Tank Magazine Podcast

Erik Davis discusses his canonical book High Weirdness, an enquiry into the thin line between psychosis and religious experience in 1970s, post-hippie California.

Jelly shots, poisoned fish, artichoke plants breaking under their own weight: the poetry in Rosie Stockton's 'Fuel' contends with the detritus of our late capitalist hellscape. Stockton reads three poems from the collection. 

Vincenzo Latronico reads from his pointed and entertaining novel 'Perfection', which maps the past two decades of globalisation, digital expansion, and middle class anxiety.

Architect Nigel Coates’ latest project sees him combine forces with Architectural Association students to breathe new life into a lonely, polluted corner of Venice. Thomas Roueché discusses.

Zines are defined by their hyperfocus, personality, and refusal to conform to the publishing institutions. Not sure where to begin? Listen to our guide to the zine and what it means.

Around the world, between the defined borders of sovereign nations lie thousands of extraterritorial zones, operating autonomously and often exempt from international law. In this week's TANK Podcast, Atossa Abrahamian discusses her book The Hidden Globe, a history of this strange parallel universe and its relation to the global elite who benefit from it.

A dazzling exhibition at the Victoria and Albert Museum reveals Cartier's proud heritage of unmatched craftsmanship and its unrivalled clientele. Olivia Barrett is seduced by a resplendent amethyst brooch, gifted by Jacques Cartier to his wife.

Quinn Slobodian’s newest book, Hayek’s Bastards, tracks the movement of 20th Century neoliberalism into the far-right populism of the modern day. He speaks to Kojo Koram on the book for this week's TANK Podcast.

In this week's podcast, Jeremy Atherton Lin reads from “Deep House”, his tender and charged memoir on sex, housing precarity and the strange history of American gay rights legislation. 

Portuguese director Miguel Gomes abandons all realism in his new film Grand Tour, a thrilling exploration of puppetry, anachronism, and the colonial subject, one that won him Best Director at the 2024 Cannes Film Festival. TANK's assistant editor Matteo Pini spoke to Gomes on the unconventional production of the film.