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The Loneliness Industry

Welcome to a podcast about loneliness. Loneliness is not a personal failing, despite what we’re told. It’s woven into the fabric of the world we live in, yet the very values that drive loneliness also tell us we are to blame. We’re here to unpack the real causes of isolation: late-stage capitalism, disconnection culture, performative relationships, and more. If you’ve ever felt alone in a hyperconnected world, you’re not alone — this podcast is for you. We’ll explore loneliness and social isolation

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17: What If Therapy Is Training You To Obey, Not Heal?

The Loneliness Industry ·

2025/12/05

What if therapy isn't healing you — but training you to comply?This episode of the Loneliness Industry dismantles the hidden power structures operating inside modern therapy, showing how supposedly neutral mental health practices can mirror narcissism and even narcissistic abuse. Instead of validating your lived experience, therapy often reframes structural suffering as personal pathology — turning perfectly sane reactions into signs of disorder.Drawing on thinkers like Michel Foucault,

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01:10:52

E16: Why Body Standards Make Us Lonely — And How To...

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2025/11/15

Why do so many of us feel uncomfortable in our own bodies — and why does it make us lonely? This episode looks at how modern body image culture, diet culture, and the wellness industry quietly shape our fears, routines, and relationships.Drawing on philosophy, sociology, psychology, and lived experience, I trace how body standards and appearance pressure turn into dogma: moral rules we absorb without ever choosing them. We break down how fitness culture, health trends, beauty standards, and wellness

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00:56:58

E15 E15 When Dogma Performs Reason: A How-To on...

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2025/11/02

Welcome to The Loneliness Industry, a philosophy podcast about how capitalism’s values — individualism, competition, performance — divide us not only from each other, but from reason itself.This not-so-mini episode is your Logic 101 for the age of un-reason. It explores how dogma performs logic — how rhetorical certainty replaces curiosity — and why that performance is not just intellectually dishonest, but emotionally isolating.When curiosity is shut down, connection is shut down too. Without

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01:01:34

E14 How to Save Yourself from Loneliness,...

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2025/10/18

What do Joe Dispenza, Jordan Peterson, and the Music Pedant at every hipster party have in common?They all kill curiosity — the one trait that fuels connection, reason, and genuine understanding.In this episode of The Loneliness Industry, public philosopher Jordan Reyne unpacks how capitalism, science, and self-help culture all feed the same mechanism Karl Jaspers called “un-reason” — the death of curiosity. Using humour, philosophy, and real-world examples, Reyne reveals how “fake endings” in

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00:59:13

E13: Is Stoicism Making Us More Lonely?

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2025/09/06

Stoicism feels honest: it admits life is often unfair and painful. But when “calm acceptance” becomes a lifestyle, it quietly props up the very systems hurting us—and it supercharges loneliness. In this episode of The Loneliness Industry, we take on modern Stoicism, Western spiritualism, and the capitalist machine that turns emotional repression into a virtue.What we coverStoicism 101 (Zeno, Epictetus, Marcus Aurelius) and why “control yourself, accept the rest” slides into political apathyHow calm

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01:01:55

E12: Western Spiritualism, Ego Death, and the...

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2025/08/23

In Part 2 of the conversation with Sam Vaknin, we begin by exploring the cycle between covert and overt narcissism — how these shifts unfold, and why they matter. From there, the focus shifts to Western spiritualism: why movements that preach ego death and “killing the self” often misunderstand both healthy ego formation and the traditions they claim to borrow from.We also look at how self-help movements decouple us from our intuition, turning healing into a commodity built on magical thinking

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00:53:14

11. Loneliness, Narcissism, and the Human Condition —...

The Loneliness Industry ·

2025/08/15

Is disconnection simply the result of modern life — or is it a deliberate feature of the systems we live in?In this episode of The Loneliness Industry, I’m joined by Professor Sam Vaknin — author of Malignant Self Love and one of the most cited (and controversial) voices on narcissism — for a deep dive into why we are so isolated.We agree on one point: disconnection is built into our systems. Where we differ is on how we got here.Sam argues these systems reflect the human condition itself —

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01:02:23

10. Toxic Spirituality: Narcissism, Gurus, and the...

The Loneliness Industry ·

2025/08/02

Modern Western spirituality doesn’t “go wrong” — it starts wrong. It’s built on the same toxic values that fuel narcissism and consumer culture: control, grandiosity, and the myth that you alone shape all reality. In this episode of The Loneliness Industry, we break down how modern “spiritual” movements — from manifestation coaches to Instagram gurus — package narcissism as healing and sell a God complex as enlightenment. We unpack how these systems shame people for struggling, replace empathy with

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01:01:59

The Power of Imperfection: Overcoming Loneliness in a...

