Best Bataille Podcasts (2026)

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Georges Bataille - The Accursed Share 1:08:11

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This conversation focuses on the first 2 sections of Georges Bataille's The Accursed Share Volume 1. The discussion centers on the libidinal economics of expenditure, excess, waste and their relationship to reproduction. Bird of Paradise video/example link: https://youtu.be/nWfyw51DQfU?si=JfQtoiQjdcNwH1kuSupport us on Patreon:www.patreon.com/muhhTw…

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La Bataille de l'Ecologie va se Jouer sur les Terres et la Liberté - Ouassak & Lempereur-Castelli 1:06:01

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📺Ce podcast est 100% indépendant, pour nous aider à le rendre pérenne, c'est ici 👉 https://fr.tipeee.com/circular-metabolism-podcast 🔷 SOMMAIRE 00:00:00 Introduction 00:03:55 Contexte : la montée de l'extrême droite 00:11:14 Comment les luttes passées informent le présent ? 00:20:36 "L'écologie pour tous" : un mythe ? 00:30:32 Le problème de l'abse…

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Philosophy After Academia: Public Thought, Digital Media, and the Attention Economy with Craig and Emma 1:25:01

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Check out Emma's Substack: https://elftheory.substack.com/ Join Emma for 'Acid Communism: A World That Could Free': https://www.acidhorizonpodcast.com/2026-classes/p/qny873rafa9ibhcyj2t2x1cwsuvtln In this episode, Craig is joined by Emma Stamm as LEPHT HAND begins a new chapter in 2026. Rather than centering on a single text, the conversation refle…

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Deleuze’s 'The Logic of Sense': Reversing Platonism and Affirming Philosophy with Jay Conway 1:12:04

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Join our new The Logic of Sense reading group on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/acidhorizonpodcast Reading Group Syllabus: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1a6vx8efg0BFCPVm6mdpfeNAvDobx0_Tn/view?usp=sharing Enroll now in AHRC: https://www.acidhorizonpodcast.com/2026-classes Craig and Adam are joined by Jay Conway for a deep dive into Gilles Deleuz…

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5 Misconceptions About Friedrich Nietzsche (Will to Power, Übermensch, Fascism) with Devin Gouré 59:51

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Enroll at AHRC: https://www.acidhorizonpodcast.com/2026-classes YouTube Version of the interview: https://youtu.be/Rh9URa_txGU In this on-the-road episode of Acid Horizon, Craig is joined by Devin Gouré of the Moral Minority podcast for a wide-ranging conversation dismantling common misconceptions about Friedrich Nietzsche, including the will to po…

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Episode #243 ... Hamlet - William Shakespeare 30:41

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Today we talk about the play Hamlet written by William Shakespeare. We compare more traditional takes on the themes of the play to a more modern, philosophical analysis of the play done by Simon Critchley and Jamieson Webster. We talk about Hamlet and his inability to take action. Surveillance in 16th century England. Ophelia as the tragic hero of …

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AHRC 2026: A Brief Hiatus & A Reflection on Vattimo’s “Beyond the Subject 34:58

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In this end-of-year installment, we’re sharing a conversation originally released on LEPHT HAND as we take a rare and well-earned brief hiatus from regular publishing or episodes. This pause marks a moment of transition rather than retreat, as both LEPHT HAND and Acid Horizon continue to evolve beyond the podcast form! Closing out the episode is a …

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AHRC 2026: A Brief Hiatus & A Reflection on Vattimo’s “Beyond the Subject 34:58

24d ago34:58

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In this end-of-year installment, we’re sharing a conversation originally released on LEPHT HAND as we take a rare and well-earned brief hiatus from regular publishing. This pause marks a moment of transition rather than retreat, as both LEPHT HAND and Acid Horizon continue to evolve beyond the podcast form! Closing out the episode is a reflection o…

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Jacques Derrida - The Time of the King 1:03:15

