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Here is a teaser of the first episode of Helen's new podcast The Lack, which you can find in full here: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-lack/id1561070699?i=1000515251963
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Our most loyal guest, political theorist Benjamin Studebaker, returns to talk to Helen about cancellation, market contortions and AOC.
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A conversation with author, academic and musician Grafton Tanner on the why the tale of the perils of Tech is a tale that is as old as time.
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In which philosopher, translator and cultural critic Nina Power joins Helen to talk about Pasolini's 'Thereom' (1968), touching on subjective destitution, nettle-eating witches and conceiving of the gender wars as a sibling rivalry.
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Punk pastor Jay Bakker joins Helen to discuss 'Star Wars' (George Lucas et al.), family ties, contradiction, the problematic Camus and the political power of Grace.
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Theologian, musician and cultural theorist Barry Taylor joins us for a conversation about California, contradiction and counterculturalism in relation to Julien Temple's 'The Filth and the Fury'.
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Helen is joined by her sister Bessie for a discussion inspired by a chapter from Todd McGowan's 2016 book 'Capitalism and Desire'. We use his insight that 'Notting Hill' (Roger Michell) is a film about love and that 'Pretty Woman' (Garry Marshall) is a film about romance as our jumping off point.
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Actor Aaron Hickland joins Helen to discuss 'The Shawshank Redemption' (Frank Darabont) in relation to hope, lack and capitalism.
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Sex, alienation, capital. Helen answers your questions about Punk, 'A Ghost Story' (David Lowery), Cottage Core, 'political' art, 'The Vow' (Jehane Noujaim, Karim Amer), 'Blade Runner 2049' (Denis Villeneuve), the best countries at making movies and what awaits us after Covid.
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We get way too worked up about the second half of the essay ('Visual Pleasure and Narrative Cinema' by Laura Mulvey), which can be found here:
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Adrian and Helen read and analyze a canonical essay in so-called 'Lacanian' film theory - one that ushered in an oppositional, identity-based ethos to both how films are made and how they are talked about - showing that this 'theory' isn't Lacanian at all.
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Philosopher and author Ben Burgis joins us to discuss his latest text with Zer0 Books ('Cancelling Comedians while the World Burns'), which is due to be released in the spring of 2021. We analyze Dave Chapelle's 2019 comedy special 'Sticks and Stones'.
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In this belated episode (recorded last month at the time of the presidential debate), we talk about 'The Hunt' (Craig Zobel), 'The Hunt' (Thomas Vinterberg) and Trump's enviable curves...
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Writer, academic and veteran James Greer joins the podcast to discuss war and the human subject in relation to 'White Tiger' (Karen Shakhnazarov) and 'Come and See' (Elem Klimov).
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Everything that's wrong with 'identity'.
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The seminar will take place online on 13th, 15th October 2020 6-7:30pm Dublin time. You can sign up for the seminar here:
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Creston Davis (founder and CEO of the Global Center for Advanced Studies) joins Helen to discuss education, financialization, the rise of tech and the possibility for something new, all in relation to Ken Loach's latest film 'Sorry We Missed You'.
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