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We’ve all had a discussion or an argument about popular culture. Sometimes it happens on Facebook, Tumblr or Twitter. Maybe it was in a literature, history, philosophy or psychology class in college. Perhaps it was at the local comic book shop. Or maybe it was at a bar and you ended up stabbing someone with a bottle or bludgeoning them with a pool cue. All of these discussions are exactly the same. The tenured professor at an academic conference deconstructing Batman through a Derrida lens i ...
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You Kant Say That!

Na'ama Carlin and Melanie White

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Do you get excited by questions more than answers? Do you like showing off at parties with random knowledge? In this podcast, sociologists and social theorists Drs Melanie White and Na’ama Carlin take everyday ideas and explore them through different sociological and philosophical perspectives. Season 1 focuses on the notion of the 'self' as explored in common sociological texts. Join us, in our mission to make the familiar unfamiliar!
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An Unimaginable Life

Christy Levy, Spiritual Medium with Gary Temple Bodley

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Christy is a one of the world’s most powerful mediums. In this podcast, Christy and channeler Gary Temple Bodley bring in those who have crossed over to share their nonphysical perspectives to tell us what’s really going on in our reality. The conversations are both fascinating and enlightening.
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Logos Soup is a podcast that offers an interpretive lens for analyzing art, literature, and culture, based on Jungian Psychoanalysis, Western Philosophy, Catholic Theology, and Meme Culture.
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Podcasted conversation on critical and literary theory, drawing on a range of theorists from Europe, the United States, Caribbean, and Latin America. Our title is drawn from Audre Lorde's essay "Poetry Is Not a Luxury," where she writes that poetry fashions a language where words do not yet exist. How does theory make words and world new, attuned, and embedded within inventive and inventing lived-experience, tradition, and cultural production?
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Equal parts philosophy and self-help (with a dash of humor thrown in for taste), The Happier Hour aims to make philosophy useful for the rest of us. Each episode explores a modern-day dilemma, via the lens of the greatest philosophers of all time, and often with special guests in the hot seat who know about stuff. Like the joy that comes from a strong drink at half the price, this show is for curious minds who want to know more about philosophy, without going back to school. Join your host M ...
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In this episode, we readonly selected the following cards: Male, Born in the 1900's, French, Philosopher and Jacques Derrida came through. During his life, Jacques pioneered the concept of deconstructionism - "Nothing means anything." It was a fascinating conversation with a brilliant mind. He talks about how nothing is serious and the purpose of l…
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This week Cooper and Taylor discuss the first 4 chapters of Rene Girard’s Violence and the Sacred: Sacrifice, The Sacrificial Crisis, Oedipus and the Surrogate Victim, and The Origins of Myth and Ritual.Marcel Mauss's The Gift Episode:https://soundcloud.com/podcast-co-coopercherry/the-gift?si=75d82545bf564e358f5a22f2b59390c3&utm_source=clipboard&ut…
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Nathan Mayer Rothschild, was an English-German banker, businessman and financier. His intention in this life was to explore freedom and oppression. In this conversation, he explains that there are 3 ways to live life - 2 that are full of the 'good stuff' and the other is the way most people live, which is a small life. He talks about how we plan ou…
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Majia Nadesan on biopolitics, autism, childhood, risk, populism, and energy You can read about her work here: https://search.asu.edu/profile/69166 https://blogs.prio.org/SecurityDialogue/2020/01/nuclear-governmentality-governing-nuclear-security-and-radiation-risk-in-post-fukushima-japan/By Toby Miller
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This week Cooper and Taylor discuss Freud's Moses and Monotheism. This builds on what Freud laid out in Totem and Taboo as well our as discussion on that text. Working through different modes of the Oedipus complex as put forth in the concept of the primal father. This relationship between law, economy and the social bond is the focus.Our episodes …
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Jane Eyre is one of Christy's favorite books and she was delighted to bring in Charlotte Bronte for a fascinating conversation about her intention to explore Authentic Expression and communication. She explains how intentions are set prior to birth and how interests and desires are created and matched. For more info, click below: Gary Temple Bodley…
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John Baxter on Paris, the Olympics, science fiction, technological utopia, artificial intelligence, literary walking tours, writing, cinema, biography, the Belle Époque, Robert De Niro, Australian cinema, and bibliophilia You can read about John here: https://www.johnbaxterparis.com/ https://substack.com/@johnbaxter…
