#115: Simone Weil - On The Abolition of All Political Parties
This is the first of two episodes on Simone Weil’s 1943 essay, “On the Abolition of all Political Parties. In this episode Barry and Mike discuss the distinction Weil draws between “truth” and “ideol...
20 Mar 48min
Guy Debord - The Society of the Spectacle
This is a repost of the Guy Debord episode that was originally posted on 3/15/23.In This episode of the Critical Media Studies podcast we discuss Guy Debord’s The Society of the Spectacle. As the book...
6 Mar 59min
#113: Merenda - Reading Arendt to Rethink Truth, Science, and Politics in the Era of Fake News
In this episode Barry and Mike discuss Federica Merenda’s essay, “Reading Arendt to Rethink Truth, Science, and Politics in the Era of Fake News”. They discuss Arendt’s distinction between factual t...
20 Feb 57min
#112: Kracauer - Photography
In this episode Barry and Mike discuss the uncanny ways that Sigfreid Kracauer’s 1927 essay, Photography, anticipates the modern media landscape.
6 Feb 59min
#111: Siegfried Kracauer - Cult of Distraction: On Berlin's Picture Palaces
Barry and Mike discuss Siegfried Kracauer's 1926 essay "Cult of Distraction: On Berlin's Picture Palaces." Written nearly 100 years ago, the essay is strangely relevant to our current political landsc...
23 Jan 47min
#110: Yudkowski and Soares - If Anyone Builds it, Everyone Dies: Why Superhuman AI Would Kill Us All
In this episode Barry and Mike discuss “If Anyone Builds it, Everyone Dies: Why Superhuman AI Would Kill Us All” by Eliezer Yudkowsky and Nate Soares. They discuss the main arguments about the inevit...
9 Jan 43min
#109: Rachel Bitecofer -The Whole World Is Getting Dumber (And The Smartphone Did It.)
In this episode Barry and Mike discuss Rachel Bitecofer’s substack article, “The Whole World is Getting Dumber (And the Smartphone Did It.)” We question whether her solution of banning smart phones ...
26 Des 202544min
#108: Alberto Romero - AI Video Should Be Illegal
In this episode we discuss Alberto Romero’s Substack article on AI video. While Romero argues that perhaps we should seek legal remedies to the problems of deepfake video, Barry and Mike consider an ...
12 Des 202551min
