https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/plasticpills-philosophy-critical-theory-podcast--6076787enPhilosophyCopyright Plasticpillshttps://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/d3f777d3eb6bf96d64d2e49381387213.jpghttps://www.spreaker.com/podcast/plasticpills-philosophy-critical-theory-podcast--6076787Fri, 10 Apr 2026 14:42:22 +0000PlasticpillsPlasticpillsplasticpills@protonmail.comThe Pill Pod is hosted by a group of PhDs offering their irreverent (and unsolicited) takes on critical theory, philosophy, culture, and politics.trueepisodichttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/marcel-mauss-the-gift-180-unlock--71005548
We read the eminent The Gift (https://amzn.to/3NAenx3) by Marcel Mauss which is important to later theorists including Georges Bataille, Jean Baudrillard, and Jacques Derrida.
(originally recorded 08/24)]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/71005548Fri, 10 Apr 2026 14:40:02 +0000PlasticpillsFind All Episodes ad-free at https://www.patreon.com/c/plasticpills. We read the eminent https://amzn.to/3NAenx3 (https://amzn.to/3NAenx3) by Marcel Mauss which is important to later theorists including Georges Bataille, Jean Baudrillard, and Jacques...
We read the eminent The Gift (https://amzn.to/3NAenx3) by Marcel Mauss which is important to later theorists including Georges Bataille, Jean Baudrillard, and Jacques Derrida.
(originally recorded 08/24)]]>3526bataille,baudrillard,derrida,plasticpillsfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/emile-durkheim-on-mana-the-original-floating-signifier-179-unlock--71005206
We read Durkheim's Elementary forms of Religious Life (https://amzn.to/4c1ubkB) and try to get a hold on a primordial concept, what for Claude Levi-Strauss exemplifies the floating signifier: it's MANA (originally recorded 08/24).]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/71005206Mon, 06 Apr 2026 14:25:02 +0000PlasticpillsFind All Episodes ad-free at https://www.patreon.com/c/plasticpills. We read Durkheim's https://amzn.to/4c1ubkB (https://amzn.to/4c1ubkB) and try to get a hold on a primordial concept, what for Claude Levi-Strauss exemplifies the floating signifier:...
We read Durkheim's Elementary forms of Religious Life (https://amzn.to/4c1ubkB) and try to get a hold on a primordial concept, what for Claude Levi-Strauss exemplifies the floating signifier: it's MANA (originally recorded 08/24).]]>3239levi-strauss,magic,philosophy,sociologyfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/why-critical-theory-is-never-enjoying-anything-246-preview--71004610https://www.patreon.com/plasticpills. In this episode we read Sloterdijk's proposal for how to fix Philosophy from The Critique of Cynical Reason.]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/71004610Thu, 02 Apr 2026 14:00:03 +0000PlasticpillsThis is a preview but you can find all our episodes and other work ad-free at https://www.patreon.com/c/plasticpills. In this episode we read Sloterdijk's proposal for how to fix Philosophy from The Critique of Cynical Reason.https://www.patreon.com/plasticpills. In this episode we read Sloterdijk's proposal for how to fix Philosophy from The Critique of Cynical Reason.]]>956cynic,cynical,philosophy,rockhill,sloterdijk,zizekfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/why-philosophers-fear-their-own-farts-245-preview--71004250https://www.patreon.com/plasticpills.
In this episode we cover Peter Sloterdijk's Critique of Cynical Reason and why Philosophy needs to incorporate disrespect, sacrilege, and fart jokes if it is ever going to be relevant again.]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/71004250Wed, 01 Apr 2026 14:05:02 +0000PlasticpillsThis is a preview, find all our episodes and other work ad-free at https://www.patreon.com/c/plasticpills. In this episode we cover Peter Sloterdijk's Critique of Cynical Reason and why Philosophy needs to incorporate disrespect, sacrilege, and fart...https://www.patreon.com/plasticpills.
In this episode we cover Peter Sloterdijk's Critique of Cynical Reason and why Philosophy needs to incorporate disrespect, sacrilege, and fart jokes if it is ever going to be relevant again.]]>665adorno,cynical,cynics,jokes,philosophy,sloterdijk,zizekfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-critique-of-cynical-reason-sloterdijk-244--71003972
Peter Sloterdijk wrote a philosophy bestseller in 1983 called The Critique of Cynical Reason. In this episode, we try to communicate what he means by cynical reason. 
https://monoskop.org/images/7/7b/Sloterdijk_Peter_Critique_of_Cynical_Reason.pdf]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/71003972Tue, 31 Mar 2026 14:00:02 +0000PlasticpillsFind all our episodes ad-free at https://www.patreon.com/c/plasticpills Peter Sloterdijk wrote a philosophy bestseller in 1983 called The Critique of Cynical Reason. In this episode, we try to communicate what he means by cynical reason. ...
Peter Sloterdijk wrote a philosophy bestseller in 1983 called The Critique of Cynical Reason. In this episode, we try to communicate what he means by cynical reason. 
https://monoskop.org/images/7/7b/Sloterdijk_Peter_Critique_of_Cynical_Reason.pdf]]>3829cynics,heidegger,philosophy,podcast,politicalfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/cynicism-243-preview--71003875https://www.patreon.com/plasticpills. In this episode we cover the Cynical school of Diogenes and contemporary philosophers in his lineage.]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/71003875Mon, 30 Mar 2026 18:35:51 +0000PlasticpillsThis is a preview but you can find all our episodes and other work ad-free at https://www.patreon.com/c/plasticpills. In this episode we cover the Cynical school of Diogenes and contemporary philosophers in his lineage.https://www.patreon.com/plasticpills. In this episode we cover the Cynical school of Diogenes and contemporary philosophers in his lineage.]]>1357cynics,diogones,greek,philosophyfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/it-s-hyperreal-fascism-then-242--70401078this video essay (https://youtu.be/R9fpm-lorIU) and its relationship to current events and the Trump Administration]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/70401078Tue, 03 Mar 2026 02:25:24 +0000PlasticpillsWe discuss the proposition of hyperreal fascism as presented in https://youtu.be/R9fpm-lorIUvideo essay (https://youtu.be/R9fpm-lorIU) and its relationship to current events and the Trump Administrationthis video essay (https://youtu.be/R9fpm-lorIU) and its relationship to current events and the Trump Administration]]>4529falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-philosophy-of-jeffrey-epstein-240--70086103
Join our patreon to get the epsidoes not posted here https://www.patreon.com/plasticpills]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/70086103Tue, 17 Feb 2026 14:53:13 +0000PlasticpillsJeffrey Epstein is not primarily known as a philosopher, but his emails illustrate that he had higher ambitions than pedophilia. We explore both the latent and manifest content of Jeffrey Epstein's theorizing, as well as who enabled him, and come to...
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Only half of our episodes are posted here! Find the other half ad-free at https://www.patreon.com/plasticpills]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/69591189Mon, 26 Jan 2026 14:14:17 +0000PlasticpillsStoicism is on its comeback among dumb 20 year olds, which is too bad because Epicureanism is the superior Athenian philosophy. We discuss hedonism, happiness, and the Swerve™.  Only half of our episodes are posted here! Find the other half ad-free...
Only half of our episodes are posted here! Find the other half ad-free at https://www.patreon.com/plasticpills]]>4663athenian,epicurus,greeks,lucretius,philosophy,stoicismfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/stoicism-at-the-end-of-the-world-236--69378813
Get all episodes at https://www.patreon.com/plasticpills]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/69378813Sat, 10 Jan 2026 05:03:11 +0000PlasticpillsThe history of Stoicism is long and complicated, and we didn't want to end with AI alpha male YouTube channels, so here is a rundown focused on Greek Stoicism, some comparisons to Buddhism, and whether or not this philosophy could help in 2026.  Get...
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]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/68909451Sat, 06 Dec 2025 14:00:08 +0000PlasticpillsFrom Zero to hero: Samantha Fulnecky has been honoured by the Oklahoma government and named "an American hero" for her paper submission to her Psych course in which she claimed it is demonic to believe in more than one gender. Still, the Pill Pod...
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]]>5753comedy,fulnecky,news,oklahoma,politics,religionfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/analytic-vs-continental-philosophy-2025-231--68793202How Continental Philosophers "Argue": On the Unseriousness of the Discipline (https://benthams.substack.com/p/how-continental-philosophers-argue)]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/68793202Sat, 29 Nov 2025 01:43:01 +0000PlasticpillsIt's the bi-yearly event in the ongoing race war between analytic and continental philosophy. Philosophers of all stripes invited themselves to partake in the latest and stupidest skirmish, and so we have undertaken a reading of the match that lit the...How Continental Philosophers "Argue": On the Unseriousness of the Discipline (https://benthams.substack.com/p/how-continental-philosophers-argue)]]>5766philosophyfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-nick-fuentes-signifying-chain-230--68573549
A Signifying Chain (or symbolic chain, or signifying web) is a structuralist concept developed by Jacques Lacan and others ("The Agency of the Letter"; https://amzn.to/4p6wx6l).

Signifying chains structure discourses and we believe, explain the growing rift in conservative politics.]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/68573549Fri, 14 Nov 2025 21:13:32 +0000PlasticpillsAccess exclusive episodes https://www.patreon.com/plasticpills A Signifying Chain (or symbolic chain, or signifying web) is a structuralist concept developed by Jacques Lacan and others ("The Agency of the Letter"; https://amzn.to/4p6wx6l)....
A Signifying Chain (or symbolic chain, or signifying web) is a structuralist concept developed by Jacques Lacan and others ("The Agency of the Letter"; https://amzn.to/4p6wx6l).

Signifying chains structure discourses and we believe, explain the growing rift in conservative politics.]]>3818conservatism,nicholas,plasticpills,politicsfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/theory-of-the-gooner-baudrillard-vs-lacan-229--68367686
The Pill Pod reads Daniel Kolitz' anthropology of the gooners in Harper's Magazine https://harpers.org/archive/2025/11/the-goon-squad-daniel-kolitz-porn-masturbation-loneliness/ and we find it's all connected man

Other sources cited included Lacan Seminar X, Freud Beyond the Pleasure Principle, and Baudrillard Transparency of Evil
]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/68367686Fri, 31 Oct 2025 17:30:26 +0000PlasticpillsHave a look at our exclusive content https://www.patreon.com/plasticpills The Pill Pod reads Daniel Kolitz' anthropology of the gooners in Harper's Magazine...
The Pill Pod reads Daniel Kolitz' anthropology of the gooners in Harper's Magazine https://harpers.org/archive/2025/11/the-goon-squad-daniel-kolitz-porn-masturbation-loneliness/ and we find it's all connected man

Other sources cited included Lacan Seminar X, Freud Beyond the Pleasure Principle, and Baudrillard Transparency of Evil
]]>4395freud,gooning,philosophy,psychoanalysistruefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/jacques-lacan-fantasy-a-228--68349850
We conclude our Lacan series with what Fink says is the desired end of Lacanian psychoanalysis. And, the ends of psychoanalysis coincide with some valuable insights for Lacan's theorizing beyond psychoanalysis. 
Works cited are Fink's Lacanian Subject (ch. 5; https://amzn.to/4qz1Fgx) and A Clinical Introduction to Lacanian Psychoanalysis (ch. 10; https://amzn.to/4hAIKh5).
]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/68349850Thu, 30 Oct 2025 14:47:47 +0000PlasticpillsFull Ad-free Lacan series: https://www.patreon.com/plasticpills We conclude our Lacan series with what Fink says is the desired end of Lacanian psychoanalysis. And, the ends of psychoanalysis coincide with some valuable insights for Lacan's...
We conclude our Lacan series with what Fink says is the desired end of Lacanian psychoanalysis. And, the ends of psychoanalysis coincide with some valuable insights for Lacan's theorizing beyond psychoanalysis. 
Works cited are Fink's Lacanian Subject (ch. 5; https://amzn.to/4qz1Fgx) and A Clinical Introduction to Lacanian Psychoanalysis (ch. 10; https://amzn.to/4hAIKh5).
]]>5757freud,lacan,psychoanalysis,psychology,self-help,traumatruefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/sigmund-freud-in-film-an-interview-with-richard-ledes--68032133Adieu Lacan and V13, explains his process, namely, adapting French plays about psychoanalysis into English-language films. He connects the seduction of nascent fascism in 1913 Vienna to the present moment a century later.


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]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/68032133Thu, 09 Oct 2025 17:00:07 +0000PlasticpillsRichard Ledes, director of the films Adieu Lacan and V13, explains his process, namely, adapting French plays about psychoanalysis into English-language films. He connects the seduction of nascent fascism in 1913 Vienna to the present moment a century...Adieu Lacan and V13, explains his process, namely, adapting French plays about psychoanalysis into English-language films. He connects the seduction of nascent fascism in 1913 Vienna to the present moment a century later.


