In this episode, Matt Valler and Matt Baker speak with Dan Siedell about the 'Curatorial Theology' he is currently developing as a graduate student at Drew University. Daniel A. Siedell is an art historian, art critic, and curator who has spent nearly twenty years writing and lecturing on modern art and theology. From 1996-2007 he was Chief Curator of the Sheldon Museum of Art, where he organized numerous exhibitions of modern & contemporary art. From 2007-2011 he was Professor of Modern &am...
Nov 13, 2023•1 hr 27 min
In this episode, we conclude our exploration of Clayton Crockett's book 'Energy and Change: A New Materialist Cosmotheology', speaking with Clayton Crockett himself to clarify and extend several ideas in this important book. Buy the book: http://cup.columbia.edu/book/energy-and-change/9780231206112 Music for This Episode: Exhausted Divinity, Niky Nine Conversion, Broad Sky
Oct 22, 2023•1 hr 13 min
In this episode, Matt speaks with the International Congress for Infrathin Studies founding members Petra Carlsson, Dan Seidell, Jeremy Biles, and Brent Everett Dickenson about the origin, purpose, and work of the ICIS. ICIS: http://www.infrathincongress.org/statement.html Petra: https://ehs.se/en/people/petra-carlsson/ Jeremy: https://saic.academia.edu/jbiles Brent: https://www.brenteverettdickinson.com/ Dan: https://www.tkc.edu/people/daniel-a-siedell/ War Machine's Patreon: https://patreon.co...
Oct 11, 2023•1 hr 3 min
In this episode, Justin and Matt speak to Andrew Davis about his recent book, Metaphysics of Exo-Life: Toward a Constructive Whiteheadian Cosmotheology. Andrew who is an American process philosopher, theologian, and scholar of cosmological wonder. He is program director for the Center for Process Studies where he researches, writes, teaches, and organizes conferences on various aspects of process-relational thought. Get the book here: https://www.amazon.com/Metaphysics-Exo-Life-Constructive-Whit...
Oct 02, 2023•1 hr
We continue our exploration of Clayton Crockett’s book, Energy and Change: A New Materialist Cosmotheology. Specifically, Mary Jane Rubenstein, Matt Valler, and Matt Baker discuss chapter 6 on Radical Theology and the Nature of God. Get the book: http://cup.columbia.edu/book/energy-and-change/9780231206112 Mary Jane Rubenstein: https://mrubenstein.faculty.wesleyan.edu/ Website: Warmachinepodcast.com Patreon: https://patreon.com/WarMachine419 Music for this episode: Adonis, Birds ov Paradise Love...
Sep 18, 2023•1 hr 24 min
In this episode, we continue our exploration of Clayton Crockett's book Energy and Change: A New Materialist Cosmotheology. Specifically, Matt Baker and Matt Valler are joined by Petra Carlsson to discuss chapter 4, Of Spirit in Amerindian, Vodou, and Chinese Traditions. Website: warmachinepodcast.com Get the book: http://cup.columbia.edu/book/energy-and-change/9780231206112 Music for this episode: French Inhale, bsd.u Love Always, Nu Alkemi Cleocarthal, Farkas Manatra, Aralem Nomad's Theme, Mat...
Sep 04, 2023•1 hr 8 min
In this episode, Matt Baker speaks with Luke Grote who recently completed a Ph.D. in Theological and Philosophical Studies in Religion at Drew University about his dissertation which was a comparison of the psychoanalytic theory of Jacques Lacan with Zen Buddhism. We were also joined by Leif McClellan who is a chaplain working in Minnesota. Website: warmachinepodcast.com Patreon: https://patreon.com/WarMachine419 Music for this episode: Love Always, Nu Alkemi Red Elevation, Hello Meteor Osiris, ...
Aug 31, 2023•46 min
In this episode Matt Baker speaks with writer and philosopher Jared Morningstar about Metamodernism and related subjects. Link to Jared's Medium Piece: "A Metamodern Artistic-Experimentalist Approach to Knowledge-Production-qua-Discovery" - https://jaredmorningstar.medium.com/a-metamodern-artistic-experimentalist-approach-to-knowledge-production-qua-discovery-575ef779fcda Jared's Website: https://jaredmorningstar.com/ Center for Process Studies: https://ctr4process.org/ Cobb Institute: https://c...
Aug 28, 2023•54 min
This episode continues our exploration of Clayton Crockett's 2022 publication Energy and Change: A New Materialist Cosmotheology. Specifically, Matt Baker and Matt Valler are joined by Jeffrey Robbins for a discussion of chapter 3: Political Economy and Political Ecology: Energy, Political Economy, and Exchange. Purchase the book: http://cup.columbia.edu/book/energy-and-change/9780231206112 Jeffrey Robbins: https://www.lvc.edu/profiles/dr-jeffrey-w-robbins/ Clayton Crockett: https://uca.edu/phil...
