Acid Horizon
Acid Horizon is a philosophy and theory podcast that explores post-structuralism, abolitionism, biopolitics, communism, critical metaphysics, critical mysticism, and ontological anarchy. The podcast features discussions on ethics, politics, phenomenology, decolonial thought, queer theory, post-psychoanalysis, disability/crip theory, anarchism, Marxism, feminism, and analyses of the new right. It is produced by a decentralized collective of friends and comrades committed to militant inquiry and pushing theory beyond the academy through live engagements, reading groups, and collective interventions.
Episodes
Trauma is a Time Machine: A Cinematic Primer with Kwasu D. Tembo
Latest courses at AHRC: https://www.acidhorizonpodcast.com/ahrc-coursesIf you could go back in time, would you change the past, even if it meant changing who you are? Is existing in time itself traumatic? Is power over time a cinematic endeavour, and what makes a good director an even better time traveller? This week on Acid Horizon we're joined by Kwasu D. Tembo to talk about his latest book
Boards of Canada's 'Inferno': Top Tracks, Hidden Themes & Life After the Inferno Sessions
Vintagia: https://www.acidhorizonpodcast.com/vintagia-basecampAcid Horizon Research Commons summer courses: https://www.acidhorizonpodcast.com/ahrc-coursesJack and Tonx on Instagram: @jack.chuter, @tonxCraig's review in 'The Quietus': https://thequietus.com/quietus-reviews/boards-of-canada-inferno/"Solidarity with Children" discussion on LEPHT HAND: https://www.patreon.com
Revolutionary Forgiveness: Beyond Moralism, Toward Liberation (with David Renton and Dr Hazel Croft)
How do we connect collective struggle with the search for justice? Adam is joined by historian Hazel Croft and theorist David Renton to discuss the concept of forgiveness and its strategic role in revolutionary struggles against structural and interpersonal harms. In doing so, we draw on our previous episode on the Comrade Delta scandal earlier this year, and the failure of Marxist organisations t
Bataille’s 'Guilty' Explained: Stuart Kendall on War, Time, and Instability (Full Episode Unlocked!)
AHRC Courses: https://www.acidhorizonpodcast.com/ahrc-coursesWhat does Georges Bataille’s Guilty reveal about war, time, and the unstable ground of thought itself? In this episode, Craig and Adam speak with Stuart Kendall about Bataille’s confrontation with catastrophe, the “privileged instant,” and the strange oscillation between order and excess in his writing. The conversation explores how Guil
The Cultural Marxism Conspiracy: Why the Right Blames the Frankfurt School for the Decline of the West with A.J.A. Woods
Vintagia Second Run: https://www.acidhorizonpodcast.com/vintagia-basecamp AHRC Summer School 2026: https://www.acidhorizonpodcast.com/ahrc-coursesBuy A.J.'s book: https://www.versobooks.com/products/3239-the-cultural-marxism-conspiracy?srsltid=AfmBOopb7nUxKpzOmh6_QpxdBOvbaHwusliMo8ukxi8i1iCy29Ui1i5_The definitive history of a dangerous right-wing conspiracy theory“Cultural Marxism” is one of
David Foster Wallace & Mark Fisher: Irony, Sincerity, and Late Capitalism
Enroll now for AHRC Summer School — https://www.acidhorizonpodcast.com/ahrc-coursesIs sincerity even possible when the medium is rigged against it? In this episode, Hannah Smart, fiction writer, critic, and author of the debut novel Meat Puppets, joins Craig, Adam, and Emma to think through the legacy of David Foster Wallace and Mark Fisher, tracing the connections between Wallace's call for
Communion of Atmospheres: Prophecy, Nostalgia & the Return of Boards of Canada
What does it mean to inhabit a communion of atmospheres? And what happens when that communion, after thirteen years of silence, suddenly has something new to say? Craig is joined by musician, mastering engineer, writer, and label head Jack Chuter for an episode that traces the mythology, philosophy, and sensory world of Boards of Canada, from the bleached Kodachrome of Music Has the Right to Child
'The Future in our Past: The General Strike, 1926/2026' with Callum Cant and Matthew Lee
Enroll in our new courses at AHRC: https://www.acidhorizonpodcast.com/The Future in Our Past tells the story of the 1926 General Strike on its centenary. It is a compelling on-the-ground account of how workers brought the country to a standstill for nine extraordinary days. Callum Cant and Matthew Lee take us on a journey through a Britain living on its nerves, from the London docklands to the Sou
Unfolding the Deleuze Seminars: Experimental Pedagogy, Philosophy, and Politics Inside Deleuze's Classroom (with Charles J. Stivale)
What would it mean to experience philosophy not as a body of knowledge to be transmitted, but as a sensation to be felt? Craig is joined by Charles J. Stivale, author of Unfolding the Deleuze Seminars 1970-1987 and co-director of the Deleuze Seminars Archive at Purdue, and Dr. Bob Langan to reconstruct the atmosphere of Deleuze's legendary classroom: the overcrowded rooms, the student contest