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]]>2861director,directors,film,freud,lacan,movie,psychoanalysisfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/jacques-lacan-on-the-pervert-225--68007296
Sources:
Jacques Lacan - Seminar X, "The Subversion of the Subject and the Dialectic of Desire in the Freudian Unconscious", Ecrits
Bruce Fink - Clinical Introduction to Lacanian Psychoanalysis
]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/68007296Mon, 06 Oct 2025 13:00:08 +0000PlasticpillsThe Pill Pod looks at the structure of the perverts in Episode 5 of our series on Lacan. Find the other episodes at https://www.patreon.com/plasticpills Sources: Jacques Lacan - Seminar X, "The Subversion of the Subject and the Dialectic of Desire in...
Sources:
Jacques Lacan - Seminar X, "The Subversion of the Subject and the Dialectic of Desire in the Freudian Unconscious", Ecrits
Bruce Fink - Clinical Introduction to Lacanian Psychoanalysis
]]>4366freud,philosophy,psychoanalysistruefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/chatgpt-psychosis-a-lacanian-interpretation-224--67825532

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Sources:
Jacques Lacan - Seminar III

Bruce Fink - Clinical Introduction to Lacanian Psychoanalysis

"People Are Losing Loved Ones to AI-Fueled Spiritual Fantasies" Rolling Stone: https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-features/ai-spiritual-delusions-destroying-human-relationships-1235330175/

"They Asked an A.I. Chatbot Questions. The Answers Sent them Spiraling" New York Times: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/13/technology/chatgpt-ai-chatbots-conspiracies.html]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/67825532Fri, 19 Sep 2025 20:14:17 +0000PlasticpillsThe Pill Pod looks at the chatbot psychosis phenomenon and compares it to Lacan's clinical structure of psychosis. This is Episode 4 of our series on Lacan. Find the other episodes Ad-Free at https://www.patreon.com/plasticpills Sources: Jacques...

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Sources:
Jacques Lacan - Seminar III

Bruce Fink - Clinical Introduction to Lacanian Psychoanalysis

"People Are Losing Loved Ones to AI-Fueled Spiritual Fantasies" Rolling Stone: https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-features/ai-spiritual-delusions-destroying-human-relationships-1235330175/

"They Asked an A.I. Chatbot Questions. The Answers Sent them Spiraling" New York Times: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/13/technology/chatgpt-ai-chatbots-conspiracies.html]]>4690falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/capitalist-realism-221--67723461
See more from 1Dime: https://www.youtube.com/@1Dimee
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]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/67380819Fri, 15 Aug 2025 19:24:15 +0000PlasticpillsWe wanted to review some Lacan because everybody's still desiring, and Bruce Fink's Lacanian Subject (1995) is quite often touted as the best unofficial intro, and we can see why. Get this and all our eps at https://www.patreon.com/plasticpills This...
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]]>877fink,freud,philosophy,politics,pyschoanalysisfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/peter-thiel-s-deranged-apocalypticism-219--67306292
Link to the full interview https://youtu.be/vV7YgnPUxcU?si=qSLrUmKeEblb4jYS

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]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/67306292Mon, 11 Aug 2025 13:00:08 +0000PlasticpillsIn a recent interview with the New York Times Peter Thiel, one of the world's most powerful men, gave ample evidence that he should be institutionalized before he hurts anyone else. Link to the full interview...
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]]>3477antichrist,armageddon,billionaire,news,politics,religion,vancefalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/giorgio-agamben-gaza-as-state-of-exception-217--67217553
The FULL OMNIBUS edition of homo sacer is here, but the sections are also available separately.]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/67217553Fri, 01 Aug 2025 18:18:05 +0000PlasticpillsPill pod discuss the public media representations of Epstein and Gaza before a seamless transition into a discussion of Giorgio Agamben's concepts of 1) Sovereignty 2) Bare Life and 3) States of Exception. The FULL OMNIBUS edition of homo sacer is...
The FULL OMNIBUS edition of homo sacer is here, but the sections are also available separately.]]>4970foucault,philosophy,politics,theorytruefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/pill-pod-215-the-new-woke-right-ft-1dime--66969647

• https://americanreformer.org/2024/05/is-there-a-woke-right/
• https://reason.com/2025/06/11/the-rise-of-the-woke-right/
• https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2025/02/woke-right/681716/
• https://www.theamericanconservative.com/is-woke-right-a-useful-term/

If you enjoyed this education, 1Dime has a YouTube channel, a podcast called 1Dime Radio, and a patreon page (https://www.patreon.com/OneDime) that are easily accessible if you're looking for more insights.]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/66969647Wed, 16 Jul 2025 12:00:08 +0000PlasticpillsPills is away, so 1Dime Tony came present a thesis he's working at. Tony rejoins the pill pod to excavate the terms "woke right" and the semiotics of "woke" more broadly. We don't always agree, but we attempt to deduce which conservative faction is...

• https://americanreformer.org/2024/05/is-there-a-woke-right/
• https://reason.com/2025/06/11/the-rise-of-the-woke-right/
• https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2025/02/woke-right/681716/
• https://www.theamericanconservative.com/is-woke-right-a-useful-term/

If you enjoyed this education, 1Dime has a YouTube channel, a podcast called 1Dime Radio, and a patreon page (https://www.patreon.com/OneDime) that are easily accessible if you're looking for more insights.]]>4810philosophy,politics,tucker,woke,wokeismfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/jacques-derrida-white-mythology-preview--66655891White Mythology, Derrida discovers the metaphors buried in philosophy from Plato to Hegel, even as they try to hide them.

We spent three weeks reading this text, you can find the episodes at https://www.patreon.com/plasticpills]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/66655891Wed, 25 Jun 2025 13:00:08 +0000PlasticpillsAccording to Derrida, metaphysicians have spent 2000 years conceptually boxing-in metaphor because they don't want to admit their dependence on figurative language. This has allowed them to trick themselves into believing that fiction and non-fiction...White Mythology, Derrida discovers the metaphors buried in philosophy from Plato to Hegel, even as they try to hide them.

We spent three weeks reading this text, you can find the episodes at https://www.patreon.com/plasticpills]]>946derrida,philosophy,postmodernism,post-structuralismfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/self-help-via-merleau-ponty-and-the-flesh-of-the-world-preview--66541642The Visible and The Invisible, e.g. The Flesh of the World, the Chiasm, and the Intertwining and what these mean for a meditative experience on the daily. 

Get the full episode and tons of others at https://www.patreon.com/plasticpills]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/66541642Wed, 18 Jun 2025 13:00:08 +0000PlasticpillsWe go deeper into Maurice Merleau-Ponty's insights in The Visible and The Invisible, e.g. The Flesh of the World, the Chiasm, and the Intertwining and what these mean for a meditative experience on the daily.  Get the full episode and tons of others...The Visible and The Invisible, e.g. The Flesh of the World, the Chiasm, and the Intertwining and what these mean for a meditative experience on the daily. 

Get the full episode and tons of others at https://www.patreon.com/plasticpills]]>926mediation,philosophy,selfhelpfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/pill-pod-212-the-mass-desire-for-fascism--66562980
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]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/66562980Mon, 16 Jun 2025 14:00:08 +0000PlasticpillsThis week we looked into OG critic of fascism Wilhelm Reich, who wrote The Mass Psychology of Fascism right after the Nazis were elected in 1933. Reich was among the first "neomarxists", and believed that Marxists need to understand psychoanalysis to...
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]]>4743fascism,philosophy,politics,psychoanalysis,theoryfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/phenomenology-via-buddhist-philosophy-preview--66541385
This episode and all the rest can be found at https://www.patreon.com/plasticpills]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/66541385Fri, 13 Jun 2025 01:54:31 +0000PlasticpillsWe compare Maurice Merleau-Ponty's insights in an unfinished work he wrote before his death to the meditations of Buddhist philosopher Nagarjuna 18 centuries prior. This episode and all the rest can be found at https://www.patreon.com/plasticpills
This episode and all the rest can be found at https://www.patreon.com/plasticpills]]>947falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/pill-pod-210-new-york-times-lies-about-fascism-experts-fleeing-trump--66346907
Find this and our other episodes for free, ad-free, at www.patreon.com/plasticpills]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/66346907Sat, 31 May 2025 15:00:09 +0000PlasticpillsThe New York Times has claimed that three "fascism experts" are fleeing Trump and "going abroad". In truth, these are not (all) fascism experts, and they did not flee, in fact they have been in Canada for almost a year because they got jobs at the...
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Bono called it ‘A radical book that speaks out accessibly' (lol)]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/66124181Fri, 16 May 2025 20:52:13 +0000PlasticpillsWe catch you up on Canadian politics by introducing you to our new Prime Minister via his book VALUE(S): Building A Better World For All (https://amzn.to/4dj1oYJ).   Bono called it ‘A radical book that speaks out accessibly' (lol)VALUE(S): Building A Better World For All (https://amzn.to/4dj1oYJ).  

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What makes a prophet a prophet? As we are on the civilization decline hill, we are going to experience a higher volume of prophets than usual.

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What makes a prophet a prophet? As we are on the civilization decline hill, we are going to experience a higher volume of prophets than usual.

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This is part II of the plasticpills diatribe on religion focusing on metaphor as the original decision making process in a world and specifically the metaphors of religious laws that begin with keeping your hands clean but end with the mass extermination of people.

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This is part II of the plasticpills diatribe on religion focusing on metaphor as the original decision making process in a world and specifically the metaphors of religious laws that begin with keeping your hands clean but end with the mass extermination of people.

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]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/65361797Sat, 05 Apr 2025 13:00:07 +0000PlasticpillsSo, after decrying philosophy last episode, we are back on it hard again in 201. The Pill Pod interviews Christopher Satoor on Schelling and his conception of freedom from "the freedom essay", also known as THE PHILOSOPHICAL INVESTIGATIONS INTO THE...
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]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/64197553Wed, 05 Feb 2025 03:08:17 +0000PlasticpillsThe Pill Pod debates the philosophy of freedom from Merleau Ponty, Sartre, Peirce, and Post-structuralism.  Listen ad-free on https://www.patreon.com/plasticpills
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]]>4864baudrillard,marxism,philosophy,plasticpills,politicsfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/pill-pod-197-never-were-we-freer-than-under-nazi-occupation-preview--63731309https://api.spreaker.com/episode/63731309Tue, 21 Jan 2025 14:00:11 +0000PlasticpillsThis is a preview of an episode on Jean-Paul Sartre and existentialism. Find it at https://www.patreon.com/plasticpills. Please join us to support the show and get all our episodes!487existentialism,philosophy,politics,sartrefalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/finally-new-translation-of-marx-s-capital-is-out-interview-w-paul-reitter--63695694
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]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/63570467Sat, 04 Jan 2025 03:40:16 +0000PlasticpillsThis is the big one and it's hard to believe we haven't done this particular essay before, but it's the linchpin for the critical theory use of the term "ideology."  Check the patreon feed for the pdf if you want to check the source text, and to...

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]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/63492207Sat, 28 Dec 2024 01:40:25 +0000PlasticpillsThis episode is based on an article Althusser wrote in the 60s, Marxism and Humanism, which you can find in "For Marx." He declares that Marxism and Humanism are fundamentally incompatible, which we all agree on because our liberal was at a conference...

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]]>5001academics,anarchism,history,marxism,philosophy,politicsfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/pill-pod-190-what-is-ideology-really--63424530For Marx in which he declares the two fundamentally incompatible. We didn't make it far into the essay because we were having terminological disputes, but we shall return in finer detail soon.

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]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/62672305Sat, 09 Nov 2024 02:50:10 +0000PlasticpillsThe federal union of the United States has decided to elect Presinald Trump as its leader from the years 2025-2029, as God wills. Here, three Canadians provide you with unsolicited opinions about the meaning of this event or lack thereof. Find this...
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]]>45162025,democrats,election,harris,musk,philosophy,politics,republicans,trumptruefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/pill-pod-186-the-post-political-singularity-everywhere-preview--62559923
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We plunge the depths of the MAGA Communist tractatus: "MARXISM IS NOT WOKE" to explore its theoretical aspirations.

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We plunge the depths of the MAGA Communist tractatus: "MARXISM IS NOT WOKE" to explore its theoretical aspirations.

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The Hegelian E-Girl Council was to be the head of a new cult, which fell into a Twitter flame war about a week after its launch. Our guest's studio was the physical origin site of the Hegelian E-Girl Council which first blasted into the real world in NYC, and then onto theorytwitter for a glorious week before bursting into flames for the internet's schadenfreude.This was, in our consideration, not the abortive event it may seem at first glance, but a sign for the near future of theory. 

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]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/61216645Sat, 31 Aug 2024 01:05:54 +0000PlasticpillsWe don't often have current events to cover, but once in a while the current events are Hegel. The Hegelian E-Girl Council was to be the head of a new cult, which fell into a Twitter flame war about a week after its launch. Our guest's studio was...
The Hegelian E-Girl Council was to be the head of a new cult, which fell into a Twitter flame war about a week after its launch. Our guest's studio was the physical origin site of the Hegelian E-Girl Council which first blasted into the real world in NYC, and then onto theorytwitter for a glorious week before bursting into flames for the internet's schadenfreude.This was, in our consideration, not the abortive event it may seem at first glance, but a sign for the near future of theory. 

