{"version":"https://jsonfeed.org/version/1","title":"ex.haust","home_page_url":"https://exhaust.fireside.fm","feed_url":"https://exhaust.fireside.fm/json","description":"Co-hosts Emmet and John plumb the depths of history, culture, and philosophy to understand why it is that despite calamities and rapid change nothing feels possible anymore. Guests include artists, scholars, and thinkers from all over the world. \r\n\r\nSubscribe to our Patreon to receive 2 extra exclusive episodes a month: https://www.patreon.com/exhaust","_fireside":{"subtitle":"A podcast about political, cultural, and psychological exhaustion and why nothing feels possible.","pubdate":"2023-01-28T11:00:00.000-08:00","explicit":true,"copyright":"2024 by Emmet Penney","owner":"Emmet Penney","image":"https://assets.fireside.fm/file/fireside-images/podcasts/images/e/e6e4f5ee-6cdc-4287-8753-77155372b695/cover.jpg?v=4"},"items":[{"id":"321d7c5c-01cb-4241-82d3-708db66d4f1b","title":"Episode 98: THE END OF THE SHOW AND THE END OF HISTORY","url":"https://exhaust.fireside.fm/98","content_text":"John returns and they finish out the show by finishing Fukuyama's book and reflecting on the experience of working on the show. \n\nThanks to all of our listeners! It was a great run and we were overjoyed to have you with us. ","content_html":"

John returns and they finish out the show by finishing Fukuyama's book and reflecting on the experience of working on the show.

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Thanks to all of our listeners! It was a great run and we were overjoyed to have you with us.

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Matt Kelly rejoins the boys to talk about Fukuyama's weird liberalism, econ theory, the triumphalism of the 90s, Fukuyama as an OG anti-Islamic type, and more!

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Check out Matt's Stuff:

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  1. Substack: https://trapzoid.substack.com

  2. \n
  3. https://sociolegalfictions.wordpress.com

  4. \n
  5. Twitter: @DJDeepThought1

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Closing Song: RiFF RAFF - Double Cup 2 Cups (KEIFER GR33N Remix)

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https://www.keifergr33n.com/

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Emmet and John begin their series on Fukuyama's seminal The End of History and the Last Man. They talk through its context, Fukuyama's background, trouble some of his assumptions, and kick the tires of his liberal triumphalism in the opening 50 pages.

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Closing Song: https://godshate.bandcamp.com/album/gods-hate

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Phil Cunliffe joins Emmet to talk about his opposition to the UK's sanctions against Russia, the politics of self-interest, what happened to the nation-state, and more.

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Phil's piece on the sanctions: https://unherd.com/thepost/its-time-to-end-gas-sanctions-on-russia/

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Phil's piece on ChatGPT: https://unherd.com/thepost/chatgpt-a-morbid-symptom-of-our-declining-universities/

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Phil's Twitter: https://twitter.com/thephilippics

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Bungacast: https://www.patreon.com/bungacast

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Closing song: https://chatpile.bandcamp.com/album/gods-country

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Mark Nelson returns to the pod to talk with Emmet about becoming an engineer. They talk about the history of the profession in America, how engineers think, what they study, and how they look at the world.

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Check out Mark Nelson (@energybants): https://twitter.com/energybants

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Closing Song: https://willkraus.bandcamp.com/album/eye-escapes

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Alex Priou from the New Thinkery podcast sits down with Emmet to talk about Leo Strauss and his posthumously published lecture "The Three Waves of Modernity. They talk about the split between the ancients and the moderns, what Strauss was really after, the tasks modernity presents us with today, whether or not we can recover lessons from the ancients, and more!

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Check out the New Thinkery: https://thenewthinkery.com/listen/

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The essay: https://archive.org/details/LeoStrauss3WavesOfModernityocr

\n\n

Subscribe to our Patreon to hear the rest!

","summary":"Alex Pirou from the New Thinkery podcast sits down with Emmet to talk about Leo Strauss and his posthumously published lecture \"The Three Waves of Modernity. They talk about the split between the ancients and the moderns, what Strauss was really after, the tasks modernity presents us with today, whether or not we can recover lessons from the ancients, and more!","date_published":"2022-11-26T11:00:00.000-08:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/e6e4f5ee-6cdc-4287-8753-77155372b695/58faaf31-4a2a-4648-b611-a1e9dff1f4dd.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":16616433,"duration_in_seconds":1201}]},{"id":"4a938f61-22cb-4ce2-848d-b86ffbd6584f","title":"Episode 92: The Dirties ft. PsyOp Cinema","url":"https://exhaust.fireside.fm/92","content_text":"Brett and Thomas from PsyOp cinema join Emmet to talk about the school shooter movie The Dirties (2013). They talk about Columbine, the role media plays in \"traumatizing\" its audiences, social engineering, media saturation as grand social atomizer, the figure of the \"outsider,\" and more!\n\nCheck out PsyOp cinema here!\n\nClosing Song: Do Not Reply by Stuck","content_html":"

Brett and Thomas from PsyOp cinema join Emmet to talk about the school shooter movie The Dirties (2013). They talk about Columbine, the role media plays in "traumatizing" its audiences, social engineering, media saturation as grand social atomizer, the figure of the "outsider," and more!

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Check out PsyOp cinema here!

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Closing Song: Do Not Reply by Stuck

","summary":"Brett and Thomas from PsyOp cinema join Emmet to talk about the school shooter movie The Dirties (2013). They talk about Columbine, the role media plays in \"traumatizing\" its audiences, social engineering, media saturation as grand social atomizer, and more!","date_published":"2022-11-18T09:00:00.000-08:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/e6e4f5ee-6cdc-4287-8753-77155372b695/4a938f61-22cb-4ce2-848d-b86ffbd6584f.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":70311630,"duration_in_seconds":4993}]},{"id":"0005e926-fb6b-4f01-9d70-cd8b9a839adb","title":"[teaser] Latour and the Problem of Science ft. Jacob Shell","url":"https://exhaust.fireside.fm/91","content_text":"Geographer and author Jacob Shell joined me to talk about his obituary of the late Bruno Latour who rose to prominence critiquing science and then turned his back on his most influential works of critical theory in 2004. We discuss the postmodern turn, science as ideology, the problem of critical theory, epistemic authority, \"trusting the science,\" and more!\n\nTo hear the rest of the episode and get 2 exlusive episodes plus bonus content every month, subscribe to our Patreon!\n\nHow Critical Theory Learned to Trust the Science by Jacob Shell, Compact\nWhy Has Critique Run out of Steam? From Matters of Fact to Matters of Concern by Bruno Latour\n\nCheck out Jacob's books:\nTransportation and Revolt: Pigeons, Mules, Canals, and the Vanishing Geographies of Subversive Mobility \nGiants of the Monsoon Forest: Living and Working with Elephants ","content_html":"

Geographer and author Jacob Shell joined me to talk about his obituary of the late Bruno Latour who rose to prominence critiquing science and then turned his back on his most influential works of critical theory in 2004. We discuss the postmodern turn, science as ideology, the problem of critical theory, epistemic authority, "trusting the science," and more!

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To hear the rest of the episode and get 2 exlusive episodes plus bonus content every month, subscribe to our Patreon!

\n\n

How Critical Theory Learned to Trust the Science by Jacob Shell, Compact
\nWhy Has Critique Run out of Steam? From Matters of Fact to Matters of Concern by Bruno Latour

\n\n

Check out Jacob's books:
\nTransportation and Revolt: Pigeons, Mules, Canals, and the Vanishing Geographies of Subversive Mobility
\nGiants of the Monsoon Forest: Living and Working with Elephants

","summary":"Geographer and author Jacob Shell joined me to talk about his obituary of the late Bruno Latour who rose to prominence critiquing science and then turned his back on his most influential works of critical theory in 2004. We discuss the postmodern turn, science as ideology, the problem of critical theory, epistemic authority, \"trusting the science,\" and more!","date_published":"2022-10-28T09:00:00.000-07:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/e6e4f5ee-6cdc-4287-8753-77155372b695/0005e926-fb6b-4f01-9d70-cd8b9a839adb.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":13180171,"duration_in_seconds":903}]},{"id":"ebe0745c-1608-4a07-b131-3dadc06719a4","title":"[teaser]Democratic Pluralism ft. Michael Lind","url":"https://exhaust.fireside.fm/90","content_text":"Author Michael Lind joins Emmet to talk about his research speech on democratic pluralism in the 21st century. They discuss regime type, managerialism and technocracy, sector bargaining, the beauty of big, dumb, and simple, his forthcoming book on labor called Hell to Pay, and more. \n\nTo hear the rest, subscribe to our Patreon to get 2 exclusive episodes and bonus content every month!\n\nYou can read Michael Lind's speech here: https://compactmag.com/article/democratic-pluralism-for-the-21st-century\n\nYou can pre-order Hell to Pay here: https://www.amazon.com/Hell-Pay-Conspiracy-Destroying-America/dp/0593421256/ref=sr_1_4?crid=2UXB8BXFRBDMY&keywords=michael+lind&qid=1666400635&qu=eyJxc2MiOiIzLjU4IiwicXNhIjoiMy4wNCIsInFzcCI6IjMuMDUifQ%3D%3D&sprefix=michael%2520lind%2Caps%2C103&sr=8-4","content_html":"

Author Michael Lind joins Emmet to talk about his research speech on democratic pluralism in the 21st century. They discuss regime type, managerialism and technocracy, sector bargaining, the beauty of big, dumb, and simple, his forthcoming book on labor called Hell to Pay, and more.

\n\n

To hear the rest, subscribe to our Patreon to get 2 exclusive episodes and bonus content every month!

\n\n

You can read Michael Lind's speech here: https://compactmag.com/article/democratic-pluralism-for-the-21st-century

\n\n

You can pre-order Hell to Pay here: https://www.amazon.com/Hell-Pay-Conspiracy-Destroying-America/dp/0593421256/ref=sr_1_4?crid=2UXB8BXFRBDMY&keywords=michael+lind&qid=1666400635&qu=eyJxc2MiOiIzLjU4IiwicXNhIjoiMy4wNCIsInFzcCI6IjMuMDUifQ%3D%3D&sprefix=michael%2520lind%2Caps%2C103&sr=8-4

","summary":"Author Michael Lind joins Emmet to talk about his research speech on democratic pluralism in the 21st century. They discuss regime type, managerialism and technocracy, sector bargaining, the beauty of big, dumb, and simple, his forthcoming book on labor called Hell to Pay, and more. ","date_published":"2022-10-22T13:00:00.000-07:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/e6e4f5ee-6cdc-4287-8753-77155372b695/ebe0745c-1608-4a07-b131-3dadc06719a4.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":15604768,"duration_in_seconds":1210}]},{"id":"4478da3f-06eb-4222-ba1c-b003a2d74960","title":"Episode 89: The Agony of the New Left ft. Leighton Woodhouse","url":"https://exhaust.fireside.fm/89","content_text":"Journalist Leighton Woodhouse joins Emmet to talk about the New Left of the 1960s and the values of the managerial class. They talk about progressive libertarianism, the difference between the old managerial order of the immediate postwar era and the post-70s era, cultural path dependency, the Port Huron statement, and more.\n\n\"The Cult of the Individual: The Origins of the Nihilistic Left,\" by Leighton Woodhouse.\n\nSubscribe to our Patreon to get two exclusive episodes plus bonus content every month!\n\nClosing Song: Rollin & Tubmlin by RL Burnside.","content_html":"

Journalist Leighton Woodhouse joins Emmet to talk about the New Left of the 1960s and the values of the managerial class. They talk about progressive libertarianism, the difference between the old managerial order of the immediate postwar era and the post-70s era, cultural path dependency, the Port Huron statement, and more.

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"The Cult of the Individual: The Origins of the Nihilistic Left," by Leighton Woodhouse.

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Subscribe to our Patreon to get two exclusive episodes plus bonus content every month!

\n\n

Closing Song: Rollin & Tubmlin by RL Burnside.

","summary":"Journalist Leighton Woodhouse joins Emmet to talk about the New Left of the 1960s and the values of the managerial class. They talk about progressive libertarianism, the difference between the old managerial order of the immediate postwar era and the post-70s era, cultural path dependency, the Port Huron statement, and more.","date_published":"2022-10-14T08:00:00.000-07:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/e6e4f5ee-6cdc-4287-8753-77155372b695/4478da3f-06eb-4222-ba1c-b003a2d74960.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":76178419,"duration_in_seconds":4914}]},{"id":"771eaa6d-8cbf-4019-a1ff-48dfd186dbd9","title":"[teaser] Millennial Canon: Napoleon Dynamite, Juno, and Scott Pilgrim","url":"https://exhaust.fireside.fm/tmillennialcanon","content_text":"Kat Dee joins Emmet to talk about movies they couldn't stop texting each other about which they think define, in part, the millennial vibe. They talk about movies that give a shit that you're watching them, what happened to music as part of identity formation, the sexual weirdness of all three movies, being awkward as an early millennial meme, what millennials did to language, and more!\n\nSubscribe to our Patreon to get two exclusive episodes a month!","content_html":"

Kat Dee joins Emmet to talk about movies they couldn't stop texting each other about which they think define, in part, the millennial vibe. They talk about movies that give a shit that you're watching them, what happened to music as part of identity formation, the sexual weirdness of all three movies, being awkward as an early millennial meme, what millennials did to language, and more!

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Subscribe to our Patreon to get two exclusive episodes a month!

","summary":"Kat Dee joins Emmet to talk about movies they couldn't stop texting each other about which they think define, in part, the millennial vibe. They talk about movies that give a shit that you're watching them, what happened to music as part of identity formation, the sexual weirdness of all three movies, being awkward as an early millennial meme, what millennials did to language, and more!","date_published":"2022-09-30T11:00:00.000-07:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/e6e4f5ee-6cdc-4287-8753-77155372b695/771eaa6d-8cbf-4019-a1ff-48dfd186dbd9.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":11962157,"duration_in_seconds":907}]},{"id":"2d51f5f5-f2e9-42a8-ae25-5196463c2f16","title":"[teaser] Shock of the New: The Future That War","url":"https://exhaust.fireside.fm/tshock","content_text":"Emmet and Josh wrap up their series on the Shock of the New. \n\nThey discuss the modern art museum, Hughes's sick burns on everyone and everything, Superbowl Commericals as art appreciation ritual, Don Draper, and mourning the death of painting. \n\nSubscribe to our Patreon to get 2 exclusive episodes a month.","content_html":"

Emmet and Josh wrap up their series on the Shock of the New.

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They discuss the modern art museum, Hughes's sick burns on everyone and everything, Superbowl Commericals as art appreciation ritual, Don Draper, and mourning the death of painting.

\n\n

Subscribe to our Patreon to get 2 exclusive episodes a month.

","summary":"Emmet and Josh wrap up their series on the Shock of the New. \r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nThey discuss the modern art museum, Hughes's sick burns on everyone and everything, Superbowl Commericals as art appreciation ritual, Don Draper, and mourning the death of painting. ","date_published":"2022-09-26T16:00:00.000-07:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/e6e4f5ee-6cdc-4287-8753-77155372b695/2d51f5f5-f2e9-42a8-ae25-5196463c2f16.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":12087920,"duration_in_seconds":909}]},{"id":"c56d957f-7fc1-4bf2-bdf1-124b907baee3","title":"Episode 88: Oceania Has Always Been At Culture War With Eastasia ft. Michael Cuenco","url":"https://exhaust.fireside.fm/88","content_text":"Essayist Michael Cuenco joins Emmet to talk about the totalizing permanence of the culture war. They talk about Ross Perot, Pat Buchanan, liberty, republicanism, oligarchy, living in a post-literate tribal world, and more!\n\nCheck out some of Michael's Work:\n\nHow Culture War Trumped Class War, Compact Magazine\nAmerica's New Post-Literate Epistemology, Palladium\n\"Victory Is Not Possible\": A Theory of the Culture War, American Affairs\n\nSubscribe to our Patreon to get two exclusive episodes a month!\n\nClosing Song: Slower Hell by Money","content_html":"

Essayist Michael Cuenco joins Emmet to talk about the totalizing permanence of the culture war. They talk about Ross Perot, Pat Buchanan, liberty, republicanism, oligarchy, living in a post-literate tribal world, and more!

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Check out some of Michael's Work:

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How Culture War Trumped Class War, Compact Magazine
\nAmerica's New Post-Literate Epistemology, Palladium
\n"Victory Is Not Possible": A Theory of the Culture War, American Affairs

\n\n

Subscribe to our Patreon to get two exclusive episodes a month!

\n\n

Closing Song: Slower Hell by Money

","summary":"Essayist Michael Cuenco joins Emmet to talk about the totalizing permanence of the culture war. They talk about Ross Perot, Pat Buchanan, liberty, republicanism, oligarchy, living in a post-literate tribal world, and more!","date_published":"2022-09-23T15:00:00.000-07:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/e6e4f5ee-6cdc-4287-8753-77155372b695/c56d957f-7fc1-4bf2-bdf1-124b907baee3.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":58979580,"duration_in_seconds":4381}]},{"id":"538dd877-b7a1-4f11-9bf8-7f1a044c31bf","title":"[teaser] Shock of the New: From Munch to Warhol","url":"https://exhaust.fireside.fm/sotnteaser","content_text":"Josh and Emmet talk over episodes 6 and 7 of Robert Hughes's The Shock of the New. They get into Van Gogh, Edvard Munch, Rothko, and the dawn of the Weak Universal Forms. \n\nThey discuss art as a window into the past and the schizo-world of television. And if painting can't matter in the way it used to, why did Hughes bother with the series?\n\nSubscribe to our Patreon to hear the rest and get two exclusive episodes a month!","content_html":"

Josh and Emmet talk over episodes 6 and 7 of Robert Hughes's The Shock of the New. They get into Van Gogh, Edvard Munch, Rothko, and the dawn of the Weak Universal Forms.

\n\n

They discuss art as a window into the past and the schizo-world of television. And if painting can't matter in the way it used to, why did Hughes bother with the series?

\n\n

Subscribe to our Patreon to hear the rest and get two exclusive episodes a month!

","summary":"Josh and Emmet talk over episodes 6 and 7 of Robert Hughes's The Shock of the New. They get into Van Gogh, Edvard Munch, Rothko, and the dawn of the Weak Universal Forms. \r\n\r\nThey discuss art as a window into the past and the schizo-world of television. And if painting can't matter in the way it used to, why did Hughes bother with the series?","date_published":"2022-09-05T07:00:00.000-07:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/e6e4f5ee-6cdc-4287-8753-77155372b695/538dd877-b7a1-4f11-9bf8-7f1a044c31bf.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":40601365,"duration_in_seconds":3014}]},{"id":"0a5b2203-94c7-4357-bf62-f5775c56f5a6","title":"Episode 87: The King and the Duke: So Long, Vince McMahon ft. Oliver Bateman","url":"https://exhaust.fireside.fm/87","content_text":"King of The Work and co-host of What's Left, Oliver Bateman joins Emmet to talk about the illustrious career of pro-wrestling mogul Vince McMahon after he stepped down from WWE. They talk about the hustler and con man as American architects, the intimacy of kayfabe, what people get wrong about their stale \"politics as pro wrestling\" takes, and more!\n\n\"Exit Vince McMahon, World Builder,\" Oliver Bateman, The Washington Examiner.\nWhat's Left?\nOliver's website.\n\nSubscribe to our Patreon to get 2 exclusive episodes a month!\n\nClosing Song: Moth-Eaten Deer Head by The Locust","content_html":"

King of The Work and co-host of What's Left, Oliver Bateman joins Emmet to talk about the illustrious career of pro-wrestling mogul Vince McMahon after he stepped down from WWE. They talk about the hustler and con man as American architects, the intimacy of kayfabe, what people get wrong about their stale "politics as pro wrestling" takes, and more!

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"Exit Vince McMahon, World Builder," Oliver Bateman, The Washington Examiner.
\nWhat's Left?
\nOliver's website.

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Subscribe to our Patreon to get 2 exclusive episodes a month!

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Closing Song: Moth-Eaten Deer Head by The Locust

","summary":"King of The Work and co-host of What's Left, Oliver Bateman joins Emmet to talk about the illustrious career of pro-wrestling mogul Vince McMahon after he stepped down from WWE. They talk about the hustler and con man as American architects, the intimacy of kayfabe, what people get wrong about their stale \"politics as pro wrestling\" takes, and more!","date_published":"2022-08-19T08:00:00.000-07:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/e6e4f5ee-6cdc-4287-8753-77155372b695/0a5b2203-94c7-4357-bf62-f5775c56f5a6.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":45422725,"duration_in_seconds":3491}]},{"id":"db21091d-06fd-4d15-a482-cd1e11d05b90","title":"[teaser] The End of History and the Last Man: The Old Age of Mankind","url":"https://exhaust.fireside.fm/eoh2","content_text":"Matt Kelly rejoins the boys to talk about Fukuyama's weird liberalism, econ theory, the triumphalism of the 90s, Fukuyama as an OG anti-Islamic type, and more! \n\nTo hear the rest, subscribe to our Patreon!\n\nCheck out Matt's Stuff:\n\n\nSubstack: https://trapzoid.substack.com\nhttps://sociolegalfictions.wordpress.com\nTwitter: @DJDeepThought1\n","content_html":"

Matt Kelly rejoins the boys to talk about Fukuyama's weird liberalism, econ theory, the triumphalism of the 90s, Fukuyama as an OG anti-Islamic type, and more!

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To hear the rest, subscribe to our Patreon!

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Check out Matt's Stuff:

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  1. Substack: https://trapzoid.substack.com

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  3. https://sociolegalfictions.wordpress.com

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  5. Twitter: @DJDeepThought1

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","summary":"Matt Kelly rejoins the boys to talk about Fukuyama's weird liberalism, econ theory, the triumphalism of the 90s, Fukuyama as an OG anti-Islamic type, and more! ","date_published":"2022-08-15T08:00:00.000-07:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/e6e4f5ee-6cdc-4287-8753-77155372b695/db21091d-06fd-4d15-a482-cd1e11d05b90.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":84812667,"duration_in_seconds":6081}]},{"id":"a59309f7-876f-4cad-b14e-b3955656935e","title":"[teaser] The End of History and the Last Man: Our Pessimism","url":"https://exhaust.fireside.fm/eoht","content_text":"Emmet and John begin their series on Fukuyama's seminal The End of History and the Last Man. They talk through its context, Fukuyama's background, trouble some of his assumptions, and kick the tires of his liberal triumphalism in the opening 50 pages. \n\nTo hear the rest of this episode, subscribe to our Patreon and get 2 exclusive episodes a month!","content_html":"

Emmet and John begin their series on Fukuyama's seminal The End of History and the Last Man. They talk through its context, Fukuyama's background, trouble some of his assumptions, and kick the tires of his liberal triumphalism in the opening 50 pages.

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To hear the rest of this episode, subscribe to our Patreon and get 2 exclusive episodes a month!

