Best Wyrd Media Podcasts (2024)

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Palestine, the media and the manufacture of consent 1:36:46

9M ago1:36:46

1:36:46

In the first of what we're intending to be a series of conversations around the theme, Lucy joins Jonathan Kennedy (@getradified) to discuss the onging events taking place in Gaza and the Western media's role in facilitating Israel's onging war on the Palestinian people.WYRD_SIGNAL is still on hiatus but we've opted to use this channel while we fig…

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episode: 041_INTERVIEW_SERIES [010] Don Webb 1:08:07

12M ago1:08:07

1:08:07

In the latest in our ongoing interview series, Sean talks with horror writer and literal ex-High Priest of Set Don Webb about weird America, the Left Hand Path, and eyebrows.By WYRD_SIGNAL

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[UNLOCKED] episode - 038_THE_MOTHMAN_PROPHECIES - Pellington (2002) 1:55:02

1y ago1:55:02

1:55:02

Sean and Lucy join up with Bobsy (of Diane and DEEP STATUS fame) get to grips with an entity that has loomed large over the history of the 20th century and the history of WYRD_SIGNAL since its inception - the archangel of high strangeness: Mothman!By WYRD_SIGNAL

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[UNLOCKED] episode - 035_WE'RE ALL GOING TO THE WORLD'S FAIR - Schoenbrun (2021) 1:42:13

1y ago1:42:13

1:42:13

Sean and Lucy team up with video essayist, musician, author and actress May Leitz to discuss internet horror, mediated reality and the hybrid geography of late capitalism in Jane Schoenbrun's 2021 film We're All Going to the World's FairBy WYRD_SIGNAL

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episode: 040_INTERVIEW_SERIES [009] M_John_Harrison 1:10:14

1y ago1:10:14

1:10:14

Sean is joined by none other than M. John Harrison to discuss science fiction and the limits of genre, failures of personal identity, landscape weirdness, and an untranslatable word in Portuguese.Author photograph by Hugo Glendinning (cropped and grayscaled by Lucy to fit design conventions)By WYRD_SIGNAL

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episode: 039_MUSIC_OF_FUCKED_AMERICA - Various Artists (1981-1994) 2:11:12

1+ y ago2:11:12

2:11:12

Lucy and Sean take a detour from their focus on film to explore what "fucked America vibes" mean to them in musical terms through an intensely personal road trip across the post-punk/prog rock/groove metal and 90s alt. landscapeBy WYRD_SIGNAL

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[PREVIEW] episode - 038_THE_MOTHMAN_PROPHECIES - Pellington (2002) 15:08

1+ y ago15:08

15:08

Sean and Lucy join up with Bobsy (of Diane and DEEP STATUS fame) get to grips with an entity that has loomed large over the history of the 20th century and the history of WYRD_SIGNAL since its inception - the archangel of high strangeness: Mothman!Subscribe to our Patreon to hear the full two hour episode at patreon.com/wyrdsignalpod…

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Heathen Wyrdos Podcast - The Troll Cross (+ some troll talk) 37:24

1+ y ago37:24

37:24

Hello! Wyrdos Theo, Kenna and Sif talk about the origins of the troll cross. What is it? What is a troll? What is a trollrabbit? We get stuck in for a relatively quick episode that will lead to bigger things. We're sure of it. Brace yourself. - Support the Wyrdos and all their weirdness by becoming a Patron https://www.patreon.com/user?u=69955157 J…

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episode: 037_INTERVIEW_SERIES [008] Lee_Edelman 1:15:42

1+ y ago1:15:42

1:15:42

Sean is joined by the legendary Lee Edelman to discuss the history and (no) future of queer theory, with a brief bypass through Coronation StreetBy WYRD_SIGNAL

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Heathen Wyrdos Podcast - The Nornir 51:06

1+ y ago51:06

51:06

Hello! Wyrdos Sif, Theo and Kenna talk all about the Nornir and realise that it's just really confusing. Like your podcasts with a touch of *CHAOS*, you've come to the right place. This is a wild one. Stay tuned for the episode notes on discord, they'll be up soon because boy it's messy as heck./ Sources: The Norns in Old Norse Mythology - K.B. Ped…

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Heathen Wyrdos Podcast - Let's Talk about Yggdrasil 13:08

1+ y ago13:08

13:08

This episode Wyrdo Sif is let loose on the cosmic space tree. Yggdrasil. Let's talk about it! It's fascinating stuff. Promise. Excerpts and other things, An ash I know there stands, Yggdrasill is its name, a tall tree, showered with shining loam. From there come the dews that drop in the valleys. It stands forever green over Urdr's Well. Voluspa Po…

