Rendering Unconscious Podcast: Psychoanalysis & Culture

Watch the full episode here: https://renderingunconscious.substack.com/p/ru427-susan-schwartz-on-absent-fathers Rendering Unconscious welcomes Dr. Susan Schwartz back to the podcast! She’s here to talk about her newest book Absent Fathers, Yearning Sons A Jungian Analysis of the Father-Son Dynamic (Routledge, 2026). https://susanschwartzphd.com/product/absent-fathers-yearning-sons/ Rendering Unconscious episode 427. On this episode, Susan discusses her newest book Absent Fathers, Yearning Sons A Jungian Analysis of the Father-Son Dynamic. Building on the success of her previous work The Absent Father Effect on Daughters: Father Desire, Father Wounds (Routledge, 2020) exploring the father/daughter relationship, Susan turns her attention to the father/son dynamic in this compelling new work. Her exploration sheds light on the unspoken grief and unresolved tensions that ripple through families and society, providing a fresh perspective on Jungian concepts regarding this critical yet underexplored subject. In particular, she looks at the Jungian concept of the shadow, as well as the search for the self. Susan E. Schwartz, Ph.D. is a Jungian analyst educated in Zurich, Switzerland. For many years Susan has been giving workshops and presentations at numerous local, national, community and professional organizations, and lectures worldwide on various aspects of Jungian analysis. https://susanschwartzphd.com Check out previous episodes with this guest: https://renderingunconscious.substack.com/p/episodes RU Center for Psychoanalysis news and events: RU Center is hosting 2 year-long study groups 2026-2027. One on Lacan's Seminar XXIV, and another on Lara Sheehi's From the Clinic to the Streets: Psychoanalysis for Revolutionary Futures. More info and sign up here: https://rucenterforpsychoanalysis.substack.com Join in any time! All classes and events at RU Center have been recorded and archived at RU Center for Psychoanalysis Substack under CLASSES so you haven’t missed a thing. https://rucenterforpsychoanalysis.substack.com/t/classes You may find the SCHEDULE of upcoming and past events HERE. https://rucenterforpsychoanalysis.substack.com/p/schedule I have also launched 2 new psychoanalytic supervision groups! Join Dr. Sinclair’s Psychoanalytic Supervision Groups HERE. https://drvanessasinclair.substack.com/about Thank you for being a paid subscriber to Rendering Unconscious Podcast. It makes my work possible. If you are so far a free subscriber, thanks to you too. Please consider becoming a paid subscriber to gain access to all the material on the site, including new, future, and archival podcast episodes. It’s so important to maintain independent spaces free from censorship and corporate influence. Rendering Unconscious is also a book: Rendering Unconscious: Psychoanalytic Perspectives, Politics & Poetry vols 1:1 & 1:2 (Trapart Books, 2024): amzn.to/4sOqSEu If you are interested in pursuing psychoanalytic treatment or individual supervision with me, please feel free to contact me directly: www.drvanessasinclair.net/contact/ Thanks to Carl Abrahamsson for providing the intro and outro music for Rendering Unconscious Podcast. linktr.ee/CarlAbrahamsson The song at the end of this episode is "Deviation (Trust what you perceive)" from the album "Conceive ourselves" by Vanessa Sinclair and Pete Murphy: https://petemurphy.bandcamp.com/album/conceive-ourselves-2-2 Support indie artists: https://petemurphy.bandcamp.com Also available at Spotify and other streaming services. https://open.spotify.com/artist/3xKEE2NPGatImt46OgaemY?si=iJVAevZ1TA-CDErf_kwqEw Links to everything can be found at: https://linktr.ee/renderingunconscious

