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The Old Fashioned Breakdown: A Mad Men PodcastMeditations in an Emergency S2 Ep13When we started on this episode the was a threat of world war, companies were threstening redundancies and ever since there's been an uproar about planned pregnancies. Good Job we have a fun tv show to let us forget real life, AMIRITE!?
In this episode Fola tries not to pretend he understands any academic notions of semiotics and how they relate to not only this episode but Mad Men in general.
The guys try to explain the use of metaphor and metonymy in psychology and human perception while at the same time trying to figure out the true meaning beh...
2022-07-272h 08The Old Fashioned Breakdown: A Mad Men PodcastThe Mountain King S2 Ep12After a week that feels like months have passed Helen and Fola return to try and link The Mountain King to Carl Jung, who was born in the Swiss Alps
They talk about:
Anima/animus, Archetypes, Collective Unconscious, Complex, Individuation, Persona, Shadow, Self and Synchronicity, all explained here
Info on Carl Jung
Heres a video on his thoughts on religion: Carl Jung and Religion - Introduction to the Psychology of Religion
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2022-02-222h 21
The Old Fashioned Breakdown: A Mad Men PodcastMade in My Kitchen: What the Sopranos Ending Means... To MeAs a special one off and in celebration of the release of The Sopranos Prequel movie, The Many Saints of Newark (its awesome we don't care what people say), Fola has recorded a special episode of the pod... Enjoy!
Here's the 10 Page (!) Essay he mentioned:
And heres The In at the End Podcast
Anyway
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2021-09-2520 minThe Old Fashioned Breakdown: A Mad Men PodcastThe Jet Set S2 Ep11Fola and Helen are back after what feels like years to tackle the subject of masculine fantasy, and Fola creates a mini sci-fi trilogy within a Podcast.... you really have to listen to understand what that means.
Fola also has a cold, so he sounds asthmatic. Helen Stayed awake till the end so, well done her!
PS.. we'll try to do it quicker next episode... Although don't hold us to that
Anyway
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2021-06-302h 11The Old Fashioned Breakdown: A Mad Men PodcastThe Inheritance S2 Ep10Fola and Helen are back after Fola has spent weeks try to find something, or more accurately, nothing (i.e. Lack) to say about this episode of Mad Men. The theme is growing up and what that involves, sounds simple enough right? But no Fola has to make it more complicated.
Also Helen has a cat.
This is Lacan's Table of Three Types of Lack that Fola was trying to explain
Agent
Lack
Object
Real Father
Symbolic Castration
Imaginary Phallus
Symbolic Mother
Imaginary Frustration
Real Breast
Imaginary Father
Real Privation
Symbolic Phallus
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2021-04-031h 46The Old Fashioned Breakdown: A Mad Men PodcastSix Month Leave S2 Ep9Fola in particular was able to use this episode to explore the them of depression and rebirth.. mainly rebirth after part of the audio for the podcast was destroyed. A large topic in this episode is ego drive
https://www.yourarticlelibrary.com/salesman/importance-of-empathy-and-ego-drive-to-become-a-good-salesman/13489
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2021-01-262h 10The Old Fashioned Breakdown: A Mad Men PodcastA Night to Remember S2 Ep8In this episode Fola mansplains women to Helen. The guys try to improve their awareness about things in general and kinda show that they dont know that much. Fola gets anxious about the sound quality of the podcast, and Helen surprises Fola with her ability to just know stuff he spends hrs researching.
And they both really enjoyed it.
Oh and they explore the female orgasm
About the feminine simulation
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2021-01-021h 48The Old Fashioned Breakdown: A Mad Men PodcastThe Gold Violin S2 Ep7In this episode Helen and Fola try to figure out Dons Objet á from his Object of Desire. Hey everyone we're back after an unplanned hiatus, doing podcasts is hard!
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References
This dictionary does a decent...
2020-12-141h 56The Old Fashioned Breakdown: A Mad Men PodcastMaidenform S2 Ep6In this episode Helen and Fola talk about pretty much everything, Fetish, Signifiers, Phallus, Ego, everything, except for Don
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References
This dictionary does a decent job of explaining everything lacan
An Introduc...
2020-11-181h 28The Old Fashioned Breakdown: A Mad Men PodcastThe New Girl S2 Ep5 👁️ 👁️This one is a monster. Fola and Helen try to talk about Gaze and Subjectivity seriously, for way too long.
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References
This dictionary does a decent job of explaining everything lacan
An Intr...