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episode - 036_INVASION_OF_THE_BODYSNATCHERS - Kaufman (1978) 2:32:39

1+ y ago2:32:39

2:32:39

Lucy and Sean go down the rabbit hole of American Paranoia, talking conspiracy cinema of the 1970s, therapy cults, the post-60s malaise, the deep state and the confusing unreality of the American Century in Philip Kaufman's Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978)By WYRD_SIGNAL

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[PREVIEW] episode - 035_WE'RE ALL GOING TO THE WORLD'S FAIR - Schoenbrun (2021) 5:24

1+ y ago5:24

5:24

In our first Patreon exclusive episode of WYRD_SIGNAL, Sean and Lucy team up with video essayist, musician, author and actress May Leitz to discuss internet horror, mediated reality and the hybrid geography of late capitalism in Jane Schoenbrun's 2021 film We're All Going to the World's FairAccess to Patreon-exclusive episodes is $2 a month over at…

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Heathen Wyrdos Podcast - The Web of Wyrd 42:15

1+ y ago42:15

42:15

Hello, hello and welcome to this episode of the podcast where the Wyrdos discuss all things Wyrd. Kenna takes the lead on this one, and we all have a fun discussing fate, orlog, hamingja and so many other things you can really get into and become a touch obsessed with. References: Butcher, G. D. 1995. Stav: The Fighting System of Northern Europe. S…

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episode - 034_The Last Broadcast - Avalos + Weiler (1998) / Dashcam - Savage (2021) 2:43:18

1+ y ago2:43:18

2:43:18

Lucy and Sean kick off "Fucked Americana Season" with a double bill exploring postmodernism, mediated reality and the horrors of the early and extremely contemporary internet with The Last Broadcast and DashcamBy WYRD_SIGNAL

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Heathen Wyrdos Podcast - Evil in Heathenry 51:42

1+ y ago51:42

51:42

WELCOME TO SEASON 3! This episode we come in like a wrecking ball to demolish the ideas around 'evil' in heathenry. It's not as simple as saying the Aesir are good and the Jotunn are bad. Want to know more? Listen in. Wyrdos Sif, Theo and Kenna discuss the origins of the word evil, and how it shouldn't be used to define or label our Nordic gods. - …

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episode - 033_Tetsuo: The Iron Man Shinya Tsukamoto (1989) 1:39:05

1+ y ago1:39:05

1:39:05

WE ARE BACK! Completing the unplanned 'Japan Trifecta' Lucy and Sean discuss queerness, body horror and the savage, posthuman future of 1989 in Shinya Tsukamoto's legendary TETSUO: The Iron ManBy WYRD_SIGNAL

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Heathen Wyrdos Podcast - Accessibility in Heathenry 56:02

1+ y ago56:02

56:02

Wyrdos Kenna, Theo and Sif talk about accessibility in heathenry - what does the lore say? What do academics say? How is that changing? How can you be more accessible in your praxis/ how to make things better for everyone. Tarot: Braille Service: https://tarotgarden.com/braille-service/ Michael David Lawson’s PHd thesis, entitled Children of a One-…

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Heathen Wyrdos Podcast - Altars Part II: The Chaos Returns 59:36

1+ y ago59:36

59:36

The Wyrdos revisit altars to talk more about altar related things. Do we change our altars seasonally? Spoilers: no. We also learn that explosible is a word. And now Microsoft is telling me it isn't. Be gone red line! You have no power here! Rule number 1 of paganism: fire safety! Don't make your altars explosible. - Support the Wyrdos and all thei…

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Heathen Wyrdos Podcast - Dressing like a Heathen? 39:47

1+ y ago39:47

39:47

It's Sif's turn for appalling audio. It was going to happen. It was inevitable. We've been sitting on this one for a while trying to tidy it up, but enjoy! Nonetheless, Wyrdos Theo, Kenna and Sif talk about dressing like a heathen - is it a thing? How do you dress like a heathen? Find out here! - Support the Wyrdos and all their weirdness by becomi…

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Heathen Wyrdos Podcast - Avoiding the Alt-Right Pipeline 1:12:19

1+ y ago1:12:19

1:12:19

Wyrdos Sif, Kenna and Theo talk for *over an hour* about how to avoid the alt-right pipeline. We touch on all things white supremacist/hate group/appropriation and suffer through the omnipresent leaf blower. Oh gods help us, the leaf blower. - Support the Wyrdos and all their weirdness by becoming a Patron https://www.patreon.com/user?u=69955157 Jo…

