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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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Wednesday Jan 05, 2022
The Carl Jung Episode
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
Blow-Up: Appearance and Reality
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
Quentin Skinner‘s Genealogy of Liberty
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:
To hear the B side, subscribe on Patreon:

Wednesday Dec 08, 2021
Caché, Gaze, & the Work of Michael Haneke
Wednesday Dec 08, 2021
Wednesday Dec 08, 2021
This episode is on Caché, the 2005 film by Michael Haneke. There's also discussion of some of Haneke's other films, including The White Ribbon and The Piano Teacher. The theme is "gaze". To hear the B side, subscribe on Patreon.

Friday Nov 26, 2021
Addicted to Ideology
Friday Nov 26, 2021
Friday Nov 26, 2021
This episode is on the YouTube video "Addicted to Ideology? With Gabor Maté," by the YouTube Channel Rebel Wisdom. You can watch the video here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x2YdpvnwtGc&ab_channel=RebelWisdom

Thursday Nov 18, 2021
Dune the Novel, Dune the Film
Thursday Nov 18, 2021
Thursday Nov 18, 2021
This episode is on Dune, the 2021 film and the 1965 novel by Frank Herbert.

Wednesday Nov 10, 2021
Pig (2021)
Wednesday Nov 10, 2021
Wednesday Nov 10, 2021
This episode is on Pig, the 2021 film starring Nicholas Cage.

Wednesday Nov 03, 2021
Boomers
Wednesday Nov 03, 2021
Wednesday Nov 03, 2021
This episode is on the book Boomers, by Helen Andrews. It discusses the uses and abuses of generational frames, and their use in telling the story of the professional class.

Thursday Oct 28, 2021
The Unabomber Manifesto & Modernity
Thursday Oct 28, 2021
Thursday Oct 28, 2021
This episode is on the manifesto written by Ted Kaczynski, the unabomber. The theme is "modernity".

Thursday Oct 14, 2021
Vox Videos
Thursday Oct 14, 2021
Thursday Oct 14, 2021
This episode is on the media outlet Vox. It discusses the relationship between knowledge and authority.