# Walter Benjamin

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Annie Sprinkle & Beth Stephens, ‘Pollen-amorous’ Ecosexuals, on Marrying Fire and Finding Humor in the Face of Disaster

As you know, I’m always interrogating radical, transformative power of LGBTQ+ relationships. So, I was excited to talk to two absolute icons of queer art, activism, and love, who have been partners in life and creativity for over 20 years: Beth Stephens and Annie Sprinkle! We gathered together to f…

95. Erik Satie Three Piece Suite / Kitchen Confidential.

HOARDING (6) Every day Satie jots down little jests, scraps and theories, and tosses them into his hat: an endless add-one-more-leaf scrapbook. One more vision or vexation, whim or witticism, placed in the store. An encyclopaedia of minor things. He notes down every passing thought – this, too, …

#ArTEEtude 356 – Schlich and his AI Co Host Sophia explores the transition from Lackavaun to Ballydehob which was not simply a geographical relocation. It was "The Art of Beginning Again". The episode concludes with an original composition by Los Inorgánicos, “A Home on Church Road,” translating this autobiographical experience into music.

What happens when the house you built is no longer the place where you belong? For six episodes, Detlef Schlich has been telling the story of Lackavaun — a house, a landscape, and a dream of creating a future in West Cork. But perhaps the more important story was never about the building itself. It…

Jan Tumlir, 2026 Rabkin Prize winner

Jan Tumlir is an author, editor, educator, and founding editor of the Los Angeles-based contemporary art journal X-TRA. He is a winner of the 2026 Rabkin Prize. You can read more about Jan on our website. We invited Jan to have a conversation about his work and ideas. The interview is accompanied b…

Doing a War to Bring Jesus Back

America is starting a new HOLY WAR in the middle east, and soldiers are being told that they're doing it for Jesus. So that he'll come back. And take them home. Or something. But what's really going on here? support my channel and access my book club and exclusive content on Patreon: https://www.p…

Episode 40: The Torah of Not Knowing: Julie Weitz on Yiddishkayt, ritual, and performance

In Episode 40 I talk with Berlin-based visual artist, performer, and researcher Julie Weitz. After dipping into Julie’s childhood in a religious Jewish family in Chicago, we discuss her substack essay, “I don’t know, Adonai,” in which she wrote movingly about the late songwriter and musician David …

Bridges of Lebab

What can the fall of Babel teach us about the architecture we build today? In this episode, Richard Francis-Jones revisits the story of Babel through Bruegel’s painting and Walter Benjamin’s essay on translation, exploring how the pursuit of a singular vision can leave us divided rather than conne…

State Power: The Claim on Legitimate Force (S2E7)

In this finale to Season 2 The Age of Anarchism, we explore the nature of political authority through the ideas of Max Weber, Mikhail Bakunin, Walter Benjamin, and Michel Foucault. From the state’s claim on legitimate violence to the disciplinary institutions of modern society, these thinkers offer…

A brush with... Sung Tieu

Sung Tieu talks to Ben Luke about her influences—from writers to film-makers, and, of course, other artists—and the cultural experiences that have shaped her life and work. Tieu’s work uses her own personal history to explore various conditions in contemporary society. Born in Hai Duong, Vietnam, i…