Weird Studies
SpectreVision RadioProfessor 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 "reality." SpectreVision Radio is a bespoke podcast network at the intersection between the arts and the uncanny, featuring a tapestry of shows exploring the anomalous, the luminous, and the numinous. W... more
| Publishes | Twice monthly | Episodes | 232 | Founded | 8 years ago |
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| Number of Listeners | Categories | PhilosophySociety & CultureArts | |||
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In this episode, Phil and JF discuss Stanley Kubrick's adaptation of Stephen King's novel The Shining. That they are doing this eight years after starting the podcast is weird in itself, so fundamental is Kubrick's "chamber epic" to the modern weird ... more
We regret that we were unable to release a new episode this week. Episode 211 will drop on Wednesday, April 29, and will be devoted to Stanley Kubrick’s The Shining, a film we have long wanted to revisit in depth. In the meantime, we are pleased to o... more
In this episode, JF and Phil bring together two visionary essays on the daimonic and the imaginal: Cristina Campo’s “On Fairy Tales” and M.C. Richards’s “Wrestling with the Daimonic.” What emerges is a conversation about imagination, personhood, and ... more
In this episode, Phil and JF discuss Haruki Murakami’s “Cream,” from First Person Singular, alongside Jorge Luis Borges’s classic tale, “The Garden of Forking Paths.” Together, these two stories occasion a meditation on time, perplexity, and the stra... more
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- This hits hard if you're dumb
I just finished the Kenneth Batcheldor episode and was amazed by how credulous these hosts are. You could tell how much they wanted to believe in miracles by how they tripped over themselves explaining logical doubts as facets of the theory, even when explanations defy the theory's internal logic.
I still liked the episode because "pockets of indeterminism" is a good title for a punk album and because I like when weirdos rant. But I think too many people fall for men on podcasts reading "publi... more
Apple Podcasts3clam_rockwell_undersea_actor
United States2 months ago - Nothing Else Like It
I first came to Weird Studies after reading Donna Tartt’s The Secret History. I literally did a search for the book in my podcast app and their episode popped up. Since then, I’ve listened to all book-related episodes, as well as all those on the Tarot. I have not come across anything like this anywhere else…extensive scholarship combined with the Weird, from two very different but informed voices. Absolutely love this!
Apple Podcasts5JendaGoUnited States3 months ago - *This* World's Best Podcast
...and it isn't even close.
Apple Podcasts5SCL4747United States5 months ago - Top Tier
If you are fortunate enough to have discovered this podcast, you don’t need me to tell you that every single episode of WS is worth a listen, regardless of whether the show’s topic happens to interest you or not. In the current podcasting landscape, finding a pair of thoughtful, reasoned, sincerely curious and intellectual hosts is a rare thing.
Apple Podcasts5Abstractals
Canada8 months ago - A Journey Around My Room
No matter how far my perambulation round my room takes me I always return home to this investigation into all things wondrous and weird. It’s like listening to a chat over dinner (with Andre [or Orson]) with folks who share my passion for the secret lives of puppets, rhizomatic thinking, last & first men, R. Mutt, Algernon Blackwood, Heraclitus and suchlike all the way back to that chthonic cave of forgotten dreams. It’s nice to know I’m part of a community.
Apple Podcasts5pataphysicianUnited States10 months ago
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Apple Podcasts | #137 | United States/Arts |
Apple Podcasts | #78 |  United Kingdom/Arts |
Apple Podcasts | #220 |  Australia/Arts |
Apple Podcasts | #222 |  Germany/Arts |
Apple Podcasts | #17 |  Finland/Arts |
Apple Podcasts | #54 |  Sweden/Arts |
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A mind-expanding, art-and-philosophy conversation between two inquisitive hosts that blends dense scholarship with imaginative inquiry. Episodes frequently explore literature, film, tarot, myth, and the occult, while unpacking how creativity can reveal deeper truths about reality, culture, and human meaning. The tone is collegial and curious, often tracing connections between classical ideas and contemporary art, with a penchant for the esoteric and the uncanny. Notably, the show consistently pairs rigorous analysis with accessible storytelling, making challenging topics feel intimate and revelatory for thoughtful listeners.
A standout aspect is the hosts' ability to weave diverse domains—literature, philosophy, cinema, music, and ritual—i... more
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Recent guests on Weird Studies include:
1. Phil Ford
2. Cristina Campo
3. M. C. Richards
4. Peter Bebergal
5. Shannon Taggart
6. Susannah Cahalan
7. Jacob G. Foster
8. Erik Davis
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