Weird Studies

SpectreVision Radio

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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238 episodes
Updated July 22
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Episodes238

Newest first

Dec 19, 2018 · 1 hr 13 min
Episode 36: On Hyperstition
JF and Phil talk hyperstitions, entities born in the realm of fantasy that slowly become denizens of the real.
Dec 5, 2018 · 1 hr 1 min
Episode 35: Whirl Without End: On M.C. Richards' 'Centering'
Phil and JF discuss the first chapter of "Centering," M.C. Richard's penetrating essay on the artistic process.
Nov 21, 2018 · 55 min
Episode 34: The Weird Realism of Robert Aickman
JF and Phil discuss Robert Aickman's masterwork of weird fiction, "The Hospice," from his 1975 collection "Cold Hand in Mine."
Nov 7, 2018 · 1 hr
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.
Oct 31, 2018 · 1 hr 11 min
Episode 32: Orbis Tertius: Borges on Magic, Conspiracy and Idealism
Phil and JF discuss the classic tale, "Tlön, Uqbar, Orbis Tertius," by the Argentine writer Jorge Luis Borges.
Oct 24, 2018 · 1 hr 16 min
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."
Oct 14, 2018 · 1 hr 6 min
Episode 30: On Stanley Kubrick's 'Eyes Wide Shut'
Phil and JF discuss Stanley Kubrick's final masterpiece.
Oct 9, 2018 · 1 hr 15 min
Episode 29: On Lovecraft
Phil and JF try to distill the essence of H. P. Lovecraft's monumental work.
Oct 2, 2018 · 1 hr 4 min
Episode 28: Weird Music, Part Two
The search for the music of the weird continues with a discussion on Bob Dylan and Franz Liszt.
Sep 26, 2018 · 1 hr 18 min
Episode 27: Weird Music, Part One
Phil and JF discuss two powerful pieces of music: Ligeti's Musica Ricercata, second movement, and the opening music to Cronenberg's Naked Lunch, composed by Howard Shore and featuring Ornette Coleman.
Sep 19, 2018 · 1 hr 19 min
Episode 26: Living in a Glass Age, with Michael Garfield
JF and Phil talk to artist and thinker Michael Garfield about his idea that we are living in the final days of the Age of Glass.
Sep 12, 2018 · 1 hr 20 min
Episode 25: David Cronenberg's 'Naked Lunch'
Phil and JF discuss David Cronenberg's 1991 film, "Naked Lunch," an adaptation of William S. Burroughs' hallucinatory classic.
Aug 28, 2018 · 58 min
Episode 24: The Charlatan and the Magus, with Lionel Snell
Phil and JF discuss magic with occult thinker and practicing magician Lionel Snell, also known as Ramsey Dukes.
Aug 15, 2018 · 1 hr 43 min
Episode 23: On Presence
Phil and JF meet in person to discuss the mysteries of presence and event.
Aug 1, 2018 · 1 hr 9 min
Episode 22: Divining the World with Joshua Ramey
Phil and JF talk with American philosopher Joshua Ramey about his work on chance, contingency, and divination.
Jul 13, 2018 · 1 hr 6 min
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."
Jul 4, 2018 · 1 hr 15 min
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."
Jun 20, 2018 · 1 hr 9 min
Episode 19: Intermezzo
A discussion on the past and future of the podcast, and the nature of the conversation unfolding therein.
Jun 13, 2018 · 1 hr 1 min
Episode 18: Does 'Consciousness' Exist? - Part Two
Phil and JF continue (begin?) their discussion of William James's essay "Does Consciousness Exist"?
Jun 6, 2018 · 48 min
Episode 17: Does 'Consciousness' Exist? - Part One
JF and Phil do everything in their power to delay the moment where they will actually discuss William James' essay, "Does 'Consciousness' Exist?".

Weird Studies

Episode 36: On Hyperstition

Episode 35: Whirl Without End: On M.C. Richards' 'Centering'

Episode 34: The Weird Realism of Robert Aickman

Episode 33: The Fine Art of Changing the Subject: On Duchamp's 'Fountain'

Episode 32: Orbis Tertius: Borges on Magic, Conspiracy and Idealism

Episode 31: Scarcely Human at All: On Glenn Gould's 'Prospects of Recording'

Episode 30: On Stanley Kubrick's 'Eyes Wide Shut'

Episode 29: On Lovecraft

Episode 28: Weird Music, Part Two

Episode 27: Weird Music, Part One

Episode 26: Living in a Glass Age, with Michael Garfield

Episode 25: David Cronenberg's 'Naked Lunch'

Episode 24: The Charlatan and the Magus, with Lionel Snell

Episode 23: On Presence

Episode 22: Divining the World with Joshua Ramey

Episode 21: The Trash Stratum - Part 2

Episode 20: The Trash Stratum - Part 1

Episode 19: Intermezzo

Episode 18: Does 'Consciousness' Exist? - Part Two

Episode 17: Does 'Consciousness' Exist? - Part One