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Jersey GhoulsEpisode 163The Ghouls are joined by Chris of The Last Film on the Left blog to discuss Alfred Hitchcock’s masterpiece, Psycho and the sequel that came out 22 years later. Keep up with Chris on his blog The Last Film on the Left where he reviews horror movies with a spiritual perspective! Click to read the article that Marissa referenced — Psycho Feminism: from Hitchcock to Hollaback and Back Again written by Greg Scorzo. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices2022-06-051h 14
THE 'ART OF THINKING' with Greg ScorzoRevolutionary Socialism and Dating Apps THE 'ART OF THINKING' Greg Scorzo with Douglas LainIn this Art of Thinking Podcast, Greg Scorzo talks to writer, podcaster, and Zero Books publisher Douglas Lain. In the first two hours of this podcast, Scorzo and Lain discuss the ethos of Zero Books, Diet Soap media, Lain’s departure from Zero Books, communism, the instability of capitalism, working class revolutions, the problem of mass production, whether social structures undermine free will, incentives as desire technology, a world without wages or profit, the prospects for a working class revolution, and whether capitalism is worse than alternative forms of social organisation. In the third hour of this podcast, Scorzo and Lai...2021-12-122h 47
THE 'ART OF THINKING' with Greg ScorzoThe Impossible David Lynch THE 'ART OF THINKING.' Greg Scorzo with Todd McGowanIn this Art of Thinking podcast, philosopher Greg Scorzo talks to Todd McGowan about his book, The Impossible David Lynch (2002). The podcast examines Todd’s theories explaining the meaning of three David Lynch movies: Lost Highway, Mulholland Drive, and Eraserhead. Also discussed is how McGowan analyses all three movies using the Lacanian conceptualisations of desire and fantasy. Throughout the podcast, Scorzo and McGowan discuss what Lynch’s movies can teach us about politics, the superego, jealousy, love, truth, responsibility, capitalism, time off of work, and the potential we all have to follow our fantasies to the very end. This podcast cont...2021-11-212h 56
THE 'ART OF THINKING' with Greg ScorzoCritical Thinking and Open Minds - THE 'ART OF THINKING' Greg Scorzo with Bob Kruger.In this Art of Thinking podcast, Greg Scorzo talks to writer, computer programmer, and science consultant consultant Bob Kruger. Scorzo and Kruger talk about feminism, patriarchy theory, identity politics, evolutionary psychology, the seductiveness of morality without factual accuracy, the importance of bridging the left-right divide, the social utility of religion, the ubiquitousness of tribal bigotry, whether social media has democratised people power, white privilege, “mansplaining”, vanity, narcissism, slut shaming, exacerbated entitlement, and the mating strategies of gender queer fish.
All The ‘Art of Thinking’ with Greg Scorzo podcasts are available on major platforms via Audio Boom including Spotify, Apple Podcasts...2021-11-122h 58
THE 'ART OF THINKING' with Greg ScorzoExtremism and Victimhood Fantasies. THE 'ART OF THINKING' Greg Scorzo with Quassim Cassam.In this Art of Thinking podcast, Greg Scorzo talks to philosopher Quassim Cassam about his book, “Extremism: A Philosophical Analysis”, available from amazon. Specifically, Scorzo and Cassam will be talking about the mindset of extremists, whether extremist beliefs are delusional, victimhood fantasies, the distinction between extremism and radicalism, whether extremism is time-relative, the Overton window, whether extremism can become mainstream politics, whether the contemporary left or right is more extreme, whether mainstream ideology is what wins elections or kicks you out of polite society, whether polite society marginalising certain views is evidence that polite society is extremist, whether racist views shou...2021-11-031h 01
THE 'ART OF THINKING' with Greg ScorzoRevolutionary Motherhood THE 'ART OF THINKING' Greg Scorzo with Antonella Gambotto-BurkeIn this podcast, Greg Scorzo dialogues with the controversial Australian journalist and writer Antonella Gambotto-Burke about her book, Mama: Love, Motherhood and Revolution. Many of the issues raised in Mama are discussed: issues such as Antonella’s experience becoming a mother, her views on the devaluation of the feminine, attachment parenting, whether it is useful to value female beauty, fractured intimacy, the emotions behind sex work, oxytocin and love, whether personality is more a product of nature or nurture, the specific role of the mother during infant and toddler years, whether you can spoil an infant or toddler, whether or not...2021-10-223h 38
THE 'ART OF THINKING' with Greg ScorzoClassrooms and Culture - 'THE ART OF THINKING' Greg Scorzo with Steven J Lawrence.In this podcast, Greg Scorzo will be talking to educator, writer, and web scholar Steven J. Lawrence. More specifically, they will be discussing the language of wider communication, the importance of cultivating agency in young people, problems with accommodating fragility, how to reach misbehaving kids, the universality of enlightenment principals, the role of identity in classroom culture, the trendiness of zero-sum thinking, the mechanics of dehumanisation, the dignified principals of silent protest, staying in one’s lane, police killings of African-Americans, culturally responsive teaching, the culture of mental health awareness raising, and the conjoining of narcissism with sadism.
