The Cluster F Theory Podcast

Timotheus Vermeulen and Gia Milinovich
The Cluster F Theory Podcast

To many of us the world, our very planet, appears to be coming apart. How can we put it back together again (and should we)? What do we salvage and what do we throw away? What goes where and why? Each episode we speak to a philosopher, critical theorist, scientist, artist, writer or thinker about their take on the absolute 'cluster f' that’s happening around us. We don't promise to make you happier, more mindful or fitter, but you will spend some time thinking about something other than yourself. theclusterftheory.substack.com

  1. 17 OCT

    37. End of Season 1

    Hello! We're going to take a break for a little while. In this episode, we discuss what the past 7 months have been like for us and what kinds of topics we'd like to cover in our next season. If you have only recently found us, we'd love it if you'd go back to the beginning and listen to earlier episodes. Also, feel free to share the podcast and subscribe to our Substack in order to be emailed with new episodes. Also, rate it and review it or whatever it is you're supposed to do with podcasts. I don’t know… The discussions we've mentioned in this episode are: 6.⁠ ⁠Ritual- Andy Nyman https://theclusterftheory.substack.com/p/6-ritual-andy-nyman 2. Foreplay|Endgame - Joseph Koerner https://theclusterftheory.substack.com/p/2-foreplayendgame-joseph-koerner 13. Parafiction - Carrie Lambert-Beatty https://theclusterftheory.substack.com/p/13-parafiction-carrie-lambert-beatty 23. FGM - Nimco Ali https://theclusterftheory.substack.com/p/23-fgm-nimco-ali 17. Buffering - Tom McCarthy https://theclusterftheory.substack.com/p/17-buffering-tom-mccarthy 14. Scenes - Adam Thirlwell https://theclusterftheory.substack.com/p/14-scenes-adam-thirlwell 3.⁠ ⁠War Games - Annabel Daou https://theclusterftheory.substack.com/p/3-war-games-annabel-daou 25. The Emotional Aftermath of War Reporting - David Chater https://theclusterftheory.substack.com/p/25-the-emotional-aftermath-of-war 7.⁠ ⁠Negotiating the Long Term - Catherine Ashton https://theclusterftheory.substack.com/p/7-negotiating-the-long-term-catherine 12. Invisible Women - Caroline Criado Perez https://theclusterftheory.substack.com/p/12-invisible-women-caroline-criado 31. AI - Nick Rhodes https://theclusterftheory.substack.com/p/31-ai-nick-rhodes 11. Contingency- Hanneke van Laarhoven https://theclusterftheory.substack.com/p/11-contingency-hanneke-van-laarhoven 36. Hypochondria - Caroline Crampton https://theclusterftheory.substack.com/p/36-hypochondria-caroline-crampton Thank you so much to Julian Mayers from Yada Yada for editing everything. And a big thank you to DC Turner for the theme tune and the logo. See you all soon! Gia and Tim This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit theclusterftheory.substack.com

    22 min
  2. 19 SEPT

    33. Children's Online Rights - Beeban Kidron

    Baroness Beeban Kidron OBE sits as a crossbench peer in the UK’s House of Lords. She is an advisor to the Institute for Ethics in AI at the University of Oxford, a Commissioner on the UN Broadband Commission for Sustainable Development, an expert advisor for the UN Secretary-General’s High-Level Advisory Body on Artificial Intelligence, and Founder and Chair of 5Rights Foundation. Before taking up her seat in the House of Lords in 2012, Baroness Kidron spent 30 years as a film maker. Her credits include, the BAFTA award-winning 'Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit', 'Bridget Jones: the Edge of Reason' and 'To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar'. She also co-founded the education charity Into Film, which currently engages with over two thirds of schools in the UK offering a wide programme of film clubs, cinema screenings, and resources and training to support classroom teaching. Baroness Beeban Kidron OBE's personal site: https://beeban.com/ Baroness Kidron's Parliamentary page: https://members.parliament.uk/member/4258/career 5 Rights Foundation: https://5rightsfoundation.com/ Into Film: https://www.intofilm.org/ Beeban Kidron's IMDB page: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0452319/ Wikipedia page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beeban_Kidron The Cluster F Theory Podcast is edited by Julian Mayers at Yada Yada https://www.yada-yada.net/ This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit theclusterftheory.substack.com

    47 min
  3. 29 AUG

    30. First Nations' Rights - Brenda L Croft

    The artist and thinker Brenda L Croft is from the Gurindji/Malngin/Mudburra peoples from the Victorian River region of the Northern Territory of Australia, and Anglo-Australian/German/Irish/Chinese heritage. She has been a key participant in the Australian First Nations and broader contemporary arts and cultural sectors as a multi-disciplinary creative practitioner—artist, arts administrator, consultant, curator, educator and researcher—since the mid-1980s. Brenda is a Professor of Indigenous Art History and Curatorship, Australian National University. In 2023—2024 Brenda is Gough Whitlam and Malcolm Fraser Chair of Australian Studies at Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA. Australian National University faculty page: https://researchportalplus.anu.edu.au/en/persons/brenda-croft ORCID page: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4913-6238 Harvard page: https://afvs.fas.harvard.edu/people/brenda-croft Australian National Portrait Gallery: https://www.portrait.gov.au/people/brenda-l-croft-1964 Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brenda_L_Croft Brenda’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/brendalcroft/ The Cluster F Theory Podcast is edited by Julian Mayers at Yada Yada https://www.yada-yada.net/. Thanks for reading The Cluster F Theory Podcast! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support the podcast. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit theclusterftheory.substack.com

    51 min

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To many of us the world, our very planet, appears to be coming apart. How can we put it back together again (and should we)? What do we salvage and what do we throw away? What goes where and why? Each episode we speak to a philosopher, critical theorist, scientist, artist, writer or thinker about their take on the absolute 'cluster f' that’s happening around us. We don't promise to make you happier, more mindful or fitter, but you will spend some time thinking about something other than yourself. theclusterftheory.substack.com

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