","summary":"Emmet and John begin their series on Fukuyama's seminal The End of History and the Last Man. They talk through its context, Fukuyama's background, trouble some of his assumptions, and kick the tires of his liberal triumphalism in the opening 50 pages. ","date_published":"2022-07-28T07:00:00.000-07:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/e6e4f5ee-6cdc-4287-8753-77155372b695/a59309f7-876f-4cad-b14e-b3955656935e.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":15574964,"duration_in_seconds":973}]},{"id":"120b2ee9-b8ae-4a72-8f43-f0ddda4ec620","title":"Episode 86: California Uber Alles ft. Robert. Bryce","url":"https://exhaust.fireside.fm/86","content_text":"6-time author and host of the Power Hungry Podcast Robert Bryce sits down with Emmet to talk about the downfall of California, his time covering the Branch Davidian trials, our troubled electric grid, the balkanization of America, and more!\n\n\"California's Energy War on the Poor\" by Robert Bryce (Quillette)\nThe Power Hungry Podcast\nJuice: How Electricity Explains the World\nA Question of Power: Electricity and the Wealth of Nations by Robert Bryce\n\nSubscribe to our Patreon to get two exclusive episodes a month!\n\nClosing Song: California Uber Alles by the Dead Kennedys","content_html":"

6-time author and host of the Power Hungry Podcast Robert Bryce sits down with Emmet to talk about the downfall of California, his time covering the Branch Davidian trials, our troubled electric grid, the balkanization of America, and more!

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"California's Energy War on the Poor" by Robert Bryce (Quillette)
\nThe Power Hungry Podcast
\nJuice: How Electricity Explains the World
\nA Question of Power: Electricity and the Wealth of Nations by Robert Bryce

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Subscribe to our Patreon to get two exclusive episodes a month!

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Closing Song: California Uber Alles by the Dead Kennedys

","summary":"6-time author and host of the Power Hungry Podcast Robert Bryce sits down with Emmet to talk about the downfall of California and its war on the poor, his time covering the Branch Davidian trials, our troubled electric grid, the balkanization of America, and more!","date_published":"2022-07-24T15:00:00.000-07:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/e6e4f5ee-6cdc-4287-8753-77155372b695/120b2ee9-b8ae-4a72-8f43-f0ddda4ec620.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":56482283,"duration_in_seconds":3530}]},{"id":"eb61712d-63d6-4cb2-b0c0-93d41f464565","title":"[teaser] The Boys Are Back In Town Bull Sesh","url":"https://exhaust.fireside.fm/pteaser1","content_text":"We're back!\n\nThis one opens with some housekeeping, then we move on to talk about the energy crisis, regionalism, localism, PMC intermediation, American political tradition, and more!\n\nSubscribe to our Patreon to hear the rest. Special Guest: Mike.","content_html":"

We're back!

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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!

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Subscribe to our Patreon to hear the rest.

Special Guest: Mike.

","summary":"We're back!\r\n\r\nThis one opens with some housekeeping, then we move on to talk about the energy crisis, regionalism, localism, PMC intermediation, American political tradition, and more!\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n","date_published":"2022-07-01T11:00:00.000-07:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/e6e4f5ee-6cdc-4287-8753-77155372b695/eb61712d-63d6-4cb2-b0c0-93d41f464565.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":21304327,"duration_in_seconds":1331}]},{"id":"027bfa5b-822f-48eb-9409-4ecf78f868f4","title":"Episode 85: School Shooters, Nihilism, and Child Sacrifice ft. Geoff Shullenberger and Default Friend","url":"https://exhaust.fireside.fm/85","content_text":"Emmet sits Geoff Shullenberger and Default Friend to talk about their respective articles on the Uvalde shooting, school shootings in general, \"zeitgeist killers,\" the spiritual hole in our society, and more!\n\n\"The Faith of Mass Shooters\" by Geoff Shullenberger, Compact Magazine.\n\n\"Mass Shootings and the World Liberalism Made,\" by Katherine Dee, Contra\n\nClosing Song: Lowered by Greg Puciato ft. Reba Meyers.","content_html":"

Emmet sits Geoff Shullenberger and Default Friend to talk about their respective articles on the Uvalde shooting, school shootings in general, "zeitgeist killers," the spiritual hole in our society, and more!

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"The Faith of Mass Shooters" by Geoff Shullenberger, Compact Magazine.

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"Mass Shootings and the World Liberalism Made," by Katherine Dee, Contra

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Closing Song: Lowered by Greg Puciato ft. Reba Meyers.

","summary":"Emmet sits Geoff Shullenberger and Default Friend to talk about their respective articles on the Uvalde shooting, school shootings in general, \"zeitgeist killers,\" the spiritual hole in our society, and more!","date_published":"2022-06-29T16:00:00.000-07:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/e6e4f5ee-6cdc-4287-8753-77155372b695/027bfa5b-822f-48eb-9409-4ecf78f868f4.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":64078742,"duration_in_seconds":4004}]},{"id":"04d78c33-b80f-46dd-98d3-e7fe996dc7fa","title":"[teaser] Don't Say Disney ft. Geoff Shullenberger","url":"https://exhaust.fireside.fm/p26t","content_text":"Geoff came onto the pod to talk about what's going on with conservatives and Disney, though it's really a conversation about cultural power, Lasch, the family, ideology, political anemia, and more.\n\nWe're going on hiatus until July. \n\nGeoff's piece for Unherd: https://unherd.com/2022/04/disney-has-always-spread-propaganda/","content_html":"

Geoff came onto the pod to talk about what's going on with conservatives and Disney, though it's really a conversation about cultural power, Lasch, the family, ideology, political anemia, and more.

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We're going on hiatus until July.

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Geoff's piece for Unherd: https://unherd.com/2022/04/disney-has-always-spread-propaganda/

","summary":"Geoff came onto the pod to talk about what's going on with conservatives and Disney, though it's really a conversation about cultural power, Lasch, the family, ideology, political anemia, and more.\r\n\r\nThis will also be our last Patreon episode until July. Don't worry, we've paused your payments. You won't be getting charged. \r\n\r\nWe're going to come back in the summer with gusto. ","date_published":"2022-04-30T13:00:00.000-07:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/e6e4f5ee-6cdc-4287-8753-77155372b695/04d78c33-b80f-46dd-98d3-e7fe996dc7fa.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":11356068,"duration_in_seconds":709}]},{"id":"63eaadc7-af0a-4b03-b20d-f2cc2e74ab31","title":"Episode 84: Why Do Movies Suck Now? ft. Will Tavlin","url":"https://exhaust.fireside.fm/84","content_text":"Will Tavlin joins Emmet to talk about how the democratic promise of digital filmmaking turned into the current top-down Marvel hellscape we all live in. They talk about the insanity of the original multiplex model of screening, why digital is so hard to archive, the deadness of major blockbuster films, the importance of forming aesthetic communities to preserve cultural memory, and more!\n\nDigital Rocks: How Hollywood Killed Celluloid by Will Tavlin, n+1\n\nClosing Song: Storyteller by Broadside. ","content_html":"

Will Tavlin joins Emmet to talk about how the democratic promise of digital filmmaking turned into the current top-down Marvel hellscape we all live in. They talk about the insanity of the original multiplex model of screening, why digital is so hard to archive, the deadness of major blockbuster films, the importance of forming aesthetic communities to preserve cultural memory, and more!

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Digital Rocks: How Hollywood Killed Celluloid by Will Tavlin, n+1

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Closing Song: Storyteller by Broadside.

","summary":"Will Tavlin joins Emmet to talk about how the democratic promise of digital filmmaking turned into the current top-down Marvel hellscape we all live in. They talk about the insanity of the original multiplex model of screening, why digital is so hard to archive, the deadness of major blockbuster films, the importance of forming aesthetic communities to preserve cultural memory, and more!","date_published":"2022-03-29T23:00:00.000-07:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/e6e4f5ee-6cdc-4287-8753-77155372b695/63eaadc7-af0a-4b03-b20d-f2cc2e74ab31.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":52981005,"duration_in_seconds":3311}]},{"id":"e2d82a1c-616c-4463-9fa8-79a4d930af30","title":"Episode 83: The Dying Bird of Authentic Humanness ft. Default Friend","url":"https://exhaust.fireside.fm/83","content_text":"DF and Emmet take a look at Phillip K Dick's 1972 lecture \"The Android and the Human.\" They dive into his idea that we can learn about our inner lives by looking at the world of machines, the integration of man and machine, empathy, rebellion, totalitarianism, and weirdly hanging out with teenage girls getting late term abortions. \n\nHere's the lecture. \n\nSubscribe to Default Wisdom.\n\nSubscribe to our patreon to get 2 exclusive episodes a month. \n\nClosing Song: Dream Evil - The Chosen Ones x Xavier Wulf - Fort Woe (KEIFFERGR33N Remix)","content_html":"

DF and Emmet take a look at Phillip K Dick's 1972 lecture "The Android and the Human." They dive into his idea that we can learn about our inner lives by looking at the world of machines, the integration of man and machine, empathy, rebellion, totalitarianism, and weirdly hanging out with teenage girls getting late term abortions.

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Here's the lecture.

\n\n

Subscribe to Default Wisdom.

\n\n

Subscribe to our patreon to get 2 exclusive episodes a month.

\n\n

Closing Song: Dream Evil - The Chosen Ones x Xavier Wulf - Fort Woe (KEIFFERGR33N Remix)

","summary":"DF and Emmet take a look at Phillip K Dick's 1972 lecture \"The Android and the Human.\" They dive into his idea that we can learn about our inner lives by looking at the world of machines, the integration of man and machine, empathy, rebellion, totalitarianism, and weirdly hanging out with teenage girls getting late term abortions. ","date_published":"2022-03-23T12:15:00.000-07:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/e6e4f5ee-6cdc-4287-8753-77155372b695/e2d82a1c-616c-4463-9fa8-79a4d930af30.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":52586033,"duration_in_seconds":3286}]},{"id":"0a45895b-0c58-4287-80de-77809060237e","title":"Episode 82: A time to build, but what? And how? (cross-post with the Ryan Research podcast)","url":"https://exhaust.fireside.fm/82","content_text":"Recording times got bungled to do travel constraints, but here's an hour-long preview of Emmet's appearance on the Ryan Research podcast (the whole thing runs two hours). Peter Ryan invited him on to talk about nuclear energy, why nothing feels possible, what happened to the left, financial brain poisoning, and more!\n\nFollow the Ryan Research podcast to hear the rest when it comes out!\n\nSubscribe to our Patreon to get 2 exclusive episodes a month. ","content_html":"

Recording times got bungled to do travel constraints, but here's an hour-long preview of Emmet's appearance on the Ryan Research podcast (the whole thing runs two hours). Peter Ryan invited him on to talk about nuclear energy, why nothing feels possible, what happened to the left, financial brain poisoning, and more!

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Follow the Ryan Research podcast to hear the rest when it comes out!

\n\n

Subscribe to our Patreon to get 2 exclusive episodes a month.

","summary":"Recording times got bungled to do travel constraints, but here's an hour-long preview of Emmet's appearance on the Ryan Research podcast. Peter Ryan invited him on to talk about nuclear energy, why nothing feels possible, what happened to the left, financial brain poisoning, and more!","date_published":"2022-03-15T23:00:00.000-07:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/e6e4f5ee-6cdc-4287-8753-77155372b695/0a45895b-0c58-4287-80de-77809060237e.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":63721720,"duration_in_seconds":3982}]},{"id":"195c5894-7330-4ba3-8804-5fbc515a96b9","title":"Episode 81: The Religious Cult of Fandom ft. Monia Ali","url":"https://exhaust.fireside.fm/81","content_text":"Monia Ali of the Exiled Fan Substack sits down with Emmet to talk about the cultic aspects of fandom, how marketers think about hijacking our need for love, attention, and community, what the world of fandom means for our future and much, much more.\n\nLove Beyond Reason: the consecration of fandom by Monia Ali, The Exiled Fan.\n\nSubscribe to our Patreon to get two exclusive episodes a month!\n\nClosing Song: Jiggalate by Dro Man (KEIFER GR33N Remix)","content_html":"

Monia Ali of the Exiled Fan Substack sits down with Emmet to talk about the cultic aspects of fandom, how marketers think about hijacking our need for love, attention, and community, what the world of fandom means for our future and much, much more.

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Love Beyond Reason: the consecration of fandom by Monia Ali, The Exiled Fan.

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Subscribe to our Patreon to get two exclusive episodes a month!

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Closing Song: Jiggalate by Dro Man (KEIFER GR33N Remix)

","summary":"Monia Ali of the Exiled Fan Substack sits down with Emmet to talk about the cultic aspects of fandom, how marketers think about hijacking our need for love, attention, and community, what the world of fandom means for our future and much, much more.","date_published":"2022-03-08T23:00:00.000-08:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/e6e4f5ee-6cdc-4287-8753-77155372b695/195c5894-7330-4ba3-8804-5fbc515a96b9.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":62834810,"duration_in_seconds":3927}]},{"id":"4ef2d337-0874-456a-b7f1-9e96f09168a9","title":"[teaser] Futures Past: On the Relation of Past and Future in Modern History p. I","url":"https://exhaust.fireside.fm/p24t","content_text":"Emmet and John began their reading of Koselleck's Futures Past. They situate his context, layout his questions and method, and then open the first essay. They discuss the transition into modernity, the nature of historical time, the waning of eschaton, the secularization of the political and thus the future, and medieval eschatological tradition, and way more.\n\nThis is a teaser. To hear the rest and get the rest of our exclusive episodes, become a Patron!","content_html":"

Emmet and John began their reading of Koselleck's Futures Past. They situate his context, layout his questions and method, and then open the first essay. They discuss the transition into modernity, the nature of historical time, the waning of eschaton, the secularization of the political and thus the future, and medieval eschatological tradition, and way more.

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This is a teaser. To hear the rest and get the rest of our exclusive episodes, become a Patron!

","summary":"Emmet and John began their reading of Koselleck's Futures Past. They situate his context, layout his questions and method, and then open the first essay. They discuss the transition into modernity, the nature of historical time, the waning of eschaton, the secularization of the political and thus the future, and medieval eschatological tradition, and way more.","date_published":"2022-03-06T15:00:00.000-08:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/e6e4f5ee-6cdc-4287-8753-77155372b695/4ef2d337-0874-456a-b7f1-9e96f09168a9.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":14977229,"duration_in_seconds":936}]},{"id":"7435e5d9-4ac6-408c-ba69-cf19a2200a09","title":"Episode 80: Did the Industrial Revolution even happen? ft. John Constable","url":"https://exhaust.fireside.fm/80","content_text":"Scholar John Constable joins Emmet to discuss his recent lecture given at the Mont Pelerin Society last year entitled, \"Misconceptions of the 'Industrial Revolution': Prospects for Individual Liberty in the Post-Pandemic Era.\" They discuss the discursive fiction of the \"industrial revolution\" and its uses, the green energy transition's misguidedness, economics' backwardness, why energy is the key to societal wealth and freedom, and more!\n\nSubscribe to our Patreon to get 2 exclusive episodes a month.\n\nClosing song: Migos - Walk It Talk It (KEIFERGR33N Remix)","content_html":"

Scholar John Constable joins Emmet to discuss his recent lecture given at the Mont Pelerin Society last year entitled, "Misconceptions of the 'Industrial Revolution': Prospects for Individual Liberty in the Post-Pandemic Era." They discuss the discursive fiction of the "industrial revolution" and its uses, the green energy transition's misguidedness, economics' backwardness, why energy is the key to societal wealth and freedom, and more!

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Subscribe to our Patreon to get 2 exclusive episodes a month.

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Closing song: Migos - Walk It Talk It (KEIFERGR33N Remix)

","summary":"Scholar John Constable joins Emmet to discuss his recent lecture given at the Mont Pelerin Society last year entitled, \"Misconceptions of the 'Industrial Revolution': Prospects for Individual Liberty in the Post-Pandemic Era.\" They discuss the discursive fiction of the \"industrial revolution\" and its uses, the green energy transition's misguidedness, economics' backwardness, why energy is the key to liberty, and more!","date_published":"2022-03-01T23:00:00.000-08:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/e6e4f5ee-6cdc-4287-8753-77155372b695/7435e5d9-4ac6-408c-ba69-cf19a2200a09.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":51550330,"duration_in_seconds":3221}]},{"id":"7cf232c0-026b-43e6-a552-cfab1cbf7989","title":"Episode 79: What's Wrong With American Cities? ft. Xander ","url":"https://exhaust.fireside.fm/79","content_text":"Xander sits down with Emmet to talk about what's going on with American cities. What happened to them? Why won't congestion die? Do we have to get in the pod and eat the bugs? What makes a city beautiful? Why is it so hard to figure out what's going on in your city? Emmet harasses Xander with these questions and more.\n\nBecome a patron to get two exclusive episodes a month and our entire paywalled back catalog, including our After Virtues and Christopher Lasch reading series. \n\nClosing Song: God's Bathroom Floor by Atmosphere.","content_html":"

Xander sits down with Emmet to talk about what's going on with American cities. What happened to them? Why won't congestion die? Do we have to get in the pod and eat the bugs? What makes a city beautiful? Why is it so hard to figure out what's going on in your city? Emmet harasses Xander with these questions and more.

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Become a patron to get two exclusive episodes a month and our entire paywalled back catalog, including our After Virtues and Christopher Lasch reading series.

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Closing Song: God's Bathroom Floor by Atmosphere.

","summary":"Xander sits down with Emmet to talk about what's going on with American cities. What happened to them? Why won't congestion die? Do we have to get in the pod and eat the bugs? What makes a city beautiful? Why is it so hard to figure out what's going on in your city? Emmet harasses Xander with these questions and more.","date_published":"2022-02-22T19:00:00.000-08:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/e6e4f5ee-6cdc-4287-8753-77155372b695/7cf232c0-026b-43e6-a552-cfab1cbf7989.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":61707992,"duration_in_seconds":3856}]},{"id":"0beaf46c-402b-49d4-85ea-5f6b27b17c08","title":"The True And Only Heaven 11: Right-Wing Populism and the Revolt Against Liberalism","url":"https://exhaust.fireside.fm/p23t","content_text":"Emmet and John finish Lasch's book and reflect on it as a whole. They considered some Roman historians at the top, summarize this final chapter, and weigh Lasch's contribution. What does it mean for us? What has he left us to endeavor that he did or could not?\n\nBecome a patron to hear the rest and get two exclusive episodes a month!","content_html":"

Emmet and John finish Lasch's book and reflect on it as a whole. They considered some Roman historians at the top, summarize this final chapter, and weigh Lasch's contribution. What does it mean for us? What has he left us to endeavor that he did or could not?

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Become a patron to hear the rest and get two exclusive episodes a month!

","summary":"Emmet and John finish Lasch's book and reflect on it as a whole. They considered some Roman historians at the top, summarize this final chapter, and weigh Lasch's contribution. What does it mean for us? What has he left us to endeavor that he did or could not?","date_published":"2022-02-20T23:00:00.000-08:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/e6e4f5ee-6cdc-4287-8753-77155372b695/0beaf46c-402b-49d4-85ea-5f6b27b17c08.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":8977843,"duration_in_seconds":561}]},{"id":"f73ee957-8d12-4480-a3ef-59600f2b6aa0","title":"Episode 78: The Political Biography of a Zoomer ft. James Lynch","url":"https://exhaust.fireside.fm/78","content_text":"James Lynch, a producer at Breaking Points and contributor to Newsweek, sat down with Emmet to talk about what it was like to politically come of age as a zoomer, the deficits and merits of left and right, what the \"crisis of masculinity\" really means, what to do about Big Tech, and more!\n\nThe Mainstream Media Is Attacking Joe Rogan Instead of Admitting Its Own Failures by James Lynch, Newsweek\nThe Working Class Is Up For Grabs. Which Party Will Claim It? by James Lynch, Newsweek\nHow Progressive Theatrics Benefit the Elites by James Lynch, Newsweek\n\nSubscribe to Grid Brief!\n\nBecome a Patron to get two exclusive episodes a month!\n\nClosing Song: Suicide Design by Hope Conspiracy","content_html":"

James Lynch, a producer at Breaking Points and contributor to Newsweek, sat down with Emmet to talk about what it was like to politically come of age as a zoomer, the deficits and merits of left and right, what the "crisis of masculinity" really means, what to do about Big Tech, and more!

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The Mainstream Media Is Attacking Joe Rogan Instead of Admitting Its Own Failures by James Lynch, Newsweek
\nThe Working Class Is Up For Grabs. Which Party Will Claim It? by James Lynch, Newsweek
\nHow Progressive Theatrics Benefit the Elites by James Lynch, Newsweek

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Closing Song: Suicide Design by Hope Conspiracy

","summary":"James Lynch, a producer at Breaking Points and contributor to Newsweek, sat down with Emmet to talk about what it was like to politically come of age as a zoomer, the deficits and merits of left and right, what the \"crisis of masculinity\" really means, what to do about Big Tech, and more!","date_published":"2022-02-16T09:00:00.000-08:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/e6e4f5ee-6cdc-4287-8753-77155372b695/f73ee957-8d12-4480-a3ef-59600f2b6aa0.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":64541338,"duration_in_seconds":4033}]},{"id":"dd16f27a-83b8-43f3-8462-bab1f0e8950e","title":"[teaser] The True and Only Heaven 10: The Politics of the Civilized Minority","url":"https://exhaust.fireside.fm/p22t","content_text":"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.Special Guest: Mike.","content_html":"

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.

Special Guest: Mike.

","summary":"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.","date_published":"2022-02-13T22:00:00.000-08:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/e6e4f5ee-6cdc-4287-8753-77155372b695/dd16f27a-83b8-43f3-8462-bab1f0e8950e.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":10653859,"duration_in_seconds":665}]},{"id":"5858a6a8-4a1e-49b3-9899-3cf380f6d7e0","title":"Episode 77: When You Die Online You Die in Real Life ft. Default Friend","url":"https://exhaust.fireside.fm/77","content_text":"DF and Emmet had such a good time talking about early internet history they decided to do it again. This time, they're looking at humdog's seminal but half-forgotten essay \"pandora's vox.\" DF and Emmet try to work through the internet as a form, it's incredible liquidity, how physical space has transubstantiated into the internet, things like the Slaves of Gor fandom as a substructure of the internet, what it means that humdog seems to have committed suicide over exactly the kind of relationship she warned about and more!\n\n\"pandora's vox: on community in cyberspace\" by humdog.\n\"A Virtual Life. An Actual Death.\" by Mark Meadows and Peter Ludlow","content_html":"

DF and Emmet had such a good time talking about early internet history they decided to do it again. This time, they're looking at humdog's seminal but half-forgotten essay "pandora's vox." DF and Emmet try to work through the internet as a form, it's incredible liquidity, how physical space has transubstantiated into the internet, things like the Slaves of Gor fandom as a substructure of the internet, what it means that humdog seems to have committed suicide over exactly the kind of relationship she warned about and more!

