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Riff Worship#120 - Neurosis - Souls at Zero w/ Christopher Zucchero (Mr. Beef, The Bear)Born out of Oakland's DIY hardcore punk scene, Neurosis emerged as a band driven to defy the conventions of what heavy music could be. Before they discovered how to replicate the sounds they envisioned, the band spent years honing their craft and grinding it out on the road.It wasn't until their third album, Souls at Zero, that Neurosis began to fully experiment. By incorporating new instrumentation like keyboards, samplers, and string arrangements, they tapped into a new, boundless well of creativity.While this new direction still honored their punk roots, it wasn't immediately welcomed...
2025-08-211h 58
WHY? Philosophical Discussions About Everyday LifeA Philosophical Look at Madness with guest Justin GarsonJack interviews Justin Garson, writer, philosopher, and professor, to explore an unsettling and illuminating idea: What if madness isn't just a disorder, but a signal, expressing something deeply out of sync in our lives or society?
2025-06-081h 18
DEPTH Work: A Holistic Mental Health Podcast98. Does Mental 'Illness' Have a Purpose or Function? Madness as an Adaptive Strategy with Justin Garson“I wish somebody had presented these ideas that what we call mental disorders, they're not like diabetes. They're not like cancer. They're more like fever or pain. They're meaningful responses to something going on in your life. And they are part of your inner self trying to tell you to look more closely.” - Justin Garson
If you’ve ever felt as though there may be a purpose or function to the experiences that get labeled as a ‘mental illness’, you’re not alone. Justin Garson spent his career advocating for the idea that madness should not be seen as p...
2024-12-091h 15
Radically Genuine Podcast with Dr. Roger McFillin162. A Method To The Madness? Mental Illness From Disorder to Design w/ Justin GarsonJustin Garson, professor of philosophy at Hunter College and the Graduate Center City University of New York and author of "Madness: A Philosophical Exploration," has emerged as one of psychiatry's most compelling critics. In this explosive episode, he challenges everything we've been told about mental illness, revealing why depression, ADHD, and even schizophrenia aren't brain diseases – they're adaptive responses that may have kept our ancestors alive. From his father's struggle with schizophrenia in the Nixon era to his own teenage experience with depression, Garson exposes how the "broken brain" narrative has robbed us of agency, created dependency on psychiatric dr...
2024-12-051h 33
The London Lecture SeriesBeyond Psychiatry: Rethinking Madness Outside Medicine; Presented by Justin GarsonSince the 1970s, psychiatry has been in the grip of a paradigm I call ‘madness-as-dysfunction’. In this view, mental disorders happen when something inside the person isn’t working as it should, or is ‘broken.’ In his previous work, Justin Garson has identified an alternate paradigm, which he calls ‘madness-as-strategy,’ which sees mental illness in terms of purpose, adaptation and function. In this lecture, Justin contrasts these frameworks and outlines their implications for research, treatment and stigma.Part of the London Lecture Series 2023-24 | “Madness and Mental Health"
2024-07-031h 26
Madness RadioPhilosophy of Madness | Justin Garson | Madness RadioIs madness dysfunction and breakdown – or part of human evolution that helps us survive? Writers going back to Hippocrates saw madness as the organism’s way to cope with its environment, so why has this view almost disappeared today? Justin Garson, professor of philosophy at Hunter College and author of Madness: a Philosophical Exploration, joins co-hosts Will Hall and Jessica Gallinger to discuss madness as a strategy, beyond the biological vs psychological debate. (Transcript) 58 min version
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2024-06-131h 09
Madness RadioPhilosophy of Madness | Justin Garson | Madness RadioIs madness dysfunction and breakdown – or part of human evolution that helps us survive? Writers going back to Hippocrates saw madness as the organism’s way to cope with its environment, so why has this view almost disappeared today? Justin Garson, professor of philosophy at Hunter College and author of Madness: a Philosophical Exploration, joins co-hosts Will Hall and Jessica Gallinger to discuss madness as a strategy, beyond the biological vs psychological debate. (Transcript) 58 min version
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2024-06-1300 min
Mad in America: Rethinking Mental HealthIs Madness an Evolved Signal? – Justin Garson on Strategy Versus DysfunctionJustin Garson is a Professor of Philosophy at Hunter College and The Graduate Center, City University of New York, and a contributor for Psychology Today and Aeon. He writes on the philosophy of madness, the evolution of the mind and purpose in nature. His most recent book is Madness: A Philosophical Exploration, published by Oxford University Press in 2022. He is also the author of the forthcoming The Madness Pill: The Quest to Create Insanity and One Doctor's Discovery that Transformed Psychiatry, which will be published by St. Martin's Press. In this interview, Justin joins us to talk...
