
Weird Studies
by SpectreVision Radio
Is this your podcast?SpectreVision Radio is a bespoke podcast network known for exploring the intersections of art, culture, and the uncanny. With a focus on the anomalous and numinous, SpectreVision creates a community for creators and fans alike, fostering di…
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- art and philosophy discussions
- exploration of reality concepts
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- conversations on art
- philosophical inquiries
Publishing Consistency
- active for eight years
- weekly episode releases
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- 🇺🇸US · Arts#1975K to 30K
- 🇲🇽MX · Arts#6710K to 30K
- 🇮🇳IN · Arts#7910K to 30K
- 🇸🇪SE · Arts#9010K to 30K
- 🇷🇴RO · Arts#2030K to 100K
- Per-Episode Audience
Est. listeners per new episode within ~30 days
40K to 135K🎙 ~2x weekly·230 episodes·Last published today - Monthly Reach
Unique listeners across all episodes (30 days)
80K to 269K🇷🇴37%🇺🇸11%🇲🇽11%+7 more - Active Followers
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32K to 108K3.3K real followers tracked across platforms
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Episode 215 – Where No One Can Hear You Scream: On Ridley Scott's 'Alien'
Jun 24, 2026
1h 29m 15s
Episode 214 – Fortune's Fools: On Gordon White's Philosophy of Fortune-Telling
Jun 10, 2026
1h 15m 11s
Episode 213 – Comics, Surf Rock, and the Weirdness of Time: On Tom Manning's 'Eric'
May 27, 2026
1h 19m 15s
Episode 212 – Beyond Music and Back Again: On Glenn Gould
May 13, 2026
1h 24m 25s
Episode 211 – You've Always Been the Caretaker: On Kubrick's 'The Shining'
Apr 29, 2026
1h 27m 09s
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| 6/24/26 | ![]() Episode 215 – Where No One Can Hear You Scream: On Ridley Scott's 'Alien' | In this episode, JF and Phil discuss Ridley Scott's 1979 sci-fi/horror blockbuster Alien. Together, they wipe off the patina of familiarity that beclouds the film, restoring it to its original weirdness. What is the organism that terrorizes the Nostromo? What's its relation to technology, evolution, industry? How does it differ from the monsters of older horror classics? How does one interpret without explaining away? Music in this episode: "Hypnagogic," from Pierre-Yves Martel's Weird Studies Vol. 3. Events Shannon Taggart's Lily Dale Symposium (July 23-25, 2026Transcendence in the Age of AI, a Weirdosphere chat with Michael Garfield and JF Martel, hosted by Joel Gunz - June 25, 2026 Kickstarter campaign for Artist as Astronaut: The Otherworldly Art of Ionel Talpazan from Strange Attractor Press. The campaign closes June 27! References Ionel Talpazan, Romanian experiencer and artist Ridley Scott (dir.), Alien Peter Bebergal, All Our Famous Monsters (forthcoming) Malachi Martin, Hostage to the Devil Vilhelm Hammershøi, Danish painter H. R. Giger, Swiss artist Simon-Max, French entertainer Eric Wargo, Passion of the Space Jockey Weird Studies, Episode 213 on “Eric” Mel Brooks (dir.), Spaceballs Howard and Emerson, “Hello, Ma Baby” Beowulf Eugene Thacker, In the Dust of This Planet Graham Harman, Weird Reality Pierre Schaeffer, French musician Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices | 1h 29m 15s | ||||||
| 6/10/26 | ![]() Episode 214 – Fortune's Fools: On Gordon White's Philosophy of Fortune-Telling✨ | fortune-tellingdivination+4 | — | Rune SoupFortune’s Fools Oracle Deck+4 | — | Gordon Whitefortune-telling+5 | — | 1h 15m 11s | |
| 5/27/26 | ![]() Episode 213 – Comics, Surf Rock, and the Weirdness of Time: On Tom Manning's 'Eric'✨ | graphic novelssurf rock+4 | Tom Manning | Eric | — | Tom ManningEric+6 | — | 1h 19m 15s | |
