Best Baudrillard Podcasts (2025)

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Samantha: From Zero to American Hero // 233 1:35:53

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From Zero to hero: Samantha Fulnecky has been honoured by the Oklahoma government and named "an American hero" for her paper submission to her Psych course in which she claimed it is demonic to believe in more than one gender. Still, the Pill Pod heats up over whether she deserved the grade she received… More Pill Pod: https://www.patreon.com/plast…

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88 – Bowling For Columbine 2:10:05

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We talk about the 2002 film Bowling For Columbine. Content warning for school shooting footage and gun violence and death footage in the film itself (and our discussion of it). Order CMRN’s book! Order here as well! Buy the shirt! Support this show on Patreon! Buy books from our Bookshop.org page! Chris Hunt created the theme song for this show.…

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Analytic vs. Continental Philosophy 2025 // 231 1:36:06

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It's the bi-yearly event in the ongoing race war between analytic and continental philosophy. Philosophers of all stripes invited themselves to partake in the latest and stupidest skirmish, and so we have undertaken a reading of the match that lit the powder keg: How Continental Philosophers "Argue": On the Unseriousness of the Discipline (https://…

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Luigi Fabbri: Bourgeois Influences on Anarchist Thought and Propaganda 12:10

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The text, excerpted from Luigi Fabbri’s "Bourgeois Influences on Anarchism" (Influenze borghesi sull'anarchismo), analyses the complex relationship between anarchist movements and the surrounding bourgeois culture, particularly concerning violence and propaganda.By Tschäff

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The Nick Fuentes Signifying Chain // 230 1:03:38

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Access exclusive episodes https://www.patreon.com/plasticpills A Signifying Chain (or symbolic chain, or signifying web) is a structuralist concept developed by Jacques Lacan and others ("The Agency of the Letter"; https://amzn.to/4p6wx6l). Signifying chains structure discourses and we believe, explain the growing rift in conservative politics.…

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Simulation / Spectacle: The Real Satanic Panic 6:53

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They told us fantasy games were dangerous, but reality was the real cult. In Episode 8, Gavin looks at how the Satanic Panic became a rehearsal for today’s culture wars — a simulation of evil that kept us from noticing the system running the show. Featuring dark humor, theory, and a touch of absurdism, this episode dives into the spectacle of fear,…

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Necropolitics: Living Isn’t the Point Anymore 12:17

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This week, Gavin looks at necropolitics — the philosophy of who gets to live, who’s left to die, and how power hides behind empathy. From Charlie Kirk’s empathy shaming to the way immigrants, women, and Black people are turned into election-season mascots, Park Bench Ontology cuts through the moral theater of politics with dark humor and existentia…

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87 – Fisher – Capitalist Realism 2:58:50

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We talk about Mark Fisher’s Capitalist Realism. Preorder CMRN’s book! Preorder here as well! Buy the shirt! Support this show on Patreon! Buy books from our Bookshop.org page! Chris Hunt created the theme song for this show.By Ranged Touch

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Theory of the Gooner: Baudrillard vs Lacan // 229 1:13:15

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Have a look at our exclusive content https://www.patreon.com/plasticpills The Pill Pod reads Daniel Kolitz' anthropology of the gooners in Harper's Magazine https://harpers.org/archive/2025/11/the-goon-squad-daniel-kolitz-porn-masturbation-loneliness/ and we find it's all connected man Other sources cited included Lacan Seminar X, Freud Beyond the …

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Pill Pod 228 - Lacan: Traversing the Fantasy $♢a 1:35:57

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Full Ad-free Lacan series: https://www.patreon.com/plasticpills We conclude our Lacan series with what Fink says is the desired end of Lacanian psychoanalysis. And, the ends of psychoanalysis coincide with some valuable insights for Lacan's theorizing beyond psychoanalysis. Works cited are Fink's Lacanian Subject (ch. 5; https://amzn.to/4qz1Fgx) an…

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Freedom From Freedom: To Be Free of Freedom 17:54

