We found 10 episodes of Weird Studies with the tag “literature”.
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Episode 154: Into the Night Land, with Erik Davis
Episode | September 26th, 2023 | 1 hr 23 mins
fantasy, literature, metaphysics, science fiction
JF and Phil are joined by Erik Davis to discuss William Hope Hodgson's masterfully weird 1912 novel.
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Episode 145: Waiting for the Miracle: On Vanessa Onwuemezi's "Dark Neighbourhood"
Episode | April 26th, 2023 | 1 hr 29 mins
death, literature, poetry, politics, science fiction, ufos
JF and Phil discuss the title story from Vanessa Onwuemezi's debut collection of short fiction from Fitzcarraldo Press.
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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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Off-Week Bonus: On Worlds and Stories, with a Special Announcement
Episode | September 27th, 2022 | 57 mins 16 secs
bonus episodes, literature, storytelling, worldbuilding
After announcing a new online course they will be teaching together, JF and Phil talk storytelling and worldbuilding.
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Episode 128: Demon Workshop: On Victoria Nelson's 'Neighbor George'
Episode | July 19th, 2022 | 1 hr 27 mins
gothic, grotesque, literature, metaphysics, monsters, psychology
Phil and JF discuss Victoria Nelson's novel of psychological horror.
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Episode 126: The Daemon Speaks, with Matt Cardin
Episode | June 22nd, 2022 | 1 hr 21 mins
horror, literature, mysticism, religion, teaching
Matt Cardin joins JF and Phil to discuss daimonic reality and the idea of dark enlightenment.
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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.
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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 109: Infinite Play: On 'The Glass Bead Game,' by Hermann Hesse
Episode | October 27th, 2021 | 1 hr 20 mins
academia, game studies, literature, philosophy
Phil and JF discuss Hesse's final novel, a quiet masterwork of science fiction about a game that encompasses all of reality.