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PlasticPills - Philosophy & Critical Theory Podcast

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Apr 20, 2021 • 45min

Cartoons & Comics with J. Andrew World (Bonus Interview)

Matt (@mattpolprof) and Victor (@victorbruzzone) are joined by cartoonist J. Andrew World (@rightaboutnow2) to talk Marvel, DC, and artists' intellectual property. World is perhaps best known 'round these parts as the cover artist for Michael Brooks' Against the Web, and you can find him inking on YouTube (www.youtube.com/jandrewworld) or on Substack: rightaboutnow2.substack.com
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Apr 16, 2021 • 8min

Pill Pod 37 - 'Reading' Adam Curtis (Preview)

So we had some different interpretations as to whether Can't Get You Out of My Head is art, history, documentary, art-history, history-documentary or art-documentary. In any case, it's one of the more interesting media artefacts of the year.   Listen to this episode and our other bonus content on Patreon, at www.patreon.com/plasticpills
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Apr 9, 2021 • 1h 29min

Pill Pod 36 - Identity Shmolitics

Matt tricks the Pill Pod into reading analytic philosophy: "Personal Identity" by Derek Parfit (1971), who challenges intellectualist ideas of selfhood with thought experiments about splitting brains and sending your consciousness to Mars. Are you your soul, your memories, or nothing at all? Follow @PodPill and check out www.patreon.com/plasticpills to dose up on exclusive episodes and video content.
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Apr 8, 2021 • 3min

In Defense of Anarchism (preview)

We'll be back on Friday with our regularly scheduled program, and here's a clip of this week's exclusive content up at www.patreon.com/plasticpills
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Apr 2, 2021 • 6min

Pill Pod 35 - Amnesty Intellectual (preview)

The Pill Pod discusses the rage of elites: ANTI-INTELLECTUALISM. But that's not all! There's also the techno-material conditions for intellectuals, cocaine in coffee houses, and how the university itself has become an anti-intellectual institution. Listen to this episode and our other bonus audio/video content on Patreon, at www.patreon.com/plasticpills
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Mar 25, 2021 • 1h 15min

The Words are Gifts: Indigenous Politics & Wittgenstein ft. Dale Turner

Professor Dale Turner joins Matt and Victor to discuss Wittgenstein, 'ways of life', and their application to indigenous politics and treaty relationships in settler states. Turner is a political theorist at the University of Toronto and author of This is Not a Peace Pipe: Towards a Critical Indigenous Philosophy https://amzn.to/3fettog
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Mar 23, 2021 • 1h 35min

Pill Pod 34 - The Snyder Nut: Psychoanalysis & Film

Spoiler warnings: That new DC film, Fight Club, Starship Troopers. This is a performative attempt to theorize the relationship between popular cultural, moral totems, and a libidinal economy. Follow @PodPill and check out www.patreon.com/plasticpills to dose up on exclusive episodes and video content.
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Mar 19, 2021 • 8min

Microdose - Gramsci (preview)

Join Pills, Matt, and Erik for our Patreon voted topic: A romp through the Formation of the Intellectuals from the Prison Notebooks of Antonio Gramsci. Listen to this episode and our other bonus content on Patreon, at www.patreon.com/plasticpills
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Mar 16, 2021 • 1h 23min

Pill Pod 33 - Not Another Morality Episode!

The accusations fly again this week: Who's more crypto-normativist? Who has fewer implied premises? Who really has the moral high ground? Whence Nietzsche? Who even picked this episode topic anyway?   Follow @PodPill and check out www.patreon.com/plasticpills to dose up on exclusive episodes and video content.
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Mar 8, 2021 • 46min

Matt Interviews a Conservative (ft. Nate Hochman)

In an attempt to foster Rational Discourse™, Matt (@MattPolProf) interviews Nate Hochman (@njhochman) to discuss topics including insanity, Truth, and the common ground of the non-institutional left and right.

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