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Diaries with Debby Friday

Debby Friday

Society & Culture

Frequency: 1 episode/17d. Total Eps: 14

An experimental podcast by esoteric superstarrr DEBBY FRIDAY where she explores different topics in philosophy, spirituality, history, culture and technology. ⭐️📕🫀🪽 patreon.com/debbyfriday substack: debbyfriday.substack.com/ instagram: instagram.com/debbydiaries000/ | instagram.com/debbyfriday/

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body technology: what does it mean to be human in a digital world?

Episode 10

Tuesday, March 31, 2026 • Duration 48:51

talking about the body and technology, social media, Marshall McLuhan, looksmaxxing, the economy, Toby Shorin's "Body Futurism" essay, and what does it mean to be human in an electric world?

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[00:00:00] Introduction

[00:03:00] Marshall McLuhan and "The Medium is the Message"

[00:06:12] What does the medium of social media produce in us?

[00:07:40] Pillar 1: Attention as the central economic unit

[00:09:09] Pillar 2: Collapse of context via endless scroll

[00:11:40] Pillar 3: Dominance of the image over experience

[00:14:05] Pillar 4: Identity as a modular and public

[00:15:46] Technology as an extension of the body

[00:19:48] Toby Shorin's "Body Futurism" and the new body economy

[00:27:07] The "looksmaxxing" industrial complex

[00:38:02] Finding hope in the return to the body

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Music: Danse Macabre - Camille Saint-Saëns

The Medium is the Massage by Marshall McLuhan and Quentin Fiore
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25955.The_Medium_is_the_Massage

Understanding Media: The Extensions of Man by Marshall McLuhan
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/126274.Understanding_Media

"Body Futurism" by Toby Shorin

https://writing.tobyshorin.com/body-futurism/

A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again by David Foster Wallace

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6748.A_Supposedly_Fun_Thing_I_ll_Never_Do_Again?ref=nav_sb_ss_1_12

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the artist at the end of the world

Episode 9

Friday, February 13, 2026 • Duration 33:54

talking about art vs entertainment, industry and its economic structures, rupture, Mark Carney, truth, beauty, Hannah Arendt, Theodor Adorno, why the artist must be a thinker, Simone Weil, and moreeee.

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Cover Image: Dallas, Texas, USA, 1981 (photography by Alex Webb)

Intro Music By: Por Una Cabeza - 4Cellists

Mark Carney Davos Speech
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sFBkNX1-cbg

Between Past and Future by Hannah Arendt
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/127226.Between_Past_and_Future

Theodor Adorno, The Culture Industry
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/85812.Dialectic_of_Enlightenment

FKA twigs on falling in love with techno and the pressures of performing
https://youtu.be/HqK6tW_KGws?si=z5rVp-kRQIzxoQD2

Love in The Void: Where God Finds Us by Simone Weil
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/36095488-love-in-the-void

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void space: logging off and being online

Episode 8

Monday, January 19, 2026 • Duration 29:43

talking about logging off, being online, history of the internet, in-between-ness, TikTok, Solvej Balle's "On The Calculation of Volume I", unreality, social media, time loops and moreeeee.

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Cover Photo: https://pin.it/5rYiwdhyD

Music: Lady Macbeth - Justin Allan Arnold

Alex Beightol (on Tik Tok)
https://www.tiktok.com/@abaetol

On The Calculation Of Volume I by Solvej Balle
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/208511270-on-the-calculation-of-volume-i

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what's the point?: the work of your life

Episode 7

Monday, December 29, 2025 • Duration 22:28

talking about finding meaning, the development of the soul, potential, unreality, work and labour, David Graeber, financialization, abstraction, the AI economy, Simone Weil, and how to make your work the work of your life, etc.

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Music: The Marriage of Figaro - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Artwork: https://ca.pinterest.com/pin/25614291624353854/

Debt: The First 5000 Years by David Graeber

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6617037-debt

Something Ominous Is Happening In The AI Economy, written by Rogé Karma

https://www.theatlantic.com/economy/2025/12/nvidia-ai-financing-deals/685197/

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p is for power: choosing real life over the simulacra

Episode 6

Sunday, December 28, 2025 • Duration 37:07

talking about power, fear, eros, Thanathos, that Goon Squad article, the financialization of art, everything being a casino, derivatives, abstraction, knowing thyself, AI, Marion Woodman's Addiction to Perfection, ego death, simulacra and simulation, goodness, concretizing, hope frequencies, etc.

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texts mentioned in this episode:

Addiction To Perfection: The Still Unravished Bride by Marion Woodman: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/703515.Addiction_to_Perfection

"The Goon Squad" by Daniel Kolitz for Harper's Magazine: https://harpers.org/archive/2025/11/the-goon-squad-daniel-kolitz-porn-masturbation-loneliness/

"The Same Stream Twice" by Rob Arcand for N+1 Magazine: https://www.nplusonemag.com/online-only/online-only/the-same-stream-twice/

Simulacra and Simulation by Jean Baudrillard: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/22613.Simulacra_and_Simulation

Teal Swan, "How To Get Over The Fear Of Responsibility": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hmI6ubZEB9U

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starrr shaped: outsiderness and how to heal the experience of fundamental rejection

Episode 5

Sunday, December 28, 2025 • Duration 24:40

talking about being an outsider, social rejection, difference as a gift, Madonna, Carl Jung, Marion Woodman, the parable of the talents, taking responsibility for your life, healing as an act of service, and hope frequencies, ofc.

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resist the slop: a spiritual antidote to nihilism

Episode 4

Sunday, December 28, 2025 • Duration 25:17

talking about definitions of slop, nihilism, the Charlie Kirk spectacle, internet and technology, Rudolf Steiner, Mark Fisher, complexity, hope frequencies, fear, entropy, alternative politics, etc.

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pivot points: the art of transformation

Episode 3

Sunday, December 28, 2025 • Duration 16:44

talking about pressure, transformation, suffering as fuel, answering The Call, superposition and quantum mechanics, making a choice, Sartre, letting go, and some updates about my own pivot.

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everything is remix: on stuck culture, feelings, frequency and the future

Episode 2

Sunday, December 28, 2025 • Duration 27:28

talking about stuck culture, mimetic madness, human design, the death of monoculture, resonance as the future of the arts, Lady Gaga, Beyoncé, Marshall McLuhan, innovation, hope frequencies, and moremoremore.

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"Clout Academy" by Katherine Dee: https://www.clunyjournal.com/cp/159136138

The Gutenberg Galaxy by Marshall McLuhan: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/440463.The_Gutenberg_Galaxy

Feeling Is The Secret by Neville Goddard: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/11485130-feeling-is-the-secret

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the art of being misunderstood

Episode 1