PlasticPills - Philosophy & Critical Theory Podcast

The Pill Pod is still off this week for mental recuperation, so please enjoy this unlock of one of our locked episodes: our fourfold discussion of Heidegger's Being and Time, his relationship to Husserl, existentialism, hermeneutics, and everything else concerning early Heidegger we could channel into being in fewer than 90 minutes.   For more good theory video and audio content, join the Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/plasticpills

A discussion on Nietzsche's influence on philosophy and popular culture, his appeal to young readers, his relationship with Lou Salome and his declining health. The podcast also explores Nietzsche's Freudian insight, slave morality, his critique of Hegelianism, and his impact on multiple fields such as sociology and psychology. It delves into Nietzsche's perspectives on hierarchies, inequality, cancel culture, and his relevance in today's society.

Academics discuss critiques of Zizek, shift in focus to new adversaries, essence of philosophy, love & imperfection, challenging perspectives on nature and love, building tangible political systems, contrasting academic seriousness with action focus

Today we discuss the pervasive pastiche and corny conservatism of all our favourite nerd culture products (but not Star Wars 'cause it sucks ass). Find the full episode and our other content on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/plasticpills

Is the sky falling? The Pill Pod (@mattpolprof, @Victorbruzzone, @t8erik, @plasticpills) take down this top shelf topical episode considering CRISES: of capitalism, of the spectacle, of meaning and of ecology. Check out www.patreon.com/plasticpills to support the Pill Pod and dose up on all our exclusive episodes.

Join us for a relaxed topical episode discussing some of our local news, as well as the shifting place of "News" in the new media ecology, including its phenomenological effects on the embodied mind. We drop some Benjamin, McLuhan, and Merleau-Ponty, but this really serves as our collective detox of the last month or so. Chill vibes.

Here is a preview of our second episode in the series on Cybernetics & Systems Theory, the rest of which will be up on the Patreon www.patreon.com/plasticpills. Otherwise, check back later in the week for more free content! Here's the main book link: https://amzn.to/3kldF1V

Here's a new experiment! Pill Pod's Victor (@victorbruzzone) meets up with Michelle Charette (@michgenevievec) to co-host this interview with Professor Meredith Schwartz. They talk COVID and applied ethical philosophy.   For more, check out Meredith's book The Ethics of Pandemics (https://amzn.to/34ODXoK)

We asked our patrons to give us a topic this week, and they were thirsty for this Derrida hottie. Catch the full episode up on our Patreon, https://patreon.com/plasticpills

Pure theory. Join @plasticpills and @t8erik for an introduction to cybernetics and systems theory. Politics has tired us out so we are retreating to the high bastions of abstract thought--where we feel safe. The rest of this series, including the concepts of autopoiesis, feedback, and the perturbations of social media on our collective unconscious, will emerge on our Patreon soon at https://www.patreon.com/plasticpills Here's the main book link: https://amzn.to/3kldF1V