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THIS IS REVOLUTION ＞podcastEP. 800: THE WAR ON FREE SPEECH ft. ASHLEY FRAWLEY
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2025-10-161h 12
Sky House HerbsHerb of the Month: Tulsi (Holy Basil)🌿 In this episode, I dive into the sacred world of Holy Basil (Tulsi) — a plant celebrated in Ayurveda for thousands of years as both medicine and spirit. I’ll share its history, spiritual significance, medicinal uses, and the latest research on how this remarkable herb supports our health today.We’ll explore the four main types of Tulsi and what makes each unique:Rama Tulsi (Ocimum sanctum) – cooling, gentle, and supportive for immunity and the lungs.Krishna Tulsi (Ocimum tenuiflorum) – dark purple, warming, and clearing for the respiratory and circulatory systems.Vana Tulsi (O...
2025-09-0833 min
Compact PodcastLabubu BlockchainThe hosts reflect on the Trump administration's successes and misses, the internet celebrates Cryptoweek, and Labubu skeptics worry the faddish toy is demonic. Ashley Frawley and Geoff Shullenberger join Matthew Schmitz. Compact Magazine is reader-supported. Become a member and gain unlimited access. https://compactmag.com/subscribe
2025-07-1657 minCompact PodcastThe Third Secret of Epstein IslandThe Epstein controversy splits MAGA, Elon Musk may launch a new "America Party," and the hosts contemplate the nation of Greece. Ashley Frawley and Geoff Shullenberger join Matthew Schmitz. Compact Magazine is reader-supported. Become a member and gain unlimited access. https://compactmag.com/subscribe
2025-07-101h 05Compact PodcastRice Guys Finish LastThe Senate passes Trump's Big Beautiful Bill, a musical act leads violent chants at Glastonbury Festival, and Zohran Mamdani ignites a debate over "woke" table etiquette. Ashley Frawley and Anna Wetzel join Matthew Schmitz. Compact Magazine is reader-supported. Become a member and gain unlimited access. https://compactmag.com/subscribe
2025-07-0249 min
MCC Brussels PodcastBrussel's Climate Fantasy CollapsesOn this episode of the MCC Brussels podcast:🔥 EU Green Deal in CrisisVon der Leyen pulls the plug on flagship green policy. Farmers revolt, small businesses are strangled, and voters are done with climate extremism. The Green Deal was never sustainable, it was a fantasy cooked up by unelected bureaucrats and corporate lobbyists. Now reality bites.🇮🇱 Brussels and Israel: Double Standards on DisplayAs Israel defends itself against terror threats, the EU ramps up investigations and legal posturing. Meanwhile, authoritarian regimes like Iran are met with silence or soft diplomacy. This isn’t about hum...
2025-06-2728 minCompact PodcastFrom Rainbow to RedZohran Mamdani wins the New York Democratic Mayoral Primaries, Obergefell v. Hodges turns 10, and Trump surprises hawks and doves. Ashley Frawley and Stephen Adubato join Matthew Schmitz. Compact Magazine is reader-supported. Become a member and gain unlimited access. https://compactmag.com/subscribe Read Daniel McCarthy's column "How Trump Surprised Hawks and Doves:" https://www.compactmag.com/article/how-trump-surprised-hawks-and-doves/
2025-06-2647 minCompact PodcastHawks and DovesTrump weighs US involvement in Iran, authorities investigate the shooting of two Minnesota lawmakers, and the trial of Sean Combs is underway. Ashley Frawley and Geoff Shullenberger join Matthew Schmitz. Compact Magazine is reader-supported. Become a member and gain unlimited access. https://compactmag.com/subscribe
2025-06-1952 minCompact PodcastChaos in the CanyonThe Trump administration deploys US Marines to California to protect ICE agents, and the world mourns the death of the Beach Boys' Brian Wilson. Ashley Frawley and Geoff Shullenberger join Matthew Schmitz. Compact Magazine is reader-supported. Become a member and gain unlimited access. https://compactmag.com/subscribe
2025-06-1350 minCompact PodcastThe Last DragTwelve people are injured in an antisemitic attack in Colorado, Britain increases its defense budget, the European Union goes after pornographers, and France bans public smoking. Ashley Frawley and Geoff Shullenberger join Matthew Schmitz. Compact Magazine is reader-supported. Become a member and gain unlimited access. https://compactmag.com/subscribe
2025-06-0458 min
Blame TheoryThe Crisis of Liberalism (Part 4): The End of Woke?Geoff Shullenberger and Ashley Frawley discuss Andrew Doyle’s new book The End of Woke, which Ashley reviewed in Compact. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit compactmag.substack.com/subscribe
2025-06-021h 14Compact PodcastTrump Bonds or Bust?Trump wages war on Harvard, Germany joins the US and other countries in a cautious escalation of the war in Ukraine, and the Trump administration proposes a program to turn every baby into a budding capitalist. Ashley Frawley and Geoff Shullenberger join Matthew Schmitz. Compact Magazine is reader-supported. Become a member and gain unlimited access. https://compactmag.com/subscribe
2025-05-2954 minCompact PodcastThe Big Beautiful PodcastTrump negotiates his big beautiful bill, Biden is diagnosed with cancer, and South African refugees resettle in the United States. Ashley Frawley and Geoff Shullenberger join Matthew Schmitz. Compact Magazine is reader-supported. Become a member and gain unlimited access. https://compactmag.com/subscribe
2025-05-2255 min
Diet Soap - a podcastHow Society Got a Sex ChangeAshley Frawley is senior editor of Compact. She is the author of two books, Semiotics of Happiness: Rhetorical Beginnings of a Public Problem and Significant Emotions: Rhetoric and Social Problems in a Vulnerable Age. Her writing has appeared in UnHerd, and the New Statesman. She is also the former co-host of Sublation Magazine and in this episode she returns to discuss her latest essay in Compact.How Society Got a Sex Change by Ashley Frawleyhttps://www.compactmag.com/contributor/ashley-frawley/Support Sublation Mediahttps://patreon.com/dietsoap
2025-05-1558 min
Blame TheoryThe Crisis of Liberalism (Part 3): The Trans-ing of the Political SubjectAshley Frawley joins Geoff Shullenberger to discuss her Compact column, "How Society Got a Sex Change," and its relevance to the evolution of liberalism. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit compactmag.substack.com/subscribe
2025-05-151h 15Compact PodcastHabemus Papam!The new pope has taken the name Leo, alluding to Pope Leo XIII who developed modern Catholic social teaching, and the Trump administration might accept the gift of a luxury airliner from Qatar. Ashley Frawley and Geoff Shullenberger join Matthew Schmitz. Compact Magazine is reader-supported. Become a member and gain unlimited access. https://compactmag.com/subscribe
2025-05-1447 minMCC Brussels PodcastDeep Dives: Euthanasia in Europe: Compassion or Cause for Concern?Join John O’Brien, Head of Communications, and Ashley Frawley, Visiting Research Fellow at MCC Brussels, in this eye-opening episode of Deep Dives. Together, they explore the complex and controversial topic of euthanasia through the lens of a groundbreaking report by MCC Brussels.In this thought-provoking discussion, they tackle critical questions: Does legalising euthanasia truly empower individuals—or the state? How do euphemisms like "death with dignity" shape public opinion and obscure deeper ethical concerns? What are the implications of normalising euthanasia, from strict safeguards to its expanding scope?Learn about the cross-national tactics driving euthanasia laws acro...
