web01.fireside.fm Thu, 16 Apr 2026 03:22:01 -0500 Fireside (https://fireside.fm) Outsider Theory - Episodes Tagged with “Critical Theory” https://outsidertheory.fireside.fm/tags/critical%20theory Mon, 26 Dec 2022 13:00:00 -0500 Outsider Theory is an interview-based podcast exploring the mutations of theories outside of the authorized spaces of intellectual life as well as theories of that ever-alluring figure, the outsider, and related subjects. en-us episodic Theory on the outside, theory of the outside, outside of the theory Geoff Shullenberger Outsider Theory is an interview-based podcast exploring the mutations of theories outside of the authorized spaces of intellectual life as well as theories of that ever-alluring figure, the outsider, and related subjects. no critical theory, conspiracy theory, outsider intellectuals, outsiders, the outside Geoff Shullenberger gshullenb@gmail.com Exiting the Vampires' Campus with Blaise Bayno https://outsidertheory.fireside.fm/exiting-the-vampires-campus a0773f69-6a6c-48d2-b2c2-98c6ef62a390 Mon, 26 Dec 2022 13:00:00 -0500 Geoff Shullenberger full Geoff Shullenberger I discuss academic fecklessness and propaganda with former critical theory PhD student Blaise Bayno. 1:19:54 no Blaise Bayno (@urgurlblaise), former critical theory PhD student and co-organizer of the conference "Society Must Be Inoculated," joins me to discuss how critical theory became uncritical cheerleading for biopolitical authoritarianism, academic labor issues, the history of the UC Santa Cruz History of Consciousness program, and more. critical theory, theory, academia, covid, propaganda, biopolitics Blaise Bayno (@urgurlblaise), former critical theory PhD student and co-organizer of the conference "Society Must Be Inoculated," joins me to discuss how critical theory became uncritical cheerleading for biopolitical authoritarianism, academic labor issues, the history of the UC Santa Cruz History of Consciousness program, and more.

]]> Blaise Bayno (@urgurlblaise), former critical theory PhD student and co-organizer of the conference "Society Must Be Inoculated," joins me to discuss how critical theory became uncritical cheerleading for biopolitical authoritarianism, academic labor issues, the history of the UC Santa Cruz History of Consciousness program, and more.

]]> Right Critical Theory with Jacob Siegel https://outsidertheory.fireside.fm/right-critical-theory 1a87ad78-f2a4-4d47-82e8-92eb6b73b315 Mon, 09 May 2022 12:00:00 -0400 Geoff Shullenberger full Geoff Shullenberger Jacob Siegel joins me to discuss the rightward trajectory of certain insights of critical theory, especially in light of the history of the journal Telos and its founder and editor, Paul Piccone. 1:45:14 no Tablet senior writer Jacob Siegel joins me to discuss the rightward trajectory of certain insights of Frankfurt School-derived critical theory, especially in light of the history of the journal Telos and its founder and editor, Paul Piccone. We also discuss Piccone's friend Paul Gottfried, the continued relevance of Herbert Marcuse's "Repressive Tolerance," the Thiel-affiliated New Right's cultivation of a counter-elite, the recent Vanity Fair profile of the Thielverse, and more. Telos http://www.telospress.com/ Jacob's work https://www.tabletmag.com/sections/news/articles/elon-vs-obama https://www.tabletmag.com/sections/news/articles/red-pill-prince-curtis-yarvin https://www.tabletmag.com/sections/news/articles/spencer-gottfried-alt-right https://manifesto.fireside.fm/ The Thielverse https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2022/04/inside-the-new-right-where-peter-thiel-is-placing-his-biggest-bets Marcuse's "Repressive Tolerance" and the right https://outsidertheory.com/right-marcuseanism/ Frankfurt School, Critical Theory, Telos, Herbert Marcuse, Paul Piccone, Paul Gottfried, Samuel Francis, Elon Musk, Peter Thiel, Blake Masters, JD Vance Tablet senior writer Jacob Siegel joins me to discuss the rightward trajectory of certain insights of Frankfurt School-derived critical theory, especially in light of the history of the journal Telos and its founder and editor, Paul Piccone. We also discuss Piccone's friend Paul Gottfried, the continued relevance of Herbert Marcuse's "Repressive Tolerance," the Thiel-affiliated New Right's cultivation of a counter-elite, the recent Vanity Fair profile of the Thielverse, and more.

