People Pleaser with Austin Archer

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By: People Pleaser with Austin Archer

Austin Archer invites friends into his blanket fort recording studio in his North Hollywood apartment to discuss a new topic each week.

THE FUTURE with Lia
#178
03/05/2024

Doing some optimistic projections of what a post-capitalist utopia could look like with Lia. Follow her @socialistsloots on IG and @ptite_lia on TikTok


MINISODE #56: How to Avoid Becoming a Cynical Mess
#177
02/26/2024

This week I'll be discussing what the movie "Poor Things" taught me about avoiding the magnetic pull of cynicism.


MINISODE #55 the moving power of reconciliation
#176
02/16/2024

Sometimes finding the desire to forgive and to enter the process of reconciliation is one of the hardest things imaginable. But it is precisely that difficulty that makes it one of the most transformative and healing things in the human experience. 


BIPOLAR DISORDER with Alyson Donaldson
#175
01/19/2024

When I was 9 years old my big sister was hospitalized as the result of a manic episode. This was how I first learned about mental illness and the ways an untreated brain can turn on a person and distort their reality. Today my sister is a beautiful success story and she shares her journey with us!


MINISODE #54 the best & worst of 2023
#174
01/02/2024

A subjective year-end recap, People Pleaser style.


MINISODE #53: Cheering for Catastrophe
#173
12/18/2023

It's about to be an election year. We need to have a tough chat about that. 


MINISODE #52: moving beyond the first thought
#172
12/10/2023

Trying to move beyond our first, often defensive and instinctive thoughts, so that we can find the humanity in our discourse and hear each other better.


MINISODE #51: Carl Jung, Mother God, and the reliably destructive nature of the human ego
#171
12/01/2023

Anybody else watch that mother god doc? We're gonna talk about it. And more specifically we're gonna talk about why humans have such a hard time understanding what god is and how to use the concept of god for good. 


MINISODE #50: the power of rituals
#170
11/24/2023

We're back!! And my mustache is gone! And we're getting back into a philosophical chat like the good ole days. This time we'll be talking about rituals. Welcome back to the show!


MINISODE #49: LIVE from the Toronto International Film Festival
#169
09/14/2023

I'm at TIFF to watch a movie that I'm in. How cool is that??