| 5/13/26 | ![]() Episode 212 – Beyond Music and Back Again: On Glenn Gould✨ | Glenn Gouldmusic+4 | — | Thirty-Two Short Films About Glenn GouldThis is Spinal Tap+4 | — | Glenn Gouldmusic+6 | — | 1h 24m 25s | |
| 4/29/26 | ![]() Episode 211 – You've Always Been the Caretaker: On Kubrick's 'The Shining'✨ | Stanley KubrickThe Shining+5 | — | The ShiningA Life in Pictures+5 | — | KubrickThe Shining+5 | — | 1h 27m 09s | |
| 4/22/26 | ![]() Special Episode: M.C. Richards's "Wrestling with the Daimonic," read by Phil Ford✨ | M.C. RichardsWrestling with the Daimonic+3 | — | The Crossing PointPatreon+6 | — | PatreonWesleyan University Press+2 | — | 57m 56s | |
| 4/8/26 | ![]() Episode 210 – Angels & Daimons, with Cristina Campo and M.C. Richards✨ | angelsdaimons+3 | Cristina CampoM.C. Richards | Weird Studies Volume 3Weird Studies Volume 2+18 | — | fairy talesphilosophy+2 | — | 1h 33m 25s | |
| 3/25/26 | ![]() Episode 209 – At Home in the Labyrinth, with Murakami and Borges✨ | Haruki MurakamiJorge Luis Borges+4 | — | Weird Studies Vol. 3DMzlC+22 | BurlingtonVT | First Person SingularThe Garden of Forking Paths+2 | — | 1h 33m 25s | |
| 3/11/26 | ![]() Episode 208 – Unbridled Creation: On Kenneth Batcheldor's Theory of the Paranormal✨ | paranormalpsychology+2 | — | Weird Studies PatreonPhil's upcoming 5-week course, 'A Musical Tarot'+20 | — | Kenneth Batcheldorparanormality+2 | — | 1h 19m 51s | |
| 2/25/26 | ![]() Episode 207 – Magic Mirror: On J.R.R. Tolkien's 'The Fellowship of the Ring'✨ | J.R.R. TolkienThe Fellowship of the Ring+4 | — | The Fellowship of the RingA Wizard of Earthsea+14 | — | Frododarkness+2 | — | 1h 32m 05s | |
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| 2/11/26 | ![]() Episode 206 – On Ken Russell's 'Altered States': Live at Indiana University Bloomington✨ | Ken RussellAltered States+4 | — | A Musical TarotIndiana University+15 | BloomingtonIndiana | Weird Academiahigh strangeness+2 | — | 1h 21m 22s | |
| 1/28/26 | ![]() Episode 205 – Discipline and Delight: On the Hierophant Card in the Tarot✨ | TarotHierophant+3 | — | Meditations on the TarotThe I Ching+16 | — | Major ArcanumMeditations on the Tarot+2 | — | 1h 33m 02s | |
| 1/14/26 | ![]() Episode 204 – The Perilous Realm: J.R.R. Tolkien's 'On Fairy Stories'✨ | J.R.R. Tolkienfairy stories+3 | — | Weird Studies: Music from the Podcast, Volume IWeird Studies: Music from the Podcast, Volume II+15 | FaerieBloomington | escapismdisclosure+1 | — | 1h 16m 14s | |
| 12/31/25 | ![]() Holiday Bonus: Scavengers in the Ruins of Heaven✨ | imposter syndromeintellect+2 | — | Weird StudiesPatreon | BloomingtonIndiana | PatreonMoby Dick course+1 | — | 32m 47s | |
| 12/10/25 | ![]() Episode 203 – Distant Early Warnings: A Return to Marshall McLuhan's 'Book of Probes'✨ | Marshall McLuhanaphorisms+5 | — | Moby-Dick courseWeirdosphere's Solstice Story Hour+17 | Bloomington | Distant Early WarningsWeird Studies+3 | — | 1h 26m 30s | |
| 11/26/25 | ![]() Episode 202 – The Human is Two: On 'The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde' | In this episode, JF and Phil discuss Robert Louis Stevenson’s Gothic classic, the tale that conjured the fog-shrouded London hellscape that has haunted the modern imagination ever since. Though written as a quick “Christmas crawler” to earn a bit of money, the novella has exerted an incalculable influence on art and literature. It also proved strangely prophetic, anticipating Freud and others who would soon make the fragmentation of the human psyche a defining concern of the new