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Everyone loves to talk about “freedom” — but what kind? The freedom we’re sold isn’t liberation; it’s consumption. It’s “freedom” as brand — the right to choose between identical prisons. In this episode of Park Bench Ontology, I talk about how control got cute — how social media, the market, and even self-help language turned freedom into obedienc…

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Psychopolitics: How Control Got Cute 15:16

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In this episode of Park Bench Ontology, Gavin dives into the strange world of psychopolitics — where control doesn’t come from force anymore, it comes from vibes. From influencer culture to “mental health awareness” campaigns, the systems of power learned how to smile while keeping you compliant. Why are we all marketing ourselves while pretending …

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Hauntology - The Future Isn't Coming 16:25

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The future isn’t coming — it’s being rewritten. In Episode 4 of Park Bench Ontology: Hauntology, I explore how capitalism erases anything that doesn’t produce value, from WWE’s most absurd gimmicks to the mistakes that make life human. We also unpack how older generations insist theirs was the “best era,” when really culture just keeps repeating it…

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Freud on Film: An Interview with Richard Ledes 47:41

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Richard Ledes, director of the films Adieu Lacan and V13, explains his process, namely, adapting French plays about psychoanalysis into English-language films. He connects the seduction of nascent fascism in 1913 Vienna to the present moment a century later. Find V13 on AppleTV, Prime Video Find Ledes' catalogue at https://www.richardledes.com/ Alw…

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Pill Pod 225 - Lacan on the Pervert 1:12:46

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The Pill Pod looks at the structure of the perverts in Episode 5 of our series on Lacan. Find the other episodes at https://www.patreon.com/plasticpills Sources: Jacques Lacan - Seminar X, "The Subversion of the Subject and the Dialectic of Desire in the Freudian Unconscious", Ecrits Bruce Fink - Clinical Introduction to Lacanian Psychoanalysis…

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Capitalist Realism & My Old Navy Malcolm X Shirt 20:12

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In this week’s episode of Park Bench Ontology, we dive headfirst into capitalist realism—the idea that capitalism is the only system that feels “real” and inevitable—and what it means when our identities, style, and culture are co-opted by the market. I share my own bizarre experience buying an Old Navy Malcolm X shirt, and why it made me rethink h…

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86 – Jacob Geller 1:20:56

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Michael is out on family leave, so Jacob Geller comes in for an interview about making YouTube videos. Preorder CMRN’s book! Preorder here as well! Buy the shirt! Support this show on Patreon! Buy books from our Bookshop.org page! Chris Hunt created the theme song for this show.By Ranged Touch

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Racecraft: The Making of Whiteness 19:09

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Some guy once told me he was proud to be white. But “whiteness” was never a culture — it was manufactured as a team sport by the people in power. In this episode of Park Bench Ontology, I break down how the invention of whiteness became a tool of control, division, and identity politics that still shapes our world. This is existential comedy for th…

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The Sopranos & The Denial of Death 16:48

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Tony Soprano’s panic attacks aren’t just mob stress — they’re existential dread. In this episode of Park Bench Ontology, we dive into Ernest Becker’s The Denial of Death and how it explains Tony’s breakdowns, projection, and the absurd ways people cope with mortality. 🔗 Follow & Support: 🌐 Website: http://gavinstephens.ca 🎙️ Podcast: https://podbio…

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ChatGPT Psychosis: A Lacanian Interpretation // 224 1:18:10

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The Pill Pod looks at the chatbot psychosis phenomenon and compares it to Lacan's clinical structure of psychosis. This is Episode 4 of our series on Lacan. Find the other episodes Ad-Free at https://www.patreon.com/plasticpills Sources: Jacques Lacan - Seminar III Bruce Fink - Clinical Introduction to Lacanian Psychoanalysis "People Are Losing Lov…

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Pavlina R. Tcherneva and L. Randall Wray: That Vision Thing: Formulating a Winning Policy Agenda 14:32

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The 2024 Democratic loss stems from failing to articulate an economic vision for the working class. It analyses voting trends showing Democrats losing their traditional base—lower-income, rural, and non-college-educated voters—while gaining affluent, suburban ones.By Tschäff

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Pill Pod 221 - Capitalist Realism 1:07:56

