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Weird Studies

Professor Phil Ford and writer J. F. Martel host a series of conversations on art and philosophy, dwelling on ideas that are hard to think and art that opens up rifts in what we are pleased to call "r... Read more

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Episode 152: The Science of Things Spiritual: Live in Lily Dale

Episode 152: The Science of Things Spiritual: Live in Lily Dale

On the last week of July, 2023, Phil and JF were delighted to speak at Shannon Taggart's Science of Things Spiritual Sym... Read more

1 Aug 2023

1hr 48mins

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Episode 151: The Real and the Possible: Live at the Diverse Intelligences Summer Institute, with Jacob G. Foster

Episode 151: The Real and the Possible: Live at the Diverse Intelligences Summer Institute, with Jacob G. Foster

In The Time Falling Bodies Take to Light, the cultural historian William Irwin Thompson predicted the rise of a new for... Read more

19 Jul 2023

1hr 15mins

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Episode 150: Sacramental Reality: On Arthur Machen's "A Fragment of Life"

Episode 150: Sacramental Reality: On Arthur Machen's "A Fragment of Life"

"A Fragement of Life" opens with Mr. Darnell waking up from a dream and going down to breakfast, where it is described t... Read more

5 Jul 2023

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Episode 149: Song Swap: On Judee Sill's 'The Kiss' and Wilco's 'Jesus, Etc.'

Episode 149: Song Swap: On Judee Sill's 'The Kiss' and Wilco's 'Jesus, Etc.'

Occasionally, JF and Phil do a song swap. Each host chooses a song he loves and shares it with the other, and then they ... Read more

21 Jun 2023

1hr 19mins

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Episode 148: Mythos of the Moment: On 'Twin Peaks,' Season 3

Episode 148: Mythos of the Moment: On 'Twin Peaks,' Season 3

David Lynch and Mark Frost's Twin Peaks has been a touchstone of Weird Studies since the podcast's inception. Back in 20... Read more

7 Jun 2023

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Episode 147: You Must Change Your Life

Episode 147: You Must Change Your Life

Rainer Maria Rilke's poem "Archaic Torso of Apollo" ends on a note that has puzzled and inspired readers for more than a... Read more

24 May 2023

1hr 33mins

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Episode 146: An Air of Great Power: On the Chariot in the Tarot

Episode 146: An Air of Great Power: On the Chariot in the Tarot

Of the twenty-two figures that make up the major arcana of the tarot, the Chariot is probably the most commonplace. Whil... Read more

10 May 2023

1hr 17mins

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Episode 145: Waiting for the Miracle: On Vanessa Onwuemezi's "Dark Neighbourhood"

Episode 145: Waiting for the Miracle: On Vanessa Onwuemezi's "Dark Neighbourhood"

In this episode, Phil and JF discuss Vanessa Onwuemezi's, "Dark Neighbourhood," a tale of scintillant darkness from her ... Read more

26 Apr 2023

1hr 29mins

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Episode 144: On Clive Barker's 'Hellraiser' and 'The Hellbound Heart,' with Conner Habib

Episode 144: On Clive Barker's 'Hellraiser' and 'The Hellbound Heart,' with Conner Habib

In the 1980s, Clive Barker burst onto the cultural scene with The Books of Blood, collections of unforgettable tales of ... Read more

12 Apr 2023

1hr 42mins

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Episode 143: On UFOs

Episode 143: On UFOs

In the 1950s, Carl Jung expressed frustration at the impenetrability of the UFO mystery, the "strange, unknown, and inde... Read more

29 Mar 2023

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