Why is everything a remake? | Mark Fisher & Hauntology

In the first episode, host Brendan Hickey is joined by Berlin-based comedians Ori Halevy and Dayne Brasher to dig into the work of Mark Fisher - from hauntology and the slow cancellation of the future to the idea that modern culture feels trapped in repetition, with less and less room for anything genuinely new. What starts as a discussion about Fisher’s writing quickly spirals into cultural criticism, strained analogies, and the general chaos that comes from handing philosophy over to comedians.

The conversation moves through capitalist realism, the commercial pressure placed on art, the feeling that culture keeps recycling itself, and the way Fisher ties all of that to depression, the cultural zeitgeist, and the psychological atmosphere of modern life. A serious discussion, right up until everyone starts being themselves.