Cows in the field

Justin Khoo, Laura Khoo

justindkhoo@gmail.com

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Booking Overview

This is a film-analysis podcast applying philosophical and art-historical perspectives to individual films, typically featuring academic philosophers as external guests. Suitable pitches include philosophy professors, film scholars, and art historians with expertise relevant to a film’s themes or aesthetics; booking difficulty is medium because guests generally need credible academic specialization, though they need not be highly prominent public figures.

Metrics

Episodes: 171

Frequency: Biweekly

Rating: 5.0/5.0

Estimated listeners: 1k-10k

Gender skew: Unknown

Location: USA

YouTube: 72 subscribers

Instagram: 180 followers

Contact Information

justindkhoo@gmail.com

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Host

Justin Khoo - Professor of philosophy at MIT.

Laura Khoo - Art historian turned fundraiser.

Booking Intelligence

Booking Requirements

medium
Typical Credentials:  
University philosophy faculty or scholars with relevant expertise in aesthetics, philosophy of film, ethics, metaphysics, or the philosophical themes of a featured film.
Required Achievements:  
University faculty appointments, Scholarly work in philosophy

Recent Guest Discussions

Aaron Meskin - Dance Films, Dancing, British Working-class Drama, Masculinity, Conformity, And Class Structures In Billy Elliot.

Bar Luzon - Immigration, Love, Imagination, Narrative Self-understanding, Counterfactual Thinking, And Displacement In Past Lives.

Zed Adams - Simulation, Hegel, Cavell, Heidegger, Perception, And Identity In Blade Runner.

Recent Topics

Film, Philosophy, Aesthetics, Ethics, Narrative

Episodes

Here's the recent few episodes on
Cows in the field
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169. Billy Elliot (w/ Aaron Meskin)

July 10, 2026

Put on your dancin' shoes, it's time to discuss Billy Elliot with Aaron Meskin (Philosophy, U. of Georgia)! We discuss dance movies, dancing, how the film melds British working class drama with fantastical, nondiegetic dance numbers, how conformity perpetuates class structures, how the film portrays masculinity and dance, and more! Did you enjoy the episode? Leave us a review on your podcast app of choice! Do you like to boogie? Reach out to us at cowspod@gmail.com!Advertising Inquiri...

168. Past Lives (w/ Bar Luzon)

June 27, 2026

Join us and Bar Luzon (Philosophy, MIT) to discuss Celine Song's film PAST LIVES. We talk about immigration, love, irresistible freely chosen love, imagination and narrative in self understanding, counterfactual thinking, and never going home... Check out all our episodes at cowspod.com and buy a cow-branded shirt at shop.cowspod.com!Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands

167. Blade Runner (w/ Zed Adams)

June 12, 2026

The Cows journey to the future, Los Angeles 2019, to run blades with Zed Adams (Philosophy, The New School for Social Research). We discuss eyes, simulation, Hegel, Cavell, Heidegger, rain, tears, pajamas, and who among us is a replicant. Visit cowspod.com for the full schedule and merch!Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands

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