Richard Ledes, director of the films Adieu Lacan and V13, explains his process, namely, adapting French plays about psychoanalysis into English-language films. He connects the seduction of nascent fascism in 1913 Vienna to the present moment a century later.Find V13 on AppleTV, Prime VideoFind Ledes' catalogue at https://www.richardledes.com/Always more content at https://www.patreon.com/plasticpills
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Pill Pod 225 - Lacan on the Pervert
The Pill Pod looks at the structure of the perverts in Episode 5 of our series on Lacan. Find the other episodes at https://www.patreon.com/plasticpillsSources:Jacques Lacan - Seminar X, "The Subversion of the Subject and the Dialectic of Desire in the Freudian Unconscious", EcritsBruce Fink - Clinical Introduction to Lacanian Psychoanalysis
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Pill Pod 224 - ChatGPT Psychosis: A Lacanian Interpretation
The Pill Pod looks at the chatbot psychosis phenomenon and compares it to Lacan's clinical structure of psychosis.This is Episode 4 of our series on Lacan. Find the other episodes Ad-Free at https://www.patreon.com/plasticpillsSources:Jacques Lacan - Seminar IIIBruce Fink - Clinical Introduction to Lacanian Psychoanalysis"People Are Losing Loved Ones to AI-Fueled Spiritual Fantasies" Rolling Stone: https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-features/ai-spiritual-delusions-destroying-human-relationships-1235330175/"They Asked an A.I. Chatbot Questions. The Answers Sent them Spiraling" New York Times: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/13/technology/chatgpt-ai-chatbots-conspiracies.html
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Pill Pod 221 - Capitalist Realism
1Dime joins Erik and Victor to discuss Mark Fisher's Capitalist Realism. We cover the popularity of the book, the term, and then wonder whether left-populist electoral campaigns perform the same cathartic function as anti-capitalist TV shows.See more from 1Dime: https://www.youtube.com/@1DimeeAll our public episodes are ad-free: https://www.patreon.com/plasticpills
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Pill Pod 220 - Lacan: The Other of Language (preview)
We wanted to review some Lacan because everybody's still desiring, and Bruce Fink's Lacanian Subject (1995) is quite often touted as the best unofficial intro, and we can see why.Get this and all our eps at https://www.patreon.com/plasticpillsThis is the book: https://amzn.to/4oubPxQ
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