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In this episode, we randomly pulled the following cards: Male, English, 1800's and music. Sir George Grove stepped forward for a fascinating conversation about life in the 19th century, how the world was just beginning to be interconnected, the arts and culture of the time, and the overall level of fear in those days. We asked him about his perspec…
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This week Cooper and Taylor spoke with Dr. Kara Kennedy about her book, Frank Herbert's Dune: A Critical Companion. Dr. Kennedy's publications include the books Adaptations of Dune: Frank Herbert’s Story on Screen, Frank Herbert’s Dune: A Critical Companion and Women’s Agency in the Dune Universe: Tracing Women’s Liberation through Science Fiction …
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Alisa Kennedy Jones on the future of women, the science of mid-life, health care, Lisa Mosconi, the Empress, the Institute for Women’s Futures, epilepsy, Gotham Girl Interrupted, song, and Substack You can read about her work and interests here: https://alisajones.com/about gothamgirl.me theempressage.com https://instituteforwomensfutures.org/ http…
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Augusta Sagnelli on photography, weather, friendship, solving problems, commerce/art, technology, portraiture, bodies, Instagram, Substack You can learn about her work here: https://www.augustasagnelli.com/ https://www.instagram.com/augustasagnelli/ https://augustasagnelli.substack.com/By Toby Miller
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Samuél Lopez-Barrantes on creativity, Substack, music, Paris walking tours, and the political economy of publishing You can read about his work here: https://www.samuellopezbarrantes.com/ https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-requisitions-samuel-lopez-barrantes/21566248?ean=9798989580309By Toby Miller
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Alicia Broderick on the left, public relations, the autism industrial complex, capitalism, behaviorism, and autistic liberation You can read about her work here: https://myersedpress.presswarehouse.com/browse/author/9c8b576b-24c8-4173-88b8-195219b889c4/Alicia-A-Broderick https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=AvZO2yoAAAAJ&hl=en…
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This week Cooper and Taylor tackle the introduction and chapter 1 of Gilbert Simondon’s On the Mode of Existence of Technical Objects. Chapter 1 Genesis of the technical object: the process of concretization.PDF:https://monoskop.org/images/2/20/Simondon_Gilbert_On_the_Mode_of_Existence_of_Technical_Objects_Part_I_alt.pdfSupport us on Patreon:https:…
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In this episode, Tina Turner comes through to talk about her pre-birth intentions, how anyone can be healed, how she healed generational domestic abuse patterns and how she had a massive shift in perspective in her lifetime. She explains how anyone can shift their perspective in every area of their life and how this is achieved. We were both star-s…
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Eleanor Anstruther on exhaustion, traditional and self-publishing, Substack, literary fiction, A Memoir in 65 Postcards & The Recovery Diaries, masculinity, feminism, A Perfect Explanation, agents, editing, rejection, Fallout, and Greenham Common You can read about Eleanor here: https://www.eleanoranstruther.com/ https://eleanoranstruther.substack.…
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John Seed on deep ecology, Joanna Macy, workshops, indigenous cosmology, the Rainforest Information Centre, the rights of nature, Neville Wran, Rising Tide, and citizenship You can read about John here: https://www.rainforestinformationcentre.org/john_seed https://www.facebook.com/johnseed.deepecology https://www.instagram.com/johnseed_deepecology/…
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One of the best parts about being an academic is that you “get summers off.” One of the worst parts of being an academic is “your off days are just… The post e325. So You Have To Write a Prospectus? Now What Is It, Exactly? (and can an ointment clear it up?) appeared first on The VoxPopcast.By Mav, Monica Geraffo
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Gregory Currie on UK universities, the humanities, philosophy, logic, science, Popper, Frege, aesthetics, Wittgenstein, Kendall Walton, analytic and continental traditions, Merleau-Ponty, Freud, imagination, fiction, and fantasy You can read about his work here: https://www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/fellows/gregory-currie-FBA/ https://www.york.ac.uk/…
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Lawrence Grossberg on retirement, the 14th draft, mistrust, affect, left and right, cultural studies, modernity, slow thinking, and US politics You can read about his work here: https://comm.unc.edu/people/department-faculty/lawrence-grossberg/By Toby Miller
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It’s that time again… we’ve had another year of Bridgerton and of course we had to analyze it. Think about it, it’s a show about British regency society. In some… The post e324. Unpacking Bridgerton Season 3: Penelope, Queerness, and Fandom Reactions appeared first on The VoxPopcast.By Mav, Hannah Lee Rogers, Monca Geraffo, Corinne Matthews
