Theories in Praxis

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A biweekly show hosted by Philip Butler and Girim Jung where we make connections between theory, praxis, and current events.

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    • Apr 24, 2023 LATEST EPISODE
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    Season 2, Episode 7 - Abandoning Time

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 24, 2023


    This week we discuss Calvin Warren's "Abandoning Time: Black Nihilism and the Democratic Imagination" along with current geopolitical tensions and economic anxieties. Shout out to @theblacksparkpodcast for the intro/outro music! Please support us by liking, subscribing, and reviewing our podcast

    Season 2, Episode 6 - Black Trans Feminism

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 15, 2022


    This week we discuss Chapter 3 of Marquis Bey's "Black Trans Feminism," along with current geopolitical tensions and economic anxieties. Shout out to @theblacksparkpodcast for the intro/outro music! Please support us by liking, subscribing, and reviewing our podcast

    Season 2, Episode 5 - Discourse On Colonialism

    Play Episode Listen Later May 6, 2022


    This week we discuss Aime Cesaire's Discourse on Colonialism along with the recent Roe v. Wade draft opinion leak. Shout out to @theblacksparkpodcast for the intro/outro music! Please support us by liking, subscribing, and reviewing our podcast as well as visiting our Patreon account (https://bit.ly/32vWe8P).

    Season 2, Episode 4 - Techno-Orientalism

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 18, 2022


    This week we discuss G's "Techno-Orientalism" piece on Political Theology Network. Shout out to @theblacksparkpodcast for the intro/outro music! Please support us by liking, subscribing, and reviewing our podcast as well as visiting our Patreon account (https://bit.ly/32vWe8P).

    Season 2, Episode 3 - Blacceleration

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 4, 2022


    This week we discuss Aria Dean's "Notes on Blacceleration" and current events accelerating the demise of late capitalism. Shout out to @theblacksparkpodcast for the intro/outro music! Please support us by liking, subscribing, and reviewing our podcast as well as visiting our Patreon account (https://bit.ly/32vWe8P).

    Season 2 Ep. 2 - Moten's Blackness and Nothingness

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 14, 2022


    This week we discuss Fred Moten's "Blackness and Nothingness," and discuss gas prices, South Korean presidential election results, and Florida's "Don't Say Gay" law. Shout out to @theblacksparkpodcast for the intro/outro music! Please support us by liking, subscribing, and reviewing our podcast as well as visiting our Patreon account (https://bit.ly/32vWe8P).

    Season 2, Episode 1 -- Season Opener

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 25, 2022


    Theories in Praxis returns for the second season by checking in on what Phil and Girim have been doing over the past few month, commentary on the Ukraine crisis, and looking to what's next.

    Ep. 10 - Phil's Black Posthuman Transformer - Season Finale Live Show

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 28, 2021


    This week we discuss Philip's article "The Black Posthuman Transformer" (https://bit.ly/3j130Ks) and discuss #WallStreetBets war on hedge funds. Shout out to @theblacksparkpodcast for the intro/outro music! Please support us by liking, subscribing, and reviewing our podcast as well as visiting our Patreon account (https://bit.ly/32vWe8P).

    Ep. 9 - Socialism, Anti-Anti Racism, and the MAGA Coup

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 8, 2021


    This week we discuss Warren Montag and Joseph Serrano's "Socialism, Universalism and Anti-Anti-Racism," and discuss the fallout of the January 6th MAGA Coup. Shout out to @theblacksparkpodcast for the intro/outro music! Please support us by liking, subscribing, and reviewing our podcast as well as visiting our Patreon account (https://bit.ly/32vWe8P).

    Ep. 8 - Moten & Harney's The Undercommons

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 23, 2020


    This week we discuss Fred Moten and Stefano Harney's "The Undercommons," and discuss the SolarWinds hack, China's weather experiments, and France's cyborg soldiers. Shout out to @theblacksparkpodcast for the intro/outro music! Please support us by liking, subscribing, and reviewing our podcast as well as visiting our Patreon account (https://bit.ly/32vWe8P).

    Ep. 7 - Meta-bodies and Micro-warzones

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 9, 2020


    This week we discuss Jaime de Val and Stefan Lorenz Sorgner's "A Metahumanist Manifesto," discuss current events like AI-assisted remote weapons and continued attacks on election integrity by the alt-right. Shout out to @theblacksparkpodcast for the intro/outro music! Please support us by liking, subscribing, and reviewing our podcast as well as visiting our Patreon account (https://bit.ly/32vWe8P).

    Ep. 6 - G's Decolonial Comparative Theology: Talking Archipelagos and Asteroid Subjects

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 18, 2020


    This week we discuss G's latest article "Decolonizing Comparative Theology" (https://bit.ly/3kKOMgc), discuss current events like post-election fallout, and offer a good metaphor for what liberation looks like. Please support us by liking, subscribing, and reviewing our podcast as well as visiting our Patreon account (https://bit.ly/32vWe8P).

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    Ep. 5 - Election Day Live Show

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 9, 2020


    This week we discuss updates during Election Day, muse about current political happenings, review Denise Ferreira da Silva's "Toward a Black Feminist Poethics," and talk about future practices of liberation. Please support us by liking, subscribing, and reviewing our podcast as well as visiting our Patreon account (https://bit.ly/32vWe8P).

    Ep. 4 - Sharpe's In the Wake and Lovecraft HBO's Posthuman Awakening

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 21, 2020


    This week we introduce Christina Sharpe's "In the Wake: On Blackness and Being" and discuss current events such as Ice Cube and the Platinum Plan, Purdue Pharma's resolution of the opioid epidemic, and the season finale of Lovecraft Country. Please support us by liking, subscribing, and reviewing our podcast as well as visiting our Patreon account (https://bit.ly/32vWe8P).

    Ep. 3 - Wilderson's The Black Liberation Army & the Paradox of Political Engagement

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 7, 2020


    This week we introduce Frank B. Wilderson III's essay on Assata Shakur, the Black Liberation Army, and the relationship between the political narrative structure, the symbolic order of the psyche, and ontological blackness. We discuss current events such as the first presidential debate, Covid in the White House, and strategies of liberation and resistance. Please support us by liking, subscribing, and reviewing our podcast as well as visiting our Patreon account (https://bit.ly/32vWe8P).

    Ep. 2.5 - Our Response to the Breonna Taylor Announcement

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 25, 2020


    Mid-week update following the Breonna Taylor Grand Jury Announcement. We share our reactions, analysis, and where to go from here. Particularly discussing the geopolitical limits of countering oppressive governments. Please support us by liking, subscribing, and reviewing our podcast as well as visiting our Patreon account (https://bit.ly/32vWe8P).

    Ep. 2 - Chen's Queered Animacies as Resistance

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 23, 2020


    This week we introduce Mel Y. Chen's "Animacies" and discuss current events such as white scholars and activists who built their careers by claiming to be Black, and the grand jury decision for the murder of Breonna Taylor. Please support us by liking, subscribing, and reviewing our podcast as well as visiting our Patreon account (https://bit.ly/32vWe8P).

    Ep. 1 - Theories in Praxis

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 8, 2020


    For our first episode, we introduce Jasbir K. Puar's "The Right to Maim" and discuss current events such as Jacob Blake's video from the hospital. Please support us by liking, subscribing, and reviewing our podcast as well as visiting our Patreon account (https://bit.ly/32vWe8P).

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