What do Freudian slips, Josie and the Pussycats, and solving math problems have in common? Psychoanalysis claims to have some answers! Sigmund Freud suggests that unconscious desires, fears, and trauma influence us without us being conscious of them. In pop culture, the unconscious is often depicted as the realm of dirty thoughts and subliminal messages, but ... Show More
Jan 27
Talking Politics with Sarah Stein Lubrano
Why does talking about politics so often feel useless? In episode 158 of Overthink, Ellie and David speak with Sarah Stein Lubrano, author of Don’t Talk About Politics: How to Change 21st-Century Minds, about why discourse is not the solution to political polarization. They discu ... Show More
54m 16s
Feb 2021
Sigmund Freud in 10 Minutes
<p>Sigmund Freud was a neurologist most popularly known as the founding father of psychoanalysis. He popularised and structured the concept of “the unconscious”. Some of his most popular concepts include: id, ego and super ego, Oedipus complex, free association, repression, libi ... Show More
10 m
Jun 2022
76: Dreams & Consciousness: Man and His Symbols
"A story told by the conscious mind has a beginning, a development, and an end, but the same is not true of a dream. Its dimensions in time and space are quite different; to understand it you must examine it from every aspect-just as you may take an unknown object in your hands a ... Show More
1h 19m