Schauer Thoughts

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Speculating About: “Trauma Making Us Funny” Mar 26, 2025

Show notes

Yes, trauma can be funny and “make” us funny to some degree! Sure! But here on Schauer Thoughts, a podcast for left and right brainers, we simply must explore the psychological crevices. Hopefully we can all laugh about this later and enjoy the endorphin rush.

Resources:

Ancient & Healthy: The Science of Laughter

https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/315290#The-neuroscience-of-laughter

Effects of Mirthful Laughter on Pain Tolerance: A randomized controlled investigations

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1360859219301184

Social Laughter is Correlated with an Elevated Pain Threshold

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC3267132/#RSPB20111373C35

The informational and facilitative effects of an audience upon expression and the evaluation of humorous stimuli

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/0022103175900165

Neural Basis of the Behavioral Contagion and Authenticity of Laughter

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0010945221002380?via%3Dihub

Laughing Through the Pain: An Analysis of Dark Humor in Trauma-and-Crisis Centered Occupations

https://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2550&context=honorstheses

Alt-Right Pipeline Indoctrination

https://firstmonday.org/ojs/index.php/fm/article/view/10108

“Evolutionary Stages of Minorities in the Mass Media” An Application of Clark’s Model to American Indian Television Representations

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/10646175.2010.519651#:~:text=Clark%20wrote%20that%20minorities%20are,ridicule%2C%20regulation%2C%20and%20respect.

Books:

Humour - Terry Eagleton

Proust Was a Neuroscientist - Jonah Lehrer

If any resources are missing please feel free to ask me and I’ll get back to you ASAP.

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Contemplating “Good, Clean, Honest Labor” Mar 19, 2025

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Okay final part in my series on the demonization of play and the exaltation of work, thank you so much for listening and learning. Also, you do not have to memorize, understand, or accept this immediately. Capitalism has taught you that your worth is tied to your work and that you are a tool and that is fundamentally incorrect, it is a lie. Make sure to like, subscribe, and comment, I love reading y’alls feedback. I hope your perspective is just a wee bit refreshed - you are worthy because you exist.

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Resources:

(Please feel free to ask if any are missing)

Underpaid and Undervalued

https://nationalpartnership.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/womens-work-is-undervalued.pdf

Cultural Domination

https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/0038026119854259#body-ref-bibr3-0038026119854259

Oppressive Double Bind

https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/full/10.1086/713943#:~:text=As%20Frye%20describes%20them%2C%20double,options%20involve%20punishment%20or%20censure.

Prejudice Against Manual Labor

https://3quarksdaily.com/3quarksdaily/2020/09/the-venerable-prejudice-against-manual-labour.html

Morale and Fairness Issues Related to Accommodations Under the ADA

https://askjan.org/publications/consultants-corner/vol12iss07.cfm

Cognitive Dissonance

https://www.verywellhealth.com/cognitive-dissonance-5248814#:~:text=Cognitive%20dissonance%20happens%20when%20situations,conflict%20with%20your%20personal%20values.

Alternative Discipline Strategies for Dismantling the School to Prison Pipeline

https://jjie.org/2017/09/07/alternative-discipline-strategies-for-dismantling-the-school-to-prison-pipeline/

The Government Invests More For Each Inmate Than for Each Student

https://broadcastreporting.org/the-government-invests-more-for-each-inmate-than-for-each-student/#:~:text=April%2020%2C%202023%20Kiara%20Rodriguez,of%20%2412%2C756%20per%20student%20annually

Books:

Proust Was a Neuroscientist - Jonah Lehrer

Connections Over Compliance - Lori L. Desautels Phd

Freedom is a Constant Struggle - Angela Davis

Disability Pride - Ben Mattlin

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Contemplating: Capitalism and “Disgust” Mar 12, 2025

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Got a little side tracked (but not really) on our discussion of the demonization of play and the exaltation of labor, but most morality is rooted in disgust so good, evil, disgusting, compelling, you get it. Next week I will wrap this three part Schauer Thought and hopefully your perspective shifts and pores clear out.

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Resources:

Aurel Kolnai on Disgust: https://philarchive.org/archive/KORVVA#:~:text=Disgust%20is%20a%20powerful%2C%20visceral,casts%20doubt%20upon%20their%20validity

What the Thalamus Does: (super cool)

https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/body/22652-thalamus

Proust Was a Neuroscientist - Jonah Lehrer

Chapter 3 is on the Essence of Taste (& Smell)

The Connections Between Smell, Memory, and Health

https://magazine.hms.harvard.edu/articles/connections-between-smell-memory-and-health

What the Nose Knows

https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2020/02/how-scent-emotion-and-memory-are-intertwined-and-exploited/#:~:text=Odors%20take%20a%20direct%20route%20to%20the,the%20regions%20related%20to%20emotion%20and%20memory.&text=During%20the%20talk%20she%20explained%20that%20smell,of%20around%2010%20when%20sight%20takes%20over.

