LEPHT HAND
Episodes
Prog Rock, Politics, and the Pathos of Distance: Is Progressive Music Elitist or Revolutionary?
05 May 2026
Contributed by Lukas
AHRC Summer School: www.acidhorizonpodcast.com/ahrc-coursesVintagia is back! www.acidhorizonpodcast.com/vintagia-basecampWhat does it mean that the mu...
The PBS Unconscious: Childhood Wonder, Nostalgia, and the Collapse of Shared American Culture
27 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
What happens to a generation raised on the civic idealism of public broadcasting when the world it promised never arrives? In this episode, Sereptie i...
Deleuze, Drugs, and Death: Psychedelic Thanatology at the End of Life
31 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Enroll in classes now: https://www.acidhorizonpodcast.com/ahrc-coursesWhat if the psychedelic revolution in end-of-life care is less a liberation from...
Can Machines Imagine? Fabian Offert on AI, Images, and 'Vector Media'
08 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Can machines imagine, or do they merely recombine the vast archive of images and language we have already produced? In this episode of LEPHT HAND, Emm...
Love Breaks This World: Power and Politics in Richard Wagner’s Das Rheingold (Ring Cycle) with Phil Ford
13 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Access Emma's archived course, enroll in Stuart's new course, and discover more: https://www.acidhorizonpodcast.com/ahrc-mainWhat happens wh...
From Weird Academia to Acid Communism: Meta-Politics, Community, and Holding Space for the Humanities
07 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Emma and Sereptie debrief the 'Weird Academia' conference in Bloomington, Indiana, reflecting on what it means to make space for the strange...
Deleuze and Simondon on Psychedelic Experience: Individuation and Immanent Spirituality with Aragorn Eloff
13 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of LEPHT HAND, Emma leads a conversation with Aragorn Eloff on psychedelic experience through the philosophies of Gilles Deleuze and G...
Philosophy After Academia: Public Thought, Digital Media, and the Attention Economy with Craig and Emma
05 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Check out Emma's Substack: https://elftheory.substack.com/Join Emma for 'Acid Communism: A World That Could Free': https://www.acidhori...
AHRC 2026: A Brief Hiatus & A Reflection on Vattimo’s “Beyond the Subject
13 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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 ...
Socialism, Spirituality and the Forgotten Occult Roots of the Left with Graham Jones
28 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Can a genuinely liberatory politics survive without mystery, imagination, or the spiritual experiences that give life its depth? Sereptie speaks wit...
Why Rationalism Fails: Excess, Variation, and Ontogenesis as First Philosophy (with Timothy Jackson)
16 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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...
Bergson and Weird Philosophy: JF Martel on Time, Subjectivity, and Weirding Realism
02 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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 jo...
Writing as Exorcism: Dreams and Dissolution in the Work of Henri Michaux (with Garett Strickland)
19 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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...
The Body Without Organs: Artaud’s Last Writings with Stephen Barber
26 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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, p...
Myth, Nostalgia, and Liberation: Federico Campagna’s 'Otherworlds: Mediterranean Lessons On Escaping History'
23 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Can myth itself serve as a material force in struggles for liberation? Federico Campagna joins me to discuss how myth—too often dismissed as escapis...
Gilgamesh: The Oldest Story Ever Told and Why It Still Haunts Us Today (with Stuart Kendall)
10 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What ancient tale speaks of gods, grief, and the fall of heroes? In this episode, we descend into the dream-temple of Gilgamesh, guided by translator ...
Undoing the Myth of the Father: Freud, Feminism, and the Symbolic Violence of Western Thought
02 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What do ancient myths reveal about our unconscious fantasies of power, gender, and identity? In this episode of LEPHT HAND, Jessica Elbert Decker, aut...
Did Aristotle Anticipate the Body Without Organs? Pneuma, Soul, and Formlessness
27 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What if Aristotle had already conceived of something like a body without organs? In this special walking episode of LEPHT HAND, Craig (aka Sereptie of...
How to Read Philosophy Without Getting Lost: Practical Tips for Beginners and Beyond
23 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Have you ever tried to read a work of philosophy and ended up feeling more confused than enlightened? In this video, Sereptie—also known as Craig, h...
Nietzsche and Klossowski: Consciousness, Parody, and the Origins of Thought
29 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What if laughter, rage, or grief weren’t just emotional outbursts—but modes of knowing, ways in which being announces itself to us before thought ...
WOULD YOU LIVE THIS LIFE AGAIN?: Nietzsche, Deleuze, and the Eternal Return
14 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
(this is a narration only version of a video on the LEPHT HAND Youtube channel)What if you had to live your life exactly as it is—over and over agai...
Individuation Explained: Gilbert Simondon, Carl Jung & the Evolution of Form in Philosophy and Depth Psychology with Timothy Jackson
11 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Support the Vintagia campaign before it is too late! https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/acidhorizon/vintagia-i-ching-oracle-for-psychogeographers-an...
