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."
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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
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Episode 174: Magick and Enlightenment, with Ala...
Magical practitioners Duncan Barford and Alan Chapman join JF and Phil to talk about magic, truth, and the Holy Guardian Angel.
89 min
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Episode 173: By Heart: On Memory, Poetry, and Form
JF and Phil try to recite classic poems by heart in this discussion on the magic of memory.
78 min
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Episode 172: Head Over Heels: On the Hanged Man...
Phil and JF continue their series on the tarot with a discussion of the twelfth major arcanum.
79 min
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Episode 171: The Beauty and the Horror
JF and Phil discuss the interplay between beauty and horror in art, examining how each enhances the other.
68 min
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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