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 170: Art is Another Word for Truth: On ...
JF and Phil discuss Orson Welles's 1973 film essay on the strange overlap of fraud, art, and truth.
85 min
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Episode 169: On Free Expression
Phil and JF tackle the thorny issue of freedom of expression in politics, academia, and the arts.
97 min
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Episode 168: Visions of the Wasteland: On Georg...
JF and Phil find glimmers of the Weird in George Miller's post-apocalyptic outback.
80 min
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Episode 167: The Hand of Ithell, with Amy Hale
Independent scholar Amy Hale joins Phil and JF to discuss the life and work of esoteric artist Ithell Colquhoun.
88 min
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Episode 166: Make Believe: On the Power of Pret...
JF and Phil discuss pretentiousness as both an occupational hazard and a virtue of creative work.
73 min
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Episode 165: Tatters of the King: On Robert Cha...
Phil and JF discuss four stories from Robert W. Chambers' pioneering work of weird fiction.
86 min
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Episode 164: Towards a Weird Materialism: On Ex...
JF and Phil discuss the expressionist sensibility in the history of film.
89 min
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Episode 163: The Source of All Abysses: On the ...
Phil and JF continue their occasional series on the major trumps of the tarot with a discussion on the fifteenth Arcanum, the Devil.
70 min
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Episode 162: The Incarnation of Meaning: Greenw...
JF and Phil discuss post-war Greenwich Village, by way of Anatole Broyard's "Kafka Was the Rage" and John Cassavetes' "Shadows."
78 min
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Episode 161: Scene of the Crime: On Alan Moore ...
Phil and JF discuss Victorian London through the lens of Alan Moore and Eddie Campbell's occult reimagining of Jack the Ripper.
90 min
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Mid-Hiatus Bonus: On Horror and the Retail Expe...
A bonus episode, previously exclusive to our Patreon supporters.
54 min
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Episode 160: The Way of All Flesh: On John Carp...
JF and Phil discuss the great 1982 horror film starring Kurt Russell.
75 min
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Episode 159: Three Songs, with Meredith Michael
Music scholar Meredith Michael joins Phil and JF to discuss songs by Vienna Teng, Lili Boulanger, and Iron & Wine.
90 min
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Episode 158: As Above, So Below: On Plato's 'Ti...
JF and Phil discuss Plato's speculative retelling of the creation of the universe.
96 min
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Episode 157: Long Live the New Flesh: On David ...
Phil and JF discuss David Cronenberg's 1983 masterpiece of body horror.
74 min
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Episode 156: The Only Possible End: On Donna Ta...
JF and Phil discuss Donna Tartt's classic debut novel.
92 min
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Episode 155: Dispatches From the Inside: On Pla...
Phil and JF discuss Planet Weird's latest paranormal documentary, "The Unbinding."
90 min
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Episode 154: Into the Night Land, with Erik Davis
JF and Phil are joined by Erik Davis to discuss William Hope Hodgson's masterfully weird 1912 novel.
83 min
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Episode 153: Celestial Machine: On the Temperan...
Phil and JF discuss the fourteenth arcanum, traditionally known as Temperance.
79 min
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Summer Bonus #2: Art and AI
Another Patreon bonus, released for your listening pleasure as we prepare the first episode of the new season, which begins on September 13th.
51 min
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Summer Bonus: On Affectation, with a Special An...
Phil and JF discuss the virtues of affectation in this bonus episode, previously available only to Patreon members.
49 min
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Episode 152: The Science of Things Spiritual: L...
JF and Phil discuss Frederic Myers, founding member of the Society for Psychical Research, at the 2023 Science of Things Spiritual Symposium in Lily Dale, New York.
108 min
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Episode 151: The Real and the Possible: Live at...
Jacob G. Foster joins Phil and JF to discuss art, science, and the reality of the possible.
75 min
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Episode 150: Sacramental Reality: On Arthur Mac...
JF and Phil discuss Machen's masterful writing craft in his novella "A Fragment of Life."
85 min
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Episode 149: Song Swap: On Judee Sill's 'The Ki...
Phil and JF explore the musicological, philosophical, and prophetic dimensions of two good tunes.
79 min