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"pandora's vox: on community in cyberspace" by humdog.
\n"A Virtual Life. An Actual Death." by Mark Meadows and Peter Ludlow

","summary":"DF and Emmet had such a good time talking about early internet history they decided to do it again. This time, they're looking at humdog's seminal but half-forgotten essay \"pandora's vox.\" DF and Emmet try to work through the internet as a form, it's incredible liquidity, how physical space has transubstantiated into the internet, things like the Slaves of Gor fandom as a substructure of the internet, what it means that humdog seems to have committed suicide over exactly the kind of relationship she warned about and more!","date_published":"2022-02-08T23:45:00.000-08:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/e6e4f5ee-6cdc-4287-8753-77155372b695/5858a6a8-4a1e-49b3-9899-3cf380f6d7e0.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":59393752,"duration_in_seconds":3712}]},{"id":"5b9a3cac-3efa-4b55-8b25-1a616f3f116d","title":"Episode 76: A Rape in Cyberspace ft. Default Friend","url":"https://exhaust.fireside.fm/76","content_text":"Default Friend returns to talk with Emmet about Julian Dibbel's famous essay, A Rape in Cybserpace, which presaged our digital social experience back in 1993. DF and Emmet talk about etiquette, digital governance, the weirdness of online life, the \"distributed self,\" what it would mean to take the internet seriously, and more!\n\nSubscribe to our Patreon to get two exclusive episodes a month!\n\nClosing Song: The End of Love by Wimeanancas Cambodian Band.","content_html":"

Default Friend returns to talk with Emmet about Julian Dibbel's famous essay, A Rape in Cybserpace, which presaged our digital social experience back in 1993. DF and Emmet talk about etiquette, digital governance, the weirdness of online life, the "distributed self," what it would mean to take the internet seriously, and more!

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Closing Song: The End of Love by Wimeanancas Cambodian Band.

","summary":"Default Friend returns to talk with Emmet about Julian Dibbel's famous essay, A Rape in Cybserpace, which presaged our digital social experience back in 1993. DF and Emmet talk about etiquette, digital governance, the weirdness of online life, the \"distributed self,\" what it would mean to take the internet seriously, and more!","date_published":"2022-02-01T20:00:00.000-08:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/e6e4f5ee-6cdc-4287-8753-77155372b695/5b9a3cac-3efa-4b55-8b25-1a616f3f116d.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":59843058,"duration_in_seconds":3740}]},{"id":"03e5ed6d-59f4-424d-aba7-a2ff7dd96c77","title":"Episode 75: The Shock of the New pt. 1: The Mechanical Paradise","url":"https://exhaust.fireside.fm/75","content_text":"Emmet and John begin their new series on Robert Hughes's documentary series The Shock of the New. This first installment takes on early modernism. The lads contemplate the impact of WWI, think on what really separates the modern experience from previous eras, and what makes our era different from early modernism.\n\nShock of the New.\n\nSubscribe to our Patreon to get 2 exclusive episodes a month!\n\nNuclear Barbarians.\n\nClosing Song: Chlorine by Buffalo Buffalo.","content_html":"

Emmet and John begin their new series on Robert Hughes's documentary series The Shock of the New. This first installment takes on early modernism. The lads contemplate the impact of WWI, think on what really separates the modern experience from previous eras, and what makes our era different from early modernism.

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Shock of the New.

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Nuclear Barbarians.

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Closing Song: Chlorine by Buffalo Buffalo.

","summary":"Emmet and John begin their new series on Robert Hughes's documentary series The Shock of the New. This first installment takes on early modernism. The lads contemplate the impact of WWI, think on what really separates the modern experience from previous eras, and what makes our era different from early modernism.","date_published":"2022-01-25T21:00:00.000-08:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/e6e4f5ee-6cdc-4287-8753-77155372b695/03e5ed6d-59f4-424d-aba7-a2ff7dd96c77.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":49130347,"duration_in_seconds":3070}]},{"id":"1e66f21c-4856-4c9b-8924-1f1c1657f9fe","title":"Episode 74: Welcome to the Desert of the Political ft. Anton Jager","url":"https://exhaust.fireside.fm/74","content_text":"Anton Jager sits down with Emmet to talk about how we moved from the post-political age of technocratic consensus to the noisy stasis of our current hyper-political present. They talk about whether the right and left descriptors handed down from French parliament hold today, politics as fandom, the death of political responsibility, and more!\n\nHow the World Went from Post-Politics to Hyper-Politics by Anton Jaegar, Tribune.\n\nSubscribe to our Patreon to get two exclusive episodes a month and access to our back catalog of reading series including our series on MacIntyre's After Virtue. \n\nCheck out Emmet's new Substack, Nuclear Barbarians. \n\nClosing Song: Parasocial Contract by Future Nauseous.","content_html":"

Anton Jager sits down with Emmet to talk about how we moved from the post-political age of technocratic consensus to the noisy stasis of our current hyper-political present. They talk about whether the right and left descriptors handed down from French parliament hold today, politics as fandom, the death of political responsibility, and more!

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How the World Went from Post-Politics to Hyper-Politics by Anton Jaegar, Tribune.

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Subscribe to our Patreon to get two exclusive episodes a month and access to our back catalog of reading series including our series on MacIntyre's After Virtue.

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Check out Emmet's new Substack, Nuclear Barbarians.

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Closing Song: Parasocial Contract by Future Nauseous.

","summary":"Anton Jager sits down with Emmet to talk about how we moved from the post-political age of technocratic consensus to the noisy stasis of our current hyper-political present. They talk about whether the right and left descriptors handed down from French parliament hold today, politics as fandom, the death of political responsibility, and more!","date_published":"2022-01-18T23:00:00.000-08:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/e6e4f5ee-6cdc-4287-8753-77155372b695/1e66f21c-4856-4c9b-8924-1f1c1657f9fe.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":54279604,"duration_in_seconds":3392}]},{"id":"8cef38e6-dfa5-47df-bc2c-c38445366e2c","title":"[teaser] The True and Only Heaven 9: The Spiritual Discipline Against Resentment","url":"https://exhaust.fireside.fm/p21t","content_text":"Emmet and John take on the ideas of Reinhold Niebuhr and his impact on neocons and MLK. Then they look at Lasch's interpretation of MLK's intellectual life and political career. They compare the Southern and Northern Civil Rights campaigns and contemplate the deadlock, in part created by King himself, left in his wake. They close by discussing resentment and its politics. \n\nThis is a teaser, subscribe to the Patreon to hear the rest!","content_html":"

Emmet and John take on the ideas of Reinhold Niebuhr and his impact on neocons and MLK. Then they look at Lasch's interpretation of MLK's intellectual life and political career. They compare the Southern and Northern Civil Rights campaigns and contemplate the deadlock, in part created by King himself, left in his wake. They close by discussing resentment and its politics.

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This is a teaser, subscribe to the Patreon to hear the rest!

","summary":"Emmet and John take on the ideas of Reinhold Niebuhr and his impact on neocons and MLK. Then they look at Lasch's interpretation of MLK's intellectual life and political career. They compare the Southern and Northern Civil Rights campaigns and contemplate the deadlock, in part created by King himself, left in his wake. They close by discussing resentment and its politics. ","date_published":"2022-01-16T20:45:00.000-08:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/e6e4f5ee-6cdc-4287-8753-77155372b695/8cef38e6-dfa5-47df-bc2c-c38445366e2c.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":9367799,"duration_in_seconds":585}]},{"id":"536a1148-e342-47f7-835f-9faf4c234a3b","title":"Episode 73: American Canon: Joan Didion's \"Insider Baseball\" ft. Luke Thompson","url":"https://exhaust.fireside.fm/73","content_text":"Luke Thompson returns to talk with Emmet about Joan Didion, who recently passed. They focus on her essay \"Insider Baseball,\" her coverage of the 1988 presidential primary season, and discuss the nature of American presidential campaigns, the campaign press, the nature of Didion's insights, what made 2016 so weird, and more!\n\nInsider Baseball by Joan Didion.\n\nClosing Song: \"Journey to the Darkened Empires\" by Forlorn Kingdom.","content_html":"

Luke Thompson returns to talk with Emmet about Joan Didion, who recently passed. They focus on her essay "Insider Baseball," her coverage of the 1988 presidential primary season, and discuss the nature of American presidential campaigns, the campaign press, the nature of Didion's insights, what made 2016 so weird, and more!

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Insider Baseball by Joan Didion.

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Closing Song: "Journey to the Darkened Empires" by Forlorn Kingdom.

","summary":"Luke Thompson returns to talk with Emmet about Joan Didion, who recently passed. They focus on her essay \"Insider Baseball,\" her coverage of the 1988 presidential primary season, and discuss the nature of American presidential campaigns, the campaign press, the nature of Didion's insights, what made 2016 so weird, and more!","date_published":"2022-01-11T23:00:00.000-08:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/e6e4f5ee-6cdc-4287-8753-77155372b695/536a1148-e342-47f7-835f-9faf4c234a3b.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":72296988,"duration_in_seconds":4518}]},{"id":"299e4b1b-82fc-40f0-a2d2-6bc40b49fa8b","title":"Episode 72: The Art of Forgetting","url":"https://exhaust.fireside.fm/72","content_text":"Emmet and Mike discuss medieval techniques of memory and forgetting. They discuss Cornelius Agrippa's assault on those techniques as an assault on the corrupted scholastic world. In Agrippa's thought we see the germs of modernity. The discuss opens up into a contemplation of ancient science and tech, the propaganda of the Enlightenment, the disciplining of the mind and the gaze, recovering tradition, and more. \n\nFeel free to email or DM us for pdfs of the sources we used for this episode. \n\nSubscribe to our Patreon to get two exclusive episodes a month. \n\nClosing song: Habit Necessity by TAD.","content_html":"

Emmet and Mike discuss medieval techniques of memory and forgetting. They discuss Cornelius Agrippa's assault on those techniques as an assault on the corrupted scholastic world. In Agrippa's thought we see the germs of modernity. The discuss opens up into a contemplation of ancient science and tech, the propaganda of the Enlightenment, the disciplining of the mind and the gaze, recovering tradition, and more.

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Subscribe to our Patreon to get two exclusive episodes a month.

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Closing song: Habit Necessity by TAD.

","summary":"Emmet and Mike discuss medieval techniques of memory and forgetting. They discuss Cornelius Agrippa's assault on those techniques as an assault on the corrupted scholastic world. In Agrippa's thought we see the germs of modernity. The discuss opens up into a contemplation of ancient science and tech, the propaganda of the Enlightenment, the disciplining of the mind and the gaze, recovering tradition, and more. ","date_published":"2022-01-05T14:00:00.000-08:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/e6e4f5ee-6cdc-4287-8753-77155372b695/299e4b1b-82fc-40f0-a2d2-6bc40b49fa8b.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":56734695,"duration_in_seconds":3545}]},{"id":"6ebf2acf-1871-47ea-b717-87f2f1c29387","title":"[teaser] The True and Only Heaven 8: Work and Loyalty","url":"https://exhaust.fireside.fm/p20t","content_text":"Emmet and John work through questions of the democratization of work and culture in the era of mass production and mass culture. They also trace the relationship between cultural bohemians and elites with the workers' movement, including the forgotten legacy of Mabel Dodge Luhan. The close by talking about national loyalty, the repeat of debates from 100 years ago, another look at property as a political concern, and more!\n\nSubscribe to our Patreon to hear the rest and get two exclusive episodes a month!","content_html":"

Emmet and John work through questions of the democratization of work and culture in the era of mass production and mass culture. They also trace the relationship between cultural bohemians and elites with the workers' movement, including the forgotten legacy of Mabel Dodge Luhan. The close by talking about national loyalty, the repeat of debates from 100 years ago, another look at property as a political concern, and more!

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Subscribe to our Patreon to hear the rest and get two exclusive episodes a month!

","summary":"Emmet and John work through questions of the democratization of work and culture in the era of mass production and mass culture. They also trace the relationship between cultural bohemians and elites with the workers' movement, including the forgotten legacy of Mabel Dodge Luhan. The close by talking about national loyalty, the repeat of debates from 100 years ago, another look at property as a political concern, and more!","date_published":"2022-01-02T15:00:00.000-08:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/e6e4f5ee-6cdc-4287-8753-77155372b695/6ebf2acf-1871-47ea-b717-87f2f1c29387.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":12781689,"duration_in_seconds":798}]},{"id":"2aed2556-b109-4694-863b-d68aec3c6a97","title":"Episode 71: Closing Your Loop ft. Josh Bregman","url":"https://exhaust.fireside.fm/71","content_text":"Emmet and returning guest Josh Bregman sit down to talk about the movie Looper. They look back at what makes it such a successful film, but also what it captured about the year it was released, 2012. They talk about Mark Fisher, life before social media, \"the slow cancellation of the future,\" what kind of interregnum we're in, and what Looper had to tell us about our future. \n\nSubscribe to our Patreon for two exclusive episodes a month!\n\nClosing Song: Free Nation - Naked Raygun.","content_html":"

Emmet and returning guest Josh Bregman sit down to talk about the movie Looper. They look back at what makes it such a successful film, but also what it captured about the year it was released, 2012. They talk about Mark Fisher, life before social media, "the slow cancellation of the future," what kind of interregnum we're in, and what Looper had to tell us about our future.

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Closing Song: Free Nation - Naked Raygun.

","summary":"Emmet and returning guest Josh Bregman sit down to talk about the movie Looper. They look back at what makes it such a successful film, but also what it captured about the year it was released, 2012. They talk about Mark Fisher, life before social media, \"the slow cancellation of the future,\" what kind of interregnum we're in, and what Looper had to tell us about our future. ","date_published":"2021-12-28T23:45:00.000-08:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/e6e4f5ee-6cdc-4287-8753-77155372b695/2aed2556-b109-4694-863b-d68aec3c6a97.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":58948208,"duration_in_seconds":3684}]},{"id":"1c58349e-4ec2-4e4c-88c8-22929e14a09c","title":"Episode 70: Where Are We Now?: Thinking with Agamben","url":"https://exhaust.fireside.fm/70","content_text":"Emmet and Mike talk about Agamben's book, Where Are We Now?: The Epidemic as Politics, and reflect on life since the pandemic. They discuss Carl Schmitt, security theater, anti-social civics, the cultic gnosticism of scientific faith, the need for physical practices and spiritual mentors, bare life, their own intellectual failings during the pandemic, and more.\n\nSubscribe to the Patreon to get two exclusive episodes a month!\n\nCheck out Emmet's new podcast and newsletter, Nuclear Barbarians. \n\nClosing Song: Leprosy - Death. ","content_html":"

Emmet and Mike talk about Agamben's book, Where Are We Now?: The Epidemic as Politics, and reflect on life since the pandemic. They discuss Carl Schmitt, security theater, anti-social civics, the cultic gnosticism of scientific faith, the need for physical practices and spiritual mentors, bare life, their own intellectual failings during the pandemic, and more.

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Subscribe to the Patreon to get two exclusive episodes a month!

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Check out Emmet's new podcast and newsletter, Nuclear Barbarians.

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Closing Song: Leprosy - Death.

","summary":"Emmet and Mike talk about Agamben's book, Where Are We Now?: The Epidemic as Politics, and reflect on life since the pandemic. They discuss Carl Schmitt, security theater, anti-social civics, the cultic gnosticism of scientific faith, the need for physical practices and spiritual mentors, bare life, their own intellectual failings during the pandemic, and more.","date_published":"2021-12-21T23:45:00.000-08:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/e6e4f5ee-6cdc-4287-8753-77155372b695/1c58349e-4ec2-4e4c-88c8-22929e14a09c.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":63756410,"duration_in_seconds":3984}]},{"id":"bc016e1a-697a-42f5-bdab-36ae16855a7d","title":"[teaser] The True and Only Heaven 7: The Syndicalist Moment","url":"https://exhaust.fireside.fm/p19t","content_text":"This is a teaser! Subscribe to our Patreon to get the rest, plus two exclusive episodes a month. \n\nWe return to our Lasch series and talk about Georges Sorel and the syndicalist moment in the late 19th and early 20th century. Property, proprietorship, and centralization are the major themes of the chapter. We brought some of these issues into the present by discussing control over one's data, discretion as empowerment, and selective quietude as rebellion. ","content_html":"

This is a teaser! Subscribe to our Patreon to get the rest, plus two exclusive episodes a month.

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We return to our Lasch series and talk about Georges Sorel and the syndicalist moment in the late 19th and early 20th century. Property, proprietorship, and centralization are the major themes of the chapter. We brought some of these issues into the present by discussing control over one's data, discretion as empowerment, and selective quietude as rebellion.

","summary":"We return to our Lasch series and talk about Georges Sorel and the syndicalist moment in the late 19th and early 20th century. Property, proprietorship, and centralization are the major themes of the chapter. We brought some of these issues into the present by discussing control over one's data, discretion as empowerment, and selective quietude as rebellion. ","date_published":"2021-12-19T12:00:00.000-08:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/e6e4f5ee-6cdc-4287-8753-77155372b695/bc016e1a-697a-42f5-bdab-36ae16855a7d.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":9331854,"duration_in_seconds":583}]},{"id":"1996180f-a5d9-4241-a093-cbf69fa8b903","title":"Episode 69: Brain Smart: Common Core and The Downfall of the Humanities ft. Catherine Liu","url":"https://exhaust.fireside.fm/69","content_text":"Professor of film and media studies and author of Virtue Hoarders: The Case Against the Professional Managerial Class, Catherine Liu joins Emmet to talk about the death of the humanities in higher ed, the meritocratic nightmare of Common Core, why the humanities are important, the HRification of everything, and more!\n\nThe Apotheosis of the Professional Class by Catherine Liu, Catalyst. \n\nSubscribe to our Patreon to get two exclusive episodes a month!\n\nClosing Song: Shimmering Neck by Landowner.","content_html":"

Professor of film and media studies and author of Virtue Hoarders: The Case Against the Professional Managerial Class, Catherine Liu joins Emmet to talk about the death of the humanities in higher ed, the meritocratic nightmare of Common Core, why the humanities are important, the HRification of everything, and more!

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The Apotheosis of the Professional Class by Catherine Liu, Catalyst.

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Subscribe to our Patreon to get two exclusive episodes a month!

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Closing Song: Shimmering Neck by Landowner.

","summary":"Professor of film and media studies and author of Virtue Hoarders: The Case Against the Professional Managerial Class, Catherine Liu joins Emmet to talk about the death of the humanities in higher ed, the meritocratic nightmare of Common Core, why the humanities are important, the HRification of everything, and more!","date_published":"2021-12-14T23:00:00.000-08:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/e6e4f5ee-6cdc-4287-8753-77155372b695/1996180f-a5d9-4241-a093-cbf69fa8b903.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":63065106,"duration_in_seconds":3941}]},{"id":"41ec93ea-6c96-47c4-b897-0d66220c0c40","title":"Episode 68: All That Is Culture Melts Into Porn ft. Mary Harrington","url":"https://exhaust.fireside.fm/68","content_text":"Contributing editor at Unherd Mary Harrington joins Emmet to talk about why everything feels like porn, the smooth hell of life online, the culture of fear in the time of COVID, how women get forgotten, and more!\n\nRead Mary Harrington's work at Unherd.\n\nMary's website.\n\nSubscribe to our Patreon to get two exclusive episodes a month!","content_html":"

Contributing editor at Unherd Mary Harrington joins Emmet to talk about why everything feels like porn, the smooth hell of life online, the culture of fear in the time of COVID, how women get forgotten, and more!

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Read Mary Harrington's work at Unherd.

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Mary's website.

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","summary":"Contributing editor at Unherd Mary Harrington joins Emmet to talk about why everything feels like porn, the smooth hell of life online, the culture of fear in the time of COVID, how women get forgotten, and more!","date_published":"2021-12-07T23:00:00.000-08:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/e6e4f5ee-6cdc-4287-8753-77155372b695/41ec93ea-6c96-47c4-b897-0d66220c0c40.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":58015741,"duration_in_seconds":3625}]},{"id":"055de2d3-13bf-4d22-9568-08a1c2afec27","title":"[teaser] MacIntyre - Human Dignity: A Puzzling and Possibly Dangerous Idea?","url":"https://exhaust.fireside.fm/p18t","content_text":"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. \nThey 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. \n\nThis is a teaser. To listen to the rest subscribe to our Patreon and get two exclusive episodes a month. Special Guest: Mike.","content_html":"

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.
\nThey 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.

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This is a teaser. To listen to the rest subscribe to our Patreon and get two exclusive episodes a month.

Special Guest: Mike.

","summary":"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. \r\nThey 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. ","date_published":"2021-12-05T22:00:00.000-08:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/e6e4f5ee-6cdc-4287-8753-77155372b695/055de2d3-13bf-4d22-9568-08a1c2afec27.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":11461356,"duration_in_seconds":716}]},{"id":"8518d5c0-5cd0-48b7-bf1e-88442eb1edf8","title":"Episode 67: The Imperial Vampire Castle II: Standpoint Bureaucracy and the CIA's New Dialect of Power ft. River Page","url":"https://exhaust.fireside.fm/67","content_text":"River Page joins Emmet to talk about the new woke institutions and how they reify previously existing class structures. They go into standpoint theory, identity politics, the CIA's relationship to the New Left, PMC projections of the working class's soul, and much more. They close by contemplating the possibility of a better left populism. \n\nThe Standpoint Bureaucracy by River Page, Twink Revolution\nThe CIA and the New Dialect of Power by River Page, American Affairs\n\nRiver's Substack.\n\nSubscribe to our Patreon to get two exclusive episodes a month! ","content_html":"

River Page joins Emmet to talk about the new woke institutions and how they reify previously existing class structures. They go into standpoint theory, identity politics, the CIA's relationship to the New Left, PMC projections of the working class's soul, and much more. They close by contemplating the possibility of a better left populism.

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The Standpoint Bureaucracy by River Page, Twink Revolution
\nThe CIA and the New Dialect of Power by River Page, American Affairs

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River's Substack.

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","summary":"River Page joins Emmet to talk about the new woke institutions and how they reify previously existing class structures. They go into standpoint theory, identity politics, the CIA's relationship to the New Left, PMC projections of the working class's soul, and much more. They close by contemplating the possibility of a better left populism. ","date_published":"2021-11-30T23:00:00.000-08:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/e6e4f5ee-6cdc-4287-8753-77155372b695/8518d5c0-5cd0-48b7-bf1e-88442eb1edf8.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":64229122,"duration_in_seconds":4014}]},{"id":"c5a279f9-5569-41cb-9abb-b0a5f4dd7611","title":"Episode 66: Guns, Coal, and Power: Three Takes on Human Development and the Illusion of Progress","url":"https://exhaust.fireside.fm/66","content_text":"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!\n\nSubscribe to our Patreon to get two exclusive episodes a month!\n\nClosing Song: Kids See Ghost - Feel the Love (KEIFERGR33N)Special Guest: Mike.","content_html":"

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!

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Subscribe to our Patreon to get two exclusive episodes a month!

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Closing Song: Kids See Ghost - Feel the Love (KEIFERGR33N)

Special Guest: Mike.

","summary":"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!","date_published":"2021-11-23T23:00:00.000-08:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/e6e4f5ee-6cdc-4287-8753-77155372b695/c5a279f9-5569-41cb-9abb-b0a5f4dd7611.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":69260515,"duration_in_seconds":4328}]},{"id":"083266f8-5c0d-4dec-85e1-3c0d0ef2eab8","title":"[teaser] The True and Only Heaven 6: \"No Answer But An Echo\"","url":"https://exhaust.fireside.fm/p17t","content_text":"Emmet and John forge ahead through the longest and most difficult chapter in Lasch's The True And Only Heaven. They question his use of Thomas Carlyle, delve into the Calvinism in both Carlyle and Emerson, what it means for America to have an anti-progressive tradition, Boethius's Wheel of Fortune, appreciating fate, and more!\n\nSubscribe to the Patreon to here the rest!","content_html":"

Emmet and John forge ahead through the longest and most difficult chapter in Lasch's The True And Only Heaven. They question his use of Thomas Carlyle, delve into the Calvinism in both Carlyle and Emerson, what it means for America to have an anti-progressive tradition, Boethius's Wheel of Fortune, appreciating fate, and more!