2025-05-0928 minCompact PodcastEscape from HollywoodThe AfD gets labelled an extremist organization, and Trump plans to reopen Alcatraz and to impose tariffs on foreign film production. Ashley Frawley and Geoff Shullenberger join Matthew Schmitz. Compact Magazine is reader-supported. Become a member and gain unlimited access. https://compactmag.com/subscribe
2025-05-0650 minCompact PodcastPowering up, powering outTrump makes a mineral deal with Ukraine, the liberal candidate wins the Canadian election, and Spain faces power outages. Ashley Frawley and Geoff Shullenberger join Matthew Schmitz. Compact Magazine is reader-supported. Become a member and gain unlimited access. https://compactmag.com/subscribe
2025-05-0150 minCompact PodcastPassing onPope Francis passes, Elon Musk departs from DC, and Zelensky and the Trump administration argue over peace in Ukraine. Ashley Frawley and Geoff Shullenberger join Matthew Schmitz. Compact Magazine is reader-supported. Become a member and gain unlimited access. https://compactmag.com/subscribe
2025-04-2557 minCompact PodcastSend 'em back [to the moon]!Controversy ensues over Trump's immigration policies and Lauren Sanchez leads an expedition to outer space. Ashley Frawley and Geoff Shullenberger join Matthew Schmitz. Compact Magazine is reader-supported. Become a member and gain unlimited access. https://compactmag.com/subscribe
2025-04-1547 minCompact PodcastA Taxing SeasonTrump's Liberation Day tariffs garner mixed reactions and White Lotus Season 3's finale disappoints. Ashley Frawley and Geoff Shullenberger join Matthew Schmitz. Compact Magazine is reader-supported. Become a member and gain unlimited access. https://compactmag.com/subscribe
2025-04-0953 minCompact PodcastHappy Liberation Day!Trump imposes tariffs on US trading partners, Maurine Le Pen is banned from candidacy, and Musk turns X into an AI machine. Ashley Frawley and Geoff Shullenberger join Matthew Schmitz. Compact Magazine is reader-supported. Become a member and gain unlimited access. https://compactmag.com/subscribe
2025-04-0252 minCompact PodcastLeaks and LossesBernie Sanders and AOC tour across the country, 23andMe goes bankrupt, and White House groupchats get leaked. Ashley Frawley and Geoff Shullenberger join Matthew Schmitz. Compact Magazine is reader-supported. Become a member and gain unlimited access. https://compactmag.com/subscribe
2025-03-2658 minCompact PodcastLocking Down and Locking InA new report on funding for gender ideology in the EU comes out, a new progressive agenda focused around abundance rolls out, and the fifth anniversary of the Covid lockdown is upon us. Ashley Frawley and Geoff Shullenberger join Matthew Schmitz. Compact Magazine is reader-supported. Become a member and gain unlimited access. https://compactmag.com/subscribe
2025-03-201h 15
Blame TheoryThe Crisis of Liberalism (Part 2)Geoff Shullenberger and Ashley Frawley continue to explore the crisis of liberalism. They begin by discussing recent reversals around free-speech debates in the United States and the odd fact that ostensible post- and anti-liberals have often positioned themselves as defenders of a central liberal value: free speech. They then begin to explore the postliberal critique and other blame narratives that have arisen around liberalism in recent years and ask whether the problem with liberalism is that it grants too much freedom, or too little. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with...
2025-03-171h 08
PeakedFaika El-Nagashi: former Green MP goes TERFing in BrusselsYou wait and you wait and you wait for some handsomely-subsidised professional EU woman’s rights organisation to invite gender critical women to the table for a discussion, and then a Hungarian think tank beats them to the chase. Oh well. I would have much preferred the “gender mainstreaming” people of the European Women’s Lobby (€12 million in EU funding, at most recent count) to pull on their big girl pants and address the most important women’s issue of the past few decades, but nah. Too busy putting together powerpoints on the meaning of “gender budgeting”. And what ab...
2025-03-141h 12Compact PodcastStrike 'n ShakeThe Trump administration makes moves against Columbia University's student protestors, Trump test drives a Tesla, and RFK has lunch at Steak 'n Shake. Ashley Frawley and Geoff Shullenberger join Matthew Schmitz. Compact Magazine is reader-supported. Become a member and gain unlimited access. https://compactmag.com/subscribe
2025-03-1359 min
Blame TheoryThe Crisis of Liberalism (Part 1)Liberalism is in crisis. Its parties and institutions are suffering one setback after another across the West, and forces described as “illiberal” are on the rise globally. But when did this crisis begin? Was liberalism ever not in crisis? Is liberalism itself a kind of crisis? In the first episode of a longer series on the meanings and legacies of liberalism, Ashley Frawley and Geoff Shullenberger lay out the themes and questions that will inform their exploration of an ideology that has received plenty of blame from both the right and the left—in part because it has been the do...
