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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May 27, 2020 · 1 hr 11 min
Episode 74: A Luminous Parasite: Jung on Art, Part Two
The second part of Phil and JF's discussion C. G. Jung's conception of art.
May 13, 2020 · 1 hr 4 min
Episode 73: Carl Jung and the Power of Art, Part One
The first of two conversations in which JF and Phil investigate C. G. Jung's thoughts on the psychology of artistic creation.
Apr 29, 2020 · 1 hr 14 min
Episode 72: Morning of the Mutants: On the Castrati
Phil and JF discuss the curious phenomena of castrati, the famous singing eunuchs of early modern Europe.
Apr 15, 2020 · 1 hr 25 min
Episode 71: The Medium is the Message
JF and Phil discuss the meanings of Marshall McLuhan's famous utterance.
Apr 1, 2020 · 1 hr 17 min
Episode 70: Masks All the Way Down, with James Curcio
James Curcio joins Phil and JF for a discussion on the concept of the mask as elaborated in his anthology, "Masks: Bowie and Artists of Artifice".
Mar 25, 2020 · 59 min
Episode 69: Special Episode: On Some Mental Effects of the Pandemic
Phil and JF discuss William James's essay "On Some Mental Effects of the Earthquake."
Mar 23, 2020 · 22 min
Weird Stories: "On Some Mental Effects of the Earthquake" by William James
Phil reads an essay by William James on the 1906 San Francisco Earthquake.
Mar 18, 2020 · 1 hr 15 min
Episode 68: On James Hillman's 'The Dream and the Underworld'
JF and Phil discuss James Hillman's archetypal psychology as it pertains to dreams and death.
Mar 4, 2020 · 1 hr 23 min
Episode 67: Goblins, Goat-Gods and Gates: On 'Hellier'
Phil and JF discuss the hit documentary series "Hellier."
Feb 19, 2020 · 1 hr 32 min
Episode 66: On Diviner's Time
JF and Phil discuss Phil's work-in-progress, an essay on synchronicity, divination, and cosmic meaning entitled "Diviner's Time."
Feb 5, 2020 · 1 hr 20 min
Episode 65: Touched by that Fire: On Visionary Literature, with B. W. Powe
Phil and JF discuss the visionary tradition in art and literature with Canadian poet and scholar, B. W. Powe.
Jan 22, 2020 · 1 hr 18 min
Episode 64: Dreams and Shadows: On Ursula Le Guin's 'A Wizard of Earthsea'
JF and Phil discuss Ursula Le Guin's great coming-of-age fantasy novel, the first of the Earthsea cycle.
Jan 8, 2020 · 1 hr 19 min
Episode 63: Faculty X: On Colin Wilson's 'The Occult'
Phil and JF discuss Faculty X, a key notion from Colin Wilson's classic study of the supernatural and Western esotericism, "The Occult."
Dec 18, 2019 · 1 hr 34 min
Episode 62: It's Like 'The Shining', But With Nuns: On 'Black Narcissus'
JF and Phil discuss the 1947 British film, "Black Narcissus."
Dec 4, 2019 · 1 hr 7 min
Episode 61: Evil and Ecstasy: On 'The Silence of the Lambs'
Phil and JF discuss Jonathan Demme's 1991 film, "The Silence of the Lambs."
Nov 20, 2019 · 1 hr 26 min
Episode 60: Space is the Place: On Sun Ra, Gnosticism, and the Tarot
JF and Phil discuss Sun Ra's strange and prophetic film, "Space is the Place."
Nov 6, 2019 · 1 hr 20 min
Episode 59: Green Mountains Are Always Walking
Phil and JF discuss the mysteries of our oldest, and strangest, mode of transportation.
Oct 23, 2019 · 1 hr
Episode 58: What Do Critics Do?
JF and Phil discuss Dave Hickey's 1997 essay, "Air Guitar".
Oct 9, 2019 · 1 hr 30 min
Episode 57: Box of God(s): On 'Raiders of the Lost Ark'
Phil and JF discuss Steven Spielberg's classic film, "Raiders of the Lost Ark."
Sep 25, 2019 · 1 hr 19 min
Episode 56: On Jean Gebser, with Jeremy D. Johnson
JF and Phil talk to Jeremy Johnson about his new book, "Seeing Through the World: Jean Gebser and Integral Consciousness."

Weird Studies

Episode 74: A Luminous Parasite: Jung on Art, Part Two

Episode 73: Carl Jung and the Power of Art, Part One

Episode 72: Morning of the Mutants: On the Castrati

Episode 71: The Medium is the Message

Episode 70: Masks All the Way Down, with James Curcio

Episode 69: Special Episode: On Some Mental Effects of the Pandemic

Weird Stories: "On Some Mental Effects of the Earthquake" by William James

Episode 68: On James Hillman's 'The Dream and the Underworld'

Episode 67: Goblins, Goat-Gods and Gates: On 'Hellier'

Episode 66: On Diviner's Time

Episode 65: Touched by that Fire: On Visionary Literature, with B. W. Powe

Episode 64: Dreams and Shadows: On Ursula Le Guin's 'A Wizard of Earthsea'

Episode 63: Faculty X: On Colin Wilson's 'The Occult'

Episode 62: It's Like 'The Shining', But With Nuns: On 'Black Narcissus'

Episode 61: Evil and Ecstasy: On 'The Silence of the Lambs'

Episode 60: Space is the Place: On Sun Ra, Gnosticism, and the Tarot

Episode 59: Green Mountains Are Always Walking

Episode 58: What Do Critics Do?

Episode 57: Box of God(s): On 'Raiders of the Lost Ark'

Episode 56: On Jean Gebser, with Jeremy D. Johnson