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Find yourself on a negative thinking loop? Maybe feeling frustrated or anxious? Or maybe you're just not living in a state that you want to be in. Either way, today I'll show you how to shift your state simply.In this episode of The Soul-Led Millionaire, you'll learn:What your state is and why it's so important to shiftWhy most of us aren't living the lives and financial freedom we wantHow to pattern interrupt negative thinking to change your stateMy favourite exercise for shifting into your desired statePrompts for you to use anytime you want to shift your state

Access free PDF downloads of Meher Baba's books at MeherSepas Book LibraryFollow us on: MeherSepas.comInstagramFacebookYouTubeAll PodcastsSubscribe to the MeherSepas.com for all the latest information and join the Meher Baba Bi-Weekly Zoom Meetings­­Audio: Mehrnaz#9  BE LOST TO YOURSELF To achieve the God – State, do absolutely nothing, while doing everything. To be infinitely conscious, you must consciously lose consciousness of yourself. To be ever present with God, never be absent from Him.Deny your false self, and your real Self asserts itself. Renounce everything to such an extent that you eventually renounce even renunciation. Die for Baba and then you will live as Baba. To know Me as I really am, become a child in heart and be wise as a man of wisdom. Either keep away from the wine of love of Beloved Baba, or if you taste it, seal your lips against complaints.

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Join our community of Go(o)d Friends to deep dive into today's practice with us!Today's Quotes:"There is a Power that will light your way to health, happiness, peace, and success if you will but turn toward that Light." – Yogananda“The light of the world comes and goes, it is unstable. The Light that is eternal can never be extinguished. By this Light you behold the outer light and everything in the universe; it is only because It shines ever within you, that you can perceive the outer light. Whatever appears to you in the universe is due solely to that great Light within you, and only because the Supreme Knowledge of the essence of things lies hidden in the depths of your being is it possible for you to acquire knowledge of any kind.” – Ananadamayi Ma "The Light inside, the Love inside of us, is always present.  It can't be anywhere else.  God lives inside of us as who we really are.  Not as "God": Some Other Thing.  As who we are.  Not somebody else. Not something else." - Krishna Das, Chants of a Lifetime "Waking State - Movie playing, lights offDream State- Movie playing, lights offDeep Sleep- Movie not playing, lights offTuriya- Movie playing, lights ONTuriya is pure consciousness-- the background that underlies and pervades the three common states of consciousness (waking state, dreaming state, and dreamless deep sleep)." --'Turiya, The God State' by Santata GamanaToday's Practice:Stay aware that you're aware.  Stay aware that you're in the movie theatre watching, with the lights on, so you won't be fully absorbed into the storyline.  Watch the movie of your life like Michael Jackson in THIS GIF.  The Light is here, and you are That.  

Join our community of Go(o)d Friends to deep dive into today's practice with me!Today's Quotes:"The moment you see through the appearances of material concepts, you experience the Joy that is everywhere.  You feel it within yourself. " - John Stephenson "We have to develop the divine vision which sees through the negative and positive and instantaneously becomes aware of Divine Perfection seated on every throne.  This is how we bring the Light of God into this physical world, by recognizing It in the invisible. We all have that possibility, and if we are ready, we can call It our responsibility.  As a bearer of the Light we have to see the Light.  At first , we have to feel the Light, so we intuit the Light before we even see It. And when we see It, turns out to be different than physical Light.  It is the Light of wisdom." -Herb Fitch "Dive deep into the inner Peace, not in the sea of diversity. " - The Yoga Vasistha Bonus Quote:When we come to EarthThey call it a birthWhen we leave. they say we die. But we really don't come. and we really don't go. We just dream our lives,but why?To awaken as Blissfrom all of this, Joyous that all is"I".-Ron's memories (from an Amazon review beneath a book called 'Turiya the God State) "What you have called the body does not exist in the eyes of the sage." -The Yoga Vasistha "When there is the notion of reality (permanence) in unreal phenomena, there is bondage."-The Yoga Vasistha Today's Practice:See everything as a rainbow... as temporary, impermanent, fleeting.  Recognize that not even the most beautiful appearance is the source of the Joy that you truly are.   Look through the appearances today, and feel Truth. Let that feeling (silent-Love) of Truth become the appearance of the miracle you've been seeking. (Final thought--There's actually no one here to see through anything, and no illusion that needs to be seen through.)

Access free PDF downloads of Meher Baba's books at MeherSepas Book LibraryFollow us on: MeherSepas.comInstagramFacebookYouTubeAll PodcastsSubscribe to the MeherSepas.com for all the latest information and join the Meher Baba Bi-Weekly Zoom Meetings­­Audio: Shahin#9  BE LOST TO YOURSELF To achieve the God – State, do absolutely nothing, while doing everything. To be infinitely conscious, you must consciously lose consciousness of yourself. To be ever present with God, never be absent from Him.Deny your false self, and your real Self asserts itself. Renounce everything to such an extent that you eventually renounce even renunciation. Die for Baba and then you will live as Baba. To know Me as I really am, become a child in heart and be wise as a man of wisdom. Either keep away from the wine of love of Beloved Baba, or if you taste it, seal your lips against complaints.

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Life may sometimes throw its curveball that challenges you to doubt what you have once believed; do a few things discussed here to reinforce your confidence in God. Indeed, you are not alone. God is with you, and you are enclosed in His casing! Take these actions and others discussed in this podcast episode 1. Declare your identity in God - State who you are regardless of the present circumstance. (Do this repeatedly to change your thought pattern. Do it even when you don’t feel it.) 2. Retrain your mind each time it wanders back into the negative routine. - Question yourself to retrain your mind. - - Ask yourself who gave you what you have today? 3. Pray over those positive words that you have declared into your life. - Never, and never stop praying. Pray until your joy is full! Listen to this podcast completely to get the full details - Indeed, you are enclosed in God's casing! Download this podcast -> https://bit.ly/godscasing Subscribe to this Trumpet Media podcast on iTunes and other outlets (& rate us). Interest-based suggestions: Should Emotion Drive Your Praises? Idol Worship - A Practice That God Hates! Don’t Miss Part 2 Download of “Gospel Praise Jazz - African Medley” Christianity and Temptation are Inseparable but Victory Sure THE SENSE OF HIS PRESENCE - (AUDIO & VIDEO) SUBSCRIBE TO NEWSLETTER  By subscribing I accept the privacy rules of this site  

This is Episode 78 of the State of the Theory Podcast. Politics. Power. Popular Culture. And other stuff, probably. In this series, we’re like super nerdy philosophical DJs: mashing up Serious Academic Questions with the most topical news and trends in pop culture. Each week, we’ll tackle a new topic and collide it with ‘critical theory’ (we’re pretty loose with our definitions, though, so expect the unexpected). Our aim is to destroy the stuff we know, explore the stuff we don’t and unsettle everything we think we know about the world. We take the obvious, the commonsensical, the certain, and then we rip it all to shreds. We are your theory doctors and we are always on call. This week we look at famous images of famous politicians and try to understand how and why politicians use the power of the image. Who are they trying to convince, and of what? You can see the photograph of Narendra Modi and his mother here: https://twitter.com/FriedrichPieter/status/1189649532025528320 You can see the photograph of Narendra Modi praying here: https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/pm-modi-in-uttarakhand-to-offer-prayers-at-kedarnath-shrine/story-M52WZnEawYecbsLpRD4ZZO.html You can see Boris Johnson stuck on a zip wire here: https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/jul/16/stuck-zip-wire-boris-johnson-london-2012-olympics You can see the photograph of Barack Obama here: https://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/24/us/politics/indelible-image-of-a-boys-pat-on-obamas-head-hangs-in-white-house.html Our theme music is "The Face of God" by The Agrarians (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/The_Agrarians/The_Jovial_Shepherd/The_Face_of_God) State of the Theory is brought to you by Hannah Fitzpatrick (@drhfitz) and Anindya Raychaudhuri (@DrAnindyaR) Find us on Facebook (www.facebook.com/stateofthetheorypodcast) or Tweet us @TheoryDoctors

This is Episode 77 of the State of the Theory Podcast. Politics. Power. Popular Culture. And other stuff, probably. In this series, we’re like super nerdy philosophical DJs: mashing up Serious Academic Questions with the most topical news and trends in pop culture. Each week, we’ll tackle a new topic and collide it with ‘critical theory’ (we’re pretty loose with our definitions, though, so expect the unexpected). Our aim is to destroy the stuff we know, explore the stuff we don’t and unsettle everything we think we know about the world. We take the obvious, the commonsensical, the certain, and then we rip it all to shreds. We are your theory doctors and we are always on call. This week we discuss prizes – as the Booker and the Nobel both announce this year’s winners, we think of the role awards play in a capitalist economy. Do prizes help spread privilege, or do they reinforce privilege? Does “trickle-down” work when it comes to award-recognition and representation? And, perhaps most of all, why do we still care about prizes in the first place? You can read about Bernardine Evaristo and Margaret Atwood winning the Booker here: https://www.theguardian.com/books/2019/oct/15/booker-winners-bernardine-evaristo-margaret-atwood-rule-breaking You can read about Abhijeet Banerjee, Esther Duflo and Michael Kremer winning the Nobel Prize in Economics here: https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/nobel-economics-prize-for-2019-awarded-to-abhijit-banerjee-esther-duflo-michael-kremer-for-studies-on-poverty/story-TgkwgPUwOcvYbmo4xob1lO.html Our theme music is "The Face of God" by The Agrarians (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/The_Agrarians/The_Jovial_Shepherd/The_Face_of_God) State of the Theory is brought to you by Hannah Fitzpatrick (@drhfitz) and Anindya Raychaudhuri (@DrAnindyaR) Find us on Facebook (www.facebook.com/stateofthetheorypodcast) or Tweet us @TheoryDoctors

This is Episode 76 of the State of the Theory Podcast. Politics. Power. Popular Culture. And other stuff, probably. In this series, we’re like super nerdy philosophical DJs: mashing up Serious Academic Questions with the most topical news and trends in pop culture. Each week, we’ll tackle a new topic and collide it with ‘critical theory’ (we’re pretty loose with our definitions, though, so expect the unexpected). Our aim is to destroy the stuff we know, explore the stuff we don’t and unsettle everything we think we know about the world. We take the obvious, the commonsensical, the certain, and then we rip it all to shreds. We are your theory doctors and we are always on call. This week we are excited by the return of “Spitting Image” (https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2019/sep/28/spitting-image-returns-chaotic-times-trump-putin-zuckerberg) and think about what makes effective satire. What is the relationship between satire and time, and why does some satire age well, while others don’t? What is the point of satire anyway? You can watch the “Going for an English” sketch from “Goodness Gracious Me” here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=huSP7PtctC4 You can watch the “Delhi Mail” sketch from “Goodness Gracious Me” here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k7nU2a23m9o You can listen to “The Post 9/11 Blues” by Riz MC here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AKTsJpfC0IQ You can listen to “Send the Marines” by Tom Lehrer here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eFvxqQTh3m4 You can listen to “National Brotherhood Week” by Tom Lehrer here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CgASBVMyVFI You can watch “Black Jeopardy” with Tom Hanks on “Saturday Night Live” here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O7VaXlMvAvk Our theme music is "The Face of God" by The Agrarians (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/The_Agrarians/The_Jovial_Shepherd/The_Face_of_God) State of the Theory is brought to you by Hannah Fitzpatrick (@drhfitz) and Anindya Raychaudhuri (@DrAnindyaR) Find us on Facebook (www.facebook.com/stateofthetheorypodcast) or Tweet us @TheoryDoctors

This is Episode 75 of the State of the Theory Podcast. Politics. Power. Popular Culture. And other stuff, probably. In this series, we’re like super nerdy philosophical DJs: mashing up Serious Academic Questions with the most topical news and trends in pop culture. Each week, we’ll tackle a new topic and collide it with ‘critical theory’ (we’re pretty loose with our definitions, though, so expect the unexpected). Our aim is to destroy the stuff we know, explore the stuff we don’t and unsettle everything we think we know about the world. We take the obvious, the commonsensical, the certain, and then we rip it all to shreds. We are your theory doctors and we are always on call. Here we do a callback to Episode 37: Mindhunting with Foucault, in which we use the theories of Michel Foucault to analyse the Netflix show "Mindhunters". Now that Netflix has released the second season of the show, we return to these theories to think about what has changed in the second season, and how it finds ways of testing the limits of the categories that it has created. You can watch the Ed Kemper comparison video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FDYBmNYc8IA Our theme music is "The Face of God" by The Agrarians (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/The_Agrarians/The_Jovial_Shepherd/The_Face_of_God) State of the Theory is brought to you by Hannah Fitzpatrick (@drhfitz) and Anindya Raychaudhuri (@DrAnindyaR) Find us on Facebook (www.facebook.com/stateofthetheorypodcast) or Tweet us @TheoryDoctors

This is Episode 74 of the State of the Theory Podcast. Politics. Power. Popular Culture. And other stuff, probably. In this series, we’re like super nerdy philosophical DJs: mashing up Serious Academic Questions with the most topical news and trends in pop culture. Each week, we’ll tackle a new topic and collide it with ‘critical theory’ (we’re pretty loose with our definitions, though, so expect the unexpected). Our aim is to destroy the stuff we know, explore the stuff we don’t and unsettle everything we think we know about the world. We take the obvious, the commonsensical, the certain, and then we rip it all to shreds. We are your theory doctors and we are always on call. In the middle of the possible impeachment of Donald Trump, Penguin Random House has released the nine-page letter from the anonymous CIA whistleblower as an audio book, which you can listen to hear (https://soundcloud.com/penguin-audio/the-whistle-blower-complaint-released-by-the-house-intelligence-committee-9262019) This got us thinking about the importance of ritualised performance in our democracy. We talk about the performance of the Chilcot Report in Edinburgh in August 2016 (https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2016/aug/09/comedians-begin-edinburgh-recital-of-chilcot-report-iraq-out-and-loud) and the dramatization of the Muller report (https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2019/07/08/its-the-end-of-my-presidency-movie-stars-channel-mueller) We use J.L. Austin, Mikhail Bakhtin and Victor Turner to think about the importance of performance, and its connection to our body politic. Our theme music is "The Face of God" by The Agrarians (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/The_Agrarians/The_Jovial_Shepherd/The_Face_of_God) State of the Theory is brought to you by Hannah Fitzpatrick (@drhfitz) and Anindya Raychaudhuri (@DrAnindyaR) Find us on Facebook (www.facebook.com/stateofthetheorypodcast) or Tweet us @TheoryDoctors