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1Dime joins Erik and Victor to discuss Mark Fisher's Capitalist Realism. We cover the popularity of the book, the term, and then wonder whether left-populist electoral campaigns perform the same cathartic function as anti-capitalist TV shows. See more from 1Dime: https://www.youtube.com/@1Dimee All our public episodes are ad-free: https://www.patre…

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85 – American Truck Simulator 1:05:05

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The Summer of Simulation ends with an American Truck Simulator episode. You can watch the video version of this episode here: https://youtu.be/C1n8zfXSek0 Preorder CMRN’s book! Preorder here as well! Buy the shirt! Support this show on Patreon! Buy books from our Bookshop.org page! Chris Hunt created the theme song for this show.…

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Welcome to the Collapse 0:38

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Uncolonized is Evolving… New Season. New Ontology. From Uncolonized → Park Bench Ontology For years, Uncolonized has been our space to challenge culture, identity, and power. That work isn’t ending — it’s mutating. We’re evolving into Park Bench Ontology: a lo-fi philosophy podcast about collapse, comedy, and the strange theatre of being human. Thi…

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Pill Pod 220 - Lacan: The Other of Language (preview) 14:37

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We wanted to review some Lacan because everybody's still desiring, and Bruce Fink's Lacanian Subject (1995) is quite often touted as the best unofficial intro, and we can see why. Get this and all our eps at https://www.patreon.com/plasticpills This is the book: https://amzn.to/4oubPxQBy Plasticpills

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Joaquin Mumbles 1:21:40

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Ari Aster's 'Eddington' is awful SUBSCRIBE TO OUR PATREON https://www.patreon.com/posts/joaquin-mumbles-136432946?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link OST: Opener: Artificial Intelligence 'Foul Play' https://music.apple.com/us/album/artificial-intelligence/80761425?i=80761269 Blutkult 'S…

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Pill Pod 219 - Peter Thiel's Deranged Apocalypticism 57:57

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In a recent interview with the New York Times Peter Thiel, one of the world's most powerful men, gave ample evidence that he should be institutionalized before he hurts anyone else. Link to the full interview https://youtu.be/vV7YgnPUxcU?si=qSLrUmKeEblb4jYS Find all our episodes ad-free at https://www.patreon.com/plasticpills…

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Pill Pod 217 - Gaza vs. The United States of Exception: Agamben's Homo Sacer 1:22:50

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Pill pod discuss the public media representations of Epstein and Gaza before a seamless transition into a discussion of Giorgio Agamben's concepts of 1) Sovereignty 2) Bare Life and 3) States of Exception. The FULL OMNIBUS edition of homo sacer is here, but the sections are also available separately.…

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84 – Baudrillard – Simulacra and Simulation 2:33:15

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We talk about Jean Baudrillard’s Simulacra and Simulation. You can find Historiographies of Game Studies here. Preorder CMRN’s book! Preorder here as well! Buy the shirt! Support this show on Patreon! Buy books from our Bookshop.org page! Chris Hunt created the theme song for this show.By Ranged Touch

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PREVIEW It Was Not Conceptual (w/ Matt Forney) 37:26

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We're joined by author and Terror House Press editor-in-chief Matt Forney for a free-wheeling conversation about upstate New York, immigration, literature and video games FULL EPISODE: https://www.patreon.com/posts/it-was-not-w-134641634?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link OST Mark Broo…

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Asgardsrei (W/ Vlad Davidzon) 1:24:02

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Adam's friend and Tablet Mag colleague, the European politics writer and Ukraine expert Vlad Davidzon, joins the show to discuss the state of the war between Russia and Ukraine. Vlad is a politics and war writer but also something of a bon vivant. He keeps notebooks of drawings and collages that are quite good. Vlad phoned in from the Unsafe House,…

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Pill Pod 215 - The New Woke Right ft. 1Dime 1:20:10

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Pills is away, so 1Dime Tony came present a thesis he's working at. Tony rejoins the pill pod to excavate the terms "woke right" and the semiotics of "woke" more broadly. We don't always agree, but we attempt to deduce which conservative faction is accusing which other of wokeness, although it is sometimes tough going figuring what they mean by the…