Thinking Will, Episode 1: The Pharmakon of Conspiracy Theories

“Thinking Will” is the name of a 6-part project dedicated to extemporaneous thinking. I invited topics from friends and colleagues, and then I whittled the list down to 6. In episode 1, I think through conspiracy theories by drawing on the term “Pharmakon,” which itself has a rich history in philosophical thought.

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Listen to other episodes of “Thinking Will”

EPISODE 2

(Death onstage - death in life)

EPISODE 3

(The Performativity of Plants)

EPISODE 4

(Art and Trauma)

EPISODE 5

(Conversing with Others)

EPISODE 6

(The Problem with Problems)

EPISODE 7

(Thinking With: Gregory Hicks, “To Feel Each Other’s Pain”)

EPISODE 8

(Thinking With: Gloria Imseih Petrelli, “Devising Possible Futures”)

EPISODE 9

(Thinking With: Nico Swenson, “What An Individual Isn’t”)