This is Episode 73 of the State of the Theory Podcast. Politics. Power. Popular Culture. And other stuff, probably. In this series, we’re like super nerdy philosophical DJs: mashing up Serious Academic Questions with the most topical news and trends in pop culture. Each week, we’ll tackle a new topic and collide it with ‘critical theory’ (we’re pretty loose with our definitions, though, so expect the unexpected). Our aim is to destroy the stuff we know, explore the stuff we don’t and unsettle everything we think we know about the world. We take the obvious, the commonsensical, the certain, and then we rip it all to shreds. We are your theory doctors and we are always on call. In this episode, we continue our discussion about climate change and political activism from last week, and talk about teenage political activism. Focussing on Greta Thunberg, Emma Gonzalez and Malala Yousafzai, we interrogate the position occupied by these young women, and how their political activism is received and consumed by an adult world. You can watch Emma Gonzalez speak at the March for our Lives rally here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u46HzTGVQhg You can watch Greta Thunberg speak at the United Nations here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bW3IQ-ke43w Our thanks to Dr Peter Mackay (@PadraigMacaoidh) for supplying some really useful ideas for this episode. Our theme music is "The Face of God" by The Agrarians (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/The_Agrarians/The_Jovial_Shepherd/The_Face_of_God) State of the Theory is brought to you by Hannah Fitzpatrick (@drhfitz) and Anindya Raychaudhuri (@DrAnindyaR) Find us on Facebook (www.facebook.com/stateofthetheorypodcast) or Tweet us @TheoryDoctors

This is Episode 72 of the State of the Theory Podcast. Politics. Power. Popular Culture. And other stuff, probably. In this series, we’re like super nerdy philosophical DJs: mashing up Serious Academic Questions with the most topical news and trends in pop culture. Each week, we’ll tackle a new topic and collide it with ‘critical theory’ (we’re pretty loose with our definitions, though, so expect the unexpected). Our aim is to destroy the stuff we know, explore the stuff we don’t and unsettle everything we think we know about the world. We take the obvious, the commonsensical, the certain, and then we rip it all to shreds. We are your theory doctors and we are always on call. In this episode, we talk about the climate change and political activism, and discuss what appears to us to be the strengths and the weaknesses of the Extinction Rebellion movement. We ask: what should be the relationship between the human and non-human, and who should have priority? Our theme music is "The Face of God" by The Agrarians (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/The_Agrarians/The_Jovial_Shepherd/The_Face_of_God) State of the Theory is brought to you by Hannah Fitzpatrick (@drhfitz) and Anindya Raychaudhuri (@DrAnindyaR) Find us on Facebook (www.facebook.com/stateofthetheorypodcast) or Tweet us @TheoryDoctors

This is Episode 71 of the State of the Theory Podcast. Politics. Power. Popular Culture. And other stuff, probably. In this series, we’re like super nerdy philosophical DJs: mashing up Serious Academic Questions with the most topical news and trends in pop culture. Each week, we’ll tackle a new topic and collide it with ‘critical theory’ (we’re pretty loose with our definitions, though, so expect the unexpected). Our aim is to destroy the stuff we know, explore the stuff we don’t and unsettle everything we think we know about the world. We take the obvious, the commonsensical, the certain, and then we rip it all to shreds. We are your theory doctors and we are always on call. In this episode, recorded on 5 July, we talk about the recent controversy arising from the decision to cast Halle Bailey (a black actor) in the role of Ariel in Disney’s live-action remake of The Little Mermaid. We use this story to explore the role of race and gender in the politics of casting. We refer to this twitter thread about the diversity in the ways in which mermaids have been represented through history: https://twitter.com/erik_kaars/status/1146690062182232065 Our theme music is "The Face of God" by The Agrarians (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/The_Agrarians/The_Jovial_Shepherd/The_Face_of_God) State of the Theory is brought to you by Hannah Fitzpatrick (@drhfitz) and Anindya Raychaudhuri (@DrAnindyaR) Find us on Facebook (www.facebook.com/stateofthetheorypodcast) or Tweet us @TheoryDoctors

This is Episode 70 of the State of the Theory Podcast. Politics. Power. Popular Culture. And other stuff, probably. In this series, we’re like super nerdy philosophical DJs: mashing up Serious Academic Questions with the most topical news and trends in pop culture. Each week, we’ll tackle a new topic and collide it with ‘critical theory’ (we’re pretty loose with our definitions, though, so expect the unexpected). Our aim is to destroy the stuff we know, explore the stuff we don’t and unsettle everything we think we know about the world. We take the obvious, the commonsensical, the certain, and then we rip it all to shreds. We are your theory doctors and we are always on call. In this episode, recorded on 30 August, we talk about Boris Johnson’s (Prime Minister of the United Kingdom) decision to prorogue parliament, which will reduce the time parliament has to try to work on a brexit deal. We explore this decision and the reaction to it, and try to understand what it tells us about democracy. Our theme music is "The Face of God" by The Agrarians (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/The_Agrarians/The_Jovial_Shepherd/The_Face_of_God) State of the Theory is brought to you by Hannah Fitzpatrick (@drhfitz) and Anindya Raychaudhuri (@DrAnindyaR) Find us on Facebook (www.facebook.com/stateofthetheorypodcast) or Tweet us @TheoryDoctors

This is Episode 69 of the State of the Theory Podcast. Politics. Power. Popular Culture. And other stuff, probably. In this series, we’re like super nerdy philosophical DJs: mashing up Serious Academic Questions with the most topical news and trends in pop culture. Each week, we’ll tackle a new topic and collide it with ‘critical theory’ (we’re pretty loose with our definitions, though, so expect the unexpected). Our aim is to destroy the stuff we know, explore the stuff we don’t and unsettle everything we think we know about the world. We take the obvious, the commonsensical, the certain, and then we rip it all to shreds. We are your theory doctors and we are always on call. In this episode, we talk about the Indian government’s punitive and military measures in Kashmir. We think about effects of the combination of religious nationalism, racist misogyny and unbridled capitalism on the situation in Kashmir. #StandWithKashmir #EndKashmirBlockade We mention the work of Dibyesh Anand: https://westminsterresearch.westminster.ac.uk/item/91407/porno-nationalism-and-the-male-subject-an-ethnography-of-hindu-nationalist-imagination-in-india You can read BBC coverage of allegations of torture by government forces here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-49481180 Our theme music is "The Face of God" by The Agrarians (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/The_Agrarians/The_Jovial_Shepherd/The_Face_of_God) State of the Theory is brought to you by Hannah Fitzpatrick (@drhfitz) and Anindya Raychaudhuri (@DrAnindyaR) Find us on Facebook (www.facebook.com/stateofthetheorypodcast) or Tweet us @TheoryDoctors

This is Episode 68 of the State of the Theory Podcast. Politics. Power. Popular Culture. And other stuff, probably. In this series, we’re like super nerdy philosophical DJs: mashing up Serious Academic Questions with the most topical news and trends in pop culture. Each week, we’ll tackle a new topic and collide it with ‘critical theory’ (we’re pretty loose with our definitions, though, so expect the unexpected). Our aim is to destroy the stuff we know, explore the stuff we don’t and unsettle everything we think we know about the world. We take the obvious, the commonsensical, the certain, and then we rip it all to shreds. We are your theory doctors and we are always on call. In this episode, we talk about recent and historic controversies about sporting celebrations – from Sourav Ganguly taking his shirt off on the player’s balcony at Lord’s Cricket Ground, to Alex Morgan and Megan Rapinoe’s celebrations during the 2019 Women’s Football World Cup. We read politics of race, class, and empire into these celebrations and the responses they have elicited in the media. Our theme music is "The Face of God" by The Agrarians (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/The_Agrarians/The_Jovial_Shepherd/The_Face_of_God) State of the Theory is brought to you by Hannah Fitzpatrick and Anindya Raychaudhuri Find us on Facebook (www.facebook.com/stateofthetheorypodcast) or Tweet us @drhfitz and @DrAnindyaR

This is Episode 67 of the State of the Theory Podcast. Politics. Power. Popular Culture. And other stuff, probably. In this series, we’re like super nerdy philosophical DJs: mashing up Serious Academic Questions with the most topical news and trends in pop culture. Each week, we’ll tackle a new topic and collide it with ‘critical theory’ (we’re pretty loose with our definitions, though, so expect the unexpected). Our aim is to destroy the stuff we know, explore the stuff we don’t and unsettle everything we think we know about the world. We take the obvious, the commonsensical, the certain, and then we rip it all to shreds. We are your theory doctors and we are always on call. In this episode, we use the recent doctors’ strikes in West Bengal, India, and our own USS University strikes from last year to talk about trade unionism, industrial action, privilege and profit. What is a strike, and why is it important? Our theme music is "The Face of God" by The Agrarians (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/The_Agrarians/The_Jovial_Shepherd/The_Face_of_God) State of the Theory is brought to you by Hannah Fitzpatrick and Anindya Raychaudhuri Find us on Facebook (www.facebook.com/stateofthetheorypodcast) or Tweet us @drhfitz and @DrAnindyaR

This is Episode 66 of the State of the Theory Podcast. Politics. Power. Popular Culture. And other stuff, probably. In this series, we’re like super nerdy philosophical DJs: mashing up Serious Academic Questions with the most topical news and trends in pop culture. Each week, we’ll tackle a new topic and collide it with ‘critical theory’ (we’re pretty loose with our definitions, though, so expect the unexpected). Our aim is to destroy the stuff we know, explore the stuff we don’t and unsettle everything we think we know about the world. We take the obvious, the commonsensical, the certain, and then we rip it all to shreds. We are your theory doctors and we are always on call. In this episode, we discuss the various ways nations perform their identities through national celebrations such as independence day. What do these performances tell us about the nation, and the way it functions in today’s world. Our theme music is "The Face of God" by The Agrarians (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/The_Agrarians/The_Jovial_Shepherd/The_Face_of_God) State of the Theory is brought to you by Hannah Fitzpatrick and Anindya Raychaudhuri Find us on Facebook (www.facebook.com/stateofthetheorypodcast) or Tweet us @drhfitz and @DrAnindyaR

This is Episode 65 of the State of the Theory Podcast. Politics. Power. Popular Culture. And other stuff, probably. In this series, we’re like super nerdy philosophical DJs: mashing up Serious Academic Questions with the most topical news and trends in pop culture. Each week, we’ll tackle a new topic and collide it with ‘critical theory’ (we’re pretty loose with our definitions, though, so expect the unexpected). Our aim is to destroy the stuff we know, explore the stuff we don’t and unsettle everything we think we know about the world. We take the obvious, the commonsensical, the certain, and then we rip it all to shreds. We are your theory doctors and we are always on call. In this episode, we continue our discussion on mental health from last week. Today we focus on the political economy of mental health, comparing the health-care systems in the UK and the USA, and what it means for the way we think about and manage mental health issues. More information about The Samaritans can be found at https://www.samaritans.org Our theme music is "The Face of God" by The Agrarians (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/The_Agrarians/The_Jovial_Shepherd/The_Face_of_God) State of the Theory is brought to you by Hannah Fitzpatrick and Anindya Raychaudhuri Find us on Facebook (www.facebook.com/stateofthetheorypodcast) or Tweet us @drhfitz and @DrAnindyaR

This is Episode 64 of the State of the Theory Podcast. Politics. Power. Popular Culture. And other stuff, probably. In this series, we’re like super nerdy philosophical DJs: mashing up Serious Academic Questions with the most topical news and trends in pop culture. Each week, we’ll tackle a new topic and collide it with ‘critical theory’ (we’re pretty loose with our definitions, though, so expect the unexpected). Our aim is to destroy the stuff we know, explore the stuff we don’t and unsettle everything we think we know about the world. We take the obvious, the commonsensical, the certain, and then we rip it all to shreds. We are your theory doctors and we are always on call. In this episode, we respond to a number of programmes featured on the recent “Mental Health Season” on the BBC: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p04t6bc1 In particular, we discuss the programme on anxiety and Nadiya Hussain, and on psychosis with David Harewood. We think about the ways in which these documentaries dfealt with issues of gender and race, and what that tells us about empathy in society. Along the way, we mention the essay “The Great Family of Man” by Roland Barthes which can be found in his book “Mythologies”: https://soundenvironments.files.wordpress.com/2011/11/roland-barthes-mythologies.pdf Our theme music is "The Face of God" by The Agrarians (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/The_Agrarians/The_Jovial_Shepherd/The_Face_of_God) State of the Theory is brought to you by Hannah Fitzpatrick and Anindya Raychaudhuri Find us on Facebook (www.facebook.com/stateofthetheorypodcast) or Tweet us @drhfitz and @DrAnindyaR

This is Episode 63 of the State of the Theory Podcast. Politics. Power. Popular Culture. And other stuff, probably. In this series, we’re like super nerdy philosophical DJs: mashing up Serious Academic Questions with the most topical news and trends in pop culture. Each week, we’ll tackle a new topic and collide it with ‘critical theory’ (we’re pretty loose with our definitions, though, so expect the unexpected). Our aim is to destroy the stuff we know, explore the stuff we don’t and unsettle everything we think we know about the world. We take the obvious, the commonsensical, the certain, and then we rip it all to shreds. We are your theory doctors and we are always on call. In this episode, as we wait to see who the new British Prime Minister will be, we discuss the similarities of the right-wing shift that has occurred in British and American politics. We look at the transformation within the Republican Party and the Conservative Party, in the context of Trump and Brexit, and explore the ways in which fears around immigration have been mobilized to aid this transformation. The “New Yorker” article on Boris Johnson can be found here: https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2019/06/24/the-empty-promise-of-boris-johnson Our theme music is "The Face of God" by The Agrarians (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/The_Agrarians/The_Jovial_Shepherd/The_Face_of_God) State of the Theory is brought to you by Hannah Fitzpatrick and Anindya Raychaudhuri Find us on Facebook (www.facebook.com/stateofthetheorypodcast) or Tweet us @drhfitz and @DrAnindyaR

This is Episode 62 of the State of the Theory Podcast. Politics. Power. Popular Culture. And other stuff, probably. In this series, we’re like super nerdy philosophical DJs: mashing up Serious Academic Questions with the most topical news and trends in pop culture. Each week, we’ll tackle a new topic and collide it with ‘critical theory’ (we’re pretty loose with our definitions, though, so expect the unexpected). Our aim is to destroy the stuff we know, explore the stuff we don’t and unsettle everything we think we know about the world. We take the obvious, the commonsensical, the certain, and then we rip it all to shreds. We are your theory doctors and we are always on call. In this episode, we mark the ongoing US Democratic Presidential Primary season by focusing on the candidacy of Marianne Williamson. We think through the politics of New Age thinking, and explore its connection to postmodernism and orientalism. Our theme music is "The Face of God" by The Agrarians (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/The_Agrarians/The_Jovial_Shepherd/The_Face_of_God) State of the Theory is brought to you by Hannah Fitzpatrick and Anindya Raychaudhuri Find us on Facebook (www.facebook.com/stateofthetheorypodcast) or Tweet us @drhfitz and @DrAnindyaR

