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 102: On Pan, with Gyrus
Writer and independent scholar Gyrus joins JF and Phil to talk about Pan, the Greek god of fear and desire.
78 min
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Episode 101: Our Fear of the Dark: On Tanizaki'...
Phil and JF discuss Jun'ichirō Tanizaki's meditation on the aesthetics of darkness.
61 min
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Episode 100: The Price of Beauty is Horror: On ...
JF and Phil discuss the themes and ideas in the films of one of the great American directors.
83 min
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Episode 99: Curing the Human Condition: On 'Wil...
Phil and JF work through the differences between spirituality and religion in the context of the documentary series about Bhagwan Rajneesh.
90 min
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Episode 98: Taboo: Time and Belief in Exotica
JF and Phil discuss the ethics and metaphysics of the obscure musical genre known as exotica.
80 min
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Episode 97: Art in the Age of Artifice
Phil and JF discuss the ideas in JF's 2015 book, 'Reclaiming Art in the Age of Artifice.'
85 min
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Episode 96: Beautiful Beast: On Jean Cocteau's ...
JF and Phil discuss Jean Cocteau's masterful film, "Beauty and the Beast."
80 min
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Episode 95: Demon Seed: On Doris Lessing's 'The...
Phil and JF discuss Nobel Prize-winning novelist Doris Lessing's unsettling story of a woman who gives birth to a monster.
85 min
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Episode 94: All is Mysterious: On the Moon Card...
JF and Phil continue their series on the tarot with a discussion of the eighteenth major arcanum.
74 min
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Episode 93: Living and Dying in a Secular Age: ...
Phil and JF discuss Charles Taylor's monumental work of philosophy, "A Secular Age."
87 min
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Episode 92: Glitch in the Matrix: A Conversatio...
JF and Phil are joined by American filmmaker Rodney Ascher to discuss film, music, mood, and his new documentary about people who believe we are in living in a computer simulation.
87 min
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Episode 91: On Susanna Clarke's 'Piranesi'
JF and Phil explore the mysterious world of Susanna Clarke's incredible new novel.
84 min
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Episode 90: 'The Owl in Daylight': On Philip K....
Phil and JF discuss the novel that would have been Philip K. Dick's magnum opus ... if he had written it.
70 min
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Episode 89: On Ishmael Reed's 'Mumbo Jumbo,' or...
JF and Phil discuss Ishmael Reed's masterpiece of conspiracy fiction.
79 min
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Holiday Bonus: Magic, Madness, and Sadness
In this special winter solstice release, Phil and JF discuss a memorable episode of the bizarro animated series Adventure Time.
50 min
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Episode 88: On Neil Gaiman & Dave McKean's 'Mr ...
A discussion of Neil Gaiman and Dave McKean's 1994 graphic novel, "The Tragical Comedy or Comical Tragedy of Mr. Punch"
80 min
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Episode 87: Glyphs, Rifts, and Ecstasy: On Arth...
JF and Phil talk art and ecstasy in this episode on Arthur Machen's aesthetic treatise, "Hieroglyphics".
67 min
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Episode 86: On E. T. A. Hoffmann's "The Sandman...
Phil and JF discuss E.T.A. Hoffmann's classic tale of weird horror and Sigmund Freud's treatment of it in a famous essay.
83 min
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Episode 85: On 'The Wicker Man'
JF and Phil discuss the 1973 masterpiece of folk horror cinema.
77 min
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Episode 84: Mona Lisa Smile: On the Empress, th...
Phil and JF discuss the third major arcana of the traditional tarot deck.
79 min
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Episode 83: On David Lynch's 'Lost Highway'
JF and Phil take a joy ride into the dark heart David Lynch's surreal 1997 film.
78 min
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Episode 82: On The I Ching
Phil and JF discuss the great Chinese oracle.
89 min
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Episode 81: Gnostic Lit: On M. John Harrison's ...
JF and Phil discuss M. John Harrison's masterpiece of weird fiction.
77 min
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Episode 80: The Pit and the Pyramid, or, How to...
Phil and JF discuss the Neoplatonism of Radiohead and the dark side of Beat culture, as revealed on Broadway.
77 min
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Episode 79: Love, Death, and the Dream Life
JF and Phil discuss decadence and vision in Nina Simone's rendition of "Lilac Wine" and Ghostface Killah's "Underwater."
64 min