My research on the politics of smell divided the internet - here’s what it’s actually about

https://theconversation.com/my-research-on-the-politics-of-smell-divided-the-internet-heres-what-its-actually-about-245899

Maggots and morals:

https://repository.law.umich.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1160&context=book_chapters#:~:text=In%20physical%20disgust%2C%20we%20kill,response%20of%20oral%2Dnasal%20rejection.

If there are any resources I forgot please let me know and I’ll let you know ASAP.

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Contemplating: The Demonization of Pleasure & Play Mar 05, 2025

Show notes

Well it’s looking like another two parter! This week on Schauer Thoughts: the demonization, moralization, and general uncertainty around play and pleasure. So let’s slip into our skin suits and crank up the heat, we’ve got a lot of internalized beliefs about work to scrub raw from our left and right hemispheres, might have to even get in the crack.

Sources:

Rest is Resistance - Tricia Hersey

Decolonizing Therapy - Jennifer Mullan PsyD

Mathematics for Human Flourishing - Francis Su

I believe the eyeliner joke is from Cat Cohen (cat_cohen on TT) - if I’m wrong please let me know.

If there are any sources I’ve left out, please feel free to let me know in the Youtube comments, I’ll get to you ASAP.

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Still Mulling Over: Decentering Men (Part 2) Feb 26, 2025

Show notes

Well y’all, here it is, the second and maybe (?) final episode on decentering men. Decentering is a huge topic as it covers how we’ve been socialized and that touches every facet of our lives so I can always go for another round! Sit back, relax, and let your mind mesh with mine during this week’s communal Schauer.

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Books:

Rest Is Resistance - Tricia Hersey

The Knowledge Illusion - Steven Sloman and Philip Fernbach

Leadership Recreated - Kem Grambrell

Bargaining for Advantage - G. Richard Shell

Caste - Isabel Wilkerson

If I missed any resources please feel free to ask in the comments!

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Mulling Over: Decentering Men Feb 19, 2025

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This week on Schauer Thoughts we’re decentering men! Before you rev up those keyboards: decentering men is not abstaining from men, anyone can decenter men (including men). You will not be “exiting” the patriarchy, decentering men is not the same thing as misandry, and [continued list of misconceptions]. So join us in the communal Schauer and open those pores (and perspectives) to a reimagined, gender nonspecific way of moving and grooving.

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Books:

Leadership Recreated - Kem Gabrell PHD

The Knowledge Illusion - Steven Sloman

Justice - Michael J. Sandal

If there are any books or resources not listed, please feel free to ask and I’ll let you know!

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Thinking About: Hopecore Feb 12, 2025

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Time for some semi-structured yet informal musings from god’s gayest student-of-the-world, Sarah Schauer! This is Schauer Thoughts, a punderful new pod for left and right brainers! So sit back, relax, and let your frontal lobe mull over a little hopecore.

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Sources:

SchizophrenicReads IG - https://www.instagram.com/schizophrenicreads/reel/DCFcALFSZ0-/

Wired to Wonder - Todd Kashdan

https://greatergood.berkeley.edu/article/item/wired_to_wonder#:~:text=Part%20of%20the%20answer%20is%20whether%20a,and%20experiences%20are%20transferred%20into%20long%2Dterm%20memory.

Abramson, A. (2024, January 1). Hope as the antidote. Monitor on Psychology, 55(1). https://www.apa.org/monitor/2024/01/trends-hope-greater-meaning-life

Wamsley EJ. How the brain constructs dreams. Elife. 2020 Jun 8;9:e58874.

doi: 10.7554/eLife.58874. PMID: 32508304; PMCID: PMC7279884.

How Emotions Are Made - Lisa Feldman Barrett

Between Us: How Cultures Create Emotions - Batja Mesquita

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Welcome to Schauer Thoughts! Feb 07, 2025

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Schauer Thoughts is hosted by comedian and student-of-the- world Sarah Schauer! Left and right brainers are often pitted against each other but here they’ll be given the time and space to collaborate. So strip away the day and step into the steam, it’s time to open up your pores and perspectives for a truly immersive, imaginative, and information-rich experience that’ll leave you refreshed and ready for whatever life throws at you next.

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99: Finale Jan 01, 2025

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Thank you for coming on this ride with us. You'll always be part of the Club. #HAGS

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98: New Year's Resolutions Dec 25, 2024

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Happy Holidays from the BCC Club!

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