Verdurin

About Verdurin

Events at Verdurin, London and interviews hosted by Pierre d'Alancaisez. http://petitpoi.net/links/

Publisher

Pierre d'Alancaisez

Category

arts

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

4 Jan 2021

Latest episode

5 Jun 2025

Latest episodes

61 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   5 Jun 2025

   Paranoia: Justin Smith-Ruiu

   Justin Smith-Ruiu, professor of the history and philosophy of science, examines how conspiracy theories and fact-checking evolve, and discusses his metafiction work exploring authorship and deception in this interview.

2. 

   29 May 2025

   Paranoia: Sam Jennings, A Long Thread

   Writer Sam Jennings discusses Gnosticism as arguably the first conspiracy theory in Western intellectual history and how interpretation breeds an ethos of seeking hidden meaning in this interview episode.

3. 

   22 May 2025

   Paranoia: Thomas Peermohamed Lambert, Reading Between the Lines

   Thomas Peermohamed Lambert discusses the connection between literary modernism and conspiracy theory, using Kafka and Borges as examples, in his presentation at the Paranoia symposium, exploring paranoia in literature; this is a recording.

Who has been a guest on Verdurin

Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.

• Justin Smith-Ruiu
• Sam Jennings
• Thomas Peermohamed Lambert

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

YouTube views

17,796

Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025

Apple Podcasts (US)

4.5 / 5

2 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 53 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

75

Social presence

0

YouTube

76

Engagement

0

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Guest appearances

Books guests

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