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Heathen Wyrdos Podcast - Exploring the Vættir 31:02

2y ago31:02

31:02

Wyrdos Sif, Kenna and Theo talk for around 30 minutes or so about the Vættir - the spirits of the land and home. This is labelled as a coffee break, so it's a touch smaller than our usual episodes - consider it a primer and a launchpad for a deeper dive in the future. - Support the Wyrdos and all their weirdness by becoming a Patron https://www.pat…

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Heathen Wyrdos Podcast - Heathen Halloween? 55:29

2y ago55:29

55:29

Wyrdos Sif, Kenna and Theo talk about Heathen Halloween - essentially, what do heathens do at this time of year? What options are available to you as a pagan and heathen? We talk all things Alfablot, Helblot, Samhain, Halloween, Winternights etc etc. - Support the Wyrdos and all their weirdness by becoming a Patron https://www.patreon.com/user?u=69…

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Heathen Wyrdos Podcast - Taking Your Praxis To Work 1:00:52

2y ago1:00:52

1:00:52

Wyrdos Sif, Theo and Kenna talk about work and being heathen/pagan - how do we practice? How do we show our heathen wyrdness in a safe way? And other such ponderings. - Support the Wyrdos and all their weirdness by becoming a Patron https://www.patreon.com/user?u=69955157 Join the Heathen Wyrdos Discord Server - It's FREE! (beware, may contain chee…

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Heathen Wyrdos Podcast - Oops All Frigg? 58:29

2y ago58:29

58:29

Wyrdos Sif, Theo and Kenna tackle the question: Is Freyja actually Frigg? We take a look at the evidence and ponder many questions around this topic, including the nature of divinity, founds gods and all of that. Also, Sif drops some brain food. Because it is all just fascinating. Support the Wyrdos and all their weirdness by becoming a Patron http…

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Heathen Wyrdos Podcast - Latent Atheism 50:42

2y ago50:42

50:42

Wyrdos Sif, Theo, & Kenna share thoughts on brain goblins, mind trolls, & how questioning everything really can be a good thing sometimes... - Support the Wyrdos and all their weirdness by becoming a Patron https://www.patreon.com/user?u=69955157 Join the Heathen Wyrdos Discord Server - It's FREE! (beware, may contain cheese and bagels)- https://di…

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Heathen Wyrdos Podcast - Pagans talk Thor: Love and Thunder (Spoilers!) 1:13:06

2y ago1:13:06

1:13:06

Wyrdos Sif, Theo, & Kenna share their perspective on Thor: Love & Thunder, as well as other deity portrayals in the MCU Cinematic Universe! Please note: This episode contains spoilers! Lots of them! Important ones! Please do not listen if you don't want to be spoiled! - Support the Wyrdos and all their weirdness by becoming a Patron https://www.pat…

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Heathen Wyrdos Podcast - Building Praxis (But There's No Sources) 51:32

2y ago51:32

51:32

Join Wyrdos Sif, Theo, & Kenna as they discuss the freedoms and difficulties in building your praxis when source material is scarce! Support the Wyrdos and all their weirdness by becoming a Patron https://www.patreon.com/user?u=69955157 Join the Heathen Wyrdos Discord Server - It's FREE! (beware, may contain cheese and bagels)- https://discord.gg/v…

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Heathen Wyrdos Podcast - The PRIDE Episode 1:04:06

2y ago1:04:06

1:04:06

Hi, Hello and Welcome! This episode Wyrdos Kenna, Theo and Sif talk about all things pride and LGBTQIA+ in heathenry. From the concept of Ergi to the Vanir being pure icons, we cover the full spectrum. Heathenry is inclusive. Sources: Women & Weapons in the Viking World, Leszek Gardela The Cult of Freyr and Freyja by William Reaves Nine Worlds of S…

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Heathen Wyrdos Podcast Ep 11 - Building A Sustainable Practice 1:14:31

2+ y ago1:14:31

1:14:31

Join Jai, Kenna and Theo as we talk about sustainable praxis. What is sustainability, how can you bring it into your praxis and how we do it? - Support the Wyrdos and all their weirdness by becoming a Patron https://www.patreon.com/user?u=69955157 Join the Heathen Wyrdos Discord Server - It's FREE! (beware, may contain cheese and bagels)- https://d…

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Heathen Wyrdos Podcast Ep 10 - Can You Anger the Gods? 58:42

