Purging the Devil: Exorcism, Possession & Political Panic with Grafton Tanner
Acid Horizon30 Nov 2025

Purging the Devil: Exorcism, Possession & Political Panic with Grafton Tanner

Why does the figure of the devil keep returning in moments of political panic, social anxiety, and cultural decay? In this episode, we sit down with author Grafton Tanner about exorcism, possession, moral panic, and the strange new life of demonology in contemporary America. We trace how neoliberal collapse, social media, and ideological confusion reanimate the satanic imaginary across the political spectrum. The conversation also explores fear, fantasy, and why authoritarian movements rely o...

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A Reading of Gilles Deleuze's "Instincts and Institutions"

A Reading of Gilles Deleuze's "Instincts and Institutions"

A reading of Deleuze's notable essay on the difference between instincts, institutions, and laws. Support the show Support the podcast: AHRC Current classes at Acid Horizon Research Commons (AHRC): ...

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Uses of Nietzsche in Political Philosophy and Deleuze's Recasting of the Concept of Ressentiment

Uses of Nietzsche in Political Philosophy and Deleuze's Recasting of the Concept of Ressentiment

Deleuze's Nietzsche & Philosophy is an exciting and controversial interpretation of Nietzsche which stands at the forefront of 20th Century Nietzsche scholarship. In this episode, we visit the text a...

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Concepts in Focus: The Hegelian Dialectic

Concepts in Focus: The Hegelian Dialectic

Adam breaks down the often misconstrued, misused, and misrepresented Hegelian dialectic. He also brings into the discussion conspiracy theories, Fallout: New Vegas, David Chalmers, and, well, a magnet...

30 Aug 202015min

Who is 'Dark Deleuze'?: A Discussion with Andrew Culp

Who is 'Dark Deleuze'?: A Discussion with Andrew Culp

Andrew Culp is the author of Dark Deleuze, the controversial piece of Deleuze scholarship which challenges appropriations of Deleuze by academics and professionals uncommitted to a program of radical ...

23 Aug 202053min

Understanding Foucault and the Feminist Philosophy of Disability with Shelley Tremain

Understanding Foucault and the Feminist Philosophy of Disability with Shelley Tremain

How do we centered disabled voices in academia and at large? How is the the notion of impairment socially constructed? Shelley Tremain joins Craig, WIll, and Adam to discuss her essay "This Is What a ...

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Althusser's Concept of Ideology: A Discussion with Anthony Gavin

Althusser's Concept of Ideology: A Discussion with Anthony Gavin

Anthony Gavin of the podcast Out of Left Field helps us explicate a few chapters from Louis Althusser's On the Reproduction of Capitalism: Ideology And Ideological State Apparatuses. Figures featured ...

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The Case for Becoming-Plant: Karen Houle on Plant Ontology and the Image of Thought

The Case for Becoming-Plant: Karen Houle on Plant Ontology and the Image of Thought

How does one 'become-plant'? Karen Houle joins us and guides us through her work on critical vegetal studies. We address how the notion of becoming-plant (a term originally coined by Deleuze and Guatt...

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Techno, Black Metal, Nostalgia, and Communization: A Discussion with Benjamin Noys

Techno, Black Metal, Nostalgia, and Communization: A Discussion with Benjamin Noys

We tap Benjamin Noys to engage in a broad discussion of aesthetics and politics related to his writings on techno, black metal, and communization. Some figures who appear within the discussion: Nietz...

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