if you like this podcast, please consider supporting me on patreon at http://www.patreon.com/ellaguro hello! today i'm joined by Shannon Strucci, a filmmaker and video essayist, and we talk about her ongoing series about parasocial relationship

Beyond The Filter 25 - Pooping Back and Forth Forever with Justin Charity

May 30th, 2018

welcome to a very special 25th episode of Beyond the Filter! this time i bring back our very first repeat guest. that's right! it's the honorable, the man, the Take master... Justin Charity! in this very special episode we have a looser and mor

Beyond The Filter 24 - The Old vs. New Internet with Felix Biederman

Apr 29th, 2018

greetings! for this episode i'm joined by esteemed ironic political commentator Felix Biederman, one of the co-hosts of the podcast Chapo Trap House and contributor to Deadspin where he often writes about MMA and Gulf politics....This item belo

Beyond The Filter 23 - The Problem With Music with Liz Pelly

Mar 31st, 2018

hey! for the very first time this show has a musical intro! enjoy! the name of the track is "Forgotten Valley" by Kota Hoshino from the Forever Kingdom OST. if you like this episode, please consider supporting me on Patreon at: http://www.patre

Beyond The Filter 22 - The Discourse with Briahna Joy Gray

Mar 7th, 2018

greetings! on this episode i talk with Briahna Joy Gray, a lawyer and writer from NYC, and co-host of the SWOTI podcast. a lot of her work aims to get to the heart of very difficult societal discussions like intersections of class and identity,

Beyond The Filter 21 - Retro Gaming and Digital Preservation with Frank Cifaldi

Feb 1st, 2018

hi! this episode i'm joined by Frank Cifaldi, a videogame preservationist and the founder and director of the Video Game History Foundation, as well as working with the company Digital Eclipse on several commercial Nintendo game compilations of

Beyond The Filter 20 - Youtube Punditry and Trans Politics with ContraPoints aka Natalie Wynn

Dec 8th, 2017

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Beyond The Filter 19 - The World of Speedrunning with Narcissa Wright

Oct 23rd, 2017

highly-established videogame speedrunner Narcissa Wright joins me to talk what speedrunning is, her long history as a speedrunner and a staple of that community as an extremely popular Twitch streamer of Zelda (and other games) and co-founder o

Beyond The Filter 18 - The World of Twin Peaks with Joel Bocko

Sep 18th, 2017

greetings! today i talk with Joel Bocko, who runs the blog Lost In The Movies and is most well-known for his video essay series on Twin Peaks which you can find here: http://welcometotwinpeaks.com/video/journey-through-twin-peaks-essay/ OBVIOUS

Beyond The Filter 17 - Doom is An Art Scene with Andrew Stine (aka Linguiça)

Aug 29th, 2017

(note: the title of this episode was taken from a talk given by musician & Doom modder Jazz Mickle, which you can view here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KxYND6K6u8w ) welcome! on the first IN THE FLESH interview of this show, i talk to Andr

Beyond The Filter 16 - Support Your Local Art Scene with Jes Skolnik

Jul 20th, 2017

welcome! this episode i'm joined by Jes Skolnik, the managing editor of the Bandcamp daily, which covers a wide swath of new an interesting music. we talk about a favorite topic: music journalism and the problems of insularity within the cultu

Beyond The Filter 15 - Art and Activism with Kumars Salehi

Jun 12th, 2017

Greetings! On this episode I talk with Kumars Salehi: a leftist activist, PhD student, and co-host of the excellent podcast Delete Your Account. We talk about Kumars's background in film studies and my own history in videogames, the inherently

Beyond The Filter 14 - The Art and Business of Underground Music with Keith Rankin

May 23rd, 2017

i talk with surrealist visual artist/experimental electronic musician/record label co-owner Keith Rankin about his visual and musical artistic process, the mechanics of running a cool underground record label and a perennial favorite topic, the

Beyond The Filter 13 - Games And Labor with Lana Polansky

Mar 29th, 2017

Welcome back! it's been awhile! On this episode I talk with Lana Polansky - a games writer, artist, and (as of recently) political organizer based in Montreal. We discuss the labor conditions in the game industry, why leftists/marxists should e

Beyond the Filter 12 - On Constructing and Breaking Digital Fantasies With Darius Kazemi

Dec 29th, 2016

i talk with weird internet art guru extraordinare Darius Kazemi in detail about his history with videogames and particularly the beginnings of the indie game world - and what led him to eventually swear off videogames and become involved with t

Beyond The Filter 11 - On Interactive Fiction with Emily Short

Nov 29th, 2016

On this episode I talk to highly respected interactive fiction writer and active community member Emily Short. We talk about what exactly distinguishes interactive fiction, the different subsets of its still highly active community and how it's

Beyond The Filter 10 - On Vaporwave, Videogame Preservation, and The Follies of Music Journalism with Christa Lee

Oct 15th, 2016

on this episode i talk to Christa Lee, an electronic musician and games preservationist based in Olympia, Washington. we talk about what Vaporwave was vs. is now, her origins in the Vaporwave community and how Vaporwave's recent status as an on

Beyond The Filter 09 - On Forgotten Old Indie Games, Making Weird Art Tools & Art vs. Science with Andi McClure

Sep 22nd, 2016

for this episode i join friend/collaborator and programming whiz/game designer-turned weird art tool maker Andi Mcclure to talk about her various game and/or interactive art projects over the years. we start with the more conventional platforme

Beyond The Filter 08 - On New/Contemporary Classical Music and Composing Soundtracks with Isaac Schankler

Aug 29th, 2016

On this episode I talk with Isaac Schankler, a fellow game music composer and associate professor of new music at Cal Poly Pomona in LA. Over the years as a musician, I've had several run ins with new music and new music programs (also known as

Beyond the Filter 07 - On Forgotten Nostalgia and Preserving Mystery Online with Topher Florence

Aug 12th, 2016

(sorry for the audio issues on my end on this recording!!) Topher Florence aka docfuture is a personal favorite video artist of mine, whose work is a bizarre and often hilarious blend of videogame and pop culture of the past....This item belong

Beyond The Filter 06 - On Memories of Online Communities Past and Existing Online as A Woman with Katie Kinkel

Jul 31st, 2016

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Beyond The Filter 05 - On Making Art & Love in Troubled Times And Accessing The Divine with Auriea Harvey

Jul 26th, 2016

Auriea Harvey is 1/2 (with husband Michaël Samyn) of Tale of Tales, a critically-acclaimed interactive art/formerly videogame studio - known for such games as The Path and Luxuria Superbia - now working on a series of interactive cathedrals wi

Beyond The Filter 04 - On The Labyrinth of Music Journalism, Hip-Hop in 2016, and The New Era of Media Branding with Justin Charity

Jun 14th, 2016

Recently pop singer/artist Björk called music journalism out for being a "boys club" . The only surprising thing about that statement is how unsurprising it seems to be to anyone paying attention. As an electronic musician and queer transwoma

Beyond The Filter 03 - On WebGL Experimentation and The Dynamics of Online Communities with Isaac Cohen aka Cabbibo

May 30th, 2016

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Beyond The Filter 02 - On The Flexibility of Flash and The Web of the Past with Nathalie Lawhead

May 24th, 2016

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