Phil Ford and J.F. Martel from the great "Weird Studies" podcast join us for a whirling discussion of Edgar Allan Poe’s mesmerizing tale of decadence and disease “The Masque of the Red Death." We also talk about weird fiction more generally, why it’s so suited to the short story genre, how it creates a mood that drips and bursts from the seam of the page.
Plus David and Tamler in the opening segment talk about Aella’s data-driven, chart and graph filled birthday orgy. Is she the sex symbol for our times?
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Episode 107: Winking Under Oppression (with Manuel Vargas)
Episode 106: American Grandstand
Episode 105: Wizards With (Reactive) Attitudes
Episode 104: Smelling Salts for Morality: Our Top 3 Movies About Empathy (with Paul Bloom)
Episode 103: Very Bad Utopias
Episode 102: Red, Black, and Blue
Episode 101: Having Desert and Eating It Too
Episode 100: It's a Celebration
Episode 99: Mockingbirds, Destructo-Critics, and Mr. Robot
Episode 98: Mind the Gap
Episode 97: Dogmatic Slumber Party
Episode 96: Memory and Meaning in "Memento" (with Paul Bloom)
Bonus Episode: More Doobie-ous Theories About "Mr. Robot" (Season 2)
Episode 95: The Repugnance of Repugnance
Episode 94: Buttery Friendships
Episode 93: Avalanches, Blame, and Cowardice (With Yoel Inbar)
Episode 92: Jonathan Edwards' Basement
Episode 91: Rage Against the Machines
Episode 90: Of Mice and Morals
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