Before AI – Intuition, Belonging and the Shape of My Work
I recently asked an AI system to review a sample of my older writing and consider what it might reveal about my psychological orientation. There is […]
Distraction Therapy – Leaving Room for What Has Not Happened Yet
https://robwatsonmedia.net/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/Distraction-Therapy-Show-002-2026-08-12-Mixdown.mp3How far into the future do we need to imagine before the present becomes bearable? Tomorrow can still feel close enough to picture. The day […]
Distraction Therapy – Where Attention Refuses to Stay
https://robwatsonmedia.net/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/Distraction-Therapy-Show-001-2026-08-12-Mixdown.mp3What happens when the way we feel no longer fits the life we are expected to lead? This edition of Distraction Therapy moves through songs […]
Beyond Gender, Globalism and the Collective Psyche – A Jungian Response to Emmet Connor
The latest episode of Beyond Gender, hosted by Stella O’Malley and featuring Emmet Connor, author of The Red Pandemic, raises a worthwhile question but arrives […]
Distraction Therapy – Between the Everyday and the Unreachable
https://robwatsonmedia.net/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/Distraction-Therapy-002-2026-08-05-Mixdown.mp3This edition of Distraction Therapy moves through several layers of contemporary Japanese music culture: independent guitar music, established melodic rock, singer-songwriter pop, bilingual British-Japanese avant-pop, […]
Distraction Therapy – Music Against The Finality Of Things
https://robwatsonmedia.net/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/Distraction-Therapy-Show-001-2026-08-05-Mixdown.mp3This edition of Distraction Therapy begins with a reassurance, although not quite a promise. In the Pet Shop Boys’ version of It’s Alright, music is […]
Beyond Contagion – Monomania, Mythic Quest and the Symbolic Life of the Psyche
The conversation between Stella O’Malley, Mia Hughes and Deanne Jade is serious in both subject and intention. It addresses anorexia nervosa, gender dysphoria, self-harm, obsessive […]
Distraction Therapy – The Light That Remains
https://robwatsonmedia.net/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/Distraction-Therapy-Show-002-2026-07-29-Mixdown.mp3This edition of Distraction Therapy moves through Japanese pop, rock, film music and orchestral arrangement as though following a river from daylight into dusk. The […]
Distraction Therapy – Music for the Interior Night
https://robwatsonmedia.net/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/Distraction-Therapy-Show-001-2026-07-29-Mixdown.mp3Some mixtapes establish their meaning through genre. Others work through atmosphere, juxtaposition and emotional association. This edition of Distraction Therapy belongs to the second kind. […]
The Severed Head – Gender Identity, Projection and the Return of Violent Symbolism
Public arguments about sex and gender are generally presented as disputes over rights, definitions, medical evidence, institutional policy and personal identity. These matters are important, […]