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]]>4657e-girl,hegel,lacan,philosophy,zizekfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/pill-pod-180-the-gift-by-marcel-mauss-preview--61165919The Gift: The Form and Reason for Exchange in Archaic Societies. Referenced by Bataille, Levi-Strauss, Derrida and Baudrillard—this is a mandatory reading.

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]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/60680047Sat, 13 Jul 2024 01:39:37 +0000PlasticpillsConspiracy theory or actual conspiracy? Today we investigate how a small cabal of philosophers managed to take over America and caused the invasion of Iraq based on the writings of eminent political philosopher Leo Strauss.   Listen ad-free, for...

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]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/60552426Sun, 30 Jun 2024 01:42:53 +0000PlasticpillsSome simulationist material analysis in the economy of signs from Pill Pod episode #172.  The full episode and many more are available at https://www.patreon.com/plasticpills The "Look" of Dark Academia:...
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]]>1217baudrillard,darkacademia,fashion,plasticpills,tiktokfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/pill-pod-171-zizek-goes-monarchist--60357047https://thephilosophicalsalon.com/in-defense-of-hegels-notion-of-monarchy/


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The full episode and many more are available at https://www.patreon.com/plasticpills]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/60280796Wed, 05 Jun 2024 14:00:03 +0000PlasticpillsWe continue reading Simone DeBeauvoir's Ethics of Ambiguity, and try to sus out its particular ethical dilemmas. The full episode and many more are available at https://www.patreon.com/plasticpills
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Here's the homework: https://www.marxists.org/reference/subject/ethics/de-beauvoir/ambiguity/]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/60280726Wed, 05 Jun 2024 13:00:04 +0000PlasticpillsWe read Simone DeBeauvoir's defense of Existentialism as an ethic that is not hyper-individualistic, nihilistic or absurdist. Get all our episodes for free, ad-free, at https://www.patreon.com/plasticpills Here's the...
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Here's the homework: https://www.marxists.org/reference/subject/ethics/de-beauvoir/ambiguity/]]>4445ethics,existentialism,feminism,phenomenology,philosophyfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/pp168-ecomarxism-preview--60280699
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Schopenhauer on the Sufferings of the World: https://www.gutenberg.org/files/10732/10732-h/10732-h.htm#link2H_4_0002
Ayaan Hirsi Ali converts: https://unherd.com/2023/11/why-i-am-now-a-christian/
Russell Brand gets baptized: https://www.christianpost.com/voices/russell-brand-just-got-baptized-but-what-does-it-mean.html
]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/59974685Sat, 11 May 2024 12:00:04 +0000PlasticpillsWe look at Schopenhauer's comparison of various religions' metaphysical explanations for suffering, and why conservative celebrities are converting to the dumbest one. Listen to our public episodes ad-free, for free, at...
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Schopenhauer on the Sufferings of the World: https://www.gutenberg.org/files/10732/10732-h/10732-h.htm#link2H_4_0002
Ayaan Hirsi Ali converts: https://unherd.com/2023/11/why-i-am-now-a-christian/
Russell Brand gets baptized: https://www.christianpost.com/voices/russell-brand-just-got-baptized-but-what-does-it-mean.html
]]>4436atheism,bible,christendom,depression,god,jesus,pessimism,peterson,philosophy,self-help,theology,zizekfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/pill-pod-165-dissident-right-fight-night-yarvin-vs-rufo--59625348this article, where Christopher Rufo debates Mencius Moldbug aka Curtis Yarvin. It was pretty anti-climactic so we also veered into some more Moldbuggery found here.

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Although Conservative Christians are the most attention-seeking of the Flock, our patrons reminded us that there are progressive Christians out there. For the sake of fair and balanced reporting, we invited John Hamer from Centre Place Toronto to represent the leftist side of the Christian Flock. We asked about his view of the church in history and in politics, and read this Christofascist article together. Find more of John's work on Youtube.]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/58720528Wed, 21 Feb 2024 16:00:02 +0000PlasticpillsListen to our public episodes ad-free, for free, at https://www.patreon.com/plasticpills Although Conservative Christians are the most attention-seeking of the Flock, our patrons reminded us that there are progressive Christians out there. For the...
Although Conservative Christians are the most attention-seeking of the Flock, our patrons reminded us that there are progressive Christians out there. For the sake of fair and balanced reporting, we invited John Hamer from Centre Place Toronto to represent the leftist side of the Christian Flock. We asked about his view of the church in history and in politics, and read this Christofascist article together. Find more of John's work on Youtube.]]>4431bible,canada,catholic,catholicism,christians,christofascism,church,conservatism,history,liberalism,mormonism,philosophy,quebec,socialismfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/pill-pod-156-christofascism--58686934
What if, instead of letting history end or disappear, we hit the rewind button and let the Church have another shot? We navigate through some stars in the Christofascist constellation and read Why Liberalism Failed (https://amzn.to/3waNh6l) to see what the world might look like if the Catholic intellectuals had their way.]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/58686934Wed, 14 Feb 2024 17:47:03 +0000PlasticpillsListen to our public episodes ad-free, for free, at https://www.patreon.com/plasticpills What if, instead of letting history end or disappear, we hit the rewind button and let the Church have another shot? We navigate through some stars in the...
What if, instead of letting history end or disappear, we hit the rewind button and let the Church have another shot? We navigate through some stars in the Christofascist constellation and read Why Liberalism Failed (https://amzn.to/3waNh6l) to see what the world might look like if the Catholic intellectuals had their way.]]>4398bible,catholic,christianity,christians,conservatism,conservatives,hasan,history,integralism,leftism,liberalism,liberals,locke,marxism,marxist,philosophy,religiontruefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/pill-pod-155-jean-baudrillard-the-disappearance-of-history-preview--58606173https://www.patreon.com/plasicpills]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/58606173Sat, 10 Feb 2024 05:05:01 +0000PlasticpillsAs all things disappear, we have our rountable on Baudrillard's "Illusion of the End." Get the full episode and all episodes ad-free at https://www.patreon.com/plasicpillshttps://www.patreon.com/plasicpills]]>621baudrillard,historiography,history,postmodernism,simulationfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/pill-pod-154-christian-intellectuals-at-the-end-of-history--58605427
While no one is exactly happy that history has ended, few are quite as perturbed about it as Christian conservatives. We delved into a treasure trove of the Christian brain trust—"The Imaginative Conservative"—to piece together what they think history is for, and how they react to it's having ended.]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/58605427Thu, 08 Feb 2024 05:05:01 +0000PlasticpillsListen to our public episodes ad-free, for free, at https://www.patreon.com/plasticpills While no one is exactly happy that history has ended, few are quite as perturbed about it as Christian conservatives. We delved into a treasure trove of the...
While no one is exactly happy that history has ended, few are quite as perturbed about it as Christian conservatives. We delved into a treasure trove of the Christian brain trust—"The Imaginative Conservative"—to piece together what they think history is for, and how they react to it's having ended.]]>4122baudrillard,bible,catholicism,christ,christianity,conservatism,conservatives,dante,fukuyama,heaven,history,jesus,liberalism,liberals,philosophy,religion,renaissance,studyfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/pill-pod-152-fukuyama-on-the-end-of-history-preview--58517803https://amzn.to/3tPo5Bt); we want to see what $1,311,814.68 is worth. 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Victor Hainagiu (aka Litvic aka https://twitter.com/HoratioVictor) came on to help us put gothic horror into historical context.   Half our...@horatiovictor) came on to help us put gothic horror into historical context.   Half our episodes are here, but if you want the other half check us out on https://patreon.com/plasticpills]]>5196false170fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/pill-pod-148-badiou-philosophy-antiphilosophy--58517829PlasticPills.podbean.com/e1c5b920-cceb-3dc7-ad43-f9bb146798ebFri, 24 Nov 2023 18:59:42 +0000PlasticpillsSome oversimplified Badiou plus a look at Wittgenstein's Antiphilosophy (https://amzn.to/47xStiv) Want more episodes? Every other one is posted to https://www.patreon.com/plasticpills3729false169fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/pill-pod-147-authenticity-existentialism-preview--58517797PlasticPills.podbean.com/a7c26b41-0446-38e9-9eca-5b4a28549265Mon, 20 Nov 2023 15:00:00 +0000PlasticpillsDr. Phil battles Heidegger and Sartre. 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We looked to Maurice Merleau-Ponty's phenomenology in this book...https://amzn.to/3OdpzwL) to give us something a little better.   Pill Pods #59, #60, #61, #62 are all about Merleau-Ponty in more detail.   Find all the episodes at https://www.patreon.com/plasticpills]]>4333false157fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/pill-pod-130-we-have-never-been-modern--58518330https://amzn.to/3O2fLVp), to discuss the theory island chain, the scheme of actor network theory, and why reality is more complex than theoretical models.  All our episodes are up at https://www.patreon.com/plasticpills]]>PlasticPills.podbean.com/44bdd520-378b-398e-b4ad-53c8cf40e027Sat, 08 Jul 2023 12:00:00 +0000PlasticpillsPills and Erik celebrate Latour Day. Cracking one of our old favs (https://amzn.to/3O2fLVp), to discuss the theory island chain, the scheme of actor network theory, and why reality is more complex than theoretical models.  All our episodes are up at...https://amzn.to/3O2fLVp), to discuss the theory island chain, the scheme of actor network theory, and why reality is more complex than theoretical models.  All our episodes are up at https://www.patreon.com/plasticpills]]>4859false156fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/pill-pod-126-based-rousseau--58517844https://www.patreon.com/plasticpills ]]>PlasticPills.podbean.com/071d1cde-b70f-322a-996d-6e672f1a9da7Sat, 10 Jun 2023 13:00:00 +0000PlasticpillsOne of those guys we rarely think about but who single-handedly pulled the track lever in the history of philosophy, it's Rousseau. We read Discourse on the Origin of Inequality this week and appraised its significance. 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Find the short story here: https://www.gutenberg.org/files/2434/2434-h/2434-h.htm Follow...4608false153fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/pill-pod-122-mosh-pit-sociology-preview--58517971PlasticPills.podbean.com/05cc965c-c52c-3f1d-9ddd-54707f116265Sat, 13 May 2023 17:43:45 +0000PlasticpillsGet the full episode, many others, and all the other exclusive content by supporting the podcast at https://www.patreon.com/plasticpills709false152fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/pill-pod-121-obscurantism-in-french-philosophy-searle-on-foucault-derrida--58517843https://amzn.to/3oIfJc0 More content—video and audio—at https://www.patreon.com/plasticpills]]>PlasticPills.podbean.com/1a41d618-f26f-39dc-8263-eed089bc7122Fri, 28 Apr 2023 20:27:14 +0000PlasticpillsToday we discuss how to pet your professor's ego to get better marks, and review John Searles sassy attempt to take down Derrida by quoting Foucault gossip. Sources come from Reiterating the Differences: A Reply to Derrida and Limited Inc....https://amzn.to/3oIfJc0 More content—video and audio—at https://www.patreon.com/plasticpills]]>4506false151fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/pill-pod-119-bernard-stiegler-posthumanist-post-marxism-ft-diego-ruzzarin--58517834PlasticPills.podbean.com/b0283935-0860-323d-b7cb-3e87954feaf9Fri, 14 Apr 2023 16:08:16 +0000PlasticpillsHow many posts can be fit into a title? Diego's back is back and so are we to have a look at why Stiegler believes that the class war is over, the techno/grammatological pharmakon is in and proletarianization has been total. We looked at the first...5778false150fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/pill-pod-117-baudrillard-as-post-marxist--58517836https://amzn.to/3ZqeDhS), and it turned out to be a pretty seductive text all around. All episodes: https://www.patreon.com/plasticpills]]>PlasticPills.podbean.com/30c2771c-caec-3b20-bb50-b927e57b4fbdFri, 31 Mar 2023 18:00:00 +0000PlasticpillsWe are still on the lookout for some worthwhile post-marxisms, we found a dude who is post-everything. Our reading is from "Ironic Strategies" from Baudrillard's Fatal Strategies (https://amzn.to/3ZqeDhS), and it turned out to be a pretty seductive...https://amzn.to/3ZqeDhS), and it turned out to be a pretty seductive text all around. All episodes: https://www.patreon.com/plasticpills]]>5401false149fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/pill-pod-116-guattari-negri-communists-like-us-preview--58517804https://www.patreon.com/plasticpills]]>PlasticPills.podbean.com/acc01cc9-2d6a-3bdc-ba5e-c06557debad3Fri, 24 Mar 2023 19:18:11 +0000PlasticpillsNew week, new book, and we're still on the hunt for a "post-Marxism" that hits. As usual, we were split on which ingredients we look for in the recipes of political theorists. This is a preview of our debate and all our arguments can be found at...https://www.patreon.com/plasticpills]]>883false148fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/pill-pod-115-althusser-and-structuralist-marxism--58517991For Marx. We read this anticipating a couple episodes trying to figure out what "post-marxism" could mean, and we don't want to strawman, and this is one of my (Pills') favourite bites attempting to delineate what Marxist theory can and cannot aspire to.