Al...2021-10-163h 07
THE 'ART OF THINKING' with Greg ScorzoFeminism and Human Nature - THE 'ART OF THINKING' Greg Scorzo with Paula WrightIn this podcast Greg Scorzo chats to evolutionary theory scholar, writer, and comedian Paula Wright. We’ll be talking about the evolutionary origins of patriarchy, the biological vulnerability of women, feminism and safety culture, the impossibility of equality of outcome, the impossibility of ending violence against women, how intersectional Feminism disrupts the family, using twitter as a barometer for gauging public opinion, the public’s capitulation to rage, whether politics should go against nature, whether men who profess to be women are a danger to women, whether evolutionary psychology paints human nature as more left wing or right wing and whet...2021-10-072h 58
THE 'ART OF THINKING' with Greg ScorzoSpirituality and Politics - THE 'ART OF THINKING' Greg Scorzo with Rick Repetti.In this podcast, Greg Scorzo talks to professor of philosophy Dr Rick Ripetti, who teaches at The City University of New York. They discuss the veridicality of supernatural experiences, the tensions between philosophy and religious mysticism, why extremists see themselves as holding the moral high ground, how to discuss politics in an era of extreme political polarisation, whether Rand's philosophy is collectivist, the epistemic virtues of the political spectrum, sophistry, whether identity politics is a religion, marginalisation and narcissism, special pleading fallacies, progressivism and elitism, the ethics of describing people as “having been manipulated”, the complexity of Donald Trump, and the...2021-09-293h 25
THE 'ART OF THINKING' with Greg ScorzoPoetry, Comedy and Magic – The 'Art of Thinking' Greg Scorzo with Poetman (Will Horspool)In this podcast, Greg Scorzo talks to Leicester poet and magician, the fabulous Will Horspool (AKA poetman). We’ll be discussing Will’s poems and issues they raise such as Free Speech, Cancel Culture in Leicester, Transgender Activism, Covid Restrictions, the UK Lockdown impact on the elderly, unrequited crushes, energy drinks, unpleasant visits to the dentist, the separation of the old from the young, mental health madness, and problems with the hyper-controlled society.
Also available on YouTube
Also listen to recorded dialogues from Greg Scorzo's debut novel 'Love Before Covid,' - traumatic (sur)realism at it's best...2021-09-233h 04
THE 'ART OF THINKING' with Greg ScorzoIntellectual Freedom and the Culture Wars – The 'Art of Thinking' Greg Scorzo with Piers Benn (Part 2)Here is the second part of Greg Scorzo’s ‘Art of Thinking’ session with philosopher Piers Benn. Scorzo and Benn discuss additional issues that come up in Piers Benn’s book, Intellectual Freedom and the Culture Wars. More specifically, they discuss whether being in an historically oppressed group justifies verbally abusing people who belong to more privileged groups, when can one assume racism is no longer a political problem, the psychological incentives all parties have to take certain political stances within identity politics, whether racism accusations are unfalsifiable, the different varieties of virtue signalling, the definition of racism, the paradoxes of uncon...2021-08-242h 36
THE 'ART OF THINKING' with Greg ScorzoIntellectual Freedom and The Culture Wars - 'THE ART OF THINKING' Greg Scorzo with Piers Benn (Part 1)Philosopher, Author, Intellectual Freedom
Greg Scorzo talks to philosopher Piers Benn about his recent book, Intellectual Freedom and the Culture Wars. In this part 1 of a two part podcast, Scorzo and Benn discuss issues that arise in this book, including freedom of speech, the tension between activism and free inquiry, whether enlightenment freedoms are a way for the powerful to subjugate the powerless, whether free speech is right wing, the definition of transphobia, the censoring of Germaine Greer, racism and Halloween costumes, the psychology of Donald Trump, whether the mainstream media is left-wing, and the problem of ideological...2021-08-182h 26
THE 'ART OF THINKING' with Greg ScorzoIncel Psychology - THE 'ART OF THINKING' Greg Scorzo with William Costello (Part 2 )'Incels.' Part 2 of the podcast where Greg Scorzo talks to evolutionary psychology grad student and op ed writer William Costello. In this conversation, Costello and Scorzo talk about ‘incels’, or the involuntarily celibate, as they call themselves.
