Freud Museum London: Psychoanalysis Podcasts
Episodes
Episode 4 - Mark Solms and 'The Only Cure'
21 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
For this episode, Tom is joined by Mark Solms to discuss his latest publication ‘The Only Cure: Freud and the Neuroscience of Mental Healing’.
Landing: Freud Museum London Audio Guide [English]
25 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Audio guide for the landing at Freud Museum London, Sigmund Freud's final home, with narration by Museum research manager, Tom Derose.
Study: Freud Museum London Audio Guide [English]
25 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Audio guide for the study at Freud Museum London, Sigmund Freud's final home, with narration by Museum curator, Bryony Davies.
Hall: Freud Museum London Audio Guide [English]
25 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Audio guide for the Hall at Freud Museum London, Sigmund Freud's final home, with narration by Museum research manager, Tom Derose.
Dining Room: Freud Museum London Audio Guide [English]
25 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Audio guide for the dining room at Freud Museum London, Sigmund Freud's final home, with narration by Museum director, Anna Jobson.
Exhibition Room: Freud Museum London Audio Guide [English]
25 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Audio guide for the Exhibition Room at Freud Museum London, Sigmund Freud's final home. Curator Vanessa Boni discusses the Museum's current exhibition...
Episode 3 - Housekeeper
05 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Tom is in conversation with artist Cathie Pilkington about her current exhibition Housekeeper at the Freud Museum.
Episode 2 - ‘Psychopathic Characters on the Stage’ (1942)
03 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Perry Hughes and Tom DeRose discuss Freud's paper 'Psychopathic Characters on the Stage'.
Episode 1 – 'Repression' (1915)
11 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Perry Hughes and Tom DeRose discuss Freud's influential paper 'Repression'.
Freud in Focus 5: Episode 3
12 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Tom welcomes back Jamie Ruers to the programme, and they discuss the current Freud Museum exhibition Freud and Latin America, which ...
Freud in Focus 5: Episode 2
08 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In the episode, Tom is joined by Professor Roman Gerodimos, Professor Candida Yates, and Mark Leipacher of The Faction, who reflect on an event held ...
Freud in Focus 5: Episode1
16 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode Tom is in conversation with Marina Maniadaki about how Freud’s famous letter to Romain Rolland, entitled a ‘Disturbance of Memory...
Freud in Focus 4: Episode 6
10 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In the final part of series 4 of the Freud in Focus podcast, Tom and Jamie discuss the enduring legacy of Freud’s paper, ‘Delusion and Dream in J...
Freud in Focus 4: Episode 5
11 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of ‘Freud in Focus’, Jamie and Tom continue to discuss Freud’s retelling of Jensen’s Gradiva.
Freud in Focus 4: Episode 4
02 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of ‘Freud in Focus’, Jamie and Tom continue to discuss Freud’s retelling of Jensen’s Gradiva.
Freud in Focus 4: Episode 3
28 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of ‘Freud in Focus’, Tom and Jamie will be discussing Freud’s first full-scale analysis of a literary text, the charming and su...
Freud in Focus 4: Episode 2
24 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This week Tom discusses Freud’s lifelong fascination with archaeology and the ancient world with Professor Miriam Leonard (UCL), one of the curator...
Freud in Focus 4: Episode 1
27 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This week Tom and Jamie discuss Freud's ‘Constructions in Analysis’ (1937). This was his final completed paper on psychoanalytic technique, in wh...
Freud in Focus - Summer Shorts: On Transience
05 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
To help usher in the autumn season, Tom and Jamie discuss Freud’s beautiful short paper ‘On Transience’ (1916) in the final episode of the Freu...
Freud in Focus - Summer Shorts: Humour
17 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Freud in Focus, Summer Shorts, Jamie and Tom discuss Freud’s 1927 paper entitled ‘Humour’. Producer: Karolina Heller
Freud in Focus - Summer Shorts: Creative Writers and Daydreaming
03 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In our new series of Freud in Focus, entitled Summer Shorts, Jamie and Tom will be discussing some of Freud's shorter, lighter papers. The first text...
Freud in Focus 3: Bonus Episode
25 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In part five of our new podcast series Jamie and Tom discuss the last chapter of Civilisation and its Discontents, in which Freud offers his final th...
