5 episodes

People Are Strange is a podcast about human beings and how very strange we truly are.

People are Strange Matthew T Phillips

    • Society & Culture

People Are Strange is a podcast about human beings and how very strange we truly are.

    Cannibalism

    Cannibalism

    The anthropologist Claude Levis-Strauss said that 'we are all cannibals'

    Tune in to find out what this means.

    • 6 min
    Sex

    Sex

    It is clear that sex is not simply about a sexual relation but a relation of meaning.

    Sex is symbolic.

    Tune in to find out what this means. 

    • 7 min
    What is a car?

    What is a car?

    What is a car?

    A form of transport?

    An isolation tank?

    A pod of rage?

    It is clear that the car is not simply a vehicle of transportation

    But a vehicle of human meaning

    Tune in to find out what this means. 

    • 9 min
    What is dance?

    What is dance?

    What is dance? 

    What does it mean? 

    Why do we do it? 

    Why do YOU do it? 

    Tune in to find out.

    • 8 min
    The Sensory Deprivation Tank - A Time Machine

    The Sensory Deprivation Tank - A Time Machine

    What is the sensory deprivation tank? 

    What is the experience it provides? 

    What does it do to the human being contained within it? 

    Tune in to find out.

    • 22 min

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