[teaser] The Boys Are Back In Town Bull Sesh

July 1st, 2022  |  22 mins 11 secs

We're back!

This one opens with some housekeeping, then we move on to talk about the energy crisis, regionalism, localism, PMC intermediation, American political tradition, and more!

[teaser] The True and Only Heaven 10: The Politics of the Civilized Minority

February 13th, 2022  |  11 mins 5 secs

Canada Mike joins Emmet to talk about the second to last chapter of Lasch's book. They talk about how liberalism went from a political position to an alleged psychological framework and culture. And how HL Mencken was a pioneer of lectureporn.

[teaser] MacIntyre - Human Dignity: A Puzzling and Possibly Dangerous Idea?

December 5th, 2021  |  11 mins 56 secs

Emmet and Mike hash out MacIntyre's provocative lecture at Notre Dame's conference on the idea of human dignity in the secular age last month.
They go through the essentials of MacIntyre's argumentation, reflect on its implications, then consider Abrahamic Law more broadly. Mike brings a Muslim perspective to bear and they both ask how we are to live with fidelity in a world where nothing feels possible.

Episode 66: Guns, Coal, and Power: Three Takes on Human Development and the Illusion of Progress

November 23rd, 2021  |  1 hr 12 mins

america, britain, coal, engels, history, japan, meiji, navy, progress, steven pinker, thermoeconomics, wolfgang streeck, wwii

Canada Mike and Emmet take a look at three pieces to consider different lenses for human development. The first is an essay on Engels by Wolfgang Streeck, the second is a lecture on thermoeconomics by John Constable, and the third is an overview of arguments for human evolution by Michael E. Mann. Emmet and Mike touch on the Meiji restoration, why we should read old thinkers, British coal, why Steven Pinker sucks, what kind of revolution was the Industrial Revolution, civilizational skillsets, and more!

Episode 61: Two Piece: Resigning from Being Superfluous

October 19th, 2021  |  1 hr 5 mins

incels, obama, peak oil, strike wave, the great resignation

Emmet, John, and Canada Mike talk through two pieces: one on superfluous men by Alex Gendler and another about bullshit jobs and people quitting the workforce by John Michael Greer. They talk about the Great Resignation, the strivewave, why many men have been historically superfluous, incels, and ponder if we need new ways to think of being modern.

[teaser] Bull Sesh: Decline, Decadence, and the Aesthetic Education of the Soul w/ Canada Mike

April 18th, 2021  |  3 mins 48 secs

Canada Mike swings by the pod to talk about decadence, decline, and the aesthetic education of the soul. This is a brief clip from the episode.

Episode 27: [teaser] Vax Traxx III: Medical Nihilism, mRNA Production Rundown, and the Downfall of the CDC ft. Canada Mike

February 28th, 2021  |  3 mins 15 secs

bayesian statistics, corona, corona virus, coronavirus, covid19, logistics, pfizer, supply chains, vaccine

A teaser for our first Patreon episode.

Episode 23: Vaccine Breakdown II: Decentralization Boogaloo ft. Canada Mike

February 2nd, 2021  |  1 hr 7 mins

america, american history, christopher lasch, corona, corona virus, coronavirus, covid19, ivan ilich, logistics, pfizer, supply chains, vaccine

Canada Mike joins us to talk about why America's vaccine rollout plan doesn't make sense and why it's not going well.

Episode 18: Single Use System Shock: Vaccine Production Problems ft. Canada Mike

December 29th, 2020  |  1 hr 19 mins

coronavirus, covid19, kanban, logistics, pfizer, supply chains, vaccine

In our end of year recap, we discuss how vaccines are made, how that's changed, and what that will mean for COVID vaccine distribution.

Episode 2: American Dharma ft. Canada Mike

September 15th, 2020  |  1 hr 3 mins

2016 elections, bannon, errol morris, hilllary, russiagate, trump

Our friend Canada Mike joins us to review Errol Morris's American Dharma, his movie about Steven Bannon. Once we finish dunking on what turned out to be a disappointing movie, we try to understand The Bannon Moment.