Essays on Extinction Volume 2: Sex After Life https://www.openhumanitiespress.org/books/titles/sex-after-life/ Who Would You Kill to Save the World?: https://www.nebraskapress.unl.edu/nebraska/9781496234988/who-would-you-kill-to-save-the-world/ Craig sits down with Claire Colebrook to discuss the basics of 'minor becomings' through the concepts of 'becomin ... Show More
Aug 18
Derrida's "Odyssey": Hospitality, Borders, and the Meaning of 'Xenia'
Fall/Autumn 2026 Courses at AHRC: https://www.acidhorizonpodcast.com/ahrc-coursesWhat do we really owe a stranger at the door, and what grounds that obligation? In this episode, Craig and Adam turn to Jacques Derrida's writing on hospitality to unpack Christopher Nolan's new adap ... Show More
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Aug 8
*PATREON EXCLUSIVE* 'The Logic of Sense' in Michael Mann's 'Heat': Deleuze, Crime, and the Crystal Image
Enroll in Bob's class coming soon: https://www.acidhorizonpodcast.com/ahrc-courses/p/jung-and-spinoza-god-affect-destinyHow does "heat" in Michael Mann's 1995 film Heat relate to concepts in Deleuze's The Logic of Sense? Craig is joined by Bob Langan, and Jay Conway to read Micha ... Show More
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Mar 2024
Catherine Malabou on the Clitoris, AI, Anarchism, Hegel, Marx… and much more!
Frank Ruda and Agon Hamza sit down with the French philosopher Catherine Malabou to discuss her latest books on anarchism and clitoris, Artificial Intelligence, domination, films and culture, the role of philosophy, and a lot of other topics. You can listen to our podcast here: h ... Show More
1h 12m
Dec 2019
#180 — Sex & Power
<p>Sam Harris speaks with Meghan Daum about her book "The Problem with Everything." They discuss contemporary feminism, violence against women, campus sexual assault, moral panics, new norms of conversation, the 2020 Presidential campaign, and other topics. </p> <p>If the Making ... Show More
48m 17s
Jul 2024
Episode 288: The Despised Foot (The Denial of Death Pt. 2)
<p>David and Tamler conclude their discussion of Ernest Becker's <em>The Denial of Death</em>. We talk about Becker's philosophy of science (does he have one?), his sweeping explanations for strongman leaders, neuroses, mental illness, sexual fetishes, and the refreshing absence< ... Show More
1h 30m
Oct 2024
99 | What is Dialectics? Part VI: From Explanation to Emancipation: Roy Bhaskar’s Critical Realism
<p>In this episode, we discuss the philosopher of science Roy Bhaskar and his essays in <em>Reclaiming Reality</em>. We discuss whether it is possible for the human sciences to overcome the fact/value distinction, what role knowledge has in self-emancipation, and what to do about ... Show More
1h 1m
Dec 2017
#107 — Is Life Actually Worth Living?
<p class="p1">Sam Harris speaks with David Benatar about his philosophy of "anti-natalism." They discuss the asymmetry between the good and bad things in life, the ethics of existential risk, the moral landscape, the limits and paradoxes of introspection, the "experience machine" ... Show More
48m 55s
Feb 2024
Human Conditions: ‘The Second Sex’ by Simone de Beauvoir
Judith Butler joins Adam Shatz to discuss a landmark in feminist thought, Simone de Beauvoir’s The Second Sex (1949). Dazzling in its scope, The Second Sex incorporates anthropology, psychology, historiography, mythology and biology to ask an ‘impossible’ question: what is a woma ... Show More
12m 41s
Oct 2018
Jean-Paul Sartre, Albert Camus, & Existentialism (w/ Existential Comics)
<p>Existential Comics (aka Corey Mohler) joins Brett to discuss the philosophy, politics, and historical context of Jean-Paul Sartre and Albert Camus. Together they investigate the contradictions between Marxism and Existentialism and discuss the public dispute that ended Camus a ... Show More
1h 21m
Feb 2022
Baudrillard, Feminism, and Transphobia
In this episode, I present my article titled "Jean Baudrillard and Feminism: Sara Ahmed and the Necessity to 'Forget Baudrillard.'" You can find it here if you'd like to read it: http://mast-nemla.org/archive/vol2-no1-2021/Jean_Baudrillard_and_Feminism.pdf If you want to support ... Show More
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