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  <title>Episode 125: Strange Brews: Weird Studies Live at Illuminated Brew Works</title>
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  <description>&lt;p&gt;On May 23, 2022, Meredith Michael joined JF and Phil for a live recording at Illuminated Brew Works, a craft brewery in Chicago, Illinois.The occasion was the launch of Weird Studies Black IPA, the fruit of a collaboration with IBW brewmaster Brian Buckman and his team of beer alchemists. The game plan was to talk about potions, but the final conversation ranges over a number of topics including singularity and repetition, time and eternity, alchemy and ritual, Okakura Kakuzō's &lt;em&gt;The Book of Tea&lt;/em&gt;, cooking and pickling, and the cultural phenomenon Phil calls "weedhead sh*t."&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Purchase the Weird Studies Black IPA from &lt;a href="https://wehavegreatbeer.square.site/product/illuminated-brew-works-weird-studies-4pk-for-shipping-only-/8126?cp=true&amp;amp;sa=false&amp;amp;sbp=false&amp;amp;q=true" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"&gt;Beer on the Wall&lt;/a&gt; or visit the &lt;a href="https://www.ibw-chicago.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"&gt;Illuminated Brew Works&lt;/a&gt; website.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Buy &lt;a href="https://pierre-yvesmartel.bandcamp.com/album/weird-studies-music-from-the-podcast-vol-1" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"&gt;volume 1&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href="https://pierre-yvesmartel.bandcamp.com/album/weird-studies-music-from-the-podcast-vol-2" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"&gt;volume 2&lt;/a&gt; of the Weird Studies soundtrack by &lt;a href="https://www.pymartel.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"&gt;Pierre-Yves Martel&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;
Support us on &lt;a href="https://www.patreon.com/weirdstudies" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"&gt;Patreon&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br&gt;
Find us on &lt;a href="https://discord.com/invite/Jw22CHfGwp" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"&gt;Discord&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;
Get the new T-shirt design from &lt;a href="https://cottonbureau.com/products/can-o-content#/13435958/tee-men-standard-tee-vintage-black-tri-blend-s" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"&gt;Cotton Bureau&lt;/a&gt;!&lt;br&gt;
Get your Weird Studies &lt;a href="https://www.redbubble.com/people/Weird-Studies/shop?asc=u" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"&gt;merchandise&lt;/a&gt; (t-shirts, coffee mugs, etc.) &lt;br&gt;
Visit the Weird Studies &lt;a href="https://bookshop.org/shop/weirdstudies" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"&gt;Bookshop&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;SHOW NOTES&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Okakura Kakuzō, &lt;em&gt;&lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Book_of_Tea" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"&gt;The Book of Tea&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br&gt;
&lt;a href="https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/335553-after-the-first-glass-of-absinthe-you-see-things-as" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"&gt;Oscar Wilde on absinthe&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;
Mircea Eliade, &lt;em&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.amazon.com/Myth-Eternal-Return-Princeton-Bollingen/dp/0691182973/ref=sr_1_1?crid=2P1E7XDGASW4L&amp;amp;keywords=The+Myth+of+the+Eternal+Return%3A+Cosmos+and+History&amp;amp;qid=1654693787&amp;amp;s=books&amp;amp;sprefix=the+myth+of+the+eternal+return+cosmos+and+history%2Cstripbooks-intl-ship%2C63&amp;amp;sr=1-1" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"&gt;The Myth of the Eternal Return: Cosmos and History&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br&gt;
Toni Morrison. &lt;em&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.amazon.com/Song-Solomon-Toni-Morrison-Books/s?k=Song+of+Solomon+Toni+Morrison&amp;amp;rh=n%3A283155" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"&gt;Song of Solomon&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br&gt;
The &lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suzuki_method" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"&gt;Suzuki Method&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;
Robert Fink, &lt;em&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.ucpress.edu/book/9780520245501/repeating-ourselves" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"&gt;Repeating Ourselves: American Minimal Music as Cultural Practice&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br&gt;
David Cronenberg (dir.), &lt;em&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0081455/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"&gt;Scanners&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/em&gt; (1981)&lt;br&gt;
Lars von Trier (dir.), &lt;em&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0168629/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"&gt;Dancer in the Dark&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/em&gt; (2000)&lt;br&gt;
Alan Watts, &lt;em&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.amazon.com/Beat-Zen-Square/dp/0872860515" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"&gt;Beat Zen, Square Zen and Zen&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br&gt;
William Shakespeare, &lt;em&gt;&lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macbeth" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"&gt;Macbeth&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/em&gt; Special Guest: Meredith Michael.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <![CDATA[<p>On May 23, 2022, Meredith Michael joined JF and Phil for a live recording at Illuminated Brew Works, a craft brewery in Chicago, Illinois.The occasion was the launch of Weird Studies Black IPA, the fruit of a collaboration with IBW brewmaster Brian Buckman and his team of beer alchemists. The game plan was to talk about potions, but the final conversation ranges over a number of topics including singularity and repetition, time and eternity, alchemy and ritual, Okakura Kakuzō&#39;s <em>The Book of Tea</em>, cooking and pickling, and the cultural phenomenon Phil calls &quot;weedhead sh*t.&quot;</p>