Get all the exclusive eps at https://www.patreon.com/plasticpills]]>PlasticPills.podbean.com/27280aa9-db85-3f39-be5c-2eb5a0e83532Fri, 17 Mar 2023 15:01:00 +0000PlasticpillsErik and Pills duo on Althusser, reading "Contradiction and Overdetermination" from the book For Marx. We read this anticipating a couple episodes trying to figure out what "post-marxism" could mean, and we don't want to strawman, and this is one of...For Marx. We read this anticipating a couple episodes trying to figure out what "post-marxism" could mean, and we don't want to strawman, and this is one of my (Pills') favourite bites attempting to delineate what Marxist theory can and cannot aspire to.

Get all the exclusive eps at https://www.patreon.com/plasticpills]]>5138false147fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/pill-pod-114-post-marxism-ft-diego-ruzzarin-preview--58517817PlasticPills.podbean.com/934cc177-259c-33aa-83aa-159ff3d9fc86Thu, 16 Mar 2023 19:43:39 +0000Plasticpillsn the 80s, Laclau and Mouffe decided they wanted to succeed Marxism with discourse stuff and some identity politics thrown in. We read their apologetic for Post-Marxism and while Post-Marxism is interesting as a direction, this version of it leaves...601false146fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/pill-pod-113-slavoj-zizek-vs-wokeness--58517947https://compactmag.com/article/wokeness-is-here-to-stay The rest of our episodes are available at www.patreon.com/plasticpills]]>PlasticPills.podbean.com/1efbe7bd-8bf4-3426-84f8-df740a5184e9Fri, 03 Mar 2023 19:00:00 +0000PlasticpillsZizek allegedly wrote an article on the problems of wokeness and we argued about it. Reactionary? Transphobic? Trolling? We don't agree (with each other). The article: https://compactmag.com/article/wokeness-is-here-to-stay The rest of our episodes...https://compactmag.com/article/wokeness-is-here-to-stay The rest of our episodes are available at www.patreon.com/plasticpills]]>5596false145fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/pill-pod-111-spectacles-of-the-integrated-spectacle--58517967PlasticPills.podbean.com/859114ce-1988-35f0-99af-a212731fb5f2Sat, 18 Feb 2023 00:22:39 +0000PlasticpillsHow many of the intellectual left were assassinated by the CIA? THE TRUTH WILL SHOCK YOU! Guy Debord's head inflates by the time he gets to his book written about his own book, Comments on the Society of Spectacle https://amzn.to/3lLEsLa then we argue...5061false144fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/pill-pod-109-society-of-the-spectacle--58517969https://amzn.to/3HRp0pj). Stay tuned for future spectacles. Get the full series on Debord and the Situationist International at https://www.patreon.com/plasticpills]]>PlasticPills.podbean.com/2d3468d9-7b7c-389e-82b3-cd7cb3f7670dTue, 07 Feb 2023 16:17:00 +0000PlasticpillsWe've been leading up to it, and here is the first spectacle of 2 on Debord's popular book (https://amzn.to/3HRp0pj). Stay tuned for future spectacles. Get the full series on Debord and the Situationist International at...https://amzn.to/3HRp0pj). Stay tuned for future spectacles. Get the full series on Debord and the Situationist International at https://www.patreon.com/plasticpills]]>5008false143fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/pill-pod-108-psychogeography-preview--58517801PlasticPills.podbean.com/c2c8534d-cfc9-3ff2-a28d-b004dc59a3d5Tue, 07 Feb 2023 16:14:48 +0000PlasticpillsThis is a preview on our episode covering the Situationist concepts of psychogeography and unitary urbanism, from back when we hoped for such things.   Get the full episode and plenty more at https://www.patreon.com/plasticpills414false142fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/pill-pod-107-situationist-revolutionary-theory--58517941PlasticPills.podbean.com/85ca276c-3a1f-3ef4-9ab9-4d963cfa055aFri, 20 Jan 2023 16:43:21 +0000PlasticpillsFrom 1957 to 1972, the Situationist International published a slew of articles, pamphlets, films and journals trying to bring theoretical Marxist debates into everyday life and change public consciousness. Today we read a few of these articles on...5727false141fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/pill-pod-106-introduction-to-the-situationist-international-preview--58517811PlasticPills.podbean.com/5cd51fa5-d0dd-31a6-a609-9a7e9cb56dc0Fri, 20 Jan 2023 16:24:16 +0000PlasticpillsWe are starting a series on the theorists and artists of the Situationist International and their most well-known export: The Society of the Spectacle by Guy Debord. Get all exclusive episodes, bonus content, and help support our efforts at...383false140fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/pill-pod-27-burnout-society-by-byung-chul-han-unlocked--58517842https://amzn.to/3sW85IL As always, get more of this every week by joining us at https://www.patreon.com/plasticpills]]>PlasticPills.podbean.com/8679a1a0-7f4d-3aa8-9279-c98b87919fa8Fri, 23 Dec 2022 14:00:00 +0000PlasticpillsIt's been a while since we released an exclusive episode, but I thought this that this episode is as pertinent as it ever was, so enjoy this release from two years ago, and Merry Christmas. It's a discussion of The Burnout Society by Byung-Chul Han...https://amzn.to/3sW85IL As always, get more of this every week by joining us at https://www.patreon.com/plasticpills]]>4604false139fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/pill-pod-105-ai-transhumanism-silicon-valley-singularity-cults--58517847https://www.kurzweilai.net/the-transhuman-singularity All episodes and exclusive videos at https://www.patreon.com/plasticpills ]]>PlasticPills.podbean.com/50339da2-b6ca-3863-b7ef-e0dbbbb83b5bSat, 17 Dec 2022 16:00:00 +0000PlasticpillsAfter our episode claiming that ChatGPT would destroy university education as it currently exists, we had to de-mythologize the dumb philosophy status quo of Silicon Valley and its weird mix of objectivism, stoicism, and effective altruism....https://www.kurzweilai.net/the-transhuman-singularity All episodes and exclusive videos at https://www.patreon.com/plasticpills ]]>5429false138fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/pill-pod-104-ai-the-new-crisis-of-humanities-education--58517855PlasticPills.podbean.com/9eefcf49-20ef-35bd-88d1-00fe91d9661bFri, 09 Dec 2022 18:22:46 +0000PlasticpillsNot with a whimper, but with a bang: it's time for another crisis of the Humanities.  Students, then teachers, then administrators will realize that AI has nullified our current evaluation methods in academia. In this episode we discuss the...4177false137fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/pill-pod-103-feminist-fight-night-nussbaum-vs-butler-preview--58517799PlasticPills.podbean.com/1434dd9b-9213-3fa8-96fe-ce0d25fac306Fri, 09 Dec 2022 18:20:43 +0000PlasticpillsWhat was a niche, inter-feminist fight in the 90s proves to be prophetically relevant this week. Pills and Victor narrate Martha Nussbaum coming at Judith Butler and almost split the difference. Get access to the full episode and many more at...350false136fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/pill-pod-101-democracy-101-preview--58517810PlasticPills.podbean.com/a2a53cce-8dc5-3216-9102-12c4f87ba7beFri, 09 Dec 2022 18:19:07 +0000PlasticpillsWe glance at Ranciere's Hatred of Democracy which suggests that hatred, not equality, is the animus of so-called democracies, and then debate whether or not the term even matters anymore. Get access to the full episode and many more at...463false135fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/pill-pod-100--58517873https://diegoruzzarin.com/Chris: @aufgehendeRest https://epochemagazine.org/56/the-influence-of-plato-on-schellings-living-cosmos-the-timaeus-the-freedom-essay-and-ages-of-the-world/ Matt: @MattPolProf https://areomagazine.com/2022/04/11/is-postmodernism-neo-marxist/ Victor: @victorbruzzone Pills: @plasticpills https://www.youtube.com/c/plasticpills  Erik: No fixed address]]>PlasticPills.podbean.com/f064a853-8632-32a7-b786-8d9b5bf9a42aFri, 04 Nov 2022 18:24:15 +0000PlasticpillsIt's a "party" for our 100th episode! Thanks for everyone who helped us reach this milestone by listening, guesting, supporting us on patreon, or whatever else, and special thanks to everyone who submitted voice clips. To find out what everyone's...https://diegoruzzarin.com/Chris: @aufgehendeRest https://epochemagazine.org/56/the-influence-of-plato-on-schellings-living-cosmos-the-timaeus-the-freedom-essay-and-ages-of-the-world/ Matt: @MattPolProf https://areomagazine.com/2022/04/11/is-postmodernism-neo-marxist/ Victor: @victorbruzzone Pills: @plasticpills https://www.youtube.com/c/plasticpills  Erik: No fixed address]]>6815false134fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/pill-pod-99-edward-bernays-preview--58517814www.patreon.com/plasticpills]]>PlasticPills.podbean.com/ef52554c-ac07-3ec8-9b41-d941cfaa26c7Fri, 28 Oct 2022 05:18:42 +0000PlasticpillsToday we read Freud's nephew, the "Father of PR," Edward Bernays' book "Propaganda" and compare his theory and practice to other opinions on the purpose of propaganda, and how it compares to the later neo-marxist conception of "ideology" and whether...www.patreon.com/plasticpills]]>501false133fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/pill-pod-98-ricky-rorty-derrida-vs-habermas--58517940PlasticPills.podbean.com/a4822a7d-d450-3c71-bb4e-0d019c6890c9Tue, 25 Oct 2022 16:12:20 +0000PlasticpillsThis resembles one of our FIGHT NIGHT episodes, except the whole of it is mediated by another philosopher, Richard Rorty. We give a bit of background to philosophical pragmatism before trying to get a read on what philosophy is for according to each...4931false132fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/pill-pod-95-materialist-theogany-ft-diego-ruzzarin--58517951PlasticPills.podbean.com/ccc1c977-e147-30e3-880c-e36f9ff62c16Tue, 04 Oct 2022 13:01:00 +0000PlasticpillsWe covered this from every perspective we could get to, featuring some Spinoza, Marx, Benjamin, and corn among other references. Please enjoy us bumping into things and trying to figure out what a life's all about.6205false131fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/pill-pod-94-kafka-metamorphosis--58517839https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/5200 Find LitVic on Twitter! @HoratioVictor Always looking for more suggestions for the lit stuff, someone suggested this several months ago and we bore it out! We are joined by LitVic for a literature episode, looking at the puzzling tale of the guy who gets turned into a bug. Find the whole text here https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/5200 Find LitVic on Twitter! @HoratioVictor Missed any eps? Want to support the podcast? join us at www.patreon.com/plasticpills]]>PlasticPills.podbean.com/7cb82e01-937f-3056-825f-09f91541704bMon, 26 Sep 2022 22:05:00 +0000PlasticpillsFind the whole text here https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/5200 Find LitVic on Twitter! @HoratioVictor Always looking for more suggestions for the lit stuff, someone suggested this several months ago and we bore it out! We are joined by LitVic...https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/5200 Find LitVic on Twitter! @HoratioVictor Always looking for more suggestions for the lit stuff, someone suggested this several months ago and we bore it out! We are joined by LitVic for a literature episode, looking at the puzzling tale of the guy who gets turned into a bug. Find the whole text here https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/5200 Find LitVic on Twitter! @HoratioVictor Missed any eps? Want to support the podcast? join us at www.patreon.com/plasticpills]]>5302false130fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/pill-pod-93-nick-land-preview--58517989PlasticPills.podbean.com/21591b38-0786-3148-b61c-a675acc3dfebMon, 26 Sep 2022 22:00:00 +0000PlasticpillsIt's easy to get all the bonus eps and a lot besides on www.patreon.com/plasticpills700false129fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/pill-pod-91-adieu-lacan--58517972https://www.richardledes.com/films to watch it in other langauges.   If you enjoy our content, help us keeping making it by sharing, algo-boosting, rating or joining our Patreon to get the other half of the episodes https://www.patreon.com/plasticpills @plasticpills @victorbruzzone @podpill @ledesr]]>PlasticPills.podbean.com/17842b9d-3e5a-3283-9ad0-942ad51f9853Fri, 26 Aug 2022 15:56:30 +0000PlasticpillsBrace yourselves for two and a half hours focused on Lacan's psychoanalytic method. We are joined partway through by Director/Auteur Richard Ledes, who has brought Lacan to the silver screen in a film we're proud to hype up: ADIEU LACAN.   To watch...https://www.richardledes.com/films to watch it in other langauges.   