Cursed With Good Ideas – Details, episodes & analysis

Podcast details

Technical and general information from the podcast's RSS feed.

Cursed With Good Ideas

CWGI

Society & Culture

Science

Frequency: 1 episode/134d. Total Eps: 19

Nontopical banter podcast by post-crisis academics: mostly peripheral, irregular guests, rushed cuts, lukewarm takes. Twitter: @cwgibois Support: https://ko-fi.com/cursedwithgoodideas

Site

RSS

Apple

Recent rankings

Latest chart positions across Apple Podcasts and Spotify rankings.

Apple Podcasts

🇩🇪 Germany - philosophy
31/05/2026
#100
🇩🇪 Germany - philosophy
30/05/2026
#62
🇨🇦 Canada - philosophy
29/01/2025
#80

Spotify

No recent rankings available

Shared links between episodes and podcasts

Links found in episode descriptions and other podcasts that share them.

See all

https://en.liberapay.com/CWGI/
25 shares
https://ko-fi.com/cursedwithgoodideas
3 shares
https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736
2 shares

RSS feed quality and score

Technical evaluation of the podcast's RSS feed quality and structure.

See all

RSS feed quality

To improve

Score global : 58%

Publication history

Monthly episode publishing history over the past years.

Year

Latest published episodes

Recent episodes with titles, durations, and descriptions.

See all

CWGI #19: Breaking all memes (with Idil Galip)

Episode 20

Sunday, May 26, 2024 • Duration 01:06:16

The nineteenth episode of CURSED WITH GOOD IDEAS, sixty-six minutes of rapid-fire meme studies takes with hosts Dino Chang and Gabriele de Seta riffing off over Idil Galip's recent ventures.

In this episode: Jason Bateman memes, Meme Studies Research Network, Critical Meme Reader III, iFunny.co memes, non-memes.

Lack of stereo separation thanks to a missing checkbox for individual audio track output.

LINKS:

- Meme Studies Research Network: https://memestudiesrn.wordpress.com/

- Critical Meme Reader III: Breaking the Meme: https://networkcultures.org/blog/publication/critical-meme-reader-iii-breaking-the-meme/

- Nick Douglas' "It's supposed to look like shit" paper: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/1470412914544516

- @idontreadtheory Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/idontreadtheory/

Support CWGI: https://ko-fi.com/cursedwithgoodideas

Read moreCollapse

CWGI #18: Ultrastable systems (with Dylan Levi King)

Episode 19

Monday, January 8, 2024 • Duration 01:28:15

The eighteenth episode of CURSED WITH GOOD IDEAS, eighty-eight minutes of feedback loops with Asa Roast, Dino Chang and Gabriele de Seta nerding out about Dylan Levi King's work.

In this episode: translating Chinese literature, Chinese cybernetics, DPRK environmentalism, Japanese fashion, Asia-as-method.

Thuds and cuts due to experimental microphone setups.

LINKS:

- Jia Pingwa's "The Shaanxi Opera": https://www.amazon.com/Shaanxi-Opera-Part-novel-ebook/

- Angela Xiao Wu's "Journalism via systems cybernetics": https://hms.mediastudies.press/pub/wu-journalism-systems/release/6

- Dylan's "Ketamine and the return of the party state": https://www.palladiummag.com/2021/06/23/ketamine-and-the-return-of-the-party-state/

- Dylan's "The genealogy of Chinese cybernetics": https://www.palladiummag.com/2022/10/17/the-genealogy-of-chinese-cybernetics/

Support CWGI: https://en.liberapay.com/CWGI/

Read moreCollapse

CWGI #9: Surviving a PhD dissertation (with Asa Roast)

Season 1 · Episode 10

Friday, April 19, 2019 • Duration 01:03:21

The ninth episode of CURSED WITH GOOD IDEAS, sixty-three minutes of postdoctoral therapy with Asa Roast and hosts Jonathan Burrow, Dino Chang, and Gabriele de Seta.

In this episode: PhD hazing, dissertation PTSD, coping strategies and YouTube rabbit holes.

Continuity errors due to wedding commitments.

