Best Jameson Greene Podcasts (2025)

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Contemporary Conversations: A.V. Marraccini on Susan Sontag’s Fascinating Fascism & Notes on Camp 2:03:38

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Susan Sontag for almost forty years was the most recognisable public intellectual in America. She inspired an entire generation of critics to read more widely, think and feel more deeply, and stay attuned to the transformative power of art. In her numerous critical essays on art, politics, and our technologically mediated ways of seeing, Sontag bui…

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Content of the Form: Grace Byron on Annie Ernaux’s The Years & Herculine 1:08:27

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“Content of the Form” is a new interview series excavating the moral and political meshwork implicit in the use of certain artistic forms and genres. If every form or genre-exercise entails a repertoire of expected tropes with their own often unconscious social history and political function, conversely we can read within the framework of a form a …

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Moral of the Story: Sebastian Castillo on Fresh, Green Life 1:05:02

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“Moral of the Story” is a new interview series in which we talk to contemporary novelists and poets about the ethical content of their work, the role of the imaginative writer in making sense of competing moral discourses, and what, if anything, aesthetics has to do with morality and politics in our moment of full-blown neo-fascism. To kick us off,…

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Contemporary Conversations: Ross Wolfe on Domenico Losurdo's Neo-Stalinist Revival and the Future of Marxism 1:52:32

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Is the legacy of 20th century Marxism one of victory or defeat? On a certain reading, the defeat of the international proletarian revolution has been the distinctive preoccupation of a variegated tradition of thought that has come to be known as Western Marxism. For critics, Western Marxism represents a turn away from historical materialism’s prope…

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Contemporary Conversations: Alina Stefanescu on Derrida's The Politics of Friendship and My Heresies 1:56:51

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The poet, Alina Stefanescu, joins us for a freewheeling discussion of Jacques Derrida's classic work of politico-ethical deconstruction, The Politics of Friendship, and her new poetry collection, My Heresies. In The Politics of Friendship, Derrida ruminates on the interrelationship between our inherited concepts of friendship, fraternity, and democ…

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Being & Nothingness, Part 2 2:17:11

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In Part 2, we wrap up our consideration of Jean-Paul Sartre's midcentury magnum opus by exploring how we move from the inaccessible interiority of consciousness to our concrete relations with others. The latter half of Being & Nothingness takes up the question of what aspects of our being are revealed to us in confrontation with the Other. Sartre f…

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Nota Bene: The Metaphysics and Moral Vision of David Lynch with Jon Repetti 2:43:40

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Note Bene is a series of off the cuff episodes that delve more into our personal experiences with broader topics with relevance to normativity and the ethical life. In this episode, Charles is joined by the writer and critic, Jon Repetti, to reflect on the art and philosophy of the late American avant-garde filmmaker, David Lynch. While touching up…

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Contemporary Conversations: Matt McManus on The Political Theory of Liberal Socialism 1:25:21

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Matt McManus joins us to help excavate the common origins of liberalism and socialism within the revolutionary republican tradition and illuminate shared political and normative principles rooted in a commitment to egalitarianism and expressive individualism. His new work, The Political Theory of Liberal Socialism. functions as an survey of key fig…

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Contemporary Conversations: Ryan Ruby on Fredric Jameson's The Political Unconscious and Context Collapse 2:01:26

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In a far-reaching conversation with the critic Ryan Ruby, we unpack the legacy and impact of Fredric Jameson's landmark work of Marxist literary criticism, The Political Unconscious: Narrative as a Socially Symbolic Act. Jameson's text argues for the explanatory richness and coherency of a Marxist hermeutical approach to interpreting the social fun…

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Being & Nothingness, Part 1 1:41:03

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In Part 1, we explicate Jean-Paul Sartre's attempt to build a total existential system hinges on an unusual account of the evanescent character of consciousness at the heart of the meaning of existence. In this episode, we cover the first half of Sartre's monumental work, Being and Nothingness, explaining core concepts derived from his philosophica…

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Repetition 1:33:35

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Repetititon(1843) is a difficult and, for many, a baffling work by Søren Kierkegaard. It is equal parts psychological study, literary riddle, and philosophical problematic. In this discussion, we attempt to shed light on its central concept of repetition, how its interior dialectic differs from the Hegelian concept of mediation, and what the possib…

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Contemporary Conversations: Vanessa Christina Wills on Marx's Ethical Vision 1:59:22

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In this lively interview with philosopher Vanessa Wills, we discuss her recently published book, Marx's Ethical Vision, which argues that Marx's historical materialism contains a coherent and consistent moral picture of social transformation grounded in a view of human nature and the conditions of human flourishing. Contra the amoralist reading of …

