PlasticPills - Philosophy & Critical Theory Podcast

PlasticPills and Chris chat with Ian Buchanan, an expert on Deleuze and founder of the Deleuze and Guattari Studies Journal. They discuss the relationship between Deleuze and Guattari's work and that of Foucault, the concept of Desire and the State, potential misinterpretations of 'A Thousand Plateaus,' and the significance of desire in understanding history and oppression.

Ian Buchanan, a leading Deleuze scholar, discusses the significance and complexity of Deleuze's philosophy, exploring his concept of minor philosophy, identity as resistance, and the connection between bird sounds and human creativity. The podcast also touches on being an artist, the plasticity of society, and de-territorializing education.

We are joined by our very own European* critic to discuss American civic religion and its textured mythos of religion, rebellion, and race.

@Mattpolprof, @t8erik and @Plasticpills consider the value of "revolution" as a concept or as a political goal of left-wing politics. Starting with Alain Badiou, we discuss guillotines, Marxism, BLM, the sign economy, and the aesthetics of burning Wendy's.

Plasticpills and Christopher Satoor sit down to dialogue about vitalism, including philosophers such as Leibniz, Maine de Biran, Bergson, and Deleuze. What is it? What is it good for? Will it save the world?   https://archive.org/details/TheHistoryAndTheoryOfVitalism

The midwives of the soul discuss conspiracy brain--not individual conspiracies, but the political, psychoanalytic, and semiological dimensions of conspiracy including covid-5G and lizard aliens. Throwin down some Lacan, Deleuze, Baudrillard, but no Philip K. Dick. Our guest is the resplendent Matt McManus @mattpolprof

Join us as we argue about this article, where Agamben (critical theorist) says coronavirus isn't real, and this article, dunking on his take. We then call each other libs after recapping the Sanders campaign. youtube.com/c/plasticpills

Join us for our sophmore episode, from quarantine, in which we discuss Baudrillard, Derrida, and whether or not Covid 19 is real.

The podcast explores critical theory, discussing its origins, symmetrical definition of the social, and its connection to climate change and conspiracy theories. It also touches on climate change denial, the embezzlement case at Ryerson Student Union, and a scandal involving a French literary figure. The hosts reflect on the significance of Bruno Latour's work and stress the importance of establishing matters of concern and using reason.