Themes and summary (AI-generated based on podcaster-provided show and episode descriptions):
➤ Critical theory • Philosophy • Culture • Politics • Zizek • Simone DeBeauvoir • Existentialism • Ecomarxism • Schopenhauer • Christianity • Democracy • Walter Benjamin • Art • Fanon • Systems Theory • Rousseau
PlasticPills - Philosophy & Critical Theory Podcast, also known as The Pill Pod, is a podcast hosted by a group of PhD holders who delve into various intellectual discussions with a blend of irreverence and depth. The show's content gravitates around critical theory, philosophy, culture, and politics, often through the lens of significant historical and contemporary thinkers.
The episodes frequently explore the ideas of renowned philosophers and theorists such as Slavoj Žižek, Simone de Beauvoir, Walter Benjamin, and Francis Fukuyama. The hosts often engage with complex philosophical themes including existentialism, ethics, the nature of modernity, and the end of history. A recurring topic is the critique and analysis of democracy, liberalism, and forms of government, illustrated through the examination of different philosophical arguments and historical contexts.
There are also discussions on less conventional topics like ecomarxism, metamodernism, and psychogeography, showing the podcast's inclination towards covering a diverse range of radical and emerging theories. The podcast sometimes ties these theoretical discussions to contemporary cultural phenomena, such as the cultural symbolism of figures like Andy Warhol, or trends like postmodernism in art and politics.
Another prominent aspect of the podcast is its engagement with the intellectual roots and implications of political ideologies. This includes exploring the influence of Christian thought on modern politics, the interplay between mythology and political narratives, and the impact of historical materialism.
Listeners can expect detailed, scholarly discussions that are interspersed with accessible language and cultural references. The episodes often include recommendations for further reading and complementary resources, indicating an educational aim within the entertaining discourse. The Pill Pod thus provides a rich and varied exploration of philosophical and critical theory topics, suitable for both academic enthusiasts and casual listeners interested in deep intellectual engagement.
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Episodes:
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Pill Pod 171 - Zizek Goes Monarchist
2024-Jun-13
62 minutes
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Pill Pod 96 - The Malaise of Modernity (Taylor's Version) *UNLOCKED*
2024-Jun-10
88 minutes
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Pill Pod 170 - The Ethical Dilemma of Killing Nazi Children (Preview)
2024-Jun-05
9 minutes
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PP169 - Is Existentialism Ethical?
2024-Jun-05
74 minutes
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PP168 - Ecomarxism (preview)
2024-Jun-05
10 minutes
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Pill Pod 167 - Schopenhauer: Christianity is the Worst Religion
2024-May-11
73 minutes
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Pill Pod 165 - Dissident Right Fight Night: Yarvin vs. Rufo
2024-Apr-25
84 minutes
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Pill Pod 163 - How to Control a Democracy ft. 1Dime
2024-Apr-10
88 minutes
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Pill Pod 162 - Walter Benjamin: The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction (preview)
2024-Apr-04
14 minutes
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Pill Pod 161 - Andy Warhol and the End of Art
2024-Mar-27
76 minutes
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Pill Pod 160 - Walter Benjamin on Leftist Content Creators (Preview)
2024-Mar-24
8 minutes
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Pill Pod 159 - The End of the University
2024-Mar-15
72 minutes
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Pill Pod 158 - Walter Benjamin & The Idea of History (preview)
2024-Mar-15
13 minutes
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Pill Pod 157 - Progressive v. Reactionary Christianity ft. John Hamer
2024-Feb-21
73 minutes
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Pill Pod 156 - Christofascism
2024-Feb-14
73 minutes
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Pill Pod 155 - Jean Baudrillard & The Disappearance of History (preview)
2024-Feb-10
10 minutes
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Pill Pod 154 - Christian Intellectuals at the End of History
2024-Feb-08
68 minutes
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Pill Pod 152 - Fukuyama on The End of History (preview)
2024-Jan-14
10 minutes
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Pill Pod 151 - The End of History
2024-Jan-14
84 minutes
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Pill Pod 149 - Gothic Horror: Edgar Allen Poe & The Fall of The House of Usher