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Fear and Trembling 1:44:44

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This episode inaugurates a series of episodes exploring the existentialist approach to modern philosophy by considering the most well-known work of the melancholic, Danish philosopher, Søren Kierkegaard. Fear and Trembling: A Dialectical Lyric is a genre-bending blend of aesthetic criticism, biblical exegesis, and critical ethics. It is perhaps the…

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Dialectic of Enlightenment, Part 3: The Culture Industry 1:44:07

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To complete our series on Dialectic of Enlightenment, we take an extended look at the famous chapter on the culture industry. The function of the culture industry, or the sphere of production concerned with creating entertainment and art is to inure and train consumers to acquiesce to the dominant ideology expressed through its culture products. Th…

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Dialectic of Enlightenment, Part 2 1:29:07

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In this multi-part series, we examine the legacy of critical theory and the prospects of a recuperation of Marxist theory in the face of rising fascism by delving into the dense and fragmentary landmark text of the Frankfurt School, Dialectic of Enlightenment. In Part 2, we focus on the final completed fragment, "Elements of Anti-Semitism: The Limi…

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Dialectic of Enlightenment, Part 1 1:15:48

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In this multi-part series, we examine the legacy of critical theory and the prospects of a recuperation of Marxist theory in the face of rising fascism by delving into the dense and fragmentary landmark text of the Frankfurt School, Dialectic of Enlightenment. In Part 1, we discuss the meaning of Enlightenment as the advancement of thought and ask …

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Vocation Lectures 1:23:04

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This episode discusses the German sociologist Max Weber's Vocation Lectures. In these lectures, Weber outlines a secular conception of the meaning of a vocation, the role of passion in politics and scholarship, and the kind of ethically responsibility that confronts us given the unavoidably violent nature of modern politics. Weber characterises mod…

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Shame & Necessity 1:15:53

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In Shame and Necessity, Bernard Williams interrogates what we can still glean about the universal character of human action and the notion of responsibility from a study of the Ancient Greeks. William provides a philosophical interpretation of the historical circumstances of the Greek understanding, expressed in the tragedies, of agency, responsibi…

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Sources of Normativity 1:14:50

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This episode turns to Christine Korsgaard's Tanner lectures, "The Sources of Normativity," to explore how morality might be rationally vindicated from within the nature of practical rationality. Korsgaard's project is an iteration of the Enlightenment's attempt to ground morality in human nature. Korsgaard suggests that the correct moral theory wil…

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After Virtue 1:28:19

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This episode examines Alasdair MacIntyre's attempt to explain the existence of interminable moral and political disagreement as a symptom of the disarray of our inherited moral concepts. MacIntyre contends that the best way to unify our disparate and competing concepts of right, obligation, and virtue is to understand them as emerging from determin…

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Moral Realism 1:26:50

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In this episode, Devin and Charles climb down from the heights of Nietzsche's critique of conventional morality in order to take a brief detour into the domain of twentieth-century analytic metaethics. Together they explore the historical context, motivating forces and access the viability of moral realism—the view that our moral claims have object…

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Dawn 1:35:48

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In the inaugural episode of Moral Minority, Devin and Charles make the case for Nietzsche's continual relevance to contemporary politics by examining the problem of moral foundations and how we make sense of our normative commitments in the absence of transcendental warrant. This episode centers around a discussion of Nietzsche's under-discussed 18…

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Part 2 of the zodiac killer. 9:13

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Lots of slip ups not a good speaker but this is part 2 not part 3 thanks for sticking around guys :)

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Zodiac killer part 1 of 2 21:34

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This is the zodiac speaking

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Season 3 intro. 1:14

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Well 2 years and I’m back baby! This podcast will eventually get a name change same with the art stick around my dudes shits bout to get spooky.

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Episode #14: Our Favourite London Recommendations 40:35

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Imogen and Madeline are back to break down their favourite recommendations for those visiting London for the first time. Books we’re reading: The Ice Cream Girls by Dorothy Koomson Our Women on the Ground edited by Zahra Hankir Accidentally Engaged by Farah Heron Girl A by Abigail Dean

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Episode #13: Classics and Future Classics 46:51

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Imogen and Madeline are back to break down their favourite classic books and records, and discuss which authors and artists we think are going to be the classics in years to come.

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Episode #12: Breaking down the Green List Countries 36:09

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Imogen and Madeline are back to break down their favourite books and movies based in the 'green list' countries and give their top recommendations.