Watch the full episode here: https://renderingunconscious.substack.com/p/ru426-julie-reshe-on-the-negative Rendering Unconscious welcomes Dr. Julie Reshe back to the podcast! Rendering Unconscious episode 426. On this episode, Julie discusses negative psychoanalysis, trauma as initiation, satanic feminism, humor, non-belonging, and her creative work. Julie describes negative psychoanalysis as exposing the impossibility of cure, rather than prescribing sadness. She frames trauma as initiation into knowledge that can disrupt a person’s life narrative, rather than as merely a symptom to eliminate, with the understanding that trauma resists being captured by language. We also discuss experiences of relocation, non-belonging, and their connection to creative work. Read more about Julie and the Negative Course HERE. https://juliereshe.substack.com/p/entrance-to-the-negative-course-initiation Check out her books Negative Psychoanalysis for the Living Dead (2023), Death and Love: Psychoanalytic and Philosophical Perspectives (2025), and Negative Essays (2026). https://www.juliereshe.com/book Join Julie’s Trauma as Initiation workshop Thursday, October 29th at 7PM London time. https://juliereshe.substack.com/p/trauma-workshop-29-october-7pm-london Sign up for the Negative Course through Patreon https://www.patreon.com/cw/juliereshe/home and/or Substack. https://juliereshe.substack.com The Negative Course is dedicated to exploring the negative sides of existence — death, depression, trauma, loss, pessimism — without insisting on healing, recovery, or finding a positive twist in them. It is a safe space in a world of toxic positivity. Check out previous episodes with this guest: https://renderingunconscious.substack.com/p/episodes RU Center for Psychoanalysis news and events: RU Center is hosting 2 year-long study groups 2026-2027. One on Lacan's Seminar XXIV, and another on Lara Sheehi's From the Clinic to the Streets: Psychoanalysis for Revolutionary Futures. More info and sign up here: https://rucenterforpsychoanalysis.substack.com Join in any time! All classes and events at RU Center have been recorded and archived at RU Center for Psychoanalysis Substack under CLASSES so you haven’t missed a thing. https://rucenterforpsychoanalysis.substack.com/t/classes You may find the SCHEDULE of upcoming and past events HERE. https://rucenterforpsychoanalysis.substack.com/p/schedule I have also launched 2 new psychoanalytic supervision groups! Join Dr. Sinclair’s Psychoanalytic Supervision Groups HERE. https://drvanessasinclair.substack.com/about Thank you for being a paid subscriber to Rendering Unconscious Podcast. It makes my work possible. If you are so far a free subscriber, thanks to you too. Please consider becoming a paid subscriber to gain access to all the material on the site, including new, future, and archival podcast episodes. It’s so important to maintain independent spaces free from censorship and corporate influence. Rendering Unconscious is also a book: Rendering Unconscious: Psychoanalytic Perspectives, Politics & Poetry vols 1:1 & 1:2 (Trapart Books, 2024): amzn.to/4sOqSEu If you are interested in pursuing psychoanalytic treatment or individual supervision with me, please feel free to contact me directly: www.drvanessasinclair.net/contact/ Thanks to Carl Abrahamsson for providing the intro and outro music for Rendering Unconscious Podcast. linktr.ee/CarlAbrahamsson The song at the end of this episode is "Satan's Sermon" from the album "Conceive ourselves" by Vanessa Sinclair and Pete Murphy: https://petemurphy.bandcamp.com/album/conceive-ourselves-2-2 Support indie artists: https://petemurphy.bandcamp.com Also available at Spotify and other streaming services. https://open.spotify.com/artist/3xKEE2NPGatImt46OgaemY?si=iJVAevZ1TA-CDErf_kwqEw Links to everything can be found at: https://linktr.ee/renderingunconscious

Watch the full episode here: https://renderingunconscious.substack.com/p/ru425-chaweon-koo-on-magic-as-central Rendering Unconscious welcomes Chaweon Koo back to the podcast! https://linktr.ee/chaweonkoo Rendering Unconscious episode 425. On this episode, Chaweon explores how spiritual practice, meditation, and magic support personal integration amidst rapid social and technological change. Western occult ritual, modern psychology, and meditation within Buddha Dharma and other non-dual traditions may provide the fluidity needed to navigate waves of transmuting conditions. Chaweon emphasizes how daily practice, rather than isolated rituals, has become central to her life. She describes deep meditation as training the mind, enabling magical work stemming from “the void,” a groundless source of creativity. With Brooke