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If I were a novelist looking to dramatise capitalism, this story would be hard to resist

The Doyenne of Death Podcast Returns!After a hiatus of a year, The Doyenne of Death Podcast is back in production. In this episode, host Gail Rubin talks with speaker and author Greg Bennick about the pioneering work of Ernest Becker, author of the Pulitzer Prize winning book, The Denial of

A history of comedy’s last three decades of pop culture dominance argues that it is among the consequential American art forms.

Like all living creatures, people need to eat to live. Some people, eaten from within by a demonic force, try to deny others this basic sustenance. All across the world people are starving because the powerful and wealthy create economic and political conditions that allow their wealth to be built on the backs of the

Understanding human motivations. Becker came to see value in the miraculous-ness of life, and in the religio-spiritual. He viewed the life of

When we look closely at the current mainstream diagnostic and support system for so-called mental disorders today, the utter absurdity of it quickly becomes apparent. We have a system composed of literally hundreds of discrete “mental disorders” (those listed in the DSM), all of which are believed to be the direct result of soon to be discovered brain diseases, in spite of the fact no reliable biomarkers have yet been found for any of them after a century of intense searching, a fact acknowl...

Millions of Americans are worshipping Trump, believing he is God’s messenger. It is a belief deeply rooted in the history of religion in America, a belief that those well-heeled financially are blessed by God.

You Don't Have to Be Schizophrenic to Live Here, But it Helps!

We blame screens. Think about it: how many of today’s problems began with, or are made worse by, people gaping at screens? As with so many things—automobiles…

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