PlasticPills - Philosophy & Critical Theory Podcast

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Pill Pod 5 - Revolution Rip Tide Jun 19, 2020

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@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 Wendy's.

Microdose - Vitalism and the Philosophy of Life Jun 13, 2020

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Plasticpills 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

Pill Pod 4 - Conspiracy Brained Jun 11, 2020

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The 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 Philip K. Dick. Our guest is the resplendent Matt McManus @mattpolprof

Pill Pod 3 - Quarantine Agamben! Covidical Theory and States of Exception Apr 15, 2020

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Join us as we argue about 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

Pill Pod 2 - Realism, Antirealism & Coronavirus Mar 16, 2020

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Join us for our sophmore episode, from quarantine, in which we discuss Baudrillard, Derrida, and whether or not Covid 19 is real.

Pill Pod 1 - Why Critical Theory? Reading Bruno Latour Mar 04, 2020

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The 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

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