Subscribe to get access to the full episode, the episode reading list, and all premium episodes! www.patreon.com/OrdinaryUnhappiness After a long chat about why people like and dislike horror – and an excursion into our childhood fears – we tackle John Carpenter’s 1978 classic film Halloween. We discuss sibling rivalry, bullying, uncanny objects, stranger d ... Show More
Oct 17
162: UberTherapy and Its Discontents feat. Elizabeth Cotton and Linda Michaels
Abby and Patrick are joined by Elizabeth Cotton, author of UberTherapy: The New Business of Mental Health, and Linda Michaels of the Psychotherapy Action Network (PsiAN), for a conversation about platform capitalism and datafication are reshaping psychotherapy, and how clinicians ... Show More
1h 34m
Oct 10
UNLOCKED: 149: Myth, Fate, and Desire: Narcissism, Part 2
Unlocked Patreon episode. Support Ordinary Unhappiness on Patreon to get access to all the exclusive episodes. patreon.com/OrdinaryUnhappinessAbby, Patrick, and Dan dig into the realms of myth and fable to investigate the ancient origins of the Narcissus myth. As they discover, b ... Show More
1h 25m
Oct 3
161: Wild Analysis: Sunset Boulevard
Subscribe to get access to the full episode, the episode reading list, and all premium episodes! www.patreon.com/OrdinaryUnhappiness“No one leaves a star – that’s what makes one a star!” In the latest installment of Wild Analysis, Abby and Dan discuss Billy Wilder’s classic 1950 ... Show More
3m 18s
Oct 2023
‘Halloween’ and what makes a good horror film
We’re entering Halloween weekend, so today we’re bringing you a special episode about why we like to be scared, and what scares us! We are dissecting the 1978 horror classic Halloween, by John Carpenter. This week marks its 45th anniversary. The film follows a masked serial kille ... Show More
22m 33s
Oct 2025
John Carpenter - Halloween (1978)
Halloween has come early, which is only fair as two of us are coming very late to Halloween, John Carpenter's genre-setting 1978 teen slasher classic. The adults are all busy at boring grown-up parties, the teens are constantly on the phone and swapping houses, and Michael Myers ... Show More
1 h