Displaying all 8 Episode of Weird Studies with the tag “guest episode”.
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Episode 187: The Affirmation of Imagination: On John Crowley's 'Little, Big,' with Erik Davis
Episode | March 26th, 2025 | 1 hr 33 mins
daimonic reality, erik davis, fantasy, guest episode, history, imagination, literature, magic
Erik Davis joins Phil and JF to discuss John Crowley’s visionary novel, wherein fantasy, memory, and the everyday blend into a single enchanted world.
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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 179: The Final Frontier, with Lionel Snell
Episode | November 6th, 2024 | 1 hr 17 mins
guest episode, lionel snell, metaphysics, occult, psychology
Lionel Snell joins Phil and JF to discuss magic, metaphysics, and the enchantments of boredom.
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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 144: On Clive Barker's 'Hellraiser' and 'The Hellbound Heart,' with Conner Habib
Episode | April 12th, 2023 | 1 hr 42 mins
cinema, clive barker, conner habib, guest episode, horror, literature
Conner Habib joins Phil and JF to discuss Clive Barker's classic horror film, and the novella it was based on.
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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 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.
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Episode 105: Fire Walk with Tamler Sommers
Episode | August 18th, 2021 | 1 hr 32 mins
film, guest episode, horror
Phil and JF are joined by philosophy professor Tamler Sommers to discuss the film "Fire Walk with Me."