56 episodes
(E)STRANGE(D) Helen Rollins and Adrian Romero
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- TV & Film
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4.8 • 16 Ratings
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Analyzing society through the lens of its cultural products.
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The Lack Teaser
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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53 - 'The Ego Is a Mournful Being Constituted by Lack' (ft. Carlos Padrón) - 'Border'
Psychoanalyst Carlos Padrón joins Helen to discuss 'Border' (Ali Abbasi) and the dialectics of identity.
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52 - A Shepherdess in a Fantasy Landscape (ft. Benjamin Studebaker) - 'Trumbo'
Our most loyal guest, political theorist Benjamin Studebaker, returns to talk to Helen about cancellation, market contortions and AOC.
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51 - What Lies Beneath (ft. Grafton Tanner) - 'The Social Dilemma', 'Videodrome'
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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50 - Roomination (ft. Nina Power) - 'Theorem'
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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49 - Super-weird Zombie Bear & a Freaky Slenderman Thing (ft. Elliott Morgan) - The Movie Movie Game
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
Customer Reviews
Thought provoking
I love listening to this podcast because it challenges me with deep concepts and gets me to think beyond the face value of a movie. This, in turn, has helped me to examine my own ideologies and move beyond the noise of pop culture responses to a more thoughtful and nuanced approach to understanding.
Thoughtful and Relevant
I like how Adrian and Helen use movies as a catalyst for conversations on psychoanalysis and capitalism. I find myself extremely interested in each episode and it often feels like I’m in the same room with them. Not many podcasts can say that. Bravo and well done.
Love your work
Hi, I love your podcast! Have you seen Eric Rohmer’s The Green Ray? I think it would be an interesting film for y’all to discuss on the show.