century. "The human is two" is a recurring refrain in the work of the scholar of religious thought, Jeffrey J. Kripal. References Dan Ericson, Severance Robert Louis Stevenson, The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde David Lynch (dir.), Mullholland Drive John Frankenheimer (dir.), The Manchurian Candidate Galen Strawson, British philosopher Juan Eduardo Cirlot, A Dictionary of Symbols Jeff Kripal, How to Think Philosophically Rouben Mamoullian (dir.), Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde Weird Studies, Episode 161 on “From Hell” Sigmund Freud, “The Ego and the Id” Arthur Machen, Hieroglyphics Arthur Machen, “The White People” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices | 1h 21m 46s | ||||||
| 11/12/25 | ![]() Episode 201 – On James Whale's 'Frankenstein' and 'Bride of Frankenstein,' with Peter Bebergal | In this episode, Phil and JF are joined by independent scholar Peter Bebergal, author of Strange Frequencies, Season of the Witch, and other books on the intersections of culture, religion, and the occult. The topic is Frankenstein—not Guillermo del Toro's latest but James Whale's 1931 talkie along with its 1935 sequel, The Bride of Frankenstein, both starring Boris Karloff. The conversation touches on Gnosticism, alchemy, modern techno-hubris, the Gothic, and much more. Peter's new online course, Hacking the Invisible: At the Intersection of Technology and Magic, begins on November 20th, 2025, and runs for three weeks on Weirdosphere. Visit the Weirdosphere website for details and to enroll. References James Whale (dir.), Frankenstein Tobe Hooper (dir.), Texas Chainsaw Massacre James Whale (dir.), The Bride of Frankenstein Justin Sledge, Esoterica Henry Bergson, Introduction to Metaphysics David Bohm, Wholeness and the Implicate Order Mary Shelley, Frankenstein John the Apostle, The Apocryphon of John Stuart Gordon (dir.), Stuck Jennifer Kent (dir.), The Babadook Stephen T. Asma, On Monsters Thomas Paine, “The Age of Reason” Jean Gimpel, Medieval Machine Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices | 1h 10m 52s | ||||||
| 10/31/25 | ![]() Halloween Special: A Reading of Arthur Machen's "The White People" | Originally released in 2018 but remixed for your listening pleasure, here's Phil reading Arthur Machen's classic weird tale, "The White People." Happy Halloween! Machen's "The White People" was discussed all the way back in Weird Studies episode 3. Earlier this week, JF and Phil joined Conner Habib on his podcast to talk all about horror. It was a great conversation and we hope you'll give it a listen. Image: Photo of doll from Auckland War Memorial Museum, via Wikimedia Commons. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices | 1h 39m 55s | ||||||
| 10/29/25 | ![]() Episode 200 – On 'The Call of Cthulhu' | For their 200th episode, JF and Phil turn their attention to H. P. Lovecraft’s “The Call of Cthulhu,” a story foundational not only to modern horror fiction but to the very idea of the Weird. In revisiting this tale of forbidden knowledge and cosmic ambiguity, the hosts reflect on Weird Studies itself as a “slow piecing together of dissociated knowledge” that mirrors the work of Lovecraft’s own bewildered protagonists. Image by Antoni Espinosa via Wikimedia Commons. Upcoming Events: Peter Bebergal teaches on Weirdosphere starting November 20, 2025 JF Martel speaks at Back to Haunt Us in East London on November 8, 2025 Phil Ford speaks at the Durations Festival in NYC on November 7, 2025 Phil Ford hangs out at Archestratus Books and Food on November 8, 2025 References H. P. Lovecraft, The Call of Cthulhu Weird Studies, Episode 2 on Garmonbozia Rene Descartes, Meditations on First Philosophy Phil Ford, “The Wanderer” H. P. Lovecraft, "Nyarlathotep" Weird Studies, Episode 74 on Jung Phil Ford, Jacob Foster, and J. F. Martel, “Care of the Dead” Weird Studies, Episode 110 on The Glass Bead Game Weird Studies, Episode 101 on Tanizaki Graham Harman, Weird Realism: Lovecraft and Philosophy Weird Studies, Episode 156 on Donna Tartt Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices | 1h 27m 34s | ||||||
