#121: A repost of episode #99: On Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and Artificial Intimacy
In this episode Barry and Mike discuss the idea of “frictionless” relationships in the age of artificial intimacy. ErikaHayasaki – “What Would a Real Friendship With A.I. Look Like? Maybe Like Hers?T...
12 Jun 48min
#120: Mark Fisher - Exiting the Vampire's Castle, pt. 2
In this episode Barry and Mike resume their discussion of Mark Fishers’s 2013 blog post, “Exiting the Vampire’s Castle”. They discuss the five laws that govern the castle and wonder if it is possible ...
29 Mai 54min
#119: Mark Fisher - Exiting the Vampire Castle
In this episode Barry and Mike discuss writer/music critic/cultural theorist Mark Fisher’s 2013 blog post, “Exiting the Vampire Castle”. They look at the essay, 13 years after its posting, and provid...
15 Mai 38min
#118: Althusser - Idelology and Ideological State Apparatuses
In this episode Barry and Mike conclude their discussion of Althusser’s seminal essay, “Ideology and Ideological State Apparatuses”. They focus on Althusser’s concept of interpellation and discuss wh...
1 Mai 51min
#117: Althusser - Ideology and Ideological State Apparatuses, pt. 1
This is the first of a two part discussion. In this episode Barry and Mike discuss Louis Althusser’s Essay “Ideology and Ideological State Apparatuses” in relation to Simone Weil. Here, they discuss...
17 Apr 51min
#116: Weil - On The Abolition of all Political Parties, pt, 2
In this episode Barry and Mike continue their discussion on Simone Weil’s essay, “On The Abolition of all Political Parties.” They discuss the opposition between the truth seeking individual and the ...
3 Apr 51min
#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