LINKS: - Asa Roast's website: http://asaroast.com/work - 60 Minute Cities - Chongqing: https://bivouacrecording.postach.io/post/60-minute-cities-chongqing-60fen-zhong-wo-de-cheng-shi-zhong-qing - Bruno Latour's "On the difficulty of being an ANT": https://www.douban.com/group/topic/17840258/ - The tracksuit meme: https://www.popbuzz.com/internet/viral/jawad-bendaoud-meme-video/

Support CWGI: https://en.liberapay.com/CWGI/

Read moreCollapse

CWGI #8: Shanghai and the aesthetics of failure (with Katy Roseland)

Episode 9

Saturday, December 1, 2018 • Duration 55:06

The eight episode of CURSED WITH GOOD IDEAS, fifty-five minutes of underground insights with Katy Roseland (Basement6, Shanghai Community Radio) and hosts Dino Chang, Gabriele de Seta & Patrick Harrison.

In this episode: Shanghai's creative basements, art spies, community radios and club culture.

Involuntary reverb courtesy of Skype feedback.

LINKS: - Basement6: http://www.basement6collective.com/ - Shanghai Community Radio: https://www.instagram.com/shcr_radio/ - Eduardo Makoszay's "Tomorrow can take care of itself (ft Nick Land)": https://vimeo.com/223902358/bbf68a469d - Official "Map Pointz" project: https://www.instagram.com/map_pointz/

Support CWGI: https://en.liberapay.com/CWGI/

Read moreCollapse

CWGI #7: Taiwanese New Age (with Paul Farrelly)

Episode 8

Wednesday, September 26, 2018 • Duration 01:08:17

The seventh (but eight really) episode of CURSED WITH GOOD IDEAS, sixty-eight minutes of spiritual communion with Dr. Paul J. Farrelly (Capital Academic Advisory) and hosts Dino Chang & Gabriele de Seta.

In this episode: Taiwanese campus folk, new age religiosity, spiritual practices, vintage magazine Tumblr.

Occasional ambient hiss added for a more lo-fi summer vibe.

LINKS: - Paul J. Farrelly's website: https://www.pauljfarrelly.com/ - Capital Academic Advisory: https://www.academics.asia/ - Paul's essay on Terry Hu and New Age religion in Taiwan: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B-xGNvVh2owzQ0NSVmxaSFZ6U00/view - Paul's "Altered Statuses" Tumblr: https://altered-statuses.tumblr.com/

Support CWGI: https://en.liberapay.com/CWGI/

Read moreCollapse

CWGI #6: Peppa's garbage field (with Gong)

Episode 7

Tuesday, July 10, 2018 • Duration 01:13:41

The sixth episode of CURSED WITH GOOD IDEAS, seventy-three minutes of gonzo sinology with Gong (Vice China) and hosts Jonathan Burrow, Joshua Cader, Dino Chang & Gabriele de Seta.

In this episode: Vice in China, the post-wall generation, the end of subcultures, Peppa the Pig and Dongbei thug life.

Reverbs and traffic ambience all mixed-in for an optimal multi-sited experience.

LINKS: - S.T.H's article on post-wall Chinese youth: http://www.vice.cn/read/time-for-generation-wall - Vice China documentary on independent comics: http://www.vice.cn/read/comics-infinite-full-version - The "This is a fucking paradise" documentary series: http://www.vice.cn/show/this-is-a-fucking-paradise - Vice China article on Peppa the Pig : http://www.vice.cn/read/peppa-thug-pig-is-lost-control-again

Support CWGI: https://en.liberapay.com/CWGI/

Read moreCollapse

CWGI #5: On creative & uncreative writing (with John & Tito)

Episode 6

Thursday, May 31, 2018 • Duration 01:05:58

The fifth episode of CURSED WITH GOOD IDEAS, sixty-six minutes of snappy takes on creative writing with John and Tito (Melbourne, Australia) and hosts Jonathan Burrow, Joshua Cader, Dino Chang & Gabriele de Seta.

In this episode: academic exploitation, indifference & repetition, ethnographic spy novels, and the politics of humor.

Pristine production courtesy of an institutional recording studio in a secret location.

