Odium Symposium
@odiumsymposium.bsky.social
Two women's quest to understand the production of bigotry, through history's eye-popping examples.
Hosted by Sarah (@scgriffith.bsky.social) and Helen (@homotoptheory.bsky.social)
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Hosted by Sarah (@scgriffith.bsky.social) and Helen (@homotoptheory.bsky.social)
Patreon: patreon.com/odiumsymposium
Art by @bittenbovine.bsky.social
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Our new episode is now out for all listeners! Sarah introduces Helen to Joseph Swetnam, the man the word "misogyny" was coined to describe, who turns out to have gotten his ass handed to him on four separate occasions by the authors of Elizabethan England.
9. The First Misogynist | Odium Symposium
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February 3, 2026 at 5:03 PM
Our new episode is now out for all listeners! Sarah introduces Helen to Joseph Swetnam, the man the word "misogyny" was coined to describe, who turns out to have gotten his ass handed to him on four separate occasions by the authors of Elizabethan England.
Our new episode is out early for Patreon subscribers!
Sarah introduces Helen to Joseph Swetnam, the man the word "misogyny" was coined to describe, who turns out to have gotten his ass beaten on four separate occasions by the authors of Elizabethan England.
Sarah introduces Helen to Joseph Swetnam, the man the word "misogyny" was coined to describe, who turns out to have gotten his ass beaten on four separate occasions by the authors of Elizabethan England.
9. The First Misogynist | Odium Symposium
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January 31, 2026 at 1:24 AM
Our new episode is out early for Patreon subscribers!
Sarah introduces Helen to Joseph Swetnam, the man the word "misogyny" was coined to describe, who turns out to have gotten his ass beaten on four separate occasions by the authors of Elizabethan England.
Sarah introduces Helen to Joseph Swetnam, the man the word "misogyny" was coined to describe, who turns out to have gotten his ass beaten on four separate occasions by the authors of Elizabethan England.
should we do a bonus episode where we review the Melania documentary?
January 30, 2026 at 6:01 AM
should we do a bonus episode where we review the Melania documentary?
We're going to stream the Gavin Newsom Ben Shapiro interview in ten minutes. twitch.tv/odiumsymposium
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January 23, 2026 at 10:30 PM
We're going to stream the Gavin Newsom Ben Shapiro interview in ten minutes. twitch.tv/odiumsymposium
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I used to say Reagan was the worst person from the 20thC but thanks to @odiumsymposium.bsky.social episode on Ayn Rand, I am updating my ballot. Great work!
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6. The Haters v. Ayn Rand
Podcast Episode · Odium Symposium · 12/23/2025 · 2h 20m
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January 21, 2026 at 7:11 PM
I used to say Reagan was the worst person from the 20thC but thanks to @odiumsymposium.bsky.social episode on Ayn Rand, I am updating my ballot. Great work!
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Another point of context:
In 1977, 3 years before murdering Hélène Rytmann, Althusser signed a petition demanding the abolition age of consent in French law.
He was joined by just about every midcentury French philosopher you’re likely to read in a survey course:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_...
In 1977, 3 years before murdering Hélène Rytmann, Althusser signed a petition demanding the abolition age of consent in French law.
He was joined by just about every midcentury French philosopher you’re likely to read in a survey course:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_...
January 21, 2026 at 5:12 AM
Another point of context:
In 1977, 3 years before murdering Hélène Rytmann, Althusser signed a petition demanding the abolition age of consent in French law.
He was joined by just about every midcentury French philosopher you’re likely to read in a survey course:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_...
In 1977, 3 years before murdering Hélène Rytmann, Althusser signed a petition demanding the abolition age of consent in French law.
He was joined by just about every midcentury French philosopher you’re likely to read in a survey course:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_...
Our new episode is now available for all listeners on all platforms! Helen and Sarah dive into (one particular) work of french philosopher and murderer Louis Althusser, and along the way they learn about femicide. This one gets a bit dark.
8. Ceci N'est Pas Un True Crime Podcast | Odium Symposium
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January 20, 2026 at 6:43 PM
Our new episode is now available for all listeners on all platforms! Helen and Sarah dive into (one particular) work of french philosopher and murderer Louis Althusser, and along the way they learn about femicide. This one gets a bit dark.
Out now for Patreon subscribers! Helen and Sarah dive into (one particular) work of Louis Althusser, and along the way they learn about femicide. This one gets a bit dark.
8. Ceci N'est Pas Un True Crime Podcast | Odium Symposium
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January 16, 2026 at 10:39 PM
Out now for Patreon subscribers! Helen and Sarah dive into (one particular) work of Louis Althusser, and along the way they learn about femicide. This one gets a bit dark.
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helen and i call this the time washing machine. you look at another era and you're looking at the same peevish weirdos and creeps as exist in the current era. they just get cycled through history over and over
Glad to know The Free Press style cancel culture people existed in communist Czechoslovakia too
January 7, 2026 at 11:04 PM
helen and i call this the time washing machine. you look at another era and you're looking at the same peevish weirdos and creeps as exist in the current era. they just get cycled through history over and over
If we could get Freud and tranny shitposters together in a room for 15 minutes it would revolutionize all of psychology and social science
there's nothing more common among cis women than casual penis envy so when you think about it being a trans woman without bottom dysphoria means i'm a cis woman who got lucky
January 7, 2026 at 9:27 PM
If we could get Freud and tranny shitposters together in a room for 15 minutes it would revolutionize all of psychology and social science
Our new episode is now available for all listeners on all platforms! Sarah and Helen examine possibly their most bizarre and odious author yet: psychoanalyst and "gender centrist" Gerald Schoenewolfe.
