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Odium Symposium

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Activity Overview

Episode publication activity over the past year

Episodes

15. Patagonian Royalty in the Camp of the Saints

29 Apr 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Helen and Sarah discuss The Camp of the Saints, a racist novel that has quietly become fundamental to how the right wing talks about immigration.PS: O...

PREVIEW Bonus 2: On the Theory of Heaven Breasts

21 Apr 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Sarah and Helen take a look at some research papers from viXra, the scientific publishing site for cranks and pseudoscientists, and end up learning ab...

14. Just Call Me a Slur

14 Apr 2026

Contributed by Lukas

In this twist on the "theory and practice" format, Helen introduces Sarah to Avgi Saketopoulou and Ann Pellegrini's Gender Without Identity, a contemp...

13. The Joker is both Strong and Weak

31 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

In this "theory and practice" episode, Sarah and Helen read Umberto Eco's essay "Ur-Fascism," then see how it applies to Frank Miller's 1986 Batman co...

12. Invasion of the Gender Snatchers w/ Julia Cameron

17 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Sarah and Helen invite a guest to the symposium to talk about a foundational work of transphobia: Janice Raymond's Transsexual Empire: The Making of t...

11. Groyper Superchat Superhell

03 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

In this tribute to Knowledge Fight, Sarah and Helen go through an episode of notorious neo-Nazi Nick Fuentes's show, and find out he's locked in a Fre...

Project 1789

17 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Helen introduces Sarah to French Enlightenment philosopher Jean-Jacques Rousseau, and in particular his writing on the proper education of women.Check...

9. The First Misogynist

03 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Sarah introduces Helen to Joseph Swetnam, the man the word "misogyny" was coined to describe, who turns out to have gotten his ass beaten on four sepa...

8. Ceci N'est Pas Un True Crime Podcast

20 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Helen introduces Sarah to the work of Louis Althusser.The book Helen references several times, which is a great place to learn more if you're interest...

Episode 7 - Who's Afraid of Gerald Schoenewolfe?

06 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Sarah and Helen are forced to confront their penis envy as they dive into the writings of the psychoanalyst from hell.Check out our Patreon: https://w...

EMERGENCY CHRISTMAS SPECIAL

24 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Helen tricks Sarah into watching Sean Hannity's straight-to-Rumble Christmas comedy Jingle SmellsCheck out our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/odiums...

The Haters v. Ayn Rand

23 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Helen and Sarah join Ayn Rand's war on haters... on the side of the haters.Check out our patreon at https://patreon.com/OdiumSymposium.

4chan: The French Connection

09 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In this "theory and practice" episode, Sarah and Helen read a text about bigotry, then apply it to some actual bigotry. The philosophy of Jean-Paul Sa...

The Everyone is Bari Weiss Theory

25 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Helen introduces Sarah to a classic British racist, and the two of them learn that time is a flat circle.

Crack-Sucking Togas

12 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Sarah gives Helen a lesson in Ancient Roman history and the two of them learn that some ideas, like "women be shopping" and "women be a foreign invasi...

Woman, Thy Name is Russia

29 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Helen walks Sarah through the works of frontier doctor and dispenser of folksy wisdom, Joseph H. Peck, MD, whose writing is best described as "Mark Tw...

Pilot - The Misogynist Question

14 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Our first episode! Just in time for Charlie Kirk remembrance day eve!Sarah introduces Helen to obscure Canadian luminary Stephen Leacock, and we learn...