Sorry about the sound in the first 10 minutes or so. Here's my vibe check at year's end, filtered through Derrida's Politics of Friendship. See ya'll soon!
2020-12-18 14:00:00 +0000 UTC View Post
While we are at it, and since we're on the topic, this follows up from the video nicely, using some of the same material, and deals with a lot of the themes I had to leave out of the video. Cheers!
2020-12-14 02:25:47 +0000 UTC View Post
No theory channel can be complete without a tribute to the original YouTube philosopher. I have been asked since day 1 "What do you think of Zizek?" so here's something to look at while I plan out the arc for next year (and read some new books!).
2020-12-13 20:06:23 +0000 UTC View Post
Today we discuss the pervasive pastiche and corny conservatism of all our favourite nerd culture products (but not Star Wars 'cause it sucks ass).
2020-12-09 22:09:03 +0000 UTC View Post
Erik and I drop Ep. 3 of the cybernetics & systems theory series. Be sure you've heard the first two, Ep. 1 is public (https://open.spotify.com/episode/1FqV1DOcFsfp9G7Ri4CmSv?si=kZzfS-DJTGarPZ4FqrT...
2020-11-29 21:09:07 +0000 UTC View Post
If you're interested in the source material, it's Gayatri Spivak's A Critique of Postcolonial Reason (https://amzn.to/33n2bW1). Sorry there are some mic issues, didn't realize it was rubbing on my vest.
2020-11-26 23:31:00 +0000 UTC View PostHello to you. Your last vote called for Derrida, Deleuze, and Fisher. Although we've by no means exhausted any of these oeuvres, they were directly or indirectly the sources for the last three videos. So, is there ground to revisit? Are there new applications to be made? Is there a nee pop culture appearance to classify? What...
2020-11-24 01:12:38 +0000 UTC View Post
Join our fourfold discussion of Heidegger's Being and Time, his relationship to Husserl, existentialism, hermeneutics, and everything else concerning early Heidegger we could channel into being in fewer than 90 minutes.
2020-11-23 22:36:14 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey patrons. As usually happens around this time of the month, I am backed up responding to people and getting up all the bonus content--because I was finishing this beast! Please enjoy it here first, and thanks for being here, means a lot to me that I can keep this up.
2020-11-23 02:50:51 +0000 UTC View Post
This is Erik and I's second submission to the cybernetics & systems theory series, so be sure to check out Ep. 1 on the public feed before listening here (https://open.spotify.com/episode/1FqV1DOcFsfp9G7...
2020-11-11 04:17:00 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey, it's a good day to log off the rest of the internet IMO, if you feel the same, here's some more Derrida in a video (that's on the internet).
2020-11-05 00:35:00 +0000 UTC View Post
Lots going on tonight but if you'd like to chill at an ironic distance, come stop by!
2020-11-03 20:08:26 +0000 UTC View Post
Based on your votes earlier in the week, we present to you this humble offering!
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2020-10-30 00:20:55 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey rons! As is customary, here is your commentary/supplement to the latest Plastic Pills video. I delve into the conflict between Lacanian psychoanalysis and schizoanalysis, the critique of capitalism as control society, and the lack of correspondence between desire and identity categories.
Note: Do ...
2020-10-28 21:38:59 +0000 UTC View PostI have the responsibility of coming up with the podcast topic for next week, a responsibility I now pass to you. We'll take on whichever topic gets the most votes, short of, you know, "Hitler did nothing wrong"
2020-10-23 12:49:43 +0000 UTC View Post
Had enough Deleuze this week?
I haven't.
Pills is #blessed by the presence of OG Deleuze scholar and translator Charles Stivale, who is descending to impart his wisdom on Deleuze, the man, and "The Deleuze Seminars." The translated transcripts of these rare audio recordings offer an indispensable resource into t...
2020-10-21 23:36:27 +0000 UTC View Post
I'm exhausted. Thank you all very much for being here and continuing to make this possible. This is the longest video I've ever done, and something I am proud of as some of my best work. I want to share it with yall first.
2020-10-19 01:52:35 +0000 UTC View Post
It's been a bit quiet in here so far this month... as I'm grinding on the next video (which is 35 minutes currently, so it's taking some sweat). TOMORROW, we are going to (try to) do a livestream on the Pill Pod YouTube channel (not the PlasticPills channel). Join us at 8 ET unless you have something better to do! (Also pleas...
2020-10-15 17:35:38 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey ya'll. Join us for a tour de Mark Fisher, as we read "Exiting the Vampire Castle" as well as Tankies' comments on Matt's article on liberal socialism. Stay tuned for a bunch of Deleuze content this month!
Articles:
Vampire Castle: 2020-10-09 22:29:54 +0000 UTC View Post
We're calling this a mid-season reboot, as we reflect on the influence of Marx on the Frankfurt School, and the distinction of high and low entertainment for entertainment.
Matt would like to apologize to you all for his terrible audio quality and assures me it won't happen again.
Sponteneity is a key to a healthy relationship. So I know ya'll didn't as for this, but hey I threw it together anyway in a response to a personal challenge to write and edit a video in 4 days. We'll now return to regular programming😁
2020-09-25 11:25:34 +0000 UTC View Post
I thought I would experiment with a "concept blog" as some more supplemental video content. I'll keep it up if it's interesting.
2020-09-19 23:10:14 +0000 UTC View Post
Comment and vote below and we'll come to a collective agreement on the topic for the next video!
2020-09-19 23:00:54 +0000 UTC View Post
Thanks for your feedback on the last video commentary, ya'll seemed to think it was helpful, and so here is the background, process, and drive behind the Marx video. Any questions, drop 'em below and as always, thanks for supporting my labour.
2020-09-18 04:35:53 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey everyone! Come be the first to check out my new video, on the topic you guys chose--Alienation. This will go up later for the public later this week. Sorry if I have been a little absentee but I had to put my head down to finish this (as I hope will be evident in the work). Stay tuned this week for more uploads soon.
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Pour a coffee, or something stronger, because this is a special one: a 5 course, two-hour-long discussion of Nietzsche, his significance to 20th century philosophy, our interpretations, and finally, the DANGER of his thought.
If you have any feedback or questions for us, feel free to post them below. And I have one ques...
2020-09-09 22:43:41 +0000 UTC View Post
Continuing Simulacra and Simulation, talking about the "Precession of Simulacra" and free floating signification.
2020-08-27 01:15:27 +0000 UTC View Post
Chris (from the previous Deleuze episodes) returns to help Plastic Pills make a case for process metaphysics as opposed to substance metaphysics, dropping names like Deleuze, Whitehead, Bergson, and Heraclitus along the way. This episode will go public on the weekend but here it is if you'd prefer not to wait!
2020-08-25 14:13:26 +0000 UTC View Post
If you felt my death drive video was too theory-lite (as I did), here's an overdose of all the lore behind it! Thanks for the camera guys, next step is video card so my computer doesn't blow up trying to process all the animations.
Let me know if this is the shit, or if it's shit. It's a pretty damn intimat...
2020-08-21 21:22:13 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey everyone. Come be the first to check out my new video, on the topic you guys chose. This will go up later for the public later this week. As some of you know I underwent surgery early this month, so there's been a delay in getting some of the other exclusive content up, but now that this is done that's the next task. Than...
2020-08-21 02:06:34 +0000 UTC View Post