This is Episode 61 of the State of the Theory Podcast. Politics. Power. Popular Culture. And other stuff, probably. In this series, we’re like super nerdy philosophical DJs: mashing up Serious Academic Questions with the most topical news and trends in pop culture. Each week, we’ll tackle a new topic and collide it with ‘critical theory’ (we’re pretty loose with our definitions, though, so expect the unexpected). Our aim is to destroy the stuff we know, explore the stuff we don’t and unsettle everything we think we know about the world. We take the obvious, the commonsensical, the certain, and then we rip it all to shreds. We are your theory doctors and we are always on call. In this episode, we continue last week’s discussion on Capitalist Utopias, with friend of the pod and special guest Dr Katie Muth. Following on from the self-help industry, this week we focus on multi-level marketing and pyramid schemes, and their presence in capitalism. Along the way, we talk about Octavia E. Butler, Ursula K. Le Guin, “Star Trek” and “The Matrix”. The difference between MLMs and pyramid schemes that we quote can be found here: https://consumer.sd.gov/fastfacts/marketing.aspx Our theme music is "The Face of God" by The Agrarians (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/The_Agrarians/The_Jovial_Shepherd/The_Face_of_God) State of the Theory is brought to you by Hannah Fitzpatrick and Anindya Raychaudhuri Find us on Facebook (www.facebook.com/stateofthetheorypodcast) or Tweet us @drhfitz and @DrAnindyaR

This is Episode 60 of the State of the Theory Podcast. Politics. Power. Popular Culture. And other stuff, probably. In this series, we’re like super nerdy philosophical DJs: mashing up Serious Academic Questions with the most topical news and trends in pop culture. Each week, we’ll tackle a new topic and collide it with ‘critical theory’ (we’re pretty loose with our definitions, though, so expect the unexpected). Our aim is to destroy the stuff we know, explore the stuff we don’t and unsettle everything we think we know about the world. We take the obvious, the commonsensical, the certain, and then we rip it all to shreds. We are your theory doctors and we are always on call. In this episode, the first of a two-parter on Capitalist Utopias, we are joined by friend of the pod and special guest Dr Katie Muth to talk about the self-help industry, religion and politics. We discuss the work of science-fiction writer Octavia E. Butler and her use of self-help literature. We also consider as wide ranging a set of texts as The Geeta, The Founder, The Path and the theories of Michel Foucault and Judith Butler. Our theme music is "The Face of God" by The Agrarians (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/The_Agrarians/The_Jovial_Shepherd/The_Face_of_God) State of the Theory is brought to you by Hannah Fitzpatrick and Anindya Raychaudhuri Find us on Facebook (www.facebook.com/stateofthetheorypodcast) or Tweet us @drhfitz and @DrAnindyaR

This is Episode 59 of the State of the Theory Podcast. Politics. Power. Popular Culture. And other stuff, probably. In this series, we’re like super nerdy philosophical DJs: mashing up Serious Academic Questions with the most topical news and trends in pop culture. Each week, we’ll tackle a new topic and collide it with ‘critical theory’ (we’re pretty loose with our definitions, though, so expect the unexpected). Our aim is to destroy the stuff we know, explore the stuff we don’t and unsettle everything we think we know about the world. We take the obvious, the commonsensical, the certain, and then we rip it all to shreds. We are your theory doctors and we are always on call. In this episode, we look at student evaluations which fuels much of the decision-making processes in today’s Universities. We use the ideas of Michel Foucault to think about expertise, hierarchies and the problems of student evaluation. Our theme music is "The Face of God" by The Agrarians (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/The_Agrarians/The_Jovial_Shepherd/The_Face_of_God) State of the Theory is brought to you by Hannah Fitzpatrick and Anindya Raychaudhuri Find us on Facebook (www.facebook.com/stateofthetheorypodcast) or Tweet us @drhfitz and @DrAnindyaR

This is Episode 58 of the State of the Theory Podcast. Politics. Power. Popular Culture. And other stuff, probably. In this series, we’re like super nerdy philosophical DJs: mashing up Serious Academic Questions with the most topical news and trends in pop culture. Each week, we’ll tackle a new topic and collide it with ‘critical theory’ (we’re pretty loose with our definitions, though, so expect the unexpected). Our aim is to destroy the stuff we know, explore the stuff we don’t and unsettle everything we think we know about the world. We take the obvious, the commonsensical, the certain, and then we rip it all to shreds. We are your theory doctors and we are always on call. In this episode, the second of a two parter on sport, we focus on Muslim athletes in Britain, and think through the relationship between sporting success, religion and race. Our theme music is "The Face of God" by The Agrarians (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/The_Agrarians/The_Jovial_Shepherd/The_Face_of_God) State of the Theory is brought to you by Hannah Fitzpatrick and Anindya Raychaudhuri Find us on Facebook (www.facebook.com/stateofthetheorypodcast) or Tweet us @drhfitz and @DrAnindyaR

This is Episode 57 of the State of the Theory Podcast. Politics. Power. Popular Culture. And other stuff, probably. In this series, we’re like super nerdy philosophical DJs: mashing up Serious Academic Questions with the most topical news and trends in pop culture. Each week, we’ll tackle a new topic and collide it with ‘critical theory’ (we’re pretty loose with our definitions, though, so expect the unexpected). Our aim is to destroy the stuff we know, explore the stuff we don’t and unsettle everything we think we know about the world. We take the obvious, the commonsensical, the certain, and then we rip it all to shreds. We are your theory doctors and we are always on call. In this episode, the first of a two parter on sport, we focus on gender, labour and consumption, principally using the case study of Caster Semenya. Along the way, we refer to Judith Butler’s “Gender Trouble” and Marx’s arguments about labour and commodification. Our theme music is "The Face of God" by The Agrarians (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/The_Agrarians/The_Jovial_Shepherd/The_Face_of_God) State of the Theory is brought to you by Hannah Fitzpatrick and Anindya Raychaudhuri Find us on Facebook (www.facebook.com/stateofthetheorypodcast) or Tweet us @drhfitz and @DrAnindyaR

This is Episode 56 of the State of the Theory Podcast. Politics. Power. Popular Culture. And other stuff, probably. In this series, we’re like super nerdy philosophical DJs: mashing up Serious Academic Questions with the most topical news and trends in pop culture. Each week, we’ll tackle a new topic and collide it with ‘critical theory’ (we’re pretty loose with our definitions, though, so expect the unexpected). Our aim is to destroy the stuff we know, explore the stuff we don’t and unsettle everything we think we know about the world. We take the obvious, the commonsensical, the certain, and then we rip it all to shreds. We are your theory doctors and we are always on call. In this episode, we focus on media representation of Universities. We critique the ways in which these representations help construct perceptions of Universities as places of privilege and corruption without ever exploring the power dynamics that structure the institutions. Our theme music is "The Face of God" by The Agrarians (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/The_Agrarians/The_Jovial_Shepherd/The_Face_of_God) State of the Theory is brought to you by Hannah Fitzpatrick and Anindya Raychaudhuri Find us on Facebook (www.facebook.com/stateofthetheorypodcast) or Tweet us @drhfitz and @DrAnindyaR

This is Episode 55 of the State of the Theory Podcast. Politics. Power. Popular Culture. And other stuff, probably. In this series, we’re like super nerdy philosophical DJs: mashing up Serious Academic Questions with the most topical news and trends in pop culture. Each week, we’ll tackle a new topic and collide it with ‘critical theory’ (we’re pretty loose with our definitions, though, so expect the unexpected). Our aim is to destroy the stuff we know, explore the stuff we don’t and unsettle everything we think we know about the world. We take the obvious, the commonsensical, the certain, and then we rip it all to shreds. We are your theory doctors and we are always on call. In this episode, we try to address our feelings about the election results in India. We discuss the nation, democracy and identity, and try to figure out what the Left can do in the face of a democratically elected far-right. The video we mention can be seen here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-jf6pwtPqCs Our theme music is "The Face of God" by The Agrarians (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/The_Agrarians/The_Jovial_Shepherd/The_Face_of_God) State of the Theory is brought to you by Hannah Fitzpatrick and Anindya Raychaudhuri Find us on Facebook (www.facebook.com/stateofthetheorypodcast) or Tweet us @drhfitz and @DrAnindyaR

This is Episode 54 of the State of the Theory Podcast. Politics. Power. Popular Culture. And other stuff, probably. In this series, we’re like super nerdy philosophical DJs: mashing up Serious Academic Questions with the most topical news and trends in pop culture. Each week, we’ll tackle a new topic and collide it with ‘critical theory’ (we’re pretty loose with our definitions, though, so expect the unexpected). Our aim is to destroy the stuff we know, explore the stuff we don’t and unsettle everything we think we know about the world. We take the obvious, the commonsensical, the certain, and then we rip it all to shreds. We are your theory doctors and we are always on call. In this episode, we welcome friend of the pod, actor Gordon Houston to talk about spoilers. With the release of Avengers: Endgame and season 8 of Game of Thrones, we wanted to think more about the concept of spoilers – what they mean, why they bother some people like Anindya and Gordon, and why they don’t bother others, like Hannah. Our theme music is "The Face of God" by The Agrarians (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/The_Agrarians/The_Jovial_Shepherd/The_Face_of_God) State of the Theory is brought to you by Hannah Fitzpatrick and Anindya Raychaudhuri Find us on Facebook (www.facebook.com/stateofthetheorypodcast) or Tweet us @drhfitz and @DrAnindyaR

This is Episode 53 of the State of the Theory Podcast. Politics. Power. Popular Culture. And other stuff, probably. In this series, we’re like super nerdy philosophical DJs: mashing up Serious Academic Questions with the most topical news and trends in pop culture. Each week, we’ll tackle a new topic and collide it with ‘critical theory’ (we’re pretty loose with our definitions, though, so expect the unexpected). Our aim is to destroy the stuff we know, explore the stuff we don’t and unsettle everything we think we know about the world. We take the obvious, the commonsensical, the certain, and then we rip it all to shreds. We are your theory doctors and we are always on call. In this episode, the second of a two-parter on historic tourism, we continue our discussion from last week, by focusing on heritage and industry, through spaces such as the Whitney Plantation Museum, the Tenement Museum, the Tower of London, Verdant Jute Museum and much else. Our theme music is "The Face of God" by The Agrarians (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/The_Agrarians/The_Jovial_Shepherd/The_Face_of_God) State of the Theory is brought to you by Hannah Fitzpatrick and Anindya Raychaudhuri Find us on Facebook (www.facebook.com/stateofthetheorypodcast) or Tweet us @drhfitz and @DrAnindyaR

This is Episode 52 of the State of the Theory Podcast. Politics. Power. Popular Culture. And other stuff, probably. In this series, we’re like super nerdy philosophical DJs: mashing up Serious Academic Questions with the most topical news and trends in pop culture. Each week, we’ll tackle a new topic and collide it with ‘critical theory’ (we’re pretty loose with our definitions, though, so expect the unexpected). Our aim is to destroy the stuff we know, explore the stuff we don’t and unsettle everything we think we know about the world. We take the obvious, the commonsensical, the certain, and then we rip it all to shreds. We are your theory doctors and we are always on call. In this episode, the first of a two-parter on historic tourism, we discuss the relationship between the past and the present in tourist attractions such as Colonial Williamsburg, Llancaiach Fawr, Edinburgh Dungeons and Cellular Jail, Andaman Islands. Along the way, we mention “Reading the Past” by Catherine Belsey (https://www.macmillanihe.com/page/detail/reading-the-past-tamsin-spargo/?sf1=barcode&st1=9780333771228&loc=au&priceCode=nz) and “Marking Time” by Paul Rabinow (https://press.princeton.edu/titles/8532.html) Our theme music is "The Face of God" by The Agrarians (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/The_Agrarians/The_Jovial_Shepherd/The_Face_of_God) State of the Theory is brought to you by Hannah Fitzpatrick and Anindya Raychaudhuri Find us on Facebook (www.facebook.com/stateofthetheorypodcast) or Tweet us @drhfitz and @DrAnindyaR

This is Episode 51 of the State of the Theory Podcast. Politics. Power. Popular Culture. And other stuff, probably. In this series, we’re like super nerdy philosophical DJs: mashing up Serious Academic Questions with the most topical news and trends in pop culture. Each week, we’ll tackle a new topic and collide it with ‘critical theory’ (we’re pretty loose with our definitions, though, so expect the unexpected). Our aim is to destroy the stuff we know, explore the stuff we don’t and unsettle everything we think we know about the world. We take the obvious, the commonsensical, the certain, and then we rip it all to shreds. We are your theory doctors and we are always on call. In this episode, we talk about Julian Assange. But because we didn’t really want to, we end up talking about some of the differences between the Left and the Right. The article we mention is by Ash Sarkar of Novara Media, and can be read here: https://novaramedia.com/2019/04/15/julian-assange-and-the-problem-of-solidarity/ Our theme music is "The Face of God" by The Agrarians (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/The_Agrarians/The_Jovial_Shepherd/The_Face_of_God) State of the Theory is brought to you by Hannah Fitzpatrick and Anindya Raychaudhuri Find us on Facebook (www.facebook.com/stateofthetheorypodcast) or Tweet us @drhfitz and @DrAnindyaR

This is Episode 50 of the State of the Theory Podcast. Politics. Power. Popular Culture. And other stuff, probably. In this series, we’re like super nerdy philosophical DJs: mashing up Serious Academic Questions with the most topical news and trends in pop culture. Each week, we’ll tackle a new topic and collide it with ‘critical theory’ (we’re pretty loose with our definitions, though, so expect the unexpected). Our aim is to destroy the stuff we know, explore the stuff we don’t and unsettle everything we think we know about the world. We take the obvious, the commonsensical, the certain, and then we rip it all to shreds. We are your theory doctors and we are always on call. In this episode, we talk about the recent fire at Notre-Dame de Paris, and think about the politics of religion, heritage, memory and culture. Along the way, we mention Bruno Latour and assemblages, and Pierre Nora and realms of memory (lieux-de-mémoire). Our theme music is "The Face of God" by The Agrarians (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/The_Agrarians/The_Jovial_Shepherd/The_Face_of_God) State of the Theory is brought to you by Hannah Fitzpatrick and Anindya Raychaudhuri Find us on Facebook (www.facebook.com/stateofthetheorypodcast) or Tweet us @drhfitz and @DrAnindyaR