Deleuze, Drugs, and Death: Psychedelic Thanatology at the End of Life (LEPHT HAND crossover)
Enroll in classes now: https://www.acidhorizonpodcast.com/ahrc-coursesSubcribe to LEPHT HAND: https://www.patreon.com/LEPHTHANDWhat if the psychedelic revolution in end-of-life care is less a liberation from the medicalization of death than its most seductive intensification? In this crossover episode of LEPHT HAND and Acid Horizon, SEREPTIE and Emma are joined by anthropologist Sujit Thomas, whos
Desire, Institutions, and the Left: Susana Caló & Godofredo Pereira on CERFI Analysis Beyond Guattari
Enroll at the AHRC today: https://www.acidhorizonpodcast.com/ahrc-mainBuy 'CERFI Analysis Everywhere': https://www.minorcompositions.info/?p=1661Between the radical energies of the 1960s and the shifting terrains of the 1980s, a group in France quietly detonated the boundaries of politics, psychiatry, and collective life. CERFI – the Centre for Institutional Study, Research, and Training
The Revenge of Reason: Hegel, Kant, and Neo-Rationalism with Pete Wolfendale
Enroll in Timothy Jackson's latest course: https://www.acidhorizonpodcast.com/ahrc-courses/p/ontogenesis-is-impossible-anarchic-origins-in-science-life-and-art-with-simondon-bataille-schrmann-and-friendsWhat is the fate of Reason in the twenty-first century? Today more than ever, in the face of disinformation, memetic plagues, and neuroactive media, if we are to resist not just the continual
The Obsolescence of the Human: AI, Nuclear Weapons, and the Philosophy of Günther Anders
What does it mean to feel outclassed by your own creations? In this episode, host Craig is joined by Christopher John Müller, translator and co-editor of the new University of Minnesota Press edition of Günther Anders' The Obsolescence of the Human, and Penn State Philosophy Professor Nicholas de Warren, to explore the life and work of one of the twentieth century's most prescient and ov
Patreon Preview: Bataille’s 'Guilty' Explained: Stuart Kendall on War, Time, and Instability
*Patreon Preview* To access the rest of this discussion, becoming paid subscriber on our Patreon page, or enroll in 'Formless', which begins March 11th. Links are below.What does Georges Bataille’s Guilty reveal about war, time, and the unstable ground of thought itself? In this episode, Craig and Adam speak with Stuart Kendall about Bataille’s confrontation with catastrophe, the “privil
Communize the Eschaton: Thomas Müntzer and the German Peasants' War
Adam is joined by Massimiliano Tomba, O.L. Silverman, and Loren Goldman to discuss the biggest series of uprisings in Europe before the French Revolution, the German Peasants' War, which had its 500th anniversary in 2025. In this discussion, we considered what it meant for everyday people to engage in insurrectionary struggle against Pope and Prince alike, the influence of the conflict on Mar
'Digital Theory' Panel Discussion: Is Theory Itself Digital? (Fazi, Galloway, Weatherby, Handleman)
In this free public panel hosted by the Acid Horizon Research Commons, we discuss Digital Theory (University of Minnesota Press) with contributors Alexander R. Galloway, M. Beatrice Fazi, Matthew Handelman, and Leif Weatherby. The conversation reframes the digital not as consumer technology but as a fundamental mode of mediation grounded in discreteness. We explore the provocative claim that theor
Communist Ontologies: Communism as a Form of Life with Bruno Gulli and Richard Gilman-Opalsky
What does it mean to think communism philosophically, and how can a political rupture be understood as an ontological transformation of the conditions of everyday life? Adam is joined by Bruno Gulli and Richard Gilman-Opalsky to discuss their book of dialogues "Communist Ontologies: An Inquiry into the Construction of New Forms of Life" out now with our comrades over at Minor Composition
Hyperreality Is Dead: Baudrillard, the Age of Trump, and 'The Gulf War Did Not Take Place' Revisited
Adam's intensive Kant course now enrolling: https://www.acidhorizonpodcast.com/2026-classesIn this episode, we revisit Jean Baudrillard’s The Gulf War Did Not Take Place, a text that diagnosed the emergence of war as media event, non-event, and managed spectacle. Joining us is friend and returning guest Cameron Carsten, a graduate student in continental philosophy whose work explores the stat
The Spectral Woman with Ciara Cremin
Join Adam's class here: https://www.acidhorizonpodcast.com/2026-classes/p/cause-category-and-command-an-introduction-to-kants-1st-and-2nd-critiquesAdam is joined by Ciara Cremin to discuss the libidinal economy of femininity in her latest book "The Spectral Woman: Transfemininity and the Abolition of Gender" out now from Pluto Press. Drawing from psychoanalytic, feminist, and Marxis
