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

The Lack Teaser

Adrian and Helen talk about how 'Hereditary' shows that you don't have to believe in ghosts to be afraid of them.

4 - Hail King Paimon! - 'Hereditary'

Special non-movie episode: Adrian and Helen give their luke warm takes on the Žižek-Peterson debate.

5 - An Idiot's Guide To Marx - The Žižek-Peterson debate

With special guest Todd McGowan, we talk about how 'Annihilation' shows that human's aren't 'natural'; they constitute (in Zupančič's terms) 'the tics and grimaces' of the universe.

6 - The Universe's Tics And Grimaces (ft. Todd McGowan) - 'Annihilation'

Adrian wanted to call this episode 'the g(litch) spot'; Helen was too much of a coward. In this episode, we use 'Blade Runner 2049' to talk about the holographic nature of sex and why we should save the future from its 'slow cancellation'.

8 - The Joi Of Sex - 'Blade Runner 2049'

With psychoanalysts Jamieson Webster and Marcus Coelen (co-authors of the forthcoming 'The Cambridge Introduction to Jacques Lacan'), we talk (very tangentially) about Cassavetes' film 'A Woman Under the Influence' and what it shows us about hysteria.

9 - Hystericize Me! (ft. Jamieson Webster and Marcus Coelen) - 'A Woman Under the Influence'

Adrian and Helen disagree then agree about the biblical story of the Prodigal Son, defend tradition (sort of) and talk about why you can't intellectualise the 'cure', all in relation to Denis Villeuneuve's 'Incendies'.

11 - Your Own Personal Jesus - 'Incendies'

Special guest Tad Delay - author of 'God is Unconscious', 'The Cynic and the Fool' and 'Against' - talks with Helen about work, exploitation and the end of the world in relation to Ridley Scott's 'Alien'.

14 - Work Sucks! (ft. Tad DeLay) - 'Alien'

Adrian and Helen talk about lizard people, the non-existant Big Other and the horror of subjectivising someone else's fantasy in relation to Kubrick's masterpiece 'Eyes Wide Shut'.

15 - Caught In Someone Else's Fantasy - 'Eyes Wide Shut'

Parasite, Midsommar, Marx, Freud, Girard, Debord.

24 - We Don't Wanna Be Royals (or How to Be a Class Traitor) - 'Parasite', 'Midsommar'

A podcast about incels and 'Her' (Spike Jonze).

27 - His & Hers - 'Her'

The Cambridge-based political theorist Benjamin Studebaker joins the podcast to discuss society and escape, structures and markets, illusion and disillusion, all  in relation to 'Captain Fantastic' (Matt Ross).

29 - Flight of Fantasy (ft. Benjamin Studebaker) - 'Captain Fantastic'

Political theorist Benjamin Studebaker returns to talk work, structure, meritocracy and legitimation mechanisms as we discuss Sean Baker's wonderful film 'The Florida Project'.

32 - Hate the Sin, not the Sinner (ft. Benjamin Studebaker) - 'The Florida Project'

Adrian and Helen are depressed, but not surprised, by the rush to capitalize on legitimate political protest.

33 - A Renaissance of the Dialectic

Peter Rollins returns to talk about the brothel as church and the move from community to communion in relation to Joseph’s Strick’s 1963 dramatization of Genet’s ‘The Balcony’.

34 - Whores and Revolution (ft. Peter Rollins) - 'The Balcony'

Film and political theorist Todd McGowan joins us to discuss his favorite film from each decade of cinema history. Todd's most recent book, 'Universality and Identity Politics' has just been released. Previous works include 'Capitalism and Desire,' 'Enjoying What We Don't Have: The Project of Psychoanalysis' and numerous works on film theory.

37 - When the Future Comes First (ft. Todd McGowan) - Todd's top film of each decade

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'.

38 - 'What the f*** is Happiness?' (ft. Creston Davis) - 'Sorry We Missed You'

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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39 - Witness The Shitness - 'The 13th Floor'

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).

40 - What is War? (ft. James Greer) - 'White Tiger', 'Come and See'

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.

43 - Love Robots (special Q& A episode)

Parsing out truth and ideology, cause and effect, narrative shapes and emancipatory story forms with political theorist Benjamin Studebaker, in relation to 'Barbarians' (Netflix) and 'Industry' (HBO).

45 - 'So What You're Saying Is...' (ft. Benjamin Studebaker)- 'Barbarians', 'Industry'

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.

46 - Big Feet ... Large Shoes (ft. Bessie Rollins) - 'Notting Hill', 'Pretty Woman'

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'.

47 - Cali-Complication (ft. Barry Taylor) - 'The Filth and the Fury'

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.

48 - The Living Dead (ft. Jay Bakker) - 'Star Wars'

Elliott Morgan of the Valleyfolk talks to Helen about their new (and incredibly addictive) Movie Movie Game.

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/thevalleyfolk/movie-movie-game-0

49 - Super-weird Zombie Bear & a Freaky Slenderman Thing (ft. Elliott Morgan) - The Movie Movie Game

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.

51 - What Lies Beneath (ft. Grafton Tanner) - 'The Social Dilemma', 'Videodrome'

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.

50 - Roomination (ft. Nina Power) - 'Theorem'

Our most loyal guest, political theorist Benjamin Studebaker, returns to talk to Helen about cancellation, market contortions and AOC.

52 - A Shepherdess in a Fantasy Landscape (ft. Benjamin Studebaker) - 'Trumbo'

Psychoanalyst Carlos Padrón joins Helen to discuss 'Border' (Ali Abbasi) and the dialectics of identity.

53 - 'The Ego Is a Mournful Being Constituted by Lack' (ft. Carlos Padrón) - 'Border'

Analyzing society through the lens of its cultural products.

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