You actually want to kill your father and make love with your mother, that is if you're a boy, according to Freud at least. He calls it the Oedipus Complex. What's with all this nonsense? Why did it come about? Is it even nonsense to begin with? This episode explores those questions. Join the usual duo for another exciting conversation!

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Tags:  Sigmund Freud,  Freudian concepts,  Oedipus complex,  Father,  Mother,  Infant,  Child,  Envy,  Incest,  Death,  Sex,  Psychoanalysis,  Repression,  Science,  Philosophy,  Education,  Life,  Growth,  Development,  Night School