Voices from ROOM: A Podcast for Analytic Action
ROOM: A Sketchbook for Analytic Action is an award-winning interdisciplinary magazine conceived as an agent of community building and transformation. We are thrilled to launch Voices from ROOM: A Podcast for Analytic Action. On this podcast, writers, poets, activists, artists, and analysts who have contributed to ROOM converse about their work and the complex problems our world faces. The podcast is co-hosted by psychoanalytic candidates Isaac Slone and Aneta Stojnić and furthers ROOM’s mission to highlight psychoanalysis as an important lens for social discourse.
Podcasting since 2022 • 48 episodes
Voices from ROOM: A Podcast for Analytic Action
Latest Episodes
Reframing Discovery with JT Mikulka
This week, Aneta and Isaac speak with JT Mikulka, an analyst and social worker whose work in ROOM unpacked tensions at the 54th annual IPA conference in Lisbon. Mikulka unbraids discovery from colonial vision—dissecting what is truly new and wh...
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Season 3
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Episode 5
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34:56
Writing for Resilience with Sara Taber
This week, Aneta and Isaac speak with Sara Taber, author, social worker, psychologist, educator, and daughter of a CIA operative. For the past five years, Taber has run Writing for Resilience workshops for underprivileged communities. Taber's r...
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Season 3
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Episode 4
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42:36
Gaming, Analysis, and Identity in the Age of AI with Xiaomeng Qiao
This week, Aneta and Isaac speak with Xiaomeng Qiao, an analyst-in-training, writer, and game developer. Qiao examines the potential and the limitations of AI usage in analysis, self-understanding, and video game development. Qiao's work explor...
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Season 3
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Episode 3
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40:19
The Weight of Silence with Kissu Taffere
This week, Aneta and Isaac speak with Kissu Taffere, a licensed clinical social worker whose clinical focus centers on women in BIPOC and immigrant communities. Taffere was laid off from a refugee resettlement organization shortly after the Tru...
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Season 3
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Episode 2
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41:41
Encountering Bravery with Lord John Alderdice
At ROOM's fifth annual Gala held this past summer, we honored Lord John Alderdice with the Coline Covington Award for his courage in facing divisions, connecting communities, and forging peace through analytic thought. We are delighted to open ...
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Season 3
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Episode 1
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25:44