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This week Cooper and Taylor investigate chapter 1, The Time of the King, from Jacques Derrida's Given Time: I. Counterfeit Money. The focus is on libidinal economics.Episodes referenced:-https://soundcloud.com/podcast-co-coopercherry/phoebe-kaufman-the-wolf-man-cyptonomy?si=6d8377f23904451c984dd1b4d62368f9&utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_c…

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Purging the Devil: Exorcism, Possession & Political Panic with Grafton Tanner 58:20

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Why does the figure of the devil keep returning in moments of political panic, social anxiety, and cultural decay? In this episode, we sit down with author Grafton Tanner about exorcism, possession, moral panic, and the strange new life of demonology in contemporary America. We trace how neoliberal collapse, social media, and ideological confusion …

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Episode #242 ... Romeo and Juliet - William Shakespeare 33:24

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Today we talk about the philosophy behind the play Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare. We talk about how ineffective violence and honor codes are as ways of maintaining the stability of a society. How catastrophe may be a deterrent to violence. The tension presented by Shakespeare between a Christian view of love, marriage and salvation and an…

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Socialism, Spirituality and the Forgotten Occult Roots of the Left with Graham Jones 1:22:50

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Can a genuinely liberatory politics survive without mystery, imagination, or the spiritual experiences that give life its depth? Sereptie speaks with Graham Jones about Jacobin’s article “The Forgotten History of Socialism and the Occult” and why its knee-jerk rationalism gets the history wrong. We explore the intersections of Marxism, mysticism, o…

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The Revolt Eclipses Whatever the World Has to Offer: Idris Robinson on Martyrdom, Destituent Power, and Political Death 1:10:46

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Craig and Adam are joined by Idris Robinson to ask the question of destituent revolt in a murderous and counter-revolutionary world. We discussed Idris' work on the nature of martyrdom, the relation of the insurgent to death, and the political meaning of duty, both to the dead and within the confines of an intolerable life. Reading from Idris lates…

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Sigmund Freud - The Economic Problem of Masochism 1:08:51

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Cooper and Taylor discuss Sigmund Freud's The Economic Problem of Masochism. Reading link:https://www.sas.upenn.edu/~cavitch/pdf-library/Freud_Masochism.pdfFreud Playlist:https://soundcloud.com/podcast-co-coopercherry/sets/freud?si=ce03d08b3f8742f4b1e40a2a6315888c&utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharingSupport us on Patreon…

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Episode #241 ... The Tragedy of Julius Caesar - William Shakespeare 32:13

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Today we talk about the philosophical themes of The Tragedy of Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare. We talk about the hypocrisy and false nostalgia of political violence. The ironies of living by a moral ideal like honor. Rhetoric as a site of where political power is won and lost in a republic. And Brutus as a unique kind of tragic hero somewhere…

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Why Rationalism Fails: Excess, Variation, and Ontogenesis as First Philosophy (with Timothy Jackson) 1:22:33

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What happens when the very logic we rely on to understand the world becomes the barrier to understanding it? In this episode, Timothy Jackson joins us to rethink rationalism through the lenses of Darwin, Simondon, Deleuze, and Bataille, challenging inherited frameworks across science and metaphysics. We explore variation, excess, and ontogenesis as…

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Episode #240 ... Varieties of Religion Today (Charles Taylor) 31:55

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Today we talk more about the work of Charles Taylor and his book The Varieties of Religion Today. We look at different answers to a classic question around religious belief. The sociological and structural role that religion plays at any given point in history. Paleo, Neo and Post Durkheim versions of religious society. What religion becomes in the…

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Est-ce que la montée du Fascisme est Inévitable ? Johann Chapoutot 1:14:58

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📺Ce podcast est 100% indépendant, pour nous aider à le rendre pérenne, c'est ici 👉 https://fr.tipeee.com/circular-metabolism-podcast Aujourd’hui, nous allons parler de la montée de l’Extrême Droite un peu partout dans le monde, un danger majeur pour nos sociétés de par leurs politiques et activités liberticides et écocides. En effet, comment se fai…