Telos

http://www.telospress.com/

Jacob's work

https://www.tabletmag.com/sections/news/articles/elon-vs-obama

https://www.tabletmag.com/sections/news/articles/red-pill-prince-curtis-yarvin

https://www.tabletmag.com/sections/news/articles/spencer-gottfried-alt-right

https://manifesto.fireside.fm/

The Thielverse

https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2022/04/inside-the-new-right-where-peter-thiel-is-placing-his-biggest-bets

Marcuse's "Repressive Tolerance" and the right

https://outsidertheory.com/right-marcuseanism/

]]> Tablet senior writer Jacob Siegel joins me to discuss the rightward trajectory of certain insights of Frankfurt School-derived critical theory, especially in light of the history of the journal Telos and its founder and editor, Paul Piccone. We also discuss Piccone's friend Paul Gottfried, the continued relevance of Herbert Marcuse's "Repressive Tolerance," the Thiel-affiliated New Right's cultivation of a counter-elite, the recent Vanity Fair profile of the Thielverse, and more.

Telos

http://www.telospress.com/

Jacob's work

https://www.tabletmag.com/sections/news/articles/elon-vs-obama

https://www.tabletmag.com/sections/news/articles/red-pill-prince-curtis-yarvin

https://www.tabletmag.com/sections/news/articles/spencer-gottfried-alt-right

https://manifesto.fireside.fm/

The Thielverse

https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2022/04/inside-the-new-right-where-peter-thiel-is-placing-his-biggest-bets

Marcuse's "Repressive Tolerance" and the right

https://outsidertheory.com/right-marcuseanism/

]]> Worldwide Communist Gangster Computer God with Gio Pennachietti https://outsidertheory.fireside.fm/gangster-computer-god e1920fa1-905c-4963-ad03-b971532cfdcf Sun, 07 Feb 2021 08:00:00 -0500 Geoff Shullenberger full Geoff Shullenberger On the life, work, and legacy of the schizopolitical pamphleteer and og shitposter Francis E. Dec, in conversation with artist and writer Gio Pennachietti. 1:33:38 no Francis E. Dec (1926-1996) was a disbarred lawyer who wrote and circulated a series of pamphlets detailing the world's subjugation by the Worldwide Communist Gangster Computer God. He was largely ignored for much of his life, but his writings eventually gathered a cult following because of their unique depiction of a theme common both to late twentieth century science fiction and critical theory: the ubiquitous and subtle operation of technological control systems. Artist writer, and gonzo philsopher Gio Pennachietti joins Outsider Theory for a wide-ranging discussion of Dec's work and its connections to an array of other cultural phenomena from Dec's era and our own. We conclude with a brief and only tangentially related discussion of the art of the late Thomas Kinkade, another shared interest of ours. Follow Gio and read his writing: * Twitter: https://twitter.com/giantgio * Instragram: https://t.co/WNZfDA10zQ?amp=1 * YouTube: https://t.co/2vsKCsvFVO?amp=1 * https://gioscontentcorner.wordpress.com/ * https://terrorhousepress.com/product/ending-bigly/ Also related: * The Collected Rants of Francis E Dec (https://www.bentoandstarchky.com/dec/rants.htm) * Jeffrey Sconce, The Technical Delusion (https://www.dukeupress.edu/the-technical-delusion) * Geoff Shullenberger, We All Wear Tinfoil Hats Now (https://www.thenewatlantis.com/publications/we-all-wear-tinfoil-hats-now) Francis E Dec, schizopolitics, societies of control, Michel Foucault, Gilles Deleuze, Philip K Dick, Robert Crumb, Thomas Kinkade Francis E. Dec (1926-1996) was a disbarred lawyer who wrote and circulated a series of pamphlets detailing the world's subjugation by the Worldwide Communist Gangster Computer God. He was largely ignored for much of his life, but his writings eventually gathered a cult following because of their unique depiction of a theme common both to late twentieth century science fiction and critical theory: the ubiquitous and subtle operation of technological control systems. Artist writer, and gonzo philsopher Gio Pennachietti joins Outsider Theory for a wide-ranging discussion of Dec's work and its connections to an array of other cultural phenomena from Dec's era and our own. We conclude with a brief and only tangentially related discussion of the art of the late Thomas Kinkade, another shared interest of ours.

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