2024-02-2839 minMad in America: Rethinking Mental HealthIs Madness an Evolved Signal? – Justin Garson on Strategy Versus DysfunctionJustin Garson is a Professor of Philosophy at Hunter College and The Graduate Center, City University of New York, and a contributor for Psychology Today and Aeon. He writes on the philosophy of madness, the evolution of the mind and purpose in nature. His most recent book is Madness: A Philosophical Exploration, published by Oxford University Press in 2022. He is also the author of the forthcoming The Madness Pill: The Quest to Create Insanity and One Doctor's Discovery that Transformed Psychiatry, which will be published by St. Martin's Press. In this interview, Justin joins us to talk...
2024-02-2839 min
Brain in a VatEvolutionary Psychology | Justin Garson (Rebroadcast)Is evolution the root cause of racism, rape, and disgust? Are differences between men and women a result of both nature and nurture? Are some forms of scientific inquiry too dangerous to allow?
Justin's Book: https://www.amazon.com/Biological-Mind-Philosophical-Introduction/dp/0367466317
2023-12-1753 min
Evolving PsychiatryReframing Madness | Justin Garson | Evolving Psychiatry Podcast #30Justin Garson is Professor of Philosophy at Hunter College and The Graduate Center, City University of New York, and a contributor for PsychologyToday.com and Aeon. He writes on the philosophy of madness, evolution of the mind, and purpose in nature.
In this episode we discuss scientific concepts of dysfunction, the role of the paradigms framing psychiatry, and the possible benefits of evolutionary thinking about mental 'disorders'.
Justin has two recently published books you should check out: Madness: A Philosophical Exploration (Oxford University Press, 2022) and The Biological Mind: A Philosophical Introduction, 2nd ed. (Routledge, 2022).
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2023-10-301h 22
Riff Worship#17 - Cryptopsy - None So VileBy 1996 death metal started to become stale and stagnant, with a wave of copycats looking to replicate the success of the genre’s heavyweights. As we’ve covered in previous episodes, extreme music had flirted with the major label world, but did not quite achieve the lofty expectations that were unfairly placed on its gore obsessed shoulders. A return to the underground was the (left hand) path needed and it led to the Great White North. After unleashing their more traditionally-minded demo and full-length debut, Montreal’s Cryptopsy welcomed new additions to their lineup that not only sparked a change...
2023-08-091h 00
TransmissionsTransmissions :: Andy Zax on Mort Garson's Journey to the MoonWelcome back to another episode of Aquarium Drunkard Transmissions, so glad to have you with us. A major inspiration for us in the podcast zone is media theorist Douglas Rushkoff, host of the Team Human podcast. As our digital age gets stranger, more fractured, and harder to parse, we find his humanist, consciousness-centered approach very helpful. One of the things he’s known for saying is “Look for the others”—the others who grok your worldview, whose enthusiasms and obsessions mirror your own. And no doubt about it, our guest this week, Andy Zax, feels very much like one of the othe...
2023-07-261h 39
TransmissionsTransmissions :: Gia MargaretIt's the thick of the summer, which means your Transmissions correspondents are spending as much time in cool dark spaces as possible. One record that particularly suits the mood in our summer bunker hideaway is Gia Margaret's Romantic Piano. Though Margaret's 2018 debut, There’s Always Glimmer, was the striking work of a singer/songwriter, when medical issues put a strain on her voice, she turned to instrumental music, first with her ambient leaning self-titled 2020 album, and now Romantic Piano, a collection of moving piano compositions, mostly instrumental, that feels at once meditative and comforting. It’s the kind of musi...
2023-07-191h 06Riff Worship#12 - Magrudergrind - Magrudergrind2009 stands as a pivotal year for aggressive music in the early part of this century with landmark releases from Cattle Decapitation, Converge, Agoraphobic Nosebleed, and Mastodon. Simultaneously, a three-piece from Washington D.C. stands out amongst these. With a handful of releases under their belt, the abrasive Magrudergrind rose up from the underground with their sophomore album: a perfect blend of grindcore, crust, pop culture references, and hip hop into 27 minutes of pure adrenaline. This week on Riff Worship, Austin & Dylan are rejoined by their longtime friend Justin Swindle to discuss the self-titled Magrudergrind album!Recommendations:...
