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.

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 discussions between (in order of appearance) Daniel Colucciello Barber, Alex Dubilet, and myself around issues of secularism, theories of the human, and the world. Thank you to everyone who donated to help support this work.  The third and final public discussion will take place on March 17th at The New School. More details forthcoming, but if you’re going to be around the NYC area do consider coming out.  The song in today’s episode is “When the Storm Came” from Talk Less Say More’s wonderful album Violent. Download a copy from Records on Ribs and consider donating to help support them.

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 is Les Étoiles’ “Old Photograph”. You can head to Records on Ribs to download a copy.

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 the prospect or not of thinking a “generic secular” in the midst of various critiques of secular and Christian universalism, the return of religion, and critical theory of race and gender. The dialogue form of the project is going to be repeated in the book we produce and I think it promises something interesting in the interstitial space we inhabit in theory. A genuine debate that shapes the final ideas. If you are able to support us please head over to the GoFundMe page that’s been set up. For our immediate cost needs it would be helpful to raise another $300 in the next week or so.  The song in today’s episode is “When the Storm Came” from Talk Less Say More’s fantastic album Violent. Download a copy from Records on Ribs and consider donating to help keep their open access experiment alive.

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 with is raising funds. If you are interested please head over to the GoFundMe page that’s been set up. Because I really like it, the music in today’s episode is again “Farewell to Floss” by The Blue Ducks. Head over to Records on Ribsto support them and other great artists.

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 interested in understanding American democracy, both historically and where we are at now.  At the top of the show I give a rundown on some issues with a recent review of Alexander R. Galloway’s Laruelle: Against the Digital. You can find that review at Review31. Feel free to skip ahead to the discussion with Andrew.  The music in today’s episode is again “Farewell to Floss” by The Blue Ducks. Head over to Records on Ribs to support them and other great artists.

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. In the opening I play a clip from Jared Sexton speaking during a Q&A of a keynote lecture he gave. The video of the entire lecture is online and I highly recommend it.  The music in today’s episode is “Farewell to Floss” by The Blue Ducks. Head over to Records on Ribs to support them and other great artists.

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 also blog at Women in Theology).  The music on today’s episode is again Les Étoiles’ “Your Roots, Your Bones” from the album of the same name. Download the album and those by other great artists at Records on Ribs.

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 published with Punctum and CriticalTheory.com in its list of best books in 2014. My thanks to Michael for bringing me to Dublin in July for the Laruelle in Translation series which also allowed me to sit down and have this conversation with him.  At the top of the show I give some thoughts on the recent attack in Paris and the wider context it comes out of.  The music in today’s episode is “Farewell to Floss” by The Blue Ducks. Head over to Records on Ribs to support them and other great artists.

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 Dimitris Vardoulakis.  The music on today’s episode is Les Étoiles’ "Your Roots, Your Bones” from the album of the same name. Download the album and those by other great artists at Records on Ribs.