Weird Studies

Episode 182: Providence of Evil: On Robert Eggers' 'Nosferatu'

Episode  |  January 8th, 2025  |  1 hr 20 mins

cinema, evil, horror, occult, paranormal, religion

Phil and JF discuss Rogert Eggers' reimagining of F. W. Murnau's classic vampire film.

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.

Episode 174: Magick and Enlightenment, with Alan Chapman and Duncan Barford

Episode  |  July 24th, 2024  |  1 hr 29 mins

enlightenment, magic, metaphysics, occult, religion

Magical practitioners Duncan Barford and Alan Chapman join JF and Phil to talk about magic, truth, and the Holy Guardian Angel.

Episode 172: Head Over Heels: On the Hanged Man of the Tarot

Episode  |  June 26th, 2024  |  1 hr 19 mins

archetypes, occult, psychology, religion, tarot

Phil and JF continue their series on the tarot with a discussion of the twelfth major arcanum.

Episode 167: The Hand of Ithell, with Amy Hale

Episode  |  April 17th, 2024  |  1 hr 28 mins

aesthetics, art, celticism, goes episodes, occult, scholarship, surrealism

Independent scholar Amy Hale joins Phil and JF to discuss the life and work of esoteric artist Ithell Colquhoun.

Episode 161: Scene of the Crime: On Alan Moore and Eddie Campbell's 'From Hell'

Episode  |  January 24th, 2024  |  1 hr 30 mins

comics, history, occult, politics, true crime

Phil and JF discuss Victorian London through the lens of Alan Moore and Eddie Campbell's occult reimagining of Jack the Ripper.

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.

Episode 124: Dark Night Radio of the Soul, with Duncan Barford

Episode  |  May 25th, 2022  |  1 hr 27 mins

meditation, occult, psychology

Spiritual practitioner Duncan Barford joins JF and Phil to talk about the Dark Night of the Soul.

Episode 122: Spirals and Crooked Lines: On the Star Card in the Tarot

Episode  |  May 11th, 2022  |  1 hr 20 mins

fate, metaphysics, occult, tarot

Episode 108: On Skepticism and the Paranormal

Episode  |  October 13th, 2021  |  1 hr 19 mins

occult, parapsychology, psi, skepticism

JF and Phil discuss modern skepticism in light of George P. Hansen's "The Trickster and the Paranormal."