Stott, Chaweon contributed “Angels, Demons & Ketamine” to The Fenris Wolf vol 13 (2026) edited by Carl Abrahamsson and Vanessa Sinclair: https://link.amazon/B0cfV54sE Join Chaweon and Sarina Straussner online THIS Sunday, October 25th for Self-Compassion | Neurodivergent Toolbox. https://linktr.ee/chaweonkoo Check out previous episodes with this guest: RU259: CHAWEON KOO PRESENTS “ANGELS, DEMONS & KETAMINE” RU236: CHAWEON KOO ON SPELL BOUND: A NEW WITCH’S GUIDE TO CRAFTING THE FUTURE RU Center for Psychoanalysis news and events: Saturday, October 24th, Dr. Dan Collins will introduce his translation of Lacan’s Seminar XXIV. https://www.tickettailor.com/events/renderingunconsciouscenterforpsychoanalysis/2394013 This will jumpstart our second year long study group: Reading Lacan’s Seminar XXIV, beginning Saturday, November 21st and running through November 13th, 2027. Join in any time! All classes and events at RU Center have been recorded and archived at RU Center for Psychoanalysis Substack under CLASSES so you haven’t missed a thing. https://rucenterforpsychoanalysis.substack.com/t/classes You may find the SCHEDULE of upcoming and past events HERE. https://rucenterforpsychoanalysis.substack.com/p/schedule I have also launched 2 new psychoanalytic supervision groups! Join Dr. Sinclair’s Psychoanalytic Supervision Groups HERE. https://drvanessasinclair.substack.com/about Thank you for being a paid subscriber to Rendering Unconscious Podcast. It makes my work possible. If you are so far a free subscriber, thanks to you too. Please consider becoming a paid subscriber to gain access to all the material on the site, including new, future, and archival podcast episodes. It’s so important to maintain independent spaces free from censorship and corporate influence. Rendering Unconscious is also a book: Rendering Unconscious: Psychoanalytic Perspectives, Politics & Poetry vols 1:1 & 1:2 (Trapart Books, 2024): amzn.to/4sOqSEu If you are interested in pursuing psychoanalytic treatment or individual supervision with me, please feel free to contact me directly: www.drvanessasinclair.net/contact/ Thanks to Carl Abrahamsson for providing the intro and outro music for Rendering Unconscious Podcast. linktr.ee/CarlAbrahamsson The song at the end of this episode is "Message from Thee Temple" from the album "At Stockholm" https://psychictvwhitestains.bandcamp.com/album/at-stockholm Also available at Spotify and other streaming services. https://open.spotify.com/track/6w0GGbnqsV4TsVEuREuVp4?si=042d7e5ee25a4aee Links to everything can be found at: https://linktr.ee/renderingunconscious

Listen to the full episode here: https://renderingunconscious.substack.com/p/ru424-mary-wild-presents-obsessional Rendering Unconscious is now at Substack: https://renderingunconscious.substack.com RU424: MARY WILD PRESENTS OBSESSIONAL NEUROSIS ON FILM Rendering Unconscious episode 424. Rendering Unconscious welcomes Mary Wild back to the podcast! On this episode, Mary discusses her upcoming lecture at RU Center for Psychoanalysis online Wednesday, October 14th, Neurosis on Film, focusing on Breakfast at Tiffany’s (1961) directed by Blake Edwards, Hannah and Her Sisters (1986) directed by Woody Allen, Four Weddings and a Funeral (1994) directed by Mike Newell, Adaptation (2002) directed by Spike Jonze, Synecdoche, New York (2008) directed by Charlie Kaufman, and Les Amours Imaginaires (2010) directed by Xavier Dolan. Mary Wild @psycstar is a leading voice in cinema studies, and the creator of the Projections lecture series at Freud Museum London, applying psychoanalysis to film interpretation. She is the author of Psychoanalysing Horror Cinema (Routledge, 2025), and posts exclusive content on Patreon and Substack. https://linktr.ee/psycstar Monday, December 7th, Mary presents Projections: Cinematic Representations of Mental Illness online via Freud Museum, London. Event is 2 hours and will be recorded and made available for all those who register! https://www.freud.org.uk/event/projections-cinematic-representations-of-mental-illness-2/ RU Center for Psychoanalysis news and events: On Wednesday, October 14th, Mary Wild returns with Neurosis On Film, as part of her Projections series of events on psychoanalysis and cinema. MORE INFO & REGISTER HERE. