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PlasticPills Critical Theory & Philosophy

The Pill Pod is hosted by a group of PhDs offering their irreverent (and unsolicited) takes on critical theory, philosophy, culture, and politics.

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74:35

The Deleuze Seminars ft. Professor Daniel W. Smith

PlasticPills Critical Theory & Philosophy ·

2022/06/14

Pills 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 translating 20 years of Deleuze's lectures into English. The Deleuze Seminars project can be explored here: https://deleuze.cla.purdue.edu/ Si vous pouvez comprendre le français, il y en a plus a la Bibliotheque Nationale de France

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70:19

Pill Pod 82 - 1980s Nostalgia

PlasticPills Critical Theory & Philosophy ·

2022/06/10

Reboots 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 that out for more content.

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4:27

Pill Pod 81 - The Postmodern Condition *Preview*

PlasticPills Critical Theory & Philosophy ·

2022/06/07

Pills, 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 crisis of state knowledge precipitated by finance capital, the computerisation of information, and the subsumption of politics by public relations? Get the full episode and a ton more audio and video at https://www.patreon.com/plasticpills

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77:58

Pill Pod 80 - Wittgenstein

PlasticPills Critical Theory & Philosophy ·

2022/05/27

The 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 Wittgenstein, and Philosophical Investigations (https://amzn.to/3wVfUkC) for Mr. Late Wittgenstein.

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16:43

Kumbaya Posthumanism *Preview*

PlasticPills Critical Theory & Philosophy ·

2022/05/14

We 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 Lovelock & Lynn Margulis (The Gaia Hypothesis). Get the full episode and many more at https://www.patreon.com/plasticpills

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53:36

Talking to America’s New Right (Interview)

PlasticPills Critical Theory & Philosophy ·

2022/05/14

Matt and Victor interview Nate Hochman on conservative college campuses and America's new right.

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39:15

America’s New Right Problem ft. WaPo’s Greg Sargent

PlasticPills Critical Theory & Philosophy ·

2022/05/04

Greg 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 than first meet the eye. If you're done with the feed and interested in what else we have on offer in theory and philosophy, check out https://www.patreon.com/plasticpills for weekly content.

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88:46

Pill Pod 78 - The Posthumanism Manifesto

PlasticPills Critical Theory & Philosophy ·

2022/04/29

Erik 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 @plasticpills, but we don't go there much. Find anything you might've missed at www.patreon.com/plasticpills

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12:27

Pill Pod 77 -Trans/Post-Human Technics (Preview)

PlasticPills Critical Theory & Philosophy ·

2022/04/22

Pills 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 which we try to lay out here. Get a lot of content for not a lot of money at https://www.patreon.com/plasticpills

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80:00

Pill Pod 76 - Posthumanism is Good Actually Vol. 1

PlasticPills Critical Theory & Philosophy ·

2022/04/16

Erik 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 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

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11:11

PrePostPostHumanism *Preview*

PlasticPills Critical Theory & Philosophy ·

2022/04/09

This 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/plasticpills

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49:27

Christian Socialism

PlasticPills Critical Theory & Philosophy ·

2022/04/08

Socialism 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 unholy alliance of Christianity and right wing politics. Aaron is co-founder of the Institute for Christian Socialism and editor of Bias Magazine. Find links to both at https://christiansocialism.com

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Pill Pod 74 - Post Posthumanism

PlasticPills Critical Theory & Philosophy ·

2022/03/25

This 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 posthuman/anthropocenic variety: new materialisms and object oriented ontology. The article discussed can be found at http://www.pomoculture.org/2021/12/17/renewing-humanism-against-the-anthropocene-towards-a-theory-of-the-hysterical-sublime/

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Pill Pod 72 - Dugin: Russia’s State Philosopher

PlasticPills Critical Theory & Philosophy ·

2022/03/11

In 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. It's... um... well have a listen, but I ain't posting the reference texts here.

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73:01

Hyperreal War *UNLOCKED* Pill Pod 57

PlasticPills Critical Theory & Philosophy ·

2022/03/09

We 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 https://www.patreon.com/plasticpills

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101:38

Prison Abolition & Criminal Justice ft. Blake Wilson

PlasticPills Critical Theory & Philosophy ·

2022/03/04

Victor (@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 justice and the philosophy of law. Visit his website here: https://www.mblakewilson.com All exclusive episodes can be found at https://www.patreon.com/plasticpills

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Pill Pod 71 - Plato was an Idiot (preview)

PlasticPills Critical Theory & Philosophy ·

2022/02/26

Plato 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/plasticpills

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Pill Pod 70 - Fanon (Preview)

PlasticPills Critical Theory & Philosophy ·

2022/02/18

This was one of the top topics from the previous patron vote--Fanon's postcolonialism. Get all our exclusive eps on https://www.patreon.com/plasticpills

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100:25

Pill Pod 69 - The Jordan Peterson is Over Party

PlasticPills Critical Theory & Philosophy ·

2022/02/11

Joe 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 of his latest interview. Our co-authored, deep read of JBP: https://amzn.to/34yIQF1 Follows: @plasticpills @mattpolprof @victorbruzzone @HoratioVictor All content, including how to read Nietzsche properly: https://www.patreon.com/plasticpills

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80:42

Pill Pod 41 - Fight Night 1: Baudrillard vs. Foucault...

PlasticPills Critical Theory & Philosophy ·

2022/02/04

This 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 academy, Michel Foucault, as found in the provocatively titled: Forget Foucault. Can a well-timed tag team with Deleuze save Foucault? Or will Baudrillard be forever condemned to circle in the Disneyland teacups alone? If you missed this the first time

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