Ecrits: Lacan's Dialectic of Desire
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Woody and Lana try to make sense of "The subversion of the subject and the dialectic of desire in the Freudian unconscious" (a famously hard reading) from Lacan's Ecrits (a famously hard book). Freud, Hegel, Saussure, Roman Jakobson, Psychoanalysis, Structural Linguistics, Structuralism, Russian Formalism, metaphor, metonymy, The Interpretation of Dreams Get extra episodes on Patreon: Facebook group: Trash Talks Academy Email: [email protected] Theme song by Sun Kin
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Trump and Dump
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In a special bonus episode Woody sits down with a friend who didn’t want to use his real name because of his “job” or something (coward). This is a deep dive into President Deals himself, Donald J Trump. How’d he get in, what does he mean for America, and where are we going from here? You should probably play Green Day’s Time of Your Life while you listen to this one for the vibes - I wanted to put it in but I didn’t want to pay licensing fees.
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Not An Adam Curtis Interview
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Woody and Lana chat about the new doc, individualism vs. collectivism, and why even Adam Curtis has bad China takes. Adam Curtis, Can’t Get You Out of My Head, Lacan, China Get extra episodes on Patreon: Facebook group: Trash Talks Academy Email: [email protected] Theme song by Sun Kin
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[1] Propaganda *TEASER*
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In this first episode of her new investigative series “Balkanizing China,” Lana explores how propaganda works in a liberal democracy. To hear the full episode, subscribe to the Patreon: Eddie Bernays, Sigmund Freud, psychoanalysis, the Gulf War, Uyghur genocide, communism, democracy, liberalism, United Fruit, CIA, foreign intervention, coup, Guatemala, Iran, public relations, New York Times, TikTok, CSIS, Adrien Zenz, Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation, mass media, public interest, expert testimony, victim testimony, atrocity propaganda, “believe science,” NED,...
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Baudrillard vs. Biden's Reality Czar
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A close reading of the NYT article "How the Biden Administration Can Help Solve Our Reality Crisis," which can be read here: Patreon: Facebook group: Trash Talks Academy Email: Theme song by Sun Kin
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The Politics of Logging Off
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We read Jodi Dean's "Communicative Capitalism" and discuss the politics of logging off. (Zizek, psychoanalysis, technofetishism, interpassivity, depoliticization) Facebook group: Trash Talks Academy Patreon: Email: [email protected] Theme song by Sun Kin
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COUP LET THE DOGS OUT
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Woody and Lana talk psychoanalysis and fantasies of coup and civil war surrounding the election. Lacan, jouissance, fantasy structure, election, Trump, liberalism Facebook group: Trash Talks Academy Patreon: Twitter: Email: [email protected] Theme song by Sun Kin
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SOVEREIGN CITIZENS (they rule)
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Sovereign citizens (an oxymoron), the only cool libertarians (another oxymoron). We discuss libertarianism, anarchism, sovereign citizens (freemen), tax protesters, the redemption movement, identity, paper terrorism, financial schemes, legal grifting, QAnon, the FBI, CPS, and so on. Facebook group: Trash Talks Academy Patreon: Twitter: Email: [email protected] Theme song by Sun Kin
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The Work of Art in the Age of Lil Miquela
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This week we talk theory and virtual influencers. Who is Lil Miquela? What's her relation to capital? Why are tech bros obsessed with authenticity? How can performance studies and Teri Silvio's animation theory help us unpack the simulation? And what would Walter Benjamin have to say about all this? Theme song by Sun Kin Email us: [email protected]
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PILLED TO THE GILLS
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We're back, and we're pilled!
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Clowns; you mean them guys with the crazy hair and the big shoes? No (you fool, you oaf) we mean a different, much cooler thing. Something that’s both a style of performance and an archetype that exists in almost every world culture.
What do you talk about with a clown? Here’s a search engine tailored list of what we did:
Where did clowns come from? What is the history of clowning? What is the clown’s relationship to language?
Why do clowns exist? What is the function of the clown?
Ancient Chinese clowns (Lana said that one clown’s name wrong so you’ll just have to google it)
Paradox of the clown
Principles of clowning
Masks and concealing identity
Radical honesty
Presence
Bouffon
Native American clowns, clown society
Jester
Status, hierarchy
And of course Jacques Lecoq
If you want more of Dean, check out his immersive clown group Slow Dance in LA or check out the Bouffon troop he directs: Mil Grus. www.milgrus.com
Theme song by Sun Kin https://spoti.fi/33m0C83
Sound mixing by Olaf Woldan
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