Episode Archive
185 episodes of Weird Studies since the first episode, which aired on January 31st, 2018.
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Episode 8: On Graham Harman's "The Third Table"
Episode | April 4th, 2018 | 1 hr 12 mins
idealism, lovecraft, materialism, panpsychism, philosophy, zen
JF and Phil discuss Graham Harman's essay "The Third Table" and discover that even the most commonplace objects, seen in the right light, are strange to the core.
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Episode 7: The Unspeakable Mystery at the Heart of Boxing
Episode | March 28th, 2018 | 1 hr 5 mins
bloodsport, boxing, martial arts, sublime, violence
JF and Phil wrestle with philosophical issues surrounding violent sports.
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Episode 6: Dungeons & Dragons, or the Reality of Illusions
Episode | March 21st, 2018 | 1 hr 18 mins
d&d, fantasy, imaginal, roleplaying games
Phil and JF use D&D as a lens to locate the vanishing point where fantasy converges with the real.
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Episode 5: Reading Lisa Ruddick's "When Nothing is Cool"
Episode | March 13th, 2018 | 1 hr 8 mins
critique, essence, lisa ruddick, nihilism, soul
Phil and JF do their best to weird the cultural politics of the postmodern academy.
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Episode 4: Exploring the Weird with Erik Davis
Episode | March 7th, 2018 | 1 hr 21 mins
erik davis, techngosis, uncanny, weird
Scholar, author and journalist Erik Davis joins Phil and JF to talk about Weird Sh*t.
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Episode 3: Ecstasy, Sin, and "The White People"
Episode | February 21st, 2018 | 1 hr 19 mins
arthur machen, ecstasy, faerie, sin, the white people
JF and Phil discuss key themes and ideas from Arthur Machen's weird story, "The White People."
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Weird Stories: Arthur Machen's "The White People"
Episode | February 19th, 2018 | 1 hr 36 mins
audiobooks, machen, the white people, weird fiction
A complete reading of Arthur Machen's 1904 novella, "The White People," by co-host Phil Ford. This reading accompanies the upcoming episode of the Weird Studies podcast where J.F. and Phil plumb the imaginal depths of the classic weird tale.
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Episode 2: Garmonbozia
Episode | February 1st, 2018 | 1 hr 26 mins
atomic bomb, cold war, demons, twin peaks
Phil and JF use Twin Peaks mythos to try to understand what it was that the detonation of atomic bomb brought into the world. Our answer: garmonbozia and plenty of it.
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Episode 1: Introduction to Weird Studies
Episode | January 31st, 2018 | 32 mins 18 secs
art, fortean phenomena, nightmares, philosophy, weird studies
Phil and J.F. attempt to explain the non-existent field of Weird Studies.