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Where to Start 1: The Psychoanalytic Theorists
Thanks for joining us on Why Theory. In this episode, Todd and I give a few recommendations on where to start and where not start introductory readin…
8 years, 5 months ago
CGI, Anxiety, The Last Jedi
As Freud famously said to Jung upon their arrival in the United States for a lecture series at Clark University, “They don’t realize we are bringing …
8 years, 6 months ago
The Oscars in 2018 and Beyond
On this episode, Todd and Ryan discuss the Oscars. They make an argument for the importance of this oftentimes maddening awards ceremony by going ove…
8 years, 7 months ago
Ideology
On this episode, Todd and Ryan discuss ideology and ideology critique. They begin with basic definitions and move on to cultural political analyses o…
8 years, 8 months ago
Seriality
On this episode, Todd gives Ryan the floor to discuss my dissertation research on seriality. The conversation focuses on the effects of the serial fo…
8 years, 9 months ago
Ernst Lubitsch's To Be or Not to Be
In this episode, Todd and Ryan discuss Ernst Lubitsch's To Be or Not to Be. After a brief-ish plot run through, Todd and Ryan talk about the radicali…
8 years, 9 months ago
Fake News
In this episode of Why Theory, a podcast that brings continental philosophy and psychoanalytic theory together to explain cultural phenomena, Todd an…
8 years, 10 months ago
LACK 2017: Social Tie, Universality, Plus, Arrival
In this "state of the theory" podcast, Todd and Ryan talk about the recently completed LACK conference held from October 19-21 in Colorado Springs. W…
8 years, 11 months ago
Blade Runner 2049
In this episode, Todd and Ryan discuss Denis Villeneuve's Blade Runner 2049. The conversation centers around how the film depicts ideology and what w…
8 years, 11 months ago
Theories of Comedy
In this first episode, Todd and Ryan stamp out a provisional definition of theory (as we'll be employing it) and discuss Todd's new book, Only A Joke…
8 years, 11 months ago