Splendor, Misery, Time and Resistance
We talk about a Sci-fi album by the band Clipping - Splendor and Misery. The album is a prime example of Afro-Futurism, dealing with such topics as time, space, bodies, space travel, slavery, and much...
27 Maj 202055min
The Telling, Colonialism and the Center
We discuss one of science fiction's titans: Ursula K. Le Guin, in one of her slightly less read books: The Telling, offering a radical perspective on religion, colonialism and reason. Some themes: - C...
14 Maj 202055min
Frostpunk and Snowpiercer, Leviathan and red plenty
Listen people, we're mad about capitalism. We discuss the game Frostpunk and the movie Snow Piercer, two critiques of capitalism in frozen worlds. Themes discussed: - Hobbes' Leviathan - Mark Fisher's...
22 Apr 20201h 6min
Flow My Tears the Policeman Said, Sex, Drugs and Knowledge
We discuss Philip K. Dick's "Flow My Tears the Policeman Said". Some themes discussed: - Kant's metaphysics in Philip K. Dick's writing - Power's will to knowledge - Radical embodiment - The danger ...
10 Apr 202055min
Akira, Violence and Friendship
We discuss 1988 Anime masterpiece "Akira" Some themes discussed: - Deleuze and Foucault's ideas of societies of discipline and societies of control - Hannah Arendt's approach to violence, and violence...
8 Mars 202053min
The Girl in The Road, Infrastructure and Standpoints
We Discuss Monica Byrne's "The Girl in The Road" Themes Discussed: - Franz Fanon's phenomenology and race theory - The Infrastructure Space - Standpoint theory - Byrne's unusual approach to writing an...
27 Feb 202051min
Disco Elysium, Ghosts and Angels
For our podcast premiere we discussed the ZA/UM movement's game: Disco Elysium. Themes discussed: - Mourning and Walter Benjamin's angel of history - Radical friendship - The Cartesian experiment and ...
4 Feb 20201h 1min