If you enjoy our content, help us keeping making it by sharing, algo-boosting, rating or joining our Patreon to get the other half of the episodes https://www.patreon.com/plasticpills @plasticpills @victorbruzzone @podpill @ledesr]]>8962false128fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/pill-pod-89-the-myth-of-atlantis-preview--58517883PlasticPills.podbean.com/cd2f54dd-0340-3beb-b7c6-7f6b5168e37dFri, 05 Aug 2022 13:01:00 +0000PlasticpillsWe turn our attention to the ur myth of civilizational collapse... and accidentally find political philosophy. Ah well. Get the other half of our episodes and support our continued efforts at https://www.patreon.com/plasticpills217false127fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/pill-pod-87-the-idea-of-communism-iv-ft-diego-ruzzarin--58517921https://www.patreon.com/plasticpills]]>PlasticPills.podbean.com/cc04c187-9678-3981-8058-143d5ea2fea6Wed, 20 Jul 2022 19:42:20 +0000PlasticpillsIt's more answers without questions, in part IV of our "Idea of Communism" series. We're getting the hot takes from Diego Ruzzarin (@DiegoRuzzarin) on what he thinks the Idea of Communism means for Latin America particularly, what's up with...https://www.patreon.com/plasticpills]]>6970false126fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/pill-pod-86-know-your-enemy-ft-matthew-sitman--58517966PlasticPills.podbean.com/4dba4732-f4cb-34e5-afa4-99dd5776124aTue, 12 Jul 2022 15:46:10 +0000PlasticpillsIt's a political theory day, speaking with the Know Your Enemy podcast's Matthew Sitman, a former young conservative. Starting with some Roe v. Wade, we then dive deep into the intellectual right's endless fascination with Straussian philosophy...7199false125fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/pill-pod-85-the-word-communism-preview--58517800https://www.patreon.com/plasticpills]]>PlasticPills.podbean.com/e44553fc-1f68-37a2-9526-f4c6cf704a43Fri, 01 Jul 2022 14:35:00 +0000PlasticpillsWe have another heated discussion on the sense and meaning of the word "communism," this time from a Heideggerian communist. Get all the goods at https://www.patreon.com/plasticpillshttps://www.patreon.com/plasticpills]]>367false124fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/pill-pod-84-the-universality-of-communism-preview--58517806https://amzn.to/3xZJjMw  All of our episodes and extra content are available for an inconsequential contribution to our group project at https://www.patreon.com/plasticpills]]>PlasticPills.podbean.com/b010ec94-816c-3b18-8752-594619087e29Fri, 24 Jun 2022 23:09:20 +0000PlasticpillsThis week we read the article by Susan Buck-Morss "The Second Time as Farce... Historical Pragmatics and the Untimely Present" from, again, The Idea of Communism https://amzn.to/3xZJjMw All of our episodes and extra content are available for an...https://amzn.to/3xZJjMw  All of our episodes and extra content are available for an inconsequential contribution to our group project at https://www.patreon.com/plasticpills]]>775false123fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/pill-pod-83-the-idea-of-communism-alain-badiou--58517865https://amzn.to/3xZJjMw, The Idea of Communism II https://amzn.to/3OkDYVd, and The Idea of Communism III https://amzn.to/3b8e3lb   Join up with us on Patreon to get all of the upcoming episodes at https://www.patreon.com/plasticpills]]>PlasticPills.podbean.com/4d5968b3-e427-388a-8c68-7ad95b7bb5e1Fri, 17 Jun 2022 12:56:28 +0000PlasticpillsThis is our first in the reading series on the Idea of Communism conferences, covering Alain Badiou.   Our readings will come from The Idea of Communism I https://amzn.to/3xZJjMw, The Idea of Communism II https://amzn.to/3OkDYVd, and The Idea of...https://amzn.to/3xZJjMw, The Idea of Communism II https://amzn.to/3OkDYVd, and The Idea of Communism III https://amzn.to/3b8e3lb   Join up with us on Patreon to get all of the upcoming episodes at https://www.patreon.com/plasticpills]]>5210false122fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-deleuze-seminars-ft-professor-daniel-w-smith--58517872https://deleuze.cla.purdue.edu/   Si vous pouvez comprendre le français, il y en a plus a la Bibliotheque Nationale de France   https://gallica.bnf.fr/html///und/enregistrements-sonores/gilles-deleuze-cours-donnes-luniversite-paris-8-vincennes-saint-denis-1979-0?mode=desktop This interview was too good to keep to ourselves, but if you want to see more, including more exclusive Deleuze videos, you can support us at https://www.patreon.com/plasticpills]]>PlasticPills.podbean.com/e24702f0-1020-3096-b246-44a43cd33ce1Tue, 14 Jun 2022 14:59:18 +0000PlasticpillsPills is graced by the presence of the eminent Deleuze scholar, editor, and translator, Daniel W. Smith. Dan explains how he came to Deleuzian philosophy, why it's important, and previews the exciting Deleuze Seminars project, which is almost finished...https://deleuze.cla.purdue.edu/   Si vous pouvez comprendre le français, il y en a plus a la Bibliotheque Nationale de France   https://gallica.bnf.fr/html///und/enregistrements-sonores/gilles-deleuze-cours-donnes-luniversite-paris-8-vincennes-saint-denis-1979-0?mode=desktop This interview was too good to keep to ourselves, but if you want to see more, including more exclusive Deleuze videos, you can support us at https://www.patreon.com/plasticpills]]>4475false121fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/pill-pod-82-1980s-nostalgia--58517833PlasticPills.podbean.com/ed7fe2b0-bbb4-31e7-a940-4e43dd4293b9Fri, 10 Jun 2022 13:31:37 +0000PlasticpillsReboots and renewals, bodies and images, city and pasture. The Pill Pod takes a crack at analyzing the desire structure of 80s nostalgia in popular media. New episodes and videos not found here are up at https://www.patreon.com/plasticpills so check...4219false120fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/pill-pod-81-the-postmodern-condition-preview--58517851PlasticPills.podbean.com/9edba703-c71e-34d9-95c2-e144146b1cc9Tue, 07 Jun 2022 18:22:42 +0000PlasticpillsPills, Erik and Victor tackle the boogeyman: Lyotard's Postmodern Condition: A Report on Knowledge, with reference to Wittgenstein's language-game methodology. Is postmodernism when there are too many gay characters on TV? Or is it the legitimacy...267false119fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/pill-pod-80-wittgenstein--58517845https://amzn.to/3t0wD56) for Mr. Early Wittgenstein, and Philosophical Investigations (https://amzn.to/3wVfUkC) for Mr. Late Wittgenstein.]]>PlasticPills.podbean.com/e4112320-da25-394e-9ec0-50f2ceab1443Fri, 27 May 2022 19:00:00 +0000PlasticpillsThe team reassembles to talk Wittgenstein, champion of "ideas-don't-matter" philosophy, and about why he matters—even if ideas don't. The primary sources referenced throughout this ep are the Tractatus (https://amzn.to/3t0wD56) for Mr. Early...https://amzn.to/3t0wD56) for Mr. Early Wittgenstein, and Philosophical Investigations (https://amzn.to/3wVfUkC) for Mr. Late Wittgenstein.]]>4678false118fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/kumbaya-posthumanism-preview--58517816PlasticPills.podbean.com/6e40665d-363c-3e05-a45a-a29e492ac76fSat, 14 May 2022 02:47:59 +0000PlasticpillsWe venture into the weeds of ignorance, science, and anthropomorphism, and not even immuno-responses can stop us. We look at posthumanism a la Francesca Ferrando (Philosophical Posthumanism), Donna Haraway (Staying with the Trouble), and James...1003false117fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/talking-to-america-s-new-right-interview--58518278PlasticPills.podbean.com/741773ab-00c2-3420-a2e0-0b9eea2fd622Sat, 14 May 2022 02:27:15 +0000PlasticpillsMatt and Victor interview Nate Hochman on conservative college campuses and America's new right.3216false116fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/america-s-new-right-problem-ft-wapo-s-greg-sargent--58517832https://www.patreon.com/plasticpills for weekly content.]]>PlasticPills.podbean.com/b1c71a79-d6ec-3e1a-84ed-d5c677f23937Wed, 04 May 2022 12:00:00 +0000PlasticpillsGreg Sargent (@ThePlumLineGS) from the Washington Post joins Victor and Matt to discuss America's burgeoning illberal right wing. While often painted as reactionary and unintelligible, America's new right may have more coherent principles and goals...https://www.patreon.com/plasticpills for weekly content.]]>2355false115fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/pill-pod-78-the-posthumanism-manifesto--58517866PlasticPills.podbean.com/b02312d8-0942-3047-948c-dfab60e4766aFri, 29 Apr 2022 16:01:49 +0000PlasticpillsErik and Pills do the thing, because everything needs to be manifestoed eventually and I needed a title. If you wonder whose name is being referenced throughout, it's the forgotten sociologist, Niklas Luhmann. You can follow us at @podpill and...5326false114fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/pill-pod-77-trans-post-human-technics-preview--58517910PlasticPills.podbean.com/8ee478a4-8acb-37e3-9441-f8866200effdFri, 22 Apr 2022 12:01:00 +0000PlasticpillsPills and Erik talk about transhumanism as opposed to posthumanism, and compare their positions on human technology and technics. Heidegger, McLuhan, Latour and Stiegler are all noteworthy theorists of technological posthumanism, the foundation of...747false113fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/pill-pod-76-posthumanism-is-good-actually-vol-1--58517903https://amzn.to/3ObXyUq) quite a few times as well as Francesca Ferrando's "Philosophical Posthumanism" (https://amzn.to/3rtH8Nv).    There are more episodes of systems theory to be observed at www.patreon.com/plasticpills]]>PlasticPills.podbean.com/a88580b6-be60-3267-bad7-33bf9851aea7Sat, 16 Apr 2022 01:48:56 +0000PlasticpillsErik and Pills cover posthumanism in the context of systems theory and what makes it a viable model as an alternative to humanist explanatory frameworks of how society functions. We reference Niklas Luhmann (https://amzn.to/3ObXyUq) quite a few times...https://amzn.to/3ObXyUq) quite a few times as well as Francesca Ferrando's "Philosophical Posthumanism" (https://amzn.to/3rtH8Nv).    There are more episodes of systems theory to be observed at www.patreon.com/plasticpills]]>4800false112fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/prepostposthumanism-preview--58517952PlasticPills.podbean.com/c9b7dc28-eff5-3601-a953-ea8ef2e59558Sat, 09 Apr 2022 10:21:05 +0000PlasticpillsThis is a brief introduction to our defense of posthumanism. Find our extended deliberations about philosophy and whether or not it matters at  https://www.patreon.com/plasticpills671false111fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/christian-socialism--58518251https://christiansocialism.com]]>PlasticPills.podbean.com/e32433a1-e2a9-3172-a84f-538710741925Fri, 08 Apr 2022 22:00:35 +0000PlasticpillsSocialism and Christianity have had a tenuous relationship. Our guest this week, Aaron Anderson, argues that Christianity and socialism not only have shared goals, but that uniting these goals serves as a basis for organizing in opposition to the...https://christiansocialism.com]]>2967false110fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/pill-pod-74-post-posthumanism--58517964http://www.pomoculture.org/2021/12/17/renewing-humanism-against-the-anthropocene-towards-a-theory-of-the-hysterical-sublime/    ]]>PlasticPills.podbean.com/15146bc3-3fd9-3163-8060-35f4a80b03cdFri, 25 Mar 2022 17:31:00 +0000PlasticpillsThis week the pod hosts Matthew Flisfeder (@MattFlisfeder), the Zizek/Hegel/Lacan/Jameson scholar who organized the Peterson vs. Zizek debate. He's working on a book about renewing humanism in opposition to some recent trends in philosophy of the...http://www.pomoculture.org/2021/12/17/renewing-humanism-against-the-anthropocene-towards-a-theory-of-the-hysterical-sublime/    ]]>6759false109fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/pill-pod-72-dugin-russia-s-state-philosopher--58517857PlasticPills.podbean.com/a729a9ca-cac2-3166-ab05-d905668a3dd2Fri, 11 Mar 2022 15:00:00 +0000PlasticpillsIn lieu of a basket of hot takes on the Ukraine invasion, we take a look at the TRUE cause behind all the madness: the Eurasian nationalist-pagan occultist-Heideggerian fascist-Orthodox Christian traditionalist-illiberal philosophy of Aleksandr Dugin....5779false107fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/hyperreal-war-unlocked-pill-pod-57--58517871PlasticPills.podbean.com/b106dcc2-0b3e-359a-94e8-818492be9685Wed, 09 Mar 2022 06:30:00 +0000PlasticpillsWe recorded this months ago but feels relevant enough for a public post. Regularly scheduled content will continue as usual! The video referenced is this one: https://youtu.be/JgJhmvzcb28 If you've missed anything you can more at...4381false106fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/prison-abolition-criminal-justice-ft-blake-wilson--58517886https://www.mblakewilson.com All exclusive episodes can be found at https://www.patreon.com/plasticpills]]>PlasticPills.podbean.com/7943c19a-8e3a-3bc9-88c1-765be029cc20Fri, 04 Mar 2022 14:00:00 +0000PlasticpillsVictor (@victorbruzzone) interviews Professor Blake Wilson from California State University about the Rittenhouse trial, the legitimacy of law, and prison abolition.  