| 10/15/25 | ![]() Episode 199 – On Michael Jackson, with Shannon Taggart | Photographer and paranormal researcher Shannon Taggart joins JF and Phil to explore the phenomenon that was Michael Jackson. One of the most brilliant and successful musicians of the modern era, Jackson was also a liminal figure sans pareil, a shapeshifter who defied the binary categories through which we order the human world. His art and persona together enacted a transformation that can only be called shamanic. About Our Guest: Shannon Taggart is a photographer and author based in St. Paul, Minnesota. Her photographs have appeared in Newsweek, The New York Times Magazine, and The Wall Street Journal, and have been recognized by Magnum, Nikon, and the Alexia Foundation. Her monograph Séance was first published by Fulgur Press (2019) and reissued in a second edition by Atelier Éditions. Shannon is currently developing an illustrated history of SORRAT (the Society for Research on Rapport and Telekinesis) and hosts an annual symposium on the weird and the paranormal in Lily Dale, New York. Image by Daniele Dalledonne, via Wikimedia Commons. References George Hanson, The Trickster and the Paranormal Robert Chambers, The King in Yellow Rogan Taylor, The Death and Resurrection Show Pier Paolo Pasolini (dir.), Teorema Phil Ford, “The View from the Cheap Seats at the UFO Show” Michael Jackson, Moonwalker: A Memoir J. M. Barrie, Peter Pan Ursula K. Le Guin, A Wizard of Earthsea Miguel Connor, The Occult Elvis Tim Powers, Last Call Weird Studies, Episode 186 on The Wedge Raymond Moody, Elvis After Life Sub Rosa, Spectra Ex Machina: A Sound Anthology of Occult Phenomena 1920-2017 Vol.2 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices | 1h 15m 25s | ||||||
| 10/1/25 | ![]() Episode 198 – Breaking the Frame: On the High Priestess in the Tarot | Since 2020, Phil and JF have been creating an on-again, off-again series on the major trumps, or "arcana," of the tarot. In this episode, they continue the series with a discussion of the second arcanum: the High Priestess, also known as la Papesse, the female pope. One of the most enigmatic and powerful cards in the deck, the High Priestess symbolizes duality, contemplation, and manifestation. Support Weird Studies on Patreon. Buy the Weird Studies soundtrack, volumes 1 and 2, on Pierre-Yves Martel's Bandcamp page. Visit the Weird Studies Bookshop Find us on Discord Get the T-shirt design from Cotton Bureau. Listen to Meredith Michael and Gabriel Lubell's podcast, Cosmophonia. REFERENCES Our Known Friend, Meditations on the Tarot Plancia Magna, Roman priestess Aleister Crowley, The Book of Thoth Leigh McCloskey, The Tarot Revisioned Henri Bergson, Matter and Memory Moina Mathers, French occultist Sallie Nichols, Tarot and the Archetypal Journey Rachel Pollack, Seventy-Eight Degrees of Wisdom Yoav Ben-Dov, The Marseille Tarot Revealed Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices | 1h 19m 45s | ||||||
