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Mary Wild on the Art of Podcasting & Psychoanalyzing Horror Movies
Episode 152
I'm joined by podcaster and psychoanalytic theorist Mary Wild to discuss her new book, Psychoanalysing Horror Cinema. We discuss Mary's method of ana…
an hour ago
How Should We Read Nietzsche’s Politics? A Critical Dialogue
Episode 151
I’m joined by Keegan Kjeldsen, host of The Nietzsche Podcast for a critical dialogue on the politics of Nietzsche. This is the second discussion I ha…
an hour ago
Vulgar Marxism and the Dilemmas of Worker Education (feat. Edward Baring)
Episode 150
I’m pleased to welcome intellectual historian Edward Baring to the show for a conversation on the concept of “vulgar Marxism” and the different theor…
3 months, 3 weeks ago
A Lacanian Theory of Cinema (feat. Helen Rollins)
Episode 149
I'm joined by filmmaker and theorist Helen Rollins for a discussion on her new book on psychoanalysis and cinema, Psychocinema. In this book Helen ar…
3 months, 3 weeks ago
How to Understand the Chaos of Donald Trump (feat. Paul Heideman)
Episode 148
How can we make sense of the logic behind Donald Trump and the spectacle of chaos that seems to follow him? What appears as disorder on the surface m…
3 months, 3 weeks ago
Critical Theory After Habermas (feat. Philipp Felsch)
Episode 147
Joining me for his second appearance, Philipp Felsch explores the life and thought of Jürgen Habermas, one of the most influential philosophers of th…
5 months, 2 weeks ago
Pierre Bourdieu's Critique of the Intellectual
Episode 146
We discuss Pierre Bourdieu's legacy and its implications for understanding intellectuals. You can find C. Derick Varn at VarnVlog. In addition to goi…
5 months, 2 weeks ago
Gaza and Revolutionary Philosophy (feat. Yanis Iqbal)
Episode 145
My guest Yanis Iqbal is the author of The Sword and the Neck, a militant work of philosophy that insists Gaza must be approached not as a humanitaria…
6 months ago
Anti-Intellectualism in America (feat. C. Derick Varn)
Episode 144
We discuss the roots of anti-intellectualism in American life for the first episode in a four-part series co-created and presented with C. Derick Var…
6 months ago
Chinese Marxism (feat. Josef Gregory Mahoney)
Episode 143
I am joined by Dr. Josef Gregory Mahoney, Professor of Politics and International Relations at East China Normal University and Concurrent Professor …
6 months, 1 week ago