
War Machine
Podcast by Matt Baker
Latest episodes

Jun 16, 2021 • 15min
Staying With America's Troubles /// Part 1
This episode of War Machine features part 1 of an audio essay by Matthew Baker, Staying With America's Troubles. Part 2 forthcoming.

Dec 12, 2020 • 1h 23min
Tim Ingold /// Animating Anthropology
In this episode of War Machine, Matt Valler and Matt Baker speak with British Anthropologist Tim Ingold about education during covid, writing, 'interfacing' vs 'facing-between', the downside of agency, animism, the imagination, the task of anthropology, and so on.
Check out Tim's Amazon author page: https://www.amazon.com/Tim-Ingold/e/B001ITWVXQ?ref=sr_ntt_srch_lnk_1&qid=1607786123&sr=8-1
Here are some his talks that may be of interest: https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=tim+ingold
Matt Valler's website: https://mattvaller.com/
Entheosdesigns.net

Dec 5, 2020 • 1h 6min
Saul Newman /// Voluntary Inservitude
Preston Price and Matt Baker speak with Saul Newman on post-anarchism, Max Stirner, voluntary servitude, the political theology of Gaia, the death of god, anarchist spirituality, among other things.
Saul works in the area of continental political theory as applied to a study of contemporary forms of radical politics. His research has also led him to an exploration of sovereignty, political theology, democracy and post-secularism, autonomy and freedom, human rights and statelessness. He has also written widely on the nineteenth century German thinker Max Stirner and published the first ever edited collection on Stirner’s thought in the English language.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saul_Newman
Check out Saul's Amazon author page: https://www.amazon.com/Saul-Newman/e/B001HPIGNA?ref=sr_ntt_srch_lnk_2&qid=1607192683&sr=8-2
Theme music "Prey" provided by Niky Nine.
nikynine.bandcamp.com/
Outro music, graphic, and sound design by Matt Baker: entheosdesigns.net

Nov 28, 2020 • 1h 19min
Matt Valler /// Semiotics of Place
Matt Baker and Preston Price speak with Matt Valler about translation, semiotics, Karen Barad, morphology, alchemy, and piracy, among other things.
Matt Valler is a specialist in stories and how they shape the way we live. With a wide range of expertise and experience, Matt has worked with organisations all over the world on strategy, communications, and product design. He holds an MA (distinction) in Biblical Interpretation and is currently studying for a PhD in Translation Studies at Queen’s University, Belfast.
Matt's website: https://mattvaller.com/
The Labyrinth Project: https://labyrinth.city/
Theme music "Prey" provided by Niky Nine.
nikynine.bandcamp.com/
Bible Pirate Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/bible-pirate/id1304353670
Outro music, graphic, and sound design by Matt Baker: entheosdesigns.net

Nov 16, 2020 • 1h 16min
Petra Carlsson /// M-P-P MACHINE
In this episode of War Machine Matt Baker and Preston Price speak with Swedish radical theologian Petra Carlsson about Thomas Altizer, immanence, icons, post-humanism, the insane god, Foucault, Christ as machine, theological constructivism, etc.
Petra Carlsson Redell is an ordained minister in the Lutheran Church of Sweden and a scholar of systematic theology at Uppsala University. Her research interests include continental philosophy, art, political theology and political and artistic activism.
Check out Petra's YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCT74zzYmmG1OhgDDarX8g6w
Amazon author page: https://www.amazon.com/s?i=stripbooks&rh=p_27%3APetra+Carlsson+Redell&s=relevancerank&text=Petra+Carlsson+Redell&ref=dp_byline_sr_book_1
Whatever this says: https://www.ehs.se/petra-carlsson

Nov 13, 2020 • 1h 13min
Erik Davis /// Surf(ac)ing Interstices
In this episode of War Machine, Preston Price and Matt Baker Speak with Erik Davis about critical thought and scholarship in the midst of a collapsing academia, podcasting, systems theory and radical ecology, otters, conspiracy theory, the challenges of pluralism, etc.
Erik Davis is a writer, journalist, scholar, and author of several books which explore art, film, occulture, technology, religion, and many other things.
Here's Erik's website. There's so much good stuff here: https://techgnosis.com/
And check out his Amazon author page: https://www.amazon.com/Erik-Davis/e/B001H6MRS4?ref=sr_ntt_srch_lnk_4&qid=1605300327&sr=8-4
Theme music "Prey" provided by Niky Nine.
nikynine.bandcamp.com/
Outro music, graphic and audio design by Matt Baker: entheosdesigns.net

