This Is the Only Known Audio Recording of Dr. Sigmund Freud
- Posted on May 8, 2012 at 7:48am by
Billy Hallowell
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Last month, The Blaze brought you a review of “Freud’s Last Session,” a play that showcases a fictitious discussion between renowned psychoanalysis expert Dr. Sigmund Freud and Christian literary genius C.S. Lewis.
Now, you no longer have to rely on artistic expression to better understand Freud, as the OpenCulture web site is providing the opportunity to hear the only known recording of his comments — a BBC radio interview that was broadcast on December 27, 1938.
Business Insider has more about the fascinating recording:
Nine months before Sigmund Freud’s death, the BBC visited the North London home of the Austrian psychiatrist.
The folks at OpenCulture have posted an audio recording of the interview, which was broadcast on Dec. 27, 1938, as part of the BBC’s “Celebrities on Radio” series.
The 81-year-old father of psychoanalysis was suffering from throat cancer at the time and his speech is difficult to understand.
OpenCulture provides a transcription of Freud’s words:
I started my professional activity as a neurologist trying to bring relief to my neurotic patients. Under the influence of an older friend and by my own efforts, I discovered some important new facts about the unconscious in psychic life, the role of instinctual urges, and so on. Out of these findings grew a new science, psychoanalysis, a part of psychology, and a new method of treatment of the neuroses. I had to pay heavily for this bit of good luck. People did not believe in my facts and thought my theories unsavory. Resistance was strong and unrelenting. In the end I succeeded in acquiring pupils and building up an International Psychoanalytic Association. But the struggle is not yet over.
Listen to the commentary, below:
(H/T: Business Insider)
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rsanchez1
Posted on May 9, 2012 at 1:30amFreud was the first in a long line of charlatans posing as scientists who pushed nonsense but people lapped it up because it sounded nice. Climate change alarmists carry on his tradition.
Report Post »aplingtjayonia
Posted on May 8, 2012 at 9:46pmFreud was a pioneer in the pseudo-science of psychology. But he can’t hold a candle to to master sergeant Emery. So Sigmund, why does the color yellow make you sad?
Report Post »tharpdevenport
Posted on May 8, 2012 at 2:41pmIsn’t it odd that an old BBC interview lost to time until now, was the only way (we know of at the moment) to hear him, yet cartoons and TV shows sems to have fairly close representations, takign into account speaking more properly from no throat cancer.
Report Post »t00nces2
Posted on May 8, 2012 at 3:11pmHe sounds an awful lot like George Bernard Shaw that Glenn has played quite a few times.
Report Post »dontbotherme
Posted on May 8, 2012 at 12:33pmA haunting step out of history…..
Report Post »Rayblue
Posted on May 8, 2012 at 9:51amI’ve been called brilliant and a jerk in the same sentence by one of Americas leading clinical psychologists.
Report Post »I believe half of what they say.
MammalOne
Posted on May 8, 2012 at 9:47amWho cares? Freud‘s theories haven’t been relevant in the field for decades.
Report Post »loneindividual
Posted on May 8, 2012 at 9:02amFrued is a master of illusion. He is a tyrant in his own right.
To say that one has no free will and then by using a mere illustration to prove there is none….he has fooled many into accepting his lie.
He himself accepted his lie…cuz his own life involved manipulating people NON-STOP.
This is what ALL DOCTORS DO.
Politicians, Doctors, Police, Tech Support, & even some religious figures ALL WEAVE A VEIL OF ILLUSION to keep you confused and muddled so you never discover yourself.
The Light Shineth, but the Darkness Comprehendeth it not. – John 1:5
^ Frued is not original….he’s a thief. His so called “ICEBERG” is not his discovery…but an invention premised with a prejudice.
He is an evil genius like Marx and Nietzche
Report Post »wampanoag
Posted on May 8, 2012 at 8:22amFreud was a genius in many ways. Thank you for this posting.
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