web01.fireside.fm Wed, 06 May 2026 03:18:07 -0500 Fireside (https://fireside.fm) Weird Studies - Episodes Tagged with “Grief” https://www.weirdstudies.com/tags/grief Wed, 07 Aug 2024 10:30:00 -0400 Professor Phil Ford and writer J. F. Martel host a series of conversations on art and philosophy, dwelling on ideas that are hard to think and art that opens up rifts in what we are pleased to call "reality." en-us episodic Art and philosophy at the limits of the thinkable Phil Ford and J. F. Martel Professor Phil Ford and writer J. F. Martel host a series of conversations on art and philosophy, dwelling on ideas that are hard to think and art that opens up rifts in what we are pleased to call "reality." yes weird, art, philosophy Phil Ford and J. F. Martel admin@weirdstudies.com Episode 175: Don't Look Now: Live at Lily Dale https://www.weirdstudies.com/175 a1ca24bc-61e3-45ae-b412-2dc2d2e32f46 Wed, 07 Aug 2024 10:30:00 -0400 Phil Ford and J. F. Martel 175 Don't Look Now: Live at Lily Dale full Phil Ford and J. F. Martel At Shannon Taggart's annual Symposium on the Science of Things Spiritual in Lily Dale, New York, Phil and JF record a live episode on Daphne du Maurier's experiment in unreality, "Don't Look Now." 1:58:10 yes <p>Daphne du Maurier was a prolific English writer of novels, plays, and short stories resonant with what she termed "a sense of unreality." In this episode, JF and Phil discuss her great short story "Don't Look Now," which Nicholas Roeg famously adapted to the screen in 1973 in a film starring Donald Sutherland and Julie Christie. Recorded live at Shannon Taggart's Lily Dale Symposium on July 25th, 2024, the discussion takes a number of turns, exploring the ghost as an "image of itself," the phenomenon of "deathishness," the experience of derealization, the human capacity to break time, and grief as a rift in time.</p> <p>Visit the <a href="http://www.weirdosphere.org" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Weirdosphere</a> and sign up for JF's upcoming course of lectures and discussions, "Whirl Without End: Fairy Tales and the Weird," starting on September 5th, 2024.</p> <p>Support us on <a href="https://www.patreon.com/weirdstudies" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Patreon</a>.<br> Buy the Weird Studies soundtrack, volumes <a href="https://pierre-yvesmartel.bandcamp.com/album/weird-studies-music-from-the-podcast-vol-1" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">1</a> and <a href="https://pierre-yvesmartel.bandcamp.com/album/weird-studies-music-from-the-podcast-vol-2" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">2</a>, on Pierre-Yves Martel's <a href="https://pierre-yvesmartel.bandcamp.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Bandcamp</a> page.<br> Listen to Meredith Michael and Gabriel Lubell's podcast, <em><a href="https://cosmophonia.podbean.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Cosmophonia</a></em>.<br> Visit the Weird Studies <a href="https://bookshop.org/shop/weirdstudies" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Bookshop</a><br> Find us on <a href="https://discord.com/invite/Jw22CHfGwp" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Discord</a><br> Get the T-shirt design from <a href="https://cottonbureau.com/products/can-o-content#/13435958/tee-men-standard-tee-vintage-black-tri-blend-s" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Cotton Bureau</a>!</p> <p><strong>REFERENCES</strong></p> <p>Daphne du Maurier, <a href="https://bookshop.org/a/18799/9780765333629" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">"Don't Look Now"</a><br> Nicholas Roeg (dir.), <em><a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0069995/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Don't Look Now</a></em><br> Weird Studies, <a href="https://www.weirdstudies.com/66" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Episode 66 on “Diviner’s Time”</a> <br> Chuck Klosterman, <a href="https://bookshop.org/a/18799/9781416544210" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">"Tomorrow Rarely Knows”</a><br> Thomas Mann, <em><a href="https://bookshop.org/a/18799/9780141181738" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Death in Venice</a></em> <br> Peter Medak (dir.), <em><a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0080516/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">The Changeling</a></em> <br> Philip K. Dick, <a href="https://bookshop.org/a/18799/9780679747871" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">“Schizophrenia and the Book of Changes”</a></p> ghosts, Daphne du Maurier, don't look now, film, weird, grief, paranormal, weird studies, live recording Daphne du Maurier was a prolific English writer of novels, plays, and short stories resonant with what she termed "a sense of unreality." In this episode, JF and Phil discuss her great short story "Don't Look Now," which Nicholas Roeg famously adapted to the screen in 1973 in a film starring Donald Sutherland and Julie Christie. Recorded live at Shannon Taggart's Lily Dale Symposium on July 25th, 2024, the discussion takes a number of turns, exploring the ghost as an "image of itself," the phenomenon of "deathishness," the experience of derealization, the human capacity to break time, and grief as a rift in time.

Visit the Weirdosphere and sign up for JF's upcoming course of lectures and discussions, "Whirl Without End: Fairy Tales and the Weird," starting on September 5th, 2024.

Support us on Patreon.
Buy the Weird Studies soundtrack, volumes 1 and 2, on Pierre-Yves Martel's Bandcamp page.
Listen to Meredith Michael and Gabriel Lubell's podcast, Cosmophonia.
Visit the Weird Studies Bookshop
Find us on Discord
Get the T-shirt design from Cotton Bureau!

REFERENCES

Daphne du Maurier, "Don't Look Now"
Nicholas Roeg (dir.), Don't Look Now
Weird Studies, Episode 66 on “Diviner’s Time”
Chuck Klosterman, "Tomorrow Rarely Knows”
Thomas Mann, Death in Venice
Peter Medak (dir.), The Changeling
Philip K. Dick, “Schizophrenia and the Book of Changes”

]]> Daphne du Maurier was a prolific English writer of novels, plays, and short stories resonant with what she termed "a sense of unreality." In this episode, JF and Phil discuss her great short story "Don't Look Now," which Nicholas Roeg famously adapted to the screen in 1973 in a film starring Donald Sutherland and Julie Christie. Recorded live at Shannon Taggart's Lily Dale Symposium on July 25th, 2024, the discussion takes a number of turns, exploring the ghost as an "image of itself," the phenomenon of "deathishness," the experience of derealization, the human capacity to break time, and grief as a rift in time.

Visit the Weirdosphere and sign up for JF's upcoming course of lectures and discussions, "Whirl Without End: Fairy Tales and the Weird," starting on September 5th, 2024.

Support us on Patreon.
Buy the Weird Studies soundtrack, volumes 1 and 2, on Pierre-Yves Martel's Bandcamp page.
Listen to Meredith Michael and Gabriel Lubell's podcast, Cosmophonia.
Visit the Weird Studies Bookshop
Find us on Discord
Get the T-shirt design from Cotton Bureau!

REFERENCES

Daphne du Maurier, "Don't Look Now"
Nicholas Roeg (dir.), Don't Look Now
Weird Studies, Episode 66 on “Diviner’s Time”
Chuck Klosterman, "Tomorrow Rarely Knows”
Thomas Mann, Death in Venice
Peter Medak (dir.), The Changeling
Philip K. Dick, “Schizophrenia and the Book of Changes”

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