This is Episode 49 of the State of the Theory Podcast. Politics. Power. Popular Culture. And other stuff, probably. In this series, we’re like super nerdy philosophical DJs: mashing up Serious Academic Questions with the most topical news and trends in pop culture. Each week, we’ll tackle a new topic and collide it with ‘critical theory’ (we’re pretty loose with our definitions, though, so expect the unexpected). Our aim is to destroy the stuff we know, explore the stuff we don’t and unsettle everything we think we know about the world. We take the obvious, the commonsensical, the certain, and then we rip it all to shreds. We are your theory doctors and we are always on call. In this episode, the second of a two-parter, we explore the world of gyms, exercises, and bodies. We talk about our own relationships with our bodies, and think about how critical theory helps us understand, but does not necessarily gives us the tools to change the way we feel about ourselves. Our theme music is "The Face of God" by The Agrarians (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/The_Agrarians/The_Jovial_Shepherd/The_Face_of_God) State of the Theory is brought to you by Hannah Fitzpatrick and Anindya Raychaudhuri Find us on Facebook (www.facebook.com/stateofthetheorypodcast) or Tweet us @drhfitz and @DrAnindyaR

This is Episode 48 of the State of the Theory Podcast. Politics. Power. Popular Culture. And other stuff, probably. In this series, we’re like super nerdy philosophical DJs: mashing up Serious Academic Questions with the most topical news and trends in pop culture. Each week, we’ll tackle a new topic and collide it with ‘critical theory’ (we’re pretty loose with our definitions, though, so expect the unexpected). Our aim is to destroy the stuff we know, explore the stuff we don’t and unsettle everything we think we know about the world. We take the obvious, the commonsensical, the certain, and then we rip it all to shreds. We are your theory doctors and we are always on call. In this episode, the first of a two-parter, we explore the world of food, dieting, and bodies. We talk about our own relationships with food, and think about how critical theory helps us understand, but does not necessarily gives us the tools to change the way we feel about ourselves. Along the way, we talk about Foucault and Audre Lorde. Our theme music is "The Face of God" by The Agrarians (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/The_Agrarians/The_Jovial_Shepherd/The_Face_of_God) State of the Theory is brought to you by Hannah Fitzpatrick and Anindya Raychaudhuri Find us on Facebook (www.facebook.com/stateofthetheorypodcast) or Tweet us @drhfitz and @DrAnindyaR

This is Episode 47 of the State of the Theory Podcast. Politics. Power. Popular Culture. And other stuff, probably. In this series, we’re like super nerdy philosophical DJs: mashing up Serious Academic Questions with the most topical news and trends in pop culture. Each week, we’ll tackle a new topic and collide it with ‘critical theory’ (we’re pretty loose with our definitions, though, so expect the unexpected). Our aim is to destroy the stuff we know, explore the stuff we don’t and unsettle everything we think we know about the world. We take the obvious, the commonsensical, the certain, and then we rip it all to shreds. We are your theory doctors and we are always on call. In this episode, we force ourselves to revisit the ongoing trauma that is Brexit. We discuss the experience of living under the uncertainties that Brexit has involved, and think about what this level of uncertainty does to public and private life, to democracy and to the nation-state. Along the way, we discuss John Harris’s “Anywhere but Westminster” videos for “The Guardian” - https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/series/anywhere-but-westminster Our theme music is "The Face of God" by The Agrarians (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/The_Agrarians/The_Jovial_Shepherd/The_Face_of_God) State of the Theory is brought to you by Hannah Fitzpatrick and Anindya Raychaudhuri Find us on Facebook (www.facebook.com/stateofthetheorypodcast) or Tweet us @drhfitz and @DrAnindyaR

This is Episode 46 of the State of the Theory Podcast. Politics. Power. Popular Culture. And other stuff, probably. In this series, we’re like super nerdy philosophical DJs: mashing up Serious Academic Questions with the most topical news and trends in pop culture. Each week, we’ll tackle a new topic and collide it with ‘critical theory’ (we’re pretty loose with our definitions, though, so expect the unexpected). Our aim is to destroy the stuff we know, explore the stuff we don’t and unsettle everything we think we know about the world. We take the obvious, the commonsensical, the certain, and then we rip it all to shreds. We are your theory doctors and we are always on call. In this episode, we talk about Disney’s trend of producing live-action remakes of animated films and explore what it says about our collective cultural nostalgia. We interrogate the boundary between animation and live action, and explore how we receive a film differently based on where it sits relative to this boundary. Our theme music is "The Face of God" by The Agrarians (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/The_Agrarians/The_Jovial_Shepherd/The_Face_of_God) State of the Theory is brought to you by Hannah Fitzpatrick and Anindya Raychaudhuri Find us on Facebook (www.facebook.com/stateofthetheorypodcast) or Tweet us @drhfitz and @DrAnindyaR

This is Episode 45 of the State of the Theory Podcast. Politics. Power. Popular Culture. And other stuff, probably. In this series, we’re like super nerdy philosophical DJs: mashing up Serious Academic Questions with the most topical news and trends in pop culture. Each week, we’ll tackle a new topic and collide it with ‘critical theory’ (we’re pretty loose with our definitions, though, so expect the unexpected). Our aim is to destroy the stuff we know, explore the stuff we don’t and unsettle everything we think we know about the world. We take the obvious, the commonsensical, the certain, and then we rip it all to shreds. We are your theory doctors and we are always on call. In this episode, we continue last week’s discussion about the politics of childhood, but shift the focus to ideologies of science, specifically in the context of vaccination and the anti-vaxx movement. What does this strangely successful movement say about our cultural attitudes towards science, industry, capitalism, and the role of families and children in all of this? Our theme music is "The Face of God" by The Agrarians (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/The_Agrarians/The_Jovial_Shepherd/The_Face_of_God) State of the Theory is brought to you by Hannah Fitzpatrick and Anindya Raychaudhuri Find us on Facebook (www.facebook.com/stateofthetheorypodcast) or Tweet us @drhfitz and @DrAnindyaR

This is Episode 44 of the State of the Theory Podcast. Politics. Power. Popular Culture. And other stuff, probably. In this series, we’re like super nerdy philosophical DJs: mashing up Serious Academic Questions with the most topical news and trends in pop culture. Each week, we’ll tackle a new topic and collide it with ‘critical theory’ (we’re pretty loose with our definitions, though, so expect the unexpected). Our aim is to destroy the stuff we know, explore the stuff we don’t and unsettle everything we think we know about the world. We take the obvious, the commonsensical, the certain, and then we rip it all to shreds. We are your theory doctors and we are always on call. In this episode, we talk about the story of Shamima Begum, and connect it to a number of other news stories (such as the Trump administration’s family separation policy, and a number of high-profile shootings of African-African boys) to think about birthright citizenship and childhood. What kind of bodies does the nation-state feel able to easily exclude and why? What kind of bodies are allowed within categories such as citizen or child, and on what terms? The theoretical text we discuss in this episode include “Homo Sacer: Sovereign Power and Bare Life” by Giorgio Agamben (https://www.amazon.co.uk/Homo-Sacer-Sovereign-Meridian-Aesthetics/dp/0804732183/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1551561674&sr=1-1&keywords=giorgio+agamben) We recorded this episode before news broke that Shamima Begum’s son has died. Our theme music is "The Face of God" by The Agrarians (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/The_Agrarians/The_Jovial_Shepherd/The_Face_of_God) State of the Theory is brought to you by Hannah Fitzpatrick and Anindya Raychaudhuri Find us on Facebook (www.facebook.com/stateofthetheorypodcast) or Tweet us @drhfitz and @DrAnindyaR

This is Episode 43 of the State of the Theory Podcast. Politics. Power. Popular Culture. And other stuff, probably. In this series, we’re like super nerdy philosophical DJs: mashing up Serious Academic Questions with the most topical news and trends in pop culture. Each week, we’ll tackle a new topic and collide it with ‘critical theory’ (we’re pretty loose with our definitions, though, so expect the unexpected). Our aim is to destroy the stuff we know, explore the stuff we don’t and unsettle everything we think we know about the world. We take the obvious, the commonsensical, the certain, and then we rip it all to shreds. We are your theory doctors and we are always on call. This week, we return to podcasting with our take on the growing hostilities between India and Pakistan. We focus on the coercive role played by the nation-state, and ask if the state is a rational actor or not? We discuss the use of social media in constructing patriotism, and developing a consensus around military violence. Theoretical texts we refer to in this episode are “The Origins of Totalitarianism” by Hannah Arendt (https://www.amazon.co.uk/Origins-Totalitarianism-Penguin-Modern-Classics/dp/0241316758/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1551561291&sr=1-1&keywords=The+Origins+of+Totalitarianism) and “Imagined Communities” by Benedict Anderson (https://www.amazon.co.uk/Imagined-Communities-Reflections-Origin-Nationalism/dp/1784786756/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1551561355&sr=1-1&keywords=imagined+communities+anderson) Our theme music is "The Face of God" by The Agrarians (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/The_Agrarians/The_Jovial_Shepherd/The_Face_of_God) State of the Theory is brought to you by Hannah Fitzpatrick and Anindya Raychaudhuri Find us on Facebook (www.facebook.com/stateofthetheorypodcast) or Tweet us @drhfitz and @DrAnindyaR

This is Episode 42 of the State of the Theory Podcast. Politics. Power. Popular Culture. And other stuff, probably. In this series, we’re like super nerdy philosophical DJs: mashing up Serious Academic Questions with the most topical news and trends in pop culture. Each week, we’ll tackle a new topic and collide it with ‘critical theory’ (we’re pretty loose with our definitions, though, so expect the unexpected). Our aim is to destroy the stuff we know, explore the stuff we don’t and unsettle everything we think we know about the world. We take the obvious, the commonsensical, the certain, and then we rip it all to shreds. We are your theory doctors and we are always on call. This week, we continue last week’s discussion about hierarchies within Higher Education by focusing on the norms and conventions of writing and reading recommendation letters – for student places, jobs, grant applications and peer-review. How does this help to continue the kind of structural inequalities that characterize the world of Higher Education and beyond? How does it help to limit the possibilities of increasing inclusivity? What is at stake for identifying and challenging these lines of power and exploitation? Our theme music is "The Face of God" by The Agrarians (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/The_Agrarians/The_Jovial_Shepherd/The_Face_of_God) State of the Theory is brought to you by Hannah Fitzpatrick and Anindya Raychaudhuri Find us on Facebook (www.facebook.com/stateofthetheorypodcast) or Tweet us @drhfitz and @DrAnindyaR

This is Episode 41 of the State of the Theory Podcast. Politics. Power. Popular Culture. And other stuff, probably. In this series, we’re like super nerdy philosophical DJs: mashing up Serious Academic Questions with the most topical news and trends in pop culture. Each week, we’ll tackle a new topic and collide it with ‘critical theory’ (we’re pretty loose with our definitions, though, so expect the unexpected). Our aim is to destroy the stuff we know, explore the stuff we don’t and unsettle everything we think we know about the world. We take the obvious, the commonsensical, the certain, and then we rip it all to shreds. We are your theory doctors and we are always on call. In this episode, we discuss the upcoming strike action called by the University and College Union (UCU) about proposed changes to our pension scheme. We use this opportunity to reflect on labour politics in Higher Education, and the role of trade unions in contemporary employer-employee relations within our industry and beyond. Our theme music is "The Face of God" by The Agrarians (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/The_Agrarians/The_Jovial_Shepherd/The_Face_of_God) State of the Theory is brought to you by Hannah Fitzpatrick and Anindya Raychaudhuri Find us on Facebook (www.facebook.com/stateofthetheorypodcast) or Tweet us @drhfitz and @DrAnindyaR

This is Episode 40 of the State of the Theory Podcast. Politics. Power. Popular Culture. And other stuff, probably. In this series, we’re like super nerdy philosophical DJs: mashing up Serious Academic Questions with the most topical news and trends in pop culture. Each week, we’ll tackle a new topic and collide it with ‘critical theory’ (we’re pretty loose with our definitions, though, so expect the unexpected). Our aim is to destroy the stuff we know, explore the stuff we don’t and unsettle everything we think we know about the world. We take the obvious, the commonsensical, the certain, and then we rip it all to shreds. We are your theory doctors and we are always on call. In the week of the 25th anniversary of the demolishing of the Babri Mosque in India, and in the context of the debates about Confederate statues in the United States, we talk monuments, contested narratives of history, and the competing uses of history in the context of contemporary politics. Our theme music is "The Face of God" by The Agrarians (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/The_Agrarians/The_Jovial_Shepherd/The_Face_of_God) State of the Theory is brought to you by Hannah Fitzpatrick and Anindya Raychaudhuri Find us on Facebook (www.facebook.com/stateofthetheorypodcast) or Tweet us @drhfitz and @DrAnindyaR

This is Episode 39 of the State of the Theory Podcast. Politics. Power. Popular Culture. And other stuff, probably. In this series, we’re like super nerdy philosophical DJs: mashing up Serious Academic Questions with the most topical news and trends in pop culture. Each week, we’ll tackle a new topic and collide it with ‘critical theory’ (we’re pretty loose with our definitions, though, so expect the unexpected). Our aim is to destroy the stuff we know, explore the stuff we don’t and unsettle everything we think we know about the world. We take the obvious, the commonsensical, the certain, and then we rip it all to shreds. We are your theory doctors and we are always on call. In this episode, we talk families. In the week of Thanksgiving, and yet another Royal Family announcement in Britain, we look at the family as a political space. To what extent does the family insulate against oppression, and to what extent does it reinforce it? We interrogate the stereotype of the large, loud family, and explore its relation to racial and gendered hierarchies. Our theme music is "The Face of God" by The Agrarians (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/The_Agrarians/The_Jovial_Shepherd/The_Face_of_God) State of the Theory is brought to you by Hannah Fitzpatrick and Anindya Raychaudhuri Find us on Facebook (www.facebook.com/stateofthetheorypodcast) or Tweet us @drhfitz and @DrAnindyaR

