
Ordinary Unhappiness
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Published by Abby Kluchin, Patrick Blanchfield, and Dan Yowell
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<p>A podcast about psychoanalysis, politics, pop culture, and the ways we suffer now, featuring Abby Kluchin & Patrick Blanchfield</p>
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Recent Episodes

September 19, 2026
159: Karen Horney: Narcissism, Part 7 Teaser
Abby, Patrick, and Dan explore Karen Horney's insights into American narcissism, offering a deeper understanding of this complex psychological trait.

September 12, 2026
158: On the Impossibility of Being a Real Man feat. Robin Dembroff
Host Abby and Patrick interview philosopher Robin Dembroff about the origins, uses, and enduring power of the term "patriarchy" and its impact on modern discourse.

September 5, 2026
157: Wild Analysis: Backrooms Teaser
Abby, Patrick, and Dan interview Kane Parsons about his hit movie "Backrooms" exploring its cultural anxieties and success.
177 total episodes available with 65 transcripts
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158: On the Impossibility of Being a Real Man feat. Robin Dembroff
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[…] Man is not a person. Man is an imaginary. It's a mythological construct of a being who is at the pinnacle of existence. And this identity of man is defined and understood not only in contrast to woman, but certainly also in contrast to woman. But there are two other dimensions that we've just completely left out of our feminist theorizing, which I think are essential to understanding how this system works. which is that man is contrasted to not only woman, but also to animal and to child. And this is how man actually has a trinity, a Trinitarian identity, a triune identity of not just the male, but the male adult human or the male human adult. […]
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