In episode 89 of Overthink, Ellie and David investigate the loopy world of psychedelics. Mind-opening gateways or tools of therapy and neuroscience? From their implications for phenomenology and the nature of consciousness, to the ethics of their medicinal use, in light of their risks and long-lasting effects: discover all about hallucinogens!

Time to be real! From romanticism to reality TV, from social media to existentialism, Ellie and David discuss Heidegger’s writings on Eigentlichkeit (authenticity); they go over sincerity, the self, and discuss drag queens as the peak of postmodern authenticity.

Céline Leboeuf, philosopher and expert in existentialism, talks with us about overcoming an existential crisis through the work of Tolstoy, Camus, and William James.

Freud’s theory of the unconscious has been deeply influential, as well as frequently vilified. We get into his theory and some challenges to it in this episode.

In this episode of Overthink, Ellie and David talk about existential anxiety, FOMO, Netflix’s Emily in Paris, The Good Place, and the difference between the medical and existential model of anxiety.