| 9/17/25 | ![]() Episode 197 - Sounding the Otherworld: On Bryn Chainey's 'Rabbit Trap' | In a rare surfacing in the contemporary world, JF and Phil discuss a film that has just been released. Bryn Chainey’s Rabbit Trap is psychological horror in the tradition of Repulsion, Jacob’s Ladder, and Angel Heart. But it is more: a metaphysical film exploring the mystery of sound and the Otherworld of Faerie—an excursion into that weird country, so deftly explored by Arthur Machen and Algernon Blackwood, where wonder and terror perform their eldritch duets. Sign up for JF's new Henri Bergson course, starting September 18, 2025. Support Weird Studies on Patreon. Buy the Weird Studies soundtrack, volumes 1 and 2, on Pierre-Yves Martel's Bandcamp page. Visit the Weird Studies Bookshop Find us on Discord Get the T-shirt design from Cotton Bureau. Listen to Meredith Michael and Gabriel Lubell's podcast, Cosmophonia. REFERENCES Bryn Chainey, Rabbit Trap Weird Studies, Episode 190 on “The Willows” Alan Crosland (dir.), The Jazz Singer Weird Studies, Episode 150 on “A Fragment of Life” Henri Bergson, Time and Free Will Vladimir Jankelevitch, Music and the Ineffable Hazrat Inayat Khan, The Mysticism of Sound and Music Herman Hesse, Siddhartha J. R. R. Tolkein, The Silmarillion Giles Deleuze, Cinema II Robert Kirk, The Secret Commonwealth Weird Studies, Episode 120 on Radical Mystery (story of the anti-sound starts at 52 minute mark) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices | 1h 10m 31s | ||||||
| 9/7/25 | ![]() Weird Studies Trailer | Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices | 2m 00s | ||||||
| 9/3/25 | ![]() Mid-Break Bonus: On Trust | We're breaking up our late-summer pause with an audio extra originally recorded for our Patreon supporters. This episode also includes an essay JF wrote on the philosophy of Henri Bergson. A whole course on Bergson's philosophy begins on Weirdosphere later this month. Weird Studies will be back with a brand-new episode on September 17th. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices | 57m 06s | ||||||
| 8/13/25 | ![]() Episode 196 – Lost and Never Found: On 'The Blair Witch Project' | Of all the flavors of horror, few are as dreadful as that of being lost in the wilderness. In this episode, JF and Phil revisit The Blair Witch Project, the classic 1999 found-footage film that inspired a thousand imitators. What makes this film so gripping, they argue, is the way it lingers over the subtle stages of disorientation in a hostile place, from blithe denial to devastating gnosis. The Blair Witch Project isn't a ghost story so much as a work of cosmic horror. Ultimately, the woods themselves—vast, indifferent, inescapable—are the monster. Support Weird Studies on Patreon. Buy the Weird Studies soundtrack, volumes 1 and 2, on Pierre-Yves Martel's Bandcamp page. Visit the Weird Studies Bookshop Find us on Discord Get the T-shirt design from Cotton Bureau. Listen to Meredith Michael and Gabriel Lubell's podcast, Cosmophonia. References Daniel Myrick and Eduardo Sanchez (dirs.), The Blair Witch Project Gus Van Sant (dir.), Gerry Martin Heidegger, Being and Time Weird Studies, Episode 195 on John Keel Gilbert Simondon, Imagination and Invention Georgio De Chirico, Italian artist Arthur Machen, The White People Jack Zipes, literary scholar Weird Studies, Episode 150 on Arthur Machen's “A Fragment of Life” “Schizophonia” Stanislav Lem, Solaris Andrei Tarkovsky (dir.), Solaris Beyond Yacht Rock Podcast Shirley Clarke (dir.), The Connection Gilles Deleuze, Cinema 1: The Movement-Image Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices | 1h 32m 13s | ||||||
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