This is Episode 38 of the State of the Theory Podcast. Politics. Power. Popular Culture. And other stuff, probably. In this series, we’re like super nerdy philosophical DJs: mashing up Serious Academic Questions with the most topical news and trends in pop culture. Each week, we’ll tackle a new topic and collide it with ‘critical theory’ (we’re pretty loose with our definitions, though, so expect the unexpected). Our aim is to destroy the stuff we know, explore the stuff we don’t and unsettle everything we think we know about the world. We take the obvious, the commonsensical, the certain, and then we rip it all to shreds. We are your theory doctors and we are always on call. In this episode, we look at the possibility or otherwise of left-wing nationalism, as manifested in Scotland, Catalunya, Kashmir, Palestine and elsewhere. Rarely for us, we end up disagreeing a fair bit, and both of us absolutely fail to convince the other of how right we are. We discuss hegemony and the nation-state, and to what extent secessionist movements can be seen to challenge and undermine the notion of the nation-state, and to what extent they can help or hinder a more general progressive political movement. Our theme music is "The Face of God" by The Agrarians (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/The_Agrarians/The_Jovial_Shepherd/The_Face_of_God) State of the Theory is brought to you by Hannah Fitzpatrick and Anindya Raychaudhuri Find us on Facebook (www.facebook.com/stateofthetheorypodcast) or Tweet us @drhfitz and @DrAnindyaR

This is Episode 37 of the State of the Theory Podcast. Politics. Power. Popular Culture. And other stuff, probably. In this series, we’re like super nerdy philosophical DJs: mashing up Serious Academic Questions with the most topical news and trends in pop culture. Each week, we’ll tackle a new topic and collide it with ‘critical theory’ (we’re pretty loose with our definitions, though, so expect the unexpected). Our aim is to destroy the stuff we know, explore the stuff we don’t and unsettle everything we think we know about the world. We take the obvious, the commonsensical, the certain, and then we rip it all to shreds. We are your theory doctors and we are always on call. In this episode, we look at the Netflix show "Mindhunters" and examine how in its depiction of the Behavioral Science Unit of the FBI and its investigations of serial killers, it can be seen to be performing what Michel Foucault terms discourse. We examine the show, its depiction of insanity, criminality, university, and the FBI, in an effort to learn more about the nuances of Foucault’s ideas. Our theme music is "The Face of God" by The Agrarians (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/The_Agrarians/The_Jovial_Shepherd/The_Face_of_God) State of the Theory is brought to you by Hannah Fitzpatrick and Anindya Raychaudhuri Find us on Facebook (www.facebook.com/stateofthetheorypodcast) or Tweet us @drhfitz and @DrAnindyaR

This is Episode 36 of the State of the Theory Podcast. Politics. Power. Popular Culture. And other stuff, probably. In this series, we’re like super nerdy philosophical DJs: mashing up Serious Academic Questions with the most topical news and trends in pop culture. Each week, we’ll tackle a new topic and collide it with ‘critical theory’ (we’re pretty loose with our definitions, though, so expect the unexpected). Our aim is to destroy the stuff we know, explore the stuff we don’t and unsettle everything we think we know about the world. We take the obvious, the commonsensical, the certain, and then we rip it all to shreds. We are your theory doctors and we are always on call. In this episode, we welcome friend of the pod, psychologist Dr Kate Cross to talk about gender and sex, and the differences in which the sciences and humanities approach sex differences and gendered identities. We explore the distinctions between gender and sex, and what the way this distinction is conceptualized by the various disciplines tell us about knowledge production in general. Our theme music is "The Face of God" by The Agrarians (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/The_Agrarians/The_Jovial_Shepherd/The_Face_of_God) State of the Theory is brought to you by Hannah Fitzpatrick and Anindya Raychaudhuri Find us on Facebook (www.facebook.com/stateofthetheorypodcast) or Tweet us @drhfitz and @DrAnindyaR

This is Episode 35 of the State of the Theory Podcast. Politics. Power. Popular Culture. And other stuff, probably. In this series, we’re like super nerdy philosophical DJs: mashing up Serious Academic Questions with the most topical news and trends in pop culture. Each week, we’ll tackle a new topic and collide it with ‘critical theory’ (we’re pretty loose with our definitions, though, so expect the unexpected). Our aim is to destroy the stuff we know, explore the stuff we don’t and unsettle everything we think we know about the world. We take the obvious, the commonsensical, the certain, and then we rip it all to shreds. We are your theory doctors and we are always on call. In this episode, we continue our discussion of sexual harassment, focusing on a recently published list of Indian academics who have been accused of sexual harassment. This episode was recorded on 26 October 2017, and events may have changed since. Our theme music is "The Face of God" by The Agrarians (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/The_Agrarians/The_Jovial_Shepherd/The_Face_of_God) State of the Theory is brought to you by Hannah Fitzpatrick and Anindya Raychaudhuri Find us on Facebook (www.facebook.com/stateofthetheorypodcast) or Tweet us @drhfitz and @DrAnindyaR

This is Episode 34 of the State of the Theory Podcast. Politics. Power. Popular Culture. And other stuff, probably. In this series, we’re like super nerdy philosophical DJs: mashing up Serious Academic Questions with the most topical news and trends in pop culture. Each week, we’ll tackle a new topic and collide it with ‘critical theory’ (we’re pretty loose with our definitions, though, so expect the unexpected). Our aim is to destroy the stuff we know, explore the stuff we don’t and unsettle everything we think we know about the world. We take the obvious, the commonsensical, the certain, and then we rip it all to shreds. We are your theory doctors and we are always on call. In this episode, we look at the Harvey Weinstein story, the #metoo campaign that was created in part as a response to it, and explore the intersections of power, celebrity, and wealth, and the role these play in continuing sexual abuse. Our theme music is "The Face of God" by The Agrarians (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/The_Agrarians/The_Jovial_Shepherd/The_Face_of_God) State of the Theory is brought to you by Hannah Fitzpatrick and Anindya Raychaudhuri Find us on Facebook (www.facebook.com/stateofthetheorypodcast) or Tweet us @drhfitz and @DrAnindyaR

This is Episode 33 of the State of the Theory Podcast, or the first episode of our second series. Politics. Power. Popular Culture. And other stuff, probably. In this series, we’re like super nerdy philosophical DJs: mashing up Serious Academic Questions with the most topical news and trends in pop culture. Each week, we’ll tackle a new topic and collide it with ‘critical theory’ (we’re pretty loose with our definitions, though, so expect the unexpected). Our aim is to destroy the stuff we know, explore the stuff we don’t and unsettle everything we think we know about the world. We take the obvious, the commonsensical, the certain, and then we rip it all to shreds. We are your theory doctors and we are always on call. In this episode, we look at how space and the way spaces are designed affect our identities. You can read the op-ed piece about gender neutral bathrooms here: http://time.com/4702962/gender-neutral-bathrooms/ You can read Lacan’s essay “The Instance of the Letter in the Unconscious” here: http://files.eshkolot.ru/lacan1.pdf Our theme music is "The Face of God" by The Agrarians (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/The_Agrarians/The_Jovial_Shepherd/The_Face_of_God) State of the Theory is brought to you by Hannah Fitzpatrick and Anindya Raychaudhuri Find us on Facebook (www.facebook.com/stateofthetheorypodcast) or Tweet us @drhfitz and @DrAnindyaR

This is Episode 32 of the State of the Theory Podcast. Politics. Power. Popular Culture. And other stuff, probably. In this series, we’re like super nerdy philosophical DJs: mashing up Serious Academic Questions with the most topical news and trends in pop culture. Each week, we’ll tackle a new topic and collide it with ‘critical theory’ (we’re pretty loose with our definitions, though, so expect the unexpected). Our aim is to destroy the stuff we know, explore the stuff we don’t and unsettle everything we think we know about the world. We take the obvious, the commonsensical, the certain, and then we rip it all to shreds. We are your theory doctors and we are always on call. In this episode, we look at the phenomenon of the British Christmas Advert, and why we love them and hate them at the same time. We interrogate the ideology of humanism as it is constructed and reinforced through these adverts. You can watch the Waitrose advert here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xtKYdG9r0Pk You can watch the John Lewis advert here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sr6lr_VRsEo You can watch the Amazon advert here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ouu6LGGIWsc You can watch the Sainsbury’s advert from this year here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bq5SGSCZe4E You can watch the Sainsbury’s advert about World War 1 here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AoYsWavqL04 The Roland Barthes book is Mythologies (https://www.amazon.co.uk/Mythologies-Vintage-Classics-Roland-Barthes/dp/0099529750/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1480768513&sr=8-1&keywords=mythologies+roland+barthes) Our theme music is "The Face of God" by The Agrarians (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/The_Agrarians/The_Jovial_Shepherd/The_Face_of_God) State of the Theory is brought to you by Hannah Fitzpatrick and Anindya Raychaudhuri Find us on Facebook (www.facebook.com/stateofthetheorypodcast) or Tweet us @drhfitz and @DrAnindyaR

This is Episode 31 of the State of the Theory Podcast. Politics. Power. Popular Culture. And other stuff, probably. In this series, we’re like super nerdy philosophical DJs: mashing up Serious Academic Questions with the most topical news and trends in pop culture. Each week, we’ll tackle a new topic and collide it with ‘critical theory’ (we’re pretty loose with our definitions, though, so expect the unexpected). Our aim is to destroy the stuff we know, explore the stuff we don’t and unsettle everything we think we know about the world. We take the obvious, the commonsensical, the certain, and then we rip it all to shreds. We are your theory doctors and we are always on call. In this episode, we look at the current Indian government’s policy of demonetization. You can read more about the policy and its effects here: https://ruralindiaonline.org/articles/the-cashless-economy-of-chikalthana/ Our theme music is "The Face of God" by The Agrarians (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/The_Agrarians/The_Jovial_Shepherd/The_Face_of_God) State of the Theory is brought to you by Hannah Fitzpatrick and Anindya Raychaudhuri Find us on Facebook (www.facebook.com/stateofthetheorypodcast) or Tweet us @drhfitz and @DrAnindyaR

This is Episode 30 of the State of the Theory Podcast. Politics. Power. Popular Culture. And other stuff, probably. In this series, we’re like super nerdy philosophical DJs: mashing up Serious Academic Questions with the most topical news and trends in pop culture. Each week, we’ll tackle a new topic and collide it with ‘critical theory’ (we’re pretty loose with our definitions, though, so expect the unexpected). Our aim is to destroy the stuff we know, explore the stuff we don’t and unsettle everything we think we know about the world. We take the obvious, the commonsensical, the certain, and then we rip it all to shreds. We are your theory doctors and we are always on call. In this episode, we look back at the US Presidential elections, and think about the role played by Social Media and Algorithms in voting behaviour. The Guardian article we mention can be found here: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/nov/10/facebook-fake-news-election-conspiracy-theories The Medium.com article can be found here: https://medium.com/@erinpettigrew/how-facebook-saw-trump-coming-when-no-one-else-did-84cd6b4e0d8e#.q0ts8k4va The SNL sketch can be found here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YeAvTLq-MIc Our theme music is "The Face of God" by The Agrarians (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/The_Agrarians/The_Jovial_Shepherd/The_Face_of_God) State of the Theory is brought to you by Hannah Fitzpatrick and Anindya Raychaudhuri Find us on Facebook (www.facebook.com/stateofthetheorypodcast) or Tweet us @drhfitz and @DrAnindyaR

This is Episode 29 of the State of the Theory Podcast. Politics. Power. Popular Culture. And other stuff, probably. In this series, we’re like super nerdy philosophical DJs: mashing up Serious Academic Questions with the most topical news and trends in pop culture. Each week, we’ll tackle a new topic and collide it with ‘critical theory’ (we’re pretty loose with our definitions, though, so expect the unexpected). Our aim is to destroy the stuff we know, explore the stuff we don’t and unsettle everything we think we know about the world. We take the obvious, the commonsensical, the certain, and then we rip it all to shreds. We are your theory doctors and we are always on call. In this episode, we think about next week’s US Presidential elections, and engage with the apocalyptic tone that has been generated as a result. The Daily Show video we mention can be watched here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bvhqTNzpmYo David Wong’s article can be found here: http://www.cracked.com/blog/6-reasons-trumps-rise-that-no-one-talks-about/ Michael Moore’s article can be found here: http://michaelmoore.com/trumpwillwin/ Our theme music is "The Face of God" by The Agrarians (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/The_Agrarians/The_Jovial_Shepherd/The_Face_of_God) State of the Theory is brought to you by Hannah Fitzpatrick and Anindya Raychaudhuri Find us on Facebook (www.facebook.com/stateofthetheorypodcast) or Tweet us @drhfitz and @DrAnindyaR

This is Episode 28 of the State of the Theory Podcast. Politics. Power. Popular Culture. And other stuff, probably. In this series, we’re like super nerdy philosophical DJs: mashing up Serious Academic Questions with the most topical news and trends in pop culture. Each week, we’ll tackle a new topic and collide it with ‘critical theory’ (we’re pretty loose with our definitions, though, so expect the unexpected). Our aim is to destroy the stuff we know, explore the stuff we don’t and unsettle everything we think we know about the world. We take the obvious, the commonsensical, the certain, and then we rip it all to shreds. We are your theory doctors and we are always on call. In this episode, we look at two recent news stories coming out of the United States - the protests over the pipeline in Standing Rock, North Dakota Our theme music is "The Face of God" by The Agrarians (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/The_Agrarians/The_Jovial_Shepherd/The_Face_of_God) State of the Theory is brought to you by Hannah Fitzpatrick and Anindya Raychaudhuri Find us on Facebook (www.facebook.com/stateofthetheorypodcast) or Tweet us @drhfitz and @DrAnindyaR

This is Episode 27 of the State of the Theory Podcast, or the first episode of our second series. Politics. Power. Popular Culture. And other stuff, probably. In this series, we’re like super nerdy philosophical DJs: mashing up Serious Academic Questions with the most topical news and trends in pop culture. Each week, we’ll tackle a new topic and collide it with ‘critical theory’ (we’re pretty loose with our definitions, though, so expect the unexpected). Our aim is to destroy the stuff we know, explore the stuff we don’t and unsettle everything we think we know about the world. We take the obvious, the commonsensical, the certain, and then we rip it all to shreds. We are your theory doctors and we are always on call. In this episode, we look at recent news stories about the reality TV show, the Great British Bake Off, British cycling, and the England football manager. We examine what these stories have to tell us about British nationalism, and its connections to economics. Our theme music is "The Face of God" by The Agrarians (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/The_Agrarians/The_Jovial_Shepherd/The_Face_of_God) State of the Theory is brought to you by Hannah Fitzpatrick and Anindya Raychaudhuri Find us on Facebook (www.facebook.com/stateofthetheorypodcast) or Tweet us @drhfitz and @DrAnindyaR

