Today’s episode is a story told in the first person. The names do not refer to any person living or dead. The institution does not refer to any real institution. It expresses reality nonetheless.

Episode 13.5: (N)one and the World

Jan 2nd, 2016

Today’s episode (65 minutes) is the audio of the “(N)one and the World” panel that took place at the Association of Continental Philosophy of Religion’s conference held at Liverpool Hope University this past July. This marks the second round of

Episode 13: Robin James

Dec 13th, 2015

After much delay, today’s episode (69 minutes) is a conversation with Robin James. The ideas from her most recent book, Resilience & Melancholy: Pop Music, Feminism, Neoliberalism are the focus of the conversation. The music in today’s episode

Episode 12.5: (Non-)Philosophy and the Critique of the Secular

Jun 27th, 2015

Today’s episode (86 mins) consists of three papers given by Alex Dubilet, Daniel Colucciello Barber, and myself. There were given at the University of California-Berkeley back in May and formed the first workshop for our project investigated th

Episode 12: Sina Kramer

Jun 19th, 2015

Today’s episode (65 mins) features Sina Kramer talking about her work in philosophy, what its like finding a new disciplinary home, and her forthcoming work on the philosophy of cities. At the top of the show I mention a project I’m involved wi

Episode 11: Andrew Dilts

Mar 2nd, 2015

Today’s episode (77 mins) features Andrew Dilts talking about his recent book Punishment and Inclusion, how he ended up in political theory, and the relationship between activism and academy. I highly recommend Andrew’s book to anyone intereste

Episode 10: Joshua Dubler

Feb 15th, 2015

Today’s episode (80 mins) is a conversation with Joshua Dubler, author of Down in the Chapel: Religious Life in an American Prison and former Philadelphia resident now residing in upstate New York where he teaches at the University of Rochester

Episode 9.5: Doing Violence to Theology Panel

Jan 20th, 2015

Today’s episode (65 mins) is the recording of an AAR panel around the theme of “Doing Violence to Theology”. You will hear, in order of appearance, Sean Capener, Kate Tomas, Amaryah Jones-Armstrong, and Janice McRandal (both Amaryah and Janice

Episode 9: Michael O'Rourke

Jan 8th, 2015

Today’s episode (78 mins) is a conversation with Michael O'Rourke. Michael is a postman and independent scholar who also teaches at Independent Colleges Dublin. His most recent book, Queer Insists (For José Esteban Muñoz), was recently publishe

Episode 8.5: Joshua Ramey Lecture

Dec 21st, 2014

Today’s episode (83 mins) is the recording a lecture, “Politics of Divination: Neoliberal Endgame and the Religion of Contingency"given by Joshua Ramey for the Department of Comparative Literature at NYU and a response to his lecture by Dimitri

Episode 8: George Yancy

Dec 17th, 2014

Today’s episode (75 mins) is a conversation with George Yancy, Professor of Philosophy at Duquesne University. George is the author of a number of books, editor of even more including an important collection of interviews with African-American

Episode 7: Alice Rekab

Nov 25th, 2014

Alice Rekab, artist and theorist, is my guest on today’s episode (67 minutes). You can see some her work at her website and an early version of the film we briefly talk about at the Global Art & Ideas Nexus media page. There you can also watch

Episode 6: Liam Heneghan

Aug 1st, 2014

On today’s episode (78 mins) I sit down with ecologist and philosopher Liam Heneghan, Chair of DePaul University’s Department of Environmental Science and Studies, Co-Director of the Institute for Nature and Culture, and a PhD student in the De

Episode 5: Agata Bielik-Robson Lecture

Jul 22nd, 2014

On today’s episode (74 mins) we are lucky to have the recording of Agata Bielik-Robson’s keynote address to the joint conference of the Mystical Theology Network and the Association for Continental Philosophy of Religion. Most of Agata’s work i

Episode 4: Adam Kotsko

Jun 20th, 2014

On today’s episode (71 mins) I sit down with my old friend Adam Kotsko of Shimer College. Many of you will know Adam not only from his academic work and pop culture writing, but also from his writing at An und für sich. We talk about how he bec

Mini-Episode 3.5: My Derrida Today Paper

Jun 18th, 2014

Today is just a mini-episode of my Derrida Today Paper. Many of you on twitter said you would like to hear it and I’ve fallen behind in getting the other interviews edited (sound issues related to my old computer, may it RIP) since I’ve had to

Laruelle: In Translation Seminar and Crowdsourcing

Jun 6th, 2014

Michael O’Rourke is capitalizing on the presence of three Laruelle translators being in Europe around the same time and has organized a series of seminars. The information for that is below, but we do need your help to make this happen. Our bud

Episode 3 Peter Steeves

Jun 5th, 2014

Peter Steeves joins me on this week’s episode to talk about the moments of radical break in his life, what took him from science to philosophy and then to everything, and why stones are maybe a better ethical model than anything living. You can

Episode 2

May 23rd, 2014

Daniel Colucciello Barber joins me on this week’s episode to talk about how he got started in intellectual work, his new project on conversion, and his last two books : On Diasproa (Amazon: US, UK, Book Depository) and Deleuze and the Naming of

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May 14th, 2014

Hey all. The episode with Daniel Colucciello Barber has been delayed an extra week. I am in Chicago this week interviewing a few people so expect to see a new episode up soon. Until then I wanted to let you know that you can subscribe to the RS

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