Meredith Michael
Special guest
Meredith Michael is a PhD candidate in Musicology at the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music. She is working on a dissertation about musical mythologies of outer space in the twentieth century. In her spare time she loves making art of all kinds, going for long walks, making friends with cats, and watching cartoons.
Meredith Michael has been a guest on 6 episodes.
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Episode 181: On 'The X Files,' with Meredith Michael
Episode | December 4th, 2024 | 1 hr 17 mins
cinema, conspiracy, epistemology, guest episode, meredith michael, paranormal, television
Meredith Michael joins JF and Phil to discuss the classic television series.
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Episode 159: Three Songs, with Meredith Michael
Episode | December 6th, 2023 | 1 hr 30 mins
buddhism, control, guest episode, memory, meredith michael, music, politics, religion, song swap, time
Music scholar Meredith Michael joins Phil and JF to discuss songs by Vienna Teng, Lili Boulanger, and Iron & Wine.
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Episode 140: That Ain't Plot: On Hayao Miyazaki's 'Spirited Away,' with Meredith Michael
Episode | February 15th, 2023 | 1 hr 20 mins
animation, cinema, fiction, guest episode, meredith michael, narrativity
Meredith joins Phil and JF to discuss the 2001 Studio Ghibli masterpiece.
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Episode 125: Strange Brews: Weird Studies Live at Illuminated Brew Works
Episode | June 8th, 2022 | 1 hr 36 mins
alchemy, beer, metaphysics, occult, tea, witchcraft
Phil, Meredith, and JF discuss ritual and potion-making in a live recording hosted by Illuminated Brew Works in Chicago.
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Episode 119: Behind the Cosmic Curtain: On Stanislaw Lem's 'The New Cosmogony,' with Meredith Michael
Episode | March 30th, 2022 | 1 hr 7 mins
gnosticism, literature, meredith michael, metaphysics, science, science fiction
Meredith, Phil, and JF dig into Stanislaw Lem's short story, "The New Cosmogony."
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Episode 118: The Unseen and the Unnamed, with Meredith Michael
Episode | March 16th, 2022 | 1 hr 16 mins
fantasy, guest episode, literature, meredith michael, metaphysics, short stories
Meredith Michael joins JF and Phil to discuss short fiction by Ursula K. Le Guin and J.G. Ballard.