Freud in Focus 3: Episode 5
13 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In part five of our new podcast series Jamie and Tom discuss the last chapter of Civilisation and its Discontents, in which Freud offers his final th...
Freud in Focus 3: Episode 4
04 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In part four of our new podcast series Jamie and Tom discuss the sixth and seventh chapters of Civilisation and its Discontents, in which Freud recou...
Freud in Focus 3: Episode 3
16 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In part three of our new podcast series Jamie and Tom discuss the forth and fifth chapters of Civilisation and its Discontents, in which Freud discus...
Freud in Focus 3: Episode 2
02 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In part two of our new podcast series Jamie and Tom discuss the second and third chapters of Civilisation and its Discontents, where Freud extends hi...
Freud in Focus 3: Episode 1
16 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In part one of our new podcast series Jamie and Tom discuss the first chapter of Civilisation and its Discontents, looking at Freud’s analysis of t...
Freud in Focus 2: Bonus Episode
20 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
To close our Uncanny series, we are bringing you a special bonus episode from our archive. In a live lecture originally delivered at the Freud Museum...
Freud in Focus 2: Episode 4
06 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this final episode exploring The Uncanny, Tom and Jamie look at the impact Freud's paper had on literature and the arts. Our hosts also reflect up...
Freud in Focus 2: Episode 3
22 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Tom and Jamie will look at the third and final Part of Freud's The Uncanny, where Freud concludes by differentiating the uncanny in ...
Freud in Focus 2: Episode 2
08 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Tom and Jamie will be looking at part 2 of Freud’s paper The Uncanny, in which Freud delves into the wonderful world of Hoffmann’...
Freud in Focus 2: Episode 1
25 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In the first episode, Tom and Jamie will introduce Freud's 1919 paper The Uncanny. We will look closely at the unusual structure of the first section...
Freud in Focus: Episode 5
14 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In the fifth and final instalment of our new podcast series, Tom will be joined by Emilia Raczkowska, the Freud Museum’s Education and Outreach Man...
Freud in Focus: Episode 4
31 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Jamie Ruers is in conversation with the Freud Museum's curator, Bryony Davies. They will discuss the forthcoming exhibition '1920/20...
Freud in Focus: Episode 3
17 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In the third episode of our new podcast series, we’ll be looking at the final two chapters of Beyond the Pleasure Principle and tracing the emergen...
Freud in Focus: Episode 2
03 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In the second part of our new podcast series we’ll be diving into the central part of the text, in which Freud discusses the ‘compulsion to re...
Freud in Focus: Episode 1
17 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In the first part of our new podcast series, we’ll be exploring the historical context of Freud’s ground-breaking work ‘Beyond the Pleasure ...
Freud in Focus: Pilot
03 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The Freud Museum London is launching a brand new podcast called ‘Freud in Focus’ which will look in-depth at some of Freud’s key texts in a dis...
Fratriarchy, with Juliet Mitchell
30 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The Freud Museum is delighted to welcome Professor Juliet Mitchell to celebrate her latest publication Fratriarchy: The Sibling Trauma and the Law of ...
Daddy Issues - Katherine Angel in conversation with Josh Cohen
30 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In the wake of #MeToo, we have begun to talk more openly about the widespread harm inflicted by men on women. But little has been said about the fact ...
Author’s talk: Alenka Zupančič - What is Sex?
25 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In What is Sex?, Alenka Zupančič approaches the question of sexuality from a Lacanian perspective, considering it a properly philosophical problem f...
Sharon Kivland: The Missed Encounter
20 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
...a disappointment, an ear, and a snail.
Anouchka Grose: Narcissism, Censorship and the Unconscious
15 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This paper explores Freud and Dalí’s rather different ideas about censorship. Starting with their comically perplexing meeting, it will also look a...
Everyday Madness: Lisa Appignanesi in conversation with Adam Phillips
10 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Lisa Appignanesi discusses her new book, Everyday Madness: on Grief, Anger, Loss and Love (September 2018) with Adam Phillips. ‘The small transluce...
Class and Psychoanalysis
05 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Joanna Ryan in discussion with Barry Watt What does psychoanalysis have to say about the emotional landscapes of class, the hidden injuries and disav...
