It's Not Just In Your Head
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Email us: [email protected] us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/itsnotjustinyourhead--Harriet’s other shows:WBAI Interpersonal Update (Wednesdays): https://wbai.org/program.php?program=431Capitalism Hits Home: htt
"A Nation of Shopkeepers explores the unstoppable rise of the petite-bourgeoisie, one of the most powerful, but underexplored, classes in modern society."Our discussion with Dan covers:Stalled social mobility and bullshit jobs, who the petite
Ikoi and Harriet take a critical look at the false promise of 'Trauma Informed Care' and how the psyche field often fails to understand the material conditions and the context of peoples lives.-Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/i
Why is the public discourse around vaccination either 100% good or 100% evil? Ikoi along with our two guests, both of whom have suffered significant vaccine injuries but remain pro-vaccination, share their stories, experiences and nuanced opin
"We Hear Only Ourselves is a study of utopia and its contradictions. If a future beyond capitalism cannot be imagined, what is the place of utopia today? The answer, Cashmore argues, lies beyond either idle speculation or merely hopeful opti
Is identity based politics a weapon that has been used to 'divide and conquer' the left? We are joined by the author of the rather spicy book 'Here Be Monsters'. We discuss the suppression of class understanding, the consequences of organizing
Famed author of 'McMindfulness' returns to the podcast to discuss his latest article 'How the Life Coaching Industry Sells Pseudo-Solutions to Our Deepest Problems':"The cultural pressures to become a self-made individual have intensified at t
"It's time for the Left to consider the pessimist a helpful guide out of the somnolence of capitalist realism."We dissect ideas and misunderstandings around optimism & pessimism, and how pessimism is a fundamentally critical position, whilst o
Ikoi and Liam talk with author of 'This Must Be the Place', Shain Shapiro. We discuss re-conceptualizing music through a systemic lens, how it effects quality of life, building codes, work opportunities, mental health and its near total absence
"By returning to the original tale of Narcissus, and the flower from which he takes his name, this book offers an alternative reading of narcissism..."Is their such a thing as healthy Narcissism? We chat with the author of 'Narcissus in Bloom
“There is more than one way to flourish as humans in this world”Harriet talks with anthropologist Francesca Mezzenzana about her work and parental experiences with the Runa of the Ecuadorian Amazon and the challenge of bringing up children to
"Confidence culture constantly directs the problem & solution onto the self"We explore how confidence culture has spread into every sector of society, from self-help to the workplace and beyond. Shani Orgad and Rosalind Gill draw on Foucault’
“Nostalgia is an unavoidable reaction to the traumas of the modern world”We speak to Grafton Tanner the author of The Hours Have Lost Their Clock: The Politics of Nostalgia. We discuss nostalgia as a historical disease, how time is NOT linear,
Popular YouTuber Elliot Sang quizzes Harriet and Ikoi on various topics: a brief history of the podcast, authoritarian family structures and school, the compartmentalization of mental health, personality tests & the ever changing self, McMindf
"Fun is a response to regimented lives"In response to two recent articles/papers, 'How to start having more fun' and 'A Liberating-engagement Theory of Consumer Fun' Liam presents various questions to Harriet & Ikoi regarding the role of fun i
“...people participate in online shaming because they get an emotional payoff – that is, because it feels good to do it.”We discuss a recent published paper "Doing good or feeling good? Justice concerns predict online shaming via deservingness
“In this world each man pisses in the other mans eye”Harriet and Ikoi discuss the recently released report by the U.S. Surgeon General 'Our Epidemic of Loneliness and Isolation (The U.S. Surgeon General’s Advisory on the Healing Effects of Soc
We chat about the excellent book 'Everyday Utopia' with author Kristen R. Ghodsee. We discuss why people are resistant to hearing about alternative ways of life, the role regret & shame plays in 'status quo bias' and why the traditional family
"Land is expensive for housing and free for parking, and you wonder why we have a problem"We discuss a surprising and an often overlooked issue around sprawling urban design: the high cost of 'free' parking. Tony highlights various important
"They see something good and they want to destroy it"Joshua returns to share an in-depth story of his experiences being a minor in an adult prison.We discuss why prisoners often don't reach out for mental health support, how Joshua navigated
Ikoi offers a more nuanced perspective surrounding the OceanGate tragedy.References:Heuristic for protection against disasters: https://towardsdatascience.com/the-skin-in-the-game-heuristic-for-protection-against-disasters-eaa7bda8b026The pa
"Because things are so systemically bad, you actually have to demand more of yourself… everything is systemic but you still gotta be better”We continue the conversation with educator C. Derek Varn, discussing mental health issues among young s
Public school teacher and host of the CDerickVarnVlog returns to discuss the Mental Health crisis amongst young students.We explore issues surrounding social media, the breakdown of community and subsequent rising rates of suicidal ideation in
"Assuming you live to be eighty, you have just over four thousand weeks..."We chat with author and journalist Oliver Burkeman about his latest book 'Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals'. We discuss the idea of time as a resource,
We chat with building contractor and author Dan Kolbert about the need for - not only housing - but quality housing and the importance of Building Science.We discuss how cost and quality often don't go hand-in-hand, the problems with housing a
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