<p>Purchase the Weird Studies Black IPA from <a href="https://wehavegreatbeer.square.site/product/illuminated-brew-works-weird-studies-4pk-for-shipping-only-/8126?cp=true&sa=false&sbp=false&q=true" rel="nofollow">Beer on the Wall</a> or visit the <a href="https://www.ibw-chicago.com" rel="nofollow">Illuminated Brew Works</a> website.</p>

<p>Buy <a href="https://pierre-yvesmartel.bandcamp.com/album/weird-studies-music-from-the-podcast-vol-1" rel="nofollow">volume 1</a> and <a href="https://pierre-yvesmartel.bandcamp.com/album/weird-studies-music-from-the-podcast-vol-2" rel="nofollow">volume 2</a> of the Weird Studies soundtrack by <a href="https://www.pymartel.com" rel="nofollow">Pierre-Yves Martel</a><br>
Support us on <a href="https://www.patreon.com/weirdstudies" rel="nofollow">Patreon</a> <br>
Find us on <a href="https://discord.com/invite/Jw22CHfGwp" rel="nofollow">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">Cotton Bureau</a>!<br>
Get your Weird Studies <a href="https://www.redbubble.com/people/Weird-Studies/shop?asc=u" rel="nofollow">merchandise</a> (t-shirts, coffee mugs, etc.) <br>
Visit the Weird Studies <a href="https://bookshop.org/shop/weirdstudies" rel="nofollow">Bookshop</a></p>

<p><strong>SHOW NOTES</strong></p>

<p>Okakura Kakuzō, <em><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Book_of_Tea" rel="nofollow">The Book of Tea</a></em><br>
<a href="https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/335553-after-the-first-glass-of-absinthe-you-see-things-as" rel="nofollow">Oscar Wilde on absinthe</a><br>
Mircea Eliade, <em><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Myth-Eternal-Return-Princeton-Bollingen/dp/0691182973/ref=sr_1_1?crid=2P1E7XDGASW4L&keywords=The+Myth+of+the+Eternal+Return%3A+Cosmos+and+History&qid=1654693787&s=books&sprefix=the+myth+of+the+eternal+return+cosmos+and+history%2Cstripbooks-intl-ship%2C63&sr=1-1" rel="nofollow">The Myth of the Eternal Return: Cosmos and History</a></em><br>
Toni Morrison. <em><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Song-Solomon-Toni-Morrison-Books/s?k=Song+of+Solomon+Toni+Morrison&rh=n%3A283155" rel="nofollow">Song of Solomon</a></em><br>
The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suzuki_method" rel="nofollow">Suzuki Method</a><br>
Robert Fink, <em><a href="https://www.ucpress.edu/book/9780520245501/repeating-ourselves" rel="nofollow">Repeating Ourselves: American Minimal Music as Cultural Practice</a></em><br>
David Cronenberg (dir.), <em><a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0081455/" rel="nofollow">Scanners</a></em> (1981)<br>
Lars von Trier (dir.), <em><a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0168629/" rel="nofollow">Dancer in the Dark</a></em> (2000)<br>
Alan Watts, <em><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Beat-Zen-Square/dp/0872860515" rel="nofollow">Beat Zen, Square Zen and Zen</a></em><br>
William Shakespeare, <em><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macbeth" rel="nofollow">Macbeth</a></em></p><p>Special Guest: Meredith Michael.</p>]]>
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    <![CDATA[<p>On May 23, 2022, Meredith Michael joined JF and Phil for a live recording at Illuminated Brew Works, a craft brewery in Chicago, Illinois.The occasion was the launch of Weird Studies Black IPA, the fruit of a collaboration with IBW brewmaster Brian Buckman and his team of beer alchemists. The game plan was to talk about potions, but the final conversation ranges over a number of topics including singularity and repetition, time and eternity, alchemy and ritual, Okakura Kakuzō&#39;s <em>The Book of Tea</em>, cooking and pickling, and the cultural phenomenon Phil calls &quot;weedhead sh*t.&quot;</p>

