Odium Symposium

In this episode, Helen introduces Sarah to the work of J.K. Sheindlin, the self described "most-censored man on the internet." Is he a truth-telling patriot who has so terrified the elites that they will stop at nothing...

Sarah and Helen listen to the episode of the Ezra Klein show that made Sarah realize he was full of shit. WE ARE NOW SELLING MERCH! You can find a link to our store on our website: https://www.odiumsymposium.com. You...

Helen and Sarah sit down with Professor Amy Marvin, a philosopher who specializes in feminist philosophy and trans theory. We discuss the relationship between chasers, transphobia, and ruinous obsession, and ask how...

Helen introduces Sarah to the work of conservative philosopher, grifter and tobacco lobbyist Roger Scruton. Along the way the two learn about, among other things, the difference between values and orthodoxies, between...

Helen and Sarah talk about /r/fuckingfascists, a fascist domination  roleplay subreddit intended for good liberals, which instead ended up  getting eaten alive by nazis.

Helen and Sarah look at Things That Matter, the racist and  pseudointellectual best-of collection from Pulitzer prize winning op-ed  columnist Charles Krauthammer.

Helen leads Sarah through the life and activism of notorious homophobe and orange juice queen, Anita Bryant. The two talk about how anti-gay activism both has and hasn't changed over the last 50 years, and try to learn...

Sarah and Helen sit down with Danielle Procope Bell, an Assistant Professor of Africana Studies at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, to discuss her recent paper “‘Pick-Me’ Black women: tactical patriarchal...

Sarah and Helen reviewer Little Boy, a disastrous film from the makers of the QAnon flavored hit Sound of Freedom. Along the way, they meet with a failed Mexican presidential candidate, as well as Paul Blart: Mall Cop...

Sarah and Helen are joined by reporter on the far right Michael Edison Hayden to discuss his new book Strange People on the Hill, about what happened when far right propaganda outlet VDARE bought a castle overlooking a...

Helen and Sarah discuss The Camp of the Saints, a racist novel that has quietly become fundamental to how the right wing talks about immigration. PS: Our RSS publisher bugged out. Sorry to be getting this episode to you...

Sarah and Helen take a look at some research papers from viXra, the scientific publishing site for cranks and pseudoscientists, and end up learning about the sensual curves which underlie reality itself. We made a new...

In this twist on the "theory and practice" format, Helen introduces Sarah to Avgi Saketopoulou and Ann Pellegrini's Gender Without Identity , a contemporary work of queer psychoanalytic theory. Then, the two dive in to...

In this "theory and practice" episode, Sarah and Helen read Umberto Eco's essay "Ur-Fascism," then see how it applies to Frank Miller's 1986 Batman comic The Dark Knight Returns. Check out our Patreon at...

Sarah and Helen invite a guest to the symposium to talk about a foundational work of transphobia: Janice Raymond's Transsexual Empire: The Making of the She-Male , and discover that despite its pretensions to feminism...