Comrade Delta: Organisation, Theory, and the Failure of Britain's Biggest Revolutionary Party
Amidst the unceasing murderous march of capitalist imperialism and its transformation into new fascisms, the mantra of the revolutionary is to become organised, either by founding or joining a revolutionary organisation such a party, in order to establish a political organ for the proliferation of capitalism's overthrow. In this episode, Adam is joined by Elane Heffernan and David Renton to d
Deleuze’s 'The Logic of Sense': Reversing Platonism and Affirming Philosophy with Jay Conway
Join our new The Logic of Sense reading group on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/acidhorizonpodcastReading Group Syllabus: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1a6vx8efg0BFCPVm6mdpfeNAvDobx0_Tn/view?usp=sharingEnroll now in AHRC: https://www.acidhorizonpodcast.com/2026-classesCraig and Adam are joined by Jay Conway for a deep dive into Gilles Deleuze’s essay "Plato and the Simulacrum", a piv
5 Misconceptions About Friedrich Nietzsche (Will to Power, Übermensch, Fascism) with Devin Gouré
Enroll at AHRC: https://www.acidhorizonpodcast.com/2026-classesYouTube Version of the interview: https://youtu.be/Rh9URa_txGUIn this on-the-road episode of Acid Horizon, Craig is joined by Devin Gouré of the Moral Minority podcast for a wide-ranging conversation dismantling common misconceptions about Friedrich Nietzsche, including the will to power, slave morality, the Übermensch, fascism, race,
AHRC 2026: A Brief Hiatus & A Reflection on Vattimo’s “Beyond the Subject
In this end-of-year installment, we’re sharing a conversation originally released on LEPHT HAND as we take a rare and well-earned brief hiatus from regular publishing or episodes. This pause marks a moment of transition rather than retreat, as both LEPHT HAND and Acid Horizon continue to evolve beyond the podcast form! Closing out the episode is a reflection on Gianni Vattimo’s essay “Beyond the S
Purging the Devil: Exorcism, Possession & Political Panic with Grafton Tanner
Why does the figure of the devil keep returning in moments of political panic, social anxiety, and cultural decay? In this episode, we sit down with author Grafton Tanner about exorcism, possession, moral panic, and the strange new life of demonology in contemporary America. We trace how neoliberal collapse, social media, and ideological confusion reanimate the satanic imaginary across the politic
The Revolt Eclipses Whatever the World Has to Offer: Idris Robinson on Martyrdom, Destituent Power, and Political Death
Craig and Adam are joined by Idris Robinson to ask the question of destituent revolt in a murderous and counter-revolutionary world. We discussed Idris' work on the nature of martyrdom, the relation of the insurgent to death, and the political meaning of duty, both to the dead and within the confines of an intolerable life. Reading from Idris latest book, The Revolt Eclipses Whatever the Worl
A Life in Rebellion: Up Against the Wall Motherfucker, Black Mask, and the Surrealist Struggle in 1960-70s New York
Adam is joined by comrades Abigail Susik (@abigailsusik7), Ben Morea (@ben_morea), and Breanne Fahs to discuss the synthesis of art and activism, as exemplified by Ben’s central role within such collectives as Up Against the Wall Motherfucker! Black Mask, and The Rat during the 60s and 70s in New York. We spoke about Ben’s life and work, from the “redistribution” of garbage to New York’s freshly g
Philosophy and Magic: Meredith Graves on the Politics of the Occult and Thinking Magically in a Disenchanted World
In this Halloween episode, Meredith Graves joins Acid Horizon to explore the occulted correspondences between philosophy, ritual, and the practice of magic. Together we trace the tangled histories of witchcraft, labor, and belief—from Aleister Crowley and Sylvia Federici to Gilles Deleuze, GWF Hegel, and the haunted legacies of modern materialism. A conversation on mysticism, matter, and the insur
Mark Fisher Meets James Hillman: Melancholy, Manic Culture & the End of Capitalist Realism (with Emma Stamm)
What if depression isn’t an illness to cure but a collective mood that reveals the soul of a broken world? In this episode, Mark Fisher meets James Hillman in a conversation that bridges depth psychology and cultural theory, asking how melancholy and mania shape life under late capitalism. Joined by Emma Stamm, we explore the intersections of acid communism and archetypal psychology—from Fisher’s
Witness to the Hellfire of Genocide: Wasim Said’s Testament from Gaza
In this episode, we present the work of Wasim Said, a comrade from Gaza who has documented the atrocities they and their people have experienced during the ongoing intensification of Israel's genocidal war on Palestine in his first book "Witness to the Hellfire of Genocide". The logistics and safety of an interview being made near impossible amidst the horrors, we instead read out a
