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Speaking Body is a podcast hosted by Neil Gorman that approaches culture, relationships, and everyday life through the lens of Lacanian psychoanalysis, treating it not as a closed theory but as a living clinical practice. It explores how subjectivity speaks through the body—through symptoms, desire, impasses, and enjoyment—while engaging art, politics, and contemporary life with rigor, openness, and a touch of irony. speakingbody.substack.com

Speaking Body (via Substack) is a education podcast hosted by Neil Gorman, with 19 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

Neil Gorman hosts Speaking Body (via Substack), a education show with 19 episodes published.

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  Hello New People, 20% Discount, Bonus Things & Stuff

  May 27, 20266 minS0

  <p>Hello,</p><p>Since publishing my recent interview with Sam McCormick, quite a few new people have subscribed to Speaking Body. I want to take a moment to say thank you! I’m genuinely grateful that you’re here, whether you’ve been following for a while or only recently found your way to this work. There are many things asking for your time and attention, and I don’t take it lightly that you’re giving some of yours to Speaking Body.</p><p>Alongside this note, I’m also releasing a bonus video/podcast for paid subscribers. It comes fro...

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  Interview with Samuel McCormick, Ph.D

  May 19, 20261h 33mS0

  <p>Hello folks, </p><p>I’ve been working on mixing and editing this for a few weeks, and I’m very pleased to release it to you. I hope you like listening to it as much as I liked making it! </p><p>Show Notes:In this episode of The Speaking Body, Neil speaks with Sam McCormick, professor of communication studies at San Francisco State University and host of Lectures on Lacan. What begins as an interview quickly becomes a wide-ranging conversation about Lacan, teaching, fatherhood, clinical practice, and psychoanalysis as a lived experience.</p><p>Neil and Sam disc...

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  Noticing Without Knowing

  Apr 23, 202613 minS0

  <p>In this short solo episode, I continue my exploration of what distinguishes psychoanalysis from other therapeutic practices. Building on earlier discussions about an “ethic of not knowing,” I introduce a key clinical distinction: the difference between judging and noticing.</p><p>Rather than positioning the analyst as someone who knows and interprets, this episode argues for a different stance—one that privileges observation without certainty, and intervention without a predetermined aim.</p><p>Through simple clinical examples, I try to show how shifting from judgment to noticing changes the structure of the analytic encounter. Instead of trying to produce insigh...

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  Psychoanalysis & Ethnography

  Apr 6, 202617 minS0

  <p>Intro</p><p>Hello and welcome to the Speaking Body Podcast. I’m your host, Neil Gorman.</p><p>This is another short, solo episode—just me talking directly to you.</p><p>I want to start off today with a short recap of what I presented in the last episode, where I tried to lay out what I see as a really essential aspect of how psychoanalysis is practiced.</p><p>Recap & Review</p><p>When you last heard from me on this podcast, I made the claim that a psychoanalyst does not take up the knowledge that is s...

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  Psychoanalytic Curiosity

  Mar 23, 202616 minS0

  <p>In this short solo episode of The Speaking Body Podcast, I (Neil Gorman) try a new format and invite listeners to email feedback about whether they like it. I explain a key difference between how psychoanalysis is practiced versus many forms of psychotherapy, coaching, or other helping relationships: when someone seeks help, they often engage in transference by supposing the helper has knowledge, authority, and power. In many cases, the helper accepts this supposition and provides advice, tools, or a treatment plan, which can be helpful. By contrast, I argue that psychoanalysts do not take up this supposition of...

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