Psyche

In this episode, I have a conversation with Dr. Matt Cardin. Matt Cardin is a writer and freelance editor living in North Central Arkansas. With a Ph.D. in leadership and a master’s degree in religious studies, he writes frequently about the intersection of religion, horror, art, and creativity. He is also Vice President of Academic Affairs at North Arkansas College. 

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Sleep paralysis

Matt's website: https://mattcardin.com

Matt's Substack: Living Into The Dark

A Course in Demonic Creativity

In this episode, I speak to Dr. Todd McGowan 

Todd is a professor in the Department of English at The University of Vermont. He is also the co-host of the podcast, Why Theory. 

In this episode, we discuss his book, Enjoyment Right & Left. 

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In this episode, I speak with Helen Rollins. Helen is a writer and filmmaker. 

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Tammy Faye Bakker as a saint for radical Christianity 

Her short film "Allone", an interpretation of a Buddhist parable that reflects on the life found in the ubiquity of loss and suffering

Her article, "'The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance' & Masculinity"

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Dialectial Materialist Girl substack 

Instagram 

In this episode, I speak with Dr. Nick Walker. Nick is an author, educator and futurist, best known for her book Neuroqueer Heresies and her work on neurodiversity and Neuroqueer theory. Nick is also a professor of psychology at California Institute of Integral Studies and senior aikido instructor at the Aiki Arts Center in Berkeley, California. Nick also writes speculative fiction, including the urban fantasy webcomic Weird Luck.

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Neurodiversity paradigm 

Neuroqueer Theory 

Gender and embodiment 

Power & privilege

Essentialism and policing 

Aikido 

Much more!

In this episode, I speak with Conner Habib. Conner is a podcaster, author, lecturer, and a sex workers’ rights advocate. His debut novel is Hawk Mountain.

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Memory and the adolescent psyche

The symbolism of animals

Dreams, desire and violence

Psychoanalysis and lack

Meister Eckhart

Wilhelm Reich

Rudolf Steiner

Sexual desire and masculinity

Much more!

In this episode, I speak with Jay Bakker. Jay is a speaker, author and leads the Revolution Gathering in Seattle, Washington. 

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In this episode, I have a conversation with Peter Rollins & Richard Boothby. Pete is an author, philosopher, storyteller, producer and public speaker. Rick is a professor of philosophy. In this conversation, we explore the posture of unknowing. We also rethink the theological virtues of faith, hope and love from a radical, Lacanian interpretation of Christianity. 

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In this episode, I speak with Patrick McGrath-Muñiz. This is the fifth installment of my series with Patrick exploring the first twenty-two cards of the Major Arcana of the Tarot. Patrick is a professional artist from Puerto Rico. His work has been featured in museums across the country.

In this episode, we explore the symbolism and significance of the Emperor card.

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Website: https://www.patrickmcgrath-art.com

In this episode, I speak with Devin McGrath-Conwell. Devin graduated from Middlebury College in February 2019 with a joint-degree in film and English, and then could not stay away from his alma mater. He approaches his communications work as he would a script or short story: always looking for the best way to tell a story. Devin is currently pursuing an MFA in Screenwriting from Emerson College. In between work and school, he is a freelance critic and journalist who never tires of watching, writing about, and generally devouring film and television.

In this episode, we discuss Devin's wonderful article, "The Many Masculinities of 'Ted Lasso'". 

Website: https://dmcgrathconwell.com

In this episode, I talk with Dr. Phil Ford. Phil is an associate professor of musicology at the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music. He is the author of the book Dig: Sound and Music in Hip Culture (a cultural history of hipness from the 1930s through the 1960s), the long-running blog Dial 'M' for Musicology, and various essays that have appeared in Representations, Journal of Musicology, Musical Quarterly, and elsewhere. With J. F. Martel he is working on a book titled Weirding, to be published by Strange Attractor Press.

Phil is a pianist, rabid Wagnerite, crap Buddhist, degenerate fight fan, and avid consulter of the I Ching. He wishes that just for once he had an enthusiasm that he didn't have to apologize for or explain to his academic peers. He is also the co-host of the podcast Weird Studies. 

In this episode, we discuss Nick Lowe's song "The Beast in Me". 

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