2023-Dec-01
86 minutes
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Pill Pod 148 - Badiou: Philosophy & Antiphilosophy
2023-Nov-24
62 minutes
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Pill Pod 147 - Authenticity & Existentialism (preview)
2023-Nov-20
5 minutes
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Pill Pod 146 - Heidegger on the Anaximander Fragment (preview)
2023-Nov-17
6 minutes
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Pill Pod 145 - Metamodernism is just bad
2023-Nov-04
89 minutes
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There are no Democratic Systems (Pill Pod 144 Preview)
2023-Oct-27
5 minutes
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Pill Pod 143 - Gaza & Frantz Fanon on Violence
2023-Oct-21
98 minutes
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Pill Pod 142 - Systems Theory Politics in the Shadow of Gaza
2023-Oct-14
69 minutes
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Pill Pod 140 - Heidegger Nazi Debate No. 125,421
2023-Oct-02
76 minutes
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Affect Theory and Revolutionary Routines - Interview with Carolyn Pedwell
2023-Sep-08
88 minutes
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Pill Pod 137 - Groomer Mythology
2023-Sep-01
80 minutes
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Pill Pod 135 - Political Mythologies of the Left and Right ft. Diego Ruzzarin
2023-Aug-15
90 minutes
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Pill Pod 132 - Fairy Tale Feminism
2023-Jul-26
92 minutes
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Pill Pod 131 - Freedom Isn’t Free
2023-Jul-14
72 minutes
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Pill Pod 130 - We Have Never Been Modern
2023-Jul-08
80 minutes
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Pill Pod 126 - Based Rousseau
2023-Jun-10
75 minutes
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Pill Pod 124 & 125 - The Light of Reason and the Eye of the Mind (preview)
2023-Jun-09
16 minutes
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Pill Pod 123 - ”Western Civilization” According to Francis Bacon
2023-May-19
76 minutes
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Pill Pod 122 - Mosh Pit Sociology (Preview)
2023-May-13
11 minutes
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Pill Pod 121 - Obscurantism in French Philosophy: Searle on Foucault & Derrida
2023-Apr-28
75 minutes
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Pill Pod 119 - Bernard Stiegler & Posthumanist Post-Marxism (ft. Diego Ruzzarin)
2023-Apr-14
96 minutes
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Pill Pod 117 - Baudrillard as Post-Marxist
2023-Mar-31
90 minutes
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Pill Pod 116 - Guattari & Negri: Communists Like Us (preview)
2023-Mar-24
14 minutes
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Pill Pod 115 - MarxismS: Louis Althusser and Structuralist Marxism
2023-Mar-17
85 minutes
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Pill Pod 114 - POST-MARXISM ft. Diego Ruzzarin (Preview)
2023-Mar-16
10 minutes
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Pill Pod 113 - Slavoj Zizek vs Wokeness
2023-Mar-03
93 minutes
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Pill Pod 111 - Spectacles of The Integrated Spectacle
2023-Feb-18
84 minutes
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Pill Pod 109 - SOCIETY OF THE SPECTACLE
2023-Feb-07
83 minutes
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Pill Pod 108 - Psychogeography (preview)
2023-Feb-07
6 minutes
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Pill Pod 107 - Situationist Revolutionary Theory
2023-Jan-20
95 minutes
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Pill Pod 106 - Introduction to The Situationist International (preview)
2023-Jan-20
6 minutes
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Pill Pod 27 - BURNOUT SOCIETY by Byung-Chul Han *UNLOCKED*
2022-Dec-23
76 minutes
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Pill Pod 105 - AI, Transhumanism & Silicon Valley Singularity Cults
2022-Dec-17
90 minutes
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Pill Pod 104 - AI & the New Crisis of Humanities Education
2022-Dec-09
69 minutes
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Pill Pod 103 - Feminist Fight Night: Nussbaum vs. Butler (preview)
2022-Dec-09
5 minutes
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Pill Pod 101 - Democracy 101(preview)
2022-Dec-09
7 minutes
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PILL POD 100
2022-Nov-04
113 minutes
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Pill Pod 99 - Edward Bernays (preview)
2022-Oct-28
8 minutes
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Pill Pod 98 - Ricky Rorty: Derrida vs. Habermas
2022-Oct-25
82 minutes
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Pill Pod 95 - Materialist Theogany ft. Diego Ruzzarin
2022-Oct-04
103 minutes