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/neurosis-on-film-tickets-1998161293217 Saturday, October 24th, Dr. Dan Collins will introduce his translation of Lacan’s Seminar XXIV. https://www.tickettailor.com/events/renderingunconsciouscenterforpsychoanalysis/2394013 This will jumpstart our second year long study group: Reading Lacan’s Seminar XXIV, beginning Saturday, November 21st and running through November 13th, 2027. Join in any time! All classes and events at RU Center have been recorded and archived at RU Center for Psychoanalysis Substack under CLASSES so you haven’t missed a thing. https://rucenterforpsychoanalysis.substack.com/t/classes You may find the SCHEDULE of upcoming and past events HERE. https://rucenterforpsychoanalysis.substack.com/p/schedule I am also launching psychoanalytic supervision groups that begin in October! Join Dr. Sinclair’s Psychoanalytic Supervision Groups HERE. https://drvanessasinclair.substack.com/about Thank you for being a paid subscriber to Rendering Unconscious Podcast. It makes my work possible. If you are so far a free subscriber, thanks to you too. Please consider becoming a paid subscriber to gain access to all the material on the site, including new, future, and archival podcast episodes. It’s so important to maintain independent spaces free from censorship and corporate influence. Rendering Unconscious is also a book: Rendering Unconscious: Psychoanalytic Perspectives, Politics & Poetry vols 1:1 & 1:2 (Trapart Books, 2024): amzn.to/4sOqSEu If you are interested in pursuing psychoanalytic treatment or individual supervision with me, please feel free to contact me directly: www.drvanessasinclair.net/contact/ Thanks to Carl Abrahamsson for providing the intro and outro music for Rendering Unconscious Podcast. linktr.ee/CarlAbrahamsson The song at the end of this episode is "Lilith's Profound Secret" from the album "The Sexual is Provocative". https://petemurphy.bandcamp.com/album/the-sexual-is-provocative-4 Support indie artists and musicians! Visit Pete's Bandcamp: petemurphy.bandcamp.com Our music is also available at Spotify and other streaming services. open.spotify.com/artist/3xKEE2NPGatImt46OgaemY Links to everything can be found at: https://linktr.ee/renderingunconscious

RU423: SHEILA CAVANAGH ON BRACHA ETTINGER & JACQUES LACAN: PSYCHOANALYSIS, SEXUALITY & THE M/OTHER Watch the full video here: https://renderingunconscious.substack.com/p/ru423-sheila-cavanagh-on-bracha-l Rendering Unconscious welcomes Dr. Sheila Cavanagh back to the podcast! She’s here to talk about her new book Bracha L. Ettinger and Jacques Lacan: Psychoanalysis, Sexuality, and the M/other (Palgrave Macmillan, 2026). https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-032-23293-9 Rendering Unconscious episode 423. On this episode, Sheila discusses her work on Bracha Ettinger, including her new book, Bracha L. Ettinger and Jacques Lacan: Psychoanalysis, Sexuality, and the M/other, and how she ensures her work is Open Access. Sheila L. Cavanagh is Professor of Sociology, York University, Canada, and candidate at the Lacan School of Psychoanalysis. She co-edits Australian Feminist Studies and is former Chair of the Sexuality Studies Association in Canada. Cavanagh’s scholarship in gender, feminism, and Lacanian psychoanalysis has been published internationally. https://sheila.info.yorku.ca/selected-publications/ References for Sheila Cavanagh’s scholarship (most of which is Open Access) on Tiresias, transgender, and Transpsychoanalytics: Cavanagh, Sheila L. “Tiresias: Bracha L. Ettinger and the Transgression with-in-to the Feminine.” Femininity and Psychoanalysis. Routledge, 2019. 204-216. Cavanagh, Sheila L. “Transgender embodiment: A Lacanian approach.” The Psychoanalytic Review 105.3 (2018): 303-327. Cavanagh, Sheila L. “Transpsychoanalytics.” Transgender Studies Quarterly 4.3-4 (2017): 326-357. Cavanagh, Sheila Lynn. Bracha L. Ettinger and Jacques Lacan: Psychoanalysis, Sexuality, and the M/other. Palgrave Macmillan, 2026. –––––– Check out previous episode(s) with this guest: RU159: SHELDON GEORGE, DEREK HOOK, SHEILA CAVANAGH & MICHELLE STEPHENS ON LACAN & RACE: https://youtu.be/hvg2QroGUGU?si=LIfUMuM6MNYYaWmv –––––– Find your favorite Rendering Unconscious Podcast episodes and guests here: https://renderingunconscious.substack.com/p/episodes