2020-11-041h 41The Old Fashioned Breakdown: A Mad Men Podcast3 Sundays S2 Ep4This episode is all over the place Fola tries to explain Lacans idea of Phantasy and the whole thing resorts to boobs. Childish.
references
This dictionary does a decent job of explaining everything
https://www.davidbardschwarz.com/pdf/evans.pdf
Anyway
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2020-10-281h 21The Old Fashioned Breakdown: A Mad Men PodcastThe Benefactor S2 Ep3In this episode Helen and Fola discuss couples and and how they work together. What they dont discuss is Lacans view on sadism/masochism and how he was quoted saying "There is no such thing as a sexual relationship". Fola is annoyed his missed this as he thinks its clearly what the episode is exploring.
Anyway
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2020-10-211h 16The Old Fashioned Breakdown: A Mad Men PodcastFlight1 S1 Ep2As we continue to be back, we look at the second episode of of the second season Mad Men and the themes of "What you should do" vs "What you want to do" and by association subjects such as responsibility, conscience, the super ego, temptation and the Lacaninan concept, The Name of the Father are discussed.
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2020-10-1458 minThe Old Fashioned Breakdown: A Mad Men PodcastFor Those Who Think Young S2 E1We're Back!
And looking for more than we're given in the subtext of Mad Men. In this first episode of the second season we try to link it to Lancan's "The Big Other" as well as Obedience and how that connects to this episode.
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2020-10-071h 14
The Old Fashioned Breakdown: A Mad Men PodcastSeason 1 Full Recap part 3 + (Eps 11-13)In this final episode of the season Helen and Fola try to tie together the themes we learnt about up until now.
Thanks for listening!
Sources
Relatively relatable Lacan article
Lacan - The Mirror Stage, The Imaginary, and Social Media (How am I not myself?)
Lacan - The Real
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2020-08-261h 52The Old Fashioned Breakdown: A Mad Men PodcastThe Wheel S1 Ep13The final episode of the season. We made it this far at least. For this episode Fola and Helen initially ride on the coat tales of the Lessons from the Screen Play crew and look at the differences in how both Pods approach the show.
Helen and Fola also tie this episode to the themes of advertising, structuralism, semitics, paradigm shifts, post modernism AND The Matrix. Not to mention Jaques Lacans diagram of consciousness. Hope you enjoy it, we did.
Citations
LFTS: Mad Men — Layers of Meaning
Episode 44 — Mad Men | Beyon...
2020-08-191h 01The Old Fashioned Breakdown: A Mad Men PodcastNixon vs. Kennedy S1 Ep12How do you predict who's going to win a presidential election? If you know who's going to win, how do you know? In fact, how do you know what you know? How can you be sure?
Helen and Fola... Well, just Fola really, consider how the 12th episode of Season 1 of Mad Men, deals with epistemology. While Helen considers the role of winners and losers in the episode
Citations:
Episode #051 ... David Hume pt. 1
PHILOSOPHY - Epistemology: Introduction to Theory of Knowledge [HD]
Introduction to Epistemology
...
2020-08-121h 01The Old Fashioned Breakdown: A Mad Men PodcastIndian Summer S1 Ep11In this episode Helen and Fola try to touch on big ism Feminism. And ambiguity. And responsibility. All through the frame of self pleasure.
Citations:
Philosophize This: Simone de Beauvoir
Episode #106 ... Simone De Beauvoir - The Ethics of Ambiguity
Episode #107 ... Simone De Beauvoir pt. 3 - Responsibility
The meaning of life according to Simone de Beauvoir - Iseult Gillespie
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2020-08-0558 minThe Old Fashioned Breakdown: A Mad Men PodcastSeason 1 Recap part 2 (Eps 6-10)Helen and Fola run through the second 3rd of the season. This episode was recorded just as the Black Lives Matter movement was taking off after the death of George Floyd, so the guys try to tie the shows tackling of inequality to current events.
#BLM
Citations
Utopia is Dystopia
Epictetus - LIFE CHANGING Quotes - STOICISM
Three diagrams Fola shows Helen:
Biloxi Wade-ins
Biloxi wade-ins
Populism explained
Eric Dodson: Heidegger Playlist
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2020-07-291h 01The Old Fashioned Breakdown: A Mad Men PodcastLong Weekend S1 Ep10In this episode Helen and Fola analyse Mad Men through the prism of Martin Heidegger's Being in Time and Fola reaches out, in a questionable move, to prove his most outlandish and far fetched theory yet... Still hasn't been proved wrong though....
Citations:
School of Life - Heidegger
What are Hermeneutics?
Sartre on: Bad Faith
Heidegger In Twelve Minutes
Eric Dodson: Heidegger Playlist
Philosophize This: Heidegger - Authenticity
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2020-07-2255 minThe Old Fashioned Breakdown: A Mad Men PodcastShoot S1 Ep9In this episode Helen invents a drinking game at the same time Fola learns a new word: demagoguery, take a shot every time you hear it.
