Theoryish
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Carl von Clausewitz: On War
21 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Hello all, apologies for the delay in releasing this episode! Hannah has been going through some medical issues and has recently had surgery. Hannah a...
Rustam Alexander: Red Closet: The Hidden History of Gay Oppression in the USSR
26 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Join us for a very special interview with Rustam Alexander, author of Red Closet: The Hidden History of Gay Oppression in the USSR. Alexander uncovers...
Sheridan Le Fanu: Carmilla
28 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
We’re back from our mid-season break and diving fang-first into the Gothic! In this episode, we sink our teeth into Sheridan Le Fanu’s Carmilla (1...
Update!
10 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
A little update on where we've been...Contact Us You can get in touch with us via our email: [email protected] Socials We are on Twitter, ...
The Malleus Maleficarum (Translated & Edited by Peter Maxwell-Stuart)
10 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This week we’re taking a deep dive into all things witchy by discussing The Malleus Maleficarum (edited by Peter Maxwell-Stuart). Originally written...
Introduction to Phenomenology
24 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode we dive into the world of phenomenology, exploring its rich history and evolution from its roots with Edmund Husserl to its contempora...
Clement Greenberg: Avant-Garde and Kitsch
10 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we dive into Clement Greenberg’s influential 1939 essay ‘Avant-Garde and Kitsch’. We explore and outline the concepts of avant-...
Walter Benjamin: The Arcades Project
27 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to the first theory episode of Season 3! Today we are joined by Matthew Bliss, a PhD researcher based in the History of Art department at the ...
Introduction to Season 3
20 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
We are back (and better than ever!) Join us as we give some much needed life updates and chat about the upcoming season. Contact Us You can get in...
Season Two Finale
15 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Thank you for listening to Season 2 of Theoryish! In this episode we reflect on the season, give life updates, and chat about Season 3. We will beg...
Migueltzinta Solís: MestizXXX Sadomasochist Performance Methodologies
01 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this week’s incredible episode, we got the opportunity to speak to Migueltzinta Solís about his article Embodying the postcolonial perverse: mes...
Introduction to Intersectionality
17 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This week we provide an overview of intersectionality, a concept that gave a name to the ways in which individuals experience intersecting oppressions...
Julia Kristeva: Powers of Horror: An Essay on Abjection
03 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This week, guest Meaghan Allen joins us to discuss Julia Kristeva’s 1980 book Powers of Horror: An Essay on Abjection. Join us as we discuss abjecti...
Sigmund Freud: Beyond the Pleasure Principle
20 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
We are back from our midseason break with an episode on Sigmund Freud’s 1920 essay Beyond the Pleasure Principle. In this essay Freud challenges som...
Linda Nochlin: Why Have There Been No Great Women Artists?
15 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this week’s episode, we look at Linda Nochlin’s groundbreaking 1971 essay Why Have There Been No Great Women Artists. Join us as we investigate...
Introduction to Poststructuralism
01 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to our first ‘Introduction To...’ of the season! In this episode we introduce you to Poststructuralism, outline what this concept is, wher...
J. Daniel Luther: Queering Normativity and South Asian Public Culture: Wrong Readings Only
18 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Join us for our second ever author interview, in which we are joined by J. Daniel Luther and Roshan Johri to discuss Luther’s book Queering Normativ...
Sophia Amoruso: #GIRLBOSS
04 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Join us as we experiment this week by looking not at academic theory, but at Sophia Amoruso’s (2014) book #GIRLBOSS. We use this text to discuss eth...
Søren Kierkegaard: The Seducer's Diary (Either/Or)
19 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Join us as we delve into The Seducer’s Diary, a section of writing from Søren Kierkegaard's 1843 collection Either/Or. We discuss the esthetism, et...
Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick: Epistemology of the Closet (Part 2)
05 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Following on from Part 1, this episode discusses the last three chapters of Eve Kosofsky Sedwick's seminal 1990 text, Epistemology of the closet. ...
Walter Benjamin: The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction
22 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Join us as we dive into Walter Benjamin's 1935 essay The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction. In this episode we cover the history a...
Introduction to Season 2
15 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to the second season of Theoryish! This episode offers brief introduction to this season, as well as a reflection on the first season. Contac...
Is Aura Dead? (Live Episode)
08 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This special bonus episode was filmed live on the 6th December 2023 at 1 Mill Street Leamington Spa, UK. In this episode, we connect Season 1 and Sea...
Season One Finale
24 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to the final episode of Theoryish Season One! We've had a really wonderful time with you all and will be back January 2024. Until then, pl...
Stuart Hall: The Fateful Triangle: Race, Ethnicity, Nation
17 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Hannah is joined once again by dipbuk Panchal to discuss Stuart Hall's 2017 text The Fateful Triangle: Race, Ethnicity, Nation. ...
W. E. B. Du Bois: The Souls of Black Folk
26 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This episode contains discussions of 19th and early 20th century American history, slavery, racism and race. In this episode we are joined by dipbuk...
Sara Ahmed: Queer Use
12 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, me and Paola talk about Sara Ahmed's 2018 blog post titled Queer Use. Join us as we chat about queerness, Ahmed's conceptuali...
Jennifer V. Evans: The Queer Art of History: Queer Kinship After Fascism
29 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this special episode of Theoryish, we are joined by Jennifer V. Evans to discuss her latest book The Queer Art of History: Queer Kinship After Fasc...
bell hooks: All About Love: New Visions
15 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
For this episode we looked at bell hooks' text All About Love: New Visions and we were joined by two incredible guests: Sue Lemos and Adebayo Quadry-A...
Introduction to Queer Theory
01 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
We are trying something new for this episode of Theoryish. We wanted some of our episodes to be a little shorter and settled on providing an 'Intr...
Valerie Solanas: SCUM Manifesto
17 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Content warning: SCUM Manifesto contains discussion of transphobia, violence, murder, misogyny, ableism, domestic abuse, sexual violence and suicide. ...
Félix Guattari and Gilles Deleuze: A Thousand Plateaus: Capitalism and Schizophrenia
03 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The main source for this episode is Félix Guattari and Gilles Deleuze's 1980 book A Thousand Plateaus: Capitalism and Schizophrenia. The chapters w...
Jack Halberstam: The Queer Art of Failure
20 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The focus of this episode is Jack Halberstam's The Queer Art of Failure (2011) and we were joined by our wonderful guest, Gabriel/le du Plessis. In th...
Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick: Epistemology of the Closet (Part 1)
06 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode we discuss Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick's seminal 1990 text, Epistemology of the Closet. This is part one of two in which we discuss the Intr...
Susan Sontag: Notes on Camp
20 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode we discuss Susan Sontag's incredible 1964 essay Notes on Camp. Join us as we cover Art Nouveau; dandyism; sexuality, gender and race; ...
Michel Foucault: The Birth of Biopolitics
06 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
For this episode of Theoryish, we looked at Michel Foucault's The Birth of Biopolitics with our first guest of the podcast, James Whitfield. As this i...
Walter Benjamin: A Short History of Photography
23 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
For this episode we looked at the Walter Benjamin's 1931 essay 'A Short History on Photography'. This essay offers a marxist analysis of what was cons...
Theoryish Trailer
08 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Contact Us You can get in touch with us via our email: [email protected] Socials We are on Twitter, Instagram and TikTok at theoryish_pod and...
Theoryish Introduction
04 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Join Paola Medina-Gonzalez and Hannah Ayres as they embark into the world of theory! Theory is a set of ideas, usually used to explain something - thi...