Episode Archive
178 episodes of Weird Studies since the first episode, which aired on January 31st, 2018.
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Episode 92: Glitch in the Matrix: A Conversation with Rodney Ascher
Episode | February 17th, 2021 | 1 hr 27 mins
cinema, guest episodes, metaphysics, simulationism
JF and Phil are joined by American filmmaker Rodney Ascher to discuss film, music, mood, and his new documentary about people who believe we are in living in a computer simulation.
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Episode 91: On Susanna Clarke's 'Piranesi'
Episode | February 3rd, 2021 | 1 hr 23 mins
JF and Phil explore the mysterious world of Susanna Clarke's incredible new novel.
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Episode 90: 'The Owl in Daylight': On Philip K. Dick's Unwritten Masterpiece
Episode | January 20th, 2021 | 1 hr 9 mins
philip k. dick, philosophy. literature
Phil and JF discuss the novel that would have been Philip K. Dick's magnum opus ... if he had written it.
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Episode 89: On Ishmael Reed's 'Mumbo Jumbo,' or, Why We Need More Magical Thinking
Episode | January 6th, 2021 | 1 hr 19 mins
conspiracy, history, literature, magic
JF and Phil discuss Ishmael Reed's masterpiece of conspiracy fiction.
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Holiday Bonus: Magic, Madness, and Sadness
Episode | December 21st, 2020 | 50 mins 15 secs
cinema, comedy, metaphysics, time
In this special winter solstice release, Phil and JF discuss a memorable episode of the bizarro animated series Adventure Time.
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Episode 88: On Neil Gaiman & Dave McKean's 'Mr Punch'
Episode | December 9th, 2020 | 1 hr 19 mins
art, comics, memory, trickster
A discussion of Neil Gaiman and Dave McKean's 1994 graphic novel, "The Tragical Comedy or Comical Tragedy of Mr. Punch"
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Episode 87: Glyphs, Rifts, and Ecstasy: On Arthur Machen's Vision of Art
Episode | November 25th, 2020 | 1 hr 7 mins
art, ecstasy, literature
JF and Phil talk art and ecstasy in this episode on Arthur Machen's aesthetic treatise, "Hieroglyphics".
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Episode 86: On E. T. A. Hoffmann's "The Sandman," and Freud's Sequel to It
Episode | November 11th, 2020 | 1 hr 23 mins
fiction, psychology
Phil and JF discuss E.T.A. Hoffmann's classic tale of weird horror and Sigmund Freud's treatment of it in a famous essay.
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Episode 85: On 'The Wicker Man'
Episode | October 28th, 2020 | 1 hr 16 mins
film, horror, religion
JF and Phil discuss the 1973 masterpiece of folk horror cinema.
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Episode 84: Mona Lisa Smile: On the Empress, the Third Card in the Tarot
Episode | October 14th, 2020 | 1 hr 19 mins
archetypes, divination, tarot
Phil and JF discuss the third major arcana of the traditional tarot deck.
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Episode 83: On David Lynch's 'Lost Highway'
Episode | September 30th, 2020 | 1 hr 18 mins
david lynch, film
JF and Phil take a joy ride into the dark heart David Lynch's surreal 1997 film.
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Episode 82: On The I Ching
Episode | September 16th, 2020 | 1 hr 29 mins
divination, i ching
Phil and JF discuss the great Chinese oracle.
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Episode 81: Gnostic Lit: On M. John Harrison's 'The Course of the Heart'
Episode | September 2nd, 2020 | 1 hr 17 mins
fiction, gnosticism
JF and Phil discuss M. John Harrison's masterpiece of weird fiction.
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Episode 80: The Pit and the Pyramid, or, How to Beat the Philosopher's Blues
Episode | August 19th, 2020 | 1 hr 17 mins
Phil and JF discuss the Neoplatonism of Radiohead and the dark side of Beat culture, as revealed on Broadway.
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Episode 79: Love, Death, and the Dream Life
Episode | August 5th, 2020 | 1 hr 4 mins
art, decadence, music, prophecy
JF and Phil discuss decadence and vision in Nina Simone's rendition of "Lilac Wine" and Ghostface Killah's "Underwater."
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Episode 78: On John Keel's 'The Mothman Prophecies'
Episode | July 22nd, 2020 | 1 hr 13 mins
entities, nonfiction, paranormal
Phil and JF discuss John Keel's classic work of weird nonfiction.