Emmet Penney is a writer and researcher whose work has appeared in The Bellows, Paste Magazine, Post-Trash, Invisible Oranges, Popula, and elsewhere. He lives in Los Angeles.
Emmet Penney has hosted 27 Episodes.
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Episode 11: The Lasch Files: Revolt of the Elites Pt. III: Democratic Discourse in Crisis
November 10th, 2020 | 1 hr 10 mins
common core, democracy, higher ed, lasch
The lads dive into the middle portion of Lasch's book and talk about education, the press, and how "third places" helped them cultivate identities as a sense of civic virtue.
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Episode 10: Putting the Neocon in Neoconfuscianism: Conservative Responses to East Asia's Rise ft. Jennifer Miller
November 3rd, 2020 | 1 hr 9 mins
american history, conservative, east asia, foreign relations, history, japan, neoconservatism, protestantism, south korea
Historian Jennifer Miller joins Emmet and John to talk about two papers she's written on conservative responses to the rise of East Asia in the latter part of the Cold War.
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Episode 9: The Lasch Files: Revolt of the Elites Pt. II: Martyrs Don't Run the Church
October 27th, 2020 | 54 mins 48 secs
christopher lasch, democracy, john dewey, philosophy, politics
Emmet and John continue their reading of Lasch's The Revolt of the Elites and the Betrayal of Democracy.
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Episode 8: The Lasch Files: The Revolt of the Elites Pt. I
October 20th, 2020 | 1 hr 14 mins
Emmet and John begin their investigation of Christopher Lasch's last book, The Revolt of the Elites and the Betrayal of Democracy.
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Episode 7: Animalization, Anglo-Saxon Masochism, and Entrepreneurbrain
October 13th, 2020 | 1 hr 10 mins
adam neumann, culture, elizabeth holmes, entrepreneur, narcissism, paris hilton, politics, psychology, steve jobs
John and Emmet have a sprawling conversation about narcissism, how efficiency maximization can encourage pleasure obsession, and more.
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Episode 6: Pacific Rim: Blockchain, Techno-Utopianism, and American Soft-Power ft. Olivier Jutel
October 7th, 2020 | 1 hr 10 mins
blockchain, neoimperialism, palantir, tech
Olivier Jutel from the University of Otago joins Emmet and John to talk about blockchain, techno-utopianism, and American soft-power in the Pacific.
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Episode 5: The Parasocial Music Marketing Machine ft. Ian Cory (Pt. II)
September 29th, 2020 | 34 mins 16 secs
heidegger, lamniformes, music, spotify, tiktok
The Lads finish up talking to Ian about the question of newness in music and whence artistic innovation comes.
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Episode 4: The Parasocial Music Marketing Machine ft. Ian Cory (Pt. I)
September 29th, 2020 | 57 mins 21 secs
heidegger, lamniformes, music, spotify, tiktok
The Lads to talk Ian Cory of the band Lamniformes about being a musician, the shape of the music industry, and how the internet has changed over our lifetimes.
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Episode 3: Two Piece: Dumbbells and the Death of Lucent Technologies
September 22nd, 2020 | 1 hr 10 mins
economy, manufacturing, politics, supply chains
Emmet and John talk about two articles: one about why no one in American can buy dumbbells, the other about the death of Lucent technologies and the American telecom equipment industry.
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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.
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Episode 1: Ground Zero
September 6th, 2020 | 1 hr 9 mins
covid19, culture, exhaustion, history, politics
Emmet and John introduce themselves and the podcast.