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Neil Gorman

Neil Gorman

Neil Gorman is an assistant professor at the Aurora University School of Social Work, and a practicing Lacanian analyst, and a maker of podcasts, newsletters, & other sundry things.

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Zing from Reeves

This was in a blog post from James A. Reeves [https://atlasminor.com/some-terrible-paintings/]. I read it and literally laughed out loud at my phone screen. > This morning I received a marketing email for a meditation app from someone whose job title is “Editor of Wisdom Content.” Now I

Faith in what?

Reading an interview on 8 sided blog [https://8sided.blog/31-james-a-reeves/] with the artist James A. Reeves [https://atlasminor.com/]. > I’m fascinated by the future of faith. As the world gets weirder, this will create a vacuum for new gods, cults, and dogma. So what do I make

Galabresi's great question

I subscribe to the New York Times The Morning email newsletter [https://www.nytimes.com/series/us-morning-briefing]. On 4/19/21 the newsletter [https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/19/briefing/european-soccer-league-mars-helicopter-navalny.html] had this great bit in it: > Guido Calabresi, a federal judge and Yale law professor, invented

Newsletter v.2.5 | Fizzy Water

Hello, And welcome to an edition of The Gorman Limit, a (mostly) weekly newsletter thing that gets sent out by me –Neil Gorman. I could not send out a newsletter last week because life got too crazy (in addition to that, it was the Easter holiday weekend). I almost did

InForm | How to do analysis when people are "non-defensive"

In this episode of InForm: Podcast Neil & Jared ramble a lot (seriously, it's a lot). When they don't ramble they talk about if it is possible to do psychoanalysis with people who are too accepting of psychoanalysis. * Some blah, blah, blah 0:00 - 0:

TGL 009 The Moment Before

Intro 0:00 - 8:15 - Ezra Klein Interviews George Saunders [https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/19/podcasts/ezra-klein-show-george-saunders-transcript.html] about A Swim in the Pond in the Rain [https://www.georgesaundersbooks.com/books/a-swim-in-a-pond-in-the-rain-hc]. - They talk about being parents - They talk about moments of crisis,

TGL 008 Some Thoughts on Non-Defensiveness

Intro: 0:00-9:55 - Hi - I've got another kid now - Live is crazy but also wonderful Story: 9:55-28:15 - Who, what, when, where, why - The kids of kids I was working with at this point in my life - Curse word warning!

Newsleter v.2.4 | Father x2

Hello, Last week I did not write an edition of TGL, and the reason for that is something I’m excited to share with you (the small community of people who read these words on a somewhat regular basis). My partner and I are now the parents of two children.

TGL 007 "I want to help people"

Intro 0:00-9:20 * I teach in a school of social work... * When I ask students, Why are you here? Why are you studying this?” They will usually say, “Because, I want to help people.” * When I follow that up with a question like, “What does that mean?” or “What

Newsletter v.2.2 | From the Dossier

Hello, I'm Neil and this is my email newsletter. With the spring 2021 semester started, I'm very much in the 1,000 MPH club. (By the time this comes out I'll have 50 more classes to teach, but who's counting?) Being in