Aug 22, 2023•1 hr 54 min
In this episode, Justin Pearl and Matt Baker speak with Marika Rose about her recent publication "Theology for the End of the World". Dr. Marika Rose is Senior Lecturer in Philosophical Theology and works at the intersection of systematic theology and continental philosophy of religion. https://www.winchester.ac.uk/about-us/leadership-and-governance/staff-directory/staff-profiles/rose.php#:~:text=Dr%20Marika%20Rose%20is%20Senior,and%20continental%20philosophy%20of%20religion. Buy the book: https...
Aug 07, 2023•56 min
In this episode, Matt Baker and Justin Pearl speak with AJ Turner who raises some observations and possible critiques in response to Clayton Crockett's recent book "Energy and Change: A New Materialist Cosmo-theology". AJ is a graduate student at Drew University working in the areas of Pragmatism, Psychology of Religion, William James, Religious Naturalism, and Sociocultural Psychoanalysis. Music for this episode: Higher Dimension Waiting Room, Jazzbois The Sneeze, Jazzbois Love Always, Nu Alkem...
Jul 26, 2023•1 hr 3 min
This episode presents an adaptation of Tim Ingold's essay, "When Ant Meets Spider" as it appears in "Being Alive: Essays on Movement, Knowledge, and Description (2011)." https://www.amazon.com/Being-Alive-Tim-Ingold/dp/1032052317/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1V3DM9TCWCMPS&keywords=ingold+being+alive&qid=1688951629&sprefix=ingold+being+alive%2Caps%2C123&sr=8-1 Sound Design and Production by Matt Baker
Jul 10, 2023•21 min
In this episode, Matt Baker Speaks with Philosopher of Mind and Metaphysics - Peter Sjöstedt-Hughes - who specializes in the thought of Whitehead, Nietzsche, and Spinoza – and in fields pertaining to pan-psychism and altered states of consciousness. Peter is a research fellow and lecturer at The University of Exeter and author and coeditor of several books. https://www.philosopher.eu/ Music: Adonis, Birds of Prey Matt Baker, Nomad's Theme
Jun 28, 2023•44 min
In this episode, Matt Valler and Matt Baker continue their exploration and discussion of Clayton Crockett's book, "Energy and Change: A New Materialist Cosmo-theology". Particularly, we look at Chapter 2, "Vital Matters: Bioenergetics and Life". Part 1 - Introduction: https://www.entheosdesigns.net/items/clayton-crockett-%2F%2F%2F-energy-and-change-pt-1 Part 2 - Energy and the Dynamics of Nature: https://www.entheosdesigns.net/items/clayton-crockett-%2F%2F%2F-energy-and-change-pt-2 Contact us at...
Jun 20, 2023•35 min
In this episode, Matt Baker speaks with Matt Segall about his recent book, "Crossing the Threshold, Etheric Imagination in the Post-Kantian Process Philosophy of Schelling and Whitehead". Matt is a transdisciplinary researcher, author, and teacher applying process philosophy across the natural and social sciences, including the study of consciousness. He is Associate Professor in the Philosophy, Cosmology, and Consciousness Program at California Institute of Integral Studies in San Francisco, CA...
Jun 04, 2023•44 min
In this episode, Jordan Miller and Matt Baker speak with author Ed Simon about his recent article in Aeon, "A New Paganism: Why We Need a New Expression of the Sacred." https://aeon.co/essays/why-we-need-a-new-expression-of-the-sacred-a-pagan-theology https://edsimon.org/ https://millerje.wordpress.com/ Music for this episode: Exhausted Divinity, Niky Nine Dionysus, Birds ov Paradise
May 14, 2023•58 min
This episode features a talk given by Merlin Sheldrake titled "Mycological Metaphysics: Fungi and Alfred North Whitehead”. It was presented at the 50th Anniversary Conference of the Center for Process Studies. https://ctr4process.org/ Dr. Merlin Sheldrake is a biologist and author of Entangled Life: How Fungi Make Our Worlds, Change Our Minds, and Shape Our Futures, a New York Times and Sunday Times bestseller, and winner of the Royal Society Book Prize and the Wainwright Prize. Merlin received ...
May 06, 2023•22 min
In this episode, Matt Valler and Matt Baker continue their exploration and discussion of Clayton Crockett's book, "Energy and Change: A New Materialist Cosmo-theology". Particularly, we look at Chapter 1, "Energy and the Dynamics of Nature." Contact us at warmachinepodcast.com Music by Matt Baker Clayton Crockett: https://uca.edu/philosophy/facultystaff/clayton-crockett/
May 03, 2023•46 min
This episode continues our telling of HP Lovecraft's, "The Whisperer in the Dark". Written in 1930, it was first published in Weird Tales, August 1931. Similar to The Color Out of Space (1927), it is a blend of horror and science fiction. Although it makes numerous references to the Cthulhu Mythos, the story is not a central part of the mythos, but reflects a shift in Lovecraft's writing at this time towards science fiction. Parts 1 and 2 available here: https://www.entheosdesigns.net/items/h.p....
Apr 24, 2023•18 min
In this episode, Matt Baker speaks with author, educator, and radical theologian Maria Francesca French about her recently published book titled, "Safer Than the Known Way. A Post Christian Journey". The conversation centers predominantly on issues relevant to Radical Theology, post-Christian thought, and faith after the death of God, with something of an emphasis on the more spectral and apophatic theological valences within that tradition. Maria's website: https://www.mariafrancescafrench.com/...
