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 145: Waiting for the Miracle: On Vaness...
JF and Phil discuss the title story from Vanessa Onwuemezi's debut collection of short fiction from Fitzcarraldo Press.
90 min
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Episode 144: On Clive Barker's 'Hellraiser' and...
Conner Habib joins Phil and JF to discuss Clive Barker's classic horror film, and the novella it was based on.
102 min
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Episode 143: On UFOs
JF and Phil discuss the UFO phenomenon in light of ongoing government disclosures.
90 min
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Episode 142: The Music of the Spheres: On Jóhan...
Phil and JF discuss the Icelandic's composer posthumous science fiction film.
81 min
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Episode 141: Actual Magic: On Ramsey Dukes' SSO...
JF and Phil discuss Dukes' seminal essay on modern magic.
84 min
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Episode 140: That Ain't Plot: On Hayao Miyazaki...
Meredith joins Phil and JF to discuss the 2001 Studio Ghibli masterpiece.
81 min
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Episode 139: Sex, Money, and Power are YOURS wi...
You must change your life.
93 min
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Episode 138: Yours and Yours Alone: On the Deat...
Phil and JF continue their occasional series of episodes on the major arcana of the tarot with a discussion on arcanum XIII, Death.
75 min
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The Weird Studies Christmas Special
Phil and JF discuss why seeing twinkling lights in the dark is so Christmassy
37 min
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Episode 137: Brute Force: on Sunn O)))'s 'Life ...
JF and Phil discuss Sunn O)))'s eighth album, released in 2019
75 min
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Episode 136: The Things That Were And Shall Be ...
Phil and JF discuss Sam Raimi's "splatstick" classic, Evil Dead II.
68 min
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Episode 135: On 'The Secret Life of Puppets,' w...
Independent scholar and novelist Victoria Nelson joins JF and Phil to discuss her masterpiece of weird studies, The Secret Life of Puppets.
63 min
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Episode 134: On Federico Campagna's 'Technic an...
Phil and JF discuss Campagna's proposal of a new reality system rooted in the idea of "magic."
92 min
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Episode 133: On Weirding, and the Virtues of Un...
JF and Phil discuss making things weird as a survival strategy for the Weird Age.
71 min
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Episode 132: Art Is an Alien Technology: Live a...
Phil and JF discuss Werner Herzog's "Cave of Forgotten Dreams" at the 2022 Supernormal Festival in England.
81 min
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Off-Week Bonus: On Worlds and Stories, with a S...
After announcing a new online course they will be teaching together, JF and Phil talk storytelling and worldbuilding.
57 min
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Episode 131: Knocking on the Abyssal Door: Live...
Phil and J.F. talk about magic, synchronicity, and prophecy to an audience composed of scientists, scholars, and artists at the University of St. Andrews in Scotland.
71 min
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Episode 130: Holiday Memories
Phil and JF discuss their recent adventures in the United Kingdom.
76 min
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Episode 129: Luminous Miasma: On Edgar Allan Po...
JF and Phil visit the House of Usher.
93 min
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Episode 128: Demon Workshop: On Victoria Nelson...
Phil and JF discuss Victoria Nelson's novel of psychological horror.
87 min
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Episode 127: Leaving the Mechanical Dollhouse: ...
JF and Phil discuss Abeba Birhane's essay on the ethical, psychological, and political cost of universal automation.
76 min
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Episode 126: The Daemon Speaks, with Matt Cardin
Matt Cardin joins JF and Phil to discuss daimonic reality and the idea of dark enlightenment.
82 min
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Episode 125: Strange Brews: Weird Studies Live ...
Phil, Meredith, and JF discuss ritual and potion-making in a live recording hosted by Illuminated Brew Works in Chicago.
97 min
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Episode 124: Dark Night Radio of the Soul, with...
Spiritual practitioner Duncan Barford joins JF and Phil to talk about the Dark Night of the Soul.
88 min
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Episode 123: Off-Week Patreon Bonus: On Modern ...
A free Patreon episode exploring more of the affordances of a spiral universe.
39 min