Orgasm

30/09/2025 50 min
Orgasm

Episode Synopsis

Podcast: Overthink (LS 53 · TOP 0.5% what is this?)Episode: OrgasmPub date: 2023-05-09Get Podcast Transcript →powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarizationFireworks, a gushing waterfall, little death. The orgasm. In episode 77 of Overthink, Ellie and David discuss how phenomenology and psychoanalysis interpret the experience of orgasm. They talk about evolutionary theories of  the orgasm, including the theory that the body can suck up...“higher quality sperm.” They tackle what the orgasm gap says about the state of gender and sex in our society.Works DiscussedGeorge Bataille, ErotismSigmund Freud, “Instincts and Their Vicissitudes”Sigmund Freud, “Three Essays on the Theory of Sexuality”Sara Heinämaa, “The Phenomenology of Desire and Orgasm”Jacques Lacan,  JouissanceElisabeth Lloyd, The Case of the Female Orgasm Bias in the Science of EvolutionEmily Nagoski, Come As You AreThomas Percy, “Walking in a Meadow Green”Support the showSubstack | overthinkpod.substack.com Website | overthinkpodcast.comInstagram & Twitter | @overthink_podEmail | [email protected] | Overthink podcastSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Ellie Anderson, Ph.D. and David Peña-Guzmán, Ph.D., which is the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Listen Notes, Inc.