2+ y ago58:42

58:42

Join Wyrdos Jai, Kenna, Sif and Theo as we figure out can you actual get smited? Smote? Smoted? However you say it 😂 - Join the Heathen Wyrdos Discord Server - It's FREE! (beware, may contain cheese and bagels)- https://discord.gg/vyXntbzSxN Want to support the Wyrdos? Buy us a coffee @ https://ko-fi.com/heathenwyrdos We now have a Redbubble store …

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Heathen Wyrdos Podcast Ep 9 - Feminism In Heathenry: Tradwives & Shieldmaidens 58:48

2+ y ago58:48

58:48

Hello! This week, Wyrdos Jai, Sif, Kenna, and Theo talk about Feminism in Heathenry. We tackle some of the views of the worst groups in heathenry in regards to women in Pre-Christian Scandinavia, including the nonsense that there were no women warriors in the sagas. We also touch on the sexualisation of the Valkyries and how the gods themselves tra…

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Heathen Wyrdos Podcast Ep 8 - Imposter Syndrome 47:16

2+ y ago47:16

47:16

Hello! This week, Wyrdos Jai, Sif, Kenna, and Theo talk about the dreaded Imposter Syndrome. It's super common among pagans on all paths - that feeling of being unworthy, or doing something wrong. There be mind goblins, and we talk about them. Hopefully, what we discuss here resonates with some of you. Just know, that it is absolutely normal. - Joi…

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Heathen Wyrdos Podcast Ep 6 - Red Flags and Dog Whistles 1:13:08

2+ y ago1:13:08

1:13:08

Hello! This week, Wyrdos Jai, Sif, Kenna, and Theo talk about red flags and dog whistles in heathenry and witchy spaces. From the black sun and winged othala/odal to TERF-y rhetoric on the greater pagan landscape, we hope to help illuminate the way for new pagans looking to avoid all of the minefields. Jai's Shamanism Brittanica link: https://www.b…

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Heathen Wyrdos Podcast Ep 5 - Altars (and Tools) 54:51

2+ y ago54:51

54:51

Hello! This week, Wyrdos Jai, Sif, Kenna, and Theo sat down to talk about all things altars - those incredibly personal things that help form how we go about practising our religion and spirituality every day. Also featuring: Jai losing it at a gif of an Oompa Loompa polishing an egg. Join the Heathen Wyrdos Discord Server (beware, may contain chee…

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Heathen Wyrdos Podcast Ep 3 - Is it a Deity? 57:02

2+ y ago57:02

57:02

In this episode, Wyrdos Kenna, Sif, Theo, and Jai discuss all things signs - from questioning UPG to figuring out whether something was from a deity, and a few other things in between. Here's the wiki link for the methods of divination that Jai mentioned: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Methods_of_divination?wprov=sfla1 Want to support the Wyrdos? ht…

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Heathen Wyrdos Podcast Ep 2 - Heathens on a Budget (and in the Closet) 1:28:41

2+ y ago1:28:41

1:28:41

A.K.A. "Broke Bitch Praxis" (thanks, Kenna) In this episode, the Wyrdos (Jai, Astrid, Sif, Kenna, and Theo) discuss how to heathen on a budget and in the broom closet. We may or may not descend into giggles at the sound of a wheezy unicorn. There is much hype around popsicle sticks. Next up: Episode 3: Is it a deity? - Want to support the Wyrdos? H…

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Episode 1 - Inclusive Heathenry Basics 57:49

2+ y ago57:49

57:49

In this episode, the Wyrdos (Jai, Astrid, Sif, Kenna, and Theo) discuss inclusive heathenry, covering some basic terminology, good resources for beginners, altar stuff, and how we started out in heathenry. There may or may not be an earthquake in this episode. Resources: Declaration of Deeds: https://windintheworldtree.wordpress.com/2019/09/13/decl…

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Episode 0 - Meet the Wyrdos 41:58

2+ y ago41:58

41:58

Get to know the Heathen Wyrdos (Sif, Theo, Astrid, Jai, and Kenna) and learn a bit about what we're trying to accomplish with this podcast! We chat about our individual practices, why we want to do a podcast focused on voices from areas of heathenry that are often overlooked, and try to figure out how to end an episode. Episode 1 is coming soon! Lo…

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episode - 032_WHITHER_J-HORROR? (supplementary ep.) 1:00:22

3y ago1:00:22

1:00:22

In an informal supplement to our episode on Pulse Lucy and Sean discuss urban legends, ghosts and the disputed existence of J-horror as a cohesive genre or movement, and along the way do a mini-analysis of Takashi Shimizu's Marebito/稀人 (2004)By WYRD_SIGNAL

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episode - 031_PULSE/回路 Kiyoshi Kurosawa (2001) 2:30:43

