Video and Podcast Resources On Philip K. Dick
lectures on three of his novels (so far) and other assorted Dick stuff
As you may or not know, I’m a big Dickhead and have been for decades. I’m not running myself down here. That would be the case, if I was using a lower-case “d” for the term I just labeled myself with. But with the upper-case “D”, what that means is that I’m a fan of the great, and deeply philosophical, science fiction writer Philip K. Dick.
I’ve produced a number of video and podcast resources on some of his works, and plan to do many more. These are all from my Speculative Fiction Studies series, so they range from 10-20 minutes long (videos are slightly longer than corresponding podcast episodes). They are all intended to help you get a deeper understanding of what is going on in Dick’s novels and discussions.
Here are what I have at present.
The Android And The Human (Speech)
Reversibility, Animation, Technology - watch video | listen to podcast
Human Beings And Androids - watch video | listen to podcast
State Order And Youthful Disobedience - watch video | listen to podcast
Concerns About Drugs - watch video | listen to podcast
Do Androids Dream Of Electric Sheep (Novel)
Dialing Up Moods - watch video | listen to podcast
Real And Electric Animals - watch video | listen to podcast
Deckard's Six Android Bounties - watch video | listen to podcast
John R. Isidore, Special - watch video | listen to podcast
Kipple, Form-Destroying, And The Tomb-World - watch video | listen to podcast
The Voight-Kampff Empathy Test - watch video | listen to podcast
Mercerism And The Empathy Box - watch video | listen to podcast
Empathy And Antipathy Towards Androids - watch video | listen to podcast
The Mission Street Hall Of Justice - watch video | listen to podcast
Mercerism As Swindle And Truth - watch video | listen to podcast
Rachel Rosen, Nexus-6 Android - watch video | listen to podcast
The Man In The High Castle (Novel)
The Post World War II World - watch video | listen to podcast
Consulting the I Jing or Oracle - watch video | listen to podcast
Abendsen’s Book: The Grasshopper Lies Heavy - watch video | listen to podcast
Robert Childan Antiquities Dealer - watch video | listen to podcast
Nobusuke Tagomi Of Trade Mission - watch video | listen to podcast
Frank Frink, Maker Of Fakes & The New - watch video | listen to podcast
Rudolph Wegner, Abwehr Operative - watch video | listen to podcast
Juliana Frink, The Heroine - watch video | listen to podcast
Joe Cinnadella, Nazi Assassin - watch video | listen to podcast
Paul and Betty Kasoura - watch video | listen to podcast
Historicity, Artifacts, and Fakery - watch video | listen to podcast
Blackmail & Edfrank Custom Jewelry - watch video | listen to podcast
Wabi, Wu & Frank's Jewelry - watch video | listen to podcast
Tagomi's Alternate America - watch video | listen to podcast
Power Struggles In The Third Reich - watch video | listen to podcast
Nazism, Insanity, and Evil - watch video | listen to podcast
Operation Dandelion and Resisting Evil - watch video | listen to podcast
SD Attack on Nippon Times Building - watch video | listen to podcast
The Oracle, Book, & the Real World - watch video | listen to podcast
Ubik (Novel)
The Ubik Advertisements - watch video | listen to podcast
Death, Cold Pac, and Half-Life - watch video | listen to podcast
Homeostatic Machines And Payments - watch video | listen to podcast
Psionic and Anti-Psionic Talents - watch video | listen to podcast
Prudence Organizations and The Society - watch video | listen to podcast
Herbert Schönheit Von Vogelsang - watch video | listen to podcast
Glen Runciter of Runciter Associates - watch video | listen to podcast
Joe Chip, Abilities Tester - watch video | listen to podcast
Pat Conley, A New Talent - watch video | listen to podcast
Jory, The Malignant Force - watch video | listen to podcast
Ella Hyde Runciter - watch video | listen to podcast
Runciter's Team of Inertials - watch video | listen to podcast
Stanton Mick, Ray Hollis, and the Trap - watch video | listen to podcast
Reversion, Obsolescence, and Spoiling - watch video | listen to podcast
Coldness, Exhaustion, and Death - watch video | listen to podcast
Travelling To And Around Des Moines - watch video | listen to podcast
Runciter's Interventions and Manifestations - watch video | listen to podcast
Ubik, God In A Spray Can - watch video | listen to podcast
I have also shot several longer Worlds of Speculative Fiction sessions on Philip K Dick, which you might enjoy:
Philip K. Dick's Alternate America (lecture 10)
Philip K Dick's Stories of Colonization and Insanity (lecture 49)
Philip Dick's Androids and Humans (lecture 64)
And I’ve been on a few shows or podcasts discussing Dick as well: