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The Poetics of Fred Schmitt: A Dialogue.

Please join Dr. Klein in his discussion with Fred Schmitt, a talented poet, organizational consultant, and beloved family member.  The two read some of Freds poems, discuss matters of substance and selfhood, and reflect on being as such! Support the show

Interview with Bill Craib: The Project to Find America

Dr. Klein interviews Bill Craib. Bill is an executive at the Human Capital Institute, a formally trained broadcast journalist, an author, and a blogger and podcaster for his Project to Find America. Join in and listen to a discussion about the vexing matters of American political engagement and non-engagement, economic perils, our devolved media behavior, and our national difficulty to marshal evidence toward the evaluation of strongly held beliefs. Enjoy!Subscribe to Real Clear podcast on Patreon or Locals.  Support the show

Burning Witches: America’s New Religion

America has not become more secular. We have simply displaced our religious impulses onto our politics. Tune in as Dr. Klein describes the new American tradition of witch burning!  Support the show

Postmodernism: To Build or Destroy

Psychologist, Psychoanalyst, and informal philosopher, Lucas A. Klein, Ph.D., forcefully illustrates the divide between Postmodernism and the classical philosophers.  Ours is a time fraught with tension between the will to build and the impulse to destroy.  Support the show

Defending Reason & Evidence

Reason and evidence have been under attack. The academy and our social discourses have devolved into movements that value personal conviction and disregard evidence as irrelevant. The host, a clinical and forensic psychologist as well as psychoanalyst, makes a compelling case as to how the technological shifts have amplified this problem. He then walks the listener through a basic philosophy introduction, and finally describes ideal methods of public discourse.  Support the show

Portland, Oregon: A Tale of 2 Cities

Clinical Psychologist describes the state of Portland, Oregon, causes of decline, and methods of improvement.  Support the show

Social Justice & Trauma

Clinical Psychologist and Psychoanalyst addresses some ways that the social justice movements in America may in fact be denying the effects of racial traumas.  Support the show

A Peril of Critical Race Theory

Clinical Psychologist and Psychoanalyst, Lucas A. Klein, Ph.D., addresses problems with Critical Race Theory and presents methods of improving the national dialogue on what is an incredibly important topic.  Support the show

What Does Cancel Culture Really Cancel?

Psychologist and Psychoanalyst, Lucas A. Klein, Ph.D. takes a brief look at the consequences of prohibitions of talking and of observing evidence.  Support the show