BEING an inquiry into the meaning of worldbuilding and the semiotic functions of those fictional maps familiar to us through the likes of The Lord of the Rings (and its many cousins), TTRPGs and video games like Skyrim and NORCO. What do fantas

Sacred Jedi Texts: Canon and the Specter of Endings

Mar 1st, 2022 50m 4s

BEING an account of the passing of the Star Wars Expanded Universe into Legends; how canon becomes an abyss at the hands of its undead Author; what happens when said Author is also a corporation; and why canon--and capitalism--must end.Become

Patreon Announcement

Dec 17th, 2021 2m 26s

BIG NEWS! Now you can support the show by becoming a CO-THINKER for as little as $3! Become a patron here: https://www.patreon.com/jeddcoleAll patrons get early access to high-quality, ad-free episodes of the podcast, exclusive bonus episodes,

Not Passed But Spent: On the Politics of Clock Time

Nov 2nd, 2021 59m 41s

If you like the podcast, leave me a tip! https://ko-fi.com/insidethetext.#“Time is now currency. It is not passed but spent.”How did we get daylight saving time? How does the answer open up questions about the meaning--and the politics--of o

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Not Passed But Spent [TEASER]

Oct 26th, 2021 2m 45s

How did we get daylight saving time? How does the answer open up questions about the meaning--and the politics--of our hours, minutes and days? How does the COVID-19 pandemic change our relationship to time? And most importantly, what does any

Masque of the Red Death and the Return of the Repressed (feat. TheLitCritGuy)

Oct 26th, 2020 50m 25s

Today’s special episode is in two parts. In the second, I am joined by my friend, literary scholar and co-host of the Horror Vanguard podcast, Jon TheLitCritGuy. (He also makes YouTube videos!) It is SUCH a great interview!But first, a story t

Fictions and Morals in a Time of Pandemic and Protest

Jun 25th, 2020 28m 19s

In the last couple episodes, we’ve established some of the the ways fiction functions morally as well as how various thinkers have argued it OUGHT to function. But we were left wondering about what the upshot of fiction’s moral functioning is.

Fictions and Morals: Fiction and Its Discontents

Dec 10th, 2019 34m 41s

We established last episode that fiction does seem to have a moral function, along with most other discourses. But what should that moral function be?In this second episode in a series about the moral function of fiction: the opinions of, like

Fictions and Morals: Harry Potter and an evangelical walk into a bar...

Sep 30th, 2019 35m 36s

We talk about fiction in moral terms all the time, from saying certain movies are inappropriate for kids, to claiming that video games aren't political. But when you think about it, how does fiction function morally if it's just made up? To ans

Nothing Outside the Text (a manifesto?)

Sep 3rd, 2019 7m 43s

Inside the Text is a podcast about meaning, because if reading is really rewriting, it's up to us to rewrite the world for the better. In this first episode, some musings on how meaning works and what this podcast wants to do. Also Jacques Derr

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