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A Life in Rebellion: Up Against the Wall Motherfucker, Black Mask, and the Surrealist Struggle in 1960-70s New York 58:13

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Adam is joined by comrades Abigail Susik (@abigailsusik7), Ben Morea (@ben_morea), and Breanne Fahs to discuss the synthesis of art and activism, as exemplified by Ben’s central role within such collectives as Up Against the Wall Motherfucker! Black Mask, and The Rat during the 60s and 70s in New York. We spoke about Ben’s life and work, from the “…

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Bergson and Weird Philosophy: JF Martel on Time, Subjectivity, and Weirding Realism 1:21:02

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Have you ever felt reality glitch, as though the weird was peeking through the cracks of time or the Real? In this episode of LEPHT HAND, JF Martel joins to explore how Henri Bergson’s concept of duration and Gilles Deleuze’s philosophy of becoming invite a radically weird subjectivity, one that consumes rhythms, intensities, and habits across time…

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Philosophy and Magic: Meredith Graves on the Politics of the Occult and Thinking Magically in a Disenchanted World 1:04:36

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In this Halloween episode, Meredith Graves joins Acid Horizon to explore the occulted correspondences between philosophy, ritual, and the practice of magic. Together we trace the tangled histories of witchcraft, labor, and belief—from Aleister Crowley and Sylvia Federici to Gilles Deleuze, GWF Hegel, and the haunted legacies of modern materialism. …

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Sigmund Freud - Future of an Illusion 1:35:57

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Cooper and Taylor discuss Freud's Future of an Illusion with a heavy focus on libidinal economy. Freud Playlist:https://soundcloud.com/podcast-co-coopercherry/sets/freud?si=dc5fe063c9964a449daf8f60849cb476&utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharingSupport us on Patreon:www.patreon.com/muhhTwitter: @unconscioushh…

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Mark Fisher Meets James Hillman: Melancholy, Manic Culture & the End of Capitalist Realism (with Emma Stamm) 1:05:20

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What if depression isn’t an illness to cure but a collective mood that reveals the soul of a broken world? In this episode, Mark Fisher meets James Hillman in a conversation that bridges depth psychology and cultural theory, asking how melancholy and mania shape life under late capitalism. Joined by Emma Stamm, we explore the intersections of acid …

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Spinoza - Concerning God 1:05:05

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This week Coop and Taylor tackle part 1 of Spinoza's Ethics, Concerning God.Gil Morejon Episode:https://soundcloud.com/podcast-co-coopercherry/gil-morejon-the-unconscious-of-thought-in-leibniz-spinoza-and-hume?si=8d30cdd50d364b75a504427f012e02b1&utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharingSupport us on Patreon:www.patreon.com/mu…

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Writing as Exorcism: Dreams and Dissolution in the Work of Henri Michaux (with Garett Strickland) 1:06:06

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Subscribe to LEPHT HAND for early access to episodes! Henri Michaux wrote as if to exorcise himself from existence. His poetry and prose traverse dream, delirium, and the slow undoing of identity, where language becomes both scalpel and spell. In this episode, Garett Strickland joins Sereptie to explore A Certain Plume, Darkness Moves (anthology), …

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Episode #239 ... Authenticity and the history of the self. (Charles Taylor) 34:55

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Today we talk about the work of the philosopher Charles Taylor. First, we trace the historical origins of how he views the modern self. From the Greeks to the Reformation. From Descartes to Rousseau. The modern self to him is something "irreconcilably multileveled". Then we talk about our modern focus on authenticity as a moral ideal and why Taylor…

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Witness to the Hellfire of Genocide: Wasim Said’s Testament from Gaza 49:04

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In this episode, we present the work of Wasim Said, a comrade from Gaza who has documented the atrocities they and their people have experienced during the ongoing intensification of Israel's genocidal war on Palestine in his first book "Witness to the Hellfire of Genocide". The logistics and safety of an interview being made near impossible amidst…

