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Here Be Shrubs: On Algernon Blackwood's 'The Willows'
In this episode, JF and Phil paddle into the marshlands of Algernon Blackwood’s 1907 masterpiece The Willows, a tale Lovecraft once called the finest…
8 months, 1 week ago
Care of the Dead, with Jacob G. Foster
Episode 189
In this episode, JF and Phil are joined by Jacob G. Foster—sociologist, physicist, and researcher at Indiana University Bloomington and the Santa Fe …
8 months, 3 weeks ago
Pioneers of the Untimely: On the Hermit Card in the Tarot
Episode 188
In this continuation of their non-linear journey through the tarot, Phil and JF discuss the ninth Arcanum: the Hermit. Walking through darkness with …
9 months ago
The Affirmation of Imagination: On John Crowley's 'Little, Big,' with Erik Davis
Episode 187
John Crowley’s Little, Big is, at once, a family saga, a fairy tale, an occult thriller, an idyll, a dystopia, as well as a meditation on my…
9 months, 2 weeks ago
Meeting at the Center: The Wedge, Part Two
Episode 186
In this episode, JF and Phil continue their conversation on the wedge, their figure for the epistemological divide between approaching reali…
10 months ago
Intuition and Reality: The Wedge, Part One
Episode 185
"The Wedge" is a key concept for Phil and JF. When exploring weird phenomena—from artworks to ghosts, and everything in between—one tends to…
10 months, 2 weeks ago
Special Release: Poltergeists, Fairies, Skeptics, and the Managerial Class
Due to scheduling conflicts and a series of unforeseen events, JF and Phil have had to push the release of the next official episode of Weir…
10 months, 3 weeks ago
On David Lynch
Episode 184
David Lynch passed away on January 15th, 2025, leaving behind a body of work that reshaped the landscape of cinema and television. Few artis…
11 months, 1 week ago
On Hermann Hesse's 'Siddhartha'
Episode 183
Hermann Hesse's Siddhartha is one of the great novels of the twentieth century and a prime example of literature that transforms the deeply …
11 months, 3 weeks ago
Providence of Evil: On Robert Eggers' 'Nosferatu'
Episode 182
In this episode, JF and Phil examine the myth of the vampire through the lens of Robert Eggers' latest film, Nosferatu, a reimagining of F. …
1 year ago