3y ago2:30:43

2:30:43

Lucy and Sean return to the dank, haunted universe of fin de siècle internet culture at the height of Japan's lost decade, encountering ghosts physical, metaphorical and digital in Kiyoshi Kurosawa's rhizomatic masterpiece PULSE/回路By WYRD_SIGNAL

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episode - 030_HALLOWEEN SPECIAL 2020 1:56:16

4y ago1:56:16

1:56:16

Lucy and Sean get it together to belatedly wrap up WYRD_SIGNAL S3 before the dark winter of 2020 sets in by going through their recommendations for obscure, under-recognised or undeservedly maligned horror movies!Films listed:Nadja (1994)Baskin (2015)Organ (1996)A Dark Song (2016)Toad Road (2013)The Borderlands (2013)/Grave Encounters (2011)Tesis (…

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episode: 029_INTERVIEW_SERIES [007] Graham_Reznick 58:04

4y ago58:04

58:04

Lucy interviews director, composer and writer Graham Reznick about his work from his debut with 2008's I Can See You to his 2018 series Deadwax, as well as his collaborations with Ti West and the intersections of music and film in horror of the last decade.Deadwax (2018) is available via Shudder at https://www.shudder.com/series/watch/deadwax/f0d3c…

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episode - 028_MARTYRS Pascal Laugier (2008)ft. Nyx Fears 2:41:01

4y ago2:41:01

2:41:01

Lucy and Sean are joined by video essayist, composer and fellow horror nerd May Leitz (@NyxFears)to explore all that is shocking, painful and unwholesome in the world of extreme cinema from the surrealist eye-gouging of Luis Buñuel to the edgelord antics of the directors of the New French Extremity as they discuss Pascal Laugier's deeply upsetting …

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episode - 027_MARAT/SADE Peter Brook (1967)ft. Max Feldman 2:18:40

4+ y ago2:18:40

2:18:40

Sean and Lucy team up once again with Max Feldman to explore Sadeian liberty, the principles of Enlightenment, the history of madness, Artaud's theatre of cruelty and the still ongoing the repercussions of the French Revolution in Peter Brooke's 1967 adaptation of Peter Weiss's play The Persecution and Assassination of Jean-Paul Marat as Performed …

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episode - 026_DEATH_IN_VENICE Lucino Visconti (1971) 2:50:59

4+ y ago2:50:59

2:50:59

Sean and Lucy - totally twisted on frustrated wanderlust - sojourn into the sultry, introxicating climate of the Italian Peninsula to discuss Lucino Visconti's adaptation of Thomas Mann's 1912 novella Death in Venice - exploring the twin impulses of the Freidrich Nietzsche's Apolline and the Dionysiac, the history and theory of queerness in 19th an…

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[Preview] ENCRYPTED_TRANSMISSION: March 2020 4:13

4+ y ago4:13

4:13

Lucy and Sean get up to speed on latest developments in the wider WYRD_SIGNAL artistic and political sphere, discussing the recent passing of Genesis P-Orridge of Throbbing Gristle and Psychic TV, Richard Stanley's The Color out of Space and Robert Egger's The Lighthouse[Artwork: The Hypnotist, Sascha Schneider (the 19th Century painter and sclupto…

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episode - 025_DONNIE_DARKO Richard Kelly (2001) 2:43:58

4+ y ago2:43:58

2:43:58

Lucy and Sean return - spectre-like - to discuss the core WYRD_SIGNAL tenets of Hauntology, occult technology, fringe religious ideas and weird psychology in the ontological uncertainty of Reagan's America as they tackle everyone's favourite contentious rite-of-passage teen film: Donnie DarkoBy WYRD_SIGNAL

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episode: 024 _ LIFEFORCE - Colin Wilson/Tobe Hooper (1985) [ft. Max Feldman] 2:02:52

5y ago2:02:52

2:02:52

Sean and Lucy are joined by journalist Max [von] Feldman for the pre-hiatus/end of season wrap party in which we participate in the dissection of Tobe Hooper's Lifeforce and the career and mind of the author of its source material: Colin WilsonBy WYRD_SIGNAL

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episode: 023 _ HANNIBAL - Thomas Harris/Brian Fuller [ft.Xenogothic] 3:20:15

5y ago3:20:15

3:20:15

Lucy and Sean are joined by Matt Colquhoun (@xenogothic) to discuss cannibalism, art, queerness and the mythological and psychosexual dimensions of serial killing through the lens of Thomas Harris's Hannibal Series![Apologies in advance - there are some instances of interference on the recording caused by having left the microphone next to a billow…

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