Watch this RU episode here: https://renderingunconscious.substack.com/p/ru422-on-upcoming-events-at-ru-center Rendering Unconscious is now at Substack: https://renderingunconscious.substack.com RU422: ON UPCOMING EVENTS AT RU CENTER FOR PSYCHOANALYSIS & NEW PSYCHOANALYTIC SUPERVISION GROUPS Welcome to this special episode of Rendering Unconscious Podcast, where I review the past year of RU Center for Psychoanalysis and delineate what we having coming up in the second year! Rendering Unconscious episode 422. On this episode, I discuss upcoming programming at RU Center for Psychoanalysis, including two year long study groups: one on Dr. Lara Sheehi’s From the Clinic to the Streets: Psychoanalysis for Revolutionary Futures (2026) and another on Reading Lacan’s Seminar XXIV. I also review what we have done at RU Center over the past year and announce my psychoanalytic supervision groups, which launch in October! https://rucenterforpsychoanalysis.substack.com Join in any time! All classes and events at RU Center have been recorded and archived at RU Center for Psychoanalysis Substack under CLASSES so you haven’t missed a thing. https://rucenterforpsychoanalysis.substack.com/t/classes You may find the SCHEDULE of upcoming and past events HERE. https://rucenterforpsychoanalysis.substack.com/p/schedule I am also launching psychoanalytic supervision groups that begin in October! Join Dr. Sinclair’s Psychoanalytic Supervision Groups HERE. https://drvanessasinclair.substack.com/about News and events: See you THIS Saturday, September 12th, for the final class in my year long An Introduction to Psychoanalysis course! We’ll be taking a look at the life and work of Frantz Fanon, liberation psychology, R.D. Laing, Thomas Szasz, and the anti-psychiatry movement, as well as Patricia Gherovici’s The Puerto Rican Syndrome (2003). We will be meeting online for 2 hours beginning at 18:00 Stockholm (9AM Vancouver/ 12PM NYC/ 5PM London/ 19:00 Beirut). MORE INFO & SIGN UP HERE. https://rucenterforpsychoanalysis.substack.com/p/see-you-tomorrow-for-an-intro-to Monday, October 5th: Dr. Lara Sheehi will be joining us to present on Fanon. https://www.tickettailor.com/events/renderingunconsciouscenterforpsychoanalysis/2392312 This will provide a foundation for the close reading we will be doing of her book From the Clinic to the Streets: Psychoanalysis for Revolutionary Futures (2026), beginning Saturday, November 14th and running through December 11th, 2027. On Wednesday, October 14th, Mary Wild returns with Neurosis On Film, as part of her Projections series of events on psychoanalysis and cinema. MORE INFO & REGISTER HERE. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/neurosis-on-film-tickets-1998161293217 Saturday, October 24th, Dr. Dan Collins will introduce his translation of Lacan’s Seminar XXIV. https://www.tickettailor.com/events/renderingunconsciouscenterforpsychoanalysis/2394013 This will jumpstart our second year long study group: Reading Lacan’s Seminar XXIV, beginning Saturday, November 21st and running through November 13th, 2027. Rounding out October, Dr. Mikita Brottman presents The Uncanny as Creative Catalyst, Wednesday, October 28th. MORE INFO & REGISTER HERE. https://www.tickettailor.com/events/renderingunconsciouscenterforpsychoanalysis/2341560 All paid subscribers at RU Center for Psychoanalysis receive ZOOM LINKS to attend ALL RU Center events LIVE, PLUS events are recorded and archived under CLASSES, so you may watch them at your own pace. https://rucenterforpsychoanalysis.substack.com The two year-long study groups are reserved for paid subscribers at RU Center for Psychoanalysis. But you do not have to be a paid subscriber to RU Center for Psychoanalysis to attend the other events! You may register for individual events by clicking on the links provided. Proceeds raised in this fashion go towards paying our presenters. Links to everything can be found at: https://linktr.ee/renderingunconscious