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Subscribe to the Patreon to here the rest!

","summary":"Emmet and John forge ahead through the longest and most difficult chapter in Lasch's The True And Only Heaven. They question his use of Thomas Carlyle, delve into the Calvinism in both Carlyle and Emerson, what it means for America to have an anti-progressive tradition, Boethius's Wheel of Fortune, appreciating fate, and more!","date_published":"2021-11-21T23:00:00.000-08:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/e6e4f5ee-6cdc-4287-8753-77155372b695/083266f8-5c0d-4dec-85e1-3c0d0ef2eab8.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":12940515,"duration_in_seconds":808}]},{"id":"00991a6a-72cd-4626-a9b1-9c75c1cc7a36","title":"Episode 65: The High Church of Wokeism ft. Joseph Keegin","url":"https://exhaust.fireside.fm/65","content_text":"Emmet sat down with Joseph Keegin to talk about his pice for Tablet, The High Church of Wokeism, which traces certain elements of woke ideology back to Unitarian Universalism. They talk about the unacknowledged power of divinity schools in shaping American progressivism, repairing the \"broken middle,\" identity talk as soul talk, and much more.\n\nThe High Church of Wokeism by Joseph Keegin, Tablet.\n\nSubscribe to our Patreon to get two exclusive episodes a month.\n\nClosing Song: Memorial by Moss Icon.","content_html":"

Emmet sat down with Joseph Keegin to talk about his pice for Tablet, The High Church of Wokeism, which traces certain elements of woke ideology back to Unitarian Universalism. They talk about the unacknowledged power of divinity schools in shaping American progressivism, repairing the "broken middle," identity talk as soul talk, and much more.

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The High Church of Wokeism by Joseph Keegin, Tablet.

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Closing Song: Memorial by Moss Icon.

","summary":"Emmet sat down with Joseph Keegin to talk about his pice for Tablet, The High Church of Wokeism, which traces certain elements of woke ideology back to Unitarian Universalism. They talk about the unacknowledged power of divinity schools in shaping American progressivism, repairing the \"broken middle,\" identity talk as soul talk, and much more.","date_published":"2021-11-16T23:00:00.000-08:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/e6e4f5ee-6cdc-4287-8753-77155372b695/00991a6a-72cd-4626-a9b1-9c75c1cc7a36.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":60647708,"duration_in_seconds":3791}]},{"id":"0bac9aa8-534b-478e-806f-9bd768fc9bc3","title":"Episode 64: Solving the Opioid Crisis ft. Percy Menzies","url":"https://exhaust.fireside.fm/64","content_text":"Emmet sits down with Percy Menzies of Assisted Recovery Centers of America to talk about the opioid epidemic in America. Percy walks through the history of opioids, how OxyContin changed everything, and how fentanyl has changed everything again. He and Emmet discuss misunderstandings about addiction, the forces aligned against solving the crisis--including the methadone lobby--treating the whole person, and more. \n\nIf you'd like to get in touch with Percy with questions, comments, or support, you can reach him here: pmenzies [at] arcamidwest.com.\n\nSubscribe to our Patreon to get two exclusive episodes a month!\n\nClosing Song: Ugly Truth (Concrete Foundations Forum, Hollywood, Ca. September 23, 1989) by Soundgarden.","content_html":"

Emmet sits down with Percy Menzies of Assisted Recovery Centers of America to talk about the opioid epidemic in America. Percy walks through the history of opioids, how OxyContin changed everything, and how fentanyl has changed everything again. He and Emmet discuss misunderstandings about addiction, the forces aligned against solving the crisis--including the methadone lobby--treating the whole person, and more.

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If you'd like to get in touch with Percy with questions, comments, or support, you can reach him here: pmenzies [at] arcamidwest.com.

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Subscribe to our Patreon to get two exclusive episodes a month!

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Closing Song: Ugly Truth (Concrete Foundations Forum, Hollywood, Ca. September 23, 1989) by Soundgarden.

","summary":"Emmet sits down with Percy Menzies of Assisted Recovery Centers of America to talk about the opioid epidemic in America. Percy walks through the history of opioids, how OxyContin changed everything, and how fentanyl has changed everything again. He and Emmet discuss misunderstandings about addiction, the forces aligned against solving the crisis--including the methadone lobby--and more. ","date_published":"2021-11-09T23:00:00.000-08:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/e6e4f5ee-6cdc-4287-8753-77155372b695/0bac9aa8-534b-478e-806f-9bd768fc9bc3.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":47671033,"duration_in_seconds":3274}]},{"id":"91ba8e9f-014f-4cec-a1d7-273364c6864b","title":"[teaser] The True and Only Heaven 5: The Populist Campaign Against \"Improvement\"","url":"https://exhaust.fireside.fm/p16t","content_text":"Emmet and John dive into Lasch's overview of populism. They start to get glimpses of Lasch's commitments here. Touring classical conceptions of republicanism to people like Paine, Cobbett, and Brownson, Emmet and John track how they frustrate our contemporary interpretations of republicanism and liberalism can't or don't apply to them. Thinking with Lasch on historiography, they close the chapter discussing 19th-century artisans, populism, the New Deal, and the triumph of Taylorism. \n\nThis is a teaser. \n\nSubscribe to our Patreon for the full episode and get two exclusive episodes a month.","content_html":"

Emmet and John dive into Lasch's overview of populism. They start to get glimpses of Lasch's commitments here. Touring classical conceptions of republicanism to people like Paine, Cobbett, and Brownson, Emmet and John track how they frustrate our contemporary interpretations of republicanism and liberalism can't or don't apply to them. Thinking with Lasch on historiography, they close the chapter discussing 19th-century artisans, populism, the New Deal, and the triumph of Taylorism.

\n\n

This is a teaser.

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Subscribe to our Patreon for the full episode and get two exclusive episodes a month.

","summary":"Emmet and John dive into Lasch's overview of populism. They start to get glimpses of Lasch's commitments here. Touring classical conceptions of republicanism to people like Paine, Cobbett, and Brownson, Emmet and John track how they frustrate our contemporary interpretations of republicanism and liberalism can't or don't apply to them. Thinking with Lasch on historiography, they close the chapter discussing 19th-century artisans, populism, the New Deal, and the triumph of Taylorism. ","date_published":"2021-11-07T18:00:00.000-08:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/e6e4f5ee-6cdc-4287-8753-77155372b695/91ba8e9f-014f-4cec-a1d7-273364c6864b.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":14089020,"duration_in_seconds":914}]},{"id":"c6c61d03-0f06-48f4-bf95-6e411ed1ec23","title":"Episode 63: Public Writing, Public Thinking ft. Oliver Traldi","url":"https://exhaust.fireside.fm/63","content_text":"Writer and philosopher Oliver Traldi sits down with Emmet to talk about what it means to be a public intellectual today, what being a writer's really like, CRT, how woke politicization has homogenized every other endeavor in the humanities, and more!\n\nClean Rooms and Dirtbags by Oliver Traldi, American Affairs.\nWhat's In A Name? by Oliver Traldi, Arc Digital\n\nSubscribe to our Patreon to get two exclusive episodes a month!\n\nClosing Song: Garbage Man by Chat Pile.","content_html":"

Writer and philosopher Oliver Traldi sits down with Emmet to talk about what it means to be a public intellectual today, what being a writer's really like, CRT, how woke politicization has homogenized every other endeavor in the humanities, and more!

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Clean Rooms and Dirtbags by Oliver Traldi, American Affairs.
\nWhat's In A Name? by Oliver Traldi, Arc Digital

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Subscribe to our Patreon to get two exclusive episodes a month!

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Closing Song: Garbage Man by Chat Pile.

","summary":"Writer and philosopher Oliver Traldi sits down with Emmet to talk about what it means to be a public intellectual today, what being a writer's really like, CRT, how woke politicization has homogenized every other endeavor in the humanities, and more!","date_published":"2021-11-03T00:00:00.000-07:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/e6e4f5ee-6cdc-4287-8753-77155372b695/c6c61d03-0f06-48f4-bf95-6e411ed1ec23.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":60027791,"duration_in_seconds":3832}]},{"id":"c1b2b637-d1fb-44b1-85a4-6cafaa17d2bd","title":"Episode 62: The Coming Wave of Sex Negativity ft. Default Friend","url":"https://exhaust.fireside.fm/62","content_text":"Default Friend returns to ex.haust to talk about the death of sex positivity, the coming wave of sex negativity, affinity community online, how our identities are formed now, and a whole bunch of other stuff. \n\nThe Coming Wave of Sex Negativity by Default Friend\nAffinity vs. Experience by Default Friend\n\nSubscribe to our Patreon to get 2 exclusive episodes a month!\n\nClosing Song: I Can My Heart Touching You by Parannoul ","content_html":"

Default Friend returns to ex.haust to talk about the death of sex positivity, the coming wave of sex negativity, affinity community online, how our identities are formed now, and a whole bunch of other stuff.

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The Coming Wave of Sex Negativity by Default Friend
\nAffinity vs. Experience by Default Friend

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Closing Song: I Can My Heart Touching You by Parannoul

","summary":"Default Friend returns to ex.haust to talk about the death of sex positivity, the coming wave of sex negativity, affinity community online, how our identities are formed now, and a whole bunch of other stuff. ","date_published":"2021-10-27T08:00:00.000-07:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/e6e4f5ee-6cdc-4287-8753-77155372b695/c1b2b637-d1fb-44b1-85a4-6cafaa17d2bd.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":56508070,"duration_in_seconds":3643}]},{"id":"737e9858-c09e-42e1-b5bc-f2ff8da52686","title":"Episode 61: Two Piece: Resigning from Being Superfluous","url":"https://exhaust.fireside.fm/61","content_text":"Emmet, John, and Canada Mike talk through two pieces: one on the superfluous men of history 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 men have been historically superluous, incels, and ponder if we need new ways to think of being modern. \n\nThe New Superfluous Men by Alex Gendler\nThat Untraversed Land by John Michael Greer\n\nSubscribe to our Patreon to get two exclusive episodes a month. \n\nSubscribe to Emmet's new podcast/substack, Nuclear Barbarians.\n\nClosing Song: Dornier by Cross My Heart.Special Guest: Mike.","content_html":"

Emmet, John, and Canada Mike talk through two pieces: one on the superfluous men of history 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 men have been historically superluous, incels, and ponder if we need new ways to think of being modern.

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The New Superfluous Men by Alex Gendler
\nThat Untraversed Land by John Michael Greer

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Subscribe to our Patreon to get two exclusive episodes a month.

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Subscribe to Emmet's new podcast/substack, Nuclear Barbarians.

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Closing Song: Dornier by Cross My Heart.

Special Guest: Mike.

","summary":"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. ","date_published":"2021-10-19T22:00:00.000-07:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/e6e4f5ee-6cdc-4287-8753-77155372b695/737e9858-c09e-42e1-b5bc-f2ff8da52686.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":62638857,"duration_in_seconds":3955}]},{"id":"ee3367c6-6d20-4656-a5e4-6b5c5692fcb5","title":"[teaser] The True and Only Heaven 4: The Sociological Tradition and the Idea of Community","url":"https://exhaust.fireside.fm/p15t","content_text":"Emmet and John forge ahead in the Lasch reading. This time they watch Lasch take on Burke, Marx, Weber, Tonnies, and more. They discuss development theory, the systematic view of history's progress, what they think Lasch is up to, what Schopenhauer did for them, and more.\n\nSubscribe to hear the rest!","content_html":"

Emmet and John forge ahead in the Lasch reading. This time they watch Lasch take on Burke, Marx, Weber, Tonnies, and more. They discuss development theory, the systematic view of history's progress, what they think Lasch is up to, what Schopenhauer did for them, and more.

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Subscribe to hear the rest!

","summary":"Emmet and John forge ahead in the Lasch reading. This time they watch Lasch take on Burke, Marx, Weber, Tonnies, and more. They discuss development theory, the systematic view of history's progress, what they think Lasch is up to, what Schopenhauer did for them, and more.","date_published":"2021-10-17T16:00:00.000-07:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/e6e4f5ee-6cdc-4287-8753-77155372b695/ee3367c6-6d20-4656-a5e4-6b5c5692fcb5.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":6706627,"duration_in_seconds":403}]},{"id":"5e6b878f-3c40-4c50-9882-46da81626746","title":"Episode 60: Double Feature '84: The Terminator and A Nightmare on Elm Street ft. Josh Bregman","url":"https://exhaust.fireside.fm/60","content_text":"It's Halloween season. To help celebrate, Emmet and frequent guest Josh Bregman sit down to talk about two favorites: The Terminator and A Nightmare on Elm Street. They talk about the slasher genre, collapse of American confidence, the terror of the past, the horror of the future, and more. \n\nSubscribe to our Patreon to get two exclusive episodes a month!\n\nSubscrube to Emmet's new podcast/newsletter Nuclear Barbarians.\n\nClosing Song: Copper & Stars by Planes Mistaken for Stars.","content_html":"

It's Halloween season. To help celebrate, Emmet and frequent guest Josh Bregman sit down to talk about two favorites: The Terminator and A Nightmare on Elm Street. They talk about the slasher genre, collapse of American confidence, the terror of the past, the horror of the future, and more.

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Subscribe to our Patreon to get two exclusive episodes a month!

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Subscrube to Emmet's new podcast/newsletter Nuclear Barbarians.

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Closing Song: Copper & Stars by Planes Mistaken for Stars.

","summary":"It's Halloween season. To help celebrate, Emmet and frequent guest Josh Bregman sit down to talk about two favorites: The Terminator and A Nightmare on Elm Street. They talk about the slasher genre, collapse of American confidence, the terror of the past, the horror of the future, and more. ","date_published":"2021-10-12T22:00:00.000-07:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/e6e4f5ee-6cdc-4287-8753-77155372b695/5e6b878f-3c40-4c50-9882-46da81626746.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":67735742,"duration_in_seconds":4645}]},{"id":"92e4c146-0432-4123-84b0-db9a6f62d1a0","title":"Episode 59: Political Ossification ft. Luke Thompson","url":"https://exhaust.fireside.fm/59","content_text":"Political consultant and podcaster Luke Thompson joins Emmet to talk through the problem of political ossification. They talk through realignment theory, conceptions of political time, how party coalitions have changed over time, the shifting nature of American political institutions, and, of course, why nothing feels possible. \n\nCheck out Luke's podcast with Jay Cost, Constitutionally Speaking.\n\nSubscribe to our Patreon to get two exclusive episodes a month!\n\nClosing Song: \"Talk Anyway\" by Found Footage.","content_html":"

Political consultant and podcaster Luke Thompson joins Emmet to talk through the problem of political ossification. They talk through realignment theory, conceptions of political time, how party coalitions have changed over time, the shifting nature of American political institutions, and, of course, why nothing feels possible.

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Check out Luke's podcast with Jay Cost, Constitutionally Speaking.

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Subscribe to our Patreon to get two exclusive episodes a month!

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Closing Song: "Talk Anyway" by Found Footage.

","summary":"Political consultant and podcaster Luke Thompson joins Emmet to talk through different conceptions of political ossification. They talk through realignment theory, conceptions of political time, and, of course, why nothing feels possible. ","date_published":"2021-10-05T20:00:00.000-07:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/e6e4f5ee-6cdc-4287-8753-77155372b695/92e4c146-0432-4123-84b0-db9a6f62d1a0.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":68737389,"duration_in_seconds":4540}]},{"id":"4eb01506-8ace-4ac0-bfab-f2e8b3a73149","title":"[teaser] The True and Only Heaven 3: Nostalgia ft. Canada Mike","url":"https://exhaust.fireside.fm/p14t","content_text":"Canada Mike fills in for John for the third installment of our series on Lasch's True and Only Heaven. Mike and Emmet detail Lasch's argument and consider the necessary relationship between progressive ideology and nostalgia. They talk about living in an eternal present, Cormac McCarthy as subverter of American tropes, the frontier as a \"zone of innocence\" and more. \n\nThis a Teaser. Subscribe to get the rest of these episodes and the back catalog of our exclusive episodes. Patreon episodes come out twice a month. ","content_html":"

Canada Mike fills in for John for the third installment of our series on Lasch's True and Only Heaven. Mike and Emmet detail Lasch's argument and consider the necessary relationship between progressive ideology and nostalgia. They talk about living in an eternal present, Cormac McCarthy as subverter of American tropes, the frontier as a "zone of innocence" and more.

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This a Teaser. Subscribe to get the rest of these episodes and the back catalog of our exclusive episodes. Patreon episodes come out twice a month.

","summary":"Canada Mike fills in for John for the third installment of our series on Lasch's True and Only Heaven. Mike and Emmet detail Lasch's argument and consider the necessary relationship between progressive ideology and nostalgia. They talk about living in an eternal present, Cormac McCarthy as subverter of American tropes, the frontier as a \"zone of innocence\" and more. ","date_published":"2021-10-04T12:00:00.000-07:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/e6e4f5ee-6cdc-4287-8753-77155372b695/4eb01506-8ace-4ac0-bfab-f2e8b3a73149.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":7345263,"duration_in_seconds":466}]},{"id":"80aa777c-8bdc-478b-9227-f73922f4ad78","title":"Episode 58: American Canon: John Milius","url":"https://exhaust.fireside.fm/58","content_text":"Emmet and John discuss the life and times of writer and director John Milius, looking specifically at his movies The Wind and the Lion and Conan the Barbarian. We talk about the Cold War, changes in the film industry, Milius' atavism, what makes Conan such a surprisingly beautiful an lyric film, and much, much more.\n\nSubscribe to our Patreon to get two exclusive episodes a month!\n\nClosing Song: \"The Rain in Spain Drains Mainly From the Main Vein\" by MANS.","content_html":"

Emmet and John discuss the life and times of writer and director John Milius, looking specifically at his movies The Wind and the Lion and Conan the Barbarian. We talk about the Cold War, changes in the film industry, Milius' atavism, what makes Conan such a surprisingly beautiful an lyric film, and much, much more.

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Subscribe to our Patreon to get two exclusive episodes a month!

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Closing Song: "The Rain in Spain Drains Mainly From the Main Vein" by MANS.

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Emmet sits down with historian, podcaster, and writer Sam Biagetti to talk about his latest piece for American Affairs, "Into the Fairy Castle: The Persistence of Victorian Liberalism." They about Gilbert and Sullivan, Borgen, the downfall of the Bernie movement, meritocracy and more.

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Subscribe to Sam's podcast here.

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["Into the Fairy Castle: The Persistence of Victorian Liberalism" by Sam Biagetti](Into the Fairy Castle: The Persistence of Victorian Liberalism).

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Our Patreon.

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Closing Song: Rusty Cage by Soundgarden (Live at the Omaha Civic Auditorium Music Hall, 1992)

","summary":"Emmet sits down with historian, podcaster, and writer Sam Biagetti to talk about his latest piece for American Affairs, \"Into the Fairy Castle: The Persistence of Victorian Liberalism.\" They about Gilbert and Sullivan, Borgen, the downfall of the Bernie movement, meritocracy and more. ","date_published":"2021-09-21T20:00:00.000-07:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/e6e4f5ee-6cdc-4287-8753-77155372b695/20dfabc2-bf88-4659-b4e7-4df513e547c6.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":54384428,"duration_in_seconds":3528}]},{"id":"75cb3196-5702-4e47-b048-0cb6fbda0362","title":"[teaser] The True and Only Heaven 2: The Idea of Progress Reconsidered","url":"https://exhaust.fireside.fm/p13t","content_text":"In this one, we embark on the second chapter of Lasch's The True and Only Heaven to talk about his historical understanding of progress and his underlying critique. We talk about millenarianism, what progressivism isn't, the family as a buttress against the market, Adam Smith's fatalism, the challenge of republican ideals, and more. \n\nSubscribe to our Patreon to hear the rest. ","content_html":"

In this one, we embark on the second chapter of Lasch's The True and Only Heaven to talk about his historical understanding of progress and his underlying critique. We talk about millenarianism, what progressivism isn't, the family as a buttress against the market, Adam Smith's fatalism, the challenge of republican ideals, and more.

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Subscribe to our Patreon to hear the rest.

","summary":"In this one, we embark on the second chapter of Lasch's The True and Only Heaven to talk about his historical understanding of progress and his underlying critique. We talk about millenarianism, what progressivism isn't, the family as a buttress against the market, Adam Smith's fatalism, the challenge of republican ideals, and more. ","date_published":"2021-09-19T17:00:00.000-07:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/e6e4f5ee-6cdc-4287-8753-77155372b695/75cb3196-5702-4e47-b048-0cb6fbda0362.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":2659554,"duration_in_seconds":166}]},{"id":"f5c42cae-2479-4f6c-b87b-f8db870be301","title":"Episode 56: This Film Is Dedicated to the Brave Mujahideen Fighters of Afghanistan ft. Phil Cunliffe","url":"https://exhaust.fireside.fm/56","content_text":"Emmet talks with author and cohost of Aufhebunga Bunga Phil Cunliffe about the bungled evac of Kabul, the Afghanistan War's aimlessness, historical amnesia, and more!\n\nThe Fall of an American Empire by Phill Cunliffe\nWhatever Happened to the Good War? by Phil Cunliffe\n\nSubscribe to our Patreon for 2 exclusive episodes a month!\n\nClosing Song: Dig It A Hole by The U-Men","content_html":"

Emmet talks with author and cohost of Aufhebunga Bunga Phil Cunliffe about the bungled evac of Kabul, the Afghanistan War's aimlessness, historical amnesia, and more!

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The Fall of an American Empire by Phill Cunliffe
\nWhatever Happened to the Good War? by Phil Cunliffe

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Subscribe to our Patreon for 2 exclusive episodes a month!

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Closing Song: Dig It A Hole by The U-Men

","summary":"Emmet talks with author and cohost of Aufhebunga Bunga Phil Cunliffe about the bungled evac of Kabul, the Afghanistan War's aimlessness, historical amnesia, and more!","date_published":"2021-09-14T20:00:00.000-07:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/e6e4f5ee-6cdc-4287-8753-77155372b695/f5c42cae-2479-4f6c-b87b-f8db870be301.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":53379996,"duration_in_seconds":3528}]},{"id":"5ff81753-42a5-487b-9140-139660dc8d2f","title":"Episode 55: Ex.haust Birthday Q & A","url":"https://exhaust.fireside.fm/55","content_text":"To celebrate ex.haust's one year anniversary, Emmet and John respond to listener questions. This one was really fun to do. Thank you all so much for your support. Getting to work on this podcast is a true joy. We wouldn't be able to do this without you, listener.\n\nSubscribe to our Patreon for 2 exclusive episodes a month.\n\n[Merch.](tee.pub/lic/k8eEk8bR5-8)\n\nClosing Song: \"jean skirts\" by the blasted diplomats","content_html":"

To celebrate ex.haust's one year anniversary, Emmet and John respond to listener questions. This one was really fun to do. Thank you all so much for your support. Getting to work on this podcast is a true joy. We wouldn't be able to do this without you, listener.

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Subscribe to our Patreon for 2 exclusive episodes a month.

