PlasticPills - Philosophy & Critical Theory Podcast

Latest Episodes:

Pill Pod 25 - The Kayfabe Coup Jan 08, 2021

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The Pill Pod (@plasticpills, @victorbruzzone, @mattpolprof, @t8erik) debates the reality, or lack thereof, of a bullheaded Q shaman in the legislature. Check out www.patreon.com/plasticpills to support the Pill Pod and dose up on exclusive episodes.

Heidegger Helper *UNLOCKED* Dec 28, 2020

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The 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 else concerning early Heidegger we could channel into being in fewer than 90 minutes. For more good theory video and audio content, join the Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/plasticpills

Nietzsche Overdose *UNLOCKED* Dec 21, 2020

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The 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 finally, the DANGER of his thought. For more good theory video and audio content, join the Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/plasticpills

Zizek Microdose - Pill Pod 23 Dec 15, 2020

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This is the first Pill Pod & Plasticpills co-release on the philosophy, cultural significance, and reception of Slavoj Zizek. Check out the video at 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

Pill Pod 22 - Nerd Culture Industry (preview) Dec 09, 2020

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Today 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/plasticpills

Pill Pod 21 - (Cry)sis, Cr(eye)sis, Cr(ISIS): A Radical Rethinking of the Heuristics, Historiography, and Post-Haptical Ecology of Rupture Nov 28, 2020

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Is 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.

Pill Pod 20 - Fak News Nov 13, 2020

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Join 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, but this really serves as our collective detox of the last month or so. Chill vibes.

Autopoiesis: Cybernetics & Systems Theory II (preview) Nov 11, 2020

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Here is a preview of our second episode in the series on Cybernetics & Systems Theory, the rest of which will be up on the Patreon 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

The Ethics of Pandemics (Bonus Interview) Nov 03, 2020

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Here'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 book The Ethics of Pandemics (https://amzn.to/34ODXoK)

Pill Pod 19 - Derridalirium (preview) Oct 30, 2020

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We 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/plasticpills