Rendering Unconscious is now at Substack: https://renderingunconscious.substack.com Welcome to this special episode of Rendering Unconscious! RU421: Sobre la traducción de Género sin Identidad (On the Translation of Gender Without Identity) https://renderingunconscious.substack.com/p/ru421-sobre-la-traduccion-de-genero Sobre la traducción de Género sin Identidad y otros retos para el psicoanálisis contemporáneo (On the Translation of Gender Without Identity and Other Challenges for Contemporary Psychoanalysis) Rendering Unconscious episode 421. On this episode, authors Ann Pellegrini and Avgi Saketopoulou join translators Carolina Besoain, Tomás Ojeda and Andrea Rihm of Colectivo Trenza, to discuss the Spanish translation of Gender Without Identity, Género sin Identidad, published by Alejandro Cerda Rueda of Paradiso Editores. Hosted by Erika Olmos Rosas of Casa Trieb. Follow Paradiso Editores on Instagram. https://www.instagram.com/paradisoeditores/ Check out previous episode(s): RU413: ON THE SPANISH TRANSLATION OF GENDER WITHOUT IDENTITY BY PARADISO EDITORES: https://renderingunconscious.substack.com/p/ru411-ann-pellegrini-avgi-saketopoulou News & events: September 12th is the final class in my Intro to Psychoanalysis year long course! We'll focus on Frantz Fanon and liberation psychology, and take a look at Thomas Szasz, R.D. Laing and the anti-psychiatry movement, as well as Patricia Gherovici’s The Puerto Rican Syndrome. That will set us up nicely for what we’re diving into next: a close reading of From the Clinic to the Streets: Psychoanalysis for Revolutionary Futures (2026) by Dr. Lara Sheehi. Paid subscribers at RU Center for Psychoanalysis Substack gain access to all RU Center events! https://rucenterforpsychoanalysis.substack.com Rendering Unconscious is also a book: Rendering Unconscious: Psychoanalytic Perspectives, Politics & Poetry vols 1:1 & 1:2 (Trapart Books, 2024): https://amzn.to/4sOqSEu Thank you for being a paid subscriber to Rendering Unconscious Podcast. It makes my work possible. If you are so far a free subscriber, thanks to you too. Please consider becoming a paid subscriber to gain access to all the material on the site, including new, future, and archival podcast episodes. It’s so important to maintain independent spaces free from censorship and corporate influence. If you are interested in pursuing psychoanalytic treatment or supervision with me, please feel free to contact me directly: www.drvanessasinclair.net/contact/ Links to everything can be found at: https://linktr.ee/renderingunconscious Enjoy! Thank You.

Watch the full episode here: https://renderingunconscious.substack.com/p/ru420-luca-di-gregorio-on-lacan-in Rendering Unconscious is now at Substack: https://renderingunconscious.substack.com RU420: DR LUCA DI GREGORIO ON LACAN IN ITALY: CLINIC, POLITICS, AESTHETICS Rendering Unconscious welcomes Dr. Luca Di Gregorio to the podcast! He’s here to talk about his new book Lacan in Italy: Clinic, Politics, Aesthetics (2025). https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-031-91528-4 Rendering Unconscious episode 420. On this episode, Luca discusses his book, Lacan in Italy: Clinic, Politics, Aesthetics (2025), which explores the reception and impact of Lacanian psychoanalysis in Italy. Luca elaborates on the ways in which his doctoral project expanded from the aesthetic domain to include clinical, political, and social aspects. He highlights the mainstreaming of psychoanalysis in Italy, its public discourse, and the contributions of Italian Lacanians like Massimo Recalcati. Luca emphasizes the transformative power of psychoanalysis, its integration into medical education, and shares his own personal journey. We also touch upon the potential for psychoanalysis to address contemporary issues and the importance of cross-cultural exchange in psychoanalytic thought. Luca Di Gregorio is Senior Teaching Fellow in Medical Education in the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Southampton, UK, and Deputy Director of the Southampton Centre for Medical and Health Humanities. News & events: Next up at RU Center, The Poetry of Psychoanalysis series with author and astrologer Emmalea Russo continues September 6th on DH Lawrence and his Fantasia of the