RU157: DR HANNAH ZEAVIN ON THE DISTANCE CURE – A HISTORY OF TELETHERAPY

Hannah Zeavin is a Lecturer in the Departments of English and History at the University of California, Berkeley and is on the Executive Committee of the University of California at Berkeley Center for Science, Technology, Medicine, and Society and on the Executive Committee of the Berkeley Center for New Media. Additionally, she is a visiting fellow at the Columbia University Center for the Study of Social Difference. Zeavin’s first book, The Distance Cure: A History of Teletherapy is now out from MIT Press, with a Foreword by John Durham Peters. She is at work on her second book, Mother’s Little Helpers: Technology in the American Family (MIT Press, 2023). https://www.zeavin.org Upcoming event at McNally Jackson (online) with Dr. Orna Guarlnik this Thursday September 2: https://www.zeavin.org/events/mcnally-jackson-bookstore-in-conversation-with-dr-orna-guarlnik Follow her at Twitter: https://twitter.com/HZeavin Mentioned in this episode: Elizabeth Danto's Freud's Free Clinics: https://cup.columbia.edu/book/freuds-free-clinics/9780231506564 Daniel Gaztambide's A People's History of Psychoanalysis: https://drgpsychotherapy.com/book-announcement-a-peoples-history-of-psychoanalysis-freud-liberation-psychology-social-justice This episode also available at YouTube: https://youtu.be/lp7rSQq8y74 You can support the podcast at our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/vanessa23carl Thank you so much for your support! Rendering Unconscious Podcast is hosted by psychoanalyst Dr. Vanessa Sinclair: http://www.drvanessasinclair.net Visit the main website for more information and links to everything: http://www.renderingunconscious.org Rendering Unconscious: Psychoanalytic Perspectives, Politics & Poetry (Trapart 2019): https://store.trapart.net/details/00000 The song at the end of the episode is “These Boots (Just got a brand new pair)” from the album "Conceive ourselves" by Vanessa Sinclair and Pete Murphy. https://vanessasinclairpetemurphy.bandcamp.com/album/this-is-voyeurism Many thanks to Carl Abrahamsson, who created the intro and outro music for Rendering Unconscious podcast. https://www.carlabrahamsson.com Image: The Distance Cure: A History of Teletherapy (MIT Press, 2021): https://www.zeavin.org