Chris Newman, Preston Taylor

Just Two Dudes Reading Theory

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Welcome to Just Two Dudes Reading Theory! Where we attempt to take on both classic and more underground selections from the world of theory. Each episode we'll be reading and discussing a different text, including works of psychoanalysis, phenomenology, post-humanism, feminism, deconstruction, and much more!

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Chris Newman, Preston Taylor

Episodes

Michel Foucault - Of Other Spaces, Heterotopias 14.11.2025 1:11:24

We got a good one! This week, we're reading Foucault's essay Of Other Spaces. Enjoy! Photo by Danist Soh on Unsplash

Étienne Balibar - Human Species As Biopolitical Concept 31.10.2025 1:02:52

Join us this week as read Étienne Balibar's lecture Human Species As Biopolitical Concept. Enjoy!

Simon Critchley - Mysticism 2/2 24.10.2025 1:08:52

Join us this week as we finish reading Simon Critchley's new book Mysticism. Enjoy! Photo by Kenny Eliason on Unsplash

Simon Critchley - On Mysticism 1/2 10.10.2025 1:07:44

Join us this week as we read the first part of Simon Critchley's new book On Mysticism. Enjoy! Photo by blocks on Unsplash

More Is More - Becca Rothfeld 02.10.2025 1:08:42

Join us this week as we read an excerpt from Becca Rothfeld's new book, All Things Are Too Small: Essays In Praise Of Excess. Enjoy! Photo by Sven Huls on Unsplash

Steven L Peck - My Madness 26.09.2025 1:07:12

Join us this week as we read Steven L Peck's essay My Madness, about his episode of acute psychosis. Enjoy!

Alenka Zupančič - Welcome To The Riviera Of The Real 19.09.2025 1:08:52

Join us this week as we read Alenka Zupančič's new essay, Welcome To The Riviera Of The Real

Roxane Gay - The Trouble With Prince Charming 12.09.2025 1:01:30

Join us this week as we delve into Roxane Gay's essay The Trouble With Prince Charming. Enjoy! Photo by Lians Jadan on Unsplash

Yanis Varoufakis - Technofeudalism 2/2 05.09.2025 1:13:00

Join us this week as we finish up Yanis Varoufakis' Technofeudalism. Enjoy! Photo by Traxer on Unsplash

Yanis Varoufakis - Technofeudalism 29.08.2025 1:08:52

Join us as we read the first half of Yanis Varoufakis' Technofeudalism. Enjoy! Photo by srinivas bandari on Unsplash

Michel Foucault - History of Sexuality Vol. 1 2/2 22.08.2025 1:10:42

Welcome everybody! This week we're finishing up Michel Foucault's History of Sexuality Volume 1. Enjoy! Photo by Edoardo Cuoghi on Unsplash

Michel Foucault - History of Sexuality Vol. 1 1/2 15.08.2025 59:38

Join us this week as we read the first half of Michel Foucault's History of Sexuality Vol.1 Photo by charlesdeluvio on Unsplash

Alenka Zupančič - Disavowal 01.08.2025 1:04:40

This week we're reading a great new book from Alenka Zupančič, Disavowal. All of her books are great. Enjoy! Photo by Jon Butterworth on Unsplash

Theodor Adorno - Theses Against Occultism 25.07.2025 1:05:58

Join us as we delve into Adorno's essay "Theses Against Occultism". We're talking about crystals! We're talking about the death of God! Exciting stuff. Photo by PAN XIAOZHEN on Unsplash

Felix Guattari - The Three Ecologies 18.07.2025 1:08:14

Welcome to our season three opener! This week we're reading Felix Guattari's work The Three Ecologies. Enjoy! Photo by Victor on Unsplash

Philosophy of Led Zeppelin 09.05.2025 1:13:22

Join us this week for our season finale! We're discussing the philosophy of Led Zeppelin. Specifically, we're focusing on Zepellin IV, Presence, and Physical Graffiti. Enjoy!

Aleister Crowley - Little Essays Towards Truth II 25.04.2025 54:06

This week, we're finishing up Aleister Crowley's Little Essays Towards Truth. Enjoy!

Aleister Crowley - Little Essays Towards Truth I 18.04.2025 1:04:40

This week we're reading the first half of Little Essays Towards Truth. We're talking Thelema and the influence of The Tree of Life. Enjoy!

Alain Badiou - Handbook of Inaesthetics 2/2 11.04.2025 1:25:58

This week, we're finishing Alain Badious' book Inaesthetics . We go through his viewpoints on dance, theatre, cinema, and, of course, poetry. Noteably missing is a chapter devoted to music...enjoy!

Alain Badiou - Handbook of Inaesthetics 1/2 04.04.2025 1:15:26

Join us this week as we delve into Alain Badiou's Handbook of Inaesthetics. We'll discuss three primary ways philosophy has thought of art: didactic, romantic, and classical. Enjoy!

Cute Accelerationism - Amy Ireland and Maya B Kronic 28.03.2025 1:06:32

Join us as we discuss all manner of cute culture this world over. Instead of Nietzsche, we're introduced to Freddo. Instead of Heidegger, we get kawaidegger. Enjoy!

Friedrich Nietzcshe - Anti-Education II 21.03.2025 1:08:32

Welcome! This week we finished reading Nietzsche's Anti Education lectures. Enjoy!

Friedrich Nietzcshe - Anti-Education I 14.03.2025 1:17:24

Wow what a ride! This week we're reading some early lectures from the young (28 year old) Nietzsche. He diagnoses many issues in the 19th-century German education system. We also debate the coherence of these early stabs at critique. Enjoy!

Sigmund Freud - Mourning And Melancholia 07.03.2025 1:19:44

This week we're reading Freud's wild essay on mourning and melancholia. Freud's theory is that mourning results from a loss in the world, whereas melancholia results from a loss in the ego. We discuss what that means, as well as some of Freud's more dicey claims. Enjoy! Photo by Dana Bailey on Unsplash

Herbert Marcuse - The Problem of Violence And The Radical Opposition 28.02.2025 1:11:24

This week we're delving into the current political situation in the U.S. We're discussing concepts such as repressive desublimation and class consciousness. Enjoy! Photo by Markus Spiske on Unsplash