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."

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

Jul 5, 2023 · 1 hr 25 min
Episode 150: Sacramental Reality: On Arthur Machen's "A Fragment of Life"
JF and Phil discuss Machen's masterful writing craft in his novella "A Fragment of Life."
Jun 21, 2023 · 1 hr 20 min
Episode 149: Song Swap: On Judee Sill's 'The Kiss' and Wilco's 'Jesus, Etc.'
Phil and JF explore the musicological, philosophical, and prophetic dimensions of two good tunes.
Jun 7, 2023 · 1 hr 18 min
Episode 148: Mythos of the Moment: On 'Twin Peaks,' Season 3
JF and Phil discuss the aesthetics and metaphysics of David Lynch's landmark series.
May 24, 2023 · 1 hr 33 min
Episode 147: You Must Change Your Life
Phil and JF discuss the famous poem "Archaic Torso of Apollo" by Rainer Maria Rilke.
May 10, 2023 · 1 hr 17 min
Episode 146: An Air of Great Power: On the Chariot in the Tarot
JF and Phil discuss the seventh major trump of the tarot, the Chariot.
Apr 26, 2023 · 1 hr 30 min
Episode 145: Waiting for the Miracle: On Vanessa Onwuemezi's "Dark Neighbourhood"
JF and Phil discuss the title story from Vanessa Onwuemezi's debut collection of short fiction from Fitzcarraldo Press.
Apr 12, 2023 · 1 hr 43 min
Episode 144: On Clive Barker's 'Hellraiser' and 'The Hellbound Heart,' with Conner Habib
Conner Habib joins Phil and JF to discuss Clive Barker's classic horror film, and the novella it was based on.
Mar 29, 2023 · 1 hr 30 min
Episode 143: On UFOs
JF and Phil discuss the UFO phenomenon in light of ongoing government disclosures.
Mar 15, 2023 · 1 hr 22 min
Episode 142: The Music of the Spheres: On Jóhann Jóhannsson's "Last and First Men"
Phil and JF discuss the Icelandic's composer posthumous science fiction film.
Feb 28, 2023 · 1 hr 24 min
Episode 141: Actual Magic: On Ramsey Dukes' SSOTBME
JF and Phil discuss Dukes' seminal essay on modern magic.
Feb 15, 2023 · 1 hr 21 min
Episode 140: That Ain't Plot: On Hayao Miyazaki's 'Spirited Away,' with Meredith Michael
Meredith joins Phil and JF to discuss the 2001 Studio Ghibli masterpiece.
Feb 1, 2023 · 1 hr 34 min
Episode 139: Sex, Money, and Power are YOURS with our SECRET Art-Power Formula!
You must change your life.
Jan 18, 2023 · 1 hr 15 min
Episode 138: Yours and Yours Alone: On the Death Card in the Tarot
Phil and JF continue their occasional series of episodes on the major arcana of the tarot with a discussion on arcanum XIII, Death.
Dec 25, 2022 · 38 min
The Weird Studies Christmas Special
Phil and JF discuss why seeing twinkling lights in the dark is so Christmassy
Dec 14, 2022 · 1 hr 15 min
Episode 137: Brute Force: on Sunn O)))'s 'Life Metal'
JF and Phil discuss Sunn O)))'s eighth album, released in 2019
Nov 30, 2022 · 1 hr 8 min
Episode 136: The Things That Were And Shall Be Again: On 'Evil Dead II'
Phil and JF discuss Sam Raimi's "splatstick" classic, Evil Dead II.
Nov 16, 2022 · 1 hr 4 min
Episode 135: On 'The Secret Life of Puppets,' with Victoria Nelson
Independent scholar and novelist Victoria Nelson joins JF and Phil to discuss her masterpiece of weird studies, The Secret Life of Puppets.
Nov 2, 2022 · 1 hr 33 min
Episode 134: On Federico Campagna's 'Technic and Magic'
Phil and JF discuss Campagna's proposal of a new reality system rooted in the idea of "magic."
Oct 19, 2022 · 1 hr 12 min
Episode 133: On Weirding, and the Virtues of Unknowing Everything
JF and Phil discuss making things weird as a survival strategy for the Weird Age.
Oct 5, 2022 · 1 hr 22 min
Episode 132: Art Is an Alien Technology: Live at the Supernormal Festival
Phil and JF discuss Werner Herzog's "Cave of Forgotten Dreams" at the 2022 Supernormal Festival in England.

Weird Studies

Episode 150: Sacramental Reality: On Arthur Machen's "A Fragment of Life"

Episode 149: Song Swap: On Judee Sill's 'The Kiss' and Wilco's 'Jesus, Etc.'

Episode 148: Mythos of the Moment: On 'Twin Peaks,' Season 3

Episode 147: You Must Change Your Life

Episode 146: An Air of Great Power: On the Chariot in the Tarot

Episode 145: Waiting for the Miracle: On Vanessa Onwuemezi's "Dark Neighbourhood"

Episode 144: On Clive Barker's 'Hellraiser' and 'The Hellbound Heart,' with Conner Habib

Episode 143: On UFOs

Episode 142: The Music of the Spheres: On Jóhann Jóhannsson's "Last and First Men"

Episode 141: Actual Magic: On Ramsey Dukes' SSOTBME

Episode 140: That Ain't Plot: On Hayao Miyazaki's 'Spirited Away,' with Meredith Michael

Episode 139: Sex, Money, and Power are YOURS with our SECRET Art-Power Formula!

Episode 138: Yours and Yours Alone: On the Death Card in the Tarot

The Weird Studies Christmas Special

Episode 137: Brute Force: on Sunn O)))'s 'Life Metal'

Episode 136: The Things That Were And Shall Be Again: On 'Evil Dead II'

Episode 135: On 'The Secret Life of Puppets,' with Victoria Nelson

Episode 134: On Federico Campagna's 'Technic and Magic'

Episode 133: On Weirding, and the Virtues of Unknowing Everything

Episode 132: Art Is an Alien Technology: Live at the Supernormal Festival