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You Must Change Your Life
Episode 147
Rainer Maria Rilke's poem "Archaic Torso of Apollo" ends on a note that has puzzled and inspired readers for more than a century: "For there…
2 years, 7 months ago
An Air of Great Power: On the Chariot in the Tarot
Episode 146
Of the twenty-two figures that make up the major arcana of the tarot, the Chariot is probably the most commonplace. While the tenth arcanum …
2 years, 8 months ago
Waiting for the Miracle: On Vanessa Onwuemezi's "Dark Neighbourhood"
Episode 145
In this episode, Phil and JF discuss Vanessa Onwuemezi's, "Dark Neighbourhood," a tale of scintillant darkness from her debut collection of …
2 years, 8 months ago
On Clive Barker's 'Hellraiser' and 'The Hellbound Heart,' with Conner Habib
Episode 144
In the 1980s, Clive Barker burst onto the cultural scene with The Books of Blood, collections of unforgettable tales of horror, depravity, a…
2 years, 9 months ago
On UFOs
Episode 143
In the 1950s, Carl Jung expressed frustration at the impenetrability of the UFO mystery, the "strange, unknown, and indeed contradictory nat…
2 years, 9 months ago
The Music of the Spheres: On Jóhann Jóhannsson's "Last and First Men"
Episode 142
Jóhann Jóhannsson was one of contemporary cinema's greatest score composers when he passed away in 2018 at the young age of 48. Last and Fir…
2 years, 9 months ago
Actual Magic: On Ramsey Dukes' SSOTBME
Episode 141
Ramsey Dukes, also known by his real name of Lionel Snell, may be one of the most important thinkers on magic since Aleister Crowley. In the…
2 years, 10 months ago
That Ain't Plot: On Hayao Miyazaki's 'Spirited Away,' with Meredith Michael
Episode 140
Hayao Miyazaki's Spirited Away is one of those rare films that is both super popular and super weird. Rife with cinematic non sequiturs, unf…
2 years, 10 months ago
Sex, Money, and Power are YOURS with our SECRET Art-Power Formula!
Episode 139
"YOU MUST CHANGE YOUR LIFE!"
Tired of failure and self-loathing? Want to be rich and famous while having a good time all the time? Wondering…
2 years, 11 months ago
Yours and Yours Alone: On the Death Card in the Tarot
Episode 138
What better way to ring in the New Year than with a freeranging discussion of the dreaded thirteenth arcanum of the tarot? Of all topics, su…
2 years, 11 months ago