Video Podcasts

Helen joins Quique on the Psyche podcast to talk about her short story ‘Babyface’.

Talking with Doug Lain, Alfie Bown and Ashley Frawley about the psychoanalysis of plane crashes.

Discussing ideas from ‘Psychocinema’ with Peter Rollins at Wake.

Talking about politics, culture and religion with Peter Rollins, Alfie Bown, Adam Turkington, Jay Bakker and Johnny McEwen.

On Talk Gnosis talking about art and contradiction.

Talking about the politics of ‘Enjoyment’ with Todd McGowan and Alfie Bown.

Talking about psychoanalysis and film with Alfie Bown on Sublation Media.

Talking about the economics of film and desire at the GCAS Belfast Symposium with Alfie Bown, Todd McGowan, Rocky Gangle, James Olthius and Creston Davis.

On the Psy-Fi podcast, talking about psychoanalysis and film.

With Bracha Ettinger, Isabel Millar, Julia Reshe, Creston Davis and Vanessa Rawlins Sinclair talking about psychoanalysis.

Video recording of and episode of The Lack podcast.

Video recording of an episode of The Lack podcast.

Video recording of an episode of The Lack podcast.

Video recording of an episode of The Lack podcast.

Video recording of an episode of The Lack podcast.

Video recording of the Saint Tammy podcast.

Video recording of the Saint Tammy podcast.

Video recording of the Saint Tammy podcast.

Audio Podcasts

Helen has hosted two philosophy podcasts, ESTRANGED (2019-2021) and The Lack (2021-2023). The Lack is ongoing, but Helen has stepped away from the podcast to focus on other projects. She also co-hosted the Saint Tammy podcast about Tammy Faye Bakker (2023).

Helen has appeared on a range of podcasts to discuss topics related to film, philosophy, psychoanalysis and politics. These include —

Lectures

Kings’ College London, Cinema and Psychoanalysis — Digital Humanities lecture, November 2024.

Spider Festival — Radical Talks, Ljubljana, June 2024.

Wake — Psychoanalysis and Cinema; Church of the Contradiction, June 2024.

Psychocinema: How Film Mobilizes Desire Through Alienation — Alienation/s. International Conference, University of Ljubljana — Faculty of Arts, Cankarjev dom, Goethe Institute Ljubljana, Aufhebung Association, September 2023.

Screens and Mirrors: Instagram, psychoanalysis and recognition — LACK Conference, University of Vermont, April 2023.

Avoiding the Void: The Entertainment Industrial Complex and the Possibility of Film Beyond Ideology — GCAS Belfast Symposium, May 2022.

The Emancipatory Contradiction: Four Crystallisations in Contemporary Life — GCAS public seminar, January 2022.

The Emancipatory Contradiction: Four Crystallisations in Contemporary Life — GCAS BA & MA seminar, April 2021.

The Self-Alienated Subject: Cinema and The Universal Lack — GCAS BA & MA seminar, October 2020.