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Iñárritu's Digger
In this early release episode, Ryan and Todd discuss Alejandro González Iñárritu's recent film Digger. Widely panned upon its release a couple of wee…
5 hours ago
Future of an Illusion
On this episode, Ryan and Todd discuss Freud's Future of an Illusion, a text that would become overshadowed by his subsequent publication, Civilizati…
1 week, 1 day ago
Neo Noir
On this episode, Ryan and Todd return to their film genre series to discuss the neo noir. As opposed to the classic noir period, which is named retro…
3 weeks, 1 day ago
Divine Violence
On this episode, Ryan and Todd discuss the notion of divine violence. The conversation draws principally on an encounter staged between the term's ev…
1 month ago
Wretched of the Earth
On this episode, Ryan and Todd complete their Frantz Fanon duology by talking about his final completed work, Wretched of the Earth. The episode focu…
1 month, 2 weeks ago
Black Skin, White Masks
On this episode, Ryan and Todd discuss Frantz Fanon's decolonial classic, Black Skin, White Masks. The hosts work through the conversation surroundin…
2 months ago
Adaptations
On this episode, Ryan and Todd theorize the adaptation as a form of film. The episode takes its point of departure the continuing conversation over N…
2 months, 2 weeks ago
The Odyssey
On this episode, Ryan and Todd discuss Christopher Nolan's recent film. The conversation begins with Emily Wilson's translation of The Odyssey that N…
3 months ago
Theorizing the World Cup
On this episode, Ryan & Todd theorize the World Cup as a public event that enables the non-expert to see complex theoretical notions, such as Alain B…
3 months, 2 weeks ago
What Is Literature? (Literature and Existentialism)
On this episode, Ryan and Todd complete their Sartre inflected trifecta of episodes by engaging his 1947 essay series What Is Literature? The hosts b…
3 months, 4 weeks ago