2025-03-071h 15Compact PodcastDustups and BreakdownsTrump addresses a joint session with congress and has a dustup with Zelensky, and Meghan Markle releases a new Netflix series. Ashley Frawley and Geoff Shullenberger join Matthew Schmitz. Compact Magazine is reader-supported. Become a member and gain unlimited access. https://compactmag.com/subscribe
2025-03-061h 04Compact Podcast[Who's] Got a Golden TicketAndrew Tate makes his way to the United States, Trump institutes "golden visas," and the team discusses their Oscar picks. Ashley Frawley and Geoff Shullenberger join Matthew Schmitz. Compact Magazine is reader-supported. Become a member and gain unlimited access. https://compactmag.com/subscribe
2025-02-2853 minCompact PodcastFather Knows Best(?)Negotiations ensue between the United States and Russia, and the reproductive career of Elon Musk sparks controversy. Ashley Frawley and Geoff Shullenberger join Matthew Schmitz. Compact Magazine is reader-supported. Become a member and gain unlimited access. https://compactmag.com/subscribe
2025-02-2055 minCompact PodcastThe Super BoreTrump and his DOGE team shutter the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and the Super Bowl no longer features woke virtue signaling. Ashley Frawley and Geoff Shullenberger join Matthew Schmitz. Compact Magazine is reader-supported. Become a member and gain unlimited access. https://compactmag.com/subscribe
2025-02-1343 minCompact PodcastThe Rise of Dark WokeTrump plans to redevelop Gaza and poses a tariff stand-off with Mexico and Canada, and Dark Woke arises. Ashley Frawley and Geoff Shullenberger join Matthew Schmitz. Compact Magazine is reader-supported. Become a member and gain unlimited access. https://compactmag.com/subscribe
2025-02-0641 minCompact PodcastTurning the Cold ShoulderThe confirmations hearing for Tulsi Gabbard and RFK Jr. begin, and a woman is sued in France for refusing to have sex with her husband. Ashley Frawley and Geoff Shullenberger join Matthew Schmitz. Compact Magazine is reader-supported. Become a member and gain unlimited access. https://compactmag.com/subscribe
2025-01-2855 minCompact PodcastWho swore it best?Trump is inaugurated as the 47th president of the United States, and the team breaks everything down from the attendees to the fashion. Ashley Frawley and Geoff Shullenberger join Matthew Schmitz. Compact Magazine is reader-supported. Become a member and gain unlimited access. https://compactmag.com/subscribe
2025-01-2144 minCompact PodcastVibe Shift 2.0The wildfires rage on in LA and corporate America undergoes a vibe shift in the aftermath of Trump's re-election. Ashley Frawley and Geoff Shullenberger join Matthew Schmitz. Compact Magazine is reader-supported. Become a member and gain unlimited access. https://compactmag.com/subscribe
2025-01-1650 min
UndercurrentsAshley Frawley: Why Justin Trudeau fellBecome a supporter of the show - just $1 for the first month: https://unherd.com/undercurrents/Ashley Frawley joins Emily to explain what Justin Trudeau’s resignation means for Canada, the U.S., and the West more broadly. Frawley argues the left and right remain obsessed with identity politics, questioning whether anyone is left to truly defend freedom. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2025-01-1323 minCompact PodcastTrump's Taming or Triumph?Trudeau resigns, right-wing populism triumphs (or gets tamed?), and and the rape-gang scandal continues. Ashley Frawley and Geoff Shullenberger join Matthew Schmitz. Compact Magazine is reader-supported. Become a member and gain unlimited access. https://compactmag.com/subscribe
2025-01-0945 min
Jonah Davids' PodcastAshley Frawley - Constructing a CrisisAshley Frawley is a sociologist at the University of Kent, a columnist at Compact Magazine, and the COO of Sublation Media. She joins me to talk about her new paper “Constructing a Crisis: Mental Health, Higher Education and Policy Entrepreneurs.” The paper explores how the narrative of a mental health crisis amongst UK university students was created and perpetuated, and what this teaches us about the expansion of mental health discourse and psychological categorization more generally.You can find the podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and YouTube.Links:* Frawley et al., “Constructing a Crisis...
2024-12-2851 minCompact PodcastCompact Conversations: Gord MagillGord Magill joins Geoff Shullenberger and Ashley Frawley to discuss the future of Trump's relationship with Canada. Compact Magazine is reader-supported. Become a member and gain unlimited access. https://compactmag.com/subscribe
2024-12-2048 min
British Thought LeadersThe Idea We Can't Afford to Have Children Is a Shocking Indictment of Our Society: Ashley FrawleyNTD’s Lee Hall sits down with journalist, author, and sociologist Ashley Frawley for the second half of this interview. Frawley talks about falling birth rates, how modern life and institutions attack the family, and the dangers of a society that doesn’t live for the next generation.
2024-12-1937 minCompact PodcastThe Christmas Wars Strike BackThe team discusses CNN's video of the release of a Syrian captive, the "war on Christmas," and our favorite Christmas movies. Ashley Frawley, Stephen Adubato, and Geoff Shullenberger join Matthew Schmitz. Compact Magazine is reader-supported. Become a member and gain unlimited access. https://compactmag.com/subscribe
2024-12-1850 min
British Thought LeadersWhen We Give Up Treasuring Human Life, We Give Up on Progress Completely: Ashley FrawleyNTD’s Lee Hall sits down with journalist, author and sociologist Ashley Frawley in the first of this two-part interview. Ashley talks about people she knows from her home nation of Canada who have resisted pressure to choose assisted death, what the UK can learn from the Canadian situation, and why treasuring life is what makes human beings great.
