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The Lack is a weekly podcast from political theorist Benjamin Studebaker, philosopher Nina Power and filmmaker Helen Rollins. We take a work each week (film, poem, essay, book...) and relate it to a philosophical theme for a wide-ranging discussion about ideas, culture and society. Each week, there is an A-side public episode and a B-side, patreon only, private episode. You can subscribe to our patreon at https://www.patreon.com/thelackpodcast Our email contact is thelackpodcast@gmail.com. Our music is by Dom Kirtley. Our graphics are by Bryce Behrman.
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Thursday Mar 10, 2022
Thursday Mar 10, 2022
The week, we forced ourselves to watch Don't Look Up. To hear the B-side next week, subscribe on Patreon:
Wednesday Feb 23, 2022
Wednesday Feb 23, 2022
This episode is on the 2001 film Time Out, directed by Laurent Cantet. The theme is denial. The B sides releases next week, and can be found here:
Wednesday Feb 16, 2022
Wednesday Feb 16, 2022
This episode is on the 1981 film Possession. Benjamin makes reference to a piece by Helen Thompson, available here:
https://www.emerald.com/insight/content/doi/10.1108/S0895-993520200000027005/full/html
Thursday Feb 03, 2022
Thursday Feb 03, 2022
This episode is on the 2019 film The Lighthouse, starring Robert Pattinson and Willem Dafoe. To hear the B-side, subscribe on Patreon:
Wednesday Jan 26, 2022
Wednesday Jan 26, 2022
This episode is on the 2020 Danish film Riders of Justice. To hear the B side, subscribe on Patreon:
Wednesday Jan 19, 2022
Wednesday Jan 19, 2022
This episode is on the 2021 Bruno Dumont film, France. The discussion focuses on the media and the self, and there's also a lot of discussion of France the country.
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Thursday Jan 13, 2022
Thursday Jan 13, 2022
This episode is on the 1985 film Brazil, directed by Terry Gilliam. The theme is "quixotism". To hear the B side, subscribe on Patreon:
Wednesday Jan 05, 2022
Wednesday Jan 05, 2022
This episode is on the work of Carl Jung. There's also some discussion of Donald Winnicott's review. To hear the B side, subscribe on Patreon:
Wednesday Dec 29, 2021
Wednesday Dec 29, 2021
This episode is on the 1966 film Blow-Up. The theme is "appearance and reality." To hear the B side, subscribe on Patreon:
Wednesday Dec 22, 2021
Wednesday Dec 22, 2021
This episode is on a lecture given by Quentin Skinner. He's given it many times in many forms, but we used this one:
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