web01.fireside.fm Mon, 06 Apr 2026 05:03:44 -0500 Fireside (https://fireside.fm) Outsider Theory - Episodes Tagged with “Postmodernism” https://outsidertheory.fireside.fm/tags/postmodernism Wed, 24 Nov 2021 14:00:00 -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 Deep Internet History with Default Friend https://outsidertheory.fireside.fm/deep-internet-history 9dc5d4d6-22d3-4220-9538-a02930b8fa93 Wed, 24 Nov 2021 14:00:00 -0500 Geoff Shullenberger full Geoff Shullenberger Default Friend joins me to discuss Sherry Turkle's early sociological studies of the effects of the internet on identity, community, and the popularization of theory. 1:26:22 no Default Friend is a writer investigating the deep history of the internet on her substack, Default Wisdom. She joins me to discuss one of our mutual interests: the work of the sociologist Sherry Turkle, and the light her pioneering 1995 study Life on the Screen sheds on the early history of the internet and the way the 90s internet anticipated present realities. We also explore the implications of Turkle's argument that the internet rendered concrete the abstractions of postmodern theory, as well as Default Friend's own work on fandom, Tumblr and other facets of "the millennial internet." https://defaultfriend.substack.com/ http://www.mit.edu/people/sturkle/Life-on-the-Screen.html Sherry Turkle, the internet, Multi-User Domains, fandom, Tumblr, identity, theory, postmodernism Default Friend is a writer investigating the deep history of the internet on her substack, Default Wisdom. She joins me to discuss one of our mutual interests: the work of the sociologist Sherry Turkle, and the light her pioneering 1995 study Life on the Screen sheds on the early history of the internet and the way the 90s internet anticipated present realities. We also explore the implications of Turkle's argument that the internet rendered concrete the abstractions of postmodern theory, as well as Default Friend's own work on fandom, Tumblr and other facets of "the millennial internet."

https://defaultfriend.substack.com/

http://www.mit.edu/people/sturkle/Life-on-the-Screen.html

]]> Default Friend is a writer investigating the deep history of the internet on her substack, Default Wisdom. She joins me to discuss one of our mutual interests: the work of the sociologist Sherry Turkle, and the light her pioneering 1995 study Life on the Screen sheds on the early history of the internet and the way the 90s internet anticipated present realities. We also explore the implications of Turkle's argument that the internet rendered concrete the abstractions of postmodern theory, as well as Default Friend's own work on fandom, Tumblr and other facets of "the millennial internet."

https://defaultfriend.substack.com/

http://www.mit.edu/people/sturkle/Life-on-the-Screen.html

]]> Postmodern Medicine with Dr Benway and Pseud Dionysius, MPH https://outsidertheory.fireside.fm/postmodern-medicine bd054508-9873-420d-a835-b169f0c3deb9 Thu, 11 Nov 2021 12:15:00 -0500 Geoff Shullenberger full Geoff Shullenberger My native informants from the realm of Science make the provocative case that medicine is now postmodern. 1:29:19 no My pseudonymous native informants from the illustrious realms of Science make the provocative case that medicine has become a quintessentially postmodern field. They attribute this development to the rise of Evidence-Based Medicine (EBM) in the 1990s in Canada, which has occasioned (as its pioneers intended) a Kuhnian paradigm shift in the field. After surveying the spread and impact of the EBM revolution, we explore its after-effects in the Covid era. https://www.bmj.com/content/359/bmj.j5676 https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/article-abstract/1785467 https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/0141076816649883 postmodernism, postmodernity, medicine, science, Evidence-Based Medicine My pseudonymous native informants from the illustrious realms of Science make the provocative case that medicine has become a quintessentially postmodern field. They attribute this development to the rise of Evidence-Based Medicine (EBM) in the 1990s in Canada, which has occasioned (as its pioneers intended) a Kuhnian paradigm shift in the field. After surveying the spread and impact of the EBM revolution, we explore its after-effects in the Covid era.

https://www.bmj.com/content/359/bmj.j5676

https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/article-abstract/1785467

https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/0141076816649883

]]> My pseudonymous native informants from the illustrious realms of Science make the provocative case that medicine has become a quintessentially postmodern field. They attribute this development to the rise of Evidence-Based Medicine (EBM) in the 1990s in Canada, which has occasioned (as its pioneers intended) a Kuhnian paradigm shift in the field. After surveying the spread and impact of the EBM revolution, we explore its after-effects in the Covid era.