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Pill Pod 94 - Kafka Metamorphosis
2022-Sep-26
88 minutes
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Pill Pod 93 - Nick Land (preview)
2022-Sep-26
11 minutes
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Pill Pod 91 - ADIEU LACAN
2022-Aug-26
149 minutes
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Pill Pod 89 - The Myth of Atlantis (Preview)
2022-Aug-05
3 minutes
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Pill Pod 87 - The Idea of Communism IV ft. Diego Ruzzarin
2022-Jul-20
116 minutes
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Pill Pod 86 - Know Your Enemy ft. Matthew Sitman
2022-Jul-12
119 minutes
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Pill Pod 85 - The Word ”Communism” *Preview*
2022-Jul-01
6 minutes
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Pill Pod 84 - The Universality of Communism *Preview*
2022-Jun-24
12 minutes
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Pill Pod 83 - The Idea of Communism - Alain Badiou
2022-Jun-17
86 minutes
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The Deleuze Seminars ft. Professor Daniel W. Smith
2022-Jun-14
74 minutes
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Pill Pod 82 - 1980s Nostalgia
2022-Jun-10
70 minutes
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Pill Pod 81 - The Postmodern Condition *Preview*
2022-Jun-07
4 minutes
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Pill Pod 80 - Wittgenstein
2022-May-27
77 minutes
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Kumbaya Posthumanism *Preview*
2022-May-14
16 minutes
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Talking to America’s New Right (Interview)
2022-May-14
53 minutes
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America’s New Right Problem ft. WaPo’s Greg Sargent
2022-May-04
39 minutes
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Pill Pod 78 - The Posthumanism Manifesto
2022-Apr-29
88 minutes
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Pill Pod 77 -Trans/Post-Human Technics (Preview)
2022-Apr-22
12 minutes
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Pill Pod 76 - Posthumanism is Good Actually Vol. 1
2022-Apr-16
80 minutes
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PrePostPostHumanism *Preview*
2022-Apr-09
11 minutes
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Christian Socialism
2022-Apr-08
49 minutes
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Pill Pod 74 - Post Posthumanism
2022-Mar-25
112 minutes
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Pill Pod 72 - Dugin: Russia’s State Philosopher
2022-Mar-11
96 minutes
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Hyperreal War *UNLOCKED* Pill Pod 57
2022-Mar-09
73 minutes
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Prison Abolition & Criminal Justice ft. Blake Wilson
2022-Mar-04
101 minutes
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Pill Pod 71 - Plato was an Idiot (preview)
2022-Feb-26
4 minutes
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Pill Pod 70 - Fanon (Preview)
2022-Feb-18
9 minutes
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Pill Pod 69 - The Jordan Peterson is Over Party
2022-Feb-11
100 minutes
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Pill Pod 41 - Fight Night 1: Baudrillard vs. Foucault *UNLOCKED*
2022-Feb-04
80 minutes
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Futilitarianism: Neoliberalism and the Production of Uselessness (Bonus Interview)
2022-Feb-01
57 minutes
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Pill Pod 68 - Lacan & Poe’s Purloined Letter
2022-Jan-29
77 minutes
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Pill Pod 67 - The Question Concerning Technology (preview)
2022-Jan-21
11 minutes
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Pill Pod 66 - Neologism in Technofeudalism
2022-Jan-15
84 minutes
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Pill Pod 65 - Don’t Look Up (preview)
2022-Jan-09
2 minutes
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Pill Pod 64 - Democrathy Dieth in Darkneth
2022-Jan-07
100 minutes
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Pill Pod 63 - Tourette‘s Tok (preview)
2021-Dec-14
10 minutes
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Marx & Nietzsche: How to Philosophize with a Hammer and Sickle (ft. CCK Philosophy)
2021-Dec-04
81 minutes
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Pill Pod 62 - Phenomenology: The Body Schema (preview)
2021-Nov-26
10 minutes
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Pill Pod 61- Phenomenology of Marxism & Revolution
2021-Nov-19
62 minutes
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Pill Pod 60 - New Consciousness (preview)
2021-Nov-12
7 minutes
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Pill Pod 59 - Phenomenology Could Save Your Lifeworld
2021-Nov-05
73 minutes
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Socialism & Liberalism: Mortal Enemies or Embittered Kin?