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[Merch.](tee.pub/lic/k8eEk8bR5-8)

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Closing Song: "jean skirts" by the blasted diplomats

","summary":"To celebrate ex.haust's one year anniversary, Emmet and John respond to listener questions. ","date_published":"2021-09-07T22:00:00.000-07:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/e6e4f5ee-6cdc-4287-8753-77155372b695/5ff81753-42a5-487b-9140-139660dc8d2f.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":74049218,"duration_in_seconds":4931}]},{"id":"c2b781d9-83c3-41ad-8ec8-44ab04eb4b33","title":"[teaser] The MILF Hitler Theory ft. Canada Mike","url":"https://exhaust.fireside.fm/p12ateaser","content_text":"This is a teaser. To hear the full episode subscribe to our Patreon. \n\nIn this one, Emmet and Mike discuss cultural narcissism, Mike's MILF Hitler theory, the societal threat unguided young men pose, Sheller's abortive USMC protest videos about the Afghanistan exit, the officer corps as a societal bellwether, and more!\n\nSheller: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/marine-commander-relieved-of-duty-over-video-slamming-senior-leaders-in-wake-of-kabul-attack/ \n\nA Generation of American Men Give Up on College: https://www.wsj.com/articles/college-university-fall-higher-education-men-women-enrollment-admissions-back-to-school-11630948233?st=r5jiboojtgreuap&reflink=share_mobilewebshare\n\nClosing Song: Check (KEIFERGR33N REMIX) - Young Thug","content_html":"

This is a teaser. To hear the full episode subscribe to our Patreon.

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In this one, Emmet and Mike discuss cultural narcissism, Mike's MILF Hitler theory, the societal threat unguided young men pose, Sheller's abortive USMC protest videos about the Afghanistan exit, the officer corps as a societal bellwether, and more!

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Sheller: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/marine-commander-relieved-of-duty-over-video-slamming-senior-leaders-in-wake-of-kabul-attack/

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A Generation of American Men Give Up on College: https://www.wsj.com/articles/college-university-fall-higher-education-men-women-enrollment-admissions-back-to-school-11630948233?st=r5jiboojtgreuap&reflink=share_mobilewebshare

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Closing Song: Check (KEIFERGR33N REMIX) - Young Thug

","summary":" In this one, Emmet and Mike discuss cultural narcissism, Mike's MILF Hitler theory, the societal threat unguided young men pose, Sheller's abortive USMC protest videos about the Afghanistan exit, the officer corps as a societal bellwether, and more!","date_published":"2021-09-06T23:00:00.000-07:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/e6e4f5ee-6cdc-4287-8753-77155372b695/c2b781d9-83c3-41ad-8ec8-44ab04eb4b33.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":3401123,"duration_in_seconds":211}]},{"id":"9559f86e-c621-4549-ba37-91a751fbe59c","title":"Episode 54: \"My Hand Is A Fleshgun\": Culture Without Context Ft. Alexi and Sam from Nymphet Alumni","url":"https://exhaust.fireside.fm/54","content_text":"Emmet sits down with Alexi and Sam from the fashion and culture podcast Nymphet Alumni to talk about how culture does or doesn't get handed down, our contextless existence, the state of fashion, the absolute state of zoomers and more!\n\nSubscribe to our Patreon for 2 exclusive episodes a month!\n\nMerch. \n\nClosing Song: \"Please Respect Out Decadence\" by Algebra Suicide.","content_html":"

Emmet sits down with Alexi and Sam from the fashion and culture podcast Nymphet Alumni to talk about how culture does or doesn't get handed down, our contextless existence, the state of fashion, the absolute state of zoomers and more!

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Subscribe to our Patreon for 2 exclusive episodes a month!

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Merch.

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Closing Song: "Please Respect Out Decadence" by Algebra Suicide.

","summary":"Emmet sits down with Alexi and Sam from the fashion and culture podcast Nymphet Alumni to talk about how culture does or doesn't get handed down, our contextless existence, the state of fashion, the absolute state of zoomers, and more!","date_published":"2021-08-31T20:00:00.000-07:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/e6e4f5ee-6cdc-4287-8753-77155372b695/9559f86e-c621-4549-ba37-91a751fbe59c.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":61969565,"duration_in_seconds":4180}]},{"id":"bc877a7f-ec32-4ad3-ad88-e96e8ede169c","title":"Episode 53: The Lasch Files: The True and Only Heaven pt. I","url":"https://exhaust.fireside.fm/53","content_text":"Emmet and John begin their series on Lasch's book The True and Only Heaven: Progress and Its Critics.\" They lay out the general premise, debate whether or not Lasch was a degrowther, reflect on the impact of the 70s energy crisis, and more!\n\nSubscribe to the Patreon for 2 exclusive episodes a month. \n\nWe now have merch.\n\nSong: \"Playpen of Dissent\" by Stuck. ","content_html":"

Emmet and John begin their series on Lasch's book The True and Only Heaven: Progress and Its Critics." They lay out the general premise, debate whether or not Lasch was a degrowther, reflect on the impact of the 70s energy crisis, and more!

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Subscribe to the Patreon for 2 exclusive episodes a month.

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We now have merch.

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Song: "Playpen of Dissent" by Stuck.

","summary":"Emmet and John begin their series on Lasch's book The True and Only Heaven: Progress and Its Critics.\"","date_published":"2021-08-24T20:15:00.000-07:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/e6e4f5ee-6cdc-4287-8753-77155372b695/bc877a7f-ec32-4ad3-ad88-e96e8ede169c.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":70138661,"duration_in_seconds":4740}]},{"id":"2a4486de-d13e-4396-957c-c76639f3ce83","title":"Episode 52: American Canon: HP Lovecraft and Harlan Ellison ft. Canada Mike","url":"https://exhaust.fireside.fm/52","content_text":"Canada Mike, Emmet, and John discuss HP Lovecraft's \"Call of Cthulu\" and Harlan Ellison's \"I Have No Mouth And I Must Scream.\" They situate each of them in history and talk about the concept of the weird, the weird tale as an American contribution, Lovecraft's modernism vs. Ellison's post-modernism, non-time and post-time, and a whole lot more!\n\nSubscribe to our Patreon for 2 exclusive episodes a month!\n\n\"I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream\" by Harlan Ellison.\n\n\"Call of Cthulhu\" by HP Lovecraft.\n\nTwitter.\n\nClosing Song: \"With the Sun\" by will mcgovern","content_html":"

Canada Mike, Emmet, and John discuss HP Lovecraft's "Call of Cthulu" and Harlan Ellison's "I Have No Mouth And I Must Scream." They situate each of them in history and talk about the concept of the weird, the weird tale as an American contribution, Lovecraft's modernism vs. Ellison's post-modernism, non-time and post-time, and a whole lot more!

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Subscribe to our Patreon for 2 exclusive episodes a month!

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"I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream" by Harlan Ellison.

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"Call of Cthulhu" by HP Lovecraft.

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Twitter.

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Closing Song: "With the Sun" by will mcgovern

","summary":"Canada Mike, Emmet, and John discuss HP Lovecraft's \"Call of Cthulu\" and Harlan Ellison's \"I Have No Mouth And I Must Scream.\"","date_published":"2021-08-17T23:00:00.000-07:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/e6e4f5ee-6cdc-4287-8753-77155372b695/2a4486de-d13e-4396-957c-c76639f3ce83.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":65143545,"duration_in_seconds":4327}]},{"id":"f235e928-f00c-465c-98dd-064757db510d","title":"[teaser] After Virtue: The Final Episode","url":"https://exhaust.fireside.fm/p12teaser","content_text":"In our final installment of the After Virtue series, we provide an overview of MacIntyre's closing arguments, pose complicating rebuttals, and consider the power of viewing life as a narrative among other things.\n\nAt the end, we talk about some of the things you can look forward to as we approach ex.haust's second year. \nThanks so much for your support. It means more than you know. \n\nSubscribe to hear the rest.","content_html":"

In our final installment of the After Virtue series, we provide an overview of MacIntyre's closing arguments, pose complicating rebuttals, and consider the power of viewing life as a narrative among other things.

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At the end, we talk about some of the things you can look forward to as we approach ex.haust's second year.
\nThanks so much for your support. It means more than you know.

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Subscribe to hear the rest.

","summary":"In our final installment of the After Virtue series, we provide an overview of MacIntyre's closing arguments, pose complicating rebuttals, and consider the power of viewing life as a narrative among other things.","date_published":"2021-08-15T15:00:00.000-07:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/e6e4f5ee-6cdc-4287-8753-77155372b695/f235e928-f00c-465c-98dd-064757db510d.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":3797455,"duration_in_seconds":212}]},{"id":"b2626fa4-dee3-4e8e-bae4-13a5ea154f3c","title":"Episode 51: Strength Is Never a Weakness ft. Bill Coyne","url":"https://exhaust.fireside.fm/51","content_text":"Strength coach and powerlifter Bill Coyne joins Emmet to talk about his pilgrimage to Westside Barbell, the strongest gym in the world, the history of weight lifting, getting strong as an antidote to despair, and more!\n\nIf you want to learn more about weightlifting, feel free to DM Bill or Emmet on Twitter. \n\nSubscribe to our Patreon for 2 exclusive episodes a month!\n\nClosing Song: \"Rip and Tear\" by L.A. Guns. \n\nTwitter.","content_html":"

Strength coach and powerlifter Bill Coyne joins Emmet to talk about his pilgrimage to Westside Barbell, the strongest gym in the world, the history of weight lifting, getting strong as an antidote to despair, and more!

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If you want to learn more about weightlifting, feel free to DM Bill or Emmet on Twitter.

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Subscribe to our Patreon for 2 exclusive episodes a month!

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Closing Song: "Rip and Tear" by L.A. Guns.

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Twitter.

","summary":"Strength coach and powerlifter Bill Coyne joins Emmet to talk about his pilgrimage to Westside Barbell, the strongest gym in the world, the history of weight lifting, getting strong as an antidote to despair, and more!","date_published":"2021-08-10T20:00:00.000-07:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/e6e4f5ee-6cdc-4287-8753-77155372b695/b2626fa4-dee3-4e8e-bae4-13a5ea154f3c.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":67012288,"duration_in_seconds":4309}]},{"id":"922dfe7b-6f81-46e4-ae52-e6c1a0be01f9","title":"Episode 50: Real Eyes Realize Real Pfize Ft. Canada Mike","url":"https://exhaust.fireside.fm/50","content_text":"Emmet and Canada Mike return to their bread and butter: vaccine supply chains. People have been asking for a vaccine update, so Mike and Emmet hashed it out. They talk about Pfizer's insane contracts, DARPA's involvement in Operation Warp Speed, Foucault, Agamben, Plato, Taleb, and more!\n\nIf you're new, you can listen to our first ep on vaccines here and here. Otherwise, you'll have to subscribe to our Patreon. \n\nJoin our Patreon for 2 exclusive episodes a month!\n\nBibliography.\n\nTwitter.\n\nClosing Song: [Pop Smoke - Paranoia feat. Young Thug & Gunna - Paranoia x Travis Scott - Stargazing (KEIFERGR33n Remix)](Wapo source for unvaccinated hospitalizations assumes efficacy (check “Methodology” section)- https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/interactive/2021/covid-rates-unvaccinated-people/)","content_html":"

Emmet and Canada Mike return to their bread and butter: vaccine supply chains. People have been asking for a vaccine update, so Mike and Emmet hashed it out. They talk about Pfizer's insane contracts, DARPA's involvement in Operation Warp Speed, Foucault, Agamben, Plato, Taleb, and more!

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If you're new, you can listen to our first ep on vaccines here and here. Otherwise, you'll have to subscribe to our Patreon.

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Join our Patreon for 2 exclusive episodes a month!

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Bibliography.

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Twitter.

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Closing Song: [Pop Smoke - Paranoia feat. Young Thug & Gunna - Paranoia x Travis Scott - Stargazing (KEIFERGR33n Remix)](Wapo source for unvaccinated hospitalizations assumes efficacy (check “Methodology” section)- https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/interactive/2021/covid-rates-unvaccinated-people/)

","summary":"Emmet and Canada Mike return to their bread and butter: vaccine supply chains. ","date_published":"2021-08-03T22:00:00.000-07:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/e6e4f5ee-6cdc-4287-8753-77155372b695/922dfe7b-6f81-46e4-ae52-e6c1a0be01f9.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":52849706,"duration_in_seconds":3721}]},{"id":"18ef6a4f-3b94-4cc3-a9f1-d03526808613","title":"[teaser] Two Piece: Ranciere's Emancipated Spectator and Plato's Meno","url":"https://exhaust.fireside.fm/p11teaser","content_text":"In this one, talk through a Ranciere essay and a Platonic dialog, both deal with epistemology and politics. We had a lot of fun considering and juxtaposing these. \n\nThis is a teaser. Subscribe to our Patreon to hear the rest!","content_html":"

In this one, talk through a Ranciere essay and a Platonic dialog, both deal with epistemology and politics. We had a lot of fun considering and juxtaposing these.

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This is a teaser. Subscribe to our Patreon to hear the rest!

","summary":"In this one, talk through a Ranciere essay and a Platonic dialog, both deal with epistemology and politics. We had a lot of fun considering and juxtaposing these. ","date_published":"2021-08-01T22:00:00.000-07:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/e6e4f5ee-6cdc-4287-8753-77155372b695/18ef6a4f-3b94-4cc3-a9f1-d03526808613.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":1613463,"duration_in_seconds":76}]},{"id":"c0a5fcb6-938c-47e0-8420-8dd2f2cefbff","title":"Episode 49: The DENNIS System for Death Cults: Degrowth, Consumerism, and the Environmental Movement ft. Space Commune","url":"https://exhaust.fireside.fm/49","content_text":"Alex and Fox (a return guest) from Space Commune join Emmet to talk about their new documentary--Consumerism: Can We Buy a Better World?\n\nWhat Happens When a Buffet Buys Your Town? by Sean Cooper \n\nJoin our Patreon for 2 exclusive episodes a month!\n\nBibliography.\n\nTwitter.\n\nClosing Song: \"Summer of Hate\" by Chemlab","content_html":"

Alex and Fox (a return guest) from Space Commune join Emmet to talk about their new documentary--Consumerism: Can We Buy a Better World?

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What Happens When a Buffet Buys Your Town? by Sean Cooper

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Join our Patreon for 2 exclusive episodes a month!

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Bibliography.

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Twitter.

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Closing Song: "Summer of Hate" by Chemlab

","summary":"Alex and Fox (a return guest) from Space Commune join Emmet to talk about their new documentary--Consumerism: Can We Buy a Better World?","date_published":"2021-07-27T18:00:00.000-07:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/e6e4f5ee-6cdc-4287-8753-77155372b695/c0a5fcb6-938c-47e0-8420-8dd2f2cefbff.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":50758692,"duration_in_seconds":4116}]},{"id":"6ce11ed2-2059-4145-ae87-24e0339efd9c","title":"Episode 48: What We Talk About When We Talk About Conservatism ft. Micah Meadowcroft","url":"https://exhaust.fireside.fm/48","content_text":"Emmet sits down with Micah Meadowcroft, an editor at The American Conservative, to talk about some of his recent writing, a view of the right from the right, what conservatism should mean, ending America's imperial posture, and much more. \n\n\"We Are Going to Win\" by Micah Meadowcroft\n\"Roman Rhetoric And Florentine Politics: A Reply To Yarvin\" by Micah Meadowcroft\n\nThe piece of Emmet's mentioned:\n\"Nuclear Power Plants: Our Industrial Cathedrals\" by Emmet Penney\n\nJoin our Patreon for two exclusive episodes a month!\n\nBibliography.\n\nTwitter.\n\nClosing Song: \"Hips Swingin\" by Naked Raygun","content_html":"

Emmet sits down with Micah Meadowcroft, an editor at The American Conservative, to talk about some of his recent writing, a view of the right from the right, what conservatism should mean, ending America's imperial posture, and much more.

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"We Are Going to Win" by Micah Meadowcroft
\n"Roman Rhetoric And Florentine Politics: A Reply To Yarvin" by Micah Meadowcroft

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The piece of Emmet's mentioned:
\n"Nuclear Power Plants: Our Industrial Cathedrals" by Emmet Penney

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Join our Patreon for two exclusive episodes a month!

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Bibliography.

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Twitter.

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Closing Song: "Hips Swingin" by Naked Raygun

","summary":"Emmet sits down with Micah Meadowcroft, an editor at The American Conservative, to talk about some of his recent writing, a view of the right from the right, what conservatism should mean, and much more!","date_published":"2021-07-20T21:00:00.000-07:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/e6e4f5ee-6cdc-4287-8753-77155372b695/6ce11ed2-2059-4145-ae87-24e0339efd9c.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":42052844,"duration_in_seconds":3396}]},{"id":"3963b3a1-fd49-42aa-a655-c085bffe550e","title":"[teaser] American Canon: Flannery O'Connor's \"A Good Man is Hard to Find\"","url":"https://exhaust.fireside.fm/p10teaser","content_text":"John and I are back with another canon ep by request. This one's about one of our favorite short stories. We talk through the story, then ruminate on the connections between O'Connor and McCarthy, and then close with a meditation on life in flyover country. \n\nThis is a teaser. Subscribe to hear the rest!\n\nYou can read it here: https://repositorio.ufsc.br/bitstream/handle/123456789/160332/A%20good%20man%20is%20hard%20to%20find%20-%20Flannery%20O%27Connor.pdf\nBibliography: https://exhaust.fireside.fm/articles/p10 \nClosing Song: https://foundfootageokc.bandcamp.com/album/as-far-as-far","content_html":"

John and I are back with another canon ep by request. This one's about one of our favorite short stories. We talk through the story, then ruminate on the connections between O'Connor and McCarthy, and then close with a meditation on life in flyover country.

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This is a teaser. Subscribe to hear the rest!

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You can read it here: https://repositorio.ufsc.br/bitstream/handle/123456789/160332/A%20good%20man%20is%20hard%20to%20find%20-%20Flannery%20O%27Connor.pdf
\nBibliography: https://exhaust.fireside.fm/articles/p10
\nClosing Song: https://foundfootageokc.bandcamp.com/album/as-far-as-far

","summary":"John and I are back with another canon ep by request. This one's about one of our favorite short stories. We talk through the story, then ruminate on the connections between O'Connor and McCarthy, and then close with a meditation on life in flyover country.","date_published":"2021-07-18T16:00:00.000-07:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/e6e4f5ee-6cdc-4287-8753-77155372b695/3963b3a1-fd49-42aa-a655-c085bffe550e.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":3963130,"duration_in_seconds":267}]},{"id":"f7cfc245-39d9-4605-9393-7df27daa1387","title":"Episode 47: How Did We Get Here? Ft. Sterling Bartlett","url":"https://exhaust.fireside.fm/47","content_text":"Emmet sits down with comic book artist Sterling Bartlett to talk about his comics \"How Did We Get Here?\" and \"Kali, Yuga, Eschaton.\" They talk about how recycling is a scam, the late-period Matisse to moralizing infographic pipeline, the death of boredom, the age of the filthy casual., and more!\n\nCheck out Sterling's work: https://www.sterlingbartlett.com/\n\nJoin our Patreon for two exclusive episodes a month!\n\nTwitter.\n\nBibliography.\n\nClosing Song: \"A Three Year Old Could Do That\" by the U-Men.","content_html":"

Emmet sits down with comic book artist Sterling Bartlett to talk about his comics "How Did We Get Here?" and "Kali, Yuga, Eschaton." They talk about how recycling is a scam, the late-period Matisse to moralizing infographic pipeline, the death of boredom, the age of the filthy casual., and more!

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Check out Sterling's work: https://www.sterlingbartlett.com/

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Closing Song: "A Three Year Old Could Do That" by the U-Men.

","summary":"Emmet sits down with comic book artist Sterling Bartlett to talk about his comics \"How Did We Get Here?\" and \"Kali, Yuga, Eschaton.\"","date_published":"2021-07-13T23:00:00.000-07:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/e6e4f5ee-6cdc-4287-8753-77155372b695/f7cfc245-39d9-4605-9393-7df27daa1387.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":41161364,"duration_in_seconds":3439}]},{"id":"2e053040-b5f4-43c4-b053-cbddc160fe90","title":"Episode 46: Map v Territory, or, Statistical Modeling for Poets ft. Canada Mike","url":"https://exhaust.fireside.fm/46","content_text":"Canada Mike returns to talk about the theoretical basics of statistical modeling, which turns into a discussion of discourse, democracy, expertise, coercion, and history. Enjoy!\n\nJoin our Patreon for 2 exclusive episodes a month!\n\nBibliography.\n\nTwitter.\n\nClosing Song: \"Del's Shandy\" by White Dad.","content_html":"

Canada Mike returns to talk about the theoretical basics of statistical modeling, which turns into a discussion of discourse, democracy, expertise, coercion, and history. Enjoy!

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Closing Song: "Del's Shandy" by White Dad.

","summary":"Canada Mike returns to talk about the theoretical basics of statistical modeling, which turns into a discussion of discourse, democracy, expertise, sophistry, and history. ","date_published":"2021-07-06T20:00:00.000-07:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/e6e4f5ee-6cdc-4287-8753-77155372b695/2e053040-b5f4-43c4-b053-cbddc160fe90.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":63365312,"duration_in_seconds":5070}]},{"id":"3f4c8d95-0a2b-4e81-83b2-b3837453692b","title":"[teaser] After Virtue IV: The Tradition of Virtue","url":"https://exhaust.fireside.fm/p9teaser","content_text":"In our second to last installment on After Virtue we look at Aristotle's impact and the origins and extension of virtue ethics from Homer to the Middle Ages. This one was a fun deep dive and very in our wheelhouses in different ways. \n\nThis is a brief teaser. To here the rest subscribe to our Patreon and get two exclusive episodes a month: https://www.patreon.com/exhaust","content_html":"

In our second to last installment on After Virtue we look at Aristotle's impact and the origins and extension of virtue ethics from Homer to the Middle Ages. This one was a fun deep dive and very in our wheelhouses in different ways.

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This is a brief teaser. To here the rest subscribe to our Patreon and get two exclusive episodes a month: https://www.patreon.com/exhaust

","summary":"In our second to last installment on After Virtue we look at Aristotle's impact and the origins and extension of virtue ethics from Homer to the Middle Ages. This one was a fun deep dive and very in our wheelhouses in different ways. ","date_published":"2021-07-04T11:00:00.000-07:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/e6e4f5ee-6cdc-4287-8753-77155372b695/3f4c8d95-0a2b-4e81-83b2-b3837453692b.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":4222510,"duration_in_seconds":262}]},{"id":"3ca7142b-8f4e-4d29-9e33-325bdc72598e","title":"Episode 45: I Make An Honest Living!: Pain & Gain, Wolf of Wall Street, and the Financial Crash","url":"https://exhaust.fireside.fm/45","content_text":"Josh Bregman comes back on the pod to talk with Emmet about two movies that came out in the same summer that sought to capture post-crash America: Pain & Gain and Wolf of Wall Street. They talk about what a shitty director Michael Bay is, analyze the main characters of each movie, and try to figure out just why it was so hard to narrativize a financial crash that almost ended the world economy over night.\n\nJoin our Patreon to get two exclusive episodes a month!\n\nBibliography.\n\nTwitter.\n\nClosing Song: \"Look At What You Did, You Little Jerk,\" by MANS.","content_html":"

Josh Bregman comes back on the pod to talk with Emmet about two movies that came out in the same summer that sought to capture post-crash America: Pain & Gain and Wolf of Wall Street. They talk about what a shitty director Michael Bay is, analyze the main characters of each movie, and try to figure out just why it was so hard to narrativize a financial crash that almost ended the world economy over night.

