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 74: A Luminous Parasite: Jung on Art, P...
The second part of Phil and JF's discussion C. G. Jung's conception of art.
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Episode 73: Carl Jung and the Power of Art, Par...
The first of two conversations in which JF and Phil investigate C. G. Jung's thoughts on the psychology of artistic creation.
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Episode 72: Morning of the Mutants: On the Cast...
Phil and JF discuss the curious phenomena of castrati, the famous singing eunuchs of early modern Europe.
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Episode 71: The Medium is the Message
JF and Phil discuss the meanings of Marshall McLuhan's famous utterance.
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Episode 70: Masks All the Way Down, with James ...
James Curcio joins Phil and JF for a discussion on the concept of the mask as elaborated in his anthology, "Masks: Bowie and Artists of Artifice".
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Episode 69: Special Episode: On Some Mental Eff...
Phil and JF discuss William James's essay "On Some Mental Effects of the Earthquake."
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Weird Stories: "On Some Mental Effects of the E...
Phil reads an essay by William James on the 1906 San Francisco Earthquake.
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Episode 68: On James Hillman's 'The Dream and t...
JF and Phil discuss James Hillman's archetypal psychology as it pertains to dreams and death.
75 min
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Episode 67: Goblins, Goat-Gods and Gates: On 'H...
Phil and JF discuss the hit documentary series "Hellier."
83 min
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Episode 66: On Diviner's Time
JF and Phil discuss Phil's work-in-progress, an essay on synchronicity, divination, and cosmic meaning entitled "Diviner's Time."
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Episode 65: Touched by that Fire: On Visionary ...
Phil and JF discuss the visionary tradition in art and literature with Canadian poet and scholar, B. W. Powe.
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Episode 64: Dreams and Shadows: On Ursula Le Gu...
JF and Phil discuss Ursula Le Guin's great coming-of-age fantasy novel, the first of the Earthsea cycle.
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Episode 63: Faculty X: On Colin Wilson's 'The O...
Phil and JF discuss Faculty X, a key notion from Colin Wilson's classic study of the supernatural and Western esotericism, "The Occult."
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Episode 62: It's Like 'The Shining', But With N...
JF and Phil discuss the 1947 British film, "Black Narcissus."
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Episode 61: Evil and Ecstasy: On 'The Silence o...
Phil and JF discuss Jonathan Demme's 1991 film, "The Silence of the Lambs."
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Episode 60: Space is the Place: On Sun Ra, Gnos...
JF and Phil discuss Sun Ra's strange and prophetic film, "Space is the Place."
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Episode 59: Green Mountains Are Always Walking
Phil and JF discuss the mysteries of our oldest, and strangest, mode of transportation.
79 min
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Episode 58: What Do Critics Do?
JF and Phil discuss Dave Hickey's 1997 essay, "Air Guitar".
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Episode 57: Box of God(s): On 'Raiders of the L...
Phil and JF discuss Steven Spielberg's classic film, "Raiders of the Lost Ark."
90 min
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Episode 56: On Jean Gebser, with Jeremy D. Johnson
JF and Phil talk to Jeremy Johnson about his new book, "Seeing Through the World: Jean Gebser and Integral Consciousness."
78 min
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Episode 55: The Great Weird North: On Algernon ...
Phil and JF discuss Algernon Blackwoods tale of the Canadian forest, "The Wendigo."
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Episode 54: Lobsters, Pianos, and Hidden Gods
JF and Phil discuss Errol Morris's fascinating essay, "The Pianist and the Lobster."
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Episode 53: Astral Jet Lag: On William Gibson's...
Phil and JF discuss Gibson's masterwork of speculative naturalism.
62 min
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Episode 52: On Beauty
JF and Phil discuss the nature and power of beauty.
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Episode 51: Blind Seers: On Flannery O'Connor's...
Phil and JF discuss Flannery O'Connor first novel, interpreting it as an investigation into the implications of the modern.
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