Unconscious for the Autumn Equinox: https://www.tickettailor.com/events/renderingunconsciouscenterforpsychoanalysis/2315469 September 12th is the final class in my Intro to Psychoanalysis year long course! We'll focus on Frantz Fanon and liberation psychology, and take a look at Thomas Szasz, R.D. Laing and the anti-psychiatry movement, as well as Patricia Gherovici’s The Puerto Rican Syndrome. That will set us up nicely for what we’re diving into next: a close reading of From the Clinic to the Streets: Psychoanalysis for Revolutionary Futures (2026) by Dr. Lara Sheehi. Paid subscribers at RU Center for Psychoanalysis Substack gain access to these and all RU Center events! https://rucenterforpsychoanalysis.substack.com Rendering Unconscious is also a book: Rendering Unconscious: Psychoanalytic Perspectives, Politics & Poetry vols 1:1 & 1:2 (Trapart Books, 2024): https://amzn.to/4sOqSEu Thank you for being a paid subscriber to Rendering Unconscious Podcast. It makes my work possible. If you are so far a free subscriber, thanks to you too. Please consider becoming a paid subscriber to gain access to all the material on the site, including new, future, and archival podcast episodes. It’s so important to maintain independent spaces free from censorship and corporate influence. If you are interested in pursuing psychoanalytic treatment or supervision with me, please feel free to contact me directly: www.drvanessasinclair.net/contact/ As always, huge thanks to Carl Abrahamsson for providing the intro and outro music for Rendering Unconscious Podcast. https://linktr.ee/CarlAbrahamsson The song at the end of this episode is "Transmit" from the album "Dream exploded". https://petemurphy.bandcamp.com/album/dream-exploded-7 Support indie artists and musicians! Visit Pete's Bandcamp: https://petemurphy.bandcamp.com Our music is also available at Spotify and other streaming services. https://open.spotify.com/artist/3xKEE2NPGatImt46OgaemY Links to everything can be found at: https://linktr.ee/renderingunconscious Enjoy! Thank You.

Watch the full episode here: https://renderingunconscious.substack.com/p/ru419-jason-haaf-and-scooter-laforge Rendering Unconscious is now at Substack: https://renderingunconscious.substack.com RU419: JASON HAAF & SCOOTER LAFORGE ON WASTELAND, THIRD MINDS & MADONNA WEARING SCOOTER'S DESIGN Rendering Unconscious welcomes Jason Haaf and Scooter LaForge to the podcast! Rendering Unconscious episode 419. On this episode, Jason and Scooter discuss their collaboration on the book Wasteland and share various personal anecdotes, start brewing plans for potential future projects, and were pleased to have a special cut-in by Little Annie. Jason delves into his interest in cut-ups and the work of William Burroughs, while Scooter highlights his art show now on view at Material for the Arts NYC, as well a mural he recently painted in the East Village on 2nd Street between Avenues C and D, a collaboration with Barrier Free Living. He also mentions the launch of his new website Scooter LaForge Studio, featuring his t-shirts including a shirt Madonna recently wore on the Graham Norton show when promoting Confessions II. Follow Jason Haaf https://www.instagram.com/haafwit/ Scooter LaForge https://www.instagram.com/scooterlaforge Scooter LaForge Garments https://www.instagram.com/scooterlaforgegarments/ You may find your favorite RU Podcast episodes and guests here: https://renderingunconscious.substack.com/p/episodes News & events: Next up at RU Center, The Poetry of Psychoanalysis series with author and astrologer Emmalea Russo continues September 6th on DH Lawrence and his Fantasia of the Unconscious for the Autumn Equinox: https://www.tickettailor.com/events/renderingunconsciouscenterforpsychoanalysis/2315469 September 12th is the final class in my Intro to Psychoanalysis year long course! We'll focus on Frantz Fanon and liberation psychology, and take a look at Thomas Szasz, R.D. Laing and the anti-psychiatry movement, as well as Patricia Gherovici’s The Puerto Rican Syndrome. That will set us up nicely for what we’re diving into next: a close reading of From the Clinic to the Streets: Psychoanalysis for Revolutionary Futures (2026) by Dr. Lara