The Not-Two: Logic and God in Lacan - Lorenzo Chiesa
30 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In The Not-Two, Lorenzo Chiesa examines the treatment of logic and God in Lacan’s later work. Chiesa draws for the most part from Lacan’s Semina...
In Writing: Adam Phillips in conversation with Josh Cohen
25 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In his latest publication In Writing acclaimed psychoanalyst and writer, Adam Phillips celebrates the art of close reading and asks what it is to def...
Freud’s ’Three Essays’ and the Critique of Heteronormativity
20 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Re-reading Freud's 1905 edition of Three Essays on the Theory of Sexuality This book presentation is devoted to the newly translated and annotated...
Lacan on Love: An Interview with Bruce Fink
15 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Lacanian psychoanalyst Bruce Fink discusses his latest work, Lacan on Love. Quintessentially fascinating, love intrigues and perplexes us, and drives ...
Conceptualising and Treating Psychosis: A Lacanian Perspective - Stijn Vanheule
10 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Starting from the hypothesis that psychosis makes up a structure, with a precise status for the unconscious, Stijn Vanheule explores how, from a Laca...
A Consumer’s Guide to Therapy
05 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Professor Brett Kahr in Conversation with Dan Chambers What actually happens in psychotherapy? And does it really work? Psychotherapy has bec...
Avoiding the Object (On Purpose): Cornelia Parker and Darian Leader
30 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Discussion Only. Artist Cornelia Parker will be in conversation with Psychoanalyst and Author, Darian Leader, discussing her art and its relation ...
Wittgenstein’s Dream
25 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Gavin Turk in conversation with Joseph Kosuth, moderated by James Putnam ‘We are asleep. Our life is like a dream. But in our better hours we wake ...
From the ’Authoritarian’ to the ’Neo-Liberal’ Personality
20 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Understanding the Socio-psychological Roots of Contemporary Right-wing Populism Samir Gandesha One of the key problems of contemporary politics is t...
On Not Being Terrified of What you Hear
15 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Panel discussion - Jane Haberlin, Jeanette Winterson and Eleanor LongdenHearing voices has been described as everything from schizophrenic to godlike....
Unforbidden Pleasures
10 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Adam Phillips in conversation with Deborah Levy Unforbidden Pleasures is the dazzling new book from Adam Phillips, author of Missing Out a...
Conference: The Unconscious Today 4
05 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Session 4: The Unconscious and the Body Katerina Fotopoulou - The Embodied Relational UnconsciousThe Freudian Unconscious was closely related to the ...
Conference: The Unconscious Today 3
05 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Session 3: The Freudian Unconscious Revisited Salman Akhtar - 14 Proposals in Freud’s ‘The Unconscious'Salman will revisit some of Freud’s most...
Conference: The Unconscious Today 2
05 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Session 2: The Unconscious and the Psychopathology of Everyday Life David Tuckett - Conviction Narrative Theory: Bringing Modern Psychoanalysis into...
Conference: The Unconscious Today 1
05 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Session 1: The Unconscious and the Brain Mark Solms - The Id is Not Unconscious Mark will present neuroscientific evidence to support his argument ...
The Art of Freestyle and the Unconscious Mind
30 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Lecture and performance: How do ideas pop into your head? You can think about the answer to this question at a lecture and performance about the ar...
The Unconscious from Freud to Lacan
25 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
While the contents of the unconscious might be obscure and perplexing, when Freud spoke about 'the unconscious' he meant something very precise. This ...
Freud Out Loud
20 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Civilization and its Discontents: A Marathon Reading The Centre for Creative and Critical Thought at the University of Sussex together with the Freud...
Do we need a Critical Psychotherapy? Exploring Talking Therapies in Neoliberal Society 4
10 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Session 4: USERS' AND EDUCATORS' PERSPECTIVES Tom Cotton and Del Lowenthal - Personal versus medical meanings in breakdown, treatment and recovery fr...
Do we need a Critical Psychotherapy? Exploring Talking Therapies in Neoliberal Society 3
10 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Session 3: EXTERNAL CRITIQUES Adrian Cocking - When Love Is Not All We Want: Queers, Singles and the Therapeutic Cult of RelationalityAnastasios Gait...
Do we need a Critical Psychotherapy? Exploring Talking Therapies in Neoliberal Society 2
10 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Session 2: WHAT CAN WE LEARN FROM CRITICAL PSYCHOLOGY AND CRITICAL PSYCHIATRY?Ian Parker - Toward critical psychotherapy and counselling: what can we...
