Weird Studies

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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."

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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238 episodes
Updated July 22
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Episodes238

Newest first

Sep 11, 2019 · 1 hr 23 min
Episode 55: The Great Weird North: On Algernon Blackwood's 'The Wendigo'
Phil and JF discuss Algernon Blackwoods tale of the Canadian forest, "The Wendigo."
Aug 28, 2019 · 1 hr 17 min
Episode 54: Lobsters, Pianos, and Hidden Gods
JF and Phil discuss Errol Morris's fascinating essay, "The Pianist and the Lobster."
Aug 14, 2019 · 1 hr 2 min
Episode 53: Astral Jet Lag: On William Gibson's 'Pattern Recognition'
Phil and JF discuss Gibson's masterwork of speculative naturalism.
Jul 31, 2019 · 1 hr 15 min
Episode 52: On Beauty
JF and Phil discuss the nature and power of beauty.
Jul 17, 2019 · 1 hr 36 min
Episode 51: Blind Seers: On Flannery O'Connor's 'Wise Blood'
Phil and JF discuss Flannery O'Connor first novel, interpreting it as an investigation into the implications of the modern.
Jul 3, 2019 · 1 hr 36 min
Episode 50: Demogorgon: On 'Stranger Things'
JF and Phil discuss the eldritch metaphysics of the Netflix series 'Stranger Things.'
Jun 19, 2019 · 1 hr 22 min
Episode 49: Out of Time: Nietzsche on History
Phil and JF discuss Nietzsche's seminal essay, "On the Uses and Disadvantages of History for Life," from Untimely Meditations.
Jun 5, 2019 · 1 hr 25 min
Episode 48: Walking the Tightrope with Erik Davis
JF and Phil sit down with Erik Davis to discuss his new book, "High Weirdness: Drugs, Esoterica, and Visionary Experience in the Seventies."
May 22, 2019 · 1 hr 8 min
Episode 47: Machines of Loving Grace: Technology and the Unabomber
A wide-ranging conversation on technology, utopia, and the ethics of cybernetics.
May 8, 2019 · 1 hr 29 min
Episode 46: Thomas Ligotti's Angel
An in-depth discussion of horror writer Thomas Ligotti's short story, "Mrs. Rinaldi's Angel."
Apr 24, 2019 · 1 hr 10 min
Episode 45: Jeffrey J. Kripal on 'Flipping' Out of Materialism
JF and Phil talk to Jeffrey Kripal about his new book, "The Flip: Epiphanies of Mind and the Future of Knowledge"
Apr 9, 2019 · 1 hr 33 min
Episode 44: Doomed to Enchantment: The Psychical Research of William James
Phil and JF discuss two articles by William James on the early years of psychical research in Britain and the US.
Mar 27, 2019 · 1 hr 16 min
Episode 43: On Shirley Jackson
JF and Phil discuss two weird masterworks, "The Lottery" and "The Summer People" by the American horror luminary, Shirley Jackson.
Mar 13, 2019 · 1 hr 4 min
Episode 42: On Pauline Oliveros, with Kerry O'Brien
Music scholar Kerry O'Brien join Phil and JF for a conversation on the work of American composer Pauline Oliveros.
Feb 27, 2019 · 1 hr
Episode 41: On Speculative Fiction, with Matt Cardin
JF and Phil talk fantasy and horror with writer and editor Matt Cardin.
Feb 13, 2019 · 1 hr 18 min
Episode 40: On Jonathan Glazer's 'Under the Skin'
Phil and JF discuss the recent masterwork of weird cinema starring Scarlett Johansson.
Jan 30, 2019 · 1 hr 2 min
Episode 39: The Challenge of the Paranormal, with Jeffrey J. Kripal
JF and Phil discuss the paranormal with the esteemed professor and philosophy and religious thought, Jeffrey J. Kripal.
Jan 16, 2019 · 1 hr 10 min
Episode 38: Style as Analysis
Phil and JF discuss a recently published article of Phil's authorship on how to write about music.
Jan 2, 2019 · 1 hr 15 min
Episode 37: Entities, with Stuart Davis
JF and Phil discuss nonhuman beings in an aesthetic universe with filmmaker, musician and mystic Stuart Evan Davis.
Dec 25, 2018 · 24 min
Christmas Bonus: Hyperstition Addendum
The final segment of our conversation on hyperstition, i.e., fiction that turns real.

Weird Studies

Episode 55: The Great Weird North: On Algernon Blackwood's 'The Wendigo'

Episode 54: Lobsters, Pianos, and Hidden Gods

Episode 53: Astral Jet Lag: On William Gibson's 'Pattern Recognition'

Episode 52: On Beauty

Episode 51: Blind Seers: On Flannery O'Connor's 'Wise Blood'

Episode 50: Demogorgon: On 'Stranger Things'

Episode 49: Out of Time: Nietzsche on History

Episode 48: Walking the Tightrope with Erik Davis

Episode 47: Machines of Loving Grace: Technology and the Unabomber

Episode 46: Thomas Ligotti's Angel

Episode 45: Jeffrey J. Kripal on 'Flipping' Out of Materialism

Episode 44: Doomed to Enchantment: The Psychical Research of William James

Episode 43: On Shirley Jackson

Episode 42: On Pauline Oliveros, with Kerry O'Brien

Episode 41: On Speculative Fiction, with Matt Cardin

Episode 40: On Jonathan Glazer's 'Under the Skin'

Episode 39: The Challenge of the Paranormal, with Jeffrey J. Kripal

Episode 38: Style as Analysis

Episode 37: Entities, with Stuart Davis

Christmas Bonus: Hyperstition Addendum