S3. Episode 3: If it's hysterical, it's historical

S3. Episode 3: If it's hysterical, it's historical

From The Memory Hole Podcast by Jena with 1 n

May 8, 2026 · 31 min

About this episode

This episode explores the historical context of hysteria and its implications in psychology and society.

Referenced: Opening clip: Dream Crazier, 2019 Nike Ad https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Mc06cIrvXE From Paralysis to Fatigue, Shorter https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/From-Paralysis-to-Fatigue/Edward-Shorter/9780029286678 The Babinksi reflex test https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK519009/ Dr. Jean Martin Charcot https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC3064755/ Hysteria Beyond Freud, Gilman https://www.ucpress.edu/books/hysteria-beyond-freud/paper Dora, An Analysis of a Case of Hysteria https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Dora/Sigmund-Freud/9780684829463 Thomas Sydenham, the English Hippocrates https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/3303370/ Freud, the Secret Passion https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0055998/ Featured guests: Terri Kapsalis https://www.terrikapsalis.net Jamieson Webster https://www.newschool.edu/nssr/faculty/jamieson-webster/ This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit jenamartin.substack.com

People in this episode

Host: Jena with 1 n

Guests: Terri Kapsalis, Jamieson Webster

Topics covered

  • hysteria
  • history
  • psychology
  • feminism
  • mental health

Keywords

  • hysteria
  • psychology
  • history
  • feminism
  • mental health
  • Freud
  • Charcot

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Dream Crazier, From Paralysis to Fatigue, The Babinski reflex test, Hysteria Beyond Freud, Dora, An Analysis of a Case of Hysteria, Freud, the Secret Passion

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