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Towards a Weird Materialism: On Expressionism in Cinema
Episode 164
What is expressionism? A school? A movement? A philosophy? At the end of this episode, Phil and JF agree that it is, above all, a sensibilit…
1 year, 10 months ago
The Source of All Abysses: On the Devil Card in the Tarot
Episode 163
"The Devil's finest ruse," Baudelaire wrote, "is to persuade you that he doesn't exist." In this episode, JF and Phil peer through a buzzing…
1 year, 10 months ago
The Incarnation of Meaning: Greenwich Village After the War
Episode 162
In this second of two episodes on "scenes," Phil and JF set their sights on Greenwich Village in the wake of the Second World War. Focusing …
1 year, 11 months ago
Scene of the Crime: On Alan Moore and Eddie Campbell's 'From Hell'
Episode 161
Listener discretion advised: This episode delves into the disturbing details of the Whitechapel murders of 1888, and may not be suitable for…
1 year, 11 months ago
Mid-Hiatus Bonus: On Horror and the Retail Experience
Every off-week, listeners who have chosen to support Weird Studies by joining our Patreon at the Listener's Tier get to enjoy a bonus episod…
2 years ago
The Way of All Flesh: On John Carpenter's 'The Thing'
Episode 160
As a horror movie, John Carpenter's The Thing seems to have it all: amazing practical effects, body horror, psychological drama, Kurt Russel…
2 years ago
Three Songs, with Meredith Michael
Episode 159
Every once in a while, JF and Phil like to do a “song swap.” Each picks a song, and the ensuing conversation locates linkages and correspond…
2 years, 1 month ago
As Above, So Below: On Plato's 'Timaeus'
Episode 158
In this episode of Weird Studies, we delve into the mysterious depths of Plato's Timaeus, one of the foundational texts of our civilization.…
2 years, 1 month ago
Long Live the New Flesh: On David Cronenberg's 'Videodrome'
Episode 157
"Death to Videodrome! Long live the New Flesh!"
It was perhaps inevitable that the modern Weird, driven as it is to swallow all things, woul…
2 years, 2 months ago
The Only Possible End: On Donna Tartt's 'The Secret History'
Episode 156
There are works of weird fiction that dispense their strangeness so subtly that many readers never pick up on it, books that allow themselve…
2 years, 2 months ago