Weird Studies
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."
SpectreVision Radio is a bespoke podcast network at the intersection between the arts and the uncanny, featuring a tapestry of shows exploring creativity, the esoteric, and the unknown. We’re a community for creators and fans vibrating around common curiosities, shared interests and persistent passions.
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Episode 194: Animal Songs, with Meredith Michael
82 min
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Episode 193: On Conversion, or Arousing the Bod...
88 min
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Episode 192 - A Dream of Landscape: On Walking
73 min
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Special Episode: Theory, Philosophy, and Uranus
61 min
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Special Episode: Myth, History, and Form
46 min
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Episode 191 — The Acid Queen, with Susannah Cah...
Susannah Cahalan joins JF and Phil to talk about the life of psychedelic pioneer Rosemary Woodruff Leary.
87 min
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Episode 190 – Here Be Shrubs: On Algernon Black...
Phil and JF discuss Algernon Blackwood's 1907 weird fiction masterwork.
74 min
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Episode 189: Care of the Dead, with Jacob G. Fo...
Jacob Foster joins Phil and JF to discuss our relationship with the dead.
95 min
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Episode 188: Pioneers of the Untimely: On the H...
JF and Phil discuss the mysteries of the ninth major trump.
82 min
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Episode 187: The Affirmation of Imagination: On...
Erik Davis joins Phil and JF to discuss John Crowley’s visionary novel, wherein fantasy, memory, and the everyday blend into a single enchanted world.
93 min
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Episode 186: Meeting at the Center: The Wedge, ...
Phil and JF conclude their discussion of the "wedge."
88 min
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Episode 185: Intuition and Reality: The Wedge, ...
JF and Phil discuss the role of intuition in knowing the world in this first of two shows on the metaphysics of the Weird.
76 min
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Special Release: Poltergeists, Fairies, Skeptic...
Unscheduled hiatus this week—enjoy this unlocked bonus episode, a perfect lead-in to next week’s release.
33 min
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Episode 184: On David Lynch
Phil and JF discuss the work of David Lynch, focusing especially on his first film, "Eraserhead.'
101 min
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Episode 183: On Hermann Hesse's 'Siddhartha'
JF and Phil discuss Hesse's literary exploration of the spiritual journey.
81 min
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Episode 182: Providence of Evil: On Robert Egge...
Phil and JF discuss Rogert Eggers' reimagining of F. W. Murnau's classic vampire film.
80 min
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Holiday Bonus: Waiting for the Next Sentence
In this conversation originally recorded for members of the Weird Studies Patreon, JF and Phil discuss certain challenges of the writer's craft.
44 min
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Episode 181: On 'The X Files,' with Meredith Mi...
Meredith Michael joins JF and Phil to discuss the classic television series.
77 min
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Episode 180: The Player: On the Magician Card i...
Phil and JF resume their journey through the major trumps of the tarot with a discussion of the Magician card.
81 min
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Episode 179: The Final Frontier, with Lionel Snell
Lionel Snell joins Phil and JF to discuss magic, metaphysics, and the enchantments of boredom.
77 min
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Episode 178: Edge of Reality: On John Carpenter...
A live recording of JF and Phil's conversation following a screening of John Carpenter's cult classic.
72 min
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Episode 177: Riddles in the Dark: On Fairy Tale...
Phil and JF discuss the weirdness of fairy tales as objects infinitely interpretable, yet resolutely unexplainable.
87 min
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Episode 176: On Charles Burns' 'Black Hole' and...
JF and Phil discuss Charles Burns' masterful graphic novel "Black Hole."
81 min
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Mid-Break Bonus: The Quiet Earth
A rollicking ride of a bonus episode, previously exclusive to our Patreon supporters.
61 min
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Episode 175: Don't Look Now: Live at Lily Dale
At Shannon Taggart's annual Symposium on the Science of Things Spiritual in Lily Dale, New York, Phil and JF record a live episode on Daphne du Maurier's experiment in unreality, "Don't Look Now."
118 min