Play, Sovereignty, and the Refusal of Work: Bataille’s Challenge to Modern Thought
03 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Support Vintagia: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/acidhorizon/vintagia-i-ching-oracle-for-psychogeographers-and-creatives In this monologue, we r...
Mysticism Without Transcendence? Laruelle’s 'Vision-in-One' with Jeremy R. Smith
20 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Follow Vintagia: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/acidhorizon/vintagia-i-ching-oracle-for-psychogeographers-and-creativesIn this special crossover...
The Image of Soul in Post-Jungian Thought: Giegerich, Deleuze, and Beyond
01 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Sereptie's recent blog piece: https://splitinfinities.substack.com/p/crossing-the-line-the-repeater-booksIn this episode of LEPHT HAND, Sereptie ...
Schreber’s Paranoia: Madness, Power and the Politics of Psychosis with Devin Gouré
23 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this LEPHT HAND interview, I am joined by Devin Gouré of Moral Minority for a deep descent into the world of Daniel Paul Schreber's Memoirs o...
Dionysus in Exile: Nietzsche, the Dionysian, and the Modern World with Keegan Kjeldsen
02 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Sereptie is joined by Keegan Kjeldsen of The Nietzsche Podcast to explore the exile of Dionysus in the modern world. They discuss the Dionysian as a f...
Dionysus Decoded: Nietzsche, Deleuze & Depth Psychology Reimagine Myth
25 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this monologue, we explore the many faces of Dionysus, from mythology to depth psychology and continental philosophy. Drawing on Dionysus in Exile,...
Lacanian Psychoanalysis and Zen Buddhism: What's the Connection? with Raul Moncoya
31 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Contact Raul and discover his work here: https://www.raulmoncayophd.com/Buy the book: https://www.routledge.com/Lacan-and-Chan-Buddhist-Thought-Reflec...
On Melancholy and Mania: James Hillman and Gilles Deleuze meet Nosferatu
22 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this installment of LEPHT HAND, we delve into the James Hillman Uniform Edition on On Melancholy and Depression, exploring his archetypal approach...
What is Freud's Metapsychology? with Taylor Adkins
29 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Support LEPHT HAND in 2025: https://www.patreon.com/LEPHTHANDIn this episode, Taylor joins Sereptie to discuss Freud’s Metapsychology, exploring the...
Jung and Spinoza: Passage Through the Blessed Self with Dr. Robert Langan
23 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Jung and Spinoza: Passage Through the Blessed Self: https://www.routledge.com/Jung-and-Spinoza-Passage-Through-The-Blessed-Self/Langan/p/book/97810328...
The Active Imagination of Henry Corbin, Carl Jung, and James Hillman with Tom Cheetham
26 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Help fund the Kickstarter campaign now: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/acephalous/acephalous-the-erotic-tarot-of-georges-batailleTom's Subs...
Deleuze, Symbols, and Sorcery: Synthesizing Insights on Deleuze's Hermeticism
19 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The Kickstarter link: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/acephalous/acephalous-the-erotic-tarot-of-georges-batailleIn this interview, I am joined by...
Destituent Power and the Reclamation of the Imagination with Serene Richards
22 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Support the Kickstarter: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/acephalous/acephalous-the-erotic-tarot-of-georges-batailleBiopolitics as a System of Tho...
Bataille on War and the "Acéphalous" Project
08 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The Kickstarter campaign: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/acephalous/acephalous-the-erotic-tarot-of-georges-batailleIn this episode, Adam C. Jone...
From Bataille to Blanchot: The Negative Community and the Death of the Other
26 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Support LEPHT HAND: https://www.patreon.com/LEPHTHAND 🔮 Introducing 'Acéphalous: The Erotic Tarot of Georges Bataille' 🔮 - Uncover t...
The Thought and Life of Simone Weil with Kenny Novis
10 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Join the Patreon for early access to all new releases: https://www.patreon.com/LEPHTHANDIn this LEPHT HAND interview, Sereptie speaks with philosopher...
The Alchemy of Salt and Subjectivity: James Hillman and Jacques Derrida versus a Salty Jordan Peterson
26 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this monologue, Sereptie explores the fascinating intersections of alchemy, psychoanalysis, and poststructuralist philosophy. The discussion center...
Fascism and Sovereignty: Examining Georges Bataille's "The Psychological Structure of Fascism" (Part 2)
12 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Sub on your favorite podcast platform and listen to Part 1: https://pod.link/1758435793/episode/20f284ad4b81353d1d7db2a171e6196fIn the follow up to th...
Nietzsche and Irrationalism: Can Art Justify Existence? (Georges Bataille, Georg Lukács, and James Hillman)
06 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this first interview featured on LEPHT HAND, Sereptie dives into a thought-provoking discussion with Devin Gouré, co-host of the Moral Minority po...
Examining Georges Bataille's "The Psychological Structure of Fascism" (Part 1)
19 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this inaugural episode of LEPHT HAND, we delve into Georges Bataille's seminal essay, "The Psychological Structure of Fascism." We e...