Deleuze vs Hegel: Beyond Kant and Representation with Henry Somers-Hall
What happens when Deleuze and Hegel are set in violent philosophical encounter over the ruins of Kantian representation? In this episode, we explore how both thinkers attempt to move beyond the categories of judgment and identity to recover the genesis of sense itself. Henry Somers-Hall joins us to trace Deleuze’s path through Kant, Sartre, and Bergson toward a field of pre-individual difference a
The Politics of Ghosting: Dominic Pettman on Absence, Intimacy, and Digital Life
What does it mean to live in a world where relationships can vanish overnight, without explanation or closure? In this episode, Acid Horizon speaks with cultural theorist Dominic Pettman about his new book Ghosting: On Disappearance (Polity Press). Together we explore how ghosting unsettles intimacy, accountability, and narrative finality, reaching beyond dating apps into friendships, families, wo
Western Marxism vs. Stalinism: Domenico Losurdo’s Controversial Legacy with Ross Wolfe
What if the very idea of Western Marxism has less to do with geography than with defeat? In this episode of Acid Horizon, we dive into Domenico Losurdo’s controversial use of the term and ask what’s at stake in his defense of actually existing socialism against its critics. With our guest Ross Wolfe, we explore the tangled afterlives of Western Marxism—from the Frankfurt School to structuralism, f
Wilhelm Reich, Fascism & Work Democracy: Philip Bennett & David Silver at Orgonon
Video on YouTube: https://youtu.be/sbwVioWlhS0What happens when we revisit Wilhelm Reich’s journey from Freud’s student to radical theorist of desire, politics, and repression? In this episode, we sit down with Professor Philip Bennett and David Silver, executive director of the Wilhelm Reich Museum, to explore Reich’s groundbreaking ideas on therapy, character armor, and the enduring relevance of
From Blake to Bataille: Romanticism, Communism, and the Commons with Joseph Albernaz
What does Romanticism have to do with communism, enclosure, and the commons today? In this episode we speak with Joseph Albernaz, author of Common Measures: Romanticism and the Groundlessness of Community, about the radical lineage running from Blake and Hölderlin to Marx and Bataille. We explore how Romantic literature conceived “groundless community”—a poetic and ecological alternative to enclos
LEPHT HAND - Myth, Nostalgia, and Liberation: Federico Campagna’s 'Otherworlds: Mediterranean Lessons On Escaping History'
Can myth itself serve as a material force in struggles for liberation? Federico Campagna joins me to discuss how myth—too often dismissed as escapism or co-opted by reaction—can instead become a practice of imagination, solidarity, and survival. We look at myth’s place in anti-capitalist politics, its tension with materialism, and its role in resisting despair. What emerges is a vision of myth as
Identity on Credit: Ajax, Achilles, and the Modern Self with Fredrik Westerlund
What happens when the self we imagine drifts further from the one we actually live? In this episode, philosopher Fredrik Westerlund joins Craig and Nicholas de Warren to explore his concept of “identity on credit,” where our sense of self is built on promises yet to be realized. From Sophocles’ Ajax to Nietzsche, Deleuze, and Scheler, we trace how recognition, resentment, and failure shape the mod
From Chaos to Creation: Deleuze, Francis Bacon, 'On Painting', and 'The Logic of Sensation' with Charles J. Stivale
What happens when the painter’s hand breaks free from the eye, and chaos reorganizes the entire field of vision? In this episode of Acid Horizon, we join Charles Stivale, translator of On Painting and The Logic of Sense, to explore Gilles Deleuze’s rare 1981 seminar on painting. Together we trace how concepts like catastrophe, diagram, and modulation emerge from Deleuze’s live philosophical “labor
How Did Analytic Philosophy Become the Ruling Class of Thought? Christoph Schuringa Explains
What if analytic philosophy isn't as politically neutral as it claims to be? In this episode, we explore the hidden ideological scaffolding of analytic philosophy—its deference to science, retreat to common sense, and therapeutic impulse. Christoph Schuringa, author of A Social History of Analytic Philosophy (Verso), reveals how analytic thought emerged from institutional, class-based, and ge
Becoming Worthy of the Event: Deleuze, Nietzsche, and Revolutionary Ethics with Justin
What does it mean to become worthy of the event? In this episode, we’re joined by Justin, longtime collaborator and host of our current reading group on Pierre Klossowski’s Living Currency. Together, we explore Deleuze’s stoic metaphysics, Nietzsche’s ethics of affirmation, and the revolutionary stakes of releasing ourselves from resentment. Along the way, we consider how play, pedagogy, and the d