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This week Amy Ireland and Maya B. Kronic joined Cooper and Taylor to discuss their collaborative project, Cute Accelerationism.Amy Ireland is a theorist and experimental writer based in Melbourne, Australia. Her research focuses on questions of agency and technology in modernity, and she is a member of the techno-materialist trans-feminist collecti…
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Christy and I were inspired to start a new series called Dead Talk. These are in-depth interviews with famous people who have crossed over. We will be talking to actors, musicians, philosophers, scientists, authors, politicians, etc. about their lives, their pre-birth intentions, and their perspectives from the nonphysical. These will be spiritual …
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So how about that Barbie? No, not THAT Barbie… we did a show on the movie last year. No, what we want to talk about is enduring legacy of the… The post e323. The Complex Legacy of Barbie: Gender, Fashion & Identity appeared first on The VoxPopcast.By Mav, Hannah Lee Rogers, Monica Geraffo, Jehnie Burns, Jonathan Alexandratos
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MaryEllen Higgins on adoption and reunion, surfing, colonial trauma, justice, reparations, Frantz Fanon, Ignacio Martín-Baró, Judith Lewis Herman, African cinema, Yamina Bachir, Rachida, Judy Kibinge, being a film producer, Jean-Pierre Bekolo, Mahamat-Saleh Haroun, Kivu Ruhorahoza, and JM Coetzee You can read about her work here: https://rockethics…
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Mark Banks on the British election, creative/cultural industries, labor, justice, the environment, and popular culture You can read about his work here: https://www.gla.ac.uk/schools/cca/staff/markbanks/#researchinterests,publications https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/epdf/10.1080/09548963.2024.2344468?needAccess=true https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/…
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It’s somehow been five years since Disney’s acquisition of Fox and the impending promise therein of having the X-men added into the MCU. While we have … let’s just say… The post e322. 4 Killer Out-of-the-Box X-men Movie Pitches for the MCU appeared first on The VoxPopcast.By Mav, Stephanie Siler, Andrew Darowski, Kestra Darowski
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Ingrid Richardson on air-crash investigation, pets, gaming, phenomenology, ethnography, telephony, collaboration, and artificial intelligence You can read about Ingrid’s work here: https://www.rmit.edu.au/contact/staff-contacts/academic-staff/r/richardson-professor-ingridBy Toby Miller
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This week Coop and Taylor had the pleasure of hosting Adrian Johnston. Adrian is Distinguished Professor in the Department of Philosophy at the University of New Mexico at Albuquerque. He is the author of many books, including Time Driven: Metapsychology and the Splitting of the Drive; Irrepressible Truth: On Lacan’s “The Freudian Thing”; and A New…
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This week Cooper and Taylor spoke to Bradley McClean about his book, Deleuze, Guattari and the Machine in Early Christianity Schizoanalysis, Affect and Multiplicity.Dr. Bradley H. McLean is the Professor of New Testament Language and Literature at Knox College. He is the author of seven books including Biblical Interpretation and Philosophical Herm…
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This week Coop and Taylor speak with Jason Read on his recent book, The Double Shift: Spinoza and Marx on the Politics of Work.Jason is a Professor of Philosophy at the University of Southern Maine and whose works include The Micropolitics of Capital: Marx and the Prehistory of the Present; The Politics of Transindividuality; The Production of Subj…
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What do you do if you’re in couple that was designed on an 80s sitcom so you have extremely traditional gender roles of a feminine partner who loves lovey dovey… The post e320. Adrenaline and Affection: Exploring the Action Romance Genre appeared first on The VoxPopcast.By Mav, Hannah Lee Rogers, Stephanie Siler, Josh Stroud
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Melani McAlister on her new book covering the Gaza-Israel-US conflict, evangelical nationalism, Ukraine, queerness, and Weber You can read about her work here: https://melanimcalister.com/ https://americanstudies.columbian.gwu.edu/melani-mcalisterBy Toby Miller
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Bev Best on student protest, teaching, critical theory, Marxism, value, fetish, social labor, money, and class struggle You can read about Beverley’s work here: https://www.concordia.ca/faculty/beverley-best.html?c=/artsci/cissc/phd-humanities/faculty-profiles https://explore.concordia.ca/beverley-best https://www.versobooks.com/blogs/authors/best-…
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Tema Milstein on migrating, sojourning, the ocean, environmental communication, ecocultural identity, public impact, and pedagogy You can read about Tema’s work here: https://www.unsw.edu.au/staff/tema-milstein https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qCMfbs_cGr8 https://www.unsw.edu.au/arts-design-architecture/engage-with-us/innovation-hub/massive-action-s…
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