2024-12-1722 min
Blame TheoryThe Age of EmotionAshley Frawley, Compact’s new senior editor as well as a new co-host of Blame Theory, joins Geoff Shullenberger to explore how collective social and political problems have been blamed on individual psychic and emotional defects. We discuss her two books on this subject, examine the history of therapeutic culture, and explore to what extent particular thinkers—Pareto? Freud?—bear some of the blame for this set of developments. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit compactmag.substack.com/subscribe
2024-12-151h 07Compact PodcastFarewell to ArmsBashar al-Assad is ousted from Syria, Daniel Penny is acquitted, and the assassin of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson is found. Ashley Frawley, Sohrab Ahmari, and Geoff Shullenberger join Matthew Schmitz. Compact Magazine is reader-supported. Become a member and gain unlimited access. https://compactmag.com/subscribe
2024-12-1149 min
Diet Soap - a podcastSpencer Leonard asks "Is Capitalism Ending Itself?"The Sublation Magazine Show will be moving to Mondays starting on the 16th of December as we transition from the era of Ashley Frawley and welcome Benjamin Studebaker as the new co-host. In this Tuesday transition episode, Spencer Leonard and Doug will discuss the ideas of Henryk Grossman, the Marxist radical who believed that capitalism would eventually lead to a terminal crisis. Support Sublation Media https://patreon.com/dietsoap
2024-12-111h 25Compact PodcastKilling it offThe UK considers assisted-suicide legislation and President Biden pardons his son, Hunter. Ashley Frawley and Geoff Shullenberger join Matthew Schmitz. Compact Magazine is reader-supported. Become a member and gain unlimited access. https://compactmag.com/subscribe
2024-12-0446 min
Diet Soap - a podcastThe Penultimate Ashley Frawley EpisodeIn this next to last Ashley Frawley episode of the Sublation Magazine Show we'll discuss Compact Magazine, my recent debate with Ashley's next co-host Geoff Shullenberger, the escalation in Ukraine, and what's next for the Campaign for a Socialist Party.Support Sublation Media on Patreonhttps://patreon.com/dietsoap
2024-11-261h 03
Diet Soap - a podcastWill There Be A Trumptastic Censorship Industrial Complex?Ashley Frawley and Douglas Lain evaluate the chances for a rollback of the censorship apparatus and point to a few major threats that are flying under the radar. We'll also discuss how to create independent thinking and independent media in a statist society. Support Sublation Media https://patreon.com/dietsoap
2024-11-1358 min
Diet Soap - a podcastAvoiding Hysteria in These Final DaysIn seven days, America will choose between Fascism and Joy, but how do we know which is which? David Shields joins Douglas Lain and Ashley Frawley to discuss how the Democrats are making their closing arguments against Trump. (And we introduce the return of Sublation Magazine on its own website.)Watch the second hour on Patreonhttps://www.patreon.com/posts/parroting-chaos-114941879Support Sublation Mediahttps://patreon.com/dietsoap
2024-10-291h 15
Diet Soap - a podcastCan we ESCAPE the Society of the SPECTACLE?Douglas Lain will present a series of clips this week as Ashley Frawley is at the Battle of Ideas in London and unavailable. He'll be asking the question: How can we escape from the spectacle of petite bourgeois ideology and really "touch grass."
2024-10-1557 min
Diet Soap - a podcastThe Pro-Palestinian Movement is DeadAshley Frawley and Douglas Lain discuss the notion of "radical rest" and ask whether, given the recent defeats of the pro-Palestinian movement, it's time that the kids in the street take a nap. Join Us for a Second Hour https://www.patreon.com/posts/parrots-need-113614411Support Sublation Media on Patreonhttps://patreon.com/dietsoap
2024-10-091h 10
Diet Soap - a podcastAssassinations in the SpectacleDouglas Lain and Ashley Frawley discuss the meaning of political assassinations in the 21st century. Is the Deep State trying to kill Trump or are we simply living in a time of societal dysfunction? Support Sublation Media on Patreonhttps://patreon.com/dietsoap
2024-09-181h 02
Diet Soap - a podcastWeird Politics in 2024Ashley Frawley and Douglas Lain discuss what it means to be "weird" and what counts as "weird politics" in the US and around the world.
2024-09-041h 06
The Just Checking In PodcastJCIP #253 - Dr Ashley FrawleyIn episode 253 of The Just Checking In Podcast we checked in with Dr Ashley Frawley.
Ashley is currently Visiting Researcher in the Centre for Parenting Culture Studies at the University of Kent, as well as Visiting Research Fellow at the MCC Brussels in Belgium.
She was also previously Associate Professor of Sociology and Social Policy at Swansea University until 2023.
She is the author of Semiotics of Happiness: rhetorical beginnings of a public problem published by Bloomsbury in 2015 and the newly released Significant Emotions, published in January 2024.
She is also the host of her own podcast, ‘Based AF’, a columnist for Comp...
2024-08-101h 39
Diet Soap - a podcastMaking Sense of the US ElectionDouglas Lain and Ashley Frawley discuss the dysfunctional US Election. How are we to sort through this and decide? Could it all be a Psyop?Join Us for a Second Hour in the Parrot Room:https://www.patreon.com/posts/electing-parrots-108670427Support Sublation Mediahttps://patreon.com/dietsoap
2024-07-2350 min
heretics.What Keeping Secrets Does To Us - Dr. Ashley FrawleyAshley Frawley is Visiting Researcher in the Centre for Parenting Culture Studies at the University of Kent, UK and Visiting Research Fellow at MCC Brussels, Belgium. She asks me today about all sorts of psychological issues around secrecy. Follow her YouTube here: www.youtube.com/@AshleyAFrawley And get my book here: https://amzn.to/3KrdMZ2Support Andrew's podcast: https://substack.com/@andrewgoldhereticsAndrew on X: https://twitter.com/andrewgold_ok Insta: https://www.instagram.com/andrewgold_okHeretics YouTube channel: ht...