This is Episode 26 of the State of the Theory Podcast. Politics. Power. Popular Culture. And other stuff, probably. In this series, we’re like super nerdy philosophical DJs: mashing up Serious Academic Questions with the most topical news and trends in pop culture. Each week, we’ll tackle a new topic and collide it with ‘critical theory’ (we’re pretty loose with our definitions, though, so expect the unexpected). Our aim is to destroy the stuff we know, explore the stuff we don’t and unsettle everything we think we know about the world. We take the obvious, the commonsensical, the certain, and then we rip it all to shreds. We are your theory doctors and we are always on call. In this episode, we discuss the ramifications of public inquiries in Britain and America – focusing on the Chilcot Report, and the investigations into the Hilary Clinton Email scandal. What purposes do they serve, and how does State power act in and through them? Our theme music is "The Face of God" by The Agrarians (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/The_Agrarians/The_Jovial_Shepherd/The_Face_of_God) State of the Theory is brought to you by Hannah Fitzpatrick and Anindya Raychaudhuri Find us on Facebook (www.facebook.com/stateofthetheorypodcast) or Tweet us @drhfitz and @DrAnindyaR

This is Episode 25 of the State of the Theory Podcast. Politics. Power. Popular Culture. And other stuff, probably. In this series, we’re like super nerdy philosophical DJs: mashing up Serious Academic Questions with the most topical news and trends in pop culture. Each week, we’ll tackle a new topic and collide it with ‘critical theory’ (we’re pretty loose with our definitions, though, so expect the unexpected). Our aim is to destroy the stuff we know, explore the stuff we don’t and unsettle everything we think we know about the world. We take the obvious, the commonsensical, the certain, and then we rip it all to shreds. We are your theory doctors and we are always on call. What is the relationship between violence and the State? We look at some recent examples of State and non-State violence in Kashmir and the USA and think about the politics of violence and non-violence in relation to State power and non-State resistance. The text we refer to is: Max Weber’s “Politics as a Vocation: (http://anthropos-lab.net/wp/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/Weber-Politics-as-a-Vocation.pdf) You can watch the John Oliver clip here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KUdHIatS36A Our theme music is "The Face of God" by The Agrarians (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/The_Agrarians/The_Jovial_Shepherd/The_Face_of_God) State of the Theory is brought to you by Hannah Fitzpatrick and Anindya Raychaudhuri Find us on Facebook (www.facebook.com/stateofthetheorypodcast) or Tweet us @drhfitz and @DrAnindyaR

This is Episode 24 of the State of the Theory Podcast. Politics. Power. Popular Culture. And other stuff, probably. In this series, we’re like super nerdy philosophical DJs: mashing up Serious Academic Questions with the most topical news and trends in pop culture. Each week, we’ll tackle a new topic and collide it with ‘critical theory’ (we’re pretty loose with our definitions, though, so expect the unexpected). Our aim is to destroy the stuff we know, explore the stuff we don’t and unsettle everything we think we know about the world. We take the obvious, the commonsensical, the certain, and then we rip it all to shreds. We are your theory doctors and we are always on call. How and why do nations remember wars? Following from the recent commemorations of the centenary of the Battle of the Somme, we invited Sam Haddow from “Stage Blether” (https://soundcloud.com/user-964883338) to discuss the politics of national commemorations. The texts we refer to are: “Spectres of Marx” by Jacques Derrida (https://www.amazon.co.uk/Specters-Routledge-Classics-Jacques-Derrida/dp/0415389577) You can watch some of the #Wearehere videos here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I6CodOXwkxY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9-BrBx6I4MA Our theme music is "The Face of God" by The Agrarians (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/The_Agrarians/The_Jovial_Shepherd/The_Face_of_God) State of the Theory is brought to you by Hannah Fitzpatrick and Anindya Raychaudhuri Find us on Facebook (www.facebook.com/stateofthetheorypodcast) or Tweet us @drhfitz and @DrAnindyaR

This is Episode 23 of the State of the Theory Podcast. Politics. Power. Popular Culture. And other stuff, probably. In this series, we’re like super nerdy philosophical DJs: mashing up Serious Academic Questions with the most topical news and trends in pop culture. Each week, we’ll tackle a new topic and collide it with ‘critical theory’ (we’re pretty loose with our definitions, though, so expect the unexpected). Our aim is to destroy the stuff we know, explore the stuff we don’t and unsettle everything we think we know about the world. We take the obvious, the commonsensical, the certain, and then we rip it all to shreds. We are your theory doctors and we are always on call. In this episode, we look at identities and identity politics. How does power and privilege work across various identity categories, and how might notions of solidarity and allyship help to subvert these dynamics of power? You can watch the Owen Jones Sky interview here - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WsLIRHUzqvU You can listen to the episode about Ali and Race on the Always Already Podcast here: https://alwaysalreadypodcast.wordpress.com/2016/06/14/ali/ Our theme music is "The Face of God" by The Agrarians (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/The_Agrarians/The_Jovial_Shepherd/The_Face_of_God) State of the Theory is brought to you by Hannah Fitzpatrick (@drhfitz) and Anindya Raychaudhuri (@DrAnindyaR) Find us on Facebook (www.facebook.com/stateofthetheorypodcast) or Tweet us @TheoryDoctors

This is Episode 22 of the State of the Theory Podcast. Politics. Power. Popular Culture. And other stuff, probably. In this series, we’re like super nerdy philosophical DJs: mashing up Serious Academic Questions with the most topical news and trends in pop culture. Each week, we’ll tackle a new topic and collide it with ‘critical theory’ (we’re pretty loose with our definitions, though, so expect the unexpected). Our aim is to destroy the stuff we know, explore the stuff we don’t and unsettle everything we think we know about the world. We take the obvious, the commonsensical, the certain, and then we rip it all to shreds. We are your theory doctors and we are always on call. In this episode, we examine the issue of guns and gun-control. We think about the role of economics, individual and collective rights, and identity politics, in the way in which the debate around guns is constructed. You can read the FiveThirtyEight article on terrorism and gun-control here: http://fivethirtyeight.com/features/terrorists-are-turning-to-guns-more-often-in-u-s-attacks/ George Takei on First Amendment Vs Second Amendment: http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2016/06/14/takei-how-the-lgbt-community-can-lead-america-to-a-sane-gun-policy.html “Bowling for Columbine” by Michael Moore - https://www.amazon.co.uk/Bowling-Columbine-DVD-Michael-Moore/dp/B000089ATL “The Wretched of the Earth” by Frantz Fanon - https://www.amazon.co.uk/Wretched-Earth-Penguin-Modern-Classics/dp/0141186542 Our theme music is "The Face of God" by The Agrarians (freemusicarchive.org/music/The_Agra…he_Face_of_God) State of the Theory is brought to you by Hannah Fitzpatrick (@drhfitz) and Anindya Raychaudhuri (@DrAnindyaR) Find us on Facebook (www.facebook.com/stateofthetheorypodcast) or Tweet us @TheoryDoctors

This is Episode 21 of the State of the Theory Podcast. Politics. Power. Popular Culture. And other stuff, probably. In this series, we’re like super nerdy philosophical DJs: mashing up Serious Academic Questions with the most topical news and trends in pop culture. Each week, we’ll tackle a new topic and collide it with ‘critical theory’ (we’re pretty loose with our definitions, though, so expect the unexpected). Our aim is to destroy the stuff we know, explore the stuff we don’t and unsettle everything we think we know about the world. We take the obvious, the commonsensical, the certain, and then we rip it all to shreds. We are your theory doctors and we are always on call. In this episode, we consider the results of this week's EU referendum. What will it mean for Britain to leave the European Union? How can we begin to explain the results of the referendum? How does class and race factor in the analysis of the results? You can read John Harris's piece here: http://www.theguardian.com/politics/commentisfree/2016/jun/24/divided-britain-brexit-money-class-inequality-westminster You can read the article on immigration in Vox here: http://www.vox.com/2016/6/25/12029786/brexit-uk-eu-immigration-xenophobia Our theme music is "The Face of God" by The Agrarians (freemusicarchive.org/music/The_Agra…he_Face_of_God) State of the Theory is brought to you by Hannah Fitzpatrick (@drhfitz) and Anindya Raychaudhuri (@DrAnindyaR) Find us on Facebook (www.facebook.com/stateofthetheorypodcast) or Tweet us @TheoryDoctors

This is Episode 20 of the State of the Theory Podcast. Politics. Power. Popular Culture. And other stuff, probably. In this series, we’re like super nerdy philosophical DJs: mashing up Serious Academic Questions with the most topical news and trends in pop culture. Each week, we’ll tackle a new topic and collide it with ‘critical theory’ (we’re pretty loose with our definitions, though, so expect the unexpected). Our aim is to destroy the stuff we know, explore the stuff we don’t and unsettle everything we think we know about the world. We take the obvious, the commonsensical, the certain, and then we rip it all to shreds. We are your theory doctors and we are always on call. In this episode, we look ahead to the forthcoming EU Referendum in the United Kingdom. What might it mean for Britain to vote to leave or remain in the European Union? How would we look back at this pre-referendum period once it happens, and the result is known? What role does the immigration and race debate play in the EU debate. You can read more about Jo Cox's murder in these articles: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-36550304 http://blogs.spectator.co.uk/2016/06/a-day-of-infamy/ http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/jun/16/the-guardian-view-on-jo-cox-an-attack-on-humanity-idealism-and-democracy Our theme music is "The Face of God" by The Agrarians (freemusicarchive.org/music/The_Agra…he_Face_of_God) State of the Theory is brought to you by Hannah Fitzpatrick (@drhfitz) and Anindya Raychaudhuri (@DrAnindyaR) Find us on Facebook (www.facebook.com/stateofthetheorypodcast) or Tweet us @TheoryDoctors

This is Episode 19 of the State of the Theory Podcast. Politics. Power. Popular Culture. And other stuff, probably. In this series, we’re like super nerdy philosophical DJs: mashing up Serious Academic Questions with the most topical news and trends in pop culture. Each week, we’ll tackle a new topic and collide it with ‘critical theory’ (we’re pretty loose with our definitions, though, so expect the unexpected). Our aim is to destroy the stuff we know, explore the stuff we don’t and unsettle everything we think we know about the world. We take the obvious, the commonsensical, the certain, and then we rip it all to shreds. We are your theory doctors and we are always on call. In this episode, we look at a few recent stories about the teaching of history in schools. Whose interests are served in the design of school history syllabi? Who gets to decide what narratives of history should be taught? What messages do such curriculum decisions send about the nation-state and its relationship to its past? You can read about the California story about Indian/South Asian Diaspora here: http://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/20/us/california-to-revise-how-india-is-portrayed-in-textbooks.html You can read about the Queen's University of Belfast story here: http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/opinion/editors-viewpoint/a-history-lesson-for-qub-vicechancellor-patrick-johnston-34763128.html You can read about Nigerian school history curriculum here: http://guardian.ng/features/focus/assault-on-the-teaching-of-history-in-nigerian-schools/ Our theme music is "The Face of God" by The Agrarians (freemusicarchive.org/music/The_Agra…he_Face_of_God) State of the Theory is brought to you by Hannah Fitzpatrick (@drhfitz) and Anindya Raychaudhuri (@DrAnindyaR) Find us on Facebook (www.facebook.com/stateofthetheorypodcast) or Tweet us @TheoryDoctors

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This is Episode 18 of the State of the Theory Podcast. Politics. Power. Popular Culture. And other stuff, probably. In this series, we’re like super nerdy philosophical DJs: mashing up Serious Academic Questions with the most topical news and trends in pop culture. Each week, we’ll tackle a new topic and collide it with ‘critical theory’ (we’re pretty loose with our definitions, though, so expect the unexpected). Our aim is to destroy the stuff we know, explore the stuff we don’t and unsettle everything we think we know about the world. We take the obvious, the commonsensical, the certain, and then we rip it all to shreds. We are your theory doctors and we are always on call. In this episode, we look at the history and politics of mapping. Using the theories of Brian Harley and Sumathi Ramaswamy, we explore the power dynamics of maps, and how nation-states seek to control the production and reception of maps. The texts we refer to are: “Geography and Some Explorers” by Joseph Conrad (http://www.ric.edu/faculty/rpotter/temp/geog_and_some.html) “The New Nature of Maps: Essays in the History of Cartography” by J.B. Harley (https://www.amazon.co.uk/New-Nature-Maps-History-Cartography/dp/0801870909) "Goddess and the Nation" by Sumathi Ramaswamy (https://www.amazon.co.uk/Goddess-Nation-Sumathi-Ramaswamy/dp/0822346109) You can read about India’s proposed new laws about maps here: http://thenextweb.com/in/2016/05/09/indias-plan-regulate-mapping-data-will-hurt-every-app-uses-location-data/ You can read about ISIS and the Sykes-Picot line here: http://www.nybooks.com/daily/2014/06/25/map-isis-hates/ Our theme music is "The Face of God" by The Agrarians (freemusicarchive.org/music/The_Agra…he_Face_of_God) State of the Theory is brought to you by Hannah Fitzpatrick (@drhfitz) and Anindya Raychaudhuri (@DrAnindyaR) Find us on Facebook (www.facebook.com/stateofthetheorypodcast) or Tweet us @TheoryDoctors

This is Episode 17 of the State of the Theory Podcast. Politics. Power. Popular Culture. And other stuff, probably. In this series, we’re like super nerdy philosophical DJs: mashing up Serious Academic Questions with the most topical news and trends in pop culture. Each week, we’ll tackle a new topic and collide it with ‘critical theory’ (we’re pretty loose with our definitions, though, so expect the unexpected). Our aim is to destroy the stuff we know, explore the stuff we don’t and unsettle everything we think we know about the world. We take the obvious, the commonsensical, the certain, and then we rip it all to shreds. We are your theory doctors and we are always on call. In this episode, we look at some recent stories about the way women’s bodies are regulated and policed in different ways. Using this as an example, we explore the possibilities of resistance. The texts we refer to are: “Ideology and Ideological State Apparatuses” by Louis Althusser (https://www.marxists.org/reference/archive/althusser/1970/ideology.htm) "Rethinking the Public Sphere: A Contribution to the Critique of Actually Existing Democracy" by Nancy Fraser (http://www.jstor.org/stable/466240?seq=4#fndtn-page_scan_tab_contents) “How Feminism became Capitalism’s Handmaiden – and how to reclaim it” by Nancy Fraser (http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/oct/14/feminism-capitalist-handmaiden-neoliberal) "The Politics of the Veil" by Joan P. Scott (https://www.amazon.co.uk/Politics-Veil-Public-Square/dp/0691147981) You can read about Nicola Thorp and high heels here: http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2016/may/11/receptionist-sent-home-pwc-not-wearing-high-heels-pwc-nicola-thorp You can read about the man who tore off the woman’s hijab on the plane: http://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/may/13/man-pleads-guilty-removes-muslim-woman-hijab You can read about the Liberte Chan and her cardigan here: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/weather-presenter-liberte-chan-made-to-wear-cardigan-on-air-after-viewers-complained-about-her-dress-a7031446.html You can watch the Niqabitch video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2-SvxEYLFTM You can read about the police removing a lesbian woman from a woman’s toilet here: http://jezebel.com/police-refuse-to-believe-lesbian-is-a-woman-force-her-1773733431 You can read about the “helpful man” patrolling the women’s toilet here: http://jezebel.com/helpful-man-patrols-texas-ladies-room-tells-woman-your-1773882994 Our theme music is "The Face of God" by The Agrarians (freemusicarchive.org/music/The_Agra…he_Face_of_God) State of the Theory is brought to you by Hannah Fitzpatrick (@drhfitz) and Anindya Raychaudhuri (@DrAnindyaR) Find us on Facebook (www.facebook.com/stateofthetheorypodcast) or Tweet us @TheoryDoctors

