About this episode

The episode discusses various themes including Victorian London, the relationship between society and technology, and the significance of creating art.

Owing to circumstances preventing us from releasing a new show this week, we are offering you one from the archives. This episode was originally released on our Patreon in March 2026. In it, we discuss the splendour and squalor of Victorian London, kung-fu bobbies, the (mis)alignment of society and technology, post-apocalyptic optimism, the emancipating genius of tabletop roleplaying games, the human after AI, and a reason for creating works of art. A new episode of Weird Studies will drop on July 22. For more information on Questionable Cinema, Phil and JF's upcoming online course, visit Weirdosphere. To listen to more tracks from Weird Studies Vol. 3 and purchase the download or LP, visit Pierre-Yves Martel's Bandcamp. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

People in this episode

Hosts: Phil, JF

Topics covered

• Victorian London
• society and technology
• tabletop roleplaying games
• art creation
• post-apocalyptic optimism

Keywords

• Victorian London
• kung-fu bobbies
• society
• technology
• tabletop roleplaying games
• art
• post-apocalyptic

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: SpectreVision Radio

Books & works: Weird Studies Vol. 3

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