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A look back at the mental health crisis known as the Recovered Memory Movement of the late 1980's and early 90's, from the perspective of a bystander. The podcast is 6-episodes in length and deals with a mature subject. It is not appropriate for children and some adults. Complete show notes can be found at www.memoryholepodcast.com Do you have an experience from the recovered memory movement you'd like to share? You can leave a voicemail at 1-612-888-3742, which may be used in a future episode.
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Show notes for Episode 6: Carrie Poppy https://maximumfun.org/about/team/carrie-poppy/ Historian Edward Shorter From Paralysis to Fatigue; a history of psychosomatic illness in the modern era Idioms of distress https://www.brightfutures.org/concerns/culture/cultural-concepts.html Article in The Cut: The Memory War; Jennifer Freyd accused her father…
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Ep. 5: Forget Me Not; how we don't remember
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Opening: The Confessions of St. Augustine, AD 401 https://www.gutenberg.org/files/3296/3296-h/3296-h.htm Interviews: Dr. Henry Otgaar Personal Website Maastricht University Interview 9/21/2023 Dr. Sophie Scott The Brain: 10 things you should know X/Twitter Interview 9/22/2023 Mentions: Bart Simpson: Oh boy, time to repress another memory Season 14…
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This is a bonus episode, to bring you more from my interview conducted on June 28 2023 with Dr. Frederick Crews, Professor Emeritus of English at the University of California at Berkeley. If you listened to Episode 4 you heard a lot from him aboutFreud. But he had lots more to say during our interview and I don’t want to condemn those words to a fi…
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Ep. 4: The Fog of War; believing the unbelievable.
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From Freud to Geraldo Show Notes: Frederick Crews is a professor emeritus of English at the University of California at Berkeley. His many books include The Critics Bear It Away: American Fiction and the Academy, The Random House Handbook (currently in its sixth edition), and Postmodern Pooh. Interview, 6/28/2023 Freud: The Making of an Illision Th…
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Ep. 3: "Suspicion to Confirmation"; the promise of The Courage to Heal
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All quotes come from the 1st Edition of The Courage to Heal; a guide for women survivors of child sexual abuse, 1988 For more audio background about the book, please check out the Conspirituality podcast's two brilliant episodes on this text. Meredith Maran Interview 5/23/2023 Mark Pendegrast Interview 6/14/2023 Frederick Crews Interview 6/28/2023 …
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Ep. 2: “Every tear was an incest-driven tear”; child sexual abuse comes to light in the 1980s.
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Please note: between minutes 3:30-4:56 on some platforms there is a blank space. This was a YouTube clip of an Oprah Winfrey program in 1986, included to demonstrate the pervasiveness of this topic in popular culture. If this is missing in your feed, please accept my apologies. Here is the incident referred to: In addition to physical abuse, young …
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How on earth did I become interested in this topic? That's what this episode is about. Interview with Meredith Maran, conducted 5/23/2023 You can request a copy of her memoir, My Lie, A True Story of False Memory on her website https://meredithmaran.com/ You can hear an interview she conducted about this book here. Dead Can Dance https://www.deadca…
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Coming Soon: The Memory Hole Podcast, a 6-episode series about the Recovered Memory Movement of the late 1980's and early 90's, told from the perspective of a bystander. The Memory Hole Podcast is intended only for mature audiences and deals with topics of childhood sexual abuse and incest. Please do not listen with children. If you or someone you …
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