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."

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238 episodes
Updated July 22
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Sep 27, 2022 · 57 min
Off-Week Bonus: On Worlds and Stories, with a Special Announcement
After announcing a new online course they will be teaching together, JF and Phil talk storytelling and worldbuilding.
Sep 21, 2022 · 1 hr 12 min
Episode 131: Knocking on the Abyssal Door: Live at the Diverse Intelligences Summer Institute
Phil and J.F. talk about magic, synchronicity, and prophecy to an audience composed of scientists, scholars, and artists at the University of St. Andrews in Scotland.
Sep 7, 2022 · 1 hr 17 min
Episode 130: Holiday Memories
Phil and JF discuss their recent adventures in the United Kingdom.
Aug 3, 2022 · 1 hr 33 min
Episode 129: Luminous Miasma: On Edgar Allan Poe's "The Fall of the House of Usher"
JF and Phil visit the House of Usher.
Jul 19, 2022 · 1 hr 28 min
Episode 128: Demon Workshop: On Victoria Nelson's 'Neighbor George'
Phil and JF discuss Victoria Nelson's novel of psychological horror.
Jul 6, 2022 · 1 hr 16 min
Episode 127: Leaving the Mechanical Dollhouse: On Abeba Birhane's "The Impossibility of Automating Ambiguity"
JF and Phil discuss Abeba Birhane's essay on the ethical, psychological, and political cost of universal automation.
Jun 22, 2022 · 1 hr 22 min
Episode 126: The Daemon Speaks, with Matt Cardin
Matt Cardin joins JF and Phil to discuss daimonic reality and the idea of dark enlightenment.
Jun 8, 2022 · 1 hr 37 min
Episode 125: Strange Brews: Weird Studies Live at Illuminated Brew Works
Phil, Meredith, and JF discuss ritual and potion-making in a live recording hosted by Illuminated Brew Works in Chicago.
May 25, 2022 · 1 hr 28 min
Episode 124: Dark Night Radio of the Soul, with Duncan Barford
Spiritual practitioner Duncan Barford joins JF and Phil to talk about the Dark Night of the Soul.
May 18, 2022 · 40 min
Episode 123: Off-Week Patreon Bonus: On Modern Miracles
A free Patreon episode exploring more of the affordances of a spiral universe.
May 11, 2022 · 1 hr 21 min
Episode 122: Spirals and Crooked Lines: On the Star Card in the Tarot
The Star is one of the most iconic of the major trumps of the traditional tarot deck. It is also one of the most ambiguous. A woman is shown emptying two urns of water onto the parched ground. She is flanked by nascent plant life. Shining above her are those nocturnal luminaries whose "eternal silence" so frightened the philosopher Blaise Pascal at the dawn of modernity. Are the stars pointing the way to a brighter future, or are they stars of ill omen, warning us of what lies ahead? And what does that little bird in the background signify? In this episode, Phil and JF try to get to the bottom of the starry heavens, only to find out that starry heavens have no bottom. Click here to purchase tickets to the Weird Studies beer launch at Illuminated Brew Works in Chicago on May 23. Buy the Weird Studies soundtrack Support us on Patreon Find us on Discord Get the new T-shirt design from Cotton Bureau! Get your Weird Studies merchandise (t-shirts, coffee mugs, etc.) Visit the Weird Studies Bookshop REFERENCES Our Known Friend (Valentin Tomberg), Meditations on the Tarot Alejandro Jodorowsky, The Way of the Tarot Pink Floyd, “Astronomy Domine” Aleister Crowley, The Book of Thoth Aleister Crowley, The Book of the Law Heimarmene, Greek goddess of fate Weird Studies, Episode 121 on Mandy Ursula K. Le Guin, A Wizard of Earthsea Samuel Delaney, Dahlgren J R. R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings Juan Eduardo Cirlot, A Dictionary of Symbols Weird Studies, Episode 103 on the Tower Weird Studies, [Episode 114 on the Wheel of Fortune] Joni Mitchell, “Ladies of the Canyon” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Apr 27, 2022 · 1 hr 4 min
Episode 121: Dream Theater: On 'Mandy' and 'The Band Wagon'
Phil and JF discuss the film musical comedy "The Band Wagon" and the psychedelic horror film "Mandy" and discover that these films actually have a lot in common.
Apr 13, 2022 · 1 hr 17 min
Episode 120: On Radical Mystery
JF and Phil cope with the unexpungable fact of mystery.
Mar 30, 2022 · 1 hr 8 min
Episode 119: Behind the Cosmic Curtain: On Stanislaw Lem's 'The New Cosmogony,' with Meredith Michael
Meredith, Phil, and JF dig into Stanislaw Lem's short story, "The New Cosmogony."
Mar 16, 2022 · 1 hr 16 min
Episode 118: The Unseen and the Unnamed, with Meredith Michael
Meredith Michael joins JF and Phil to discuss short fiction by Ursula K. Le Guin and J.G. Ballard.
Mar 2, 2022 · 1 hr 9 min
Episode 117: Time is a Child at Play: On the Mystery of Games
Phil and JF discuss the mystery of games and the play function in culture and cosmos.
Feb 16, 2022 · 1 hr 29 min
Episode 116: On 'Blade Runner'
JF and Phil discuss philosophical ideas in Ridley Scott's 1982 film.
Feb 2, 2022 · 1 hr 15 min
Episode 115: Transience & Immersion: On Brian Eno's 'Music for Airports'
Phil and JF discuss the 1978 album that established the ambient music genre.
Jan 19, 2022 · 1 hr 35 min
Episode 114: On the Wheel of Fortune, the Tenth Card of the Tarot
JF and Phil continue their occasional series on the major trumps of the Tarot with a discussion on the tenth major arcanum, the Wheel of Fortune.
Dec 22, 2021 · 1 hr 21 min
Episode 113: Framing the Invisible, with Shannon Taggart
Phil and JF talk spiritualism and photography to American artist and paranormal researcher Shannon Taggart.

Weird Studies

Off-Week Bonus: On Worlds and Stories, with a Special Announcement

Episode 131: Knocking on the Abyssal Door: Live at the Diverse Intelligences Summer Institute

Episode 130: Holiday Memories

Episode 129: Luminous Miasma: On Edgar Allan Poe's "The Fall of the House of Usher"

Episode 128: Demon Workshop: On Victoria Nelson's 'Neighbor George'

Episode 127: Leaving the Mechanical Dollhouse: On Abeba Birhane's "The Impossibility of Automating Ambiguity"

Episode 126: The Daemon Speaks, with Matt Cardin

Episode 125: Strange Brews: Weird Studies Live at Illuminated Brew Works

Episode 124: Dark Night Radio of the Soul, with Duncan Barford

Episode 123: Off-Week Patreon Bonus: On Modern Miracles

Episode 122: Spirals and Crooked Lines: On the Star Card in the Tarot

Episode 121: Dream Theater: On 'Mandy' and 'The Band Wagon'

Episode 120: On Radical Mystery

Episode 119: Behind the Cosmic Curtain: On Stanislaw Lem's 'The New Cosmogony,' with Meredith Michael

Episode 118: The Unseen and the Unnamed, with Meredith Michael

Episode 117: Time is a Child at Play: On the Mystery of Games

Episode 116: On 'Blade Runner'

Episode 115: Transience & Immersion: On Brian Eno's 'Music for Airports'

Episode 114: On the Wheel of Fortune, the Tenth Card of the Tarot

Episode 113: Framing the Invisible, with Shannon Taggart