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Episode 1: Introduction to Weird Studies

Weird Studies

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The Thick End of the Wedge

Philip Kuchins: For me, the weird goes beyond phenomenology. It's about trying to get to an experience of the real as such. I like this idea of the thin end of the wedge and thick end of the wedges. He says that those are two poles, the thin end and the thick end, that we oscillate between them constantly. The podcast is going to be a challenge because it seems hubristic for us to talk about what's "weird," he says.

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