PlasticPills - Philosophy & Critical Theory Podcast
1) It's Hyperreal Fascism then? // 242
We discuss the proposition of hyperreal fascism as presented in this video essay (https://youtu.be/R9fpm-lorIU) and its relationship to current events and the Trump Administration
2) The Philosophy of Jeffrey Epstein // 240
Jeffrey Epstein is not primarily known as a philosopher, but his emails illustrate that he had higher ambitions than pedophilia. We explore both the latent and manifest content of Jeffrey Epstein's th...Show More
3) Simulation World Order // 239
Everyone is talking about Canada leading the charge into the New World Order. Are we excited yet? Watch the glorious father of our nation deliver the goods at Davos, or not.Join us on Patreon to get a...Show More
4) Epicureanism MOGS Stoicism // 238
Stoicism is on its comeback among dumb 20 year olds, which is too bad because Epicureanism is the superior Athenian philosophy. We discuss hedonism, happiness, and the Swerve™. Only half of our episod...Show More
5) Stoicism at the End of the World // 236
The history of Stoicism is long and complicated, and we didn't want to end with AI alpha male YouTube channels, so here is a rundown focused on Greek Stoicism, some comparisons to Buddhism, and whethe...Show More
6) A heated debate over Samantha Fulnecky's Essay Fail // 233
From Zero to hero: Samantha Fulnecky has been honoured by the Oklahoma government and named "an American hero" for her paper submission to her Psych course in which she claimed it is demonic to believ...Show More
7) Analytic vs. Continental Philosophy 2025 // 231
It's the bi-yearly event in the ongoing race war between analytic and continental philosophy. Philosophers of all stripes invited themselves to partake in the latest and stupidest skirmish, and so we ...Show More
8) The Nick Fuentes Signifying Chain // 230
Access exclusive episodes https://www.patreon.com/plasticpillsA Signifying Chain (or symbolic chain, or signifying web) is a structuralist concept developed by Jacques Lacan and others ("The Agency of...Show More
9) Pill Pod 229 - Theory of the Gooner: Baudrillard vs Lacan
Have a look at our exclusive content https://www.patreon.com/plasticpillsThe Pill Pod reads Daniel Kolitz' anthropology of the gooners in Harper's Magazine https://harpers.org/archive/2025/11/the-goon...Show More
10) Pill Pod 228 - Lacan: Traversing the Fantasy $♢a
Full Ad-free Lacan series: https://www.patreon.com/plasticpillsWe conclude our Lacan series with what Fink says is the desired end of Lacanian psychoanalysis. And, the ends of psychoanalysis coincide ...Show More