2024-06-291h 15
1984 Today!Episode 114: Dr Ashley Frawley on 'Constant Crisis' and Why You're Probably FineSubscribe for free at 1984today.substack.com for weekly dystopian news and more!Crisis! Anxiety! Liberty!Dr Ashley Frawley joins me for a conversation about what she calls “the tendency to communicate social problems as emotional problems,” and how that degrades the power and autonomy of the individual while ignoring complex structural social issues.Ashley is a sociologist at the University of Kent in the UK, a columnist at Compact Magazine, a regular contributor to Unherd, the COO of Sublation Media, and a Research Fellow at MCC Brussels. She is the author of the...
2024-05-261h 36
The Current ThingAshley Frawley - Anti-woke MarxistFascinating conversation with the brilliant Dr Ashley Frawley. Topics discussed include:
-Why Ashley is still a Marxist
-How our neoliberal/postliberal culture went wrong
-Why the family is essential in finding meaning
-Where woke comes from
-Whether there’ll be a new ‘current thing’ after woke
-Why people fall for fads like gender ideology
-The reason people struggle to accept their own freedom
-Why conspiracy theories are good in moderation
And loads more!
Get full episodes and keep the podcast going by subscribing to Nick's Substack here: www.nickdixon.net
Or by buying Nick a digital cof...
2024-05-201h 12
Sky House HerbsHerb of the Month: CinnamonMost people underestimate cinnamon and see it as a common benign kitchen spice. However, cinnamon has long been used for sugar regulation and circulatory support. In this video, we will discuss the energetic effects of cinnamon on both cold and hot temperaments and easy ways to add cinnamon to your daily routines.
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Herbs and Natural Supplements an Evidence Based Guide, 4th Edition Volume 2., Braun, Leslie, and Cohen, Marc (2015) Elsevier...
2024-04-2921 min
Sky House HerbsAre TikTok Claims of Ashwaganda Blunting Emotions True?In today's video, clinical Registered Herbalist RH(AHG) speaks to recent TikTok claims of Ashwagandha blunting emotions and causing emotional dullness/apathy. Based on traditional uses and indications of using this Ayurvedic Indian herb, it is possible some people may feel lethargic while using this herb due to a constitutional mismatch. More likely, Ashley explains, is that people are hopping on a trend that pigeon-holes one effect of an herb and discounts other underlying factors. In this video, she will look at the scientific data and research surrounding the use of Ashwagandha and the likely reasons for this upsurge...
2024-04-2218 min
Bungacast/404/ Emotion Sickness: The Politics of Feelings (IV) ft. Catherine Liu (sample)On melodrama and the bourgeois subject.
[Patreon Exclusive]
We're back with the next installment of our series on the "emotional turn". Alex talks to Catherine Liu about whether politics is staged in a "melodramatic" fashion today.
What is the bourgeois subject, why was it good, and where did it go?
What is melodrama?
Does public crying make us feel connected? Is it all Oprah's fault?
Why is psychoanalysis the solution to, not the cause of, therapy culture?
How is indignation used today? Is the political scene just villains and victims?
Links:
Emotion Sickness I ft. Nina Power
Emotion Sickness II ft...
2024-04-1630 min
Sky House Herbs3 Herbs for Personal RevolutionThings are heating up! With the upcoming conjunction of Jupiter and Uranus in Taurus on the 20th, personal revolution is in the air. In this video, we will explore what this seeding time might look like in your life and apply the Vitalist tradition of healing. In Vitalism, the "Law of the Direction of Cure" states that all healing starts from the core of the body (the stomach) and emanates outward. Therefore, when looking to strengthen our vital force, we should start with the stomach or the seat of digestion and work our way out.
2024-04-1522 minBungacast/398/ Emotion Sickness: The Politics of Feelings (II) ft. Ashley Frawley (sample)
Part II of the series: on therapy and vulnerability.
[Patreon Exclusive: subscribe at patreon.com/bungacast]
Sociologist Ashley Frawley (and COO of Sublation Press) is back on the podcast to talk about her new book, Significant Emotions. What is behind the seeming rise of public emotionalism and the focus on mental health?
How was “happiness” a policy concern – and when did it disappear and why?
What’s going on with universities and their focus on the mental health of students?
Is there much emotion about, in a romantic sense of deep feeling?
Or is it emotion ersatz, instrumentalised, superficial, sentimentalised?
How does a...
2024-03-1914 min
Doomer OptimismDO 207 - What has happened to the left? With Ashley Frawley, Gord Magill and Ashley ColbyGord and the two Ashleys discuss the modern state of leftism: what remains of it, and how to navigate the upside-down world where the professional-managerial elites have hijacked the conversation.
2024-02-271h 20The Gnostic Wisdom NetworkThe Mindfulness Trap w/Dr. Ashley FrawleySociologist, author, podcaster, and writer Dr. Ashley Frawley comes on Talk Gnosis to talk mindfulness and challenge the prevailing narratives that frame it as a panacea for society’s ills. With a critical eye, she unpacks the journey of mindfulness from a simple practice to a widespread discourse touted as the solution to a vast array of social problems, from improving productivity to addressing mental health issues.
The conversation navigates through the history of therapeutic discourses, revealing how mindfulness, much like the self-esteem movement before it, has been used by governments and corporations to place the onus of societal issues on...
2024-02-1900 min
Talk GnosisThe Mindfulness Trap w/Dr. Ashley FrawleySociologist, author, podcaster, and writer Dr. Ashley Frawley comes on Talk Gnosis to talk mindfulness and challenge the prevailing narratives that frame it as a panacea for society’s ills. With a critical eye, she unpacks the journey of mindfulness from a simple practice to a widespread discourse touted as the solution to a vast array of social problems, from improving productivity to addressing mental health issues.
The conversation navigates through the history of therapeutic discourses, revealing how mindfulness, much like the self-esteem movement before it, has been used by governments and corporations to place the onus of societal issues on...
