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 69: CHiPs on Our Shoulders (Lessons in Objectivity)
Episode 68: Risky, Reckless, and Regretful
Episode 67: Funny How?
Episode 66: Übermensch at Work
Episode 65: Philocalypse Now
Episode 64: Believing in a Just World
Episode 63: Stalemates and Closets (with Sam Harris)
Episode 62: Brain Jizz and "Black Mirror"
Episode 61: Putting a Little Meaning in Your Life
Episode 60: Drunk on Intuitions
Episode 59: Tumors All the Way Down (With Sam Harris)
Episode 58: Do the Right Thing (with Yoel Inbar)
Episode 57: Free Willie
Episode 56: Moral Heroes and Drunk Utilitarians
Episode 55: Rooting for Evil (With Paul Bloom)
Episode 54: Pooping on Ecstasy (Pain, Pleasure, and the Ethics of Breeding)
Episode 53: The Psychology People Love to Hate (Evolutionary Psychology Pt.1)
Episode 52: Thought Experiments (Huh!) What Are They Good For? (Part 2)
Episode 51: Zombies, Trolleys, and Galileo's Balls
Episode 50: Keeping it Unreal
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