
War Machine
Podcast by Matt Baker
Latest episodes

Mar 23, 2022 • 14min
Art as Sorcery ///
This episode features a short talk by Matt Baker anticipating the recent seminar led by Petra Carlsson on the topic of 'Activist Art and Radical Theology' for the Radical Theology Seminar.
For more details, go to: https://www.patreon.com/radicaltheology
Sources:
Crockett & Robbins, "Religion, Politics, and the Earth:The New Materialism".
Horkheimer & Adorno, "Dialectic of Enlightenment."
Grosz, "Chaos, Territory, Art: Deleuze and the Framing of the Earth".

Mar 3, 2022 • 53min
Ashes ///
In this episode, Justin Pearl and Matt Baker discuss several short texts centering on the theme of Ash Wednesday: Nietzsche, Thus Spoke Zarathustra (prologue); Emily Dickinson, Ashes Denote the Fire that Was; Jeffrey Robbins, Radical Theology: A Vision for Change (excerpt); and T.S. Eliot, Ash Wednesday.
War Machine is the un///official podcast of the Radical Theology Seminar: https://www.patreon.com/radicaltheology
Music for this episode:
The Longest Johns, Ashes
Nu Alchemist, Love Always
아버지, Frost
Graintable, The Rain in the Trees
아버지, Reflection
Matt Baker, Nomad's Theme

Nov 15, 2021 • 28min
Matt Valler /// The Conundrum of Anthropocentrism in the Anthropocene
This episode features a talk by Matt Valler titled "In Other Wor(l)ds: the conundrum of anthropocentrism in the Anthropocene" which was given recently at the Institute of Culture Studies and Theatre History of the Academy of Sciences in Vienna. (Great sausages).
If you would like to respond to this episode in any way, please email an audio or text response to mc-baker@live.com
More on Matt Valler's work. can be found here: https://mattvaller.com

Nov 14, 2021 • 1h 2min
Emelie Cajsdotter /// En Värld Bortom Dominansens Logik? Part 1
A world beyond the logic of dominance? A conversation (in Swedish) between animal communicator Emelie Cajsdotter and Petra Carlsson Redell.
När teologistudenten Tova Melin får i uppgift att göra ett podd-avsnitt inom ramen för en kurs i feministisk teologi väljer hon att föra samman två av sina lärare: Mig, Petra Carlsson Redell, docent i teologi, och Emelie Cajsdotter, djurkommunikatör och författare. Det blir ett samtal om hur vi kan leva på jorden bortom den dominansens logik som så ofta förutsätts i såväl relationer mellan människa och djur, som i relationen mellan människa och Gud. Emelie refererar till sina samtal med djur medan jag refererar till filosofi och teologi, men de problem vi beskriver och det budskap vi förmedlar är slående lika. För mig framstår Emelie som en mystiker, en profetisk röst i vår tid.
Samtalet pågick i nästan två timmar så detta är den första delen av två.
Referenser:
http://www.emeliecajsdotternaturmedicin.n.nu/?fbclid=IwAR1GX6aX9IRAjLlBTini47k7l8l5uufA6pZyZuWIaWw6JMm0EqAIwAxnex8
Paul Tillich, The Courage to Be
Ida Simonsson, The Order of Value
Koranens budskap
https://ths.academia.edu/PetraCarlsson
Music:
"Pons" by Masayoshi Fujita: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VOfRRssamh8
"Nomad's Theme" by Matt Baker: https://soundcloud.com/warmachinepodcast/nomads-theme

Oct 16, 2021 • 42min
Transtemporal Telefōn /// The Baradian Playground
Matt Valler, Clayton Crockett, Tim Ingold*, and Petra Carlsson respond to our recent Terence McKenna episode:
Pt 1: https://www.entheosdesigns.net/podcast/episode/8f99fe72/terence-mckenna-elven-eschatology-pt-1-with-justin-pearl-16
Pt 2: https://www.entheosdesigns.net/podcast/episode/8ffa53af/terence-mckenna-elven-eschatology-pt-2-with-justin-pearl-17
Matt Valler: https://pure.qub.ac.uk/en/persons/matt-valler
Clayton Crockett: https://uca.edu/philosophy/facultystaff/clayton-crockett/
Tim Ingold: https://www.abdn.ac.uk/socsci/people/profiles/tim.ingold
Petra Carlsson: https://ehs.se/en/people/petra-carlsson/
Hello Meteor: https://hellometeor.bandcamp.com/
entheosdesigns.net
"We say 'peace' because peace is what we want: a piece of the pie that America flaunts." KRS ONE
*Not exactly...

