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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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
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Episode 148: Mythos of the Moment: On 'Twin Pea...
JF and Phil discuss the aesthetics and metaphysics of David Lynch's landmark series.
77 min
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Episode 147: You Must Change Your Life
Phil and JF discuss the famous poem "Archaic Torso of Apollo" by Rainer Maria Rilke.
93 min
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Episode 146: An Air of Great Power: On the Char...
JF and Phil discuss the seventh major trump of the tarot, the Chariot.
77 min
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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