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Hyperfixations
Hyperfixations
Society & Culture
English
What's your Hyperfixation? What's your weird, niche area of expertise?
Share it with us on Hyperfixations
Hosted by Nigel and Ally
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Episodes
106
27 September 2024
107: Frances Glessner Lee with Courtney Smyth
Hi I am rich. Could you please do this ridiculous request for me? Don't ask me any questions.Content warning: this episode contains mentions of surgery, death, murder, suicide, misogynyThis week Courtney Smyth, author of The Undetectables and 2024's The Undead Complex, and Ireland's foremost amateur expert in Frances Glessner Lee peels the details back on the original mother and the founder of...
1 h 12 min
20 September 2024
106: Medieval Philosophy with Ryan Silberstein
This one goes out to Doctor Rogers...Content warning: this episode contains mentions of bodily harm (castration)This week we finish our duology of episodes about how easy it was to come up with ideas before ideas had been invented as Ryan takes on a whistle-stop tour of medieval philosophy. In this episode we discuss the rediscovery of Aristotle, reconciling the mind/body divide, whether canons...
1 h 12 min
15 September 2024
105: Narratology and Narrative Theory with Steven Cousler
Let's hope our professors hear this one...Content warning: this episode contains mentions of transphobia, bodily functions (defecation), conflictWe're back late after having to factory reset my laptop for our most inscrutable episode yet, as Steven achieves his goal of coming on this show and secretly giving the audience homework. In this episode we discuss creating vocabulary for why things are...
1 h 51 min
06 September 2024
104: Rivers of London and a Conversation with Ben Aaronovitch
It's London, innitContent warning: this episode contains mentions of sex, stereotyping, death, zombies, nuclear annihilation, existentialism murder, mental health issues, the NazisEditor's note - the quality of this call recording is a bit crackly at the start of the episode but evens out as it goes onThis week on Hyperfixations, author of the Rivers of London series, Ben Aaronovitch sits down...
1 h 29 min
30 August 2024
103: Baldur's Gate III with Amethysa
Down, down, down, by the river...Content warning: this episode contains mentions of death, murder, bodily functions (urination), sexPlease note - this episode was recorded prior to the announcement that Larian would not be working on Baldur's Gate 4This week on Hyperfixations, Amethysa, Ally, and Nigel resist their Dark Urges as we discuss Larian's hit RPG Baldur's Gate III. In this episode we...
1 h 18 min
23 August 2024
102: Best Picture Winners with Ally Keegan (featuring guest host Louise Claffey)
And the Academy Award for Best Podcast goes to...Content warning: this episode contains mentions of strained parental relationships, ableism, divorce, nuclear radiation, domestic terrorism and the 9/11 terror attacks, self-mutilation, racismThis week the episode 100 celebrations conclude as Ally comes on the show to discuss the Academy Awards, especially Best Picture winners, with Nigel and the...
1 h 31 min
16 August 2024
101: Rot and Decay in FromSoftware Games with Nigel McKeon (featuring guest host Louise Claffey)
The fire fades...Content warning: this episode contains mentions of death, rot, decay, existentialism, murder, genocide, cosmic dread, unwanted medical procedures, unwanted bodily transformationsPlease note - this episode contains mild spoilers for the plots of Elden Ring, Dark Souls III, and BloodborneThis week the episode 100 celebrations continue as Nigel returns to the hotseat four our first...
1 h 9 min
09 August 2024
100: Hyperfixations with Ally Keegan & Nigel McKeon (featuring guest host Louise Claffey)
Hey guys, we've reached a hundred episodes; take us seriously now.Content warning: this episode contains mentions of nuclear warfare, nuclear annihilation, the genocide in Palestine, the Unabomber, the 9/11 terror attacksThis week it's Hyperfixations' 100th episode, and Louise from episode 1 returns for a behind the scenes episode full of exclusives and hot gossip, celebrating the show and how we...
1 h 25 min
02 August 2024
99: Colour Theory with Graham
Yellow and blue makes green! Yellow and blue makes green!Content warning: this episode contains mentions of bodily functions (urination), mental illnessEditor's note - Graham's audio becomes a bit choppy in the middle of the episode, I have done my best to clean it up, it does return to normalThis week, Graham, sits down with Ally and Nigel for their first episode back to discuss colour theory....
1 h 21 min
15 June 2023
98: Immersive Theatre with Caleb Zane Huett
Put on your mask and let's get into itThis week, Caleb Zane Huett, children's author, and one of the founders of Haunted Table Games - the company behind the ultra successful Triangle Agency, sits down with Ally and Nigel to discuss the world of immersive theatre. In this episode we discuss creating immersive spaces, how to find personal experiences in theatres, how to ensure everyone in a TTRPG...
1 h 16 min