In this episode, Kim finds out that Saronik gets a little weird when it comes to dogs. We talk about Donna J. Haraway’s book The Companion Species Manifesto: Dogs, People, and Significant Otherness.  Haraway studies methods (and practitioners) of agility training in order to try and figure out what these praxes that bring together nature […]

In this episode Saronik asks Kim about the aura. The idea comes from Walter Benjamin’s 1935 essay “The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction.” Besides the central text, the episode references Benjamin’s 1940 essay, “On the Concept of History” in which the Angel of History appears. We also talk about Oscar Wilde’s […]

In this episode Saronik asks Kim about the aura. The idea comes from Walter Benjamin’s 1935 essay “The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction.” Besides the central text, the episode references Benjamin’s 1940 essay, “On the Concept of History” in which the Angel of History appears. We also talk about Oscar Wilde’s […]

A half-baked taste of High Theory. Saronik and Kim practice recording the name of the show, and convey some of the spirit of their new podcast. Image of Saronik’s date palm jaggery banna bread with walnuts, courtesy of the baker.

A half-baked taste of High Theory. Saronik and Kim practice recording the name of the show, and convey some of the spirit of their new podcast. Image of Saronik’s date palm jaggery banna bread with walnuts, courtesy of the baker.

Welcome to High Theory! High Theory is a podcast in which we get high on the substance of theory.  And we ask the three standard questions, to each other, and our guests.  We invite you to listen and learn, and think critically! This podcast comes at difficult ideas from the academy with irreverence. Wikipedia says […]

Welcome to High Theory! High Theory is a podcast in which we get high on the substance of theory.  And we ask the three standard questions, to each other, and our guests.  We invite you to listen and learn, and think critically! This podcast comes at difficult ideas from the academy with irreverence. Wikipedia says […]