The Odditorium

Dr Hester celebrates the life and work of the celebrated ‘supermasochist’ and performance artist Bob Flanagan. Find out how Bob fought cystic fibrosis with whips, chains, and self-carpentry. The two Dave’s meanwhile, appear to be stars of a new sitcom: the Odditorium Couple, in which Bob plays the next door neighbour.

Author, magician and hirsute wonder, Alan Moore is, for many, the greatest living Englishman. Not easily lured from his home town of Northampton, Alan made a rare appearance at the Odditorium tent in Brighton in May 2016, as part of an evening exploring the theme of counterculture. He was interviewed by another podcast favourite, John Higgs

Dr Cara Courage has a love/hate relationship with the long-running Radio 4 soap opera The Archers. She shares her enslavement, the program’s appeal and why it irritates the shit out of most right-thinking people, including Grayson Perry. Meanwhile the two Davids appear to be trapped in a meta-universe where they too are in an episode of the Archers…

Daisy Campbell, (daughter of the performer Ken Campbell) takes us on a rollercoaster adventure exploring the ancient practise of gastromancy – divination from the stomach. It’s one of the most entertaining but weirdest talks we’ve ever had on the Odditorium so hang in there! Meanwhile in the studio, the two Davids appear to be having a spot of bother with the disembodied voice of Aleister Crowley.

David and David discover they’ve been on holiday in the Polish Biscuit Mines now for six months. They do, however, have some exciting news for their two listeners, Wally and Jimbob, and decide that perhaps it’s time they went home and launched the third season.

After a busy summer of creating interesting podcasts, the ever inquisitive duo head in search of the source of the biscuit. This episode may not be the longest in the series but it still contains the heady concoction of comedic banter and baked teatime accompaniments.

Eric Drass is an artist and curator whose work ranges from painting, to digital installation, to generative experiments which live on the net. Sometimes this work is political, frequently it is playful, often it is provocative or transgressive in some way. In this Odditorium talk Eric reveals how culture is being created through digital networks and, more importantly, demonstrates how he enjoys subvert these networks with his art.