Our duo also talk a bit Andy Warhol, Populism and Pop Art. And Helen breaks down the bird scene for Fola.
Citations
Demagogue
Populism
Populism explained
Andy Warhol: School of Life
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2020-07-151h 14The Old Fashioned Breakdown: A Mad Men PodcastThe Hobo Code S1 Ep 8In this episode Fola tries to discuss Ayn Rand and Objectivity, and Helen starts to talk about elements of identifiers and the identified through the use of labels... which is more Lacan stuff, but Fola totally misses this and continues talking about Ayn Rand. 🤦♂️
Although Helens theory that this ep is about labels goes well with objectivism because objectivism is concerned with the honest reality of a situation and labels help cover that up the honest reality of a situation.
Fola would like to point out he isn't a massive supporter of Ayn Rand, despite this episo...
2020-07-081h 11The Old Fashioned Breakdown: A Mad Men PodcastRed in the Face S1 Ep7 🦞In this episode Fola begins to think subtextually this is the most important episode of the first season and as such tries to explain the idea of Lacanian Theory, which doesnt really exist, and is what he retrospectively now understands to be the phenomenon of "Structuralism".
Beyond that Helen and Fola also talk about Defence Mechanisms and repression. Theres a lot in this episode.
FYI There is a 2 hr uncut version of this podcast which Fola said he'll release if the demand is there #releasethefolacut lets get it trending...
Anyway Fola found this...
2020-07-011h 25The Old Fashioned Breakdown: A Mad Men PodcastBabylon S1 Ep6Hi Everyone, in this episode Helen and Fola discuss utopias, dystopias, ideologies and being trapped in a cage, like a bird.
Side note, does anyone have any ideas about the red balloon in this episode of Mad Men?
Citations
Is Utopia always Dystopia? Is Utopia possible?
Utopia is Dystopia
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2020-06-241h 17
The Old Fashioned Breakdown: A Mad Men PodcastSeason 1 Recap part 1 (Eps 1-5)So this is effectively the reboot of the podcast. In this Episode Helen continues to get to the point where as Fola decides each episode of Mad Men refers to a Philosophy, and then proceeds to name and explain them. Going forward Fola has set himself the task of learning about and trying to explain what philosophy/philosopher corresponds to each episode. If you like that, or know anyone who would join in the conversation.
Citations
Freud - Death drive, reality principle, and pleasure principle | Behavior | MCAT | Khan Academy
Pleasure Principle
Fre...
2020-06-171h 03The Old Fashioned Breakdown: A Mad Men Podcast5G S1 Ep 5In this episode Fola and Helen slowly start to work out what they are doing and what they want this show to be as they take a closer look at the philosophy of John Stuart Mills and Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness... and its a decent length!
Citation
Philosophy of Liberty
On Liberty
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2020-06-101h 04The Old Fashioned Breakdown: A Mad Men PodcastNew Amsterdam S1 Ep4In this episode Helen schools Fola with her powers of perception with seemingly a 10th of the effort.
We don't mention it in this particular show but this is a huge part of this episode that we missed
Nietzsche and the Ubermensch
But dont worry we'll cover it in our recap show
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2020-06-031h 42The Old Fashioned Breakdown: A Mad Men PodcastMarriage of Figaro S1 Ep3In the third episode of Mad Men Fola discovers that its central theme is Mind/Body Dualism, then tries to fin d out what that means. While Helen thinks its rubbish and he's overthinking it.
Citation
Mind/Body Dualism
Lady Chatterleys Lover
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2020-05-271h 27The Old Fashioned Breakdown: A Mad Men PodcastLadies Room S1 Ep2In this rewatch episode Helen and Fola discuss the second episode of Mad Men. They consider Freuds Psychoanalytic theory of the ego and spot something in the episode that blows their tiny little minds!
Citation
Freuds Theory of the Psyche
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2020-05-211h 30The Old Fashioned Breakdown: A Mad Men PodcastSmoke Gets in Your Eyes S1 Ep1In the first real rewatch episode Helen and Fola discuss the pilot episode of Mad Men. Who is Don Draper? Why is this show so enigmatic? Whats up with the fly in the ceiling?
Citation
Century of the Self Part 1
They miss certain things out. Dont worry they address them in a later episode. It'll involve a lot of this:
Freud - Death drive, reality principle, and pleasure principle | Behavior | MCAT | Khan Academy
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2020-05-131h 52
The Old Fashioned Breakdown: A Mad Men PodcastIntroduction to a Mad Men PodcastFola and Helen introduce themselves and try to explain why they are recapping a tv show that ended 5 years prior to the podcasts debut.
2020-05-0205 min