"Unlike the controlled appreciated and respect of the things we love, being in love lacks control and regulation. It is the vacuum or the placeholder for someone or something; a space that is occupied by obsession and fantasy until it can be filled."

This episode is also available as a blog post: https://blametheamygdala.wordpress.com/2019/01/10/the-perils-of-loving/

"Necrophilia gave Ted complete power over his victims, which could have been his answer to never wanting to feel fearful or feel rejected again."

This episode is also available as a blog post: https://blametheamygdala.wordpress.com/2019/01/31/ted-bundys-necrophilia/

"Western culture typically promotes the exposure of our face, but strongly encourages the public concealment of our second face. The exposure our second face to whomever we choose to do so in private (hopefully not public), remains our privilege, and our desire to see the second faces of others occupies our fantasies."

This episode is also available as a blog post: https://blametheamygdala.wordpress.com/2019/02/08/your-genitals-are-your-second-face-and-your-face-is-your-second-genitals/

"When you look at serial killing as the desire to have an experience with another person, it frames it as the dire need for a connection, albeit temporary, and a way of connecting with the world."

This episode is also available as a blog post: https://blametheamygdala.wordpress.com/2019/02/20/serial-killing-as-a-desire-for-intimacy/

"The content of the belief was never up for discussion. It was only shared to be validated. From this foundation, any response that challenges the belief might well be ignored or met with derision. Self-expression is not up for debate."

This episode is also available as a blog post: https://blametheamygdala.wordpress.com/2020/10/15/sharing-yourself-reflections-on-social-media-use/

"I don’t think I can listen to one more suited-up moron with a MBA, pacing around a stage in front of a large screen, palms up, and talking in that sickly matter-of-fact way to convince the audience they have found some kind of sacred truth about life."

This episode is also available as a blog post: https://blametheamygdala.wordpress.com/2020/01/09/work-life-balance-and-the-meaning-of-life/

"Highlighting, underlining, bolding, italicizing, marking as urgent, creatively using the subject line; all ways not just to capture your attention, but to usurp it, to drain it, to take you out to dinner and stick you with the check."

This episode is also available as a blog post: https://blametheamygdala.wordpress.com/2020/06/06/please-somebody-create-personality-filters-for-e-mail/

"This makes one wonder if the sheer ecstasy of intellectual liberation automatically opens one up to giving oneself sexually and physically."

This episode is also available as a blog post: https://blametheamygdala.wordpress.com/2021/01/24/hannah-arendt-and-the-complexities-of-loving/

"We do need language to voice our concerns and explain our social battles. But if we want to be successful in our plight, we need to make smarter choices about the realities we’re describing."

This episode is also available as a blog post: https://blametheamygdala.wordpress.com/2021/02/11/stop-using-how-jews-were-treated-in-nazi-germany-as-an-analogy/

I wrote this piece of flash fiction a few months into the pandemic while I was in a remote work meeting. This is where my depressed mind went.

This episode is also available as a blog post: https://blametheamygdala.wordpress.com/2021/02/22/work-meetings-these-days-2/