2024-02-1900 min
RE:Balance with Kamahl SantamariaThe "Unnamed BBC Presenter"The story of an initially-unnamed BBC presenter - accused of paying a young person thousands of pounds for sexually explicit pictures - took on a life of its own this past week. It was equal parts shocking, unbalanced, engrossing, farcical, and unpleasant. And it raised a lot of questions about privacy, speculation, who knew what and when - and of course who the presenter actually was. This week on RE:Balance, Kamahl picks apart the facts of the story and the way it was reported, and speaks to Associate Professor of Sociology at Swansea University Dr. Ashley A. Frawley...
2023-07-1638 min
The KMO Show006 - Ashley Frawley on The LeftKMO talks with Dr. Ashley Frawley about how dope the 1990s were and how civilization has only degenerated since then. Other topics include the authoritarian tendencies of the Left, how HR speak and the excesses of identitarian politics should not be confused with the Left, and how "Health & Safety" has become the new "Law & Order." At the end, KMO rants about AI and NASA's next moon mission.
2023-04-061h 06
Sky House HerbsOvercome by Spirits: Alcohol, Addiction, and Plant SpiritsA judgment-free exploration of alcohol, drinking, and addictive and compulsive behaviors with an herbal twist. Resources: Acorus calamus (Sweet Flag) Old World Bitters - https://www.herbalist-alchemist.com/shop-products-btc-original-bitters The Yoga of Herbs by Dr. Vasant Lad and Dr. David Frawley: https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-yoga-of-herbs-an-ayurvedic-guide-to-herbal-medicine-vasant-lad/10939891?ean=9780941524247 Alcoholics Anonymous - https://www.aa.org/ Al-Anon - Hope and Help for Families and Friends of Alcoholics - https://al-anon.org/
2023-03-1535 minBungacast/316/ From Emergency to Emergency: 2022 Review, ft. Ashley Frawley
On the key events and developments in 2022.
We look back at how the world transitioned from the pandemic to war over the past year, and what the socio-political fallouts have been. Is everything "better than expected"? Has managerial technocracy been rejuvenated?
We discuss whether we're in a Third World War, how the US empire is strengthening its grip on Europe, and how cultural populists are taking over from economic populists.
Part two is available at patreon.com/bungacast
2023-01-2458 min
Anomia NormalCrecimiento económico y salud mental: ¿Crecemos para vivir mejor?Hey, gente. Felíz navidad. Vengan, les tengo un regalo para que cierren este bonito 2022 por todo lo alto. Ya saben, compartan con sus familiares, amistades, parejas y toda la vaina.
Twitter: https://twitter.com/AnomiaNormal
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/anomianormal
Algunas fuentes:
· The semiotics of happiness (Ashley Frawley)
· La Sociedad del cansancio (Byung Chul Han)
· Realismo capitalista ( Mark Fisher)
One nation under stress (Dana Becker)
· https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2008/jan/03/comment.mentalhealth
· https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2019/apr/16/how-cap...
2022-12-2320 minCompact PodcastCompact Conversations: Ashley FrawleyAshley Frawley joins Geoff Shullenberger to discuss her latest Compact column "Mindfulness is Mind Control."
2022-11-0427 min
It's Not Just In Your Head#112: Diagnosis as a Weapon“When people rebel you can call them crazy”.
Psychotherapist Dr. Harriet Fraad discusses an article sent to us by a patron entitled: HYSTERIA, WITCHES, AND THE WANDERING UTERUS: A BRIEF HISTORY OR, WHY I TEACH “THE YELLOW WALLPAPER”.
We discuss how a diagnosis - such as hysteria - often says more about a society than the individual, the fear of female emotions, irrationality, fragility and protection, the link between serial killers and Fanon, Adam Curtis, empowerment and the luxury of getting to know yourself.
References:
HYSTERIA, WITCHES, AND THE WANDERING UTERUS: A BRIEF...
2022-11-0145 min
Marx Engels InstituteThe Rise of Trauma Politics - Interview With Ashley FrawleyI recently spoke to the Sociologist Dr Ashley Frawley regarding her latest article in Compact Magazine in which she argues that the triumph of "trauma politics" is an anti working class phenomenon.
The conversation went to a number of interesting places including how we should all read more Hegel. Be sure to read Ashley's article https://compactmag.com/article/how-trauma-politics-hurts-the-poor
2022-08-071h 00
Dewbs & Co.Is it time to move on from Boris' confidence vote?On this episode of Dewbs & Co. Sophie Corcoran - Broadcaster, Ashley Frawley - Sociologist at Swansea University & Dominique Samuels - Political Commentator join Michelle to look at all the today's big stories.Boris Johnson won his confidence vote, so now it's time to move on, surely?Do you know the demographic make up of the UK? A survey shows our perception of it versus the actual reality is miles apart.Scotland introduced minimum unit pricing for alcohol, intended to stop people buying cheap, high strength plonk. But all that actually...
2022-06-0744 minDewbs & Co.Are we a step closer to the breakup of the United Kingdom?On this episode of Dewbs & Co. Professor of Political Economy and International Relations Lee Jones, Sociologist at Swansea University Ashley Frawley and former Labour advisor Scarlett MaGuire join Michelle Dewbury to take on the top stories in an authentic, unvarnished and unashamed way on the side of the unheard.Today, Sir Keir Starmer committed to resigning if he is fined over 'beergate'. However back in January, Starmer called for PM Boris Johnson to resign at the stage he is at now, which is under criminal investigation. The panel will discuss the double standard in this commitment.
2022-05-0942 minDewbs & Co.Energy security, Mrs non-dom Sunak and the French electionOn this episode of Dewbs & Co., Political YouTuber and commentator Michael Heaver, sociology professor at Swansea University Dr Ashley Frawley and CEO of communications company PLMR Kevin Craig join Michelle Dewbury to take on the top stories in an authentic, unvarnished and unashamed way on the side of the unheard.The panel discuss criticism of the Government's energy security strategy, with many arguing that it does not address the immediate cost crisis or methods to reduce dependency. As Chancellor Rishi Sunak's wife is revealed as having non-dom tax status in the UK, the...
