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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Newest first

Feb 17, 2021 · 1 hr 27 min
Episode 92: Glitch in the Matrix: A Conversation with Rodney Ascher
JF and Phil are joined by American filmmaker Rodney Ascher to discuss film, music, mood, and his new documentary about people who believe we are in living in a computer simulation.
Feb 3, 2021 · 1 hr 24 min
Episode 91: On Susanna Clarke's 'Piranesi'
JF and Phil explore the mysterious world of Susanna Clarke's incredible new novel.
Jan 20, 2021 · 1 hr 10 min
Episode 90: 'The Owl in Daylight': On Philip K. Dick's Unwritten Masterpiece
Phil and JF discuss the novel that would have been Philip K. Dick's magnum opus ... if he had written it.
Jan 6, 2021 · 1 hr 20 min
Episode 89: On Ishmael Reed's 'Mumbo Jumbo,' or, Why We Need More Magical Thinking
JF and Phil discuss Ishmael Reed's masterpiece of conspiracy fiction.
Dec 21, 2020 · 50 min
Holiday Bonus: Magic, Madness, and Sadness
In this special winter solstice release, Phil and JF discuss a memorable episode of the bizarro animated series Adventure Time.
Dec 9, 2020 · 1 hr 20 min
Episode 88: On Neil Gaiman & Dave McKean's 'Mr Punch'
A discussion of Neil Gaiman and Dave McKean's 1994 graphic novel, "The Tragical Comedy or Comical Tragedy of Mr. Punch"
Nov 25, 2020 · 1 hr 7 min
Episode 87: Glyphs, Rifts, and Ecstasy: On Arthur Machen's Vision of Art
JF and Phil talk art and ecstasy in this episode on Arthur Machen's aesthetic treatise, "Hieroglyphics".
Nov 11, 2020 · 1 hr 24 min
Episode 86: On E. T. A. Hoffmann's "The Sandman," and Freud's Sequel to It
Phil and JF discuss E.T.A. Hoffmann's classic tale of weird horror and Sigmund Freud's treatment of it in a famous essay.
Oct 28, 2020 · 1 hr 17 min
Episode 85: On 'The Wicker Man'
JF and Phil discuss the 1973 masterpiece of folk horror cinema.
Oct 14, 2020 · 1 hr 19 min
Episode 84: Mona Lisa Smile: On the Empress, the Third Card in the Tarot
Phil and JF discuss the third major arcana of the traditional tarot deck.
Sep 30, 2020 · 1 hr 19 min
Episode 83: On David Lynch's 'Lost Highway'
JF and Phil take a joy ride into the dark heart David Lynch's surreal 1997 film.
Sep 16, 2020 · 1 hr 30 min
Episode 82: On The I Ching
Phil and JF discuss the great Chinese oracle.
Sep 2, 2020 · 1 hr 17 min
Episode 81: Gnostic Lit: On M. John Harrison's 'The Course of the Heart'
JF and Phil discuss M. John Harrison's masterpiece of weird fiction.
Aug 19, 2020 · 1 hr 18 min
Episode 80: The Pit and the Pyramid, or, How to Beat the Philosopher's Blues
Phil and JF discuss the Neoplatonism of Radiohead and the dark side of Beat culture, as revealed on Broadway.
Aug 5, 2020 · 1 hr 5 min
Episode 79: Love, Death, and the Dream Life
JF and Phil discuss decadence and vision in Nina Simone's rendition of "Lilac Wine" and Ghostface Killah's "Underwater."
Jul 22, 2020 · 1 hr 14 min
Episode 78: On John Keel's 'The Mothman Prophecies'
Phil and JF discuss John Keel's classic work of weird nonfiction.
Jul 8, 2020 · 1 hr 9 min
Episode 77: What a Fool Believes: On the Unnumbered Card in the Tarot
JF and Phil discuss the figure of the Fool in the tarot, society, and literature.
Jun 24, 2020 · 1 hr 19 min
Episode 76: Below the Abyss: On Bergson's Metaphysics
Phil and JF discuss Henri Bergson's 1903 essay, "Introduction to Metaphysics."
Jun 18, 2020 · 1 hr 4 min
Bonus: The Duke of Ellington
Weird Studies presents the first of Phil's solo music history podcasts as an off-week bonus.
Jun 10, 2020 · 1 hr 27 min
Episode 75: Our Old Friend the Monolith: On Stanley Kubrick's '2001: A Space Odyssey'
JF and Phil discuss a film they've been bringing up since the beginning of the podcast: Kubrick's masterful 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968).

Weird Studies

Episode 92: Glitch in the Matrix: A Conversation with Rodney Ascher

Episode 91: On Susanna Clarke's 'Piranesi'

Episode 90: 'The Owl in Daylight': On Philip K. Dick's Unwritten Masterpiece

Episode 89: On Ishmael Reed's 'Mumbo Jumbo,' or, Why We Need More Magical Thinking

Holiday Bonus: Magic, Madness, and Sadness

Episode 88: On Neil Gaiman & Dave McKean's 'Mr Punch'

Episode 87: Glyphs, Rifts, and Ecstasy: On Arthur Machen's Vision of Art

Episode 86: On E. T. A. Hoffmann's "The Sandman," and Freud's Sequel to It

Episode 85: On 'The Wicker Man'

Episode 84: Mona Lisa Smile: On the Empress, the Third Card in the Tarot

Episode 83: On David Lynch's 'Lost Highway'

Episode 82: On The I Ching

Episode 81: Gnostic Lit: On M. John Harrison's 'The Course of the Heart'

Episode 80: The Pit and the Pyramid, or, How to Beat the Philosopher's Blues

Episode 79: Love, Death, and the Dream Life

Episode 78: On John Keel's 'The Mothman Prophecies'

Episode 77: What a Fool Believes: On the Unnumbered Card in the Tarot

Episode 76: Below the Abyss: On Bergson's Metaphysics

Bonus: The Duke of Ellington

Episode 75: Our Old Friend the Monolith: On Stanley Kubrick's '2001: A Space Odyssey'