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Lectures on Lacan Podcast

Prof. Dr. Samuel McCormick

Lectures and commentaries on key texts in Lacanian psychoanalysis

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September 7 · 45 min
The Sinthome (Seminar XXIII), Episode 7
Welcome to the penultimate episode of our summer podcast series on SXXIII! This one’s titled “Fashioning the Real,” and it returns us to a familiar diagram — but with a certain late-Lacanian twist, of course! Our new series on Seminar XXIV also begins this Friday, September 11, so this is an especially momentous week. Join us as we trace the linguistic and theoretical leaps that Lacan made after his seminar on The Sinthome, from the Freudian Unbewusstes to the French l’une-bévue to the English unbewoops. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit lecturesonlacan.substack.com
August 31 · 47 min
The Sinthome (Seminar XXIII), Episode 6
I didn’t realize what this episode was about until the very end, when I started wondering what you call a noun that's been transformed into a verb, but without adding any affixes. The technical, linguistic name for this couldn’t be better: “Zero Derivation.” 🤯 Head to our YouTube channel if you want to watch this one play out. And don’t forget to mark your calendar: the first live discussion in our fall series on Love Is the Failure of the Unbewoops (Seminar XXIV) is fast approaching! Access the complete schedule, checkout the readings, and secure your spot now! This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit lecturesonlacan.substack.com
August 28 · 9 min
Corps Torique
Our fall series on Seminar XXIV begins in two weeks, and I couldn’t be more excited to explore this key text in Lacanian psychoanalysis with everyone! To give you a preview of where we’re heading, here’s a nine-minute sample from the opening lecture. I’m calling it “Corps Torique,” but don’t make too much of this fancy title. The lecture is fundamentally about stupidity — the particular kind of stupidity it takes to study Lacan. 😆 Registration is still open, and our first live online discussion is fast approaching, so now’s the time to secure your spot. Link below to join this late-Lacan party! This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit lecturesonlacan.substack.com
August 24 · 1 hr 6 min
The Sinthome (Seminar XXIII), Episode 5
“Wax & Feather” — that’s what we’re calling this one. You’ll see why as the episode unfolds. Again, note the pink dots in the diagram below, this batch in service to a closed trefoil knot (read: perversion). Head to our YouTube channel for the full video recording. And if this episode leaves you wanting more, our deep dive into Love is the Failure of the Unbewoops (Seminar XXIV) is fast approaching! Checkout the full week-by-week schedule, and secure your spot via our sliding-scale registration via the link below.🤘🏼 This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit lecturesonlacan.substack.com
August 17 · 1 hr 17 min
The Sinthome (Seminar XXIII), Episode 4
This episode is called “Suture & Splice,” on account of the pink dots in the borromean diagram below, which allow for the emergence of an open trefoil knot (read: topological structure of neurosis). Definitely worth viewing this episode on our YouTube channel, if only to see why in the f^%# these sutures and splices occur! Spots are also filling up in our upcoming series on Lacan’s Seminar XXIV (Love Is the Failure of the Unbewoops), where we’ll be asking what it means to practice psychoanalysis when the unconscious is understood as a pile of slips and blunders—just as Lacan began to conceive of it in SXXIII—rather than a hidden realm of repressed thought. Learn more and secure your sliding-scale registration today! This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit lecturesonlacan.substack.com
August 11 · 45 min
The Sinthome (Seminar XXIII), Episode 3
I love the title of this episode: “Anything, But Not That.” Head to our YouTube channel if you want to watch it unfold. See below for the fundamental diagram on which this episode relies. And if you like where things are trending in this podcast, be sure to register for our upcoming lecture and discussion series, which is the logical next step. From the knottings and unknottings of Seminar XXIII to the linguistic slips and blunders of Seminar XXIV, this one’s going to be blast. We start on September 11, and registration is offered on a sliding-scale basis so everyone can participate. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit lecturesonlacan.substack.com
August 3 · 1 hr 22 min
The Sinthome (Seminar XXIII), Episode 2
The second episode in our new podcast on SXXIII expands on the first. Hence the rather awkward title of this one: “Bags of Skin.” See below for some of the diagram work we did along the way; and head to our YouTube channel if you want to watch it unfold one pen stroke at a time. I’m also thrilled to report that the registration page for our next online lecture series is now live! Building directly on the concepts discussed in this podcast, we’ll be unpacking Lacan’s radical, late-stage reframing of the unconscious, in his wonderfully titled twenty-fourth seminar, Love is the Failure of the Unbewoops. You don’t want to miss this one! This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit lecturesonlacan.substack.com
July 27 · 44 min
The Sinthome (Seminar XXIII), Episode 1
Welcome to our new podcast series on The Sinthome (Seminar XXIII). This opening episode is called “Captivated Bodies.” You can also watch this episode at our YouTube channel. And if this episode piques your interest, stay tuned for more news later this week, when registration opens for our next online lecture series! Seminar XXIV, here we come!🤘🏼 This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit lecturesonlacan.substack.com
