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PlasticPills Critical Theory & Philosophy
The Pill Pod is hosted by a group of PhDs offering their irreverent (and unsolicited) takes on critical theory, philosophy, culture, and politics.
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Bernard Stiegler & Posthumanist Post-Marxism (ft. Diego Ruzzarin) // 119
How many posts can be fit into a title? Diego's back is back and so are we to have a look at why Stiegler believes that the class war is over, the…
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Baudrillard: Post-Marxist // 117
We are still on the lookout for some worthwhile post-marxisms, we found a dude who is post-everything. Our reading is from "Ironic Strategies" from…
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Guattari & Negri: Communists Like Us // 116 (preview)
New week, new book, and we're still on the hunt for a "post-Marxism" that hits. As usual, we were split on which ingredients we look for in the recipes of…
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Althusser on Structuralist Marxism // 115
Erik and Pills duo on Althusser, reading "Contradiction and Overdetermination" from the book For Marx. We read this anticipating a couple episodes trying to…
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Pill Pod 114 - POST-MARXISM ft. Diego Ruzzarin (Preview)
n the 80s, Laclau and Mouffe decided they wanted to succeed Marxism with discourse stuff and some identity politics thrown in. We read their apologetic for…
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Pill Pod 113 - Slavoj Zizek vs Wokeness
Zizek allegedly wrote an article on the problems of wokeness and we argued about it. Reactionary? Transphobic? Trolling? We don't agree (with each other). The…
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Pill Pod 111 - Spectacles of The Integrated Spectacle
How many of the intellectual left were assassinated by the CIA? THE TRUTH WILL SHOCK YOU! Guy Debord's head inflates by the time he gets to his book written…
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SOCIETY OF THE SPECTACLE // 109
We've been leading up to it, and here is the first spectacle of 2 on Debord's popular book (https://amzn.to/3HRp0pj). Stay tuned for future spectacles. Get the…
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Pill Pod 108 - Psychogeography (preview)
This is a preview on our episode covering the Situationist concepts of psychogeography and unitary urbanism, from back when we hoped for such things. Get the…
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Situationism and Situationists // 107
From 1957 to 1972, the Situationist International published a slew of articles, pamphlets, films and journals trying to bring theoretical Marxist debates into…
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Pill Pod 106 - Introduction to The Situationist International (preview)
We are starting a series on the theorists and artists of the Situationist International and their most well-known export: The Society of the Spectacle by Guy…
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BURNOUT SOCIETY by Byung-Chul Han // 27
It's been a while since we released an exclusive episode, but I thought this that this episode is as pertinent as it ever was, so enjoy this release from two…
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AI, Transhumanism & Silicon Valley Singularity Cults // 105
After our episode claiming that ChatGPT would destroy university education as it currently exists, we had to de-mythologize the dumb philosophy status quo of…
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AI & the New Crisis of Humanities Education // 104
Not with a whimper, but with a bang: it's time for another crisis of the Humanities. Students, then teachers, then administrators will realize that AI has…
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Pill Pod 103 - Feminist Fight Night: Nussbaum vs. Butler (preview)
What was a niche, inter-feminist fight in the 90s proves to be prophetically relevant this week. Pills and Victor narrate Martha Nussbaum coming at Judith…
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Pill Pod 101 - Democracy 101(preview)
We glance at Ranciere's Hatred of Democracy which suggests that hatred, not equality, is the animus of so-called democracies, and then debate whether or not…
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PILL POD 100