Blake is a defense-attorney-turned-philosopher who writes and teaches on criminal...https://www.mblakewilson.com All exclusive episodes can be found at https://www.patreon.com/plasticpills]]>6098false105fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/pill-pod-71-plato-was-an-idiot-preview--58517807https://www.patreon.com/plasticpills]]>PlasticPills.podbean.com/13afcbc2-c9b8-3110-9414-9361c713fd17Sat, 26 Feb 2022 08:07:45 +0000PlasticpillsPlato has had it too easy. We take an hour and a bit to divide the philosophers from the sophists.   This is what we do every week at https://www.patreon.com/plasticpillshttps://www.patreon.com/plasticpills]]>254false104fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/pill-pod-70-fanon-preview--58517973PlasticPills.podbean.com/c4bdec55-7862-3fa0-86e3-f1b87275f123Fri, 18 Feb 2022 17:13:23 +0000PlasticpillsThis was one of the top topics from the previous patron vote--Fanon's postcolonialism.   Get all our exclusive eps on https://www.patreon.com/plasticpills557false103fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/pill-pod-69-the-jordan-peterson-is-over-party--58517889https://amzn.to/34yIQF1 Follows: @plasticpills @mattpolprof @victorbruzzone @HoratioVictor All content, including how to read Nietzsche properly: https://www.patreon.com/plasticpills]]>PlasticPills.podbean.com/1af7f134-a163-3550-93e0-89ce289fa019Fri, 11 Feb 2022 22:40:00 +0000PlasticpillsJoe Rogan hosted JBP to discuss fracking, Abraham, and Nietzsche, and we are here for those hot and not-so-hot takes on our first in-person, video podcast episode. Before we bid adieu to the University of Toronto's melodramatic guru, we cover the hits...https://amzn.to/34yIQF1 Follows: @plasticpills @mattpolprof @victorbruzzone @HoratioVictor All content, including how to read Nietzsche properly: https://www.patreon.com/plasticpills]]>6025false102fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/pill-pod-41-fight-night-1-baudrillard-vs-foucault-unlocked--58517830PlasticPills.podbean.com/6a9ce208-c26d-36ac-a951-a95921760221Fri, 04 Feb 2022 15:09:00 +0000PlasticpillsThis week's episode is going to be late, because we are planning something a little different. This episode is an unlock from a This episode features an exciting 1977 bout between the young iconoclast, Jean Baudrillard and the king of the French...4842false101fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/futilitarianism-neoliberalism-and-the-production-of-uselessness-bonus-interview--58517841https://amzn.to/32LjkLO or https://mitpress.mit.edu/books/futilitarianism.   Matt's full review is here: https://www.jacobinmag.com/2021/12/neoliberalism-powerless-review-neil-vallelly-futilitarianism Some perhaps unfamiliar namedropping occurs in this episode, and a non-exhaustive list includes the utilitarians Jeremy Bentham, John Stuart Mill, and Henry Sidgwick, along with critics such as Herbert Marcuse, Wendy Brown, Mark Fisher, Byung Chul Han, Jessica Whyte, and Jodi Dean. 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Join us at https://www.patreon.com/plasticpills if you want content+.]]>3476false100fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/pill-pod-68-lacan-poe-s-purloined-letter--58518299https://www.patreon.com/plasticpills if you like content.]]>PlasticPills.podbean.com/827ce998-d803-311c-a0a5-02ee61771f10Sat, 29 Jan 2022 18:06:57 +0000PlasticpillsIt's another literature corner episode, featuring The Purloined Letter and the interpretive stylings of the illustrious Lit Vic (find more of his utterances on Twitter @HoratioVictor). We discuss the short story as well as Lacan's psychoanalytic...https://www.patreon.com/plasticpills if you like content.]]>4648false99fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/pill-pod-67-the-question-concerning-technology-preview--58517809PlasticPills.podbean.com/804ee7c8-3c51-38a0-b9fb-4fe9ff9b3bb7Fri, 21 Jan 2022 18:08:57 +0000PlasticpillsThis episode topic was chosen by our patrons. 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Find the full interview with Zizek and Varoufakis here:...https://youtu.be/XIgFnfHhcRc There are many vids and pods for you to consume at https://www.patreon.com/plasticpills   Tell us what you think @podpill, @plasticpills, @victorbruzzone, @mattpolprof]]>5040false97fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/pill-pod-65-don-t-look-up-preview--58517798PlasticPills.podbean.com/f0cf608c-8efa-315d-862e-6e014acf4604Sun, 09 Jan 2022 00:59:13 +0000PlasticpillsMovie episode! This is more than a film, it's now a cultural event, and content is content and we are serious about that content. Please time your molly accordingly.  Get all our exclusive episodes, video lectures, and bonus CONTENT at...125false96fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/pill-pod-64-democrathy-dieth-in-darkneth--58517938PlasticPills.podbean.com/b0570b23-8e4a-351d-8542-22cada571a7fFri, 07 Jan 2022 20:11:00 +0000PlasticpillsThe resurrection took longer than expected as the Pill Pod got COVID, but we're back with a sprawling 100 minutes of sex, drugs, and democracy: Chile elected a socialist (again); France failed to become a communist state in '68; and we ask whether an...6017false95fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/pill-pod-63-tourette-s-tok-preview--58517813PlasticPills.podbean.com/0678bd4b-0715-3bc0-b4d5-a6ff66e3a5a5Tue, 14 Dec 2021 19:53:15 +0000PlasticpillsKids be getting Tourette's from TikToK? This episode features Pills, Victor, and Erik taking on mass sociogenic illnesses from the phenomenological perspective, then a dash of psychoanalysis for good measure.    Get this episode and all our exclusive...619false94fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/marx-nietzsche-how-to-philosophize-with-a-hammer-and-sickle-ft-cck-philosophy--58517961PlasticPills.podbean.com/ccf8d686-d63f-34b8-8353-e3de14df8aa3Sat, 04 Dec 2021 15:00:00 +0000PlasticpillsPills and Matt interview he who was once known as Cuck Philosophy, and who is now known as Jonas Čeika, author of How to Philosophize with a Hammer and Sickle. Get the book here: https://amzn.to/3Im0uuy4891false93fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/pill-pod-62-phenomenology-the-body-schema-preview--58517820PlasticPills.podbean.com/7d143f3b-89ee-31e4-b7eb-1c0d3f1f21bcFri, 26 Nov 2021 13:01:00 +0000PlasticpillsHere's 10 minutes of a 100 minute episode on how Merleau-Ponty's analysis of the Schneider case forever changed the philosophy of mind. Get all our exclusive eps, including this one, at https://www.patreon.com/plasticpills601false92fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/pill-pod-61-phenomenology-of-marxism-revolution--58517885https://www.patreon.com/plasticpills]]>PlasticPills.podbean.com/21a72cf8-5d31-3f77-9430-0547d6b0ff88Fri, 19 Nov 2021 13:00:00 +0000PlasticpillsPhenomenology is sometimes viewed apolitically, today we try to get a handle on Merleau-Ponty's phenomenological Marxism.   The sections of the text we read of this ep can be found on Patreon (even if you're not a patron). That's at...https://www.patreon.com/plasticpills]]>3757false91fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/pill-pod-60-new-consciousness-preview--58517818PlasticPills.podbean.com/d3dbaa07-a8b6-3e1f-9b5b-bca0c7529953Fri, 12 Nov 2021 13:00:00 +0000PlasticpillsHere we go back a few pages to discuss the "prejudices" in philosophy of mind including empiricism, intellectualism, psychologism, and clinical physiology.  For 4 bucks you get immediate access to this and 40 more exclusive episodes, and maybe one...463false90fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/pill-pod-59-phenomenology-could-save-your-lifeworld--58517858https://www.patreon.com/plasticpills  ]]>PlasticPills.podbean.com/8220e6de-154d-33dd-8fd3-4e43b83ef413Fri, 05 Nov 2021 11:59:00 +0000PlasticpillsNo politics, no metaphysics, no grand narratives, as this week, and for the following weeks, the Pill Pod is going back to the things themselves. That's right—we are talking phenomenology. Our touchstone text will be Phenomenology of Perception by...https://www.patreon.com/plasticpills  ]]>4414false89fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/socialism-liberalism-mortal-enemies-or-embittered-kin--58517943PlasticPills.podbean.com/24ed60b2-2b3d-3538-9fdd-885384a9680bFri, 22 Oct 2021 12:00:00 +0000PlasticpillsThe Pill Pod gets academic as our new volume is out, edited by Matt and featuring contributions Victor, Erik and our episode guest Ben (@benburgis) of Give Them an Argument. We argue that much of the antagonism between socialism and liberalism has...3477false87fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/pill-pod-57-hyperreal-war-preview--58517815PlasticPills.podbean.com/9b6ece5e-f5d4-31f6-98d9-4f60e2c61831Thu, 21 Oct 2021 22:04:28 +0000PlasticpillsWe are name dropping that Baudrillard, Virilio and trying to remember what Emmanuel Levinas said, giving a biased review of the new Pills vid, and trying to figure out what's up with all the images. Get the full ep and hours more educational content...574false88fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/nietzsche-the-aristocratic-rebel--58517859https://amzn.to/3mF15gS). While most left-wing intellectuals read Nietzsche selectively, this 1000 page tome opts to take seriously the implications of Nietzsche's anti-democratic thinking.]]>PlasticPills.podbean.com/32ecc85a-0ffa-3abd-b012-1f66ba1b122eFri, 08 Oct 2021 21:17:47 +0000PlasticpillsJordan DeJonge joins the pod to revisit the question "just how reactionary was Nietzsche?" as asked in Domenico Losurdo's newly translated intellectual biography: Nietzsche, The Aristocratic Rebel (https://amzn.to/3mF15gS). While most left-wing...https://amzn.to/3mF15gS). While most left-wing intellectuals read Nietzsche selectively, this 1000 page tome opts to take seriously the implications of Nietzsche's anti-democratic thinking.]]>4742false86fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/pill-pod-56-structuralism-is-a-lie-preview--58517838PlasticPills.podbean.com/ee27b7eb-e52c-3b3e-82cd-92cb391f9899Fri, 01 Oct 2021 12:01:00 +0000PlasticpillsErik brings a shocking discovery to the Pill Pod, oh yea and what the hell is structuralism anyway?   Get the full ep and hours more educational content by supporting our efforts over at www.patreon.com/plasticpills377false85fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/pill-pod-55-i-would-prefer-not-to--58517899www.patreon.com/plasticpills]]>PlasticPills.podbean.com/7e22099f-0664-3715-b1e0-9c370fc17b51Fri, 24 Sep 2021 12:01:00 +0000PlasticpillsEvoked by no less than Agamben, Byung-Chul Han, Deleuze, and Zizek's wardrobe, Bartleby is a compelling character. This week we are joined by Lit Vic to bust us into some literary analysis of a prophet of American capitalism: Herman Melville, in his...www.patreon.com/plasticpills]]>5104false84fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/fight-night-zizek-vs-deleuze-ii-preview--58517827PlasticPills.podbean.com/686c8f0a-1149-3255-b2a2-e763e774a39dFri, 17 Sep 2021 12:00:00 +0000PlasticpillsParts I and II comprise 3+ hours of discussion on Zizek's Organs Without Bodies: On Deleuze and Consequences. Join up with us on Patreon to get it all and 30+ exclusive episodes www.patreon.com/plasticpills604false83fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/21st-century-socialism-ft-jeremy-gilbert--58517825PlasticPills.podbean.com/8a2d356a-4728-3d46-8cdf-dcc2c2307b04Tue, 14 Sep 2021 16:24:10 +0000PlasticpillsProfessor Jeremy Gilbert from across the pond gives a primer on his primer: Twenty-First Century Socialism. Gilbert gives a jargon-free explanation as to why buy-in to the system of consumer product bribery is no longer working, how "socialism" is...2404false82fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/fight-night-zizek-vs-deleuze-i-preview--58517823PlasticPills.podbean.com/b659734b-2aae-3359-8e27-8092f5c30769Fri, 10 Sep 2021 17:01:35 +0000PlasticpillsPart 1 of our reading of Zizek's attempt to take down Deleuze, whom he calls an ideologist of late capitalism in "Organs Without Bodies." Join up with us on Patreon to get the full dish, and find out who reigns supreme in the final decision next week...861false81fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/lacanian-analysis-racist-jokes-ft-jack-black--58517870PlasticPills.podbean.com/ec44034a-a180-3849-895e-52e1205042e0Fri, 03 Sep 2021 14:00:00 +0000PlasticpillsJack Black (no, the Other Jack Black) joins the Pill Pod to discuss his new book "Race, Racism and Political Correctness in Comedy: A Psychoanalytic Exploration." 