Special Episode: M.C. Richards's "Wrestling with the Daimonic," read by Phil Ford

Weird Studies

Phil Ford and J. F. Martel

Arts, Philosophy, Society & Culture

4.8 • 784 Ratings

🗓️ 22 April 2026

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Summary

We regret that we were unable to release a new episode this week. Episode 211 will drop on Wednesday, April 29, and will be devoted to Stanley Kubrick’s The Shining, a film we have long wanted to revisit in depth. In the meantime, we are pleased to offer Phil’s spirited reading of M. C. Richards’ essay “Wrestling with the Daimonic,” discussed in our previous episode and available only to Patreon members until now. This recording is shared with kind permission from Wesleyan University Press. Visit their website for details on The Crossing Point and other works by M.C. Richards. To support Weird Studies and get access to exclusive essays and bonus episodes, visit our Patreon page. And go to Weirdosphere to learn more about JF's upcoming course on Deleuzian philosophy, which starts on May 7th, 2026. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcript

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0:00.0	Spector Vision Radio
0:02.0	Spector Vision Radio
0:06.0	Spector Vision Radio
0:09.0	I invite you to be a tourist and step into the minds of those people lost to the unknown.
0:15.0	When I was five years old I became terrified of something in my room.
0:19.0	There was a disembodied voice sighing and I moved around the room
0:22.9	and the boys moved with me.
0:24.8	When I was a little kid I used to see like the medicine men
0:27.0	have to go outside and chase away skin walkers.
0:29.5	Clarvoyance is seeing mental images, symbols.
0:32.6	Why is it that so many DMT experiencers report
0:35.5	being pulled into alien realms.
0:37.8	We have hundreds and hundreds of people who have seen these UFOs.
0:41.3	I am desperately afraid of being seen as crazy.
0:44.8	The weird borderline between dream and reality.
0:47.5	We're at the cemetery.
0:48.9	There's something moving through the woods that stand right outside of our lights.
0:52.5	From behind the fridge, though, comes a big, dark figure, and I could just see the small, red, beady eyes.
0:58.4	He got really close to my face, and he said, stay away from things you don't understand.
1:05.3	Spector Vision Radio, a strange podcast network for strange times.
1:15.6	Thank you. A strange podcast network for strange times. Welcome to Weird Studies. I'm J.F. Martel.
1:19.6	Starting May 7th on Weirdersphere, I'll be teaching a course on the philosophy of Gilles de Lélez.
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