Nov 11, 2020 • 23min
Tripp Fuller /// Revenge of Zesty Nugz Part 2
Preston Price and Matt Baker conclude their conversation with Tripp Fuller about his recent book Divine Self Investment: An Open and Relational Constructive Theology.
Tripp Fuller is an American theologian, minister, professor, and broadcaster. He is the founder and host of Homebrewed Christianity, one of the most downloaded theology programs in podcasting. He is currently a Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Theology and Science at the University of Edinburgh.
trippfuller.com/
www.amazon.com/Divine-Self-Inves…Caps%2C143&sr=8-2

Nov 10, 2020 • 55min
Tripp Fuller /// Zest Nuggets Part 1
Preston Price and Matt Baker speak with Tripp Fuller about his recent book Divine Self Investment: An Open and Relational Constructive Theology, process theology, christian animism, Jesus as shaman, comparative semiotics, and the challenge of technology for religion.
Tripp Fuller is an American theologian, minister, professor, and broadcaster. He is the founder and host of Homebrewed Christianity, one of the most downloaded theology programs in podcasting. He is currently a Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Theology and Science at the University of Edinburgh.
https://trippfuller.com/
https://www.amazon.com/Divine-Self-Investment-Relational-Constructive-Christology/dp/1948609290/ref=sr_1_2?crid=2SNURUB1NOAWH&dchild=1&keywords=divine+self+investment&qid=1605025992&sprefix=divine+self+inv%2Caps%2C143&sr=8-2
Theme music "Prey" provided by Niky Nine.
nikynine.bandcamp.com/

Oct 30, 2020 • 46min
Joshua Ramey /// Divination of Politics Part 2
In this episode of War Machine, Matt Baker and Preston Price conclude their conversation with author, teacher, activist, neo-shamanic practitioner, psychonaut, and academic rogue Joshua Ramey about misapprehensions about Deleuze, finance power, sovereignty, economy, and the divination of politics.
Joshua studies political economy and anti-capitalist political theory. He holds a Ph.D. in philosophy from Villanova University (2006) and is currently Visiting Assistant Professor in the Interdisciplinary Concentration in Peace, Justice, and Human Rights at Haverford College. He is the author of The Hermetic Deleuze: Philosophy and Spiritual Ordeal and Politics of Divination: Neoliberal Endgame and the Religion of Contingency.
Contact Joshua on his website: http://www.becoming-fluid.com
Check out his Amazon author page: https://www.amazon.com/s?i=stripbooks&rh=p_27%3AJoshua+Ramey&s=relevancerank&text=Joshua+Ramey&ref=dp_byline_sr_book_1
Here are some of his blogs. They're worth a look: https://itself.blog/author/theextravagantbastard/
And the defunct blog Absolute Economics mentioned in the show: https://absoluteeconomics.wordpress.com/author/theextravagantbastard/
Finally, here is where you can find his current work with Incite seminars: https://inciteseminars.com/production-or-enslavement/
Theme music "Prey" provided by Niky Nine.
nikynine.bandcamp.com/

Oct 26, 2020 • 1h 3min
Joshua Ramey /// Becoming Fluid Part 1
In this first of a two part episode, Matt Baker and Preston Price speak with author, teacher, activist, neo-shamanic practitioner, psychonaut, and academic rogue Joshua Ramey about the Hermetic Deleuze, shamanic practice, medicine, and psychedelics.
Joshua studies political economy and anti-capitalist political theory. He holds a Ph.D. in philosophy from Villanova University (2006) and is currently Visiting Assistant Professor in the Interdisciplinary Concentration in Peace, Justice, and Human Rights at Haverford College. He is the author of The Hermetic Deleuze: Philosophy and Spiritual Ordeal and Politics of Divination: Neoliberal Endgame and the Religion of Contingency.
Contact Joshua on his website: http://www.becoming-fluid.com
Check out his Amazon author page: https://www.amazon.com/s?i=stripbooks&rh=p_27%3AJoshua+Ramey&s=relevancerank&text=Joshua+Ramey&ref=dp_byline_sr_book_1
Here are some of his blogs. They're worth a look: https://itself.blog/author/theextravagantbastard/
And the defunct blog Absolute Economics mentioned in the show: https://absoluteeconomics.wordpress.com/author/theextravagantbastard/
Finally, here is where you can find his current work with Incite seminars: https://inciteseminars.com/production-or-enslavement/
Theme music "Prey" provided by Niky Nine.
nikynine.bandcamp.com/