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weird studies skip to content about episodes hosts guests contact search blog patreon ws music discord subscribe weird studies art and philosophy at the limits of the thinkable rss apple podcasts castro overcast pocket casts spotify stitcher about the show 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 reality weird studies on social media your hosts phil ford j f martel episodes and blog entries important announcement article april 9th 2025 news podcast spectrevision weird studies joins spectrevision radio episode 187 the affirmation of imagination on john crowley s little big with erik davis episode march 26th 2025 1 hr 33 mins daimonic reality erik davis fantasy guest episode history imagination literature magic erik davis joins phil and jf to discuss john crowley s visionary novel wherein fantasy memory and the everyday blend into a single enchanted world episode 186 meeting at the center the wedge part two episode march 12th 2025 1 hr 28 mins epistemology metaphysics methodology style the wedge phil and jf conclude their discussion of the wedge episode 185 intuition and reality the wedge part one episode february 26th 2025 1 hr 16 mins epistemology intuition metaphysics methodology style the wedge jf and phil discuss the role of intuition in knowing the world in this first of two shows on the metaphysics of the weird special release poltergeists fairies skeptics and the managerial class episode february 19th 2025 33 mins 11 secs miracles paranormal supernatural unscheduled hiatus this week enjoy this unlocked bonus episode a perfect lead in to next week s release episode 184 on david lynch episode february 5th 2025 1 hr 41 mins art cinema horror lynchian supernatural phil and jf discuss the work of david lynch focusing especially on his first film eraserhead episode 183 on hermann hesse s siddhartha episode january 22nd 2025 1 hr 21 mins buddhism enlightenment literature religion transcendence jf and phil discuss hesse s literary exploration of the spiritual journey episode 182 providence of evil on robert eggers nosferatu episode january 8th 2025 1 hr 20 mins cinema evil horror occult paranormal religion phil and jf discuss rogert eggers reimagining of f w murnau s classic vampire film holiday bonus waiting for the next sentence episode december 18th 2024 44 mins 43 secs mid hiatus bonus special episode writing in this conversation originally recorded for members of the weird studies patreon jf and phil discuss certain challenges of the writer s craft episode 181 on the x files with meredith michael episode december 4th 2024 1 hr 17 mins cinema conspiracy epistemology guest episode meredith michael paranormal television meredith michael joins jf and phil to discuss the classic television series episode 180 the player on the magician card in the tarot episode november 20th 2024 1 hr 21 mins divination magic metaphysics scholarship tarot trickster phil and jf resume their journey through the major trumps of the tarot with a discussion of the magician card episode 179 the final frontier with lionel snell episode november 6th 2024 1 hr 17 mins guest episode lionel snell metaphysics occult psychology lionel snell joins phil and jf to discuss magic metaphysics and the enchantments of boredom episode 178 edge of reality on john carpenter s in the mouth of madness episode october 23rd 2024 1 hr 12 mins art cinema horror hyperstition metaphysics a live recording of jf and phil s conversation following a screening of john carpenter s cult classic episode 177 riddles in the dark on fairy tales interpretation and rapunzel episode october 9th 2024 1 hr 27 mins art fairy tales mythology storytelling phil and jf discuss the weirdness of fairy tales as objects infinitely interpretable yet resolutely unexplainable episode 176 on charles burns black hole and the medium of comics episode september 25th 2024 1 hr 21 mins art body horror comics formalism grotesque jf and phil discuss charles burns masterful graphic novel black hole mid break bonus the quiet earth episode august 21st 2024 1 hr 1 min art bonus episodes cinema clowns literature speculative fiction a rollicking ride of a bonus episode previously exclusive to our patreon supporters prev 1 2 13 next weird studies is 2026 by phil ford and j f martel about episodes hosts guests contact search blog patreon ws music discord subscribe powered by fireside