Welcome, to episode #73 of The Exploring Antinatalism Podcast! A podcast, showcasing the wide range of perspectives & ideas throughout Antinatalism as it exists today, through interviews with Antinatalist & non-Antinatalist thinkers & creators of all kinds - now running 4 years strong! I’m your host, Amanda Sukenick, and today, I’m speaking with the "author of the book, Joyful Pessimism: A Memoir of Sex, Mental Illness, and Philosophy", forthcoming from El León Literary Arts', Michael Ellsberg! Joyful Pessimism: https://www.ellsberg.com/joyfulpessimism Freudian Kink: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z3jk6Tq-Sqg https://www.ellsberg.com/biomisia Buy Michaels books on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/stores/Michael-Ellsberg/author/B002XNKKHK?ref=ap_rdr&store_ref=ap_rdr&isDramIntegrated=true&shoppingPortalEnabled=true Talks at Google: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PpvGhCPhMK0 The New York Times - To Breed or Not to Breed? (11/20/2021): https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/20/style/breed-children-climate-change.html https://twitter.com/biomisiahttp://www.elleonliteraryarts.org/Thank you for listening to The Exploring Antinatalism Podcast! https://www.exploringantinatalism.com/ Please follow the podcast on: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ExploringAntinatalism Twitter: https://twitter.com/ExploringAN Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/exploring_antinatalism_podcast/& Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCA8FKcLhdLOHkZtrsGJGUoA Exploring Antinatalism can also be heard on: Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/exploring-antinatalism/id1497076755 Google Podcasts: https://podcasts.google.com/search/The%20Exploring%20Antinatalism%20Podcast Buzzsprout: http://exploringantinatalism.buzzsprout.com Stitcher: https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/exploring-antinatalism Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/user-727548853 Amazon.com: https://www.amazon.com/The-Exploring-Antinatalism-Podcast/dp/B08JJSQ6WX/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=The+Exploring+Antinatalism+Podcast&qid=1626809690&sr=8-1 Email me at: exploringantinatalism@gmail.com Website designed by Visions Noirs! Visit him at: https://www.bilenoire.com & follow him on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/visionsnoires/ Logo art by LifeSucks! Please subscribe to him on YoutubeYT: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCli91fEAsC8hZ7rexRzq9HQ And check out his Merch on Etsy: https://www.etsy.com/shop/LifeSucksPublishing Music by Matti Häyry! You can hear the whole song, Life is a sexually transmitted disease with a mortality rate of 100% here!: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qMFT00aqVpk And make sure to also read his academic paper which inspired the song, “If you must give them a gift, then give them the gift of nonexistence”, in the Cambridge Quarterly of Healthcare Ethics on cambridge.org: https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/cambridge-quarterly-of-healthcare-ethics/article/if-you-must-give-them-a-gift-then-give-them-the-gift-of-nonexistence/2D6A8DD4EA49B6154471243CD65FAE77 All the best, and bye for now!