June 29 · 1 hr 3 min
R.S.I. (Seminar XXII), Episode 7
Welcome to the final episode in our summer series on SXXII! This one was a blast to record. It’s called “Enjoy Your Unconscious.” Access the text we used here. And head to our YouTube channel if you’d prefer to watch the video recording of this lecture. Stay tuned for more big news soon! This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit lecturesonlacan.substack.com
June 22 · 41 min
R.S.I. (Seminar XXII), Episode 6
Here’s the second installment on THE SYMPTOM in our podcast series on SXXII. It’s titled “Symptom as Woman.” Note the diagrammatic tweak below that this shift from ellipsis to Woman allows us to make. And if you’d prefer to watch the video recording of this lecture, just head to our YouTube channel. Stay tuned for the concluding episode in this podcast series next week! This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit lecturesonlacan.substack.com
June 15 · 45 min
R.S.I. (Seminar XXII), Episode 5
Here’s the first of two episodes on THE SYMPTOM in our SXXII podcast. This one’s titled “Symptom as Ellipsis.” And note the shift in diagrams at this point in the series — again with the addition of a certain hungry fish! Head to our YouTube channel if you’d like to watch it swim into existence. Tap here to access the version of SXXII we used. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit lecturesonlacan.substack.com
June 8 · 56 min
R.S.I. (Seminar XXII), Episode 4
This middle episode in our series on SXXII is called “The Wall of Sexuation.” You’re going to want a pen a paper for this one! You can access SXXII here and the video recording of this lecture at our YouTube channel! This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit lecturesonlacan.substack.com
June 1 · 56 min
R.S.I. (Seminar XXII), Episode 3
I hope this podcast episode on Seminar XXII makes your brain hurt a little less than it did mine. Let its title be your warning: “Ab- Con- Ex- Inex- sistence.” 😅 You can access SXXII here. And if you’d prefer to watch the video recording, you know where to go: YouTube. Stay tuned for more news soon! This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit lecturesonlacan.substack.com
May 25 · 46 min
R.S.I. (Seminar XXII), Episode 2
Here’s the second episode in our new podcast series on SXXII, along with the diagram I worked up in the recording. The title of this episode is “The Human Form,” with an emphasis on that last word: form. You can access SXXII here and the video recording of this lecture at our YouTube channel. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit lecturesonlacan.substack.com
May 18 · 38 min
R.S.I. (Seminar XXII), Episode 1
Welcome to our new podcast series on SXXII! Our first episode is fittingly titled “The Number Three,” mostly in service to Lacan’s style of counting — but also to the diagram below. 😁 You can access SXXII here. And if you’d prefer to watch the video recording of this lecture, just head to our YouTube channel. Stay tuned for more news soon! This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit lecturesonlacan.substack.com
February 2 · 47 min
La Troisième, Episode 4
Here’s the concluding episode on Lacan’s third Rome discourse. It’s called “Symptoms of the Real.” See below for some of the fishy diagram work that attends this episode, and tap here for access to La Troisième. Access to the video recording of this episode is available at our YouTube channel. And if you have yet to register for our upcoming series on THE SINTHOME (Seminar XXIII), now’s the time! 🔥 This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit lecturesonlacan.substack.com
January 26 · 48 min
La Troisième, Episode 3
This episode is appropriately titled “One, Three, Two.” 😂 See below for the diagram on which this episode builds, and tap here for access to La Troisième. As always, you can also access the video recording of this episode at our YouTube channel. And see you soon for THE SINTHOME (Seminar XXIII)! 🔥 This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit lecturesonlacan.substack.com
January 19 · 19 min
La Troisième, Episode 2
“Kernels of Jouissance” — that’s what we’re calling the second episode in our new podcast series on La Troisième. See below, once more, for our guiding diagram, and tap here for access to La Troisième. You can also access this lecture at our YouTube channel. And be sure to join our upcoming series on THE SINTHOME (Seminar XXIII) for more! 🔥 This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit lecturesonlacan.substack.com
January 12 · 43 min
La Troisième, Episode 1
Welcome to our new podcast series on Lacan’s third Rome discourse: La Troisième! The title of this episode is fitting: “Bodies Imagined & Unimaginable.” See below for the diagram that got this lecture started, and tap here for access to La Troisième. As always, you can also access the video recording of this episode at our YouTube channel. And if you’re still hungry for more, be sure to join our upcoming lecture and discussion series on THE SINTHOME (Seminar XXIII)! 🔥 This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit lecturesonlacan.substack.com
Nov 17, 2025 · 40 min
Les non-dupes errent (Seminar XXI), Episode 10
Here’s the final episode in our podcast series on Seminar XXI. It’s called “x R y” — and hopefully much to your amusement! As always, you can access the video recording of this episode at our YouTube channel. And if you’re still hungry for more, join the final sessions of our autumn series on Seminar XXII! 🔥 This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit lecturesonlacan.substack.com

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