LINKS: - Kenneth Goldsmith's "Uncreative Writing": https://www.amazon.co.uk/Uncreative-Writing-Kenneth-Goldsmith - Mark Hobart's writings: http://www.criticalia.org/bibliography---mark-hobart/ - Maurice Bloch's essays: https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/essays-on-cultural-transmission-9781845202873/ - The anthropologist as stand-up comedian: http://sciencenordic.com/researcher-who-became-stand-comic

Support CWGI: https://en.liberapay.com/CWGI/

Read moreCollapse

CWGI #4: Indian underground hip-hop (with Pradip Sarkar)

Episode 5

Tuesday, March 27, 2018 • Duration 01:15:19

The fourth episode of CURSED WITH GOOD IDEAS, seventy-five minutes of underground hip-hop ethnography with Pradip Sarkar (Melbourne, Australia) and hosts Joshua Cader, Dino Chang & Gabriele de Seta.

In this episode: Mumbai slum beats, Kolkata cityscapes, local technologies of production, self-exoticizing appropriations and global aspirations.

Uneven audio encoding quality courtesy of Australian broadband and failing batteries.

LINKS: - Mere Gully Mein - DIVINE feat. Naezy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1bK5dzwhu-I - Cizzy - Kolkatar Rasta: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7VJcZ_RukDI - Prabh Deep x Sez On The Beat - 'G' Maane (Explicit): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UfTtQypf38M - Feyago ft. Tarak Das Baul - Baul: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ugceWGnw_I

Support CWGI: https://en.liberapay.com/CWGI/

Read moreCollapse

CWGI #3: Facebook meme pages & dank #maplewave (with Deathnography)

Episode 4

Thursday, December 14, 2017 • Duration 01:04:28

The third episode of CURSED WITH GOOD IDEAS, sixty-four minutes of deep meme phenomenology with Deathnography (Montreal, Canada) and hosts Joshua Cader, Dino Chang, Gabriele de Seta & Patrick Harrison.

In this episode: Facebook meme page backstage gossip, Hong Kong protest field recordings, secret chat group anti-Zuck strikes, post-internet anthropology zingers, and the original formulation of #maplewave.

Vaping gurgles and keyboard taps unavoidable given the recording circumstances.

LINKS: - Deathnography Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/deathnography/ - Quarry Bay's Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/quarrybay - Esoteric Asian Memes: https://www.facebook.com/esotericasianmemes/ - Lettuce Dog's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lettucedogmemes/

Support CWGI: https://en.liberapay.com/CWGI/

Read moreCollapse

CWGI #2: Hong Kong politics beyond umbrellas (with Joy Zhu)

Episode 3

Tuesday, October 24, 2017 • Duration 01:11:21

The second episode of CURSED WITH GOOD IDEAS, an hour of free-wheeling takes with Joy Zhu (Hong Kong) and hosts Joshua Cader, Dino Chang & Gabriele de Seta.

In this episode: uninformed opinions on Hong Kong's something-colonial identity, Wan Chin fandom, attempts at triggering Yuk Hui, and a broad sweeps over the city's political spectrum beyond the Umbrella Movement.

Background noises courtesy of recording this thing over a total distance of 24,518 km.

LINKS: - Tommy Cheung's article on Wan Chin: http://www.emeraldinsight.com/doi/abs/10.1108/AEDS-07-2015-0032 - Laika's take on Hong Kong's exit: https://jacobitemag.com/2017/09/23/colonialism-hong-kong-exit/ - Bruce Gilley's defense of colonialism: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/colonialism-academic-article-bruce-gilley-threats-violence-published-withdrawn-third-world-quarterly-a7996371.html - Yuk Hui on NRx: http://www.e-flux.com/journal/81/125815/on-the-unhappy-consciousness-of-neoreactionaries/

Support CWGI: https://en.liberapay.com/CWGI/

Read moreCollapse

Cursed With Good Ideas – Details, episodes & analysis

Podcast details

Recent rankings

Apple Podcasts

Spotify

Shared links between episodes and podcasts

RSS feed quality and score

Publication history

Latest published episodes

Related Shows Based on Content Similarities

Apple Podcasts

Spotify

Related Shows Based on Content Similarities

Cursed With Good Ideas – Details, episodes & analysis

Podcast details

Recent rankings

Apple Podcasts

Spotify

Shared links between episodes and podcasts

Other57

Youtube6

RSS feed quality and score

Publication history

Latest published episodes

Similar podcasts and content

Related Shows Based on Content Similarities

Apple Podcasts

Spotify

Related Shows Based on Content Similarities

Other57

Youtube6

Instagram5