The Loneliness Industry ·

2025/07/11

Part II in the series on narcissism and society. In this episode of The Loneliness Industry, we dive deep into the impact of narcissism and perfectionism in today’s society and how they contribute to loneliness. Exploring the damaging roles we’re pushed into by both familial and societal systems, we unpack how narcissistic power shapes us into false selves, often leaving us disconnected from others and ourselves.But here’s the twist: imperfection is actually the key to overcoming loneliness in this

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01:09:19

How Society Raises You Like A Narcissistic Parent -...

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2025/06/26

What if society is gaslighting you — just like a narcissistic parent would?This episode exposes how Western culture mimics covert narcissistic abuse: demanding performance over authenticity, shaming your needs, rewarding image over connection, and leaving you with chronic loneliness and self-doubt.Discover how narcissistic traits like gaslighting, blame-shifting, triangulation, and emotional manipulation are not just personal — they’re cultural. Drawing on powerful insights from psychology and

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00:51:53

How Archetypes and Caricatures Make Us Lonely — and...

The Loneliness Industry ·

2025/06/14

Why do we feel unseen — even when we’re surrounded by people? And why does connection so often feel like a performance? This episode of The Loneliness Industry dives deep into the structural roots of loneliness — showing how Western capitalist values like independence, competition, control, and self-sufficiency actively undermine our ability to form meaningful connection. We explore how cultural scripts, stereotypes, and socially approved identities flatten us into roles — while rewarding us for

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01:17:11

Manufacturing Loneliness — Why and How Connection is...

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2025/05/29

Why does loneliness persist, even after all the therapy, self-help, and "inner work"?This episode of The Loneliness Industry dives deep into the structural roots of loneliness—showing how Western capitalist values like independence, competition, control, and self-sufficiency actively undermine our ability to form meaningful connection.This episode tells you what the self-help world won’t:Loneliness isn’t just emotional — it’s engineered.By capitalism.By culture.By the values we’re taught

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01:06:03

Out-performing Ourselves: A Friendly Little Chat...

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2025/05/16

Is competition really driving us forward—or quietly pulling us apart? In this episode of The Loneliness Industry, we dig deep into how comparison culture, capitalist values, and performative selfhood are making us lonelier than ever. From office sports metaphors to narcissistic self-help mantras, we unpack the hidden psychological and philosophical costs of a society obsessed with winning.Expect critical insights from thinkers like Sartre, Foucault, Alfred Adler, Gabor Maté, and more—as well as

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00:39:32

The Myth of Cognitive Primacy why Reifying...

The Loneliness Industry ·

2025/05/05

The Lie of Cognitive Primacy — Why Your Feelings Matter More Than You’ve Been ToldWhat if the real reason you feel broken... isn’t you?In this episode, we confront one of the most insidious myths of modern life: cognitive primacy — the belief that our thoughts should govern our emotions, that logic is superior to feeling, and that healing means "thinking better."But this isn’t just bad psychology. It’s a cultural weapon — one that isolates us, individualizes blame, and erases emotion as a

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00:41:42

The Control Myth - How Empowerment Narratives Keep Us...

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2025/04/24

In this episode of The Loneliness Industry, we unpack how “control” is sold as empowerment in Western capitalist culture—but often acts as a hidden tool of ideological control and social division.We explore how the pursuit of control offers comfort, but also fuels toxic self-blame, empathy gaps, and the myth that people ‘deserve’ their suffering. This episode challenges the narrative that personal failure is always personal—and asks what happens when we stop pretending that life is fair.If

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00:22:47

The Hero Narrative and Individualism - How Western...

The Loneliness Industry ·

2025/04/17

In this first full episode of The Loneliness Industry, we dive into the philosophical roots of loneliness in Western culture—starting with individualism and the hero narrative that props it up.Through the lens of pop culture, consumerism, and critical theory, I explore how Western capitalist ideology encourages us to see ourselves as lone protagonists on a personal quest—detached, self-sufficient, and responsible for everything. It promises freedom and empowerment, but often delivers disconnection,

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00:14:07

Introduction: Loneliness is Not a Personal Failing

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2025/04/10

Welcome to the first episode of The Loneliness Industry, where we explore the real causes of loneliness in today’s world. I’m Jordan, and I’m here to help break the stigma around loneliness, unpack its societal roots, and offer a more nuanced conversation about isolation. As someone who has personally navigated the complexities of loneliness, I want to create a place where we don’t blame ourselves but instead look at the cultural, psychological, and philosophical factors that contribute to it. In

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