The Cluster F Theory Podcast
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The Cluster F Theory Podcast

Podcast by Timotheus Vermeulen and Gia Milinovich

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To many of us the world, our very planet, appears to be coming apart. How can we put it back together again (and should we)? What do we salvage and what do we throw away? What goes where and why? Each episode we speak to a philosopher, critical theorist, scientist, artist, writer or thinker about their take on the absolute 'cluster f' that’s happening around us. We don't promise to make you happier, more mindful or fitter, but you will spend some time thinking about something other than yourself. theclusterftheory.substack.com 

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38 episodes
episode 37. End of Season 1 artwork
37. End of Season 1

Hello! We're going to take a break for a little while. In this episode, we discuss what the past 7 months have been like for us and what kinds of topics we'd like to cover in our next season. If you have only recently found us, we'd love it if you'd go back to the beginning and listen to earlier episodes. Also, feel free to share the podcast and subscribe to our Substack in order to be emailed with new episodes. Also, rate it and review it or whatever it is you're supposed to do with podcasts. I don’t know… The discussions we've mentioned in this episode are: 6.⁠ ⁠Ritual- Andy Nyman https://theclusterftheory.substack.com/p/6-ritual-andy-nyman [https://theclusterftheory.substack.com/p/6-ritual-andy-nyman] 2. Foreplay|Endgame - Joseph Koerner https://theclusterftheory.substack.com/p/2-foreplayendgame-joseph-koerner [https://theclusterftheory.substack.com/p/2-foreplayendgame-joseph-koerner] 13. Parafiction - Carrie Lambert-Beatty https://theclusterftheory.substack.com/p/13-parafiction-carrie-lambert-beatty [https://theclusterftheory.substack.com/p/13-parafiction-carrie-lambert-beatty] 23. FGM - Nimco Ali https://theclusterftheory.substack.com/p/23-fgm-nimco-ali [https://theclusterftheory.substack.com/p/23-fgm-nimco-ali] 17. Buffering - Tom McCarthy https://theclusterftheory.substack.com/p/17-buffering-tom-mccarthy [https://theclusterftheory.substack.com/p/17-buffering-tom-mccarthy] 14. Scenes - Adam Thirlwell https://theclusterftheory.substack.com/p/14-scenes-adam-thirlwell [https://theclusterftheory.substack.com/p/14-scenes-adam-thirlwell] 3.⁠ ⁠War Games - Annabel Daou https://theclusterftheory.substack.com/p/3-war-games-annabel-daou [https://theclusterftheory.substack.com/p/3-war-games-annabel-daou] 25. The Emotional Aftermath of War Reporting - David Chater https://theclusterftheory.substack.com/p/25-the-emotional-aftermath-of-war [https://theclusterftheory.substack.com/p/25-the-emotional-aftermath-of-war] 7.⁠ ⁠Negotiating the Long Term - Catherine Ashton https://theclusterftheory.substack.com/p/7-negotiating-the-long-term-catherine [https://theclusterftheory.substack.com/p/7-negotiating-the-long-term-catherine] 12. Invisible Women - Caroline Criado Perez https://theclusterftheory.substack.com/p/12-invisible-women-caroline-criado [https://theclusterftheory.substack.com/p/12-invisible-women-caroline-criado] 31. AI - Nick Rhodes https://theclusterftheory.substack.com/p/31-ai-nick-rhodes [https://theclusterftheory.substack.com/p/31-ai-nick-rhodes] 11. Contingency- Hanneke van Laarhoven https://theclusterftheory.substack.com/p/11-contingency-hanneke-van-laarhoven [https://theclusterftheory.substack.com/p/11-contingency-hanneke-van-laarhoven] 36. Hypochondria - Caroline Crampton https://theclusterftheory.substack.com/p/36-hypochondria-caroline-crampton [https://theclusterftheory.substack.com/p/36-hypochondria-caroline-crampton] Thank you so much to Julian Mayers from Yada Yada for editing everything. And a big thank you to DC Turner for the theme tune and the logo. See you all soon! Gia and Tim This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit theclusterftheory.substack.com [https://theclusterftheory.substack.com?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_1]

17. okt. 2024 - 22 min
episode 36. Hypochondria - Caroline Crampton artwork
36. Hypochondria - Caroline Crampton

