Subject of the Unconscious

Neil Gorman & Isolda Alvarez

A podcast where there are relaxed but serious conversations about Lacanian psychoanalysis and the way it affects (and is affected by) the imaginary, the symbolic, and the real today.

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Subject of the Unconscious

Episodes (6)

Feb 25th Transference (S1E006)
Feb 19th Experience (S1E005)
Aug 28, 2025 Nonsense (S1E004)

Subject of the Unconscious

Feb 25, 2026
46¼ minutes
21 MB

Episode 6 – Transference What is transference, really? Is it a bond, a projection, a repetition — or something more structural? In this episode, Neil Gorman and Isolda Alvarez explore transference from a Lacanian orientation: the analyst as function rather than person, the subject supposed to know, unconscious certainty, and the role of jouissance in shaping how we relate to others. Through clinical examples — including fighting as a mode of relating and the “test” of the analyst — they discuss how repetition encounters something new in analysis, creating the possibility for change. They also...

Subject of the Unconscious

Transference (S1E006)

Neil Gorman & Isolda Alvarez

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