The Cluster F Theory Podcast
Episodes
52. End of Season 2
19 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
We are taking a break. Here are the episodes we mention in this chat as well as the list of podcast recommendations we talked about.Rosie Nixon - Burn...
51. Industrial Evolution - Jeff Rosenthal
12 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Jeff Rosenthal is a serial entrepreneur, investor, and community builder. He is the Co-Founder and Managing Partner of CIV, a back-and-build investmen...
50. The Operational Aesthetic - Jason Mittell
05 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Jason Mittell is Professor of Film & Media Culture at Middlebury College and is the author of some of the most read and cited books in TV studies.Genr...
49. Digital Detox - Trine Syvertsen
29 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Trine Syvertsen is professor of media studies at the University of Oslo, working in the fields of media history, media policy, television and digital ...
48. (Un)Kindness - Victoria Smith
22 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Victoria Smith is a feminist writer with a particular interest in motherhood and intersections of misogyny and ageism. She has written for Unherd, the...
47. Propaganda - Jonas Staal
15 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Jonas Staal is a visual artist whose work deals with the relation between art, democracy and propaganda. Much of his work is collaborative, performati...
46. Festivals - Andrew Macdonald
08 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Andrew MacDonald is a film producer who has made some of the most well-known British films including Trainspotting, 28 Days Later (and the sequels), T...
45. Burnout - Rosie Nixon
01 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Rosie Nixon is a bestselling author of three novels, and one non-fiction book, 'Be Kind'. Her new novel 'Bad Influence' will be published in summer 20...
44. Trumpspace - David Markus
24 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
David Markus is a Clinical Associate Professor in the Expository Writing Program at New York University. His interdisciplinary writing focuses on repr...
43. Negative Psychoanalysis - Julie Reshe
17 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Julie Reshe is a Ukrainian-born philosopher and the author of a negative psychoanalytic approach. With over 300 patients, she has extensive experience...
42. Cultural Diversity - Tomiwa Owolade
10 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Tomiwa Owolade is a Nigerian-born British journalist, author and critic. He writes about social and cultural issues for many publications, including T...
41. Crewlife - Nicole Stott
03 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Nicole Stott is an author, artist, engineer and veteran NASA Astronaut with two spaceflights and 104 days in space as a crewmember on both the Interna...
40. Fandom - Bertha Chin
27 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Bertha Chin is a Senior Lecturer in Communications And New Media at the National University of Singapore. Her research in fan, media & cultural studie...
39. Public/Publics- Merve Emre
20 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Merve Emre is the Shapiro-Silverberg Professor of Creative Writing and Criticism at Wesleyan University and the Director of the Shapiro Center for Cre...
38. Dance- Dame Arlene Phillips
13 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Dame Arlene Phillips is a world-renowned, award-winning choreographer and theatre director. From creating the revolutionary dance group Hot Gossip in ...
37. End of Season 1
17 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Hello!We're going to take a break for a little while. In this episode, we discuss what the past 7 months have been like for us and what kinds of topic...
36. Hypochondria - Caroline Crampton
10 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Caroline Crampton is a writer and a podcaster. She is the creator and host of the award-winning detective fiction podcast Shedunnit. She curates artic...
35. Screen Addiction? - Pete Etchells
03 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Pete Etchells is a professor of psychology and science communication at Bath Spa University. He researches the behavioural and wellbeing effects of pl...
34. Architecture - Jimenez Lai
26 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Architect and theorist Jimenez Lai was born in Taiwan, grew up in Canada, and lives in Los Angeles. He holds the Robert Gwathmey chair at Cooper Union...
33. Children's Online Rights - Beeban Kidron
19 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Baroness Beeban Kidron OBE sits as a crossbench peer in the UK’s House of Lords.She is an advisor to the Institute for Ethics in AI at the Universit...
32. Ageist Sexism - Kathy Lette
12 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Kathy Lette is the author of 17 novels, THE woman about town in London and one of the pioneering voices of contemporary feminism. She is well known fo...
31. AI - Nick Rhodes
05 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Nick Rhodes is a composer, producer and founding member and keyboardist in Duran Duran. Apart from his work with Duran Duran, he's had several side pr...
30. First Nations' Rights - Brenda L Croft
29 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The artist and thinker Brenda L Croft is from the Gurindji/Malngin/Mudburra peoples from the Victorian River region of the Northern Territory of Austr...
29. Hope and Anchor - Tamsin Edwards
22 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Note: This interview was recorded before the most recent General Election in the UK.Professor Tamsin Edwards is a climate scientist specialising in qu...
28. A Life In Design - Peter Saville
15 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Peter Saville is an English art director and graphic designer. He was one of the founders of Factory Records in 1978 and designed many record sleeves ...
27. Symbiontics - Caroline A. Jones
08 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Caroline A Jones is Professor in the History, Theory, and Criticism section, Department of Architecture, MIT. She studies modern and contemporary art...
