Alien Eggs, UFOs and Conspiracy Theories for the End of History
U-F-Whoa! It's the penultimate episode of Series 2, and this week Dan and Kasia consider the Wyrd 1990s, bedding down in Area 51 with Mulder and Scully (and their mates from the Judeo-Masonic-Bolshevi...
4 Huhti 20221h 2min
Canary Wharf, grime and the docks
'Wall Street's Guantanamo' or 'our Statue of Liberty'? This week Dan and Kasia grapple with a series of very large cursed objects, the sky-scraping glass-and-steel totems to finance capitalism in Lond...
28 Maalis 20221h 3min
Manly Gifts for the Man In Your Life
It's the end of another busy day running the patriarchy. You drop your designer briefcase in the hall, put on your football-shaped slippers, and place your watch on your executive watch stand. Your ap...
21 Maalis 20221h 4min
Brand Collabs (Travis Scott x McDonalds x Peppa Pig x Colgate x BAE Systems exclusive)
Cursed Objects sells out!! (Not really.) This week, Dan and Kasia investigate why every sinister corporation in the world has started obsessively pursuing 'brand collabs'? Why are we letting multi-bil...
14 Maalis 202254min
Abigail’s Aspic Asparagus Steamer (and other 70s dinner parties)
Class. Gender. Nuclear families. Savoury jelly. Fish paste. National identity. The 1970s. Innovation in post-war capitalist production. AND! Highly specific pieces of kitchen equipment and dinner part...
7 Maalis 20221h
Van Gogh ”Earaser” - ft. Alice Procter
Art and commerce, haunted ears, starving artists and the way galleries fetishise madness to make £££. Welcome back, and welcome to our first ever guest (!), the wonderful Alice Procter. Series 2 retur...
3 Maalis 20221h 5min
SUPPORT THE UCU STRIKE
This week's episode of Cursed Objects has been postponed - because we are supporting the University and College Union (UCU) digital strike. Please consider joining us in donating to the UCU’s strike f...
21 Helmi 20224min
Mystical algorithms
When did our star signs start running our lives? According to horoscope app Co-Star, it has been downloaded by a quarter of all young women aged 18–25 in the U.S. Even if we are living in a material w...
14 Helmi 202258min