Fanon and Sartre: Rethinking Praxis, Race, and Revolution
What happens when the dialectic between Sartre and Fanon is not one of influence, but of mutual transformation? Today we're live at Webster’s in State College with Tyrique Mack-Georges, who returns to the podcast to discuss his research on seriality, group infusion, and the possibility of a new humanity. Together, we explore how Sartre’s Critique of Dialectical Reason illuminates Fanon’s revo
The Roots of 'Gender-Critical' Fascism: White Supremacy, Reactionary Feminism, and the Far Right
What if the history of feminism wasn’t only a story of liberation—but also one of betrayal, reaction, and complicity? In this episode of Acid Horizon, we speak with Michael Richmond and Alex Charnley, authors of Fascism and the Women's Cause, about the forgotten histories of white feminist collaboration with the far right—from the suffrage movement to the Ku Klux Klan and the British Union of
Georges Bataille’s 'On Nietzsche': War, Chance, and the Collapse of Meaning with Stuart Kendall
What does it mean to write philosophy in a time of catastrophe? In this episode, we’re joined once again by Stuart Kendall to explore Georges Bataille’s On Nietzsche, a fragmented, intimate, and disorienting text written in the final years of World War II. We examine how Nietzsche becomes not just a philosophical reference but a companion for Bataille—a figure through whom Bataille grapples with s
Hermaphrodite Logic: A History of Intersex Liberation with Juliana Gleeson
What does it mean to politicize sex rather than assume its politics? In this episode, we're joined once again by Juliana Gleeson to discuss her new book Hermaphrodite Logic: A History of Intersex Liberation, a sharp and sardonic retelling of intersex activism from 1990 to today. We trace the expressive politics of sex through protest, medical confrontation, and wit as strategy, asking how hum
'Black Mirror', Henri Bergson, and the Death of Creative Time with Emily Herring
Don't miss Vintagia; campaign ending soon: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/acidhorizon/vintagia-i-ching-oracle-for-psychogeographers-and-creativesIs Black Mirror still speculative fiction—or just a stylized documentary of our present? In this episode, we dive into Black Mirror Season 7, Episode 1 ("Common People") with writer and philosopher Emily Herring, who recently explored
The Lamella and the Lacanian Break: Taylor Adkins on “Position of the Unconscious”
In this installment of The Anti-Oedipus Files, we welcome translator and theorist Taylor Adkins for a wide-ranging conversation on Lacan’s “Position of the Unconscious.” Beginning with a historical primer, we trace Lacan’s fraught institutional legacy and his confrontation with psychoanalytic orthodoxy. From the topology of the lamella to the philosophical rift between Guattari and Lacan, we explo
Ontologies of Queerness: Deleuze, Butler, and Beyond with Billie Cashmore and Xenogothic
What does it mean to say that queerness is ontological? In this episode, we’re joined by Billie Cashmore and Xenogothic (Mattie Colquhoun) to explore the philosophical foundations and political tensions surrounding queerness, normativity, and the symbolic order. Drawing on thinkers like Judith Butler, Heidegger, and Lacan, we examine queerness not simply as identity, but as a condition of social a
Eros and Empire: A Marxist Theory of Desire, Queer Liberation, and the Limits of the Nation with Alexander Stoffel
Support the campaign: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/acidhorizon/vintagia-i-ching-oracle-for-psychogeographers-and-creatives"Living Currency" syllabus: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1OeUT0XSZdIQ9VpgLaqjuw0sP3blJZySG/view?usp=drive_linkWhat happens when queer liberation becomes entangled with the myths of the nation-state? In this episode, we speak with Alexander Stoffel about his
Marxism, Anarchism, and the Power of Communist Imagination: Richard Gilman-Opalsky on Utopia and Revolution
Support Vintagia: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/acidhorizon/vintagia-i-ching-oracle-for-psychogeographers-and-creativesWhat if communism isn’t a destination, but something already unfolding in everyday acts of resistance, care, and imagination? In this episode, Richard Gilman-Opalsky joins us to discuss the political force of utopian thinking, the ongoing tension between Marxism and anarchi
The Future of Revolution: Jasper Bernes on Communism from the Paris Commune to George Floyd
Buy the Book: https://www.versobooks.com/products/977-the-future-of-revolution?srsltid=AfmBOopbQABhI9H6efsVC8cJLfIxh2LNXMqxpppbp8xUVVnxNMtAyEPc How might a twenty-first-century revolution against class society succeed?Communism comes from the future, but its hopes haunt our past. Reading revolutionary history from the Paris Commune to the George Floyd Uprising by the light of communist theory, fro
