The Fundamentalists

Madness

What is madness? This week we jump into the issue of what a psychotic delusion actually is and what it has to do with lobsters.

OK, Human

This week Elliott gets to talk about his favorite band - Weezer. During the conversation we touch on a number of themes including Death of the Author, the difference between the Jungian and Freudian unconscious and how to turn the water blue in your toilet.

Robinhood

This week we offer a friendly, philosophic-ish take on the battle that recently erupted between r/WallStreetBets and Wall Street.

In the chat, Peter refers to a speech that you can hear by clicking this link https://youtu.be/-OP5OLBauCg

Exorcism

Some of us feel a too-muchness in our lives. A sense that there is something excessive in our experience that we must try to get rid of. In short, the feeling that we need an exorcism. This week Peter and Elliott talk about this experience and how it manifests in the contemporary world. Along the way, they veer into the territory of politics by exploring the social meaning of the Real and Ideology. 

Fog of War

This week Peter and Elliott sit down to discuss their respective thoughts on what's happening in the US with the most recent unrest in Washington DC. Along the way they touch on the Northern Irish Troubles, Repression and the Politics of Difference.

Knowledge

What is the relationship between thought and reality? Can we know anything? Is truth possible? Or is everything we believe simply a product of our environment. Join Pete and Elliott as explore the scope and limitations of knowledge. 

Happiness

Is lasting happiness possible? Perhaps. But at what cost? This week the boys jump into the distinction that is made in psychoanalysis between happiness and desire. Happiness being a position that lacks the courage to grasp desire. Along the way Peter's interest in Hegel and Elliott's belief in aliens briefly meet in the idea of Hegaliens.

Survival

Is it the end of the world, or the end of our world? This week the boys explore the hidden messages that exist in people's anxiety about the apocalypse and alien invasion.

Dreamwork

Freud called dreams the 'royal road to the unconscious'. In other words, your seemingly bizarre and random night-time visions can offer a unique insight into the forces that drive us. In this episode, Peter and Elliott talk about how we might go about deciphering these secret messages that we send to ourselves.

New Normal

This week Pete and Elliott talk about The New Normal, Hegel’s Bad Infinity, The Vow, Unproductive Therapy, and how to work out whether Trump or Biden will win.