https://www.bmj.com/content/359/bmj.j5676

https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/article-abstract/1785467

https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/0141076816649883

]]> Anaesthetic Aesthetics with Sterling Bartlett https://outsidertheory.fireside.fm/anaesthetics 3e0f586e-758b-44b4-b2b3-348f123164d2 Wed, 09 Jun 2021 12:30:00 -0400 Geoff Shullenberger full Geoff Shullenberger Illustrator and designer Sterling Bartlett joins Outsider Theory to discuss his comic book "How Did We Get Here?" 55:49 no Illustrator and designer Sterling Bartlett joins Outsider Theory to discuss his comic book "How Did We Get Here?" We explore why recycling is the master metaphor for our cultural predicament, the rise of post-hipster aesthetic of aneasthetized minimalism, why Jordan Peterson and Marie Kondo are two sides of the same coin, and more. Buy "How Did We Get Here?": https://firsttoknock.com/products/how-did-we-get-here Follow Sterling on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sterlingbartlett/?hl=en Sterling's website: https://www.sterlingbartlett.com/ My postmodernism seminar: https://www.speakeasy.com/e/what-is-postmodernism aesthetics, recycling, capitalist realism, accelerationism, postmodernism, retromania, minimalism, hipsters Illustrator and designer Sterling Bartlett joins Outsider Theory to discuss his comic book "How Did We Get Here?" We explore why recycling is the master metaphor for our cultural predicament, the rise of post-hipster aesthetic of aneasthetized minimalism, why Jordan Peterson and Marie Kondo are two sides of the same coin, and more.

Buy "How Did We Get Here?": https://firsttoknock.com/products/how-did-we-get-here

Follow Sterling on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sterlingbartlett/?hl=en

Sterling's website: https://www.sterlingbartlett.com/

My postmodernism seminar: https://www.speakeasy.com/e/what-is-postmodernism

]]> Illustrator and designer Sterling Bartlett joins Outsider Theory to discuss his comic book "How Did We Get Here?" We explore why recycling is the master metaphor for our cultural predicament, the rise of post-hipster aesthetic of aneasthetized minimalism, why Jordan Peterson and Marie Kondo are two sides of the same coin, and more.

Buy "How Did We Get Here?": https://firsttoknock.com/products/how-did-we-get-here

Follow Sterling on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sterlingbartlett/?hl=en

Sterling's website: https://www.sterlingbartlett.com/

My postmodernism seminar: https://www.speakeasy.com/e/what-is-postmodernism

]]> "A Thousand Unpieced Suns": On Jameson's Postmodernism, with Emmet Penney https://outsidertheory.fireside.fm/postmodernism 48e62996-5bc2-4d5e-b2e2-a7a0af335416 Wed, 02 Jun 2021 14:00:00 -0400 Geoff Shullenberger full Geoff Shullenberger Emmet Penney, writer and co-host of ex.haust podcast, joins Outsider Theory to discuss Fredric Jameson's canonical essay "Postmodernism, or the Culltural Logic of Late Capitalism." 1:20:20 no Emmet Penney, writer and co-host of ex.haust podcast, joins Outsider Theory to discuss Fredric Jameson's canonical essay "Postmodernism, or the Culltural Logic of Late Capitalism" and its continued relevance, as well as cultural fragmentation, nostalgia, the return of affect, LA architecture, and other themes. More info on my June 10/17 seminar on Jameson's Postmodernism and Lyotard's Postmodern Condition: https://www.speakeasy.com/e/what-is-postmodernism Exhaust podcast: http://exhaust.fireside.fm/ Emmet's essay on "Lectureporn": https://www.pastemagazine.com/politics/liberals/lectureporn-the-vulgar-art-of-liberal-narcissism/ Fredric Jameson, Postmodernism, Postmodernity Emmet Penney, writer and co-host of ex.haust podcast, joins Outsider Theory to discuss Fredric Jameson's canonical essay "Postmodernism, or the Culltural Logic of Late Capitalism" and its continued relevance, as well as cultural fragmentation, nostalgia, the return of affect, LA architecture, and other themes.

More info on my June 10/17 seminar on Jameson's Postmodernism and Lyotard's Postmodern Condition:
https://www.speakeasy.com/e/what-is-postmodernism

Exhaust podcast: http://exhaust.fireside.fm/

Emmet's essay on "Lectureporn":
https://www.pastemagazine.com/politics/liberals/lectureporn-the-vulgar-art-of-liberal-narcissism/

]]> Emmet Penney, writer and co-host of ex.haust podcast, joins Outsider Theory to discuss Fredric Jameson's canonical essay "Postmodernism, or the Culltural Logic of Late Capitalism" and its continued relevance, as well as cultural fragmentation, nostalgia, the return of affect, LA architecture, and other themes.

More info on my June 10/17 seminar on Jameson's Postmodernism and Lyotard's Postmodern Condition:
https://www.speakeasy.com/e/what-is-postmodernism

Exhaust podcast: http://exhaust.fireside.fm/

Emmet's essay on "Lectureporn":
https://www.pastemagazine.com/politics/liberals/lectureporn-the-vulgar-art-of-liberal-narcissism/

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