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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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Jan 5, 2022
Jan 5, 2022
1hr 1 min
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:
Dec 29, 2021
Dec 29, 2021
59 min
This episode is on the 1966 film Blow-Up. The theme is "appearance and reality." To hear the B side, subscribe on Patreon:
Dec 22, 2021
Dec 22, 2021
1hr 2 min
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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Dec 8, 2021
Dec 8, 2021
1hr 41 sec
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.
Nov 26, 2021
Nov 26, 2021
1hr 1 min
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
Nov 18, 2021
Nov 18, 2021
1hr 1 min
This episode is on Dune, the 2021 film and the 1965 novel by Frank Herbert.
Nov 10, 2021
Nov 3, 2021
Nov 3, 2021
1hr 59 sec
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.
Oct 28, 2021
Oct 28, 2021
1hr 2 min
This episode is on the manifesto written by Ted Kaczynski, the unabomber. The theme is "modernity".
Oct 14, 2021
Oct 14, 2021
1hr 1 min
This episode is on the media outlet Vox. It discusses the relationship between knowledge and authority.