It's Not Just In Your Head

Nov 19 2023 175 ep. 59 mins 1.4k
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Two mental health professionals explore how our capitalist economic system impacts our emotional lives. From precarious housing and employment, to unaffordable healthcare, to endless debt -- it's not just in your head! Support us: https://www.patreon.com/itsnotjustinyourhead

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#161: The end?

Nov 19 2023 19 mins  
Email us: [email protected]. - Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/itsnotjustinyourhead -- Harriet’s other shows: WBAI Interpersonal Update (Wednesdays): https://wbai.org/program.php?program=431 Capitalism Hits Home: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLPJpiw1WYdTNYvke-gNRdml1Z2lwz0iEH -- ATTENTION! This is a Boring Dystopia/Obligatory 'don't su

⁠#160: A Nation of Shopkeepers (ft. Dan Evans)⁠

Nov 17 2023 58 mins  
"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-bourgeoisie are (traditional & new), the threat of losing social status and Dan pushes back against the idea of the "99%

⁠#159: What does Trauma Informed Care really mean?⁠

Nov 16 2023 37 mins  
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/itsnotjustinyourhead Email us with feedback, questions, suggestions at [email protected]. -- Harriet’s other shows: WB

⁠#158: Iatrogenic harm (ft. Emanuel Sferios & Dr. Asad Khan)⁠

Nov 15 2023 54 mins  
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 opinions. -- Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/itsnotjustinyourhead Email us with feedback, questions, suggestions at itsnotjustiny

⁠#157: Negative Philosophy, Utopia and Contradictions (ft. Bill Cashmore)⁠

Nov 14 2023 64 mins  
"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 optimism. We Hear Only Ourselves seeks a concept of utopia which is strengthened, not undermined, by its contradictions. From the dialectics o

#156: Here Be Monsters - How to Fight Capitalism Instead of Each Other (ft. Rhyd Wildemuth)

Oct 02 2023 50 mins  
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 around identity, and the revealing use of identity based language by Goldman Sachs, the CIA and the US military: a few play

#155: Life Coaching Inc (ft. Ronald Purser)

Sep 25 2023 46 mins  
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 the same time that sources of social support have decreased. Enter the life coach." We discuss the many issues surr

#154: The value of Pessimism (ft. Rachid M'Rabty)

Sep 18 2023 36 mins  
"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 optimism breeds hubris and complacency. We discuss the cruelty of optimism, how self destruction can often be an act of aut

⁠#153: How Music Can Make Your City Better (ft. Shain Shapiro)⁠

Sep 12 2023 38 mins  
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 in public policy. "This Must Be the Place introduces and examines music’s relationship to cities. Not the influence cities h

⁠#152: Liberation through Selfies?! (ft. Matt Colquhoun)⁠

Sep 04 2023 36 mins  
"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 - An Alternative History of the Selfie' about how the finger waving moralism surrounding 'selfies' requires furthe