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Weird StudiesArt and philosophy at the limits of the thinkable Author: SpectreVision Radio
Professor Phil Ford and writer J. F. Martel host a series of conversations on art and philosophy, dwelling on ideas that are hard to think and art that opens up rifts in what we are pleased to call "reality." SpectreVision Radio is a bespoke podcast network at the intersection between the arts and the uncanny, featuring a tapestry of shows exploring creativity, the esoteric, and the unknown. Were a community for creators and fans vibrating around common curiosities, shared interests and persistent passions. spectrevisionradio.com linktr.ee/spectrevisionsocial Language: en-us Genres: Arts, Philosophy, Society & Culture Contact email: Get it Feed URL: Get it iTunes ID: Get it |
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Episode 209 – At Home in the Labyrinth, with Murakami and Borges
Wednesday, 25 March, 2026
In this episode, Phil and JF discuss Haruki Murakami’s “Cream,” from First Person Singular, alongside Jorge Luis Borges’s classic tale, “The Garden of Forking Paths.” Together, these two stories occasion a meditation on time, perplexity, and the strange possibility that meaning isn't found at the end of the maze, but discovered only in the course of wandering it. Photo by DMzlC via Wikimedia Commons. Pierre-Yves Martel's Bandcamp page, home of Weird Studies Vol. 3 (to be released May 22, 2026). Joel Plaskett's website and Substack References Geoffrey Cornelius, “Chicane: Double-Thinking and Divination among the Witch-Doctors,” in Divination: Perspectives for a New Millennium, ed. Patrick Curry (Burlington, VT: Ashgate, 2010), 119– 42. Joe Leduc's Blood Oath Jorge Luis Borges, “The Garden of Forking Paths” Haruki Murakami, “Cream” Marc Augé, Non-Places Federico Campagna, Technic and Magic Phil Ford, “The View from the Cheap Seats at the UFO Show” Nicholas of Cusa, “On the Quadrature of the Circle” Ethan Weed, “A Labyrinth of Symbols” Kids in the Hall, “Premise Beach” David Lynch, Twin Peaks: The Return David Lynch, Lost Highway Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Don Giovanni Weird Studies, Episode 66 on “Diviner’s Time” Gottfried Leibniz, Theodicy Quentin Meillasoux, After Finitude Alejandro Jodorowsky, The Way of Tarot Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
