<a href="https://peterrollins.com/">Peter Rollins</a> is a freelance philosopher and psychoanalytic theorist who helps people find freedom from the tyranny of happiness. In today’s conversation we talk about: <ul> <li>Why people post on Instagram</li> <li>How desire works</li> <li>Irish mammies</li> <li>Amusing Ourselves To Death</li> <li>The weird, cult-like nature of LA</li> <li>Liver King</li> <li>The Psychology of JD and Elliott in Scrubs</li> <li>Why he’s moving back to Belfast</li> <li>And how to escape the pleasure trap</li> </ul> Check it out! // <a href= "https://bestofbelfast.org/stories/pete-rollins-philosopher">https://bestofbelfast.org/stories/pete-rollins-philosopher</a> //

Peter Rollins is a freelance philosopher and psychoanalytic theorist who helps people find freedom from the tyranny of happiness. In today’s conversation we talk about: Why people post on Instagram How desire works Irish mammies Amusing Ourselves To Death The weird, cult-like nature of LA Liver King The Psychology of JD and Elliott in Scrubs Why he’s moving back to Belfast And how to escape the pleasure trap Check it out! // https://bestofbelfast.org/stories/pete-rollins-philosopher //

<a href="https://peterrollins.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer">Peter Rollins</a> is a freelance philosopher and psychoanalytic theorist who helps people find freedom from the tyranny of happiness. In today’s conversation we talk about: <ul> <li>Why people post on Instagram</li> <li>How desire works</li> <li>Irish mammies</li> <li>Amusing Ourselves To Death</li> <li>The weird, cult-like nature of LA</li> <li>Liver King</li> <li>The Psychology of JD and Elliott in Scrubs</li> <li>Why he’s moving back to Belfast</li> <li>And how to escape the pleasure trap</li> </ul> Check it out! // <a href="https://bestofbelfast.org/stories/pete-rollins-philosopher" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://bestofbelfast.org/stories/pete-rollins-philosopher</a> //

#294 Philosopher Peter Rollins on Liver King, Irish Mammies & the Tyranny of Happiness

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