EP.1: Michael Hardt is an American literary theorist, political philosopher and Professor of Literature at Duke University. His writings explore the new forms of domination as well as the social movements and other forces of liberation that resist them.
EP.7: Jim Jinkins is an animator best known as the creator of the television series Doug. Jinkins also created PB&J Otter, as well as several shows produced by his two companies, Jumbo Pictures and Cartoon Pizza.
EP.6: Noam Chomsky is an American philosopher "father of modern linguistics,” a major figure in analytic philosophy and one of the founders of the field of cognitive science. He is Professor Emeritus at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), and is the author of more than 150 books and aligns with anarcho-syndicalism and libertarian socialism.
EP. 7: David Joselit is an American art historian who is currently Professor of Art, Film, and Visual Studies at Harvard University, and also a published author, including being an editor of October.
EP.7: Boris Groys is is an art critic, media theorist, and philosopher. He was the distinguished professor of Russian and Slavic studies at New York University and senior research fellow at the Karlsruhe University of Arts and Design in Karlsruhe, Germany. He has been a professor of aesthetics, art history, and media theory at the Karlsruhe University of Arts and Design/Center for Art and Media in Karlsruhe and an internationally acclaimed professor at a number of universities in the United States and Europe.
EP.6: Carlos Oliva Mendoza is a Doctor of Philosophy from UNAM. He won the National Essay Prize and the National Prize for Young Essays. He is a member of the National System of Researchers with published books: El modesto de la muerte, Relatos. Dialectics and hermeneutics of modernity.
EPS.6 & 7: Jim O'Rourke is a Tokyo-based musician from Chicago, a composer, and record producer. He scored episodes 6 & 7 and is associated with the Chicago experimental scene. He’s best known for numerous solo and collaborative projects, and as a member of Sonic Youth from 1999 to 2005.
EP.5: Priyamvada Gopal is Professor of English at Cambridge University. Her primary interests are colonial & postcolonial literature & theory, gender & feminism, Marxism, critical race studies, and the politics and cultures of empire and globalization.
EP.5: McKenzie Wark is Professor of Culture and Media at the New School. Wark is known for her writings on media theory, critical theory, new media, and the Situationist International. Her best known works are A Hacker Manifesto and Gamer Theory.
EP.5: Emily Apter is Professor of French and Comparative Literature at New York University. She is best know for her books Unexceptional Politics, Against World Literature and Continental Drift, among many others.
EP.5: Luna is from New York City. Episode 5 features GTX3 from A Place Of Greater Safety. [Double Feature 2017]
EP.5: The Sea and Cake are from Chicago. Episode 5 features Parasol from Nassau. [Thrill Jockey 1994]
EP.4: Brian Jonestown Massacre is from San Francisco. Episode 4 features Ich Bin Klang from Don’t Get Lost. [A Records 2017]
EP.4: Seth Price is from New York City. Episode 4 features Feeling In The Eyes from Army Jacket. [Dais Records 2012]
EP.4: Matmos is from Baltimore. Episode 4 features Fanfare For Polyethylene Waste Containers from Plastic Anniversary. [Thrill Jockey 2019]
EP.2: Fugazi is from Washington, D.C. Episode 2 features Merchandise from Repeater. [Dischord Records 1990]
EP.2: Graham Harman is a Professor of Philosophy at SCI-Arc in Los Angeles. His work on the metaphysics of objects led to the development of object-oriented ontology. He is a central figure in the speculative realism trend in contemporary philosophy.