{"podcast":{"title":"Emancipations Podcast","slug":"emancipations-podcast-479035","podcast_index_feed_id":479035,"rss_url":"https://feed.podbean.com/emancipations/feed.xml","website_url":"https://emancipations.podbean.com","image_url":"https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/image-logo/19188975/Screenshot_2025-11-17_at_34807_PM6jvby.png","author":"Daniel Tutt","episode_count":120,"summary":"Emancipations explores the intersection of Marxism, politics and philosophy. Hosted by Daniel Tutt (@DanielTutt).","last_synced_at":null,"page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/emancipations-podcast-479035"},"episode":{"title":"A Lacanian Theory of Cinema (feat. Helen Rollins)","slug":"a-lacanian-theory-of-cinema-feat-helen-rollins","published_at":"2026-05-11T01:38:15+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/emancipations-podcast-479035/a-lacanian-theory-of-cinema-feat-helen-rollins","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/emancipations-podcast-479035","url":"https://emancipations.podbean.com/e/a-lacanian-theory-of-cinema-feat-helen-rollins/","audio_url":"https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/etwj2v4ehv3fwdht/face.mp3","summary":"I'm joined by filmmaker and theorist Helen Rollins for a discussion on her new book on psychoanalysis and cinema, Psychocinema. In this book Helen argues there is a fundamental relationship between the structure of psychoanalysis and that of cinema. Cinema acts upon the viewer like psychoanalysis upon the analysand and can expose them to the universal lack inherent in their desire. This process undermines the unconscious logic of capitalism, which relies on a promise in fulfillment. We also discuss Helen's experiences in the film industry, her many film projects (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm7184276) in addition to the theoretical topics raised in Psychocinema. Get a copy of Psychocinema here: https://www.wiley.com/en-us/Psychocinema-p-9781509561155","meta_description":"I'm joined by filmmaker and theorist Helen Rollins for a discussion on her new book on psychoanalysis and cinema, Psychocinema. In this book Helen argues…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":7117,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/emancipations-podcast-479035/episodes/a-lacanian-theory-of-cinema-feat-helen-rollins/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/emancipations-podcast-479035/a-lacanian-theory-of-cinema-feat-helen-rollins.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}