2022-04-0744 min
Give Me An Argument - The Ben Burgis Call-In ShowEpisode 35: Reacting to the Announcement of “Compact” Magazine (ft. Ryan Zickgraf(mSome medieval-revivalist ultra-Catholic nutjobs have gotten together with Edwin Aponte (co-founder of The Bellows), Glenn Greenwald, Slavoj Zizek, Ashley Frawley, and a few others to form a magazine called "Compact." I'm joined by regular Jacobin contributor Ryan Zickgraf (original co-founder of The Bellows forced out by Aponte) to discuss what it all means and take your calls. We like some of the names involved despite their involvement but to the extent that there's a coherent political project here it sure doesn't seem like a good one.
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2022-03-231h 15Bungacast/249/ Dances with Truckers ft. Ashley Frawley
On the Freedom Convoy, the indigenous question, and 'anti-socialist socialism'(?)
Sociologist and commentator Ashley Frawley is back on the pod to talk about the situation in Canada. With family members involved in the protests, we asked her what she made of the truckers and the way demands were framed as 'anti-socialist'.
We move on to debate how to understand popular resistance to 'social engineering' today, as well as the uses of 'emotionalism' to undermine political agency.
Readings & Links:
How the truckers split indigenous Canada, Ashley Frawley, UnHerd
Lecture: Emotion & Reason, Ashley Frawley, The Academy
...
2022-03-221h 04
Modes of Inquiry with Mathew GiagnorioA Conversation with Dr. Ashley FrawleyI speak with Dr. Ashley Frawley of Swansea University on the state of the political Left today and the absence of its former critical style. We also discuss the socialization of medicine, the development of language and culture comprising the wellness/wellbeing and mental health industry, understanding the 'why' of student and youth protests and oppositions today, parents knowing what's best for their children and child separation, indigenous communities in Canada, the historic wrongs, and understanding over fascination and the path forward together. All this and more on Modes of Inquiry!
2022-01-131h 44
The Way54) The Pursuit of Happiness w/ Dr. Ashley FrawlerI was joined with Dr. Ashley Frawler: Researcher and Senior Lecturer in Criminology, Sociology, and Social Policy. We discussed the Pursuit of Happiness and how it has been manipulated and misrepresented for the public.
Her research includes:
Mindfulness and the 'Psychological Impagination'
The value in ‘value’: An exercise for pluralizing economics instruction, Medicalization of social problems
Not very NICE: deviance, stigma, and nutritional guidelines related to healthy weight and obesity
“Unhappy News”: Process, Rhetoric, and Context in the Making of the Happiness Problem
Happiness Research: A Review of Critiques
Her book - "Semiotics of Happiness"
Web...
2021-09-281h 18
PlasticPills Critical Theory & PhilosophyTherapy Culture & Happy Signifiers (ft. Ashley Frawley)Professor Ashley Frawley, author of The Semiotics of Happiness, joins us to discuss the cyclical history of some slippery signifiers: "self-esteem," "well-being," and "mental health," the only productive value of which is the generation of corporate consultants, conference panelists, and mind cops. In this interview, she explains how 'trauma discourse' reifies status quo politics. Find Ashley on Twitter (@AshleyAFrawley) and her book here: https://amzn.to/3grRLex
2021-06-161h 12BungacastRE-RELEASE: /100/ What Was the End of History? ft. Many GuestsIn the lead-up to our 200th episode later this month, we're exceptionally re-releasing our 100th episode special this week.
On the 30 years since 1989.
For our 100th episode, we invited our favourite guests to reflect on the question: “What one event, personal or political, most captures for you the past thirty years, since 1989?”
Are we still living in the death throes of the 20th century, or is something new emerging?
Guests:
(00:07:42) - Maren Thom
(00:14:14) - David Broder
(00:21:33) - Ashley Frawley
(00:26:11) - Catherine Liu
(00:33:05) - Angela Nagle
(00:40:49) - Benjamin Fogel
(00:46:25) - Alex Gourevitc...
2021-06-151h 44
Moral MazeHappinessPhilosophers and artists, from Epicurus to Ken Dodd, have grappled with the secret to happiness. Now, neuroscientists at University College London suggest the answer could lie in the equation: (t)=w0 +w1∑j=1tγt −jCRj +w2∑j=1tγt −jEVj +w3∑j=1tγt −jRPEj. While hardly rolling off the tongue, the formula roughly translates to mean that we should lower our expectations to be happy – but not so low, and for so long, that it makes us unhappy. This appears to fly in the face of a celebrity culture that chases fame, status and success as ends in themselves. Se...
2021-06-0342 min
ex.haustEpisode 31: Thinking Through Happiness, Misery and Freedom ft. Ashley FrawleyEmmet sits down with Ashley Frawley to talk about her work on the semiotics of happiness, the knowledge class, and the how to think about freedom. Ashley was a great guest and we hope to have her return to the pod.
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Closing Song: "Ceiling" by Stuck
Episode image: Photo by Maximilian Scheffler on UnsplashSpecial Guest: Ashley Frawley.
2021-03-2453 min
The Mindful CranksDaniel Nehring - Mindfulness and Therapeutic CulturesIn this Episode, I spoke with Daniel Nehring, who is an Associate Professor of Sociology at East China University of Science and Technology in Shanghai. Daniel is, in my opinion, an ascending and prolific scholar in the field of critical sociology, and an amazing networker who has brought together a diverse group of international collaborators from multiple disciplines who are doing cutting edge research on therapeutic cultures across the globe. Our conversation explores how therapeutic discourses have not only penetrated a range of institutional regimes, but also how such discourses have a global reach, with mass consumption in China...
2020-09-271h 02
Theory of Thing Investment PodcastEp. 17 - Dr Ashley Frawley - The paradox of progress, and some fresh perspectives on the challenges for capitalismDr Ashley Frawley from Swansea University's School of Public Health, Policy and Social Sciences shares her insights on some of the social tensions seen in western countries today Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/the-bip-show. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2020-09-171h 00
Slim RadioRoom for Discussion x UVA RADIO: Ashley FrawleyIt’s all about being happy right? Doesn’t matter who you are, where you come from or what you think the world should look like, we can all agree on trying to be happy. Well, maybe not. We talked to professor Ashley Frawley, a sociology professor at Swansea University, on the perils of our constant pursuit of happiness. Dr. Frawley lectures on the sociology of happiness and mental health and has been critical of the ‘self-help’ movement. We discussed how we should conceptualize happiness, why we should be critical of positive psychology, and how we can explain the rising prevalen...
