Gamer Therapist: Playful Subversions Podcast

Gamer Therapist: Playful Subversions Podcast

Mike Langlois

Episodes 21
Avg. Duration 41m
Activity Active
Apple Rating 5.0 (1)
Since Dec 2024
Latest Episode Mar 2026

Publishing Details

Schedule
Every 2 Weeks
Format
Episodic
Consistency
24%
Hosting
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About This Podcast

Gamer posing as therapist. Dogs, video games & politics since 1969. Think of me as the therapist version of your cranky GenX older brother who wants to hang out in the basement rumpus room, talk about questionable things and plot rebellion.

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Recent Episodes

On Transience

Mar 09, 2026 8m

Some of you are aware that I have a friend and colleague in Iran, a bright graduate student who I have been mentoring. When the Twelve Day War began and Zoom failed we used Instagram and email. Now,…

Free Webinar On Video Games For You

Mar 02, 2026 1h 32m

Hi Folks, Here’s a webinar I did a while back on Video Games in Psychodynamic Psychotherapy. It doesn’t get you any CEs, as I am trying to minimize how much I participate in the CE industry.…

S1E8 Playful Subversions Episode 8

Dec 04, 2025 1h 1m

In this episode, I sit down with integrative psychotherapist, yoga teacher, and poet Brittany Robertson, LICSW, whose work centers on embodiment, liberation, and deep relational healing for “the…

Playful Subversions Episode 7

Nov 06, 2025 1h 8m

In this episode of Playful Subversions, I sit down with my longtime friend and colleague Catherine Beckett, LCSW, PhD, whose work spans grief counseling, hospice care, and psychedelic-assisted…

Playful Subversions Episode 6

Oct 30, 2025 1h 12m

In this Halloween episode, I welcome my friend and colleague Heather McGibbon, a psychodynamic therapist and cinema scholar whose unusual passion for horror and serial killers makes her the perfect…

Playful Subversions Episode 5

Oct 23, 2025 1h 20m

In this episode I sit down with Fallon Stapleton, a Navy veteran turned therapist and birth worker, to explore how the cozy farming game Stardew Valley became a portal for healing, queerness, and…

Playful Subversions Episode 4

Oct 16, 2025 51m

In this heartfelt episode of Playful Subversions, psychotherapist and yoga teacher Taylor Young joins the conversation to explore how caring for her two rescue dogs, Jasmine and Stanley, became a…

Playful Subversions Episode 3

Oct 09, 2025 55m

In this episode of Playful Subversions, I speak with Nicholas De Carlo, an analytic social worker, educator, and co-director of the Emancipatory Sciences Lab at UCSF. Our conversation—humorous,…

Playful Subversions Ep. 2: Play, Objects, & Resistance

Oct 02, 2025 57m

In this episode of Playful Subversions, I talk with psychoanalyst and activist Molly Merson about the seriousness of play. From lifting tires to planting fruit trees, we explore how embodied play,…

PS001 Carter Carter's Larder Ardour

Sep 25, 2025 1h 13m

Our inaugural episode of Playful Subversions has me chatting with Carter Carter—assistant professor, psychotherapist, community organizer, and author of the food column Larder Ardour (with Carter…

Video: Playful Subversion Rises Up!

Sep 09, 2025 7m

Gamer Therapist: Object Constancy, Nervous Systems is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. Get full access to Gamer…

Stealing Fire, Sharing Light:

Aug 12, 2025 1h 2m

This is a recording of a dialogue Patricia Clough and I had this week at the American Psychological Association’s 2025 Conference. In it we discuss our idea of the Promethean impulse as it relates to…

S-1E-8 Episode 8: The P-HOLE & The Neon Bible

Jul 22, 2025 18m

Gamer Therapist: Object Constancy, Nervous Systems is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. Get full access to Gamer…

The Revolution Will (In Part) Be Written.

Feb 17, 2025 9m

There have been derisive tropes about “keyboard warriors” for as long as there has been the internet. Here's why that hurts all of us. Get full access to Gamer Therapist: Playful Subversions at…

Episode 7: The Algorithm As Selfobject

Jan 17, 2025 6m

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Episode 6: "Can I Kill You Again Today?" The Psychoanalysis of Player Modes

Jan 02, 2025 13m

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Podcast Episode 5: The Moment

Dec 30, 2024 12m

Gamer Therapist: Object Constancy, Nervous Systems is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. Get full access to Gamer…

A Gift From Me To You

Dec 21, 2024 1m

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Throwback Thursday: Better Living Through Minecraft

Dec 19, 2024 1h 3m

Gamer Therapist: Object Constancy, Nervous Systems is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. Get full access to Gamer…

Blue Hair

Dec 16, 2024 10m

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Frequently Asked Questions

How many episodes does Gamer Therapist: Playful Subversions Podcast have?

Gamer Therapist: Playful Subversions Podcast has published 21 episodes since December 2024, covering topics in Health & Fitness, Mental Health.

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Gamer Therapist: Playful Subversions Podcast is currently active with new episodes every 2 weeks. Average episode length is 41m.

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