This is Episode 16 of the State of the Theory Podcast. Politics. Power. Popular Culture. And other stuff, probably. In this series, we’re like super nerdy philosophical DJs: mashing up Serious Academic Questions with the most topical news and trends in pop culture. Each week, we’ll tackle a new topic and collide it with ‘critical theory’ (we’re pretty loose with our definitions, though, so expect the unexpected). Our aim is to destroy the stuff we know, explore the stuff we don’t and unsettle everything we think we know about the world. We take the obvious, the commonsensical, the certain, and then we rip it all to shreds. We are your theory doctors and we are always on call. In this episode, we look at recent London mayoral election race. We examine the ways in which colonial history, race and Islamophobia featured in the way the campaigns were run, and the ways in which the election was covered. Specifically, we critique the way in which Zac Goldsmith, Conservative candidate, tried to build support among London's south Asian communities. The texts we refer to are: "Dominance Without Hegemony: History and Power in Colonial India" by Ranajit Guha (https://www.amazon.co.uk/Dominance-without-Hegemony-Convergences-Inventories-y/dp/0674214838) "The Clash of Civilizations and the Remaking of World Order" by Samuel P. Huntington (https://www.amazon.co.uk/Clash-Civilizations-Remaking-World-Order/dp/074323149X) "The Great Partition: The Making of India and Pakistan" by Yasmin Khan (https://www.amazon.co.uk/Great-Partition-Making-India-Pakistan/dp/0300143338) You can see the Conservative campaign leaflet here: http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2016/mar/16/zac-goldsmith-leaflet-british-indians-heirlooms You can watch the campaign video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gq-pDjrs-FA You can watch Zac Goldsmith's interview about Bollywood here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vViUKsJ42ZM Our theme music is "The Face of God" by The Agrarians (freemusicarchive.org/music/The_Agra…he_Face_of_God) State of the Theory is brought to you by Hannah Fitzpatrick (@drhfitz) and Anindya Raychaudhuri (@DrAnindyaR) Find us on Facebook (www.facebook.com/stateofthetheorypodcast) or Tweet us @TheoryDoctors

This is Episode 15 of the State of the Theory Podcast. Politics. Power. Popular Culture. And other stuff, probably. In this series, we’re like super nerdy philosophical DJs: mashing up Serious Academic Questions with the most topical news and trends in pop culture. Each week, we’ll tackle a new topic and collide it with ‘critical theory’ (we’re pretty loose with our definitions, though, so expect the unexpected). Our aim is to destroy the stuff we know, explore the stuff we don’t and unsettle everything we think we know about the world. We take the obvious, the commonsensical, the certain, and then we rip it all to shreds. We are your theory doctors and we are always on call. In this episode, we look at recent news events about Muslim passengers being forced to get off planes out of concerns for security. We use these stories to think through the relationship between Islamophobia and securitisation. How does 9/11 change the way we view Muslims, and air-travel? What interests does the State have in creating and perpetuating myths about Muslims and terror? The texts we refer to are: "Security, Territory, Population" by Michel Foucault (https://www.amazon.co.uk/Security-Territory-Population-Michel-Foucault/dp/1403986533) "Manufacturing Consent: : The Political Economy of the Mass Media" by Edward S. Herman and Noam Chomsky (https://www.amazon.co.uk/Manufacturing-Consent-Political-Economy-Media/dp/0099533111) "Sister Outside" by Audre Lorde (https://www.amazon.co.uk/Sister-Outsider-Speeches-Crossing-Feminist/dp/1580911862) You can read the story from "The Hummus" here: http://www.thehummusnews.com/post74288145510muslim-on-airplane-fails-to-smile-wide-enough-pilot/ You can read the story from the "National Profiler" here: http://www.nationalprofiler.com/southwest-offers-arabic-select/ You can read about MIA and Black Lives Matter here: http://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/apr/21/mia-black-lives-matter-comments-beyonce-refugees-criticism Our theme music is "The Face of God" by The Agrarians (freemusicarchive.org/music/The_Agra…he_Face_of_God) State of the Theory is brought to you by Hannah Fitzpatrick (@drhfitz) and Anindya Raychaudhuri (@DrAnindyaR) Find us on Facebook (www.facebook.com/stateofthetheorypodcast/?fref=ts) or Tweet us @TheoryDoctors

This is Episode 14 of the State of the Theory Podcast. Politics. Power. Popular Culture. And other stuff, probably. In this series, we’re like super nerdy philosophical DJs: mashing up Serious Academic Questions with the most topical news and trends in pop culture. Each week, we’ll tackle a new topic and collide it with ‘critical theory’ (we’re pretty loose with our definitions, though, so expect the unexpected). Our aim is to destroy the stuff we know, explore the stuff we don’t and unsettle everything we think we know about the world. We take the obvious, the commonsensical, the certain, and then we rip it all to shreds. We are your theory doctors and we are always on call. In this episode, we look at the politics of commemoration of Shakespeare’s 400th anniversary. We look at the ways in which Shakespeare has been used to represent British nationhood, and a universal humanism at the same time. We explore the political implications of this, in terms of class, nationhood and Empire. The text we refer to is: “Worlds Elsewhere: Journeys Around Shakespeare's Globe” by Andrew Dickson (https://www.amazon.co.uk/Worlds-Elsewhere-Journeys-Around-Shakespeares/dp/0099578956) You can watch the opening ceremony of the London 2012 Olympics here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4As0e4de-rI Our theme music is "The Face of God" by The Agrarians (freemusicarchive.org/music/The_Agra…he_Face_of_God) State of the Theory is brought to you by Hannah Fitzpatrick (@drhfitz) and Anindya Raychaudhuri (@DrAnindyaR) Find us on Facebook (www.facebook.com/stateofthetheorypodcast/?fref=ts) or Tweet us @TheoryDoctors

This is Episode 13 of the State of the Theory Podcast. Politics. Power. Popular Culture. And other stuff, probably. In this series, we’re like super nerdy philosophical DJs: mashing up Serious Academic Questions with the most topical news and trends in pop culture. Each week, we’ll tackle a new topic and collide it with ‘critical theory’ (we’re pretty loose with our definitions, though, so expect the unexpected). Our aim is to destroy the stuff we know, explore the stuff we don’t and unsettle everything we think we know about the world. We take the obvious, the commonsensical, the certain, and then we rip it all to shreds. We are your theory doctors and we are always on call. In this episode, we discuss the tragedy that took place at the Hillsborough football ground in Sheffield in 1989, the way the police and emergency authorities failed, and the way that failure was covered up. We explore particular narratives of class and regional identity that allowed for the cover-up to work. The texts we refer to are: “State of Exception” by Giorgio Agamben (https://www.amazon.co.uk/State-Exception-Giorgio-Agamben/dp/0226009254) “Eichmann in Jerusalem” by Hannah Arendt (https://www.amazon.co.uk/Eichmann-Jerusalem-Penguin-Classics-Hannah/dp/0143039881) You can watch the Bruce Grobelaar interview here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xiUlAzIKoH4 A BBC Panorama Documentary on Hillsborough can be seen here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XaBnY-SnwxA Our theme music is "The Face of God" by The Agrarians (freemusicarchive.org/music/The_Agra…he_Face_of_God) State of the Theory is brought to you by Hannah Fitzpatrick (@drhfitz) and Anindya Raychaudhuri (@DrAnindyaR) Find us on Facebook (www.facebook.com/stateofthetheorypodcast/?fref=ts) or Tweet us @TheoryDoctors

This is Episode 12 of the State of the Theory Podcast. Politics. Power. Popular Culture. And other stuff, probably. In this series, we’re like super nerdy philosophical DJs: mashing up Serious Academic Questions with the most topical news and trends in pop culture. Each week, we’ll tackle a new topic and collide it with ‘critical theory’ (we’re pretty loose with our definitions, though, so expect the unexpected). Our aim is to destroy the stuff we know, explore the stuff we don’t and unsettle everything we think we know about the world. We take the obvious, the commonsensical, the certain, and then we rip it all to shreds. We are your theory doctors and we are always on call. In this episode, we examine the politics behind the British Royal family in terms of its relationship to the history and memory of the British Empire. Taking opportunity of William and Kate's recent visit to India, we think through the politics of the post-colonial world, and contextualise the demand for repatriation of colonial acquisitions such as the Koh-I-Noor Diamond or the Elgin Marbles. The texts we refer to are: "Dominance Without Hegemony: History and Power in Colonial India" by Ranajit Guha (https://www.amazon.co.uk/Dominance-without-Hegemony-Convergences-Inventories-y/dp/0674214838?ie=UTF8&*Version*=1&*entries*=0) "Kim" by Rudyard Kipling (https://www.amazon.co.uk/Kim-Vintage-Classics-Rudyard-Kipling/dp/0099540789?ie=UTF8&*Version*=1&*entries*=0) "Capital, Volume 1" by Karl Marx (https://www.amazon.co.uk/Capital-Critique-Political-Economy-Classics/dp/0140445684?ie=UTF8&*Version*=1&*entries*=0) "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" by Mark Twain (https://www.amazon.co.uk/Adventures-Huckleberry-Finn-Collins-Classics/dp/0007351038) "Give Back Kohinoor? Fat Chance" by Andrew Whitehead (http://www.ndtv.com/opinion/london-point-of-view-give-back-kohinoor-fat-chance-1397608) The photographs of William and Kate can be seen here: (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-36060563) Our theme music is "The Face of God" by The Agrarians (freemusicarchive.org/music/The_Agra…he_Face_of_God) State of the Theory is brought to you by Hannah Fitzpatrick (@drhfitz) and Anindya Raychaudhuri (@DrAnindyaR) Find us on Facebook (www.facebook.com/stateofthetheorypodcast/?fref=ts) or Tweet us @TheoryDoctors

This is Episode 11 of the State of the Theory Podcast. Politics. Power. Popular Culture. And other stuff, probably. In this series, we’re like super nerdy philosophical DJs: mashing up Serious Academic Questions with the most topical news and trends in pop culture. Each week, we’ll tackle a new topic and collide it with ‘critical theory’ (we’re pretty loose with our definitions, though, so expect the unexpected). Our aim is to destroy the stuff we know, explore the stuff we don’t and unsettle everything we think we know about the world. We take the obvious, the commonsensical, the certain, and then we rip it all to shreds. We are your theory doctors and we are always on call. In this episode, we look at the Panama Papers. In the second of a two-parter, we examine on the politics of whistleblowing. We examine the attitudes about tax and taxation as revealed by the way the Panama Papers story has been treated in the media. We see how taxation plays a role in creating a sense of the nation-state, and calibrates the relationship between nation-state and citizenry, and what this has to say about neoliberalism and democracy. The Bernie Sanders speech can be seen here: (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u0mAwRAFC2U) Our theme music is "The Face of God" by The Agrarians (freemusicarchive.org/music/The_Agra…he_Face_of_God) State of the Theory is brought to you by Hannah Fitzpatrick and Anindya Raychaudhuri Find us on Facebook (www.facebook.com/stateofthetheorypodcast/?fref=ts) or Tweet us @drhfitz and @DrAnindyaR

This is Episode 10 of the State of the Theory Podcast. Politics. Power. Popular Culture. And other stuff, probably. In this series, we’re like super nerdy philosophical DJs: mashing up Serious Academic Questions with the most topical news and trends in pop culture. Each week, we’ll tackle a new topic and collide it with ‘critical theory’ (we’re pretty loose with our definitions, though, so expect the unexpected). Our aim is to destroy the stuff we know, explore the stuff we don’t and unsettle everything we think we know about the world. We take the obvious, the commonsensical, the certain, and then we rip it all to shreds. We are your theory doctors and we are always on call. In this episode, we look at the Panama Papers. In the first of a two-parter, we examine on the politics of whistleblowing. We set the Panama Papers story in the context of previous whistleblowing stories such as Chelsea Manning and Edward Snowden, and discuss what the phenomenon of whistleblowing has to say about neoliberalism and democracy, and about the relationship between the nation-state and its citizens. The texts we refer to are: "The Birth of Biopolitics" by Michel Foucault (http://www.amazon.co.uk/The-Birth-Biopolitics-Lectures-1978-1979/dp/140398655X) "A Key Similarity Between Snowden Leak and Panama Papers: Scandal Is What’s Been Legalized" by Glenn Greenwald (https://theintercept.com/2016/04/04/a-key-similarity-between-snowden-leak-and-panamapapers-scandal-is-whats-been-legalized/) The John Oliver interview with Edward Snowden can be seen here: (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XEVlyP4_11M) Our theme music is "The Face of God" by The Agrarians (freemusicarchive.org/music/The_Agra…he_Face_of_God) State of the Theory is brought to you by Hannah Fitzpatrick and Anindya Raychaudhuri Find us on Facebook (www.facebook.com/stateofthetheorypodcast/?fref=ts) or Tweet us @drhfitz and @DrAnindyaR

This is Episode 9 of the State of the Theory Podcast. Politics. Power. Popular Culture. And other stuff, probably. In this series, we’re like super nerdy philosophical DJs: mashing up Serious Academic Questions with the most topical news and trends in pop culture. Each week, we’ll tackle a new topic and collide it with ‘critical theory’ (we’re pretty loose with our definitions, though, so expect the unexpected). Our aim is to destroy the stuff we know, explore the stuff we don’t and unsettle everything we think we know about the world. We take the obvious, the commonsensical, the certain, and then we rip it all to shreds. We are your theory doctors and we are always on call. In this episode, we look at the ways in which academia and academics are represented on television, in cinema and in popular culture. We think through the political consequences of these representations and ask what the role of academic expertise in society should be. The texts we refer to are: "Academics can change the world – if they stop talking only to their peers" by Savo Heleta (https://theconversation.com/academics-can-change-the-world-if-they-stop-talking-only-to-their-peers-55713) "Addicted to the brand: The hypocrisy of a publishing academic" by Philip Moriarty (http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsocialsciences/2016/03/14/addicted-to-the-brand-the-hypocrisy-of-a-publishing-academic/) "Prof, no one is reading you" by Asit K. Biswas And Julian Kirchherr (http://www.straitstimes.com/opinion/prof-no-one-is-reading-you) Our theme music is "The Face of God" by The Agrarians (freemusicarchive.org/music/The_Agra…he_Face_of_God) State of the Theory is brought to you by Hannah Fitzpatrick and Anindya Raychaudhuri Find us on Facebook (www.facebook.com/stateofthetheorypodcast/?fref=ts) or Tweet us @drhfitz and @DrAnindyaR

