The Gorman Limit

INTRO: This episode of The Gorman Limit is being released very shortly after episode 011. The reason for this is that I thought about the topics I've been riffing on during episodes 010 and 011, and there was more I wanted to say about jouissance, the death drive, & negativity or

Intro: In this episode of TGL, Neil starts to talk about the concept of Jouissance (i.e., enjoyment). The claim Neil makes is that understanding the way jouissance functions in our lives is essential to understanding why people do the things they do, in particular when those things don't make

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,

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! - What

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

Intro 0:00 - 6:24 - Headache - The concept for today’s show: How we react when we screw things up Bryan 6:24-14:36 - Being socially awkward in your early 20’s - This dude named Bryan walked into a glass door - Everything that is

In this episode of The Gorman Limit, I talk about listening. A lot. About how I learned to listen better when I lost my voice, about what I learned about listening from my dissertation, and about full speech v. empty speech. Intro: 0:00 - 5:38 * Why title the