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Off-Week Bonus: On Worlds and Stories, with a Special Announcement

In this bonus episode, originally released for Listener's Tier Patreon supporters, a discussion of the books Phil and JF are reading leads to a debate about the place of plot, story, and worldbuilding in narrative art. The episode contains information on "Weirding," a new course that the hosts of Weird Studies will be teaching together at Nura Learning, starting in late October. Visit nuralearning.com for more information.

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  The Beauty and the Horror

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  Art is Another Word for Truth: On Orson Welles's 'F for Fake'

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  On Free Expression

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  Visions of the Wasteland: On George Miller's 'Mad Max' Films

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  The Hand of Ithell, with Amy Hale

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  Make Believe: On the Power of Pretentiousness

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  Tatters of the King: On Robert Chambers' 'The King in Yellow'

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  Towards a Weird Materialism: On Expressionism in Cinema

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  The Source of All Abysses: On the Devil Card in the Tarot

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  The Incarnation of Meaning: Greenwich Village After the War

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  Scene of the Crime: On Alan Moore and Eddie Campbell's 'From Hell'

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  Mid-Hiatus Bonus: On Horror and the Retail Experience

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  The Way of All Flesh: On John Carpenter's 'The Thing'

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  Three Songs, with Meredith Michael

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  As Above, So Below: On Plato's 'Timaeus'

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  Long Live the New Flesh: On David Cronenberg's 'Videodrome'