Distraction Therapy – Feeling Carried Into The World
This edition of Distraction Therapy is arranged around the idea of cultural emergence. That phrase can sound abstract, but the experience itself is familiar. A […]
Metamodernism
Distraction Therapy – Mix-Tape Feelings
https://robwatsonmedia.net/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/Distraction-Therapy-Show-002-2026-06-10-Mixdown.mp3What happens when a mix begins with the feeling of being named, tagged, measured and watched? Part Two of Distraction Therapy moves through a more […]
Distraction Therapy – Mixed Feelings
https://robwatsonmedia.net/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/Distraction-Therapy-Show-001-2026-06-10-Mixdown.mp3What kind of feeling does a mix create before we can explain it? This first hour of Distraction Therapy begins with Brian Eno’s “An Ending […]
Wetherspoons Approval Committee—Britain’s Cycle of Casual Judgement
In pubs across Britain, there’s a common scene played out repeatedly, one that reveals something about the nation’s collective psyche. Picture a group of regular […]
Distraction Therapy Podcast – Test
https://robwatsonmedia.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Distraction-Therapy-081-2023-02-03-Mixdown.mp3This is a test upload for the new home for the Distraction Therapy podcast.
Personal Transformation and Participatory Media – Reclaiming Meaning in a Globalised World
Our media is increasingly decentralised and participatory, which, counter to many people’s anxieties, means that the potential for personal transformation through engagement with the media […]
Vibe Shift and the Changing Cultural Consciousness
Cultural shifts are rarely sudden. They emerge through a gradual accumulation of tensions, disruptions, and reorientations in how people perceive and engage with the world. […]
Reclaiming Meaning in Fragmented Times – Exploring the Meaning Crisis With Byung-Chul Han and Carl Jung
In an age where meaning seems harder to grasp, the ideas of Byung-Chul Han and Carl Jung offer profound insights into the challenges of modern […]
Importance of Podcasting for Social Sensemaking
Social sensemaking is the process through which individuals and groups interpret, understand, and give meaning to complex social environments and experiences. It involves collaborative and […]
The Enantiodromatic – Things Becoming Their Opposites
Given Carl Jung’s concept of enantiodromia, how might we anticipate a significant push-back against the contrived and simulated forms of persona management prevalent on social […]