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Also listen to recorded dialogues from Greg Scorzo's debut novel 'Love Before Covid,' - traumatic (sur)realism at it's best. An experimental and extreme collection of real-time dialogues, traversing a complex moral maze of how love is being impacted by gender politics in these polarised political times. Exploring the nature of love and drawi...2021-08-092h 04
THE 'ART OF THINKING' with Greg ScorzoCOTO PUBLISHING – THE 'ART OF THINKING'- GREG SCORZO TALKS ABOUT HIS NEW BOOK - POST SOCRATIC DIALOGUES:LOVE.Revisiting philosophical dialogues for the 21st Century around the subject of LOVE in the form of Romance, Procreation and Sex. In this podcast, Lizzie Soden dialogues with in-house COTO philosopher Greg Scorzo about his new book Post-Socratic Dialogues: Love. This is neither fiction or philosophy, and is a total page turner. No background in philosophy required. We are all philosophical.
Lizzie and Greg will also be talking about related issues such as Greg’s background, his work as a philosopher, why he wrote this book, how to analyse the subject matter in the book, and what are the mos...2021-08-042h 09
THE 'ART OF THINKING' with Greg ScorzoBirth Strikers - THE 'ART OF THINKING' Greg Scorzo with William Costello (Part 1)In this podcast, evolutionary psychologist William Costello and Greg Scorzo discuss evolutionary psychology, the ‘birth strike’ movement, contemporary environmentalism, the fear of human progress, the connection between environmentalism and identity politics, the veneration of suffering, the ethical responsibility of all individuals to care about the planet, the effectiveness of shame as a motivating incentive, whether racism is a political or technocratic problem, the tendency of people to use the term ‘Karen’ to refer to annoying white women, and the ethics of cancel culture.
Also available on YouTube
Also listen to recorded dialogues from Greg Scorzo's debut novel 'L...2021-08-042h 05
THE 'ART OF THINKING' with Greg ScorzoGender Equality and Feminism - THE 'ART OF THINKING' Greg Scorzo with Elizabeth Hobson(Part 2)In this podcast, Elizabeth Hobson, (writer and gender equality activist,) and Greg Scorzo will be discussing the middle class snobbery of the left, abortion rights, the compatibility of pro-life politics and sexual freedom, the term ‘toxic masculinity’, gender inequality in physics, when political protest becomes bullying, the relationship between feminism and traditional gender roles, the tendency of feminists to bully men for not being masculine enough, the idea that we are too intolerant of women, the new conservatism, the politics of marginalisation, and the responsibility of men to make women feel comfortable.
Also available on YouTube
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THE 'ART OF THINKING' with Greg ScorzoSexual Harassment: THE 'ART OF THINKING' Greg Scorzo with Elizabeth Hobson (Part 1)In this podcast, Greg Scorzo talks to Elizabeth Hobson: writer, gender equality activist, libertarian, individualist, and media relations director for Justice for Men and Boys.
Scorzo talks to Hobson about radical vs mainstream feminists, woke culture, statistical inequalities between men and women, traditional conservatism, big tech censorship, the history of chivalry, misandry, sexual harassment, feminist etiquette, the value of female beauty, and the ethics of slut shaming.
Also available on YouTube
Also listen to recorded dialogues from Greg Scorzo's debut novel 'Love Before Covid,' - traumatic (sur)realism at it's best. An experimental a...2021-08-042h 47
THE 'ART OF THINKING' with Greg ScorzoExploding Appendix-THE 'ART OF THINKING' Greg Scorzo with Bradley Tuck (Part 2)Bradley Tuck is a queer performer, filmmaker and theorist as well as the founder member of Exploding Appendix magazine. In this podcast Greg and Bradley discuss Bradley’s early life, the origins of Exploding Appendix, the difference between transgression and evil, why the good is often more potent when it’s shrouded by danger, why sex and violence is no longer taboo, what is offensive in the 21st century, the pressures on females to conform to market demands, why we allow the market to pressure people into doing things we would never allow a person to pressure people to do, how...2021-08-041h 49
THE 'ART OF THINKING' with Greg ScorzoThe Male Gaze - THE 'ART OF THINKING' Greg Scorzo with Bradley Tuck (Part 1 )In this podcast, Greg Scorzo talks to Bradley Tuck: writer, theorist, performance artist, film-maker, and creative director for Exploding Appendix magazine.
