Ordinary Unhappiness
A podcast about psychoanalysis, politics, pop culture, and the ways we suffer now, featuring Abby Kluchin & Patrick Blanchfield
Podcasting since 2023 • 141 episodes
Ordinary Unhappiness
Latest Episodes
127: Projective Identification Part I feat. Brian Ngo-Smith
Abby and Patrick welcome psychoanalyst and clinical social worker Brian Ngo-Smith for a conversation about one of the most difficult but powerful concepts in psychoanalytic theory: projective identification. A notion that demands simultaneously...
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Episode 127
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1:48:36
126: Mailbag Part 2: Searching for the Self Teaser
Subscribe to get access to the full episode, the episode reading list, and all premium episodes! www.patreon.com/OrdinaryUnhappinessIt’s part two of our mailbag episode – which mea...
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Episode 126
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4:03
125: Demons, Community, and Conversion Therapy feat. Grace Byron
Abby and Patrick are joined by writer Grace Byron, author of the fantastic new novel Herculine. Alternately hilarious and terrifying, Herculine is the story of a young trans woman who leaves a frustrating life in New York City...
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Episode 125
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1:27:30
124: Mailbag: Uses of Theory and AI Grinchiness Teaser
Subscribe to get access to the full episode, the episode reading list, and all premium episodes! www.patreon.com/OrdinaryUnhappinessIt’s another mailbag episode (part one of two)! ...
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Episode 124
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3:30
123: Polymorphous Perversity and Gender Pleasure feat. Lucie Fielding
Abby and Patrick are joined by therapist and sexuality educator Lucie Fielding. First, the three talk about Lucie’s path to clinical work and the significance of her book, Trans Sex, just out in a revised Second Edition. They then turn...
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Episode 123
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