<p>Purchase the Weird Studies Black IPA from <a href="https://wehavegreatbeer.square.site/product/illuminated-brew-works-weird-studies-4pk-for-shipping-only-/8126?cp=true&sa=false&sbp=false&q=true" rel="nofollow">Beer on the Wall</a> or visit the <a href="https://www.ibw-chicago.com" rel="nofollow">Illuminated Brew Works</a> website.</p>

<p>Buy <a href="https://pierre-yvesmartel.bandcamp.com/album/weird-studies-music-from-the-podcast-vol-1" rel="nofollow">volume 1</a> and <a href="https://pierre-yvesmartel.bandcamp.com/album/weird-studies-music-from-the-podcast-vol-2" rel="nofollow">volume 2</a> of the Weird Studies soundtrack by <a href="https://www.pymartel.com" rel="nofollow">Pierre-Yves Martel</a><br>
Support us on <a href="https://www.patreon.com/weirdstudies" rel="nofollow">Patreon</a> <br>
Find us on <a href="https://discord.com/invite/Jw22CHfGwp" rel="nofollow">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">Cotton Bureau</a>!<br>
Get your Weird Studies <a href="https://www.redbubble.com/people/Weird-Studies/shop?asc=u" rel="nofollow">merchandise</a> (t-shirts, coffee mugs, etc.) <br>
Visit the Weird Studies <a href="https://bookshop.org/shop/weirdstudies" rel="nofollow">Bookshop</a></p>

<p><strong>SHOW NOTES</strong></p>

<p>Okakura Kakuzō, <em><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Book_of_Tea" rel="nofollow">The Book of Tea</a></em><br>
<a href="https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/335553-after-the-first-glass-of-absinthe-you-see-things-as" rel="nofollow">Oscar Wilde on absinthe</a><br>
Mircea Eliade, <em><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Myth-Eternal-Return-Princeton-Bollingen/dp/0691182973/ref=sr_1_1?crid=2P1E7XDGASW4L&keywords=The+Myth+of+the+Eternal+Return%3A+Cosmos+and+History&qid=1654693787&s=books&sprefix=the+myth+of+the+eternal+return+cosmos+and+history%2Cstripbooks-intl-ship%2C63&sr=1-1" rel="nofollow">The Myth of the Eternal Return: Cosmos and History</a></em><br>
Toni Morrison. <em><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Song-Solomon-Toni-Morrison-Books/s?k=Song+of+Solomon+Toni+Morrison&rh=n%3A283155" rel="nofollow">Song of Solomon</a></em><br>
The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suzuki_method" rel="nofollow">Suzuki Method</a><br>
Robert Fink, <em><a href="https://www.ucpress.edu/book/9780520245501/repeating-ourselves" rel="nofollow">Repeating Ourselves: American Minimal Music as Cultural Practice</a></em><br>
David Cronenberg (dir.), <em><a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0081455/" rel="nofollow">Scanners</a></em> (1981)<br>
Lars von Trier (dir.), <em><a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0168629/" rel="nofollow">Dancer in the Dark</a></em> (2000)<br>
Alan Watts, <em><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Beat-Zen-Square/dp/0872860515" rel="nofollow">Beat Zen, Square Zen and Zen</a></em><br>
William Shakespeare, <em><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macbeth" rel="nofollow">Macbeth</a></em></p><p>Special Guest: Meredith Michael.</p>]]>
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