Episodes 99
Avg. Duration 1h 9m
Activity Highly Active
Apple Rating 5.0 (24)
Since Sep 2021
Latest Episode Jun 2026

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A podcast about the politics of health, medicine, and the body. Support at www.buymeacoffee.com/redmedicine

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Anti-Self-Helpline ep. 4 w/ Ordinary Unhappiness (Abby Kluchin & Patrick Blanchfield)

Jun 04, 2026 1h 32m

Abby Kluchin & Patrick Blanchfield from the Ordinary Unhappiness podcast join for the next installment of the Anti-Self-Helpline. The Anti-Self-Helpline is where listeners write in with their…

THE 1926 GENERAL STRIKE [TOUR EPISODE] w/ Callum Cant and Matthew Lee

May 12, 2026 1h 32m

Callum Cant and Matthew Lee rejoin the podcast as we travel around the country speaking with people about work, struggle, and the 1926 general strike. We speak with mental health workers, trade union…

When Workers Nearly Overthrew the British State w/ Callum Cant and Matthew Lee

Apr 28, 2026 1h 40m

Callum Cant and Matthew Lee talk us through the history of the 1926 general strike in Britain. To mark the centenary and publication of their book The Future In Our Past: The General Strike…

Post-American Politics w/ James Schneider

Apr 22, 2026 1h 17m

James Schneider returns to the podcast to talk about Britains relationship to the United States of America, how this relationship is shaping the terrain of struggle in in the face of escalating…

Francesc Tosquelles w/ Joana Masó

Apr 07, 2026 1h 14m

Joana Masó joins the podcast to talk about the life and work of Francesc Tosquelles. Tosquelles was a radical psychiatrist, veteran of the Spanish Civil War, and a hugely influential figure in the…

Demolition Psychiatry w/ Sasha Warren

Mar 24, 2026 1h 11m

Sasha Warren returns to the podcast to give a talk on the political economy of madness and psychiatry. In this talk he draws on his research and experience as a community mental health worker to…

Food, Diagnosis, and Anorexia w/ Amber Husain

Mar 10, 2026 1h 4m

Amber Husain returns to discuss the experience of being diagnosed with anorexia after struggling to find the will to eat. She discusses the experience of diagnosis, treatment, and her reengagement…

Anti-Self-Helpline ep. 3 w/ Max Fox & M.E. O'Brien

Feb 18, 2026 1h 28m

M.E. O'Brien and Max Fox joins the podcast to talk about After Accountability, an oral history of the concept of 'accountability' in movement spaces, and to respond to questions and comments…

How We Fix the Social Care System w/ Notes from Below

Feb 03, 2026 1h 25m

Lydia and Connor join the podcast to talk about the newest issue of Notes from Below, which explores social care in Britain via the contributions and analysis of workers themselves. Both Lydia and…

Anti-Self-Helpline ep. 2 w/ Erik Baker

Dec 31, 2025 1h 23m

Erik Baker, author of Make Your Own Job: How the Entrepreneurial Work Ethic Exhausted America, returns to the podcast to talk about self-help and respond to questions and comments submitted by…

FREE THE FILTON 24 w/ Charlie Thomas

Dec 23, 2025 1h 21m

The British state is currently imprisoning activists from the Palestine movement without trial. Many of them are engaging in a hunger strike, demanding an end to censorship, immediate bail, right to…

The Past and Future of the NHS w/ Death Panel

Dec 16, 2025 2h 43m

I went on the Death Panel podcast to talk about the past, present, and future of the NHS. Death Panel is a podcast about the political economy of health, hosted by Beatrice Adler-Bolton, Artie…

The Psychic Structure of Antisemitism & Zionism w/ Jake Romm

Nov 26, 2025 1h 26m

Jake Romm joins the podcast to explain why anti-semitism and zionism have more in common than separates them. In this conversation we discuss the work of mid-century thinkers such as Jean Paul…

Who Is Wes Streeting and Why Is He Like That? w/ Ruth Pearce and Jonas Marvin

Nov 04, 2025 1h 38m

We talk about Wes Streeting. Who is he, what are his politics, and what does it mean for health policy in Britain?  Jonas Marvin is a writer and researcher based in Stoke-on-Trent. He is the author…

Wilfred Bion, Corporate Retreats, and Experiences in Groups w/ Lily Scherlis

Oct 21, 2025 1h 23m

Lily Scherlis joins the podcast to talk about her recent essay Experiences in Groups, which was published in the most recent issue of n+1 magazine and documents her experience of attending a Group…

Marie Langer, Psychoanalysis and Global Civil War w/ Candela Potente and Ramsey McGlazer

Oct 08, 2025 1h 39m

Candela Potente and Ramsey McGlazer join to discuss the life and work of Marie Langer; a psychoanalyst who grew up in Red Vienna and fled fascism after fighting in the Spanish Civil War. After…

Anti-Self-Helpline ep. 1 w/ Hannah Proctor

Sep 23, 2025 1h 20m

Hannah Proctor, author of Burnout: The Emotional Experience of Political Defeat, returns to the podcast to talk through questions and comments submitted by listeners for the first episode of the…

The Dialectics of Liberation Congress w/ Micha Frazer-Carroll and Sasha Warren

Jul 22, 2025 1h 52m

Micha Frazer-Carroll and Sasha Warren are back on the podcast to discuss the Dialectics of Liberation Congress: a conference that brought together the likes of R. D. Laing, David Cooper, Kwame Ture…

Chronic Fatigue and the Politics of Diagnosis w/ Emily Lim Rogers and Rouzbeh Shadpey

Jul 02, 2025 1h 16m

Emily Lim Rogers and Rouzbeh Shadpey join the podcast to talk about the history of chronic fatigue under capitalism. We explore the way in which medical knowledge reflects and enacts the need for…

[ANNOUNCEMENT!] THE ANTI-SELF-HELPLINE

Jun 10, 2025 41m

The ANTI-SELF-HELPLINE is a place to share and make sense of our experiences of political struggle. Political struggle is hard; yet there are very few resources for thinking through the emotional and…

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