Scorzo talks to Tuck about his new film, The Cake Tasting Society. Other related issues discussed include post-2014 Political Culture, Slavoj Zizek, the erasure of progress, the conservatism of contemporary Feminism, Alfred Hitchcock’s Psycho, Stanley Kubrick’s A Clockwork Orange, the problematic nature of the male gaze, paradoxes of sexual liberation, and Bradley’s views on Queer Identity and Culture.
All The ‘Art of Thinking’ with Greg Scorzo podcasts are available on major platforms via Audio...2021-08-042h 28
THE 'ART OF THINKING' with Greg ScorzoReligious Beliefs-THE 'ART OF THINKING' Greg Scorzo with Karen Harradine (Part 2)In this podcast, Greg Scorzo talks to controversial UK political columnist Karen Harradine about Covid 19 lockdown, the persecution of Christians, and Karen’s views on death and grief. We also talk about related issues such as whether religion is ethical, whether or not religious belief is a threat to communist states, the ethics of China’s CCP, the impact of economic liberalism on China’s authoritarianism, whether China’s culture is superior to woke culture, economic Imperialism, the importance of freedom in leading a meaningful life, the importance of grieving, the importance of love, and whether religious belief needs to narcissi...2021-08-042h 06
THE 'ART OF THINKING' with Greg ScorzoIdentity Politics -THE ‘ART OF THINKING’ Greg Scorzo with Karen Harradine (Part 1)In this podcast, Greg Scorzo talks to controversial UK political columnist Karen Harradine about left wing politics, Covid restrictions, The United Nations, anti-western bias, the political biases of the UK police, agency and personal responsibility, identity politics, post-liberal puritanism, feminism, trans activism, environmentalism protests, and the precarious state of our civil liberties.
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THE 'ART OF THINKING' with Greg ScorzoFree Thinking – THE ‘ART OF THINKING’ Greg Scorzo with Lizzie Soden
Founders/ directors of COTO
NB Much of the stuff about Culture on the Offensive - COTO is now out of date. COTO disbanded in 2022. However we are both still committed to the 'Art of thinking' through dialogues ethos.
In this ‘Art of Thinking’ podcast, COTO creators Lizzie Soden and Greg Scorzo’s dialogue includes an introduction to COTO, as well as an update post-COVID. It covers Identity Politics in relation to: Racism, Feminism, Class, Poverty, Privilege, Participatory Arts, Diversity, Representation, Activism, Dogmatism, Extremism, Equality of Outcome, Equality of Opportunity, Mental Health, Responsibility, Power vs Money, Dissenting Opinio...2021-08-032h 31
Ideas MatterIdeas Matter, Culture Wars: then and now, episode 11, 'Sixties Counterculture'This talk examines the assumption that today’s ‘progressive left’ is a continuation of the left-wing politics of the 1960s. It's the 11th in our series Culture Wars:then and now, recorded at the Academy 2019 summer school that was organised by the Battle of Ideas (boi) charity.
LECTURER
Dr Greg Scorzo, director and editor, Culture on the Offensive website and host of The Art of Thinking events
TALKING POINTS IN THIS PODCAST
• The Sixties civil-rights movement and Sixties counterculture are broadly at odds with the core political values of today’s progressivism.
• The difference...2019-12-1729 min
I'm the Host[S]laughter is the Best Medicine - Part OOPSSo, basically... Blake screwed up.
My bad.
In lieu of a stand-and-deliver episode on cinematic theory (which, evidently, I was unable to stand up and deliver), I'm democratizing the process and giving you all the uncommented-upon side-topics and media that we DID try to discuss before I went and made a mess of things.
There's some really interesting stuff in here so please do give it a go:
1) ViolenceMike Rugnetta - PBS Idea Channel - ViolenceSlavoj Žižek - ViolenceLaura Tanner - Intimate ViolenceWi...2019-01-2000 min