This is Episode 8 of the State of the Theory Podcast. Politics. Power. Popular Culture. And other stuff, probably. In this series, we’re like super nerdy philosophical DJs: mashing up Serious Academic Questions with the most topical news and trends in pop culture. Each week, we’ll tackle a new topic and collide it with ‘critical theory’ (we’re pretty loose with our definitions, though, so expect the unexpected). Our aim is to destroy the stuff we know, explore the stuff we don’t and unsettle everything we think we know about the world. We take the obvious, the commonsensical, the certain, and then we rip it all to shreds. We are your theory doctors and we are always on call. In this episode, we look at the politics surrounding the freedom of speech. By focusing on case studies such as Donald Trump and the US Presidential Election, Chris Rock’s hosting of the recent Academy Awards, and the various debates surrounding Trans identities within Feminism, we discuss how useful the concept of free speech is to further progressive causes. The theoretical text we refer to is: "You are oppressing us!" by Sara Ahmed (http://feministkilljoys.com/2015/02/15/you-are-oppressing-us/) Our theme music is "The Face of God" by The Agrarians (freemusicarchive.org/music/The_Agra…he_Face_of_God) State of the Theory is brought to you by Hannah Fitzpatrick and Anindya Raychaudhuri Find us on Facebook (www.facebook.com/stateofthetheorypodcast/?fref=ts) or Tweet us @drhfitz and @DrAnindyaR

This is Episode 7 of the State of the Theory Podcast. Politics. Power. Popular Culture. And other stuff, probably. In this series, we’re like super nerdy philosophical DJs: mashing up Serious Academic Questions with the most topical news and trends in pop culture. Each week, we’ll tackle a new topic and collide it with ‘critical theory’ (we’re pretty loose with our definitions, though, so expect the unexpected). Our aim is to destroy the stuff we know, explore the stuff we don’t and unsettle everything we think we know about the world. We take the obvious, the commonsensical, the certain, and then we rip it all to shreds. We are your theory doctors and we are always on call. In this episode, we look at the UK Budget, which was announced this week. We examine the ideological positions behind policies such as the Sugar Tax, the Academicisation of Schools, and cuts to various welfare benefits. The theoretical text we refer to is: "Mothers on Display: Lunchboxes, Social Class and Moral Accountability" by Vicki Harman and Benedetta Capellini (Link behind paywall: http://soc.sagepub.com/content/early/2015/02/02/0038038514559322.full.pdf+html) Our theme music is "The Face of God" by The Agrarians (freemusicarchive.org/music/The_Agra…he_Face_of_God) State of the Theory is brought to you by Hannah Fitzpatrick and Anindya Raychaudhuri Find us on Facebook (www.facebook.com/stateofthetheorypodcast/?fref=ts) or Tweet us @drhfitz and @DrAnindyaR

This is Episode 6 of the State of the Theory Podcast. Politics. Power. Popular Culture. And other stuff, probably. In this series, we’re like super nerdy philosophical DJs: mashing up Serious Academic Questions with the most topical news and trends in pop culture. Each week, we’ll tackle a new topic and collide it with ‘critical theory’ (we’re pretty loose with our definitions, though, so expect the unexpected). Our aim is to destroy the stuff we know, explore the stuff we don’t and unsettle everything we think we know about the world. We take the obvious, the commonsensical, the certain, and then we rip it all to shreds. We are your theory doctors and we are always on call. In this episode, we focus on the relationship between cinema and journalism. In the week "Spotlight" won Best Picture at the Academy Awards, and Al Jazeera America closed down, we explore the value of journalism in today's world. Using the theories of Pierre Bourdieu and Rodney Benson, we interrogate the place of investigative journalism in the 21st Century. The theoretical texts we refer to are: "On Television" by Pierre Bourdieu (http://www.amazon.co.uk/ON-TELEVISION-Pierre-Bourdieu/dp/1565845129) "Outline of a Theory of Practice" by Pierre Bourdieu (http://www.amazon.co.uk/Outline-Practice-Cambridge-Cultural-Anthropology/dp/052129164X) "Bringing the Sociology of Media Back In" by Rodney Benson (Link behind Paywall: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/10584600490481299?src=recsys) Our theme music is "The Face of God" by The Agrarians (freemusicarchive.org/music/The_Agra…he_Face_of_God) State of the Theory is brought to you by Hannah Fitzpatrick and Anindya Raychaudhuri Find us on Facebook (www.facebook.com/stateofthetheorypodcast/?fref=ts) or Tweet us @drhfitz and @DrAnindyaR

This is Episode 5 of the State of the Theory Podcast. Politics. Power. Popular Culture. And other stuff, probably. In this series, we’re like super nerdy philosophical DJs: mashing up Serious Academic Questions with the most topical news and trends in pop culture. Each week, we’ll tackle a new topic and collide it with ‘critical theory’ (we’re pretty loose with our definitions, though, so expect the unexpected). Our aim is to destroy the stuff we know, explore the stuff we don’t and unsettle everything we think we know about the world. We take the obvious, the commonsensical, the certain, and then we rip it all to shreds. We are your theory doctors and we are always on call. In this episode, we consider Donald Trump in USA, and Narendra Modi in India through theories of Fascism. We ask to what extent these politicians and the movements they lead can be described as 21st Century forms of Fascism. The theoretical texts we refer to are: Walled States, Waning Sovereignty by Wendy Brown (http://www.amazon.co.uk/Walled-States-Waning-Sovereignty-Wendy/dp/1935408097) "Ur-Fascism" by Umberto Eco (www.pegc.us/archive/Articles/eco_ur-fascism.pdf) "The Ghosts of 1920s Italy Are Here to Haunt Us" by Diego Maiorano (http://thewire.in/2016/02/24/the-ghosts-of-1920s-italy-are-here-to-haunt-us-22513/) Our theme music is "The Face of God" by The Agrarians (freemusicarchive.org/music/The_Agra…he_Face_of_God) State of the Theory is brought to you by Hannah Fitzpatrick (University of Aberdeen) and Anindya Raychaudhuri (University of St Andrews) Find us on Facebook (www.facebook.com/stateofthetheorypodcast/?fref=ts) or Tweet us @drhfitz and @DrAnindyaR

This is Episode 4 of the State of the Theory Podcast. Politics. Power. Popular Culture. And other stuff, probably. In this series, we’re like super nerdy philosophical DJs: mashing up Serious Academic Questions with the most topical news and trends in pop culture. Each week, we’ll tackle a new topic and collide it with ‘critical theory’ (we’re pretty loose with our definitions, though, so expect the unexpected). Our aim is to destroy the stuff we know, explore the stuff we don’t and unsettle everything we think we know about the world. We take the obvious, the commonsensical, the certain, and then we rip it all to shreds. We are your theory doctors and we are always on call. In this episode, we consider Donald Trump in USA, and Narendra Modi in India through theories of Fascism. We ask to what extent these politicians and the movements they lead can be described as 21st Century forms of Fascism. The theoretical texts we refer to are: "The Origins of Totalitarianism" by Hannah Arendt (http://www.amazon.co.uk/The-Origins-Totalitarianism-Hannah-Arendt/dp/1849028974) "Ur-Fascism" by Umberto Eco (http://www.pegc.us/archive/Articles/eco_ur-fascism.pdf) "Selections from the Prison Notebooks" by Antonio Gramsci (http://www.amazon.co.uk/Selections-Prison-Notebooks-Antonio-Gramsci/dp/0853152802) Our theme music is "The Face of God" by The Agrarians (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/The_Agrarians/The_Jovial_Shepherd/The_Face_of_God) State of the Theory is brought to you by Hannah Fitzpatrick (University of Aberdeen) and Anindya Raychaudhuri (University of St Andrews) Find us on Facebook (www.facebook.com/stateofthetheorypodcast/?fref=ts) or Tweet us @drhfitz and @DrAnindyaR

This is Episode 3 of the State of the Theory Podcast. Politics. Power. Popular Culture. And other stuff, probably. In this series, we’re like super nerdy philosophical DJs: mashing up Serious Academic Questions with the most topical news and trends in pop culture. Each week, we’ll tackle a new topic and collide it with ‘critical theory’ (we’re pretty loose with our definitions, though, so expect the unexpected). Our aim is to destroy the stuff we know, explore the stuff we don’t and unsettle everything we think we know about the world. We take the obvious, the commonsensical, the certain, and then we rip it all to shreds. We are your theory doctors and we are always on call. In this episode, we focus on the industry surrounding Valentine's Day. Using the work of Laruen Berlant, Michael Warner, Karl Marx, Wendy Brown, Matthew Coleman and Matt Sparke, we explore the ways in which heteronormativity and neoliberalism are jointly put to work in the preservation and propagation of capitalism and the nation-state. The Tesco Valentine's Day advert can be viewed here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-TV5e_9Pfe4 The theoretical texts we refer to are: "Sex in Public" by Lauren Berlant and Michael Warner (http://sites.middlebury.edu/sexandsociety/files/2015/01/Berlant-and-Warner-Sex-in-Public.pdf) "Capital Vol. 1" by Karl Marx (http://www.amazon.co.uk/Capital-Critique-Political-Economy-Classics/dp/0140445684) "Neo-liberalism and the End of Liberal Democracy" by Wendy Brown (http://lchc.ucsd.edu/cogn_150/Readings/brown.pdf) "Reclaiming Democracy: An Interview with Wendy Brown" (http://criticallegalthinking.com/2013/01/30/reclaiming-democracy-an-interview-with-wendy-brown-on-occupy-sovereignty-and-secularism/) "U.S. statecraft and the U.S.–Mexico border as security/economy nexus" by Matthew Coleman (http://www.elsevierscitech.com/pdfs/JPGQ/2005_US_statecraft_and_the_US_Mexico_border_as_securityeconomy_nexus.pdf) A Neoliberal Nexus: Economy, Security and the Biopolitics of Citizenship on the Border by Matt Sparke (https://faculty.washington.edu/sparke/NN.pdf) Our theme music is "The Face of God" by The Agrarians (freemusicarchive.org/music/The_Agra…he_Face_of_God) State of the Theory is brought to you by Hannah Fitzpatrick and Anindya Raychaudhuri Find us on Facebook (www.facebook.com/stateofthetheorypodcast/?fref=ts) or Tweet us @drhfitz and @DrAnindyaR

This is Episode 2 of the State of the Theory Podcast. Politics. Power. Popular Culture. And other stuff, probably. In this series, we’re like super nerdy philosophical DJs: mashing up Serious Academic Questions with the most topical news and trends in pop culture. Each week, we’ll tackle a new topic and collide it with ‘critical theory’ (we’re pretty loose with our definitions, though, so expect the unexpected). Our aim is to destroy the stuff we know, explore the stuff we don’t and unsettle everything we think we know about the world. We take the obvious, the commonsensical, the certain, and then we rip it all to shreds. We are your theory doctors and we are always on call. In this episode, we focus on the fight for the legalization of homosexuality in India. Using the work of Eric Hobsbawm, Michel Foucault, Giorgio Agamben and Judith Butler, we explore the ways in which the nation-state uses the various wings of government in order to perpetuate marginalization. The theoretical texts we refer to are: "The Invention of Tradition" by Eric Hobsbawm (http://www.amazon.co.uk/The-Invention-Tradition-Canto-Classics/dp/1107604672) "The History of Sexuality Vol. 1" by Michel Foucault (http://www.amazon.co.uk/The-History-Sexuality-Will-Knowledge/dp/0140268685) "State of Exception" by Giorgio Agamben (http://www.amazon.co.uk/State-Exception-Giorgio-Agamben/dp/0226009254) "Restaging the Universal" by Judith Butler in “Contingency, Hegemony, Universality: Contemporary Dialogues on the Left” by Judith Butler, Ernesto Laclau, and Slavoj Žižek (http://www.amazon.co.uk/Contingency-Hegemony-Universality-Contemporary-Dialogues/dp/1844676684) An extract from the TV debate we mention can be seen here: (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v4-fYgcJA7s) Our theme music is "The Face of God" by The Agrarians (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/The_Agrarians/The_Jovial_Shepherd/The_Face_of_God) State of the Theory is brought to you by Hannah Fitzpatrick and Anindya Raychaudhuri Find us on Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/stateofthetheorypodcast/?fref=ts) or Tweet us @drhfitz and @DrAnindyaR

This is Episode 1 of the State of the Theory Podcast. Politics. Power. Popular Culture. And other stuff, probably. In this series, we’re like super nerdy philosophical DJs: mashing up Serious Academic Questions with the most topical news and trends in pop culture. Each week, we’ll tackle a new topic and collide it with ‘critical theory’ (we’re pretty loose with our definitions, though, so expect the unexpected). Our aim is to destroy the stuff we know, explore the stuff we don’t and unsettle everything we think we know about the world. We take the obvious, the commonsensical, the certain, and then we rip it all to shreds. We are your theory doctors and we are always on call. In this episode, we discuss "Hymn for the Weekend" by Coldplay ft. Beyonce (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YykjpeuMNEk; "Princess of China" by Coldplay ft. Rihanna (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Uw6ZkbsAH8) and "Meet Me Halfway" by The Black Eyed Peas (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I7HahVwYpwo) The theoretical texts we refer to are: "The Location of Culture" by Homi Bhabha (http://www.amazon.co.uk/The-Location-Culture-Routledge-Classics/dp/0415336392) "Cultural Identity and Diaspora" by Stuart Hall (http://www.amazon.co.uk/Identity-Community-Culture-Difference/dp/0853158711) "Black Looks: Race and Representation" by bell hooks (http://www.amazon.co.uk/Black-Looks-Representation-Bell-Hooks/dp/0896084337) "Orientalism" by Edward Said (http://www.amazon.co.uk/Orientalism-Edward-W-Said/dp/0141187425) Our theme music is "The Face of God" by The Agrarians (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/The_Agrarians/The_Jovial_Shepherd/The_Face_of_God) State of the Theory is brought to you by Hannah Fitzpatrick and Anindya Raychaudhuri Find us on Facebook (www.facebook.com/stateofthetheorypodcast/?fref=ts) or Tweet us @drhfitz and @DrAnindyaR