#78: Kember and Zylinska pt.2
In the follow up to their previous episode, Barry and Mike discuss how Kember and Zylinska use Steigler’s notion of an “originary technicity” to articulate a third position between the philosophy Raym...
18 Okt 20241h 2min
#77: Kember and Zylinska - Mediation and the Vitality of Media pt. 1
This is the first of two episodes on Kember and Zylinska’s essay “Mediation and the Vitality of Media” from their book, Life after New Media: Mediation as a Vital Process (2012). Barry and Mike dis...
4 Okt 202456min
#76: Bruno Latour - "On Actor-Network Theory: A few clarifications"
Barry and Mike discuss Bruno Latour’s essay, “On Actor-Network Theory: A few clarifications.” They work through his key terms in an attempt to better understand the new meanings he ascribes to actors...
20 Sep 20241h 9min
#75: Distant Early Warning: a reflection on media environments and art after McLuhan
In this episode Barry and Mike continue their discussion of William Burroughs’ cut-up method. They introduce Alex Kitnick’s arguments about the Media is the Massage from his book Distant Early Warnin...
6 Sep 202455min
#74: Burroughs - The Cut-Up
In this episode Barry and Mike discuss William Burroughs’ 1963 manifesto “The Cut-Up Method.” We worry over some contradictions and tensions in his “new” method of writing.
23 Aug 202453min
#73: Evgeny Morozov - Can AI Break Out of Panglossian Neoliberalism?
#73 In this episode Barry and Mike discuss “Panglossian Neoliberalism,”a term that Evgeny Morozov uses to describe the place of generative AI in thehands of venture capitalists.Can AI Break out of Pan...
9 Aug 202458min
#72: Simone Weil -- Attention
This is a look back at our 3/3/23 episode on Simone Weil.
26 Jul 202451min
#71: Bernard Steigler - What Makes Life Worth Living, pt. 2
In this episode Barry and Mike return to Bernard Steigler’s What Makes Life Worth Living: On Pharmakology. They tease out Steigler’s terms proletarianism and disintoxification, as well as our possibl...
12 Jul 202455min