The Transcendental Logic of Capitalism: Henry Somers-Hall on Deleuze, Guattari, and Kant
Follow Vintagia now: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/acidhorizon/vintagia-i-ching-oracle-for-psychogeographers-and-creativesWhat if capitalism isn’t just an economic system—but a transcendental structure that configures our very experience? In this episode, philosopher Henry Somers-Hall helps us unravel Deleuze and Guattari’s enigmatic claim that capitalism is an axiomatic system. Drawing fro
New Emergences: Reading Groups, Live Events, Vintagia, and What’s Next for Acid Horizon
In this special 10-minute solo dispatch, Craig reveals what’s brewing behind the scenes. From the unveiling of Vintagia: I Ching Oracle for Psychogeography and Creative Discovery to a series of live events that blend philosophy, art, and sound—this is your glimpse into the next season of the Acid Horizon project.We talk about the upcoming artist residency in State College, Pennsylvania, where Crai
A Reading of "Friendship" by Maurice Blanchot
In this episode, Will reads Maurice Blanchot’s essay Friendship, a haunting reflection on the impersonal and ineffable nature of true friendship. Blanchot challenges the idea of friendship as mutual understanding, revealing instead a relation marked by silence, distance, and exposure. This reading anticipates our upcoming "Philosophers and the Friend" reading group beginning May 18, feat
Mysticism Without Transcendence? Laruelle’s 'Vision-in-One' with Jeremy R. Smith
Follow Vintagia: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/acidhorizon/vintagia-i-ching-oracle-for-psychogeographers-and-creativesIn this special crossover episode of LEPHT HAND and Acid Horizon, we explore the radical mysticism of François Laruelle through his essay Vision-in-One or Unlearned Knowing. Laruelle proposes a mysticism stripped of transcendence and doctrine—one grounded in solitude, immane
Simulacra and Simulation: Baudrillard, Techno-Fascism, and the Tyranny of Advertising
Cameron Carsten is back with us to enjoy an exploration of Jean Baudrillard’s concept of “absolute advertising” and its transformation of communication, desire, and the public sphere. This discussion addresses the rise of techno-fascism and the symbolic saturation of everyday life in view of Baudrillard's 'Simulacra and Simulation'. What happens when advertising becomes the default
Melanie Klein, Symbol Formation, and Autism: A Psychoanalytic Conversation with Dr. Ben Morsa
What happens when the ego fails to form a symbol? In this episode of Acid Horizon, we're joined by Dr. Ben Morsa, a clinical psychologist and psychoanalytic thinker working at the intersection of queer theory, neurodiversity, and mental health. Together, we dive into Melanie Klein’s pivotal essay The Importance of Symbol Formation, examining how sadism, fantasy, and ego development shape our
Ketamine King: Tech Bros, AI Delusions, and the Politics of Dissociation
CW: Includes references to drug use and racialized violence discourse.King Ketamine: https://www.parapraxismagazine.com/articles/king-ketamineAcid Horizon welcomes back Taija Mars McDougall to discuss her latest essay “King Ketamine,” published in Parapraxis Magazine. Together, we examine how ketamine—favored by Silicon Valley elites like Elon Musk—has become the drug of the techno-fascist sacram
Save CRMEP: The Assault on Humanities in the UK
Follow the Campaign over at: https://www.instagram.com/crmepers/ Eflux Open letter: https://www.e-flux.com/notes/658933/open-letter-from-crmep-students-researchers-on-kingston-university-s-proposed-closure-of-the-department-of-humanitiesVerso Open Letter: https://www.versobooks.com/en-gb/blogs/news/open-letter-from-crmep-students-researchers-on-kingston-university-s-proposed-closure-of-the-departm
The Anarchist Imaginary: Nicolas de Warren on Glissant, Levinas, and a New Radical Ethics
Craig's designs: https://www.etsy.com/shop/critdripThe Ordeal: https://splitinfinities.substack.com/p/crossing-the-line-the-repeater-booksPatreon: https://www.patreon.com/c/acidhorizonpodcastWe are joined by philosopher Nicolas de Warren to explore his concept of the anarchist imaginary, drawn from his essay "Anarchism, the Shock from Elsewhere: Glissant and Levinas". Together, we u
AI: The New Aesthetics of Fascism with Gareth Watkins
CW: explicit mentions of pornography and revenge pornIs AI a cruelty machine? In what ways do the aesthetics of fascism intersect with techno-futurism and reactionary fantasies—and how should we respond? Acid Horizon welcomes Gareth Watkins (Death Sentence Podcast, New Socialist) to discuss his article on how the far-right embraces AI—not for innovation, but for domination, aesthetics, and control
Peter Thiel Unmasked: From Lapsed Libertarian to Architect of the New Right
