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 the anomalous, the luminous, and the numinous. We’re a community for creators and fans vibrating around common curiosities, shared interests and persistent passions.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Episode 141: Actual Magic: On Ramsey Dukes' SSO...
JF and Phil discuss Dukes' seminal essay on modern magic.
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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.
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Episode 139: Sex, Money, and Power are YOURS wi...
You must change your life.
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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
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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
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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.
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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.
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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."
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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.
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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.
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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.
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