Odium Symposium
Odium Symposium
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Two women's quest to understand the reproduction of bigotry, through history's eye-popping examples.
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S1E17 17. Introduction to Pick-Mes ft. Danielle Procope Bell
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…
S1 Bonus 3: Metanoia's wretched Little Boy
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…
S1E16 16. Strange People on the Hill ft. Michael Edison Hayden
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…
S1E15 15. Patagonian Royalty in the Camp of the Saints
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…
PREVIEW Bonus 2: On the Theory of Heaven Breasts
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…
S1E14 14. Just Call Me a Slur
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,…
S1E13 13. The Joker is both Strong and Weak
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…
S1E12 12. Invasion of the Gender Snatchers w/ Julia Cameron
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…
S1E11 11. Groyper Superchat Superhell
In this tribute to Knowledge Fight, Sarah and Helen go through an episode of notorious neo-Nazi Nick Fuentes's show, and find out he's locked in a Freudian cycle of abuse and disgust with his own…
S1E10 10. Project 1789
Helen introduces Sarah to French Enlightenment philosopher Jean-Jacques Rousseau, and in particular his writing on the proper education of women.Check out our patreon at…
S1E9 9. The First Misogynist
Sarah introduces Helen to Joseph Swetnam, the man the word "misogyny" was coined to describe, who turns out to have gotten his ass beaten on four separate occasions by the authors of Elizabethan…
S1E8 8. Ceci N'est Pas Un True Crime Podcast
Helen introduces Sarah to the work of Louis Althusser.The book Helen references several times, which is a great place to learn more if you're interested is Killer Althusser: The Banality of Men by…
S1E7 7. Who's Afraid of Gerald Schoenewolfe?
Sarah and Helen are forced to confront their penis envy as they dive into the writings of the psychoanalyst from hell.Check out our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/odiumsymposium
S1 EMERGENCY CHRISTMAS SPECIAL
Helen tricks Sarah into watching Sean Hannity's straight-to-Rumble Christmas comedy Jingle SmellsCheck out our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/odiumsymposium
S1E6 6. The Haters v. Ayn Rand
Helen and Sarah join Ayn Rand's war on haters... on the side of the haters.Check out our patreon at https://patreon.com/OdiumSymposium.
S1E5 5. 4chan: The French Connection
In this "theory and practice" episode, Sarah and Helen read a text about bigotry, then apply it to some actual bigotry. The philosophy of Jean-Paul Sartre turns out to have a lot to say about 4chan,…
S1E4 4. The Everyone is Bari Weiss Theory
Helen introduces Sarah to a classic British racist, and the two of them learn that time is a flat circle.
S1E3 3. Crack-Sucking Togas
Sarah gives Helen a lesson in Ancient Roman history and the two of them learn that some ideas, like "women be shopping" and "women be a foreign invasion that must be subjugated at all costs" have…
S1E2 2. Woman, Thy Name is Russia
Helen walks Sarah through the works of frontier doctor and dispenser of folksy wisdom, Joseph H. Peck, MD, whose writing is best described as "Mark Twain if he sucked."
S1E1 Pilot - The Misogynist Question
Our first episode! Just in time for Charlie Kirk remembrance day eve!Sarah introduces Helen to obscure Canadian luminary Stephen Leacock, and we learn all about how and why women aren't funny.At some…
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Odium Symposium has published 20 episodes since October 2025, covering topics in Comedy, Education.
Odium Symposium is currently highly active with new episodes every 2 weeks. Average episode length is 1h 58m.
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