Distraction Therapy 070 – Caffeinated Conversations
How can we use popular media to bridge the gaps in our knowledge of the world? Over a coffee, Ryan Clayton and Rob Watson discuss […]
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Distraction Therapy 069 – Ryan and Rob in the Metaverse of Madness
Is the new Marvel movie, Dr Strange and the Multiverse of Madness, a metamodern film? What would a metamodern radio station sound like, and what […]
Distraction Therapy 067 – Meaning and Archetypes in Popular Culture
It was a pleasure, as always, to chat with Ryan Clayton about popular culture, metamodernism and archetypal symbols that have currency in our times. This […]
Distraction Therapy 066 – Learning to Reflect
Once again, coffee propelled our conversation this morning, as Ryan and I turned our thoughts to the process of reflection and getting to grips with […]
Distraction Therapy 065 – Making Meaning Over Coffee
There are worse ways to spend Saturday morning than drinking coffee and chatting with Ryan Clayton about the meaning crisis and metamodernism for a podcast. […]
Distraction Therapy 064 – Making Sense of Ukraine
What was intended to be a general conversation about metamodernist sense-making, turned into discussion of the invasion of Ukraine by Russia, and how it has […]
Distraction Therapy 063 – Metamodern Coffee Chat
If postmodernity is about playful signifiers and pastiche, then how is metamoderninity different? Ryan Clayton and I met up for a coffee, and we chatted […]
Distraction Therapy 062 – Travels in Metamodernity
Continuing a set of vague and unspecific wanderings, where I try to form a sense of what metamodernism is in practice, this week’s episode is […]
Distraction Therapy 061 – Metamodern Amble
This week, Ryan Clayton and I had a stroll around Leicester, and mulled over some terms and reference points for what we think metamodernism could […]
Distraction Therapy 060 – Metamodern Dualism
Metamodernism is perhaps the most influential and wide-ranging way of thinking about post-postmodernism. The proponents of metamodernism include cultural theorists Timotheus Vermeulen and Robin van […]