The Autistic Subject - An Interview with Dr. Leon S. Brenner
In this episode we have on Dr. Leon S Brenner to discuss his book, The Autistic Subject: On the Threshold of Language. Through the lens of Freudian and Lacanian psychoanalysis, Brenner presents autism as a "mode of being", occupying its own linguistic structure alongside the neurotic and the psychotic. A fascinating read and an equally fascinating discussion, we highly recommend you give this a listen and read his groundbreaking book.
As we arrive at a definition of autistic being and its particularities, Brenner provides eye-opening insights and wonderful metaphors for some of psychoanalysis' most fundamental concepts. Any listener, no matter their familiarity with Lacan or Freud, will benefit from this interview.
Here is a link to his book: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08JQ4QCQY?lv=shuf&channelId=500&plpRedirect=mhFallback (https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08JQ4QCQY?lv=shuf&channelId=500&plpRedirect=mhFallback) (p.s. Brenner himself said he's happy to see people downloading it for free :D )
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Music by Fabulizer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u4rguCBGPP0&list=RDu4rguCBGPP0&start_radio=1 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u4rguCBGPP0&list=RDu4rguCBGPP0&start_radio=1)
18 Mar 2026
Interview with Dr. Derek Hook: Fanon, Psychoanalysis, and Critical Decolonial Psychology
What explains the "madness" of Race? Its excessive and violent intensities? Its tenacious persistence beyond the economic interests of the ruling class? Any serious analysis of Race must take into account its contradictory, libidinal, and bodily aspects (in addition to discursive and economic analysis). To this end, Dr. Hook takes his readers and us on a body-horroresque journey through the nightmarish contradictions of race, where erotic charge and murderous hatred feed one another, where fantasy disrupts the body, and where racism sinks its teeth into the flesh.
We are excited to bring you this interview with Dr. Derek Hook concerning all of this and more. Enjoy!
Find us on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCK_VrSXB5G4gOVOcGC6INxA (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCK_VrSXB5G4gOVOcGC6INxA)
Music by Fabulizer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u4rguCBGPP0&list=RDu4rguCBGPP0&start_radio=1 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u4rguCBGPP0&list=RDu4rguCBGPP0&start_radio=1)
Derek Hook's YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@derekhookonlacan (https://www.youtube.com/@derekhookonlacan)
Buy Derek Hook's Book: https://www.routledge.com/Fanon-Psychoanalysis-and-Critical-Decolonial-Psychology-The-Mind-of-Apartheid/Hook/p/book/9781032308012 (https://www.routledge.com/Fanon-Psychoanalysis-and-Critical-Decolonial-Psychology-The-Mind-of-Apartheid/Hook/p/book/9781032308012)
12 Dec 2025
The Death Drive: An Introduction from Freud to Lacan
In this episode we offer an introduction to the Death Drive, starting from Freud's coining of the term, Lacan's contribution to the idea, and ending with its effects on society.
The Death Drive is a fundamental psychoanalytic concept that informs so much of our worldview, how lack and excess constitutes us as subjects and our world as we experience it. This concept defines much of what it means to be human and that’s why we would like to take the time to explain it.
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