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Join our Patreon to get two exclusive episodes a month!

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Bibliography.

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Closing Song: "Look At What You Did, You Little Jerk," by MANS.

","summary":"Josh Bregman comes back on the pod to talk with Emmet about two movies that came out in the same summer that sought to capture post-crash America: Pain & Gain and Wolf of Wall Street.","date_published":"2021-06-29T21:00:00.000-07:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/e6e4f5ee-6cdc-4287-8753-77155372b695/3ca7142b-8f4e-4d29-9e33-325bdc72598e.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":55096568,"duration_in_seconds":4658}]},{"id":"19c2e019-8f8d-41dc-bb9f-efe336cf1db6","title":"Episode 44: Astroturfing the Thunderdome ft. Fox Green","url":"https://exhaust.fireside.fm/44","content_text":"Emmet sits down with Fox Green of Space Commune to talk about how his town is being astroturfed by billionaire-funded NGOs, political fandom, the revolt against adulthood, and much, much more. \n\n\"The NPIC\" by Space Commune\n\"Political Fandom\" by Space Commune\n\nSubscribe to our Patreon for 2 exclusive expisodes a month!\n\nBibliography.\n\nTwitter.\n\nClosing Song: The Union Underground - Across the Nation x 21 Savage - Heathens (KEIFERGR33N remix)","content_html":"

Emmet sits down with Fox Green of Space Commune to talk about how his town is being astroturfed by billionaire-funded NGOs, political fandom, the revolt against adulthood, and much, much more.

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"The NPIC" by Space Commune
\n"Political Fandom" by Space Commune

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Subscribe to our Patreon for 2 exclusive expisodes a month!

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Closing Song: The Union Underground - Across the Nation x 21 Savage - Heathens (KEIFERGR33N remix)

","summary":"Emmet sits down with Fox Green of Space Commune to talk about how his town is being astroturfed by billionaire-funded NGOs, political fandom, the revolt against adulthood, and much, much more. ","date_published":"2021-06-22T20:00:00.000-07:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/e6e4f5ee-6cdc-4287-8753-77155372b695/19c2e019-8f8d-41dc-bb9f-efe336cf1db6.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":55186328,"duration_in_seconds":4619}]},{"id":"8c163e6c-bc1c-409b-a48b-cc038d9a58ae","title":"[teaser] Visions of Heaven and Hell - 1994","url":"https://exhaust.fireside.fm/p8teaser","content_text":"John and I watched a forgotten Channel 4 documentary on the early internet from 1994. It's a very weird message in a bottle. This is a wide-ranging discussion. We hope you like it. \n\nTo hear the rest of the episode subscribe to our Patreon!\n\nYou can watch it here: https://youtu.be/YWECt4cVfGM \nBibliography: https://exhaust.fireside.fm/articles/p8\nClosing Song: \"Neurozon\" by ChemLab\nhttps://chemlab.bandcamp.com/album/burn-out-at-the-hydrogen-bar-2021-remaster","content_html":"

John and I watched a forgotten Channel 4 documentary on the early internet from 1994. It's a very weird message in a bottle. This is a wide-ranging discussion. We hope you like it.

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To hear the rest of the episode subscribe to our Patreon!

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You can watch it here: https://youtu.be/YWECt4cVfGM
\nBibliography: https://exhaust.fireside.fm/articles/p8
\nClosing Song: "Neurozon" by ChemLab
\nhttps://chemlab.bandcamp.com/album/burn-out-at-the-hydrogen-bar-2021-remaster

","summary":"John and I watched a forgotten Channel 4 documentary on the early internet from 1994. It's a very weird message in a bottle. This is a wide-ranging discussion. We hope you like it. ","date_published":"2021-06-20T17:00:00.000-07:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/e6e4f5ee-6cdc-4287-8753-77155372b695/8c163e6c-bc1c-409b-a48b-cc038d9a58ae.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":3360721,"duration_in_seconds":197}]},{"id":"2273bb44-4c33-40c4-867b-35bc40cfa2fb","title":"Episode 43: American Hardball: Scorsese's GoodFellas and McKay's Vice","url":"https://exhaust.fireside.fm/43","content_text":"Emmet and John talk about America's delight in self-serving, cruel narcissists via the movies Vice and GoodFellas in addition to an essay by Jim Shepard. The conversation ranges from the political culture during the Iraq War, the uncanny similarities between Dick Cheney and Henry Hill, what it means for the American government to be normatively strong, but administratively weak, and more!\n\n\"No Regrets: Goodfellas and American Hardball\" by Jim Shepard.\n\nSubscribe to our Patreon for 2 exclusive episodes a month!\n\nBibliography. \n\nTwitter.\n\nClosing Song: \"Dallas Beltway\" by Chat Pile.","content_html":"

Emmet and John talk about America's delight in self-serving, cruel narcissists via the movies Vice and GoodFellas in addition to an essay by Jim Shepard. The conversation ranges from the political culture during the Iraq War, the uncanny similarities between Dick Cheney and Henry Hill, what it means for the American government to be normatively strong, but administratively weak, and more!

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"No Regrets: Goodfellas and American Hardball" by Jim Shepard.

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Subscribe to our Patreon for 2 exclusive episodes a month!

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Closing Song: "Dallas Beltway" by Chat Pile.

","summary":"Emmet and John talk about America's delight in self-serving, cruel narcissists via the movies Vice and GoodFellas in addition to an essay by Jim Shepard.","date_published":"2021-06-15T20:00:00.000-07:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/e6e4f5ee-6cdc-4287-8753-77155372b695/2273bb44-4c33-40c4-867b-35bc40cfa2fb.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":47247428,"duration_in_seconds":3763}]},{"id":"f8be6f8c-8d02-4b25-b97a-c90138e69a7a","title":"Episode 42: \"It All Ends in Pizza\": Brazilianization and Life in the Undeveloping World ft. Alex Hochuli","url":"https://exhaust.fireside.fm/42","content_text":"Writer and co-host of the Aufhebungabunga podcast Alex Hochuli joins Emmet and John to talk about his latest article in American Affairs: \"The Brazilianization of the World.\" They talk about Alex's article, the alleged end of the \"End of History,\" anti-politics, and more!\n\n\"The Brazilianization of the World\" by Alex Hochuli.\n\nPre-order Aufhebungabunga's book here. \n\nBibliography.\n\nTwitter.\n\nSubscribe to our Patreon for two exclusive episodes a month!\n\nClosing Song: \"Black Sea\" by The Farmers.\n\nPhoto by Gustavo Leighton on Unsplash.","content_html":"

Writer and co-host of the Aufhebungabunga podcast Alex Hochuli joins Emmet and John to talk about his latest article in American Affairs: "The Brazilianization of the World." They talk about Alex's article, the alleged end of the "End of History," anti-politics, and more!

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"The Brazilianization of the World" by Alex Hochuli.

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Pre-order Aufhebungabunga's book here.

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Bibliography.

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Subscribe to our Patreon for two exclusive episodes a month!

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Closing Song: "Black Sea" by The Farmers.

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Photo by Gustavo Leighton on Unsplash.

","summary":"Writer and co-host of the Aufhebungabunga podcast Alex Hochuli joins Emmet and John to talk about his latest article in American Affairs: \"The Brazilianization of the World.\"","date_published":"2021-06-08T20:00:00.000-07:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/e6e4f5ee-6cdc-4287-8753-77155372b695/f8be6f8c-8d02-4b25-b97a-c90138e69a7a.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":48708344,"duration_in_seconds":3891}]},{"id":"447851b9-52a4-4fb6-a8ce-b6e615d05884","title":"[teaser] After Virtue III: WTF Is a Fact?","url":"https://exhaust.fireside.fm/p7","content_text":"John and Emmet talk about facts, bureaucracy, science as a social process, the social telos of internet moderation as a culture, and more. \n\nThis is a teaser. To hear the rest, subscribe!\n\nEmmet's essay on Alien Covenant: https://dumbaristotle.medium.com/who-wrote-ozymandias-creativity-fallibility-and-mystery-in-art-34ffd6f8d5da\n\nBibliography: https://exhaust.fireside.fm/articles/p7\n\nClosing Song: \"Little Dead Bodies\" by Algebra Suicide","content_html":"

John and Emmet talk about facts, bureaucracy, science as a social process, the social telos of internet moderation as a culture, and more.

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This is a teaser. To hear the rest, subscribe!

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Emmet's essay on Alien Covenant: https://dumbaristotle.medium.com/who-wrote-ozymandias-creativity-fallibility-and-mystery-in-art-34ffd6f8d5da

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Bibliography: https://exhaust.fireside.fm/articles/p7

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Closing Song: "Little Dead Bodies" by Algebra Suicide

","summary":"John and Emmet talk about facts, bureaucracy, science as a social process, the social telos of internet moderation as a culture, and more. ","date_published":"2021-06-06T15:00:00.000-07:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/e6e4f5ee-6cdc-4287-8753-77155372b695/447851b9-52a4-4fb6-a8ce-b6e615d05884.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":3525870,"duration_in_seconds":210}]},{"id":"5ac385ed-eddc-4b03-b427-ec8be1dd0fee","title":"Episode 41: A Brief History of the American Electricity Grid From the 1920s to Closure of Indian Point ft. Edgardo Sepulveda","url":"https://exhaust.fireside.fm/41","content_text":"Emmet sits down with economic historian Edgardo Sepulveda to talk about the history of the electrical grid in America from the 1920s until the closure of Indian Point. They talk vertical integration, the dawn of public utilities, the rise of monetarism and neoliberalism, the birth of the RTO system, and whether or not it's feasible to reform this precious infrastructure in an age of diminishing expecations and possibilities. \n\nBibliography.\n\nTwitter.\n\nSubscribe to our Patreon for 2 exclusive episodes a month!\n\nClosing Song: \"OK FM DOA\" by the Dillinger Four","content_html":"

Emmet sits down with economic historian Edgardo Sepulveda to talk about the history of the electrical grid in America from the 1920s until the closure of Indian Point. They talk vertical integration, the dawn of public utilities, the rise of monetarism and neoliberalism, the birth of the RTO system, and whether or not it's feasible to reform this precious infrastructure in an age of diminishing expecations and possibilities.

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Bibliography.

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Subscribe to our Patreon for 2 exclusive episodes a month!

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Closing Song: "OK FM DOA" by the Dillinger Four

","summary":"Emmet sits down with Edgardo Sepulveda to talk about the history of the electrical grid in America and why certain infrastructure projects no longer feel possible anymore. ","date_published":"2021-06-01T20:00:00.000-07:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/e6e4f5ee-6cdc-4287-8753-77155372b695/5ac385ed-eddc-4b03-b427-ec8be1dd0fee.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":51231584,"duration_in_seconds":4033}]},{"id":"b421a6f0-bb1e-42f1-9819-ca47803d6136","title":"Episode 40: \"We all saw that idea come home\": The Imperial Vampire Castle and Its Fixed Ideas","url":"https://exhaust.fireside.fm/40","content_text":"Emmet and John use three articles to talk about our woke empire and how much it feels like the neocon heyday of the early 2000s. We talk about the major cultural resonances between the post-Trump era and the aftermath of 9/11, how the Greater War in the Middle East disabused us of optimism, why in the next few years there will be American Sniper but about an activist, and more!\n\nThe essays:\n\nFixed Opinions by Joan Didion\nExiting the Vampire's Castle by Mark Fisher\nFeminism, the Taliban and the Politics of Counterinsurgency by Mahmood and Hirschkind\n\nBibliography.\n\nTwitter.\n\nClosing Song: \"Good Bass Lines, Really Good Bass Lines\" by MANS.\n\nSubscribe to our Patreon for 2 exclusive episodes a month!\n\nEpisode Image.","content_html":"

Emmet and John use three articles to talk about our woke empire and how much it feels like the neocon heyday of the early 2000s. We talk about the major cultural resonances between the post-Trump era and the aftermath of 9/11, how the Greater War in the Middle East disabused us of optimism, why in the next few years there will be American Sniper but about an activist, and more!

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The essays:

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Fixed Opinions by Joan Didion
\nExiting the Vampire's Castle by Mark Fisher
\nFeminism, the Taliban and the Politics of Counterinsurgency by Mahmood and Hirschkind

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Bibliography.

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Twitter.

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Closing Song: "Good Bass Lines, Really Good Bass Lines" by MANS.

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Subscribe to our Patreon for 2 exclusive episodes a month!

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Episode Image.

","summary":"Emmet and John use three articles to talk about our woke empire and how much it feels like the neocon heyday of the early 2000s.","date_published":"2021-05-25T20:00:00.000-07:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/e6e4f5ee-6cdc-4287-8753-77155372b695/b421a6f0-bb1e-42f1-9819-ca47803d6136.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":48178464,"duration_in_seconds":3964}]},{"id":"da6db78c-23e6-4eb1-969e-775409ff4c60","title":"Episode 39: Energiewendon't and the Nordstream Connection ft. Mark Nelson","url":"https://exhaust.fireside.fm/39","content_text":"Mark Nelson returns to the pod to explain Germany's Energiwende policy and its dependence on Nordstream 2 pipeline from Russia. Emmet and Mark talk about American green Malthusianism's influence on the Energiwende, Germany vs. American traditions of government-market relations, how the rest of Europe should respond to the pipeline, and more! \n\nSubscribe to our Patreon for 2 exclusive episodes a month.\n\nBibliography.\n\nTwitter. \n\nClosing Song: \"Sniper Song\" by Naked RaygunSpecial Guest: Mark Nelson.","content_html":"

Mark Nelson returns to the pod to explain Germany's Energiwende policy and its dependence on Nordstream 2 pipeline from Russia. Emmet and Mark talk about American green Malthusianism's influence on the Energiwende, Germany vs. American traditions of government-market relations, how the rest of Europe should respond to the pipeline, and more!

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Subscribe to our Patreon for 2 exclusive episodes a month.

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Bibliography.

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Closing Song: "Sniper Song" by Naked Raygun

Special Guest: Mark Nelson.

","summary":"Mark Nelson returns to the pod to explain Germany's Energiwende policy and its dependence on Nordstream 2 pipeline from Russia. ","date_published":"2021-05-18T20:00:00.000-07:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/e6e4f5ee-6cdc-4287-8753-77155372b695/da6db78c-23e6-4eb1-969e-775409ff4c60.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":48717798,"duration_in_seconds":3885}]},{"id":"69c1e45b-f303-4c99-b790-eb683fb93274","title":"[teaser] Life and Death at Jasper Mall","url":"https://exhaust.fireside.fm/p6","content_text":"We discuss the movie Jasper Mall, which follows the small-town Alabama mall's decline over the course of a year. They discuss the movie, what killed Sears, our lives working and hanging out at various malls around the country, and ponder the prospects of small-town America, and more. \n\nSubscribe to hear the rest and get two exclusive episodes a month!\n\nTwitter.\n\nThe movie's available on Amazon Prime, or you can rent it here on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hx6k0eN0CKM\nBibliography: https://exhaust.fireside.fm/articles/p6\nClosing Song: \"Ugly Truth (Live at Concrete Foundations, 9/23/89)\" by Soundgarden","content_html":"

We discuss the movie Jasper Mall, which follows the small-town Alabama mall's decline over the course of a year. They discuss the movie, what killed Sears, our lives working and hanging out at various malls around the country, and ponder the prospects of small-town America, and more.

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Subscribe to hear the rest and get two exclusive episodes a month!

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Twitter.

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The movie's available on Amazon Prime, or you can rent it here on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hx6k0eN0CKM
\nBibliography: https://exhaust.fireside.fm/articles/p6
\nClosing Song: "Ugly Truth (Live at Concrete Foundations, 9/23/89)" by Soundgarden

","summary":"We discuss the movie Jasper Mall, which follows the small-town Alabama mall's decline over the course of a year. This is a teaser for the full Patreon episode.","date_published":"2021-05-16T16:00:00.000-07:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/e6e4f5ee-6cdc-4287-8753-77155372b695/69c1e45b-f303-4c99-b790-eb683fb93274.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":2298617,"duration_in_seconds":132}]},{"id":"b4b3ed30-0ced-4d3f-8b2f-6f9ab591218a","title":"Episode 38: The Culture of Confession ft. Default Friend","url":"https://exhaust.fireside.fm/38","content_text":"Emmet sits down with Default Friend of After the Orgy about her piece on the Culture of Confession, the emotional history of the internet, millenial blues, how tumblr turned the academy woke, and more. \n\nPatreon.\n\nTwitter.\n\nClosing Song: \"Juliette's Window\" by Black Print. ","content_html":"

Emmet sits down with Default Friend of After the Orgy about her piece on the Culture of Confession, the emotional history of the internet, millenial blues, how tumblr turned the academy woke, and more.

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Patreon.

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Twitter.

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Closing Song: "Juliette's Window" by Black Print.

","summary":"Emmet sits down with Default Friend to talk about the culture of confession, the emotional history of the internet, millenial blues, and more. ","date_published":"2021-05-11T22:00:00.000-07:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/e6e4f5ee-6cdc-4287-8753-77155372b695/b4b3ed30-0ced-4d3f-8b2f-6f9ab591218a.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":45183296,"duration_in_seconds":3790}]},{"id":"33a1c1c3-eed2-45f4-8f32-815b53a2aaaa","title":"Episode 37: Based and Nukepilled ft. Madison Czerwinski","url":"https://exhaust.fireside.fm/37","content_text":"Founder of the Campaign for a Green Nuclear Deal, [Madison Czerwinski](@Madi_Czerwinski), sits down with Emmet to talk about the closure of the Indian Point nuclear plant in New York, the status of the US nuclear fleet, and what a nuclear future could look like. \n\nCampaign for a Green Nuclear Deal. \n\nBibliography.\n\nPatreon. \n\nTwitter.\n\nClosing Song: \"Saint Pepsi - Mac Tonight x Mannie Fresh - Real Big (KEIFERGR33N Remix)\"","content_html":"

Founder of the Campaign for a Green Nuclear Deal, [Madison Czerwinski](@Madi_Czerwinski), sits down with Emmet to talk about the closure of the Indian Point nuclear plant in New York, the status of the US nuclear fleet, and what a nuclear future could look like.

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Campaign for a Green Nuclear Deal.

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Bibliography.

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Patreon.

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Twitter.

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Closing Song: "Saint Pepsi - Mac Tonight x Mannie Fresh - Real Big (KEIFERGR33N Remix)"

","summary":"Founder of the Campaign for a Green Nuclear Deal, Madison Czerwinski, sits down with Emmet to talk about the closure of the Indian Point nuclear plant in New York, the status of the US nuclear fleet, and what a nuclear future could look like. ","date_published":"2021-05-04T19:00:00.000-07:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/e6e4f5ee-6cdc-4287-8753-77155372b695/33a1c1c3-eed2-45f4-8f32-815b53a2aaaa.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":41142880,"duration_in_seconds":3253}]},{"id":"2d41b867-0906-499f-80c8-5b180c9f6a82","title":"[teaser] American Canon: TS Eliot's \"Tradition and Individual Talent\"","url":"https://exhaust.fireside.fm/p5teaser","content_text":"Emmet and John talk about Eliot's essay on what it means for a writer to fit into a tradition. We talk about what that means for us, how we shape the past as we make our present, the confessional poets as a response to Eliot, and Borges on Kafka.\n\nSubscribe to our patreon to hear the rest!\n\nThe essay: https://www.poetryfoundation.org/articles/69400/tradition-and-the-individual-talent\nBibliography: https://exhaust.fireside.fm/articles/p5 \nClosing Song: \"White Jesus\" by Rittz","content_html":"

Emmet and John talk about Eliot's essay on what it means for a writer to fit into a tradition. We talk about what that means for us, how we shape the past as we make our present, the confessional poets as a response to Eliot, and Borges on Kafka.

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Subscribe to our patreon to hear the rest!

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The essay: https://www.poetryfoundation.org/articles/69400/tradition-and-the-individual-talent
\nBibliography: https://exhaust.fireside.fm/articles/p5
\nClosing Song: "White Jesus" by Rittz

","summary":"Emmet and John talk about Eliot's essay on what it means for a writer to fit into a tradition. ","date_published":"2021-05-02T18:00:00.000-07:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/e6e4f5ee-6cdc-4287-8753-77155372b695/2d41b867-0906-499f-80c8-5b180c9f6a82.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":2570253,"duration_in_seconds":139}]},{"id":"56174f75-6f8e-49de-98bb-49eb3ec51272","title":"Episode 36: I Went Down to the Piraeus Yesterday with Robert Downey Jr.: Watching RDJ's Cocaine '92 Election Doc ft. Josh Bregman","url":"https://exhaust.fireside.fm/36","content_text":"Token Gen-Xer Josh Bregman joins Emmet to discuss Robert Downey Jr.'s documentary about the '92 election, The Last Party. They discuss the NGO Industrial Complex, why the culture war is built to be endless, the handoff from the New Left to Gen X, and how RDJ accidentally made Twitter: The Movie in 1992.\n\nSubscribe to our Patreon for two extra exclusive episodes a month. \n\nBibliography.\n\nTwitter.\n\nClosing Song: System of a Down - Lost in Hollywood x Young Thug - Power (KEIFERGR33N Remix)","content_html":"

Token Gen-Xer Josh Bregman joins Emmet to discuss Robert Downey Jr.'s documentary about the '92 election, The Last Party. They discuss the NGO Industrial Complex, why the culture war is built to be endless, the handoff from the New Left to Gen X, and how RDJ accidentally made Twitter: The Movie in 1992.

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Subscribe to our Patreon for two extra exclusive episodes a month.

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Bibliography.

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Twitter.

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Closing Song: System of a Down - Lost in Hollywood x Young Thug - Power (KEIFERGR33N Remix)

","summary":"Token Gen-Xer Josh Bregman joins Emmet to discuss Robert Downey Jr.'s documentary about the '92 election, The Last Party. They discuss what has and hasn't changed in the last thirty years. ","date_published":"2021-04-27T23:45:00.000-07:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/e6e4f5ee-6cdc-4287-8753-77155372b695/56174f75-6f8e-49de-98bb-49eb3ec51272.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":69730156,"duration_in_seconds":5870}]},{"id":"6bb0a3ab-b730-43a6-bda0-52318d2f13e2","title":"Episode 35: Two-Piece: Gentry Elites, Dead WASPs, and the End of Fair Play Culture","url":"https://exhaust.fireside.fm/35","content_text":"Emmet and John discuss two articles and try to fine-tune their understanding of who the American elites are and how they've changed over time. Do elites have the same interes? The same culture? Do they even believe in their own institutions?\n\n\"American Gentry\" by Patrick Wyman\n\"Rediscovering E. Digby Baltzell’s Sociology of Elites\" by Aaron M Renn\n\nBibliography.\n\nPatreon.\n\nTwitter. \n\nClosing Song: \"Slipknot - Wait and Bleed x Chrono Trigger OST - At the Bottom of the Night (KEIFERGR33N REMIX)\"","content_html":"

Emmet and John discuss two articles and try to fine-tune their understanding of who the American elites are and how they've changed over time. Do elites have the same interes? The same culture? Do they even believe in their own institutions?

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"American Gentry" by Patrick Wyman
\n"Rediscovering E. Digby Baltzell’s Sociology of Elites" by Aaron M Renn

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Bibliography.