It's a "party" for our 100th episode! Thanks for everyone who helped us reach this milestone by listening, guesting, supporting us on patreon, or whatever…
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Pill Pod 99 - Edward Bernays (preview)
Today we read Freud's nephew, the "Father of PR," Edward Bernays' book "Propaganda" and compare his theory and practice to other opinions on the purpose of…
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Derrida vs. Habermas FIGHT NIGHT // 98
This resembles one of our FIGHT NIGHT episodes, except the whole of it is mediated by another philosopher, Richard Rorty. We give a bit of background to…
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Materialist Theogany ft. Diego Ruzzarin // 95
We covered this from every perspective we could get to, featuring some Spinoza, Marx, Benjamin, and corn among other references. Please enjoy us bumping into…
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Pill Pod 94 - Kafka Metamorphosis
Find the whole text here https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/5200 Find LitVic on Twitter! @HoratioVictor Always looking for more suggestions for the lit stuff…
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Nick Land? // 93 (preview)
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PlasticPills Critical Theory & PhilosophyPill Pod 91 - ADIEU LACAN
Brace yourselves for two and a half hours focused on Lacan's psychoanalytic method. We are joined partway through by Director/Auteur Richard Ledes, who has…
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Pill Pod 89 - The Myth of Atlantis (Preview)
We turn our attention to the ur myth of civilizational collapse... and accidentally find political philosophy. Ah well. Get the other half of our episodes and…
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Pill Pod 87 - The Idea of Communism IV ft. Diego Ruzzarin
It's more answers without questions, in part IV of our "Idea of Communism" series. We're getting the hot takes from Diego Ruzzarin (@DiegoRuzzarin) on what he…
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Know Your Enemy ft. Matthew Sitman // 86
It's a political theory day, speaking with the Know Your Enemy podcast's Matthew Sitman, a former young conservative. Starting with some Roe v. Wade, we then…
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Pill Pod 85 - The Word ”Communism” *Preview*
We have another heated discussion on the sense and meaning of the word "communism," this time from a Heideggerian communist. Get all the goods at…
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Pill Pod 84 - The Universality of Communism *Preview*
This week we read the article by Susan Buck-Morss "The Second Time as Farce... Historical Pragmatics and the Untimely Present" from, again, The Idea of…
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Badiou: The Idea of Communism // 83
This is our first in the reading series on the Idea of Communism conferences, covering Alain Badiou. Our readings will come from The Idea of Communism I…
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Deleuze Seminars ft. Professor Daniel W. Smith
Pills is graced by the presence of the eminent Deleuze scholar, editor, and translator, Daniel W. Smith. Dan explains how he came to Deleuzian philosophy, why…
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Pill Pod 82 - 1980s Nostalgia
Reboots and renewals, bodies and images, city and pasture. The Pill Pod takes a crack at analyzing the desire structure of 80s nostalgia in popular media. New…
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Pill Pod 81 - The Postmodern Condition *Preview*
Pills, Erik and Victor tackle the boogeyman: Lyotard's Postmodern Condition: A Report on Knowledge, with reference to Wittgenstein's language-game methodology…
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Wittgenstein vs. Philosophy // 80
The team reassembles to talk Wittgenstein, champion of "ideas-don't-matter" philosophy, and about why he matters—even if ideas don't. The primary sources…
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Kumbaya Posthumanism *Preview*
We venture into the weeds of ignorance, science, and anthropomorphism, and not even immuno-responses can stop us. We look at posthumanism a la Francesca…
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Talking to America’s New Right (Interview)
Matt and Victor interview Nate Hochman on conservative college campuses and America's new right.