26. Cultural Poisoning - Sarah Ditum
01 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Sarah Ditum is a journalist for The Sunday Times and has also written for The Guardian, New Statesman, Grazia and UnHerd. She writes columns and featu...
25. The Emotional Aftermath of War Reporting - David Chater
25 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
David Chater is an award-winning British broadcast journalist who has worked in international television news for over 40 years. He has reported for I...
24. Stasis- Jason Farago
18 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Jason Farago is a critic at large for the New York Times, writing about culture and its place in the wider world.His writing has taken him from wartim...
23. FGM - Nimco Ali
11 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Nimco Ali OBE is co-founder and CEO of The Five Foundation, a global partnership to end female genital mutilation. Nimco is an activist, author and a ...
22. World Building - Vid Simoniti
04 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Vid Simoniti is a Senior Lecturer in Philosophy of Art at the University of Liverpool, where he also directs the MA in Art, Philosophy and Cultural In...
21. Heritage - David Joselit
27 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
David Joselit is the Arthur Kingsley Porter Professor of Art, Film at Harvard and the department's current chair. He previously held the chair in Art ...
20. Fear and Bravery - Tracy King
20 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
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19. Immediacy - Anna Kornbluh
13 Jun 2024
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18. The Weather (not really) - Richard Wiseman
06 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Richard Wiseman holds Britain’s only Professorship in the Public Understanding of Psychology at the University of Hertfordshire, and has published o...
17. Buffering - Tom McCarthy
30 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Tom McCarthy is a novelist whose work has been translated into more than 20 languages and adapted for cinema, theatre and radio. His first novel, Rema...
16. Mortality - Richard Bacon
23 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Richard Bacon has been a household name for over 25 years in the UK. As a tv presenter he's known for shows such as Blue Peter, Top of the Pops, The B...
15. Social Mediocrity - Katrin Tiidenberg
16 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Katrin Tiidenberg is a Professor of Participatory Culture at the Baltic Film, Media, Arts and Communication School at Tallinn University in Estonia. S...
14. Scenes - Adam Thirlwell
09 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Adam Thirwell is an award-winning novelist and screenwriter. Among his best-known books are Lurid & Cute, Politics, Multiples and Kapow!.His latest no...
13. Parafiction - Carrie Lambert-Beatty
02 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Professor Carrie Lambert-Beatty is a contemporary art historian. She holds a joint appointment in the Department of History of Art and Architecture an...
12. Invisible Women - Caroline Criado Perez
25 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Caroline Criado Perez is a writer, broadcaster, speaker and feminist campaigner. She successfully campaigned to put a woman on the British £10 note i...
11. Contingency- Hanneke van Laarhoven
18 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Professor Hanneke van Laarhoven is professor of translational medical oncology at the University of Amsterdam and head of the Department of Medical On...
10. Laughter - Sophie Scott
11 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Professor Sophie Scott CBE is the Director of the Institute for Cognitive Neuroscience at University College London, as well as the Head of their Spee...
9. War and Peace - What Is It Good For? - Philippa Perry
04 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Philippa Perry- or to use her proper title, Philippa, Lady Perry - is an author, psychotherapist and artist. She has written several books including a...
8. Bonoboism - Martin Surbeck
04 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Our guest today is Martin Surbeck. An assistant professor in evolutionary biology at Harvard University, Surbeck is one of the world’s foremost expe...
7. Negotiating the Long Term - Catherine Ashton
04 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Catherine Ashton, or The Right Honourable, The Baroness Ashton of Upholland, LG GCMG PC was created a life peer by Tony Blair in 1999.In the Blair gov...
6. Ritual- Andy Nyman
28 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Andy Nyman is a multi-award winning actor, director, writer, author and magician. As an actor his credits include things such as playing Winston Churc...
5. Living With Death - Francesca Stavrakopoulou
28 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Professor Francesca Stavrakopoulou is a biblical scholar and broadcaster. She is Professor of Hebrew Bible and Ancient Religion at the University of E...
4. The Science of Happiness - Bruce Hood
28 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Professor Bruce Hood is Professor of Developmental Psychology in Society at the University of Bristol in the UK. His research focuses on cognitive dev...
3. War Games - Annabel Daou
28 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Artist Annabel Daou was born and raised in Beirut, Lebanon, she is now living in New York. Her work takes place at the intersection of writing, speech...
2. Foreplay|Endgame - Joseph Koerner
28 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Professor Joseph Koerner is the Victor S. Thomas Professor of History of Art and Architecture and Professor of Germanic Languages and Literature at Ha...
1. Eugenics Redux- Adam Rutherford
28 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Adam Rutherford is a scientist, writer, broadcaster and President of Humanists UK.He is a Lecturer in Biology and Society at University College London...
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20 Mar 2024
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