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This episode we getinto it the kindred bond between critical theory and conspiracy theory, how states do and do not dominate in response to pandemics, and how Deleuze dominates Agamben in response to Foucaults....https://www.quodlibet.it/giorgio-agamben-cittadini-di-seconda-classe  Get all episodes at https://patreon.com/plasticpills]]>4540false76fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/radical-democracy-protest-politics-ft-david-matijasevich--58517924PlasticPills.podbean.com/ad1d9589-d0ad-3424-82df-1eebefc85171Fri, 16 Jul 2021 12:01:00 +0000PlasticpillsProfessor David Matijasevich, author of Radical Democracy and Its Limits, joins Matt and Victor to discuss the limits of radical democracy and the aesthetic ideal of protest politics, and how they are often the luxury of those who are already cozy in...4102false75fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/pill-pod-46-nihilism-preview--58517819www.patreon.com/plasticpills]]>PlasticPills.podbean.com/cd7b617b-15fc-3f5a-b3a3-97cf33514801Fri, 09 Jul 2021 11:59:00 +0000PlasticpillsHere's a preview of this week's episode featuring Uncle Bob, Baudrillard, Kierkegaard, Nietzsche, Lacan and the simple question: Dude, why not just bin "meaningfulness" as an evaluation of life? 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Turner is a political theorist at the University of Toronto and author of...https://amzn.to/3fettog]]>4493false55fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/pill-pod-34-the-snyder-nut-psychoanalysis-film--58517905www.patreon.com/plasticpills to dose up on exclusive episodes and video content.  ]]>PlasticPills.podbean.com/11bb9cc9-d9e5-327f-a577-50090ce11c23Tue, 23 Mar 2021 06:20:07 +0000PlasticpillsSpoiler warnings: That new DC film, Fight Club, Starship Troopers. This is a performative attempt to theorize the relationship between popular cultural, moral totems, and a libidinal economy. 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Check out http://www.patreon.com/plasticpills to support the Pill Pod and dose up on exclusive...www.patreon.com/plasticpills to support the Pill Pod and dose up on exclusive episodes.]]>4619false37fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/heidegger-helper-unlocked--58517963PlasticPills.podbean.com/174b561a-7d73-3c68-9ee6-55d39d0a5b3fMon, 28 Dec 2020 13:00:00 +0000PlasticpillsThe Pill Pod is still off this week for mental recuperation, so please enjoy this unlock of one of our locked episodes: our fourfold discussion of Heidegger's Being and Time, his relationship to Husserl, existentialism, hermeneutics, and everything...4647false34fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/nietzsche-overdose-unlocked--58517908PlasticPills.podbean.com/9b580d2c-51b7-3e49-b966-2c3ad3294b54Mon, 21 Dec 2020 13:05:00 +0000PlasticpillsThe Pill Pod is off this week for mental recuperation, so please enjoy this unlock of one of our episodes from back in the summer: a 5 course, two-hour-long discussion of Nietzsche, his significance to 20th century philosophy, our interpretations, and...6569false33fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/zizek-microdose-pill-pod-23--58517939www.youtube.com/c/plasticpills.   Keep up with us on twitter! @plasticpills @mattpolprof @t8erik @victorbruzzone Join the Patreon for more theory audio and video content www.patreon.com/plasticpills]]>PlasticPills.podbean.com/536916f2-236a-38b1-8a05-9955351d15b2Tue, 15 Dec 2020 13:01:00 +0000PlasticpillsThis is the first Pill Pod & Plasticpills co-release on the philosophy, cultural significance, and reception of Slavoj Zizek. Check out the video at http://www.youtube.com/c/plasticpills.   Keep up with us on twitter! @plasticpills @mattpolprof...www.youtube.com/c/plasticpills.   Keep up with us on twitter! @plasticpills @mattpolprof @t8erik @victorbruzzone Join the Patreon for more theory audio and video content www.patreon.com/plasticpills]]>4951false36fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/pill-pod-22-nerd-culture-industry-preview--58517846PlasticPills.podbean.com/65a209b7-2327-3938-9d62-44db19ea3d30Wed, 09 Dec 2020 22:34:23 +0000PlasticpillsToday we discuss the pervasive pastiche and corny conservatism of all our favourite nerd culture products (but not Star Wars 'cause it sucks ass). Find the full episode and our other content on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/plasticpills305falsetrailerhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/pill-pod-21-cry-sis-cr-eye-sis-cr-isis-a-radical-rethinking-of-the-heuristics-historiography-and-post-haptical-ecology-of-rupture--58517912www.patreon.com/plasticpills to support the Pill Pod and dose up on all our exclusive episodes.]]>PlasticPills.podbean.com/891be30d-14ac-38e1-a292-7d47bbb4d8bfSat, 28 Nov 2020 00:37:56 +0000PlasticpillsIs the sky falling? The Pill Pod (@mattpolprof, @Victorbruzzone, @t8erik, @plasticpills) take down this top shelf topical episode considering CRISES: of capitalism, of the spectacle, of meaning and of ecology. Check out...www.patreon.com/plasticpills to support the Pill Pod and dose up on all our exclusive episodes.]]>4851false31fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/pill-pod-20-fak-news--58517937PlasticPills.podbean.com/77f4901e-4e0a-3c17-b5ad-1a41c6ba0be4Fri, 13 Nov 2020 08:19:14 +0000PlasticpillsJoin us for a relaxed topical episode discussing some of our local news, as well as the shifting place of "News" in the new media ecology, including its phenomenological effects on the embodied mind. We drop some Benjamin, McLuhan, and Merleau-Ponty,...4719false30fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/autopoiesis-cybernetics-systems-theory-ii-preview--58517874www.patreon.com/plasticpills. Otherwise, check back later in the week for more free content! Here's the main book link: https://amzn.to/3kldF1V]]>PlasticPills.podbean.com/74a8df3f-5fba-3a48-9bd1-3b2de55ef075Wed, 11 Nov 2020 04:34:50 +0000PlasticpillsHere is a preview of our second episode in the series on Cybernetics & Systems Theory, the rest of which will be up on the Patreon http://www.patreon.com/plasticpillsOtherwise, check back later in the week for more free content! Here's the main...www.patreon.com/plasticpills. Otherwise, check back later in the week for more free content! Here's the main book link: https://amzn.to/3kldF1V]]>677false29fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-ethics-of-pandemics-bonus-interview--58517999https://amzn.to/34ODXoK)]]>PlasticPills.podbean.com/c1f98381-9f5d-3c61-a970-02e6f567229cTue, 03 Nov 2020 13:00:00 +0000PlasticpillsHere's a new experiment! Pill Pod's Victor (@victorbruzzone) meets up with Michelle Charette (@michgenevievec) to co-host this interview with Professor Meredith Schwartz. They talk COVID and applied ethical philosophy.   For more, check out Meredith's...https://amzn.to/34ODXoK)]]>4674false28bonushttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/pill-pod-19-derridalirium-preview--58517848PlasticPills.podbean.com/f005acc4-1685-3c6c-a0f6-e1c17c480ae8Fri, 30 Oct 2020 12:00:00 +0000PlasticpillsWe asked our patrons to give us a topic this week, and they were thirsty for this Derrida hottie. Catch the full episode up on our Patreon, https://patreon.com/plasticpills515falsetrailerhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/microdose-cybernetics-systems-theory--58517962https://amzn.to/3kldF1V]]>PlasticPills.podbean.com/55b455e2-6d17-3594-86a8-e5a4742a7742Thu, 29 Oct 2020 14:14:23 +0000PlasticpillsPure theory. Join @plasticpills and @t8erik for an introduction to cybernetics and systems theory. Politics has tired us out so we are retreating to the high bastions of abstract thought--where we feel safe. The rest of this series, including the...https://amzn.to/3kldF1V]]>5269false26fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/pill-pod-18-socialism-in-bidenland-inshallah-ft-shawn-gude--58517909https://www.jacobinmag.com/author/shawn-gude   More of our various creations at https://www.patreon.com/plasticpills]]>PlasticPills.podbean.com/edb86056-797e-38ec-afd9-4b4b5e49500fTue, 27 Oct 2020 12:00:00 +0000PlasticpillsThe Pill Pod gets schooled by Jacobin associate editor, Shawn Gude on American socialism past and present. We talk intra-left spats, whether theorists have a purpose, and the urban/rural divide in the history of American and Canadian organized labour....https://www.jacobinmag.com/author/shawn-gude   More of our various creations at https://www.patreon.com/plasticpills]]>4853false25fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/overdose-the-deleuze-tapes-ft-charles-stivale--58517878https://deleuze.cla.purdue.edu/ Si vous pouvez comprendre le français, il y en a plus a la Bibliotheque Nationale de France  https://gallica.bnf.fr/html///und/enregistrements-sonores/gilles-deleuze-cours-donnes-luniversite-paris-8-vincennes-saint-denis-1979-0?mode=desktop Support the podcast for more of the good stuff: https://www.patreon.com/plasticpills  ]]>PlasticPills.podbean.com/54eb3aad-f750-30b7-ae9c-7686c285894dFri, 23 Oct 2020 12:00:00 +0000PlasticpillsToday we are #blessed by the presence of OG Deleuze scholar and translator Charles Stivale, who is descending to impart his wisdom on Deleuze and "The Deleuze Seminars." The translated transcripts of these rare audio recordings offer an indispensable...https://deleuze.cla.purdue.edu/ Si vous pouvez comprendre le français, il y en a plus a la Bibliotheque Nationale de France  https://gallica.bnf.fr/html///und/enregistrements-sonores/gilles-deleuze-cours-donnes-luniversite-paris-8-vincennes-saint-denis-1979-0?mode=desktop Support the podcast for more of the good stuff: https://www.patreon.com/plasticpills  ]]>3691false24fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/pill-pod-17-larping-in-the-vampire-castle-preview--58517867www.patreon.com/plasticpills to dose up on this and future exclusive episodes. Articles: Vampire Castle: https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/opendemocracyuk/exiting-vampire-castle Matt's article, "Socialist Don't Want to Destroy Liberalism": https://www.jacobinmag.com/2020/10/socialism-liberalism-marx]]>PlasticPills.podbean.com/2028d419-612c-3292-9091-4ac2b2e2bb7cMon, 19 Oct 2020 22:03:16 +0000PlasticpillsHey ya'll. Join us for a tour de Mark Fisher, as we read "Exiting the Vampire Castle" as well as  Tankies' comments on Matt's article on liberal socialism. Check out http://www.patreon.com/plasticpills to dose up on this and future exclusive...www.patreon.com/plasticpills to dose up on this and future exclusive episodes. Articles: Vampire Castle: https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/opendemocracyuk/exiting-vampire-castle Matt's article, "Socialist Don't Want to Destroy Liberalism": https://www.jacobinmag.com/2020/10/socialism-liberalism-marx]]>492falsetrailerhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/overdose-marxism-and-or-not-liberalism-ft-igor-shoikhedbrod--58517957https://amzn.to/34cTCxR Read Matt's review of the book for Jacobin: https://jacobinmag.com/2020/10/karl-marx-liberalism-rights-igor-shoikhedbrod-review Check out www.patreon.com/plasticpills to support the Pill Pod and dose up on exclusive episodes.]]>PlasticPills.podbean.com/e774adaa-3ad6-3981-97c9-c62ca0c495ecMon, 19 Oct 2020 21:58:46 +0000PlasticpillsVictor (@victorbruzzone) and Matt (@mattpolprof) grill Igor (@ishoikhedbrod) on his bold new book, Revisiting Marx's Critique of Liberalism, which argues that liberal notions of justice and right are not only not inimical to Marx's political vision,...https://amzn.to/34cTCxR Read Matt's review of the book for Jacobin: https://jacobinmag.com/2020/10/karl-marx-liberalism-rights-igor-shoikhedbrod-review Check out www.patreon.com/plasticpills to support the Pill Pod and dose up on exclusive episodes.]]>5698false22fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/pill-pod-16-getting-schooled-in-frankfurt-adorno-horkheimer-marcuse-habermas--58517955https://www.shalonvantine.com/secondasfarce. Check out www.patreon.com/plasticpills to support the Pill Pod and dose up on exclusive episodes.]]>PlasticPills.podbean.com/1191572e-41ca-332d-a7c8-d0169a17d1e5Fri, 02 Oct 2020 05:07:16 +0000PlasticpillsReturning to the Frankfurt School, the Pill Pod (@mattpolprof, @t8erik, @plasticpills) + guest SHALON, figure out a plan for using a few small Neo-Marxist books to stop the tsunami of popular music, film, art, and news. No problem! Find Shalon's blog...https://www.shalonvantine.com/secondasfarce. Check out www.patreon.com/plasticpills to support the Pill Pod and dose up on exclusive episodes.]]