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America’s New Right Problem ft. WaPo’s Greg Sargent
Greg Sargent (@ThePlumLineGS) from the Washington Post joins Victor and Matt to discuss America's burgeoning illberal right wing. While often painted as…
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Posthumanism Manifesto // 78
Erik and Pills do the thing, because everything needs to be manifestoed eventually and I needed a title. If you wonder whose name is being referenced…
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Pill Pod 77 -Trans/Post-Human Technics (Preview)
Pills and Erik talk about transhumanism as opposed to posthumanism, and compare their positions on human technology and technics. Heidegger, McLuhan, Latour…
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Posthumanism is Good Actually // 76
Erik and Pills cover posthumanism in the context of systems theory and what makes it a viable model as an alternative to humanist explanatory frameworks of how…
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PrePostPostHumanism *Preview*
This is a brief introduction to our defense of posthumanism. Find our extended deliberations about philosophy and whether or not it matters at…
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Christian Socialism
Socialism and Christianity have had a tenuous relationship. Our guest this week, Aaron Anderson, argues that Christianity and socialism not only have shared…
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Pill Pod 74 - Post Posthumanism
This week the pod hosts Matthew Flisfeder (@MattFlisfeder), the Zizek/Hegel/Lacan/Jameson scholar who organized the Peterson vs. Zizek debate. He's working on…
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Dugin: Russia’s State Philosopher // 72
In lieu of a basket of hot takes on the Ukraine invasion, we take a look at the TRUE cause behind all the madness: the Eurasian nationalist-pagan…
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Hyperreal War *UNLOCKED* Pill Pod 57
We recorded this months ago but feels relevant enough for a public post. Regularly scheduled content will continue as usual! The video referenced is this one…
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Prison Abolition & Criminal Justice ft. Blake Wilson
Victor (@victorbruzzone) interviews Professor Blake Wilson from California State University about the Rittenhouse trial, the legitimacy of law, and prison…
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Pill Pod 71 - Plato was an Idiot (preview)
Plato has had it too easy. We take an hour and a bit to divide the philosophers from the sophists. This is what we do every week at…
PlasticPills Critical Theory & PhilosophyPill Pod 70 - Fanon (Preview)
This was one of the top topics from the previous patron vote--Fanon's postcolonialism. Get all our exclusive eps on https://www.patreon.com/plasticpills
PlasticPills Critical Theory & PhilosophyJordan Peterson is Over Party // 69
Joe Rogan hosted JBP to discuss fracking, Abraham, and Nietzsche, and we are here for those hot and not-so-hot takes on our first in-person, video podcast…
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Baudrillard vs. Foucault: Fight Night // 41
This week's episode is going to be late, because we are planning something a little different. This episode is an unlock from a This episode features an…
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Futilitarianism: Neoliberalism and the Production of Uselessness (Bonus Interview)
Neil Vallelly (@NeilVallelly) joins Matt (@mattpolprof) for a cheery discussion of neoliberalism and futility, the central themes of Neil's new book, which can…
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Lacan on The Purloined Letter // 68
It's another literature corner episode, featuring The Purloined Letter and the interpretive stylings of the illustrious Lit Vic (find more of his utterances on…
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Pill Pod 67 - The Question Concerning Technology (preview)
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Pill Pod 66 - Neologism in Technofeudalism
Is capitalism over? Whether or not it is, Friday is a good day to coin some new academic terms. We discuss making up words to advance your career and then a…
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Pill Pod 65 - Don’t Look Up (preview)
Movie episode! This is more than a film, it's now a cultural event, and content is content and we are serious about that content. Please time your molly…
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Pill Pod 64 - Democrathy Dieth in Darkneth
The resurrection took longer than expected as the Pill Pod got COVID, but we're back with a sprawling 100 minutes of sex, drugs, and democracy: Chile elected a…
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Pill Pod 63 - Tourette‘s Tok (preview)
Kids be getting Tourette's from TikToK? This episode features Pills, Victor, and Erik taking on mass sociogenic illnesses from the phenomenological…
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Marx & Nietzsche: How to Philosophize with a Hammer and Sickle (ft. CCK Philosophy)
Pills and Matt interview he who was once known as Cuck Philosophy, and who is now known as Jonas Čeika, author of How to Philosophize with a Hammer and Sickle…
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Pill Pod 62 - Phenomenology: The Body Schema (preview)
Here's 10 minutes of a 100 minute episode on how Merleau-Ponty's analysis of the Schneider case forever changed the philosophy of mind. Get all our exclusive…
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Phenomenology of Marxism & Revolution // 61
Phenomenology is sometimes viewed apolitically, today we try to get a handle on Merleau-Ponty's phenomenological Marxism. The sections of the text we read of…
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Pill Pod 60 - New Consciousness (preview)
Here we go back a few pages to discuss the "prejudices" in philosophy of mind including empiricism, intellectualism, psychologism, and clinical physiology. For…