web01.fireside.fm Sun, 14 Jun 2026 13:34:05 -0500 Fireside (https://fireside.fm) Weird Studies - Episodes Tagged with “Short Stories” https://www.weirdstudies.com/tags/short%20stories Wed, 16 Mar 2022 11:30:00 -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 118: The Unseen and the Unnamed, with Meredith Michael https://www.weirdstudies.com/118 c891e995-0508-4c9d-b81c-4a50afc3b2c2 Wed, 16 Mar 2022 11:30:00 -0400 Phil Ford and J. F. Martel 118 The Unseen and the Unnamed, with Meredith Michael full Phil Ford and J. F. Martel Meredith Michael joins JF and Phil to discuss short fiction by Ursula K. Le Guin and J.G. Ballard. 1:16:03 yes <p>In this episode, Phil and JF are joined by music scholar and Weird Studies assistant Meredith Michael to discuss two strange and unsettling short stories: J.G. Ballard's "The Gioconda of the Twilight Noon" (1964) and Ursula K. Le Guin's "She Unnames Them" (1985). Their plan was to talk about three stories, but they never got to Phil's pick, which will be the focus of episode 119. The reason is that Le Guin and Ballard's stories share surprising resonances that merited close discussion. From opposite perspectives, both tales put words to a region of reality that resists discursive description, a borderland where that which is named reveals its unnamed facet, and that which must remain unseen reveals itself to the inner eye.</p> <p>Support us on <a href="https://www.patreon.com/weirdstudies" rel="nofollow noopener">Patreon</a> <br> Find us on <a href="https://discord.com/invite/Jw22CHfGwp" rel="nofollow noopener">Discord</a><br> Get the new T-shirt design from <a href="https://cottonbureau.com/products/can-o-content#/13435958/tee-men-standard-tee-vintage-black-tri-blend-s" rel="nofollow noopener">Cotton Bureau</a>!<br> Get your Weird Studies <a href="https://www.redbubble.com/people/Weird-Studies/shop?asc=u" rel="nofollow noopener">merchandise</a> (t-shirts, coffee mugs, etc.) <br> Visit the Weird Studies <a href="https://bookshop.org/shop/weirdstudies" rel="nofollow noopener">Bookshop</a><br> Buy the Weird Studies <a href="https://pierre-yvesmartel.bandcamp.com/album/weird-studies-music-from-the-podcast-vol-1" rel="nofollow noopener">soundtrack</a></p> <p><strong>REFERENCES</strong></p> <p>J. G. Ballard, “The Giaconda of the Twilight Noon,” from <em><a href="https://bookshop.org/books/the-complete-stories-of-j-g-ballard/9780393339291" rel="nofollow noopener">The Complete Stories of J. G. Ballard</a></em><br> Ursula K. Le Guin, "She Unnames Them," from <em><a href="https://bookshop.org/books/the-unreal-and-the-real-the-selected-short-stories-of-ursula-k-le-guin-reprint/9781481475976" rel="nofollow noopener">The Real and the Uneal</a></em><br> Alfred Hitchcock (dir.), <a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0056869/" rel="nofollow noopener">The Birds</a><br> Jung's concept of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Collective_unconscious" rel="nofollow noopener">collective unconscious</a><br> Walter Pater, <a href="https://bookshop.org/books/the-renaissance-studies-in-art-and-poetry-9781146765725/9780486440255" rel="nofollow noopener">The Renaissance</a><br> Ursula K. Le Guin, “She Unnames Them” in The Real and the Unreal<br> Henri Bergson, <a href="https://bookshop.org/books/creative-evolution-9781497915053/9781420940435" rel="nofollow noopener">Creative Evolution</a><br> M. C .Richards, <a href="https://bookshop.org/books/centering-in-pottery-poetry-and-the-person-revised/9780819562005" rel="nofollow noopener">Centering</a><br> Weird Studies, <a href="https://www.weirdstudies.com/35" rel="nofollow noopener">Episode 35 on Centering</a><br> Weird Studies, <a href="https://www.weirdstudies.com/81" rel="nofollow noopener">Episode 81 on The Course of the Heart</a><br> Weird Studies, <a href="https://www.weirdstudies.com/84" rel="nofollow noopener">Episode 84 on the Empress</a><br> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Language_deprivation#:%7E:text=There%20are%20several%20known%20cases,%22wild%20boy%20of%20Aveyron%22." rel="nofollow noopener">Linguistically deprived children</a><br> Walter Ong, <em><a href="https://bookshop.org/books/orality-and-literacy-30th-anniversary-edition/9780415538381" rel="nofollow noopener">Orality and Literacy</a></em><br> Samuel Taylor Coleridge's thoughts on on imagination and fancy can be found in <em><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/files/6081/6081-h/6081-h.htm" rel="nofollow noopener">Biographia Literaria</a></em> Special Guest: Meredith Michael.</p> Jg ballad, Gioconda of the twilight noon, Ursula le Guin, she unnames them, analysis, themes, meaning, In this episode, Phil and JF are joined by music scholar and Weird Studies assistant Meredith Michael to discuss two strange and unsettling short stories: J.G. Ballard's "The Gioconda of the Twilight Noon" (1964) and Ursula K. Le Guin's "She Unnames Them" (1985). Their plan was to talk about three stories, but they never got to Phil's pick, which will be the focus of episode 119. The reason is that Le Guin and Ballard's stories share surprising resonances that merited close discussion. From opposite perspectives, both tales put words to a region of reality that resists discursive description, a borderland where that which is named reveals its unnamed facet, and that which must remain unseen reveals itself to the inner eye.

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REFERENCES

J. G. Ballard, “The Giaconda of the Twilight Noon,” from The Complete Stories of J. G. Ballard
Ursula K. Le Guin, "She Unnames Them," from The Real and the Uneal
Alfred Hitchcock (dir.), The Birds
Jung's concept of the collective unconscious
Walter Pater, The Renaissance
Ursula K. Le Guin, “She Unnames Them” in The Real and the Unreal
Henri Bergson, Creative Evolution
M. C .Richards, Centering
Weird Studies, Episode 35 on Centering
Weird Studies, Episode 81 on The Course of the Heart
Weird Studies, Episode 84 on the Empress
Linguistically deprived children
Walter Ong, Orality and Literacy
Samuel Taylor Coleridge's thoughts on on imagination and fancy can be found in Biographia Literaria

Special Guest: Meredith Michael.

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Support us on Patreon
Find us on Discord
Get the new T-shirt design from Cotton Bureau!
Get your Weird Studies merchandise (t-shirts, coffee mugs, etc.)
Visit the Weird Studies Bookshop
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REFERENCES

J. G. Ballard, “The Giaconda of the Twilight Noon,” from The Complete Stories of J. G. Ballard
Ursula K. Le Guin, "She Unnames Them," from The Real and the Uneal
Alfred Hitchcock (dir.), The Birds
Jung's concept of the collective unconscious
Walter Pater, The Renaissance
Ursula K. Le Guin, “She Unnames Them” in The Real and the Unreal
Henri Bergson, Creative Evolution
M. C .Richards, Centering
Weird Studies, Episode 35 on Centering
Weird Studies, Episode 81 on The Course of the Heart
Weird Studies, Episode 84 on the Empress
Linguistically deprived children
Walter Ong, Orality and Literacy
Samuel Taylor Coleridge's thoughts on on imagination and fancy can be found in Biographia Literaria

Special Guest: Meredith Michael.

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