2021-Oct-22
57 minutes
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Pill Pod 57 - Hyperreal War (preview)
2021-Oct-21
9 minutes
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Nietzsche: The Aristocratic Rebel
2021-Oct-08
79 minutes
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Pill Pod 56 - Structuralism is a Lie (preview)
2021-Oct-01
6 minutes
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Pill Pod 55 - ”I Would Prefer Not To”
2021-Sep-24
85 minutes
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FIGHT NIGHT: Zizek vs. Deleuze II (Preview)
2021-Sep-17
10 minutes
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21st Century Socialism ft. Jeremy Gilbert
2021-Sep-14
40 minutes
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FIGHT NIGHT: Zizek vs. Deleuze I (preview)
2021-Sep-10
14 minutes
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Lacanian Analysis & Racist Jokes (ft. Jack Black)
2021-Sep-03
78 minutes
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Pill Pod 50 - Performativity & Performative Utterance (Preview)
2021-Sep-02
10 minutes
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Pill Pod 52 - Libghanistan
2021-Aug-27
74 minutes
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Pill Pod 49 - Project Cybersyn & Latin American Politics in Overview
2021-Aug-10
104 minutes
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Pill Pod 48 - Critical Theory is Conspiracy Theory
2021-Aug-06
75 minutes
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Radical Democracy & Protest Politics (ft. David Matijasevich)
2021-Jul-16
68 minutes
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Pill Pod 46 - Nihilism (preview)
2021-Jul-09
6 minutes
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Pill Pod 45 - FIGHT NIGHT: Political Theory is the Cops (Ranciere vs. Honneth)
2021-Jul-02
93 minutes
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Pill Pod 44 - Critical Race Hysteria (Preview)
2021-Jun-25
9 minutes
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Therapy Culture & Happy Signifiers (ft. Ashley Frawley)
2021-Jun-16
72 minutes
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Pill Pod 19 - Derridalirium *UNLOCKED*
2021-Jun-11
81 minutes
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Pill Pod 43 - FIGHT NIGHT: Foucault Slaps Back (Preview)
2021-Jun-04
7 minutes
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Victor Interviews a Debate Bro (ft. Mouthy Infidel)
2021-Jun-02
73 minutes
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Pill Pod 42 - FIGHT NIGHT: Derrida vs. Foucault
2021-May-28
100 minutes
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Libertarian Lulz ft. Ben Burgis
2021-May-21
79 minutes
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Pill Pod 41 - FIGHT NIGHT, Round 1: Baudrillard vs. Foucault (Preview)
2021-May-21
8 minutes
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Pill Pod 40 - Non-Fungible Future: The Memeing of Mark Fisher (ft. Mike Watson)
2021-May-14
77 minutes
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Pill Pod 39 - Oculus Grift (preview)
2021-May-07
6 minutes
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Pill Pod 38 - A.I. Dreams and the Ghosts in Machines
2021-Apr-30
83 minutes
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Cosmopolitan Socialism ft. Meagan Day
2021-Apr-28
43 minutes
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Cartoons & Comics with J. Andrew World (Bonus Interview)
2021-Apr-20
45 minutes
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Pill Pod 37 - 'Reading' Adam Curtis (Preview)
2021-Apr-16
8 minutes
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Pill Pod 36 - Identity Shmolitics
2021-Apr-09
88 minutes
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In Defense of Anarchism (preview)
2021-Apr-08
2 minutes
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Pill Pod 35 - Amnesty Intellectual (preview)
2021-Apr-02
6 minutes
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The Words are Gifts: Indigenous Politics & Wittgenstein ft. Dale Turner
2021-Mar-25
74 minutes
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Pill Pod 34 - The Snyder Nut: Psychoanalysis & Film
2021-Mar-23
94 minutes
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Microdose - Gramsci (preview)
2021-Mar-19
7 minutes
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Pill Pod 33 - Not Another Morality Episode!