>4760false21fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/pill-pod-14-are-nietzsche-and-heidegger-too-dangerous-to-read--58517930https://amzn.to/33JC7DR). According to Beiner, the intellectual left has too uncritically accepted Nietzsche and Heidegger, who are extolled by modern fascists, and thus we are compelled to engage more rigorously with their illiberal philosophies.   Check out www.patreon.com/plasticpills to support the Pill Pod and dose up on exclusive episodes.]]>PlasticPills.podbean.com/aad6c88d-405f-33fd-8ad5-0bf704daa34aFri, 18 Sep 2020 19:10:05 +0000PlasticpillsThe Pill Pod is joined by Professor Ronald Beiner, author of Dangerous Minds: Nietzsche, Heidegger, and the Return of the Far Right (Link: https://amzn.to/33JC7DR). According to Beiner, the intellectual left has too uncritically accepted Nietzsche and...https://amzn.to/33JC7DR). According to Beiner, the intellectual left has too uncritically accepted Nietzsche and Heidegger, who are extolled by modern fascists, and thus we are compelled to engage more rigorously with their illiberal philosophies.   Check out www.patreon.com/plasticpills to support the Pill Pod and dose up on exclusive episodes.]]>5118false20fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/overdose-nietzsche-preview--58517906www.patreon.com/plasticpills to support the Pill Pod and dose up on this and future episodes.]]>PlasticPills.podbean.com/2dabc1ea-8e92-3bb4-9b25-24c789838a2fWed, 09 Sep 2020 23:19:03 +0000PlasticpillsPour a coffee, or something stronger, because this is a special one: a 5 course, two-hour-long discussion of Nietzsche, his significance to 20th century philosophy, our interpretations, and finally, the DANGER of his thought. Check out...www.patreon.com/plasticpills to support the Pill Pod and dose up on this and future episodes.]]>858falsetrailerhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/microdose-john-rawls-and-left-liberalism--58517884www.patreon.com/plasticpills to support the Pill Pod and dose up on this and future episodes.]]>PlasticPills.podbean.com/70eb9110-7173-358c-818e-71d04896d241Fri, 04 Sep 2020 14:48:31 +0000PlasticpillsIt's a political philosophy hour with @MattPolProf and @Victorbruzzone, who offer a leftist reading of John Rawls' concept of justice, and how it might be deployed in the organization of more equitable societies.   Check out...www.patreon.com/plasticpills to support the Pill Pod and dose up on this and future episodes.]]>3343false18fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/microdose-process-metaphysics-in-deleuze-whitehead-bergson--58517934www.patreon.com/plasticpills to support the Pill Pod and dose up on this and future episodes.]]>PlasticPills.podbean.com/9d303824-5ce8-3c97-baac-5bed0ca460f5Thu, 27 Aug 2020 20:00:00 +0000PlasticpillsChris is back with Plastic Pills to talk about ontology and metaphysics, contrasting the "major philosophy" of substance metaphysics with the "minor philosophy" of process metaphysics and its significance to Deleuze and his canon of philosophy. Galaxy...www.patreon.com/plasticpills to support the Pill Pod and dose up on this and future episodes.]]>3452false17fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/pill-pod-13-worst-marx-in-the-class--58517922https://quillette.com/2020/08/16/the-challenge-of-marxism/), which is at least as erroneous as it is popular.   Check out www.patreon.com/plasticpills to support the Pill Pod and dose up on this and future episodes.]]>PlasticPills.podbean.com/73e3c199-21db-330a-8472-18df6e031b2aSun, 23 Aug 2020 19:10:17 +0000PlasticpillsIt's Culture War Day as the Pill Pod suits up to read the second worst take on Marxism ever, evidently served up to quell the debilitating anxiety of both conservative boomers and very-high-IQ 20-year-olds. From Quillette we read "The Challenge of...https://quillette.com/2020/08/16/the-challenge-of-marxism/), which is at least as erroneous as it is popular.   Check out www.patreon.com/plasticpills to support the Pill Pod and dose up on this and future episodes.]]>4548false16fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/pill-pod-12-preview-the-dialectic-of-recognition--58517907www.patreon.com/plasticpills to support the Pill Pod and dose up on this and future episodes.   Hegel's Phenomenology of Spirit: https://amzn.to/2Fw7Qjq Kojeve's Lecture on Hegel: https://amzn.to/2Cw84Wv  ]]>PlasticPills.podbean.com/03993dc5-c5e5-35ec-a72f-f1f8f2d054a5Sun, 16 Aug 2020 22:50:43 +0000PlasticpillsIf you've heard of Kojeve, Sartre, Merleau-Ponty, Althusser, Lacan, or Zizek, you have heard some version of the dialectic of recognition. No surprise, it originates with Hegel. We have Borna back with us again to guide us through the Phenomenology of...www.patreon.com/plasticpills to support the Pill Pod and dose up on this and future episodes.   Hegel's Phenomenology of Spirit: https://amzn.to/2Fw7Qjq Kojeve's Lecture on Hegel: https://amzn.to/2Cw84Wv  ]]>865falsetrailerhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/pill-pod-10-the-last-hegel-on-the-left--58517993www.patreon.com/plasticpills to support the Pill Pod and dose up on exclusive and future episodes.]]>PlasticPills.podbean.com/9503d2ed-2f26-3061-a2b7-3f8a2e0127a2Fri, 31 Jul 2020 01:44:20 +0000PlasticpillsOur colleague BORNA joins @mattpolprof, @t8erik, @plasticpills to attempt the impossible: explain Hegel's politics of the State. Is Hegel the bad Walmart of philosophy? Or may his ethics yet have emancipatory potential for left-minded thought? We...www.patreon.com/plasticpills to support the Pill Pod and dose up on exclusive and future episodes.]]>5488false14fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/pill-pod-9-preview-familiarizing-foucault--58517920www.patreon.com/plasticpills to support the Pill Pod and dose up on this and future episodes.    ]]>PlasticPills.podbean.com/01f7c698-8e9d-3d7e-9f44-ed4386716981Fri, 24 Jul 2020 19:50:06 +0000Plasticpills@Plasticpills, Matt McManus, Erik, and Marion offer a rundown of what we consider the most important concepts of Foucault's thought and doubles as an introduction if you're rusty.    Check out http://www.patreon.com/plasticpills to support the Pill...www.patreon.com/plasticpills to support the Pill Pod and dose up on this and future episodes.    ]]>634false13bonushttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/pill-pod-8-what-the-fouc-is-the-state--58517948www.patreon.com/plasticpills to support the Pill Pod and dose up on all future episodes.  ]]>PlasticPills.podbean.com/cbf8c3b5-7a8f-3610-b044-7fc3c648d803Thu, 23 Jul 2020 20:49:28 +0000Plasticpills@Mattpolprof, @plasticpills, @victorbruzzone, @t8erik and guest, Marion, take an open approach to understand two words: State and Power. We pretty much end up just discussing Foucault for an hour and half.   Check out...www.patreon.com/plasticpills to support the Pill Pod and dose up on all future episodes.  ]]>4949false12fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/pill-pod-7-cancel-couture--58517927Patreon to support the Pill Pod and dose up on all future episodes  ]]>PlasticPills.podbean.com/1ae15fcc-1b8a-5c63-ac90-42a042c5e393Thu, 16 Jul 2020 20:09:51 +0000PlasticpillsThe party (@Mattpolprof, @plasticpills, and @victorbruzzone) discusses the fearsome cancel culture, the opposition fantasies of wokists and anti-wokists, and have a first read of the literati's Harper's letter.  Check out...Patreon to support the Pill Pod and dose up on all future episodes  ]]>4399false11fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/overdose-deleuze-guattari-s-thousand-plateaus-ft-ian-buchanan-2-2--58517916PlasticPills.podbean.com/be319505-77a3-5701-bd76-2d65d4fa7365Fri, 10 Jul 2020 12:00:00 +0000PlasticpillsPlasticPills and Chris sit down with Ian Buchanan, founder and editor-in-chief of the Deleuze and Guattari Studies Journal. In Part 2 we discuss the work of Deleuze and Guattari's notion "deterritorialization" with respect to racism, their concept of...3313false10fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/overdose-deleuze-guattari-s-thousand-plateaus-ft-ian-buchanan-1-2--58517881PlasticPills.podbean.com/f83f9d54-dc01-5837-9885-5701ff2eb38cWed, 08 Jul 2020 12:00:00 +0000PlasticpillsPlasticPills and Chris sit down with Ian Buchanan, founder and editor-in-chief of the Deleuze and Guattari Studies Journal. In Part 1 we discuss the work of Deleuze and Guattari, the relationship of their work to that of Foucault, and consider their...2717false9fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/microdose-intro-to-deleuze--58517888PlasticPills.podbean.com/ff43fed0-0a2a-5ca7-b7cd-97ba92091e20Mon, 06 Jul 2020 01:54:38 +0000PlasticpillsIn advance of our chat with Ian Buchanan, who's a "big deal" Deleuze scholar, Chris and PlasticPills sit down to talk about why Deleuze matters, how to navigate his texts, and how to negotiate the central themes of his work, i.e. the rhizome,...3920false8fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/pill-pod-6-the-amerika-episode--58517944PlasticPills.podbean.com/6482a2e0-86e6-5bbe-b3d1-83ae91bbb432Wed, 01 Jul 2020 22:56:17 +0000PlasticpillsWe are joined by our very own European* critic to discuss American civic religion and its textured mythos of religion, rebellion, and race.    5426false7fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/pill-pod-5-revolution-rip-tide--58517928PlasticPills.podbean.com/8eea30b9-a437-5e59-aea0-678e2872c4caFri, 19 Jun 2020 20:46:25 +0000Plasticpills@Mattpolprof, @t8erik and @Plasticpills consider the value of "revolution" as a concept or as a political goal of left-wing politics. Starting with Alain Badiou, we discuss guillotines, Marxism, BLM, the sign economy, and the aesthetics of burning...4265false6fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/microdose-vitalism-and-the-philosophy-of-life--58517987https://archive.org/details/TheHistoryAndTheoryOfVitalism ]]>PlasticPills.podbean.com/de2e7f3c-fa70-55f7-82cb-d067eea8e15dSat, 13 Jun 2020 00:35:16 +0000PlasticpillsPlasticpills and Christopher Satoor sit down to dialogue about vitalism, including philosophers such as Leibniz, Maine de Biran, Bergson, and Deleuze. What is it? What is it good for? Will it save the world?  ...https://archive.org/details/TheHistoryAndTheoryOfVitalism ]]>3243false5bonushttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/pill-pod-4-conspiracy-brained--58517923PlasticPills.podbean.com/0a3e5251-af3e-5b39-a7d1-34c6638b1510Thu, 11 Jun 2020 00:34:38 +0000PlasticpillsThe midwives of the soul discuss conspiracy brain--not individual conspiracies, but the political, psychoanalytic, and semiological dimensions of conspiracy including covid-5G and lizard aliens. Throwin down some Lacan, Deleuze, Baudrillard, but no...4807false4fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/pill-pod-3-quarantine-agamben-covidical-theory-and-states-of-exception--58517932this article, where Agamben (critical theorist) says coronavirus isn't real, and this article, dunking on his take. We then call each other libs after recapping the Sanders campaign. youtube.com/c/plasticpills  ]]>PlasticPills.podbean.com/523dcd3e-605e-5f8f-931e-06cf89f3cc44Wed, 15 Apr 2020 00:02:31 +0000PlasticpillsJoin us as we argue about http://positionswebsite.org/giorgio-agamben-the-state-of-exception-provoked-by-an-unmotivated-emergency/, where Agamben (critical theorist) says coronavirus isn't real, and...this article, where Agamben (critical theorist) says coronavirus isn't real, and this article, dunking on his take. We then call each other libs after recapping the Sanders campaign. youtube.com/c/plasticpills  ]]>4762false3fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/pill-pod-2-realism-antirealism-coronavirus--58517936PlasticPills.podbean.com/7ad6c780-0b3a-5127-80fc-445d1be12702Mon, 16 Mar 2020 21:26:33 +0000PlasticpillsJoin us for our sophmore episode, from quarantine, in which we discuss Baudrillard, Derrida, and whether or not Covid 19 is real.4521false2fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/pill-pod-1-why-critical-theory-reading-bruno-latour--58517918http://www.bruno-latour.fr/sites/default/files/89-CRITICAL-INQUIRY-GB.pdf   @plasticpills youtube.com/c/plasticpills]]>PlasticPills.podbean.com/40ea8fb4-5b15-554c-bd95-504c6c0b097aWed, 04 Mar 2020 01:14:48 +0000PlasticpillsThe second first episode of the PlasticPills pod. There may be a reason to podcast on critical theory, and we try to figure out what that is through reading this article by Bruno Latour:...http://www.bruno-latour.fr/sites/default/files/89-CRITICAL-INQUIRY-GB.pdf   @plasticpills youtube.com/c/plasticpills]]>5638false1full