Do we need a Critical Psychotherapy? Exploring Talking Therapies in Neoliberal Society 1
10 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Session 1: INTRODUCTIONDel Lowenthal - Is there an unfortunate need for critical psychotherapy?Respondent: Julian Lousada
Sex Versus Survival: The Life and Ideas of Sabina Spielrein
05 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Author's Talk: John Launer with Dr Graham Music Who was Sabina Spielrein? Her dramatic life story is most famous for her notorious affair with Carl J...
Lacan: The Unconscious Reinvented
29 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Colette Soler, joined by Darian Leader Lacan’s work is often caricatured as arcane, convoluted, ‘theoretical’ and, above all, difficult. But La...
What about Me? The struggle for identity in a market-based society
25 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Paul Verhaeghe in conversation with Lisa Appignanesi In What about Me? Paul Verhaeghe’s main concern is how social change has led to a psychic cris...
Becoming Freud: The Making of a Psychoanalyst
20 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Adam Phillips in conversation with Lisa Appignanesi Adam Phillips, one of the world’s foremost authorities on Freud discusses his strikingly origin...
The Construction of Memory 1: Alasdair Hopwood and Fiona Gabbert
15 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Alasdair Hopwood: Introductory Remarks Fiona Gabbert: The Psychology of False MemoryIs it possible to develop a 'memory' for something that was not ...
Charms and Other Anxious Objects
10 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Paul Coldwell (University of the Arts London) discusses his work exploring the relations between art, the archive, the uncanny and the museum. With Ca...
Trials of Passion: Crimes in the Name of Love and Madness
05 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Lisa Appignanesi in Conversation with Dany Nobus In her latest book - Trials of Passion: Crimes in the Name of Love and Madness (Virago/Little Brown)...
Lacan: In Spite of Everything
31 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Elisabeth Roudinesco and Dany Nobus in conversation Elisabeth Roudinesco is France's leading historian of psychoanalysis and biographer of the French...
Freud’s cancer and its influence on his theories
25 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Martin Schmidt chaired by Jonathan Burke The terrible loss of his friends, daughter and beloved grandson together with the relentless onslaught of hi...
Out of Time: The Pleasures and Perils of Ageing
21 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Lynne Segal and Susie Orbach in conversation Feminist writer and activist, Lynne Segal, discusses her recently published Out of Time: The Pleasures ...
Mad, Bad and Sad
17 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Jacqueline Rose and Sally Alexander in conversation To conclude the 'Mad, Bad and Sad: Women and the Mind Doctors' season, Prof Jacqueline Rose an...
The Private Life: Why we Remain in the Dark
13 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Author's Talk: Josh Cohen The war over private life spreads inexorably. Some seek to expose, invade and steal it, others to protect, conceal and with...
Psychoanalysis and Religion
09 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Giles Fraser in conversation with Adam Phillips Dr. Giles Fraser is a well known cultural commentator, priest and vicar of St Mary's Newington. He to...
The Psychodynamics of Social Networking
08 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Aaron Balick in conversation with Susie Orbach A collaboration between The Relational School and The Freud Museum London, exploring the impact that...
Doing Psychoanalysis in Tehran
04 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Author's Talk - Gohar Homayounpour introduced by M Fakhry Davids Is psychoanalysis possible in the Islamic Republic of Iran? This is the question t...
Shakespeare and Psychoanalysis
01 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The Formative Influence of Shakespeare on Freud and the Development of Psychoanalysis. A sold out event recorded at the Anna Freud Centre Library on ...
Football as Therapy
28 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Daniel Smyth (Brent Centre for Young People). Recorded at the Freud Museum London on 6 December 2012. A discussion about the use of football as a...
’Missing Out’ Author’s Talk: Adam Phillips with Lisa Appignanesi
24 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
'Missing Out' Author's Talk: Adam Phillips with Lisa Appignanesi A sold old event filmed at the Freud Museum on 24 October 2012. In his latest bo...
Fashion and Psychoanalysis: Styling the Self
20 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Author's Talk: Alison Bancroft A sold out event recorded live at the Freud Museum London on 24 September 2012. There is an increasing trend with...