2021-Mar-16
82 minutes
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Matt Interviews a Conservative (ft. Nate Hochman)
2021-Mar-08
45 minutes
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Pill Pod 32 - Accountability Studies (preview)
2021-Mar-05
11 minutes
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Pill Pod 31 - (un)Happiness in Theory
2021-Feb-26
79 minutes
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The Nazi Conspiracies ft. Sir Richard Evans
2021-Feb-19
57 minutes
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Sociology of Religion ft. Galen Watts (preview)
2021-Feb-17
5 minutes
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Pill Pod 30 - OWN the LIBS
2021-Feb-12
93 minutes
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Microdose - Semiotics and Semiology
2021-Feb-10
65 minutes
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Kant Get You Out of My Head (preview)
2021-Feb-04
10 minutes
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Socialism Yesterday, Socialism Tomorrow ft. Bhaskar Sunkara (Bonus Interview)
2021-Feb-03
83 minutes
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Pill Pod 28 - Don't Go to Grad School
2021-Jan-29
87 minutes
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The Burnout Society by Byung-Chul Han (preview)
2021-Jan-26
10 minutes
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Fascism, Traditionalism, and the War for Eternity (ft. Ben Teitelbaum)
2021-Jan-18
68 minutes
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Pill Pod 26 - The Debatelord Chronicles (ft. Ben Burgis)
2021-Jan-15
97 minutes
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Critical Theory of Video Games ft. Alfie Bown (Bonus Interview)
2021-Jan-12
46 minutes
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Pill Pod 25 - The Kayfabe Coup
2021-Jan-08
76 minutes
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Heidegger Helper *UNLOCKED*
2020-Dec-28
77 minutes
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Nietzsche Overdose *UNLOCKED*
2020-Dec-21
109 minutes
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Zizek Microdose - Pill Pod 23
2020-Dec-15
82 minutes
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Pill Pod 22 - Nerd Culture Industry (preview)
2020-Dec-09
5 minutes
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Pill Pod 21 - (Cry)sis, Cr(eye)sis, Cr(ISIS): A Radical Rethinking of the Heuristics, Historiography, and Post-Haptical Ecology of Rupture
2020-Nov-28
80 minutes
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Pill Pod 20 - Fak News
2020-Nov-13
78 minutes
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Autopoiesis: Cybernetics & Systems Theory II (preview)
2020-Nov-11
11 minutes
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The Ethics of Pandemics (Bonus Interview)
2020-Nov-03
77 minutes
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Pill Pod 19 - Derridalirium (preview)
2020-Oct-30
8 minutes
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Microdose - Cybernetics & Systems Theory
2020-Oct-29
87 minutes
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Pill Pod 18 - Socialism in Bidenland, Inshallah (ft. Shawn Gude)
2020-Oct-27
80 minutes
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Overdose - The Deleuze Tapes (ft. Charles Stivale)
2020-Oct-23
61 minutes
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Pill Pod 17 - LARPING in the Vampire Castle (Preview)
2020-Oct-19
8 minutes
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Overdose - Marxism AND/OR/NOT Liberalism (ft. Igor Shoikhedbrod)
2020-Oct-19
94 minutes
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Pill Pod 16 - Getting Schooled in Frankfurt (Adorno, Horkheimer, Marcuse, Habermas)
2020-Oct-02
79 minutes
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Pill Pod 14 - Are Nietzsche and Heidegger too Dangerous to Read?
2020-Sep-18
85 minutes
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Overdose - Nietzsche (Preview)
2020-Sep-09
14 minutes
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Microdose - John Rawls and Left Liberalism
2020-Sep-04
55 minutes
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Microdose - Process Metaphysics in Deleuze, Whitehead, Bergson
2020-Aug-27
57 minutes
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Pill Pod 13 - Worst Marx in the Class
2020-Aug-23
75 minutes
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Pill Pod 12 (Preview) - The Dialectic of Recognition
2020-Aug-16
14 minutes
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Pill Pod 10 - The Last Hegel on the Left
2020-Jul-31
91 minutes
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Pill Pod 9 (Preview) - Familiarizing Foucault
2020-Jul-24
10 minutes
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Pill Pod 8 - What the Fouc is The State?
2020-Jul-23
82 minutes
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Pill Pod 7 - Cancel Couture
2020-Jul-16
73 minutes
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Overdose - Deleuze & Guattari's Thousand Plateaus ft. Ian Buchanan (2/2)
2020-Jul-10
55 minutes
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Overdose - Deleuze & Guattari's Thousand Plateaus ft. Ian Buchanan (1/2)
2020-Jul-08
45 minutes
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Microdose - Intro to Deleuze
2020-Jul-06
65 minutes
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Pill Pod 6 - The Amerika Episode
2020-Jul-01
90 minutes
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Pill Pod 5 - Revolution Rip Tide
2020-Jun-19
71 minutes
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Microdose - Vitalism and the Philosophy of Life
2020-Jun-13
54 minutes
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Pill Pod 4 - Conspiracy Brained
2020-Jun-11
80 minutes
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Pill Pod 3 - Quarantine Agamben! Covidical Theory and States of Exception
2020-Apr-15
79 minutes
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Pill Pod 2 - Realism, Antirealism & Coronavirus
2020-Mar-16
75 minutes
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Pill Pod 1 - Why Critical Theory? Reading Bruno Latour
2020-Mar-04
93 minutes
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