Episode 211 – You've Always Been the Caretaker: On Kubrick's 'The Shining'

In this episode, Phil and JF discuss Stanley Kubrick's adaptation of Stephen King's novel The Shining. That they are doing this eight years after starting the podcast is weird in itself, so fundamental is Kubrick's "chamber epic" to the modern weird in general, and the hosts' specific interests in particular. Well, as the Overlook Hotel's former caretaker Delbert Grady might put it, consider the situation corrrrected. Visit Weirdosphere to enroll in JF's upcoming course on Deleuzian philosophy, starting May 7 2026. Support Weird Studies on Patreon Interstitial Music: "Corridors" from Pierre-Yves Martel's Weird Studies Volume 2. REFERENCES Stanley Kubrick, The Shining Jan Harlan, A Life in Pictures Stanely Kubruck, Killer’s Kiss Alberto Giacometti, “The Palace at 4am” Gilles Deleuze, What is Philosophy? Reyner Banham, “The New Brutalism” Mark Fisher, The Weird and the Eerie Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Episode 211 – You've Always Been the Caretaker: On Kubrick's 'The Shining' is an episode from Weird Studies by Phil Ford and J. F. Martel.

This episode is 87:09 long.

This episode was published on Apr 29, 2026.

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