web02.fireside.fm Wed, 29 Apr 2026 18:51:32 -0500 Fireside (https://fireside.fm) ex.haust - Episodes Tagged with “Bruno Latour” https://exhaust.fireside.fm/tags/bruno%20latour Fri, 28 Oct 2022 09:00:00 -0700 Co-hosts Emmet and John plumb the depths of history, culture, and philosophy to understand why it is that despite calamities and rapid change nothing feels possible anymore. Guests include artists, scholars, and thinkers from all over the world. Subscribe to our Patreon to receive 2 extra exclusive episodes a month: https://www.patreon.com/exhaust en-us episodic A podcast about political, cultural, and psychological exhaustion and why nothing feels possible. Emmet Penney Co-hosts Emmet and John plumb the depths of history, culture, and philosophy to understand why it is that despite calamities and rapid change nothing feels possible anymore. Guests include artists, scholars, and thinkers from all over the world. Subscribe to our Patreon to receive 2 extra exclusive episodes a month: https://www.patreon.com/exhaust yes politics, culture, history, philosophy Emmet Penney emmetmpenney@gmail.com [teaser] Latour and the Problem of Science ft. Jacob Shell https://exhaust.fireside.fm/91 0005e926-fb6b-4f01-9d70-cd8b9a839adb Fri, 28 Oct 2022 09:00:00 -0700 Emmet Penney full Emmet Penney Geographer and author Jacob Shell joined me to talk about his obituary of the late Bruno Latour who rose to prominence critiquing science and then turned his back on his most influential works of critical theory in 2004. We discuss the postmodern turn, science as ideology, the problem of critical theory, epistemic authority, "trusting the science," and more! 15:03 yes Geographer and author Jacob Shell joined me to talk about his obituary of the late Bruno Latour who rose to prominence critiquing science and then turned his back on his most influential works of critical theory in 2004. We discuss the postmodern turn, science as ideology, the problem of critical theory, epistemic authority, "trusting the science," and more! To hear the rest of the episode and get 2 exlusive episodes plus bonus content every month, subscribe to our Patreon! How Critical Theory Learned to Trust the Science (https://compactmag.com/article/how-critical-theory-learned-to-trust-the-science) by Jacob Shell, Compact Why Has Critique Run out of Steam? From Matters of Fact to Matters of Concern (http://www.bruno-latour.fr/sites/default/files/89-CRITICAL-INQUIRY-GB.pdf) by Bruno Latour Check out Jacob's books: Transportation and Revolt: Pigeons, Mules, Canals, and the Vanishing Geographies of Subversive Mobility (https://www.amazon.com/Transportation-Revolt-Vanishing-Geographies-Subversive/dp/0262029332/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=) Giants of the Monsoon Forest: Living and Working with Elephants (https://www.amazon.com/Giants-Monsoon-Forest-Working-Elephants/dp/0393247767/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1ZZ3KUSLAF66R&keywords=jacob+shell&qid=1666973760&qu=eyJxc2MiOiIwLjk3IiwicXNhIjoiMC45OSIsInFzcCI6IjEuMDAifQ%3D%3D&sprefix=jacob%2520shell%2Caps%2C96&sr=8-1) bruno latour, climate change, covid, science, postmodernism, philosophy Geographer and author Jacob Shell joined me to talk about his obituary of the late Bruno Latour who rose to prominence critiquing science and then turned his back on his most influential works of critical theory in 2004. We discuss the postmodern turn, science as ideology, the problem of critical theory, epistemic authority, "trusting the science," and more!

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How Critical Theory Learned to Trust the Science by Jacob Shell, Compact
Why Has Critique Run out of Steam? From Matters of Fact to Matters of Concern by Bruno Latour

Check out Jacob's books:
Transportation and Revolt: Pigeons, Mules, Canals, and the Vanishing Geographies of Subversive Mobility
Giants of the Monsoon Forest: Living and Working with Elephants

]]> Geographer and author Jacob Shell joined me to talk about his obituary of the late Bruno Latour who rose to prominence critiquing science and then turned his back on his most influential works of critical theory in 2004. We discuss the postmodern turn, science as ideology, the problem of critical theory, epistemic authority, "trusting the science," and more!

To hear the rest of the episode and get 2 exlusive episodes plus bonus content every month, subscribe to our Patreon!

How Critical Theory Learned to Trust the Science by Jacob Shell, Compact
Why Has Critique Run out of Steam? From Matters of Fact to Matters of Concern by Bruno Latour

Check out Jacob's books:
Transportation and Revolt: Pigeons, Mules, Canals, and the Vanishing Geographies of Subversive Mobility
Giants of the Monsoon Forest: Living and Working with Elephants

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