Boycott Watkins Media: https://xenogothic.com/2025/03/17/boycott-watkins-statement/Craig's blog: https://splitinfinities.substack.com/publish/post/158302947Dr. Sadler's links: Substack: https://substack.com/@gregorybsadlerClass on Plato's dialogues: https://reasonio.teachable.com/p/six-key-platonic-dialogues-2025Peter Thiel began his career as a libertarian idealist, championing fre
Bataille, Eroticism, and the Future of Porn with Vex Ashley (aka @vextape)
Read this: https://splitinfinities.substack.com/p/crossing-the-line-the-repeater-booksCW: explicit discussions of sex and pornographyIn this episode, we explore the intersections of eroticism, pornography, and theory with special guest Vex Ashley of Four Chambers. We discuss the influence of Georges Bataille on erotic art, the political stakes of sex work in an increasingly censorious cultural cli
PATREON PREVIEW: Jung, Freud, and Deleuze, & Guattari: Rethinking Libido and Desiring-Production with Dr. Bob Langan
Join our Patreon! Get the full discussion here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/jung-freud-and-122995561?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link Bob on Jung and Spinoza on LEPHT HAND: https://www.patreon.com/posts/jung-and-spinoza-118447298?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_fan&utm_c
The Cybernetic Arcana: Hexen 2.0 & 5.0 Tarot with Suzanne Treister
Buy Hexen 2.0 Tarot and the forthcoming Hexen 5.0 Tarot: https://cosmogenesis.worldPreview Hexen 5.0's: new images: https://www.suzannetreister.net/HEXEN_5/HEXEN5.htmlLars Bang Larson's Essay: https://www.suzannetreister.net/HEXEN2/HEXEN_2_LBLessay.htmlNote: if you were watching the tarot deck flip through on YouTube, you are seeing the Hexen 2.0 deck.About the new deck:HEXEN 5.0, an upd
The Male Loneliness Epidemic and Hegemonic Masculinity with Chuck LeBlanc
In this episode of Acid Horizon, Chuck LeBlanc, therapist and host of Couch to Couch, joins us to explore masculinity, loneliness, and mental health in an era of social alienation. We discuss the male loneliness epidemic, stoic ideals, and the harmful influence of figures like Andrew Tate and Jordan Peterson. Chuck shares insights from his therapeutic work, integrating Deleuze and Guattari, Hillma
Disaster Nationalism: The Collapse of Liberalism and Why the Far Right is Winning with Richard Seymour
Subscribe to Richard's Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/richardseymourwtfBuy 'Disaster Nationalism' from Verso Books: https://www.versobooks.com/products/3147-disaster-nationalism?srsltid=AfmBOopgAeJTt7Sq9b5zlzC_iKR5wKPHiFxddWihiDPy1iepY7AisWQaThe rise of the new far right has left the world grappling with a profound misunderstanding. While the spotlight often shines on the actions
Why Does Everyone Want To Be A Fascist? Guattari's Micropolitics of Desire
Join our latest reading groups here: patreon.com/acidhorizonpodcast"Creativity and Intoxication" with Adam C. Jones: https://thenewcentre.org/seminars/creativity-and-intoxication/In this episode, we explore Félix Guattari’s essay "Everybody Wants to Be a Fascist", dissecting its critique of micro-fascisms in everyday life. The discussion examines how desire, power, and subjecti
A Reading of "Against Knowingness" from Adorno & Horkheimer's 'Dialectic of Enlightenment'
From Adorno & Horkheimer's "The Dialectic of Enlightenment" (1947). Support the podcast! Links below.Support the showSupport the podcast:AHRCCurrent classes at Acid Horizon Research Commons (AHRC): acidhorizonresearchcommons.comAHRC Course Archive: https://www.acidhorizonpodcast.com/ahrc-course-archivesSubmit your course proposal: acidhorizonresearchcommons@gmail.comMore LinksWe
'Evil : A Study of Lost Techniques' with Jason Bahbak Mohaghegh
Have you read 'Omnicide' yet?Join us for 'Libidinal Lunch'!"Evil is an infinitely complex set of micro-techniques somehow lost in time—that is, subtle inflections of possibility and obscure typologies of influence that once reached across every divide." Jason joins Will, Adam, and Craig for another plunge down the rabbit hole to discuss images of darkness and an inven
Mark Fisher vs. Peter Thiel: Acid Communism Against the Coming Fascism with Jac Lewis
Read Jac Lewis' paper: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1jjADwnniVjKjAVymI64dEY96Z7_XgLbt/view?usp=sharingJoin us for 'The Anti-Oedipus Files' and hop in 'The Schizoanaylsis Project' Discord server: https://www.patreon.com/posts/exciting-changes-117794727In this episode, we are joined by Jac Lewis to explore his reflections on the counter-revolutionary psychedelic politics
"What's Wrong With Extinction?" with Claire Colebrook
Subscribe to LEPHT HAND: https://www.patreon.com/c/LEPHTHANDThis special episode features a replay of Claire Colebrook’s presentation of her paper What’s Wrong with Extinction?, delivered at the Time, Waste, Extinction workshop held at Penn State University in September 2024. Acid Horizon was proud to collaborate with this event, bringing together leading thinkers to interrogate the cultural, ethi
