Machinic Unconscious Happy Hour

Machinic Unconscious Happy Hour

Author: Machinic Unconscious Happy Hour Language: English Episodes: 100
There's a certain kind of conversation that happens when the formalities fade and ideas are allowed to collide freely, often aided by a shared drink. That's the atmosphere cultivated in Machinic Unconscious Happy Hour. This podcast operates from a simple, potent premise: we are all desiring machines, complex systems shaped by culture, technology, and unconscious drives. Each episode is an exploration from that starting point, a meandering yet focused dialogue that digs into the strange intersections of daily life and deeper philosophical currents. You'll hear discussions that might begin with a current event or a piece of art and spiral into considerations of psychology, social structures, and the invisible forces that choreograph our wants and actions. It’s less a lecture and more a participatory eavesdropping on a conversation that is both intellectually rigorous and casually human. The hosts, embodying the show's own title, approach topics without a rigid agenda, allowing the discourse to find its own organic rhythm and conclusions. For anyone curious about the undercurrents of society and the self, this podcast offers a unique, engaging space to reflect on the machinery of our collective existence. Tune in for thoughtful, unstructured, and genuinely connective audio.
Episodes
Rene Girard's Violence And The Sacred [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:10:13
This week Cooper and Taylor discuss the first 4 chapters of Rene Girard’s Violence and the Sacred: Sacrifice, The Sacrificial Crisis, Oedipus and the Surrogate Victim, and The Origins of Myth and Ritual. Marcel Mauss's T…
Freud's Moses And Monotheism [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:29:54
This week Cooper and Taylor discuss Freud's Moses and Monotheism. This builds on what Freud laid out in Totem and Taboo as well our as discussion on that text. Working through different modes of the Oedipus complex as pu…
Kara Kennedy - Dune: A Critical Companion [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:21:32
This week Cooper and Taylor spoke with Dr. Kara Kennedy about her book, Frank Herbert's Dune: A Critical Companion. Dr. Kennedy's publications include the books Adaptations of Dune: Frank Herbert’s Story on Screen, Frank…
Gilbert Simondon - On The Mode Of Existence Of Technical Objects [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:19:06
This week Cooper and Taylor tackle the introduction and chapter 1 of Gilbert Simondon’s On the Mode of Existence of Technical Objects. Chapter 1 Genesis of the technical object: the process of concretization. PDF: https:…
Amy Ireland & Maya B. Kronic - Cute Accelarationism [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:48:23
This week Amy Ireland and Maya B. Kronic joined Cooper and Taylor to discuss their collaborative project, Cute Accelerationism. Amy Ireland is a theorist and experimental writer based in Melbourne, Australia. Her researc…
Adrian Johnston - Infinite Greed [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:30:26
This week Coop and Taylor had the pleasure of hosting Adrian Johnston. Adrian is Distinguished Professor in the Department of Philosophy at the University of New Mexico at Albuquerque. He is the author of many books, inc…
Ian Buchanan - Assemblage Theory [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:29:15
Cooper and Taylor speak with Ian Buchanan, who is a Professor of Critical Theory and Cultural Studies at the University of Wollongong Australia. Ian is the author and editor of many books, some of which include Deleuzism…
Gilbert Simondon - Form and Matter [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:39:19
Cooper and Taylor discuss the Introduction and first chapter of Gilbert Simondon's Individuation in Light of Notions of Form and Information, Form and Matter. This volume was translated by our very own Taylor Adkins. htt…