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 246: Existential Poker-Face (David Foster Wallace's "E Unibus Pluram")
Episode 245: Pragmatically Speaking
Episode 244: Thanks for the Memories? (Borges' "Funes the Memorious)
Episode 243: Finding My Religion
Bonus Episode: The Ambulators (A "Deadwood" Podcast)
Episode 242: Losing My Religion
Episode 241: Very Bad Orgies (Kubrick's "Eyes Wide Shut")
Episode 240: Evil
Episode 239: Lose Yourself
Episode 238: I Am Not Ivan Ilyich...Am I?
Episode 237: Glitches Ain't Shit
Episode 236: Your Outie Is Skilled at Lovemaking (With Paul Bloom)
Episode 235: Animated Objects
Episode 234: Like A Dog (Kafka's "The Trial" Pt. 2)
Episode 233: Keeping It Surreal (Kafka's "The Trial" Pt. 1)
Episode 232: Mind Over Matter
Episode 231: Ideal Critics (Hume's "Of the Standard of Taste")
Episode 230: Be Happy (Lars von Trier's "Melancholia")
Episode 229: Skin Deep?
Episode 228: Forever Jung
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