Technology and the Mind
Episodes
Where are we now and where might we go from here with Dr. Nicolle Zapien
23 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Nicolle Zapien reviews all of the previous episodes of Technology and the Mind and muses about the future of psychoanalysis, technology and advoca...
Phenomenology, aesthetics and technology with Dr. Tone Roald
15 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Dr. Roald discusses the importance of art and aesthetic experience and its relationship to freedom. We draw connections to technolog...
Teleanalysis, Telehealth and Teletraining with Dr. Leora Trub
26 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode Dr. Trub discusses her research and experience training psychologists prior, during and after to COVID-19. She calls for more thinkin...
User Experience Design Research and technology used to help with neurodevelopment
27 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode Colleen Cotter, user experience researcher and designer discusses her work on projects of social value and in particular on technology...
AI and the Unconscious: The Importance of Psychoanalysis in Tech Development with Dr. Luca Possati
29 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Possati describes he work at the intersection of philosophy, psychoanalysis and AI. He discusses the mutual influence of tech on humans and vice ...
Critical Sexuality Studies and SexTech with Dr. Michelle Marzullo
04 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Dr. Michelle Marzullo, chair of the Department of Critical Sexuality Studies at CIIS discusses her work and the importance of technol...
Human Virtuality and Digital Life: Philosophical and Psychoanalytic Investigations
18 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode long time friends and collaborators, Drs. Richard Frankel and Victor Krebs carry on a decade long conversation in person and in google...
The Importance of Professional Advocacy for Mental Health Treatment Choice in the Times of Ubiquitous Technology
02 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode Dr. Linda Michaels, Chair and Co-Founder of the Psychotherapy Action Network (PsiAn) discusses grassroots efforts to provide public in...
Are the Kids Alright? Motivations, Decisions and Values Embedded in Educational and Consumer Technologies
09 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode Catherine Saldutti, founder of EduChange, an innovative EdTech firm that is re-engineering formal secondary academic systems for incre...
Dr. Alexander Stein on Psychoanalysis as a Technology for Positive Change and Influence at Scale
23 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Stein discusses his work consulting with executives and teams as a psychodynamic strategy consultant. He discusses the impact psychoanalysis can ...
Morgan Venable on big tech, its consequences and the future
05 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Morgan Venable, inventor, product developer and former Ideo, Google, Microsoft and Amazon senior tech product developer discusses his current projects...
Dr. Paul Slovic on feelings and decision making at the societal level including Technology and Political Applications
16 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Paul Slovic, decision scientist and accomplished academic and researcher discusses human decision making, judgements, and risk with an emphasis on...
Stephen Cognetta on working in tech and the future
11 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode we interview Stephen Cognetta, CEO of Exponent, a firm that helps tech workers land their dream job. We discuss his career developmen...
Second Season Trailer Episode
28 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This the a short trailer describing the focus of season 2 of Technology and the Mind. In this season we broaden our discussions by interviewing leade...
Dr. Kimberlyn Leary on Race, Bias, Belonging, and Consumer Technology
10 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode Dr. Leary discusses psychoanalytic ideas about race, bias, equity and belonging and how technology may play a role in how people and o...
Dr. Jeremy Soh on Creativity, Dreams and Technology
05 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Jeremy Soh discusses creativity and dreams - what they are, why we should care about them and how technology may impact our capacity to be creativ...
Dr. Isabel Millar on AI, Consciousness and Sex
04 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Millar shifts the question of is AI conscious to the question of does AI enjoy. She explores areas of sexuality, consent and suffering in AI and ...
Dr. Patricia Gherovici on Perversion and Porn
10 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Patricia Gherovici discusses perversion, sexuality and porn. She discusses the use of technology and muses about its impact on our ability to dr...
Dr. Mitchell Wilson on materiality, embodiment and proximity in psychoanalysis
07 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Mitchell Wilson discusses a few cases that illustrate the importance of materiality, embodiment and proximity in psychoanalysis and muses about th...
Dr. Todd Essig on teleanalysis and tech-mediated relating
25 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Todd Essig discusses the differences between teleanalysis and traditional in person psychoanalysis and how this may be useful in understanding tec...
Professor Jan Abram on Winnicott, playing, the use of an object and video games
22 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Professor Jan Abram discusses the Winnicottian notion of playing and the use of an object and how these ideas apply to our thinking a...
Dr. Tom Wooldridge on Narcissism and Consumer Technologies
01 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Tom Wooldridge discusses narcissism and how consumer technology can influence our sensitivities to narcissistic injury in both positive and negati...
Dr. Stephen Lugar on the Kleinian Notion of the Depressive Position and the Cruel Optimization Mindset
23 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Stephen Lugar discusses the Kleinian notion of the depressive position, why it is of value and how consumer technology may facilitate a mindset of...
Dr. Catherine Mallouh on Negative Capability in the Context of Ubiquitous Technology
22 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
An interview with Psychiatrist and Psychoanalyst Dr. Catherine Mallouh about negative capability, what it is, why it is important and how it is develo...
Dr. Fernando Castrillon on Desire, Lack, Jouissance and Consumer Technology
01 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
An interview with Lacanian psychoanalyst, Dr. Fernando Castrillon about the Lacanian notions of desire, lack and jouissance and how these ideas can he...
Dr. Nicolle Zapien on Why Psychoanalysis and Technology
01 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Guest host, Dr. Susi Ferrarello, a philosopher, and ethicist, will interview the host of Technology and the Mind, Dr. Nicolle Zapien about what psycho...
Introducing: Technology and the Mind
03 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Technology and the Mind is a podcast dedicated to exploring the intersection between contemporary psychoanalytic theory and consumer technology use. ...