a

    OCT 30

    Pill Pod 228 - Lacan: Traversing the Fantasy $♢a

    Full Ad-free Lacan series: https://www.patreon.com/plasticpills We conclude our Lacan series with what Fink says is the desired end of Lacanian psychoanalysis. And, the ends of psychoanalysis coincide with some valuable insights for Lacan's theorizing beyond psychoanalysis.  Works cited are Fink's Lacanian Subject (ch. 5; https://amzn.to/4qz1Fgx) and A Clinical Introduction to Lacanian Psychoanalysis (ch. 10; https://amzn.to/4hAIKh5).

    1h 36m

  3. OCT 9

    Freud on Film: An Interview with Richard Ledes

    Richard Ledes, director of the films Adieu Lacan and V13, explains his process, namely, adapting French plays about psychoanalysis into English-language films. He connects the seduction of nascent fascism in 1913 Vienna to the present moment a century later. Find V13 on AppleTV, Prime Video Find Ledes' catalogue at https://www.richardledes.com/ Always more content at https://www.patreon.com/plasticpills

    48 min
  4. Pill Pod 225 - Lacan on the Pervert

    OCT 6

    Pill Pod 225 - Lacan on the Pervert

    The Pill Pod looks at the structure of the perverts in Episode 5 of our series on Lacan. Find the other episodes at https://www.patreon.com/plasticpills Sources: Jacques Lacan - Seminar X, "The Subversion of the Subject and the Dialectic of Desire in the Freudian Unconscious", Ecrits Bruce Fink - Clinical Introduction to Lacanian Psychoanalysis

    1h 13m

  5. SEP 19

    Pill Pod 224 - ChatGPT Psychosis: A Lacanian Interpretation

    The Pill Pod looks at the chatbot psychosis phenomenon and compares it to Lacan's clinical structure of psychosis. This is Episode 4 of our series on Lacan. Find the other episodes Ad-Free at https://www.patreon.com/plasticpills Sources: Jacques Lacan - Seminar III Bruce Fink - Clinical Introduction to Lacanian Psychoanalysis "People Are Losing Loved Ones to AI-Fueled Spiritual Fantasies" Rolling Stone: https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-features/ai-spiritual-delusions-destroying-human-relationships-1235330175/ "They Asked an A.I. Chatbot Questions. The Answers Sent them Spiraling" New York Times: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/13/technology/chatgpt-ai-chatbots-conspiracies.html

    1h 18m

  6. SEP 12

    Pill Pod 221 - Capitalist Realism

    1Dime joins Erik and Victor to discuss Mark Fisher's Capitalist Realism. We cover the popularity of the book, the term, and then wonder whether left-populist electoral campaigns perform the same cathartic function as anti-capitalist TV shows. See more from 1Dime: https://www.youtube.com/@1Dimee All our public episodes are ad-free: https://www.patreon.com/plasticpills

    1h 8m

  7. AUG 15

    Pill Pod 220 - Lacan: The Other of Language (preview)

    We wanted to review some Lacan because everybody's still desiring, and Bruce Fink's Lacanian Subject (1995) is quite often touted as the best unofficial intro, and we can see why. Get this and all our eps at https://www.patreon.com/plasticpills This is the book: https://amzn.to/4oubPxQ

    15 min
  8. Pill Pod 219 - Peter Thiel's Deranged Apocalypticism

    AUG 11

    Pill Pod 219 - Peter Thiel's Deranged Apocalypticism

    In a recent interview with the New York Times Peter Thiel, one of the world's most powerful men, gave ample evidence that he should be institutionalized before he hurts anyone else. Link to the full interview https://youtu.be/vV7YgnPUxcU?si=qSLrUmKeEblb4jYS Find all our episodes ad-free at https://www.patreon.com/plasticpills

    58 min
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