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Episode #11: A Trip Down Memory Lane 49:19

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Imogen and Madeline dig back into the archives to talk about the books they grew up reading, the songs they grew up listening to and their weirdest childhood obsessions and loves.

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Episode #137: Jameson Rodgers 12:02

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Imogen chats to Jameson Rodgers on the day of the release of his new EP 'In It For the Money' about his journey so far, his new track with Luke Combs and what's up next. Listen to the EP here.

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Episode #10: Memorable Memoirs and More 39:00

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Imogen and Madeline are back to break down their favourite biographies and memoirs. Mentions in the Show Books The Lady from the Black Lagoon - Malley O’Meara The Year of Magical Thinking - Joan Didion Becoming - Michelle Obama The Promised Land - Barack Obama My Name is Why - Lemn Sissay Elon Musk - Ashlee Vance Stolen Innocence: The Jan Broberg S…

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Episode #9: The Book Was Better? 52:51

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Imogen and Madeline are back with another episode of Off the Rails - this time to break down their thoughts on the perennial debate, which was better, the book or the movie? They discuss the upcoming Daisy Jones and the Six movie, their thoughts on The Goldfinch adaptation and why they think the world is owed a movie adaptation of The Seven Husband…

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Episode #8: An Author Special with Lizzy Dent and A Deep Dive into Asian-American Culture 1:03:13

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Imogen and Madeline are back, this week chatting with author Lizzy Dent about her novel 'The Summer Job' out this Thursday. Pick up a copy of The Summer Job here in the UK from the 15th April. They also dive into how to support Asian Americans amongst the wave of hate crimes occurring and what literature they've been loving this week.…

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Off the Rails #7: Our Most Underrated Books, TV Shows and more 40:32

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Imogen and Madeline are back to break down their most underrated books and TV shows, following last week's episode on their most overrated choices.

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Off the Rails #6: Our Most Overrated Books, TV Shows and more 43:38

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Imogen and Madeline return to break down their most controversial opinions, including which books and TV shows they think are most overrated and what they've been reading and listening to this week.

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Episode #136: Ryan Hurd 14:15

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Ryan Hurd is one of Nashville's most prolific songwriters, co-writing mammoth hits including 'What If I Never Get Over You,' 'Sunrise, Sunburn, Sunset' and 'Lonely Tonight.' An incredibly unique artist in his own right, Hurd has experienced huge success over the past few years, with the release of his Platonic - EP and now a new single with his wif…

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Off the Rails #5: Our Favourite Feminist Reads 34:06

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Imogen and Madeline are back to break down their previous week's reading and listening, and their favourite feminist reads that have changed their perspective on the world over the past few years.

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Episode #135: Brett Kissel 15:03

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We chat to Brett Kissel ahead of the release of his forthcoming record - What is Life? - out on April 9th, to talk about his latest single and how the pandemic has affected his outlook on life.

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Off the Rails #4: Ranking Every Taylor Swift Album 46:16

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Imogen and Madeline are back and this week they're going through the archives of the Taylor Swift catalogue and ranking the records from their least to most favourite.

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Episode #134: Brooke Eden 14:28

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Brooke Eden is an incredible singer-songwriter from Nashville who has recently released two new tracks - Sunroof and No Shade. Here, we chat to Brooke about her new music and what's on the horizon for her career.

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Off the Rails #3: Controversies in Country Music and our Pandemic Habits 43:16

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Imogen and Madeline are back, this week's episode recorded a few weeks back when the news around Morgan Wallen went viral, they dive into the controversy before talking about their pandemic reads and what they've been recently reading.

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Off the Rails #2: Our 2021 Most Anticipated 48:03

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Imogen and Madeline are back to break down what's on their most anticipated lists of books and records for the coming year, including what they've started the year off with and how they're getting to the end of quarantine.

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Off the Rails #1: Introduction 25:57

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Off The Rails is a part of the Off the Record network, discussing all things arts and culture - the highs and the lows and everything in-between - from the latest country music releases to the best literary fiction and the thrillers we're loving. The podcast is the newest iteration of the Off The Record podcast. In this episode, we introduce our ne…

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Episode #133: Gabrielle Mooney 23:34

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Imogen chats to up-and-coming singer-songwriter Gabrielle Mooney for a candid conversation about moving to Nashville, her first single and how she has navigated 2020.

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Episode #132: Cameron Duddy (Midland) 16:32

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After a brief hiatus, we are back and kicking off another season of Off the Record with our next guest Cameron Duddy from Midland to talk all about how the pandemic has affected the band and what's up next.