Who Was Fichte?: From Humble Origins to His Philosophy of Right with Gabe Gottlieb
Professor Gabe Gottlieb joins Adam and Craig to discuss Fichte's arguments for the foundations of natural right while also exploring the historical context that brought to bear on his philosophy.Support the showSupport the podcast:AHRCCurrent classes at Acid Horizon Research Commons (AHRC): acidhorizonresearchcommons.comAHRC Course Archive: https://www.acidhorizonpodcast.com/ahrc-course-archi
Is Hegel Cool? Josh Wretzel's "The Coolness of the Absolute" Live at Webster's Cafe in State College, PA
This episode features a live recording of The Coolness of the Absolute, an Acid Horizon event held in State College during the fall of 2024. Penn State philosophy professor Josh Wretzel reinterprets Hegel’s Jena Phenomenology as a moral psychology, exploring three varieties of moral personality and their culmination in absolute knowing. Josh connects these ideas to the cool jazz of Miles Davis, of
The Schizoanalysis Project Invites and 'Acéphalous' Update
Some crucial updates before we come to the end of the year and begin 2025.Support the showSupport the podcast:AHRCCurrent classes at Acid Horizon Research Commons (AHRC): acidhorizonresearchcommons.comAHRC Course Archive: https://www.acidhorizonpodcast.com/ahrc-course-archivesSubmit your course proposal: acidhorizonresearchcommons@gmail.comMore LinksWebsite: https://www.acidhorizonpodcast.com/Link
Baudrillard Versus Trump 2.0: Domination, Hegemony, and the Death of Meaning
Support the Kickstarter campaign as you listen: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/acephalous/acephalous-the-erotic-tarot-of-georges-bataille"Are We Still Able to Die?": https://camtology.substack.com/p/are-we-still-able-to-dieIn this episode of Acid Horizon, we are joined by philosopher and writer Cameron Carsten to discuss his recent blog post, "Are We Still Able to Die?"—t
*NEW* 2025 Anti-Oedipus Reading Group and More!
Some important announcements about the podcast and things to come in the near future.Help us complete the campaign: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/acephalous/acephalous-the-erotic-tarot-of-georges-batailleSupport the showSupport the podcast:AHRCCurrent classes at Acid Horizon Research Commons (AHRC): acidhorizonresearchcommons.comAHRC Course Archive: https://www.acidhorizonpodcast.com/ahrc-c
The Headless Politics of Georges Bataille with Stuart Kendall at the Durations Festival
SUPPORT Acid Horizon's Kickstarter project, Acéphalous: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/acephalous/acephalous-the-erotic-tarot-of-georges-batailleDURATIONS FESTIVAL @ PUBLIC RECORDS (BROOKLYN, NY) 11.9.2024Acid Horizon and Stuart Kendall unite for an in-person discussion that delves into the core concepts of Georges Bataille’s work—excess, heterology, the festival, and more. The conversa
'The War on the Social Factory' with Annie Paradise and Manolo Callahan
Support the Kickstarter: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/acephalous/acephalous-the-erotic-tarot-of-georges-batailleBut the 'War on the Social Factory': https://nupress.northwestern.edu/9780810146648/the-war-on-the-social-factory/About the book: A collective ethnography of grassroots mobilizations for community safety across the Silicon Valley This is a narrative of struggle and soli
'The Philosophy of Movement: An Introduction' with Thomas Nail
Please fund the Acéphalous Kickstarter today!: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/acephalous/acephalous-the-erotic-tarot-of-georges-batailleAcid Horizon and Stuart Kendall live at the Durations Festival on November 9th, 2024: https://publicrecords.nyc/events/durations-festival-2024/Buy Thomas' book: https://www.upress.umn.edu/9781517917456/the-philosophy-of-movement/About 'The Philosop
Acéphalous Launch Livestream is Today, October 31st at 12PM EST!
Yuk Hui episode: https://www.patreon.com/posts/machine-and-for-114829416?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_linkJoin us for the livestream in these places: Campaign link: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/...https://www.twitch.tv/acidhorizonpodcasthttps://www.youtube.com/@AcidHorizonig: @acidhorizonpodSee you there!Support t
'Machine and Sovereignty: For a Planetary Thinking' with Yuk Hui
Support the Kickstarter: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/acephalous/acephalous-the-erotic-tarot-of-georges-batailleBuy the book from University of Minnesota Press: https://www.upress.umn.edu/9781517917418/machine-and-sovereignty/What is “planetary thinking” today? Arguing that a new approach is urgently needed, Yuk Hui develops a future-oriented mode of political thought that encompasses the