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Patreon.

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Twitter.

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Closing Song: "Slipknot - Wait and Bleed x Chrono Trigger OST - At the Bottom of the Night (KEIFERGR33N REMIX)"

","summary":"Emmet and John discuss two articles and try to fine-tune their understanding of who the American elites are and how they've changed over time. ","date_published":"2021-04-20T23:00:00.000-07:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/e6e4f5ee-6cdc-4287-8753-77155372b695/6bb0a3ab-b730-43a6-bda0-52318d2f13e2.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":50177440,"duration_in_seconds":4161}]},{"id":"7fab3ee2-eeeb-456d-9370-0160609cbc57","title":"[teaser] Bull Sesh: Decline, Decadence, and the Aesthetic Education of the Soul w/ Canada Mike","url":"https://exhaust.fireside.fm/p4teaser","content_text":"A discussion of Ontario's lockdown and the fight over the grid in Texas turns into a longer conversation about decadence vs. decline, aesthetic education, and how we try to cultivate ourselves and find meaning in a shallow and ephemeral world. We talk about poetry, marriage, LARPing, the sack of Troy, and more.\n\nJoin our Patreon to hear the rest!\n\nBibliography: https://exhaust.fireside.fm/articles/p4 \n\nTwitter: https://twitter.com/ex_haustpodcast \n\nClosing Song: https://moontype.bandcamp.com/track/ferry-2 \n\nCover Image: Photo by Hermes Rivera on UnsplashSpecial Guest: Mike.","content_html":"

A discussion of Ontario's lockdown and the fight over the grid in Texas turns into a longer conversation about decadence vs. decline, aesthetic education, and how we try to cultivate ourselves and find meaning in a shallow and ephemeral world. We talk about poetry, marriage, LARPing, the sack of Troy, and more.

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Join our Patreon to hear the rest!

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Bibliography: https://exhaust.fireside.fm/articles/p4

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Twitter: https://twitter.com/ex_haustpodcast

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Closing Song: https://moontype.bandcamp.com/track/ferry-2

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Cover Image: Photo by Hermes Rivera on Unsplash

Special Guest: Mike.

","summary":"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.","date_published":"2021-04-18T21:00:00.000-07:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/e6e4f5ee-6cdc-4287-8753-77155372b695/7fab3ee2-eeeb-456d-9370-0160609cbc57.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":4750063,"duration_in_seconds":228}]},{"id":"8662e58e-2405-4783-a930-ca3b74701e62","title":"Episode 34: Long Live the New Flesh!: Getting Videodromed with Geoff Shullenberger","url":"https://exhaust.fireside.fm/34","content_text":"Emmet and Geoff Shullenberger talk about a mutual favorite film: Cronenberg's Videodrome. They talk about how it pre-empted our fractured digital lives and the inscrutable, parapolitical world we inhabit.\n\nJoin our Patreon for 2 extra episodes a month!\n\nEratta: Emmet states that Videodrome came out in 1985, but it did not. It came out in 1983. \n\nBibliography.\n\nTwitter.\n\nClosing Song: \"La Flamme dell' Est (Fabio Brienza Remix)\" by Lamniformes Special Guest: Geoff Shullenberger .","content_html":"

Emmet and Geoff Shullenberger talk about a mutual favorite film: Cronenberg's Videodrome. They talk about how it pre-empted our fractured digital lives and the inscrutable, parapolitical world we inhabit.

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Join our Patreon for 2 extra episodes a month!

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Eratta: Emmet states that Videodrome came out in 1985, but it did not. It came out in 1983.

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Bibliography.

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Twitter.

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Closing Song: "La Flamme dell' Est (Fabio Brienza Remix)" by Lamniformes

Special Guest: Geoff Shullenberger .

","summary":"Emmet and Geoff Shullenberger talk about a mutual favorite film: Cronenberg's Videodrome. They talk about how it presaged our fractured digital lives and the inscrutable, parapolitical world we inhabit.\r\n","date_published":"2021-04-14T01:00:00.000-07:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/e6e4f5ee-6cdc-4287-8753-77155372b695/8662e58e-2405-4783-a930-ca3b74701e62.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":65425092,"duration_in_seconds":5351}]},{"id":"5ef4649c-0e8e-4148-ad02-e7146db1e5ba","title":"Episode 33: Shorting the Grid: The Hidden Fragility of the American Electric Grid ft. Meredith Angwin","url":"https://exhaust.fireside.fm/33","content_text":"Emmet and John sit down to speak with Meredith Angwin about her new book, Shorting the Grid, on America's fragile electric grid. We talk about how and why the grid became fragile, energy auctions, renewables and fragility, the glories of nuclear energy, and much more!\n\nBuy Meredith's book.\n\nTwitter.\n\nPatreon.\n\nClosing song: \"Vermont\" by Tiny Deserts.","content_html":"

Emmet and John sit down to speak with Meredith Angwin about her new book, Shorting the Grid, on America's fragile electric grid. We talk about how and why the grid became fragile, energy auctions, renewables and fragility, the glories of nuclear energy, and much more!

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Buy Meredith's book.

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Twitter.

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Patreon.

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Closing song: "Vermont" by Tiny Deserts.

","summary":"Emmet and John sit down to speak with Meredith Angwin about her new book on America's fragile electric grid. ","date_published":"2021-04-06T20:45:00.000-07:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/e6e4f5ee-6cdc-4287-8753-77155372b695/5ef4649c-0e8e-4148-ad02-e7146db1e5ba.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":48556756,"duration_in_seconds":4042}]},{"id":"e262f737-7689-4d18-8ac6-3ebd8129cb99","title":"[teaser] After Virtue II: The Waning of Telos and the Problem of Human Rights","url":"https://exhaust.fireside.fm/p3","content_text":"Listen to the full episode by subscribing to our Patreon!\n\nJohn and I had fun with this one. We talk through MacIntyre's analysis of the failure of the Enlightenment's ethical project and the difficulty the idea of telos posed for it.\n There was a lot of chaos in our respective apartments, so we got a little derailed towards the end. We're going to return to MacIntyre's argument about human rights in greater detail in the next installment. In lieu of that, we had a broader closing conversation about the need for his argument with a little teaser for our upcoming series on the Korean War.\n\nBibliography: https://exhaust.fireside.fm/articles/p3","content_html":"

Listen to the full episode by subscribing to our Patreon!

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John and I had fun with this one. We talk through MacIntyre's analysis of the failure of the Enlightenment's ethical project and the difficulty the idea of telos posed for it.
\n There was a lot of chaos in our respective apartments, so we got a little derailed towards the end. We're going to return to MacIntyre's argument about human rights in greater detail in the next installment. In lieu of that, we had a broader closing conversation about the need for his argument with a little teaser for our upcoming series on the Korean War.

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Bibliography: https://exhaust.fireside.fm/articles/p3

","summary":"John and Emmet discuss the failure of the Enlightenment's ethical project and highlight MacIntyre's skepticism of human rights. ","date_published":"2021-04-04T06:00:00.000-07:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/e6e4f5ee-6cdc-4287-8753-77155372b695/e262f737-7689-4d18-8ac6-3ebd8129cb99.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":4711032,"duration_in_seconds":303}]},{"id":"36de0a99-1be3-457f-ada9-e58ed36a4428","title":"Episode 32: The Lasch Files: The Cultural Cold War and the Birth of Psychopolitics","url":"https://exhaust.fireside.fm/32","content_text":"In a brief addition to the Lasch Files, we discuss his essay, \"The Cultural Cold War: A Short History of the Congress for Cultural Freedom.\" We go through the Alger Hiss case, the ACCF, the Korean War as it played out uring McCarthyism, why everything's a psyop, and how Lasch saw psychopolitics coming. \n\nBibliography.\n\nPatreon.\n\nTwitter.\n\nClosing Song: \"checkin out\" by blasted diplomats.","content_html":"

In a brief addition to the Lasch Files, we discuss his essay, "The Cultural Cold War: A Short History of the Congress for Cultural Freedom." We go through the Alger Hiss case, the ACCF, the Korean War as it played out uring McCarthyism, why everything's a psyop, and how Lasch saw psychopolitics coming.

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Bibliography.

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Patreon.

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Twitter.

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Closing Song: "checkin out" by blasted diplomats.

","summary":"Emmet and John discuss Christopher Lasch's essay, \"The Cultural Cold War: A Short History of the Congress for Cultural Freedom.\"","date_published":"2021-03-30T20:45:00.000-07:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/e6e4f5ee-6cdc-4287-8753-77155372b695/36de0a99-1be3-457f-ada9-e58ed36a4428.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":49783272,"duration_in_seconds":4018}]},{"id":"06ce6bfd-fd19-421e-99af-cd9c9571872a","title":"Episode 31: Thinking Through Happiness, Misery and Freedom ft. Ashley Frawley","url":"https://exhaust.fireside.fm/31","content_text":"Emmet sits down with Ashley Frawley to talk about her work on the semiotics of happiness, the knowledge class, and the how to think about freedom. Ashley was a great guest and we hope to have her return to the pod. \n\nBuy her book. \n\nBibliography.\n\nTwitter.\n\nPatreon.\n\nClosing Song: \"Ceiling\" by Stuck\n\nEpisode image: Photo by Maximilian Scheffler on UnsplashSpecial Guest: Ashley Frawley.","content_html":"

Emmet sits down with Ashley Frawley to talk about her work on the semiotics of happiness, the knowledge class, and the how to think about freedom. Ashley was a great guest and we hope to have her return to the pod.

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Buy her book.

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Bibliography.

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Twitter.

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Patreon.

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Closing Song: "Ceiling" by Stuck

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Episode image: Photo by Maximilian Scheffler on Unsplash

Special Guest: Ashley Frawley.

","summary":"Emmet sits down with Ashley Frawley to talk about her work on the semiotics of happiness, the knowledge class, and the how to think about freedom. ","date_published":"2021-03-23T20:45:00.000-07:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/e6e4f5ee-6cdc-4287-8753-77155372b695/06ce6bfd-fd19-421e-99af-cd9c9571872a.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":39206976,"duration_in_seconds":3229}]},{"id":"e7913d9f-125f-4f4d-8ed9-8b487dbd7e97","title":"Episode 30: TFW NO GF: A Pro-Friendship, Anti-FUDposting Movie Review","url":"https://exhaust.fireside.fm/30","content_text":"We review Alex Lee Moyer's documentary TFW NO GF. We talk about loneliness, the shitty American media class, the value of friendship, and a whole lot else. This one's a chiller.\n\nYou can watch the movie here. \n\nBibliography.\n\nTwitter.\n\nPatreon.\n\nClosing song: \"Kerosene\" by Big Black.","content_html":"

We review Alex Lee Moyer's documentary TFW NO GF. We talk about loneliness, the shitty American media class, the value of friendship, and a whole lot else. This one's a chiller.

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You can watch the movie here.

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Bibliography.

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Twitter.

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Patreon.

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Closing song: "Kerosene" by Big Black.

","summary":"Emmet and John review Alex Lee Moyer's documentary TFW NO GF.","date_published":"2021-03-16T20:45:00.000-07:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/e6e4f5ee-6cdc-4287-8753-77155372b695/e7913d9f-125f-4f4d-8ed9-8b487dbd7e97.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":58724020,"duration_in_seconds":4668}]},{"id":"05f42dcb-c517-49a6-92c8-db9b502f6735","title":"[teaser] Understanding SolarWinds, Cybersecurity, and Attribution ft. CyberCharles","url":"https://exhaust.fireside.fm/patreon2","content_text":"Last month, CyberCharles joined Emmet to break down what happened with the big SolarWinds hack, how digital supply chains work, how citizens should think about these issues, and much more.\n\nThis is a sample of their talk. Listen to the full episode by subscribing to the Patreon.\n\nBibliography.\n\nClosing song: \"Bingo! Dino DNA\" by MANS. \n\nPhoto by Kvistholt Photography on Unsplash.","content_html":"

Last month, CyberCharles joined Emmet to break down what happened with the big SolarWinds hack, how digital supply chains work, how citizens should think about these issues, and much more.

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This is a sample of their talk. Listen to the full episode by subscribing to the Patreon.

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Bibliography.

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Closing song: "Bingo! Dino DNA" by MANS.

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Photo by Kvistholt Photography on Unsplash.

","summary":"For our second Patreon episode, Emmet talks with a cybersecurity expert about the SolarWinds attack.","date_published":"2021-03-14T18:00:00.000-07:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/e6e4f5ee-6cdc-4287-8753-77155372b695/05f42dcb-c517-49a6-92c8-db9b502f6735.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":3967554,"duration_in_seconds":267}]},{"id":"2c2cbf67-ca20-45d6-93cf-eb61ec9412fd","title":"Episode 29: After Virtue Pt. I: Emotivism and Its Discontents","url":"https://exhaust.fireside.fm/29","content_text":"Emmet and John begin their reading series on Alisdair MacIntyre's classic work After Virtue. This episode's a more granular look at MacIntyre's argument to make sure we've fully grasped its fundamentals before moving forward. The episode closes with a discussion of mourning in Anglo-Saxon poetry and Borges' \"Borges and I.\"\n\n\"Any Oligarchy of Sob Stories\" by Emmet Penney.\n\nBibliography.\n\nTwitter.\n\nSubscribe to our Patreon to get an extra two exclusive episodes a month!\n\nClosing Song: \"Limp Bizkit - Take A Look Around x The Roots - Step Into the Realm (REMIX)\" - KEIFERGR33N","content_html":"

Emmet and John begin their reading series on Alisdair MacIntyre's classic work After Virtue. This episode's a more granular look at MacIntyre's argument to make sure we've fully grasped its fundamentals before moving forward. The episode closes with a discussion of mourning in Anglo-Saxon poetry and Borges' "Borges and I."

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"Any Oligarchy of Sob Stories" by Emmet Penney.

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Bibliography.

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Twitter.

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Subscribe to our Patreon to get an extra two exclusive episodes a month!

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Closing Song: "Limp Bizkit - Take A Look Around x The Roots - Step Into the Realm (REMIX)" - KEIFERGR33N

","summary":"Emmet and John begin their reading series on Alisdair MacIntyre's classic work After Virtue.","date_published":"2021-03-09T20:45:00.000-08:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/e6e4f5ee-6cdc-4287-8753-77155372b695/2c2cbf67-ca20-45d6-93cf-eb61ec9412fd.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":57247477,"duration_in_seconds":4665}]},{"id":"73fcc6f7-cbfc-4ccb-91ed-9f67b879b85a","title":"Episode 28: What Happened In Texas?: Grading Without a Curve ft. Mark Nelson","url":"https://exhaust.fireside.fm/28","content_text":"Emmet talks with energy analyst Mark Nelson about how the Texas grid almost completely collapsed in mid-February and what that means for our future. Mark is sharp as hell and was a joy to speak with. \n\nSubscribe to our Patreon for more content like this!\n\nBibliography.\n\nTwitter.\n\nClosing Song: \"Scapegoat\" by Atmosphere.Special Guest: Mark Nelson.","content_html":"

Emmet talks with energy analyst Mark Nelson about how the Texas grid almost completely collapsed in mid-February and what that means for our future. Mark is sharp as hell and was a joy to speak with.

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Subscribe to our Patreon for more content like this!

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Bibliography.

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Twitter.

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Closing Song: "Scapegoat" by Atmosphere.

Special Guest: Mark Nelson.

","summary":"Emmet talks with energy analyst Mark Nelson about how the Texas grid almost completely collapsed and what that means for our future. ","date_published":"2021-03-02T20:45:00.000-08:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/e6e4f5ee-6cdc-4287-8753-77155372b695/73fcc6f7-cbfc-4ccb-91ed-9f67b879b85a.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":49917176,"duration_in_seconds":3967}]},{"id":"3693a9f2-0541-4349-a034-fbc9a9e8623e","title":"Episode 27: [teaser] Vax Traxx III: Medical Nihilism, mRNA Production Rundown, and the Downfall of the CDC ft. Canada Mike","url":"https://exhaust.fireside.fm/27","content_text":"This is a teaser from our first Patreon episode. Subscribe here to listen to the full thing!\n\nWe talk with Canada Mike about the stastical efficacy of vaccine success studies, how mRNA vaccines are produced, and the downfall of the CDC. \n\nBibliography.\n\nTwitter. Special Guest: Mike.","content_html":"

This is a teaser from our first Patreon episode. Subscribe here to listen to the full thing!

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We talk with Canada Mike about the stastical efficacy of vaccine success studies, how mRNA vaccines are produced, and the downfall of the CDC.

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Bibliography.

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Twitter.

Special Guest: Mike.

","summary":"A teaser for our first Patreon episode. ","date_published":"2021-02-28T20:45:00.000-08:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/e6e4f5ee-6cdc-4287-8753-77155372b695/3693a9f2-0541-4349-a034-fbc9a9e8623e.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":3140468,"duration_in_seconds":195}]},{"id":"4f9ed6c7-2ecd-4064-908c-0801dd250881","title":"Episode 26: Line Go Down: A GameStop Debrief ft. Matt Stonks","url":"https://exhaust.fireside.fm/26","content_text":"Our dear friend Matt Stonks joins us to talk about the whole GameStop thing. Matt helps us with some Markets 101 terminology, and then we talk about the politics of the r/WallStreetBets moment before we close with three different views of what it all means. \n\nMatt has some corrections he wanted to issue and some extensive resources he wanted to provide all of which are in the bibliography. Emmet mentioned Matt Taibbi's take on all this, which Taibbi clarified a couple hours after recoring on Feb 6. \n\nClosing Song: \"Houseplants\" by Squid.\n\nFollow us on Twitter.Special Guest: Matt Stonks.","content_html":"

Our dear friend Matt Stonks joins us to talk about the whole GameStop thing. Matt helps us with some Markets 101 terminology, and then we talk about the politics of the r/WallStreetBets moment before we close with three different views of what it all means.

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Matt has some corrections he wanted to issue and some extensive resources he wanted to provide all of which are in the bibliography. Emmet mentioned Matt Taibbi's take on all this, which Taibbi clarified a couple hours after recoring on Feb 6.

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Closing Song: "Houseplants" by Squid.

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Follow us on Twitter.

Special Guest: Matt Stonks.

","summary":"Matt Stonks joins the lads to talk through financial fundamentals, what happened with GameStop, and what the whole kerfuffle might mean for the future. ","date_published":"2021-02-23T20:45:00.000-08:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/e6e4f5ee-6cdc-4287-8753-77155372b695/4f9ed6c7-2ecd-4064-908c-0801dd250881.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":64176529,"duration_in_seconds":4437}]},{"id":"5a5e4873-0279-4ec3-b88c-09a9967bf4eb","title":"Episode 25: Democracy Under Siege ft. Frank Furedi","url":"https://exhaust.fireside.fm/25","content_text":"Emmet sits down with Frank Furedi to discuss his latest book, Democracy Under Siege: Don't Let Them Lock It Down! They discuss Athenian Democracy, the role of expertise in society, how technocrats need wokeness to make their anti-democratic aims palatable, Brexit, and so much more!\n\nBuy the book here. Buy his other book, Why Borders Matter, here.\n\nFollow us on Twitter.\n\nClosing Song: \"Never Follow\" by Naked Raygun.Special Guest: Frank Furedi.","content_html":"

Emmet sits down with Frank Furedi to discuss his latest book, Democracy Under Siege: Don't Let Them Lock It Down! They discuss Athenian Democracy, the role of expertise in society, how technocrats need wokeness to make their anti-democratic aims palatable, Brexit, and so much more!

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Buy the book here. Buy his other book, Why Borders Matter, here.

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Follow us on Twitter.

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Closing Song: "Never Follow" by Naked Raygun.

Special Guest: Frank Furedi.

","summary":"Emmet sits down with Frank Furedi to discuss his latest book, Democracy Under Siege: Don't Let Them Lock It Down!","date_published":"2021-02-16T20:45:00.000-08:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/e6e4f5ee-6cdc-4287-8753-77155372b695/5a5e4873-0279-4ec3-b88c-09a9967bf4eb.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":43189696,"duration_in_seconds":3611}]},{"id":"28f3a9cf-0611-4f60-b8f9-76da7eaf4383","title":"Episode 24: The Self-Design of American Nihilism","url":"https://exhaust.fireside.fm/24","content_text":"We talk through three pieces: Leo Strauss's lecture on German Nihilism, Bradley Troemel's (recently banned from YouTube) video essay on QAnon, and Boris Groys's essay Self-Design and Aesthetic Responsibility to understand the current state of American Nihilism. This one was fun to record, so we hope it's fun to listen to. \n\nSign up for Emmet's lecture on Book I of the Republic. \n\nBibliography.\n\nFollow us on Twitter.\n\nClosing Song by Tom Inhaler off of the album Distilled. \n\nCover image: Gustave Doré's illustration to Dante's Inferno. Plate IX: Canto III: Arrival of Charon.","content_html":"

We talk through three pieces: Leo Strauss's lecture on German Nihilism, Bradley Troemel's (recently banned from YouTube) video essay on QAnon, and Boris Groys's essay Self-Design and Aesthetic Responsibility to understand the current state of American Nihilism. This one was fun to record, so we hope it's fun to listen to.

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Sign up for Emmet's lecture on Book I of the Republic.

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Bibliography.

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Follow us on Twitter.

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Closing Song by Tom Inhaler off of the album Distilled.

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Cover image: Gustave Doré's illustration to Dante's Inferno. Plate IX: Canto III: Arrival of Charon.

","summary":"We talk through three pieces: Strauss's lecture on German Nihilism, Bradley Troemel's video essay on QAnon, and Boris Groys's essay Self-Design and Aesthetic Responsibility to understand the current state of American Nihilism.","date_published":"2021-02-09T20:45:00.000-08:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/e6e4f5ee-6cdc-4287-8753-77155372b695/28f3a9cf-0611-4f60-b8f9-76da7eaf4383.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":70343299,"duration_in_seconds":4805}]},{"id":"fcad83a0-8db2-4346-9c62-9daf5c841593","title":"Episode 23: Vaccine Breakdown II: Decentralization Boogaloo ft. Canada Mike","url":"https://exhaust.fireside.fm/23","content_text":"Canada Mike joins us to talk about why America's vaccine rollout plan doesn't make sense and why it's not going well. First, Emmet talks about watching Erin Brokovich for the first time and Gabor Mate. Then we get into the nitty gritty with Mike while historically contextualizing the US response and the shaping of the Federal Government via crises. Towards the end, it all comes full circle as we talk about our duties as citizens (and parents) in a very based and trad conclusion. \n\nBibliography.\n\nClosing song: \"Help Desk\" by Wobbly.\n\nFollow us on Twitter.Special Guest: Mike.","content_html":"

Canada Mike joins us to talk about why America's vaccine rollout plan doesn't make sense and why it's not going well. First, Emmet talks about watching Erin Brokovich for the first time and Gabor Mate. Then we get into the nitty gritty with Mike while historically contextualizing the US response and the shaping of the Federal Government via crises. Towards the end, it all comes full circle as we talk about our duties as citizens (and parents) in a very based and trad conclusion.

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Bibliography.

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Closing song: "Help Desk" by Wobbly.

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Follow us on Twitter.

Special Guest: Mike.

