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Smell is a vital, if underappreciated, medium through which we inhabit and imagine the world. In Olfactory Worldmaking (University of Minnesota Press, 2026), Dr. Hsuan L. Hsu traces how olfactory experience communicates across visceral, material, and... more
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Really enjoyed this conversation with Dr Welch.
Trying to listen to Wolin’s discussion of his new Heidegger book. Not sure if it’s Wolin or his interlocutor who keeps touching his microphone, but good grief. Unlistenable, even beyond Wolin’s tedious prolixity.
Absolutely engaging and informative discussion between Slobodian and Stern and the kind of format change that will set the pod apart. Hope you decide to continue in this direction.
Hit or miss episodes. The episodes hosted by Dr. Miranda Melcher recently are the best, with researchers who apply pretty diverse methodologies to building our understanding of history of labor, science / philosophy, finance, and institutions under capitalism and imperialism. Other episodes are wild, typical virtue-signaling masturbatory culture-war-fetishizing types of content that don’t seem to understand what capitalism is or that we operate within it. Gotta pick the ones worth listening to.
I used to listen to this podcast regularly, but I will no longer be doing so. The episode with genocide apologist Susie Linfield was offensive, racist, unserious and smug. The usual Zionist qualities. Susie poses as a leftist, but is anything but. She attacks the real left in patronizing fashion, without any substantive critique of her own, positioning herself as an expert in the Middle East and “Terrorism” while ignoring or dismissing the real experts in the field. The host coddles her rac... more
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This show features in-depth conversations with scholars about recently published theory-heavy books across philosophy, political theory, literature, and related fields. Episodes often explore topics like critical theory, state power, memory, language, and globalization through rigorous intellectual discussion, sometimes blending archival anecdotes, pedagogical reflections, and cross-disciplinary perspectives. A standout trait is the sustained emphasis on how theory translates into public understanding, with guests ranging from translation philosophy to autotheory and the politics of memory, all aimed at researchers, students, and curious, academically inclined listeners. Notable strengths include long-form, conversation-heavy formats that p... more
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