Sheehi. Paid subscribers at RU Center for Psychoanalysis Substack gain access to these and all RU Center events! https://rucenterforpsychoanalysis.substack.com Rendering Unconscious is also a book: Rendering Unconscious: Psychoanalytic Perspectives, Politics & Poetry vols 1:1 & 1:2 (Trapart Books, 2024): https://amzn.to/4sOqSEu Thank you for being a paid subscriber to Rendering Unconscious Podcast. It makes my work possible. If you are so far a free subscriber, thanks to you too. Please consider becoming a paid subscriber to gain access to all the material on the site, including new, future, and archival podcast episodes. It’s so important to maintain independent spaces free from censorship and corporate influence. If you are interested in pursuing psychoanalytic treatment or supervision with me, please feel free to contact me directly: www.drvanessasinclair.net/contact/ As always, huge thanks to Carl Abrahamsson for providing the intro and outro music for Rendering Unconscious Podcast. https://linktr.ee/CarlAbrahamsson The song at the end of this episode is "High Strung" from the album "Nervous Shakedown" by Vanessa Sinclair and Pete Murphy, featuring Little Annie: https://petemurphy.bandcamp.com/album/nervous-shakedown Support indie artists and musicians! Visit Pete's Bandcamp: https://petemurphy.bandcamp.com Our music is also available at Spotify and other streaming services. https://open.spotify.com/artist/3xKEE2NPGatImt46OgaemY Links to everything can be found at: https://linktr.ee/renderingunconscious Enjoy! Thank You.

Watch the full lecture here: https://rucenterforpsychoanalysis.substack.com/p/recording-an-intro-to-psychoanalysis This is the 10th class in An Introduction to Psychoanalysis, which you may read about here: https://rucenterforpsychoanalysis.substack.com/p/introduction-to-psychoanalysis-with We looked at the work of Jean Laplanche and the ways in which his ideas lend themself well to queer theory, reviewed The Queerness of Psychoanalysis (2025), Heinz Kohut and Self Psychology, before venturing into Transpersonal Psychology a la Abraham Maslow and Stanislav Grof. Finally, the class concluded with a look at Israel Regardie, a Reichian lay analyst at the crossroads of 20th-century psychoanalysis and occultism. Our final Intro class will be on Saturday, September 12th! We will focus on Frantz Fanon and liberation psychology, Thomas Szasz, R.D. Laing, and the anti-psychiatry movement, as well as Patricia Gherovici’s Gradiva award-winning The Puerto Rican Syndrome (2003). This will set us up nicely for what we’re diving into next: a close reading of From the Clinic to the Streets: Psychoanalysis for Revolutionary Futures (2026) by Dr. Lara Sheehi. Lara will be joining us here at RU Center on Monday, October 5th to present on Fanon and set us up to dive into her book. Stay tuned, more on that to come! You may join in anytime! The recordings of all previous classes in this course are archived under CLASSES, where you may watch them at your own pace. https://rucenterforpsychoanalysis.substack.com/t/classes News & events: Next up at RU Center, The Poetry of Psychoanalysis series with author and astrologer Emmalea Russo continues September 6th on DH Lawrence and his Fantasia of the Unconscious for the Autumn Equinox: https://www.tickettailor.com/events/renderingunconsciouscenterforpsychoanalysis/2315469 All paid subscribers at RU Center for Psychoanalysis Substack receive zoom links to attend all RU Center events LIVE plus are able to access the recordings of ALL RU Center events at the Substack. https://rucenterforpsychoanalysis.substack.com RU Center for Psychoanalysis offers quality psychoanalytic classes and lectures online: https://rucenterforpsychoanalysis.substack.com For a full schedule of events visit: https://rucenterforpsychoanalysis.substack.com/p/schedule Philip K Dick: Paranoid Iconoclast with Author Carl Abrahamsson, Begins September 6 via Morbid Anatomy Museum: https://www.morbidanatomy.org/classes/p/philip-k-dick-paranoid-iconoclast-with-author-carl-abrahamsson If you are interested in pursing psychoanalytic treatment or supervision, please feel free to contact me directly: https://www.drvanessasinclair.net/contact/ Thank You.