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 48: Restorative Circle Jerk
Episode 47: Schooled By Our Listeners
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Episode 45: Rounded Brains and Balanced "Play Diets"
Episode 44: Killer Robots
Episode 43: The Nature of Nudges
Episode 42: Reason, Responsibility, and Roombas (With Paul Bloom)
Episode 41: Moral Dilemmas at the Movies
Episode 40: How Many Moralities Are There? Pt. 2 (with Jesse Graham)
Episode 39: How Many Moralities Are There? (Pt.1)
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Episode 37: Porn, Poop, and Personal Identity (with Nina Strohminger)
Episode 36: An Irresponsible Meta-Book Review of Joshua Greene's "Moral Tribes"
Episode 35: Douchebags and Desert
Episode 34: Does Reading Harry Potter Make You Moral? (with Will Wilkinson)
Episode 33: Monkeys, Smurfs, and Human Conformity (With Laurie Santos)
Episode 32: Disagreeing About Disagreement
Episode 31: An Anthropologist's Guide to Moral Psychology (Pt. 1)
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