Oct 13, 2021 • 1h 11min
Federico Campagna /// Prophetic Culture
Petra Carlsson and Matt Baker speak with Italian philosopher, anarchist, and theologian Federico Campagna about his most recent book from Bloomsbury, Prophetic Culture: Recreation for Adolescents, and related topics such as world-making, the end of the world, narrative, time, metaphysics, death, and what it means to die well.
https://www.federicocampagna.eu/blank-3
Prophetic Culture: https://www.bloomsbury.com/us/prophetic-culture-9781350149649/
Part 1 of our previous conversation with Federico can be heard here: https://www.entheosdesigns.net/podcast/episode/bfb4e8ca/federico-campagna-iconographic-anarchism-pt-1-2
Music for this episode:
Sleepsake by Kayba: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XVgkyubIRw8
Dangerous Data by Future Fate: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7QynurJR6Fo
The Jewelry Department by Hello Meteor: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eGS8mhvNsZ4
Frozen Skies by Stray Theories: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iWYGR-kj2lA
Nomad's Theme by Matt Baker: https://soundcloud.com/warmachinepodcast/nomads-theme

Sep 30, 2021 • 1h 20min
Terence McKenna /// Elven Eschatology Partt 2 w/ Justin Pearl
Petra Carlsson and Matt Baker conclude their conversation with Justin Pearl about turn-of-the-millenia psychonaut, philosopher, and mathematician Terence MCKenna. The conversation centers on McKenna's final interview given in 1999: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GdEKhIk-8Gg
Part 1: https://www.entheosdesigns.net/podcast/episode/8f99fe72/terence-mckenna-elven-eschatology-pt-1-with-justin-pearl-16
Justin Leavitt Pearl is the director of The Atkins Center for Ethics at Carlow University, the Discipleship and Youth Coordinator at Baldwin Community United Methodist Church, and a member of the experimental theology cooperative Steel City Theology. https://politicaltheology.com/author/jleavittpearl/
Music for this episode:
Dangerous Data by Future Fate: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7QynurJR6Fo
Nomad's Theme by Matt Baker: https://soundcloud.com/warmachinepodcast/nomads-theme

Sep 26, 2021 • 1h 27min
Terence McKenna /// Elven Eschatology Part 1 w/ Justin Pearl
In this episode of War Machine, Petra Carlsson and Matt Baker speak with Justin Pearl about turn-of-the-millenia psychonaut, philosopher, and mathematician Terence MCKenna. The conversation centers on McKenna's final interview given in 1999: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GdEKhIk-8Gg
Justin Leavitt Pearl is the director of The Atkins Center for Ethics at Carlow University, the Discipleship and Youth Coordinator at Baldwin Community United Methodist Church, and a member of the experimental theology cooperative Steel City Theology. https://politicaltheology.com/author/jleavittpearl/
Music for this episode:
Evangelikon by Metatron Omega: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QsAkg6QN1Ss
Dangerous Data by Future Fate: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7QynurJR6Fo
Kyiv by Beau Diako: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YgS3D78Brjs
And Now I've Found You by Cocabona: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AtBiz4H-HsQ
Nomad's Theme by Matt Baker: https://soundcloud.com/warmachinepodcast/nomads-theme

Jun 25, 2021 • 15min
De/Centering the Self /// On Individualism
This episode of War Machine features a short talk by Matt Baker on the topic of Individualism titled, De/Centering the Self.

Jun 23, 2021 • 20min
Staying With America's Troubles /// Part 2
This episode of War Machine features the second half of an audio essay by Matthew Baker titled, Staying With America's Troubles. Part 1 can be heard here:
https://www.entheosdesigns.net/podcast/episode/917cdcfb/staying-with-americas-troubles-part-1