This podcast brings together a diverse group of thinkers around a central topic of concern. I recently enjoyed Schwartz’s 2019 interview of Tracy Morgan and Anna Fishzon regarding their own podcast on books by psychoanalysts. The conversation touched points of interest such as the tension between theory and practical application in psychoanalysis as well as the devotion to preserve insight into the unconscious mind in the face of societal attack or disregard. I found myself quite entranced with the openness of these three practitioners to hold space for each other’s exploration in many directions and wondered how I could facilitate such openness in my own profession. Really a treasure

Finally. I’ve been looking for just such a podcast where the rubber meets the road (psychoanalysis meets the nuanced struggles of our time.) These conversations are priceless. Thank you!

Fascinating & diverse episodes, carefully paced, and very insightful.

We have a severe mental health crisis in this country and the podcast is about painting birds? Our country is collapsing into fascism because people’s needs aren’t being met but by all means wile away the hour in your “consulting room.”

So grateful for the diverse range of subjects and practitioners- this podcast series encourages critical engagement with the subjects in a marvelous way.

Love listening to this podcast. Lots to think about after.

This podcast is great! I work in community mental health and wish I could be trained in psychoanalysis but the training is inaccessible unless you have years and money on your hand.

I have only recently discovered this podcast as a push to find resources that can help me generalize newly integrating psychoanalytic and psychodynamic formulation, diagnosis, and treatment that I am learning to apply in my training. This has been doing just that, and I find myself able to use the interviews in conceptualization of my own patients pretty immediately, and that the more I listen as I learn, the more I am able to connect and relate information to have a deeper understanding. I find this now critical in my learning.

A superb collection of interviews with highly creative people who apply psychoanalytic thinking in myriad ways. It is full of fascinating ideas which are brought out by the excellent interviewers. Everyone, including mental health professionals, will come away from these podcasts with new knowledge that they can use in their lives.

What a fabulous reprieve it is to listen to this podcast. For anyone unsure about how psychoanalytic thinking and practice is still applicable, relevant, and extremely important, this podcast will be of great use. Thank you!

Would love it if you could skip the lengthy intro where you tell us at length what you’re going to talk about and just let us hear it directly from your guests. Honestly, this is where the reputation of psychoanalysis taking itself too seriously becomes evident. Cut to the chase. I want to hear it from your guests, not you. I am a whole hearted supporter of psychoanalysis. Please, cut us some slack in the beginning and get to your guests.

I am so impressed to hear about psychoanalysis in other countries. It’s so comforting to learn other people’s response to talking to patients by Zoom, and to treating patients for fears we ourselves possess. Such a treat!

I’m a psychologist and my psychiatrist suggested the podcast when I talked about the way that psychotherapy/psychoanalytic psychotherapy have changed during the coronavirus with telemedicine. The episodes that I’ve listened to are interesting and Harvey’s questions are intelligent and to the point.

There has not been a podcast before or after its existence that offers the professional and layman alike into the brilliant and intricate world of psychoanalysis. The marriage of psychoanalysis and the "outside world" is greatfully portrayed in this important podcast. Let the bells ring loud and clear: This podcast is a must-hear for all psychodynamically/analytically-oriented professionals and minds. B-R-A-V-O!

So rare to see analytic thinking applied to situations other than clinical encounters. Wonderful way to promote the value of the field.

O Lord, my ears. again this enlightened western buddhism. where is the subjectivation? where is the question of culture and helping the subject interact with it? where are the current contemporary issues What does the psychiatric association do when the ethical problems of masculinity and feminism have long been identified by Aristotle, and you treat them with pharmacology - creating new problems. Masculine republics give a way to feminine democrats and feminine democrats give a way to trinity. Wrong ideas

Fascinating material, great content and from an IPA point of view

I’ve listen to a few of these and the quality is really good. Very recommended.

As a layman, I appreciate the sense and sensibility Harvey and Don bring to this subject. Especially like the clinical examples, good stories that illuminate a point. TJF/Philadelphia