Episode 7 - Who's Afraid of Gerald Schoenewolfe? | Odium Symposium
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January 6, 2026 at 4:51 PM
Our new episode is now available for all listeners on all platforms! Sarah and Helen examine possibly their most bizarre and odious author yet: psychoanalyst and "gender centrist" Gerald Schoenewolfe.
Our new episode is now out early for Patreon subscribers! Sarah and Helen examine possibly their most bizarre and odious author yet: psychoanalyst and "gender centrist" Gerald Schoenewolfe.
Episode 7 - Who's Afraid of Gerald Schoenewolfe? | Odium Symposium
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January 2, 2026 at 9:03 PM
Our new episode is now out early for Patreon subscribers! Sarah and Helen examine possibly their most bizarre and odious author yet: psychoanalyst and "gender centrist" Gerald Schoenewolfe.
Us with our episode subjects
happy holiday
December 26, 2025 at 3:10 AM
Us with our episode subjects
Her cursed legacy continues.
December 25, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Her cursed legacy continues.
We just watched and reviewed Sean Hannity's straight-to-Rumble 2023 Christmas comedy "Jingle Smells." It's an interminable movie. Why the hell did we do this.
EMERGENCY CHRISTMAS SPECIAL | Odium Symposium
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December 24, 2025 at 8:26 PM
We just watched and reviewed Sean Hannity's straight-to-Rumble 2023 Christmas comedy "Jingle Smells." It's an interminable movie. Why the hell did we do this.
Our Ayn Rand episode is now free for all listeners! Available on all platforms.
The Haters v. Ayn Rand | Odium Symposium
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December 23, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Our Ayn Rand episode is now free for all listeners! Available on all platforms.
Out now for patreon members: we talked about Ayn Rand and her brilliant idea to solve all of philosophy by simply declaring yourself objectively right.
As always, the episode will be available to all listeners on Tuesday.
As always, the episode will be available to all listeners on Tuesday.
The Haters v. Ayn Rand | Odium Symposium
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December 20, 2025 at 6:28 AM
Out now for patreon members: we talked about Ayn Rand and her brilliant idea to solve all of philosophy by simply declaring yourself objectively right.
As always, the episode will be available to all listeners on Tuesday.
As always, the episode will be available to all listeners on Tuesday.
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house cleaning, or finally a chance to work through that 2+⅔ hour podcast ep
December 18, 2025 at 6:43 PM
house cleaning, or finally a chance to work through that 2+⅔ hour podcast ep
Odium Symposium now has a YouTube channel! As our show continues to evolve, it'll be posting based and epic skits in the style of the annoying orange. But for the moment, the YouTube content is more "Sartre applied to the Daily Stormer"
4chan: The French Connection
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December 16, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Odium Symposium now has a YouTube channel! As our show continues to evolve, it'll be posting based and epic skits in the style of the annoying orange. But for the moment, the YouTube content is more "Sartre applied to the Daily Stormer"
The fifth episode of odium symposium is now free for all listeners! The philosophy of Jean-Paul Sartre turns out to have a lot to say about 4chan, the notorious Nazi news site the Daily Stormer, and the affect of the modern right as a whole. Available on all platforms.
4chan: The French Connection | Odium Symposium
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December 9, 2025 at 4:33 PM
The fifth episode of odium symposium is now free for all listeners! The philosophy of Jean-Paul Sartre turns out to have a lot to say about 4chan, the notorious Nazi news site the Daily Stormer, and the affect of the modern right as a whole. Available on all platforms.
pivoting to a new format, inspired by The Worst ldea of All Time, where for a year we read and review the Olivia Nuzzi book every week
December 5, 2025 at 12:18 AM
pivoting to a new format, inspired by The Worst ldea of All Time, where for a year we read and review the Olivia Nuzzi book every week
our next episode, "4chan: The French Connection" is now available for our paid patreon subscribers! There is a 10 minute free preview on there too, and the full episode will be out free on Tuesday!
4chan: The French Connection | Odium Symposium
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December 4, 2025 at 9:37 PM
our next episode, "4chan: The French Connection" is now available for our paid patreon subscribers! There is a 10 minute free preview on there too, and the full episode will be out free on Tuesday!
Our fourth episode, "The Everyone is Bari Weiss Theory," is available now on all platforms, for all listeners! Helen introduces Sarah to the classic British racist Enoch Powell, and the two of them learn that time is a flat circle.
The Everyone is Bari Weiss Theory | Odium Symposium
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November 25, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Our fourth episode, "The Everyone is Bari Weiss Theory," is available now on all platforms, for all listeners! Helen introduces Sarah to the classic British racist Enoch Powell, and the two of them learn that time is a flat circle.
Our next episode drops on Tuesday, but paid Patreon subscribers can listen to it now!
The Everyone is Bari Weiss Theory | Odium Symposium
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November 21, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Our next episode drops on Tuesday, but paid Patreon subscribers can listen to it now!
While the episode posted yesterday to our free patreon subscribers, our intern forgot to publish it to apple podcasts and other RSS based apps. It is now up and that intern has been fired/executed.
Our third episode, "Crack-Sucking Togas," is out now. Sarah gives Helen a lesson in Ancient Roman history and the two of them learn that some ideas, like "women be shopping" and "women be a foreign invasion that must be subjugated at all costs" have surprisingly deep roots.
Crack-Sucking Togas | Odium Symposium
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November 12, 2025 at 7:00 PM
While the episode posted yesterday to our free patreon subscribers, our intern forgot to publish it to apple podcasts and other RSS based apps. It is now up and that intern has been fired/executed.