Caroline Crampton is a writer and a podcaster. She is the creator and host of the award-winning detective fiction podcast Shedunnit. She curates articles as editor-in-chief of The Browser, and she writes reviews and essays for publications like Time, Literary Hub and the Guardian. She writes non-fiction books about the world and how we live in it. Here most recent book A Body Made of Glass was serialised as BBC Radio 4's Book of the Week, chosen by the Guardian as a literary highlight of 2024 and was one of Nature's 'top reads for summer.' Caroline Crampton: https://www.carolinecrampton.com/ [https://www.carolinecrampton.com/] Caroline's newsletter: https://www.carolinecrampton.com/newslettersignup/ [https://www.carolinecrampton.com/newslettersignup/] Shedunnit: https://shedunnitshow.com/ [https://shedunnitshow.com/] The Browser: https://thebrowser.com/ [https://thebrowser.com/] The Cluster F Theory Podcast is edited by Julian Mayers at Yada Yada https://www.yada-yada.net/ [https://www.yada-yada.net/]. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit theclusterftheory.substack.com [https://theclusterftheory.substack.com?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_1]

10. okt. 2024 - 45 min
episode 35. Screen Addiction? - Professor Pete Etchells artwork
35. Screen Addiction? - Professor Pete Etchells

Pete Etchells is a professor of psychology and science communication at Bath Spa University. He researches the behavioural and wellbeing effects of playing video games, as well as metascientific issues regarding best practice in digital technology effects research. He’s written articles for various publications including New Scientist, the Guardian, the Observer, the New York Times, WIRED and the Telegraph. His most recent book, UNLOCKED, investigates the science behind our relationship with digital technology. Pete Etchells' personal website: https://www.peteetchells.com/ [https://www.peteetchells.com/] Faculty page: https://www.bathspa.ac.uk/our-people/peter-etchells/ [https://www.bathspa.ac.uk/our-people/peter-etchells/] Twitter/X page: https://x.com/peteetchells [https://x.com/peteetchells] Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/peteetchells/ [https://www.instagram.com/peteetchells/] Articles at The Guardian: https://www.theguardian.com/profile/pete-etchells This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit theclusterftheory.substack.com [https://theclusterftheory.substack.com?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_1]

03. okt. 2024 - 49 min
episode 34. Architecture - Jimenez Lai artwork
34. Architecture - Jimenez Lai

Architect and theorist Jimenez Lai was born in Taiwan, grew up in Canada, and lives in Los Angeles. He holds the Robert Gwathmey chair at Cooper Union, and is the director of architecture agency Bureau Spectacular. Before establishing Bureau Spectacular, Lai lived in a desert shelter at Taliesin and resided in a shipping container at Atelier Van Lieshout on the piers of Rotterdam. Lai's first book, Citizens of No Place: An Architectural Graphic Novel, was published by Princeton Architectural Press with a grant from the Graham Foundation. Lai has won various awards, including the Architectural League Prize for Young Architects, the Debut Award at the Lisbon Triennale, and the Designer of the Future at Art Basel. Lai represented Taiwan at the 14th Venice Architecture Biennale. Lai's work is in the permanent collection of MoMA, SFMOMA, Art Institute of Chicago, and LACMA. Jimenez Lai's Instagram (look at his great hair!) https://www.instagram.com/0super/ [https://www.instagram.com/0super/] Bureau Spectacular https://bureau-spectacular.net/ [https://bureau-spectacular.net/] Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimenez_Lai [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimenez_Lai] This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit theclusterftheory.substack.com [https://theclusterftheory.substack.com?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_1]

26. sep. 2024 - 44 min
episode 33. Children's Online Rights - Beeban Kidron artwork
33. Children's Online Rights - Beeban Kidron

Baroness Beeban Kidron OBE sits as a crossbench peer in the UK’s House of Lords. She is an advisor to the Institute for Ethics in AI at the University of Oxford, a Commissioner on the UN Broadband Commission for Sustainable Development, an expert advisor for the UN Secretary-General’s High-Level Advisory Body on Artificial Intelligence, and Founder and Chair of 5Rights Foundation. Before taking up her seat in the House of Lords in 2012, Baroness Kidron spent 30 years as a film maker. Her credits include, the BAFTA award-winning 'Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit', 'Bridget Jones: the Edge of Reason' and 'To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar'. She also co-founded the education charity Into Film, which currently engages with over two thirds of schools in the UK offering a wide programme of film clubs, cinema screenings, and resources and training to support classroom teaching. Baroness Beeban Kidron OBE's personal site: https://beeban.com/ [https://beeban.com/] Baroness Kidron's Parliamentary page: https://members.parliament.uk/member/4258/career [https://members.parliament.uk/member/4258/career] 5 Rights Foundation: https://5rightsfoundation.com/ [https://5rightsfoundation.com/] Into Film: https://www.intofilm.org/ [https://www.intofilm.org/] Beeban Kidron's IMDB page: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0452319/ [https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0452319/] Wikipedia page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beeban_Kidron [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beeban_Kidron] The Cluster F Theory Podcast is edited by Julian Mayers at Yada Yada https://www.yada-yada.net/ [https://www.yada-yada.net/] This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit theclusterftheory.substack.com [https://theclusterftheory.substack.com?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_1]

19. sep. 2024 - 47 min
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