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Our last episode on Hypertition ran a little long, so we agreed to cut out the last

20 minutes or so of the conversation. But that segment had some good stuff in it, stuff we think is

important to include if we're to do justice to our theme. So we decided to release it separately

as a kind of Christmas bonus.

Consider this mini episode a way for Phil and I to thank you for listening to Weird Studies,

which dropped mulling into the world almost a year ago now.

We look forward to continuing the conversation with each other, with our guests, and with you in 2019.

This is also an opportunity to thank the people who've helped us put this podcast together.

Joseph Cook for designing the Weird Studies logo.

Matt Melanson for his Crow illustration.

Pierre Rive Martel for the wonderful interstitial music.

Leslie Halfordi, my beautiful wife, for her voice, and our families for their undying support and understanding. Thank you all, and happy new year. We hope you'll enjoy our conversation. The problem is that there is a line of thinking today that holds the entire structure of our civilization to be so profoundly problematic that to banish a critical idea, let's say it's a Marxist idea, to banish it or to somehow relativize or frame or box in my Marxism

away from my politics, my personality, my engagement with society.

This is an idea that's built to destroy the entire thing.

Like, how can you be a Marxist while banishing your Marxism?

Yeah, that's an interesting question.

Isn't that exactly what those academics are doing when they rail against patriarchy and capitalism in the classroom

and then go and cash in their checks as tenured professors and pay their mortgage?

But this is actually a really important point that you're making.

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