Apr 10, 2023•52 min
This kicks off a series of conversations centering on Philosopher of Religion Clayton Crockett’s recent monogram, Energy and Change: A New Materialist Cosmotheology. In this episode, Matt Valler and Matt Baker discuss the book's introduction. Buy the book: https://cup.columbia.edu/book/energy-and-change/9780231206112 Music for this episode: Smoke Notturno, Hello Meteor Love Always, Nu Alkemi Nomad's Theme, Matt Baker
Apr 03, 2023•41 min
This episode features a talk given by Andy Hutcheson who is a researcher at the University of East Anglia, and an archaeologist specializing in the role of institutions in developing complexity in cultural heritage. The talk was recently presented at the 43rd Conference of the theoretical Archaeological Group in Edinburgh. The title of the paper is, The Long Roots of the Climate Crisis: An Archaeological Perspective on the Causes of Climate Change. Music for this episode: Adonis, Birds ov Paradi...
Apr 01, 2023•17 min
In this episode Justin Pearl and Matt Baker speak again to Randy Dible about George Spencer Brown's hugely influential but not widely-known mathematical grimoire Laws of Form, originally published in 1969. Randy is a lecturer in the Department of Philosophy at St. Joseph's University in New York, and a doctoral student in the Department of Philosophy, at The New School for Social Research. His work is in ontological phenomenology, history of philosophical ideas, and Ancient Greek philosophy. htt...
Mar 20, 2023•41 min
In this episode, Ezra Klein shares his recent article "This Changes Everything" which reflects on the impact artificial intelligence is likely to have on human affairs. Just kidding; the voice you hear is an AI generated clone. Read the original article here: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/12/opinion/chatbots-artificial-intelligence-future-weirdness.html The Ezra Klein show: https://www.nytimes.com/column/ezra-klein-podcast Music for this episode: Love Always, Nu Alkemi 2022 Compilation, Cryo C...
Mar 14, 2023•12 min
In this episode, Matt Baker speaks with educator, philosopher, and poet Asha Gowan about art and trauma, poetry and the self. Check out her website here: https://acgowan16.wordpress.com/ The Pit of Fame There’s a pit of fame that rivals the peaks in my lands, one I admit I dug and put there. It’s not a brief dip, not a dimple but a departure where the soul leaves its things. Careful where I step, I try to escape the pull in a flood of sacred words and tether to principles higher than my sight. B...
Feb 23, 2023•36 min
In this episode, Justin Pearl and Matt Baker speak with author and educator Steven Shaviro about his recent book The Rhythm Image, A.I., the philosophical purchase of science fiction, digital media, and more. Shaviro teaches at Wayne University and is a philosopher and cultural critic whose areas of interest include film theory, time, science fiction, panpsychism, capitalism, affect theory, and subjectivity. http://shaviro.com/ The Rhythm Image Chapter 1 https://www.dropbox.com/s/purvm85s8fvtpj8...
Feb 17, 2023•1 hr 9 min
The Whisperer in the Dark is a novella written by H.P. Lovecraft. Written February–September 1930, it was first published in Weird Tales, August 1931. Similar to The Color Out of Space (1927), it is a blend of horror and science fiction. Although it makes numerous references to the Cthulhu Mythos, the story is not a central part of the mythos, but reflects a shift in Lovecraft's writing at this time towards science fiction. Episode produced by War Machine. Music provided by Cryo-Chamber Music. C...
Feb 14, 2023•45 min
"The Silver Key" is a fantasy short story by American writer H. P. Lovecraft. Written in 1926, it is considered part of his Dreamlands series. It was first published in the January 1929 issue of Weird Tales. Episode produced by Matt Baker and War Machine Music by Gdanian from the album "Induction" published by Cryo-Chamber 2022.
Feb 10, 2023•33 min
In this episode Matt Baker speaks with German-American Theologian Joerg Rieger about his new book "Theology in the Capitalocene: Ecology, Identity, Class, and Solidarity". Joerg is a professor of Christian theology whose work emphasizes economic justice and political movements. Rieger is also an ordained minister of the United Methodist Church. Rieger is Cal Turner Chancellor's Chair in Wesleyan Studies and Distinguished Professor of Theology at the Divinity School and the Graduate Program of Re...
Feb 05, 2023•45 min
In this episode Matt Baker and Matt Valler discuss chapters 1-4 of Vicky Kirby's "Quantum Anthropologies: Life at Large." Quantum Anthropologies: https://www.amazon.com/Quantum-Anthropologies-Life-at-Large/dp/0822350734/ref=sr_1_1?crid=PVP0UJD5OYDE&keywords=quantum+anthropologies&qid=1669433810&sprefix=quantum+anthropologies%2Caps%2C93&sr=8-1&ufe=app_do%3Aamzn1.fos.08f69ac3-fd3d-4b88-bca2-8997e41410bb Music for this episode: Birds ov Paradise, Adonis Hello Meteor, The Turn Af...
Nov 26, 2022•1 hr 2 min