2020-06-211h 09
Ayn Rand Centre UK PodcastHeroism, Happiness, and a Search for Meaning | Ashley Frawley & Andrew BernsteinSign up here to join upcoming events live via Zoom: https://www.meetup.com/London-Ayn-Rand-Meetup/Consider supporting our work by becoming a member: https://aynrandcentre.co.uk/membership/Quite often, we are told that in order to find meaning in life, one has to live for something big, beyond oneself. At the same time though, the notion of heroism is seen with suspicion. In popular culture, the figure that is gaining track is the anti-hero: flawed, imperfect, and ultimately, ‘one of us’. Quite often, traits traditionally linked with heroes are seen as destructive for their bear...
2020-05-271h 31
The Imperfect Buddha Podcast67 Ashley Frawley on Happiness and the Present“In a society that has no future, the present gains exponentially in importance.” In the time of Corona, what are we to do with happiness? Today’s guest is an expert on the subject and the well-being industry. Dr Ashley Frawley studies the relationship between the ideology of self-care, technologies of the self and wider social policy and practice. In her book, The Semiotics of Happiness, she explores the roots of happiness and its inclusion as a goal of wider society. We discuss Mindfulness, its rise, and possible wane, and the ideas that underpin the culture of self-development, as well a...
2020-04-111h 09
Ideas MatterIdeas Matter: Culture Wars: then and now, episode 7: Emotion and ReasonUnder the seemingly all-encompassing umbrella of ‘mental health’, the public sphere appears saturated with claims about emotional damage. This lecture explores such claims of emotional harm and analyses the conversation-stopping effect of dismissing the rational human subject and the degeneration of public debate into never-ending culture wars.
LECTURER
Dr Ashley Frawley – senior lecturer in public health, policy, and social sciences at the University of Swansea; author, Semiotics of Happiness: rhetorical beginnings of a public problem
TALKING POINTS IN THIS PODCAST
• The rise of new emotional problems and emotional solutions to existing problems.
• Underlying...
2019-12-1246 min
Academy of Ideas#BattleFest2019: What does it mean to be normal?Listen to the debate from the Battle of Ideas Festival 2019.
There is something of an obsession with ‘normality’ today. Sally Rooney’s novel, Normal People, was widely acclaimed for its sensitive portrayal of everyday contemporary relationships. The TV smash hit Fleabag was likewise praised for its unflinching portrayal of ‘normal’ British middle-class sexual mores. But attitudes towards ‘normality’ seem difficult to get a handle on today. On the one hand, campaigns to raise awareness for a variety of social or psychological ills seek to show it is not ‘abnormal’, for example, to experience depression and that such people ‘are not alone’...
2019-12-071h 12Academy of Ideas#BattleFest2019: Extinction or progress? Visions of the futureRecording of a debate at the Battle of Ideas festival 2019.
Today’s political culture seems obsessed with dark, apocalyptic visions. From young people staging ‘die-ins’ to protest about the environment to talk of an ‘insect apocalypse’, fears and threats loom large. Extinction Rebellion argues that the threat of catastrophe means we must reject growth and material progress in favour of a new eco-austerity. Even proponents of new technology often see it as a means of avoiding environmental catastrophe rather than transforming the world for the better. What can we learn about the present from our attitude to the future...
2019-12-061h 14
All Out PoliticsIs the NHS up for sale?The Conservative and SNP manifestos are the main focus of this week's All Out Politics podcast as Adam Boulton and guests examine the parties' pledges.Have the Tories played it too safe after the controversy around the 2017 edition and can the SNP actually help Boris Johnson regain the keys to Number Ten? The panel also discuss this week's claims by Labour that the NHS is - in Jeremy Corbyn's words - up for sale under a post-Brext trade deal with the US. Joining Adam this week are the editor of The Times Literary Supplement Stig Abell, social policy lecturer...
2019-11-2855 min
Brexit The Final CountdownOne-line-zingers and debate winnersIn the week's episode of Brexit The Final Countdown Rebecca Hutson is joined by Senior Political Correspondent for the Daily Express, Martyn Brown, and sociology lecturer at the University of Swansea Ashley Frawley to discuss last night's debate between Boris Johnson and Jeremy Corbyn, the ailing fortunes of the Lib Dems and a FASCINATING discussion about the culture of 'woke-ness'. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
2019-11-2042 min
Zero SquaredZero Squared #214: Psychological Politics?Ashley Frawley is the author of the Semiotics of Happiness, a University lecturer and a reader at Zero Books. This week she returns to discuss a recent lecture she gave at for the Academy of Ideas on the pitfalls of turning to psychology to fix social political problems.
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2019-09-1658 min
Zero SquaredZero Squared #207: Defining Capitalism [teaser]Nikos Sotirakopoulos and Ashley Frawley join me in this second episode in what promises to be a new series of podcasts. Nikos is a committed Randian while Ashley Frawley and I are both Marxists and we debate how to define and understand capitalism with Nikos in this episode.
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2019-07-2938 min
Top episodesCAS 012: Ashley Frawley Wants to Turn Your Grin Upside Down! Podcast: Church and State PodcastEpisode: CAS 012: Ashley Frawley Wants to Turn Your Grin Upside Down!Pub date: 2016-02-18Get Podcast Transcript →powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarizationSummary:
In this episode we talk to Ashley Frawley, lecturer in sociology & social policy at Swansea University and author of The Semiotics of Happiness. We discuss this book and so much more! Is Bobby McFerrin the opiate of the masses? Why is the left so dysfunctional? Is there any value in us laboring over The Labor Theory of Val...
2019-01-291h 13