Displaying 3 items of Weird Studies with the tag "culture".
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Episode 166: Make Believe: On the Power of Pretentiousness
Episode | April 3rd, 2024 | 1 hr 13 mins
creativity, criticism, culture, methodology
JF and Phil discuss pretentiousness as both an occupational hazard and a virtue of creative work.
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Episode 110: Monks of the Cultural Apocalypse: 'The Glass Bead Game,' Part Two
Episode | November 10th, 2021 | 1 hr 13 mins
academia, culture, literature, music
JF and Phil resume their discussion on Hermann Hesse's "The Glass Bead Game," this time with a focus on what the novel reveals about the value of culture in our times.
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Episode 98: Taboo: Time and Belief in Exotica
Episode | May 12th, 2021 | 1 hr 20 mins
aesthetics, culture, exotica, history, music
JF and Phil discuss the ethics and metaphysics of the obscure musical genre known as exotica.