web02.fireside.fm Mon, 15 Jun 2026 03:51:51 -0500 Fireside (https://fireside.fm) Weird Studies - Episodes Tagged with “Television” https://www.weirdstudies.com/tags/television Wed, 04 Dec 2024 11:30:00 -0500 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 181: On 'The X Files,' with Meredith Michael https://www.weirdstudies.com/181 e4d4a367-5f25-4ee6-8b53-21468842f42f Wed, 04 Dec 2024 11:30:00 -0500 Phil Ford and J. F. Martel 181 On 'The X Files,' with Meredith Michael full Phil Ford and J. F. Martel Meredith Michael joins JF and Phil to discuss the classic television series. 1:17:33 yes <p>Chris Carter's <em>The X-Files</em> is weird on its face: a dramatic series that, from the start, presented itself as more than drama, an exploration of the reality of the paranormal using the tools of fiction, a fantasy posing as reality (or is it the other way around?). Strangely prescient, undeniably zany, and truly "hyperstitious," the series is likely to strike contemporary viewers as equal parts naive and prophetic. In this episode, music scholar and Weird Studies assistant Meredith Michael joins Phil and JF for a deep dive into the archival sublime of the filing cabinet marked "X."</p> <p>To purchase tickets to JF and Phil's December 19th solstice event on <strong>Weirdosphere</strong>, with live music by Pierre-Yves Martel, to to <a href="http://www.weirdosphere.org" rel="nofollow noopener">weirdosphere.org</a>.</p> <p>Support us on <a href="https://www.patreon.com/weirdstudies" 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" rel="nofollow noopener">1</a> and <a href="https://pierre-yvesmartel.bandcamp.com/album/weird-studies-music-from-the-podcast-vol-2" rel="nofollow noopener">2</a>, on Pierre-Yves Martel's <a href="https://pierre-yvesmartel.bandcamp.com" rel="nofollow noopener">Bandcamp</a> page.<br> Listen to Meredith Michael and Gabriel Lubell's podcast, <em><a href="https://cosmophonia.podbean.com/" rel="nofollow noopener">Cosmophonia</a></em>.<br> Visit the Weird Studies <a href="https://bookshop.org/shop/weirdstudies" rel="nofollow noopener">Bookshop</a><br> Find us on <a href="https://discord.com/invite/Jw22CHfGwp" 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" rel="nofollow noopener">Cotton Bureau</a>!</p> <p><strong>REFERENCES</strong></p> <p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cut-up_technique" rel="nofollow noopener">Cut-up technique</a> <br> Phil Ford, “The View from the Cheap Seats at the UFO Show” <br> Richard Dawkins, <em><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unweaving_the_Rainbow" rel="nofollow noopener">Unweaving the Rainbow</a></em> </p> <p>Special Guest: Meredith Michael.</p> x files, analysis, meaning, symbolism, mulder, Scully, weird, ufos, Jose Chung, fight the future, beyond the sea, explanation Chris Carter's The X-Files is weird on its face: a dramatic series that, from the start, presented itself as more than drama, an exploration of the reality of the paranormal using the tools of fiction, a fantasy posing as reality (or is it the other way around?). Strangely prescient, undeniably zany, and truly "hyperstitious," the series is likely to strike contemporary viewers as equal parts naive and prophetic. In this episode, music scholar and Weird Studies assistant Meredith Michael joins Phil and JF for a deep dive into the archival sublime of the filing cabinet marked "X."

To purchase tickets to JF and Phil's December 19th solstice event on Weirdosphere, with live music by Pierre-Yves Martel, to to weirdosphere.org.

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

Cut-up technique
Phil Ford, “The View from the Cheap Seats at the UFO Show”
Richard Dawkins, Unweaving the Rainbow

Special Guest: Meredith Michael.

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To purchase tickets to JF and Phil's December 19th solstice event on Weirdosphere, with live music by Pierre-Yves Martel, to to weirdosphere.org.

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

Cut-up technique
Phil Ford, “The View from the Cheap Seats at the UFO Show”
Richard Dawkins, Unweaving the Rainbow

Special Guest: Meredith Michael.

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