2023-07-0546 min
WHAT THE TRUCK?!?Yellow, goodbye?On today’s episode of WHAT THE TRUCK?!? Dooner is talking to FreightWaves’ Rachel Premack about the drama over at Yellow. The carrier has told the Teamsters it will be out of money by August, but the union says it’s not going to bail the company out again. We’ll find out if Yellow can survive and what will be left of it. Remcoda CEO Remy Garson has doubled down on nearshoring. We’ll learn about its recent strategic acquisition in Colombia and how he thinks nearshoring will reshape supply chains.O...
2023-06-1456 min
back from the borderlinecompletely transform the way you view your mental health symptoms with this reframeWhen psychological suffering enters our lives, the modern psychiatric response is often to label, diagnose, and medicate what’s perceived as “symptoms” of conditions like BPD, EUPD, cPTSD, ADHD, ASD, and countless others. The DSM-5, as of 2022, lists criteria for 193 mental health disorders—a number that seems to expand with every edition. This episode challenges Western psychiatry's tendency to pathologize and medicalize human emotional distress, exploring what might happen if we viewed our symptoms not as problems to be "fixed," but as adaptive responses that reveal unmet needs and deeper truths about ourselves.Imagine seeing these intense...
2023-04-041h 18
Thing in itselfJustin Garson on madness, psychiatry, functions, evolutionJustin is Professor of Philosophy at Hunter College and The Graduate Center, City University of New York. He writes on the philosophy of madness, evolution of the mind, and purpose in nature.
2023-02-091h 05
back from the borderlinefrom disorder to design: flipping the script on "mental health symptoms" with philosopher justin garsonIf you no longer viewed your symptoms as proof of being “disordered” but as a part of your brain’s natural, adaptive design, how would that reshape your self-understanding? How would it impact the hope you hold for your future? For millions, the prevailing belief is that symptoms of mental distress stem from chemical imbalances or genetic flaws—issues inherited and hardwired. But groundbreaking research by Dr. Joanna Moncrieff is challenging this very foundation, shaking up the psychiatric field and prompting us to question: What if our brains are simply doing their best to keep us safe?In tod...
2022-09-201h 05
Brain in a VatEvolutionary Psychology | Justin GarsonIs evolution the root cause of racism, rape, and disgust? Are differences between men and women a result of both nature and nurture? Are some forms of scientific inquiry too dangerous to allow?
Justin's Book: https://www.amazon.com/Biological-Mind-Philosophical-Introduction/dp/0367466317
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2022-04-2453 min
BJPS Short ReadsWhy History Matters in BiologyJustin Garson on the study of mechanisms and the study of history.
Read the essay: https://wp.me/paiQQ4-1LN.
2022-03-1010 min
Inside MatthewsThe Matthews - Mint Hill WeeklyJustin Vick and Adrian Garson are the editor and publisher of our community's local newspaper, The Matthews - Mint Hill Weekly. Each week, they're responsible for publishing and distributing thousands of copies throughout Matthews, and neighboring town Mint Hill, and they also create content for two additional publications, plus twelve social media sites. In this episode of Inside Matthews, Jim talks to Justin and Adrian about what goes in to producing one of the area's top publications as well as their engagement with the business and civic organizations in the Matthews Community, plus, we get a quick "s...
2021-08-1341 min
Brain in a VatWhat Is Madness? | Justin GarsonIs 'mental disorder' purely a dysfunction, or are there important advantages to being psychologically different? Do depression and anxiety serve a vital role in healing and bettering one's life?