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Comment Prendre Soin de la Technosphère ? 1:18:01

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📺Ce podcast est 100% indépendant, pour nous aider à le rendre pérenne, c'est ici 👉 https://fr.tipeee.com/circular-metabolism-podcast Aujourd’hui nous allons parler de la notion de “technosphère”, c’est-à-dire tous les objets, outils et infrastructures qui forment le socle matériel de nos sociétés modernes, et qui nous entourent au quotidien tout en…

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Rocco Gangle - Leibniz's Monadology 1:24:29

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Rocco Gangle joined Coop & Taylor to discuss Leibniz's Monadology. Rocco is Professor of Philosophy at Endicott College. He is the author of Francois Laruelle’s Philosophies of Difference: A Critical Introduction and Guide (EUP 2013) and Diagrammatic Immanence: Category Theory and Philosophy (EUP 2016), co-author of Iconicity and Abduction (Springe…

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Deleuze vs Hegel: Beyond Kant and Representation with Henry Somers-Hall 53:59

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What happens when Deleuze and Hegel are set in violent philosophical encounter over the ruins of Kantian representation? In this episode, we explore how both thinkers attempt to move beyond the categories of judgment and identity to recover the genesis of sense itself. Henry Somers-Hall joins us to trace Deleuze’s path through Kant, Sartre, and Ber…

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Episode #238 ... Frankenstein - Mary Shelley 29:06

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Today we talk about the book Frankenstein by Mary Shelley. We talk about the mix of Romantic and Enlightenment attitudes and how it leads to problems without the proper oversight. We talk about technology and the responsibility that comes with creation. We talk about how ostracized people often learn to resent the world they live in. Hope you love …

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Deleuze and Guattari - Micropolitics and Segmentarity 1:17:40

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Cooper and Taylor return to A Thousand Plateaus to discuss Micropolitics and Segmentarity.Episode on Paul Virilio's Speed and Politics:https://soundcloud.com/podcast-co-coopercherry/paul-verilio-speed-and-politics?si=66d8a51400264dc7b92e429f76630374&utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharingA Thousand Plateaus Playlist:https:/…

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Episode #237 ... The Stoics Are Wrong - Nietzsche, Schopenhauer 28:56

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Today we talk about two famous critiques of Stoicism. One by Friedrich Nietzsche who thought the Stoics weren’t life affirming enough and so rob themselves of some of the best parts of life. The other by Arthur Schopenhauer who thought the Stoics were too life-affirming of worldly things to ever reach a deep understanding of things. Hope you love i…

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The Politics of Ghosting: Dominic Pettman on Absence, Intimacy, and Digital Life 1:07:26

3M ago1:07:26

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What does it mean to live in a world where relationships can vanish overnight, without explanation or closure? In this episode, Acid Horizon speaks with cultural theorist Dominic Pettman about his new book Ghosting: On Disappearance (Polity Press). Together we explore how ghosting unsettles intimacy, accountability, and narrative finality, reaching…

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The Body Without Organs: Artaud’s Last Writings with Stephen Barber 1:06:25

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What does it mean to imagine a body freed from its organs, its history, and its limits? In his final writings, Antonin Artaud turned against Christ, psychiatry, sexuality, and language itself, while elaborating the concept of the “body without organs.” Translator and scholar Stephen Barber joins us to discuss A Sinister Assassin, a collection that …

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Les 3 Matériaux Régénératifs qui Peuvent Sauver l'Architecture - Dominique Gauzin-Müller 56:30

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📺Ce podcast est 100% indépendant, pour nous aider à le rendre pérenne, c'est ici 👉 https://fr.tipeee.com/circular-metabolism-podcast Aujourd’hui nous allons parler du poids climatique et écologique du secteur de la construction. En effet, il est responsable d’environ la moitié des extractions de ressources et 40% des émissions de carbone au niveau …