PlasticPills - Philosophy & Critical Theory Podcast

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Pill Pod 34 - The Snyder Nut: Psychoanalysis & Film Mar 23, 2021

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Spoiler 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. Follow @PodPill and check out www.patreon.com/plasticpills to dose up on exclusive episodes and video content.

Microdose - Gramsci (preview) Mar 19, 2021

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Join Pills, Matt, and Erik for our Patreon voted topic: A romp through the Formation of the Intellectuals from the Prison Notebooks of Antonio Gramsci. Listen to this episode and our other bonus content on Patreon, at www.patreon.com/plasticpills

Pill Pod 33 - Not Another Morality Episode! Mar 16, 2021

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The accusations fly again this week: Who's more crypto-normativist? Who has fewer implied premises? Who really has the moral high ground? Whence Nietzsche? Who even picked this episode topic anyway? Follow @PodPill and check out www.patreon.com/plasticpills to dose up on exclusive episodes and video content.

Matt Interviews a Conservative (ft. Nate Hochman) Mar 08, 2021

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In an attempt to foster Rational Discourse™, Matt (@MattPolProf) interviews Nate Hochman (@njhochman) to discuss topics including insanity, Truth, and the common ground of the non-institutional left and right.

Pill Pod 32 - Accountability Studies (preview) Mar 05, 2021

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Marcuse is trending? What year is it? Listen to this episode and our other bonus content on Patreon, at www.patreon.com/plasticpills

Pill Pod 31 - (un)Happiness in Theory Feb 26, 2021

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Doomscrolling, Cthulu, and Mark Fisher. Why's theory more cool when it's unhappy? We try to catheterize depressive tendencies and make happy based. Follow @PodPill and check out www.patreon.com/plasticpills to dose up on exclusive episodes and video content.

The Nazi Conspiracies ft. Sir Richard Evans Feb 19, 2021

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Was the Reichstag fire a false flag? Did the Nazis uncover secret alien technology in Antarctica? Was Trump a Fascist? The answers may shock you! The PillPod welcomes our first knight to the podcast, historian Richard J. Evans, author of the Third Reich Trilogy and the newly released The Hitler Conspiracies, available here: https://amzn.to/3azsMTP

Sociology of Religion ft. Galen Watts (preview) Feb 17, 2021

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Matt interviews @Galen_Watts on liberal religion, i.e. those who identify as "spiritual but not religious," using the sociological method of Emile Durkheim. Listen to this episode and all of our other bonus content on Patreon, at www.patreon.com/plasticpills

Pill Pod 30 - OWN the LIBS Feb 12, 2021

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The PillPod's bubbling civil war over political theory finally boils over into full-blown conflict. @Plasticpills and @T8Erik face off against @MattPolProf and @VictorBruzzone, debating the value of liberalism. Follow @PodPill and check out www.patreon.com/plasticpills to dose up on exclusive episodes and video content.

Microdose - Semiotics and Semiology Feb 10, 2021

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Pills and Erik kick off a new series on the SIGNificance of semiotics in 20th century. Check out the forthcoming episodes or our previous series on cybernetics and systems theory on the Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/plasticpills

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