2021-07-1853 min
Condensed MatterEpisode 5: "There Are No Ahistorical Theories of Function", Justin GarsonThe focus of this episode is Justin Garson’s article "There Are No Ahistorical Theories of Function" published in Philosophy of Science in 2019. Link: https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/abs/10.1086/705472 Support the show
2021-07-0708 min
The Chris Liss PodcastDDD Loves Mac JonesRotoWire's Chris Liss and Yahoo Sports' Dalton Del Don talk 49ers pick at No. 3, DDD coming around on Mac Jones, Zach Wilson, Kyle Pitts, Justin Fields, Giants needs, Jimmy Garoppolo, Danny Dimes, Sam Darnold, Byron Buxton, Vlad Guerrero, League of Leagues, Corbin Burnes CY bet, Shohei Ohtani MVP bet, why you should never pay for catchers, Pushback, empathy vs enabling, scourge of utilitarianism, Radiohead, Ziggy Stardust And The Spiders From Mars, Mark Garson and My Octopus Teacher. Get full access to ChrisLiss.com at www.chrisliss.com/subscribe
2021-04-2958 min
Transmusic AirwavesTransmusic Airwaves (Episode #384) - August 28, 2020 - with Paul Ciminero (host)On this week's TRANSMUSIC AIRWAVES (Episode #384) BOB DYLAN sings about his muses, SANDY DENNY (one of Dylan's possible subjects) & THE STRAWBS lament 'Who Knows Where The Time Goes,' RARE BIRD, BRYAN SCARY, BEAVER & KRAUSE, and PERE UBU all tackle the subject of those winged creatures (birds), and I'll remember the late JUSTIN TOWNES EARLE (pictured here at Newport Folk Festival in 2010) with music from both he and his father, STEVE EARLE.That gives you an idea of just part of what's on tap today, so here's some additional appetizers to add to the menu. You'll hear GENESIS...
2020-08-273h 00
Exchanges: A Cambridge UP PodcastJustin Garson, "What Biological Functions are and Why They Matter" (Cambridge UP, 2019)Why do zebras have stripes? One way to answer that question is ask what function stripes play in the lives of zebras – for example, to deter disease-carrying flies from biting them. This notion of a function plays a central role in biology: biologists frequently refer to the functions of many traits of evolved organisms. But not everything a trait causes is its function – the stripes might disorient some harmless birds, but that isn’t their function. So what determines the function of a trait? And what sort of explanations are offered when biologists claim that a trait has a partic...
2019-10-101h 08
New Books in Biology and EvolutionJustin Garson, "What Biological Functions are and Why They Matter" (Cambridge UP, 2019)Why do zebras have stripes? One way to answer that question is ask what function stripes play in the lives of zebras – for example, to deter disease-carrying flies from biting them. This notion of a function plays a central role in biology: biologists frequently refer to the functions of many traits of evolved organisms. But not everything a trait causes is its function – the stripes might disorient some harmless birds, but that isn’t their function. So what determines the function of a trait? And what sort of explanations are offered when biologists claim that a trait has a partic...
2019-10-101h 08
New Books in PhilosophyJustin Garson, "What Biological Functions are and Why They Matter" (Cambridge UP, 2019)Why do zebras have stripes? One way to answer that question is ask what function stripes play in the lives of zebras – for example, to deter disease-carrying flies from biting them. This notion of a function plays a central role in biology: biologists frequently refer to the functions of many traits of evolved organisms. But not everything a trait causes is its function – the stripes might disorient some harmless birds, but that isn’t their function. So what determines the function of a trait? And what sort of explanations are offered when biologists claim that a trait has a partic...
2019-10-101h 08
New Books in ScienceJustin Garson, "What Biological Functions are and Why They Matter" (Cambridge UP, 2019)Why do zebras have stripes? One way to answer that question is ask what function stripes play in the lives of zebras – for example, to deter disease-carrying flies from biting them. This notion of a function plays a central role in biology: biologists frequently refer to the functions of many traits of evolved organisms. But not everything a trait causes is its function – the stripes might disorient some harmless birds, but that isn’t their function. So what determines the function of a trait? And what sort of explanations are offered when biologists claim that a trait has a partic...
2019-10-101h 08
HNMag - El POP sin complejosHN-T2 - D-29-12-2013 - Las 100 Grandes Canciones del 2013 (6ª Parte)Abrimos las puertas del Hospital Neptuno para ofreceros la última entrega de nuestro serial de programas especiales dedicados a repasar la lista que hemos confeccionado de las 100 Grandes Canciones del 2013. Es momento de cerrar la lista y de escuchar las últimas canciones de esta lista, para ello, abróchate el cinturón y entra en el lugar por y para los enfermos de la música, el Hospital Neptuno. ¡Bienvenidos!
Al margen de la lista de las 100 Grandes del 2013, hoy conoceremos las grandes canciones del 2013 seleccionadas por Sergio Martín desde La Habitación del Pánico y Andrés Calvo desd...
2013-12-292h 17