Episode 1: Introduction to Weird Studies

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Episode 1: Introduction to Weird Studies

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Jan 31, 2018

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Phil and J.F. share stories of sleep paralysis and talk about Charles Fort's sympathy for the damned, Jeff Kripal's phenomenological approach to Fortean weirdness, Dave Hickey's notion of beauty as democracy, and Timothy Morton's hyperobjects.

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Jan 31, 2018

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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 4: Exploring the Weird with Erik Davis: Scholar, author and journalist Erik Davis joins Phil and JF to talk about Weird Sh*t. by Weird Studies
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Episode 2: Garmonbozia by Weird Studies
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Episode 9: On Aleister Crowley and the Idea of Magick by Weird Studies
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Episode 6: Dungeons & Dragons, or the Reality of Illusions: Phil and JF use D&D as a lens to locate the vanishing point where fantasy converges with the real. by Weird Studies
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Episode 33: The Fine Art of Changing the Subject: On Duchamp's 'Fountain': JF and Phil discuss the profound effects of Marcel Duchamp's "Fountain" (the urinal) on the development of the arts since 1917. by Weird Studies
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Episode 23: On Presence: Phil and JF meet in person to discuss the mysteries of presence and event. by Weird Studies
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Episode 26: Living in a Glass Age, with Michael Garfield by Weird Studies
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Weird Stories: M. R. James' "The Mezzotint" by Weird Studies
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Episode 24: The Charlatan and the Magus, with Lionel Snell by Weird Studies
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Weird Stories: Arthur Machen's "The White People": A complete reading of Arthur Machen's 1904 novella, "The White People," by co-host Phil Ford. This reading accompanies the upcoming episode of the Weird Studies podcast where J.F. and Phil plumb the imaginal depths of the classic weird tale. by Weird Studies
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Episode 1: Introduction to Weird Studies: Phil and J.F. attempt to explain the non-existent field of Weird Studies. by Weird Studies
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Episode 14: On Tarkovsky's 'Stalker' - Part One: The first part of JF and Phil's conversation on Tarkovsky's 1979 masterpiece, "Stalker." by Weird Studies
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Episode 3: Ecstasy, Sin, and "The White People" by Weird Studies
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Episode 8: On Graham Harman's "The Third Table": JF and Phil discuss Graham Harman's essay "The Third Table" and discover that even the most commonplace objects, seen in the right light, are strange to the core. by Weird Studies
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Episode 22: Divining the World with Joshua Ramey by Weird Studies
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Episode 11: Art is a Haunting Spirit by Weird Studies
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Episode 10: Philip K. Dick: Adrift in the Multiverse: JF and Phil discuss Philip K. Dick's seminal essay, "If You Find this World Bad, You Should See Some of the Others." by Weird Studies
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Episode 34: The Weird Realism of Robert Aickman by Weird Studies
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Episode 19: Intermezzo: A discussion on the past and future of the podcast, and the nature of the conversation unfolding therein. by Weird Studies
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Episode 7: The Unspeakable Mystery at the Heart of Boxing: JF and Phil wrestle with philosophical issues surrounding violent sports. by Weird Studies
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Episode 5: Reading Lisa Ruddick's "When Nothing is Cool": Phil and JF do their best to weird the cultural politics of the postmodern academy. by Weird Studies
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Episode 13: The Obscure: On the Philosophy of Heraclitus: Phil and JF riff on randomly generated fragments from the work of a truly weird philosopher, Heraclitus of Ephesus. by Weird Studies
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Episode 20: The Trash Stratum - Part 1: Phil and JF muse on Philip K. Dick's line, "the symbols of the divine initially show up at the trash stratum." by Weird Studies
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Episode 17: Does 'Consciousness' Exist? - Part One by Weird Studies
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Episode 12: The Dark Eye: On the Films of Rodney Ascher: Phil and JF discuss the work of American filmmaker Rodney Ascher, contemporary master of the weird documentary. by Weird Studies
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Episode 25: David Cronenberg's 'Naked Lunch' by Weird Studies
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Episode 28: Weird Music, Part Two: The search for the music of the weird continues with a discussion on Bob Dylan and Franz Liszt. by Weird Studies
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Episode 31: Scarcely Human at All: On Glenn Gould's 'Prospects of Recording': JF and Phil discuss the Canadian pianist Glenn Gould's prophetic essay, "The Prospects of Recording." by Weird Studies
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Episode 32: Orbis Tertius: Borges on Magic, Conspiracy and Idealism by Weird Studies
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Episode 21: The Trash Stratum - Part 2: Phil and JF continue to muse on Philip K. Dick's line, "the symbols of the divine initially show up at the trash stratum." by Weird Studies
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Episode 161: Scene of the Crime: On Alan Moore and Eddie Campbell's 'From Hell': Phil and JF discuss Victorian London through the lens of Alan Moore and Eddie Campbell's occult reimagining of Jack the Ripper. by Weird Studies
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