","summary":"Canada Mike joins us to talk about why America's vaccine rollout plan doesn't make sense and why it's not going well. ","date_published":"2021-02-02T20:45:00.000-08:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/e6e4f5ee-6cdc-4287-8753-77155372b695/fcad83a0-8db2-4346-9c62-9daf5c841593.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":51130747,"duration_in_seconds":4073}]},{"id":"b83c7aea-ca46-451f-98f3-2cdaea9294aa","title":"Episode 22: Poe, Emerson, and Literary National Identity","url":"https://exhaust.fireside.fm/22","content_text":"We conclude (for now) our readings of Poe and Emerson by taking a look at how they conceived of American literary nationalism. John goes deep into Emerson's influences, while Emmet brings in some historical background. \n\nErrata: Where Emmet says \"John Henry\" he meant to say \"John Brown.\"\n\nTo get updates on Emmet's upcoming lecture on Book I of Plato's Republic, download his free ebook on the Republic here. \n\nBibliography.\n\nTwitter.\n\nClosing Song: \"Work\" by Pickpocket.\n\nCover image: Thomas Cole (1801–1848), The Oxbow, View from Mount Holyoke, Northampton, Massachusetts, after a Thunderstorm (1836).","content_html":"

We conclude (for now) our readings of Poe and Emerson by taking a look at how they conceived of American literary nationalism. John goes deep into Emerson's influences, while Emmet brings in some historical background.

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Errata: Where Emmet says "John Henry" he meant to say "John Brown."

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To get updates on Emmet's upcoming lecture on Book I of Plato's Republic, download his free ebook on the Republic here.

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Bibliography.

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Twitter.

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Closing Song: "Work" by Pickpocket.

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Cover image: Thomas Cole (1801–1848), The Oxbow, View from Mount Holyoke, Northampton, Massachusetts, after a Thunderstorm (1836).

","summary":"We conclude (for now) our readings of Poe and Emerson by taking a look at how they conceived of American literary nationalism.","date_published":"2021-01-26T20:45:00.000-08:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/e6e4f5ee-6cdc-4287-8753-77155372b695/b83c7aea-ca46-451f-98f3-2cdaea9294aa.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":50975664,"duration_in_seconds":4082}]},{"id":"9f55c5eb-adef-4296-ae3c-659c181a55a8","title":"Episode 21: Two Piece: Anger And Its Limits","url":"https://exhaust.fireside.fm/21","content_text":"We muse on two articles listed just below and try to think through the problem of anger in politics and in personal life. Does anger corrupt? Is it clarifying? A useful political catalyst or liability? What do we do now that anger is fully commoditized in the digital media sphere in which we live? We stake out our turf as semi-Aristotelians and make our way through these questions and conclude by deciding to do a reading series on After Virtue by Alisdair McIntyre this year.\n\nThere are the pieces we read.\n\nGrin and Bear It by Hettie O'Brien\nThe Philosophy of Anger by Agnes Callard\n\nFollow us on Twitter. \n\nClosing song: \"Roach Blunt\" by Violently High\n\nOur appearance on You Can't Win.\n\nCover image: Photo by Flavio Gasperini on Unsplash.\n\nBibliography. ","content_html":"

We muse on two articles listed just below and try to think through the problem of anger in politics and in personal life. Does anger corrupt? Is it clarifying? A useful political catalyst or liability? What do we do now that anger is fully commoditized in the digital media sphere in which we live? We stake out our turf as semi-Aristotelians and make our way through these questions and conclude by deciding to do a reading series on After Virtue by Alisdair McIntyre this year.

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There are the pieces we read.

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Grin and Bear It by Hettie O'Brien
\nThe Philosophy of Anger by Agnes Callard

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Follow us on Twitter.

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Closing song: "Roach Blunt" by Violently High

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Our appearance on You Can't Win.

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Cover image: Photo by Flavio Gasperini on Unsplash.

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Bibliography.

","summary":"Emmet and John discuss two different articles that take on stoicism and anger.","date_published":"2021-01-19T20:45:00.000-08:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/e6e4f5ee-6cdc-4287-8753-77155372b695/9f55c5eb-adef-4296-ae3c-659c181a55a8.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":47562540,"duration_in_seconds":3850}]},{"id":"0c1ad9d5-e4fb-4cf5-a2c3-42b90663ae72","title":"Episode 20: We Are the Information Supervisors","url":"https://exhaust.fireside.fm/20","content_text":"We offer a brief obit for Flash animation and then discuss how we watched social media take shape over the course of their lives. Then, using the documentaries We Live in Public (2009) and The Social Dilemma (2020) as jumping off points, we talk about the nature of the new epistocracy. This episode was recorded in 2020, before the storming of the capitol, Trump's banning from every social media platform, and the quiet but obvious and opaque purge of accounts on Twitter, etc.\n\nWe Live in Public can be found here. The Social Dilemma can be found on Netflix. \n\nClosing song: \"Only in America\" by Naked Raygun.\n\nFollow us on Twitter.\n\nBibliography.","content_html":"

We offer a brief obit for Flash animation and then discuss how we watched social media take shape over the course of their lives. Then, using the documentaries We Live in Public (2009) and The Social Dilemma (2020) as jumping off points, we talk about the nature of the new epistocracy. This episode was recorded in 2020, before the storming of the capitol, Trump's banning from every social media platform, and the quiet but obvious and opaque purge of accounts on Twitter, etc.

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We Live in Public can be found here. The Social Dilemma can be found on Netflix.

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Closing song: "Only in America" by Naked Raygun.

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Follow us on Twitter.

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Bibliography.

","summary":"We offer a brief obit for Flash animation and then discuss two documentaries that deal with the problem of social media.","date_published":"2021-01-12T20:45:00.000-08:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/e6e4f5ee-6cdc-4287-8753-77155372b695/0c1ad9d5-e4fb-4cf5-a2c3-42b90663ae72.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":50953040,"duration_in_seconds":4221}]},{"id":"a2dcc0a6-96e2-418d-9925-8d2b1a0a0fee","title":"Episode 19: Who Will Entertain In America?","url":"https://exhaust.fireside.fm/19","content_text":"In our first episode of 2021 we speak with Ian Corey about his series of articles on art and entertainment in the age of COVID. We talk about Twitch streaming live performances, platform dominance, the NBA bubble, UFC's Fight Island, and why the band Code Orange is the future. \n\nRead Ian's pieces here:\n\nWho Will Entertain in America? Pt 1: Live Streaming\nWho Will Entertain in America? Pt 2: NBA - The Return\nWho Will Entertain in America? Pt. 3 - Code Orange\n\nBibliography. \n\nClosing song: \"I Have Been A Flame\" by Lamniformes.\n\nFollow us on Twitter: @ex_haustpodcast.Special Guest: Ian Cory.","content_html":"

In our first episode of 2021 we speak with Ian Corey about his series of articles on art and entertainment in the age of COVID. We talk about Twitch streaming live performances, platform dominance, the NBA bubble, UFC's Fight Island, and why the band Code Orange is the future.

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Read Ian's pieces here:

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Who Will Entertain in America? Pt 1: Live Streaming
\nWho Will Entertain in America? Pt 2: NBA - The Return
\nWho Will Entertain in America? Pt. 3 - Code Orange

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Bibliography.

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Closing song: "I Have Been A Flame" by Lamniformes.

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Follow us on Twitter: @ex_haustpodcast.

Special Guest: Ian Cory.

","summary":"In our first episode of 2021, we speak with Ian Corey about his series of articles on art and entertainment in the age of COVID. ","date_published":"2021-01-05T20:45:00.000-08:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/e6e4f5ee-6cdc-4287-8753-77155372b695/a2dcc0a6-96e2-418d-9925-8d2b1a0a0fee.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":64327227,"duration_in_seconds":4610}]},{"id":"9d284760-c1d5-4b3d-94f2-aa0e2b6029a3","title":"Episode 18: Single Use System Shock: Vaccine Production Problems ft. Canada Mike","url":"https://exhaust.fireside.fm/18","content_text":"In our end of year recap, we first talk reflect on the year before discussing how vaccines are made, how that's changed, and what that will mean for COVID vaccine distribution. Canada Mike guides us through a deep dive into how single use systems have fragilized large scale vaccine development. This was recorded a few weeks ago, which is why we don't discuss new COVID strains or Fauci's goalpost shifting.\n\nBibliography.\n\nClosing song: \"Change Is Bad\" by Stuck. \n\nComplaints Department: ex.haustpodcast [at] gmail [dot] com.Special Guest: Mike.","content_html":"

In our end of year recap, we first talk reflect on the year before discussing how vaccines are made, how that's changed, and what that will mean for COVID vaccine distribution. Canada Mike guides us through a deep dive into how single use systems have fragilized large scale vaccine development. This was recorded a few weeks ago, which is why we don't discuss new COVID strains or Fauci's goalpost shifting.

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Bibliography.

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Closing song: "Change Is Bad" by Stuck.

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Complaints Department: ex.haustpodcast [at] gmail [dot] com.

Special Guest: Mike.

","summary":"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.","date_published":"2020-12-29T20:45:00.000-08:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/e6e4f5ee-6cdc-4287-8753-77155372b695/9d284760-c1d5-4b3d-94f2-aa0e2b6029a3.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":66454149,"duration_in_seconds":4753}]},{"id":"8ef49afe-59ea-4fce-afbf-b4257a0f83f2","title":"Episode 17: The Eclipse of the Demos ft. Kyong-Min Son","url":"https://exhaust.fireside.fm/17","content_text":"We speak with scholar Kyong-Min Son about his book The Eclipse of the Demos: The Cold War and the Crisis of Democracy before Neoliberalism. We cover some of the major themes of the book, but also discuss consumerism, populism, Carl Schmitt's legacy, and why democracy can't just be radical action from below, but needs to become a public institution.\n\nYou should buy Kyong-Min's book. \n\nBibliography.\n\nComplaints Department: ex.haustpodcast [at] gmail [dot] com.\n\nClosing song: \"Old Connecticut Money\" by Landowner.Special Guest: Kyong-Min Son.","content_html":"

We speak with scholar Kyong-Min Son about his book The Eclipse of the Demos: The Cold War and the Crisis of Democracy before Neoliberalism. We cover some of the major themes of the book, but also discuss consumerism, populism, Carl Schmitt's legacy, and why democracy can't just be radical action from below, but needs to become a public institution.

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You should buy Kyong-Min's book.

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Bibliography.

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Complaints Department: ex.haustpodcast [at] gmail [dot] com.

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Closing song: "Old Connecticut Money" by Landowner.

Special Guest: Kyong-Min Son.

","summary":"We speak with scholar Kyong-Min Son about his book The Eclipse of the Demos: The Cold War and the Crisis of Democracy before Neoliberalism. ","date_published":"2020-12-22T20:45:00.000-08:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/e6e4f5ee-6cdc-4287-8753-77155372b695/8ef49afe-59ea-4fce-afbf-b4257a0f83f2.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":51896681,"duration_in_seconds":3641}]},{"id":"a4df5286-cbee-4ec1-82df-820bfddbbd79","title":"Episode 16: American Canon: Poe's \"Fall of the House of Usher\" and \"Masque of the Red Death\"","url":"https://exhaust.fireside.fm/16","content_text":"In the second installment in our American canon series, we look at our beloved failson Edgar Allan Poe. We discuss his life, legacy (especially his impact on Borges), and what set him apart from his peers. We look at two stories: Fall of the House of Usher and Masque of the Red Death, the second especially relevant during COVID. It was our first time talking literature for the show, and we had a great time. We hope you enjoy it.\n\nBibliography.\n\nComplaints Dept. - ex.haustpodcast [at] gmail [dot] com.\n\nClosing song: \"Nothing Ends, Nothing Lasts\" by Lamniformes.","content_html":"

In the second installment in our American canon series, we look at our beloved failson Edgar Allan Poe. We discuss his life, legacy (especially his impact on Borges), and what set him apart from his peers. We look at two stories: Fall of the House of Usher and Masque of the Red Death, the second especially relevant during COVID. It was our first time talking literature for the show, and we had a great time. We hope you enjoy it.

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Bibliography.

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Complaints Dept. - ex.haustpodcast [at] gmail [dot] com.

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Closing song: "Nothing Ends, Nothing Lasts" by Lamniformes.

","summary":"In the second installment in our American canon series, we look at our beloved, gothic failson Edgar Allan Poe.","date_published":"2020-12-15T20:45:00.000-08:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/e6e4f5ee-6cdc-4287-8753-77155372b695/a4df5286-cbee-4ec1-82df-820bfddbbd79.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":54012150,"duration_in_seconds":3728}]},{"id":"d29d5d00-9c17-4a96-974e-b3177c430d4b","title":"Episode 15: The Jesus Campening of American Politics","url":"https://exhaust.fireside.fm/15","content_text":"We revisit the 2006 documentary Jesus Camp, a film about a pentecostal Christian summer camp, to re-evaluate their perspective on the movie and to understand our current political moment. Unlike our experience when it first came out, we were more disturbed by the film makers than the documentary's content. We talk about how everything feels like Jesus Camp now--both form and content--and then talk about the deadlock of victimhood and moral license in American politics. \n\nBibliography.\n\nComplaints Department: ex.haustpodcast [at] gmail [dot] com.","content_html":"

We revisit the 2006 documentary Jesus Camp, a film about a pentecostal Christian summer camp, to re-evaluate their perspective on the movie and to understand our current political moment. Unlike our experience when it first came out, we were more disturbed by the film makers than the documentary's content. We talk about how everything feels like Jesus Camp now--both form and content--and then talk about the deadlock of victimhood and moral license in American politics.

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Bibliography.

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Complaints Department: ex.haustpodcast [at] gmail [dot] com.

","summary":"We revisit the 2006 documentary Jesus Camp to re-evaluate their perspective on the movie and to understand our current political moment.","date_published":"2020-12-08T20:45:00.000-08:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/e6e4f5ee-6cdc-4287-8753-77155372b695/d29d5d00-9c17-4a96-974e-b3177c430d4b.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":41549549,"duration_in_seconds":3066}]},{"id":"ef93311f-4f15-4905-a3e6-08ab59be2dba","title":"Episode 14: Two Piece: Con Jobs in Coal Country and Foxconn Jobs in Wisconsin","url":"https://exhaust.fireside.fm/14","content_text":"We read two articles: one about a failed jobs program in coal country and another about a bad deal with Foxconn in Wisconsin. They were depressing and enraging. We touch on deindustrialization, the waning of the nation state, the thickening of civil society, the hatred of \"white trash\" and more. \n\n\"The Elk, the Tourists and the Missing Coal Country Jobs\" by RG Dunlop\n\"The 8th Wonder of the World\" by Josh Dzieza\n\nBibliography.\n\nComplaints Department: ex.haustpodcast [at] gmail [dot] com.\n\nPhoto by Becky Sell on Unsplash.","content_html":"

We read two articles: one about a failed jobs program in coal country and another about a bad deal with Foxconn in Wisconsin. They were depressing and enraging. We touch on deindustrialization, the waning of the nation state, the thickening of civil society, the hatred of "white trash" and more.

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"The Elk, the Tourists and the Missing Coal Country Jobs" by RG Dunlop
\n"The 8th Wonder of the World" by Josh Dzieza

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Bibliography.

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Complaints Department: ex.haustpodcast [at] gmail [dot] com.

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Photo by Becky Sell on Unsplash.

","summary":"We read two articles: one about a failed jobs program in coal country and another about a bad deal with Foxconn in Wisconsin. ","date_published":"2020-12-01T20:45:00.000-08:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/e6e4f5ee-6cdc-4287-8753-77155372b695/ef93311f-4f15-4905-a3e6-08ab59be2dba.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":44104181,"duration_in_seconds":3690}]},{"id":"2eda25f4-4251-429b-b74a-668f6edcfb84","title":"Episode 13: American Canon: Ralph Waldo Emerson's \"Self-Reliance\"","url":"https://exhaust.fireside.fm/13","content_text":"We've decided to begin a running series dedicated to the American Canon. We open the episode by talking about why we're doing this before launching into a discussion of our first entry in the series: Emerson's \"Self-Reliance.\" Kojeve's animalization makes a come, Emerson's eternal present, we discuss the roots of American iconoclasm, John explains how Southern aristocrats saw themselves as the descendents of the combatants at the Battle of Hastings, and much, much more. This one was really fun to record and we look forward to expanding the series as time rolls on. \n\nBibliography here.\n\nComplaints Department: exhaust.podcast [at] gmail [dot] com. \n\nCover image: “Shroon Mountain, Adirondacks,” oil painting by Thomas Cole, 1838, a painter of the Hudson River school; in the Cleveland Museum of Art.","content_html":"

We've decided to begin a running series dedicated to the American Canon. We open the episode by talking about why we're doing this before launching into a discussion of our first entry in the series: Emerson's "Self-Reliance." Kojeve's animalization makes a come, Emerson's eternal present, we discuss the roots of American iconoclasm, John explains how Southern aristocrats saw themselves as the descendents of the combatants at the Battle of Hastings, and much, much more. This one was really fun to record and we look forward to expanding the series as time rolls on.

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Bibliography here.

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Complaints Department: exhaust.podcast [at] gmail [dot] com.

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Cover image: “Shroon Mountain, Adirondacks,” oil painting by Thomas Cole, 1838, a painter of the Hudson River school; in the Cleveland Museum of Art.

","summary":"We begin our American Canon series with Emerson's famous essay, \"Self-Reliance.\"","date_published":"2020-11-24T20:45:00.000-08:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/e6e4f5ee-6cdc-4287-8753-77155372b695/2eda25f4-4251-429b-b74a-668f6edcfb84.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":41379979,"duration_in_seconds":3157}]},{"id":"b2b67b21-5c51-4ba0-96e9-36791950277b","title":"Episode 12: The Lasch Files: Revolt of the Elites Pt. IV: Black Bloc Patrick Bateman Ft. Geoff Shullenberger","url":"https://exhaust.fireside.fm/12","content_text":"To conclude our series on Lasch's Revolt of the Elites, we talk to Geoff Shullenberger about his piece on Lasch's book for Wesley Yang's Correspondence Society. We link the 2020 riots to the rich kids of the 1960s New Left, why Lasch's nostalgia for the 19th century yellow journalism doesn't make sense today, and why it is that the elites are not longer seceding as they were in Lasch's 90's, but in open revolt in the boardroom and on the street. \n\nRead his piece here. \n\nBibliography here. \n\nComplaints Department: ex.haustpodcast [at] gmail [dot] com.Special Guest: Geoff Shullenberger .","content_html":"

To conclude our series on Lasch's Revolt of the Elites, we talk to Geoff Shullenberger about his piece on Lasch's book for Wesley Yang's Correspondence Society. We link the 2020 riots to the rich kids of the 1960s New Left, why Lasch's nostalgia for the 19th century yellow journalism doesn't make sense today, and why it is that the elites are not longer seceding as they were in Lasch's 90's, but in open revolt in the boardroom and on the street.

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Read his piece here.

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Bibliography here.

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Complaints Department: ex.haustpodcast [at] gmail [dot] com.

Special Guest: Geoff Shullenberger .

","summary":"To conclude our series on Lasch's Revolt of the Elites, we talk to Geoff Shullenberger about his piece on Lasch's book for Wesley Yang's Correspondence Society.","date_published":"2020-11-17T20:45:00.000-08:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/e6e4f5ee-6cdc-4287-8753-77155372b695/b2b67b21-5c51-4ba0-96e9-36791950277b.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":49506741,"duration_in_seconds":3764}]},{"id":"2865e9f5-956a-4b2c-be59-35c9b685e87b","title":"Episode 11: The Lasch Files: Revolt of the Elites Pt. III: Democratic Discourse in Crisis","url":"https://exhaust.fireside.fm/11","content_text":"We dive into the middle portion of Lasch's book about the challenges facing democratic discourse. We talk about education, the press, and how \"third places\" helped them cultivate identities as a sense of civic virtue. This is probably our most autobiographical episode to date. \n\nBibliography here. \n\nComplaints Dept.: ex.haustpodcast [at] gmail [dot] com. ","content_html":"

We dive into the middle portion of Lasch's book about the challenges facing democratic discourse. We talk about education, the press, and how "third places" helped them cultivate identities as a sense of civic virtue. This is probably our most autobiographical episode to date.

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Bibliography here.

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Complaints Dept.: ex.haustpodcast [at] gmail [dot] com.

","summary":"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. ","date_published":"2020-11-10T20:45:00.000-08:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/e6e4f5ee-6cdc-4287-8753-77155372b695/2865e9f5-956a-4b2c-be59-35c9b685e87b.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":57202350,"duration_in_seconds":4258}]},{"id":"a381fefc-8c99-4fde-be56-a356a1f6f543","title":"Episode 10: Putting the Neocon in Neoconfuscianism: Conservative Responses to East Asia's Rise ft. Jennifer Miller","url":"https://exhaust.fireside.fm/10","content_text":"Historian Jennifer Miller joins us 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. We get into the nitty gritty about international reactionary currents, ahistory in neoconservative thought, overlaps between neocons and Christopher Lasch, and a whole lot else! We were delighted to have her and hope to do so again. \n\nThe two papers we discuss:\n\n“Let’s Not be Laughed at Anymore: Donald Trump and Japan from the 1980s to the Present” \n\n\"Neoconservatives and Neo-Confucians: East Asian Growth and the Celebration of Tradition\"\n\nCheck out Jennifer's book: Cold War Democracy: The United States and Japan.\n\nBibliography here.\n\nRemember: Sci-Hub is your friend.Special Guest: Jennifer Miller.","content_html":"

Historian Jennifer Miller joins us 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. We get into the nitty gritty about international reactionary currents, ahistory in neoconservative thought, overlaps between neocons and Christopher Lasch, and a whole lot else! We were delighted to have her and hope to do so again.

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The two papers we discuss:

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Let’s Not be Laughed at Anymore: Donald Trump and Japan from the 1980s to the Present

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"Neoconservatives and Neo-Confucians: East Asian Growth and the Celebration of Tradition"

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Check out Jennifer's book: Cold War Democracy: The United States and Japan.

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Bibliography here.

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Remember: Sci-Hub is your friend.

Special Guest: Jennifer Miller.

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Emmet and John continue their reading of Lasch's The Revolt of the Elites and the Betrayal of Democracy. This time, they talk about democratic subjectivity, double-standards as a threat to democratic culture, the Citizens United decision, and where Lasch disappointed them.

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Bibliography here.

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Email: ex.haustpodcast [at] gmail [dot] com.

","summary":"Emmet and John continue their reading of Lasch's The Revolt of the Elites and the Betrayal of Democracy.","date_published":"2020-10-27T20:45:00.000-07:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/e6e4f5ee-6cdc-4287-8753-77155372b695/0e58ae16-6927-4ffd-80f1-6d09efebd001.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":44774152,"duration_in_seconds":3288}]},{"id":"0145e838-aa58-4a9e-a7e5-09b0e1e5320d","title":"Episode 8: The Lasch Files: The Revolt of the Elites Pt. I","url":"https://exhaust.fireside.fm/8","content_text":"Emmet and John begin their investigation of Christopher Lasch's last book, The Revolt of the Elites and the Betrayal of Democracy. They take Lasch as a jumping off point to talk about RAND Corp, \"the best and the brightest,\" metritocracy braindraining the working class, and more. \n\nYou can find the bibliography here. \n\nEmail us at: ex.haustpodcast [at] gmail [dot] com.","content_html":"

Emmet and John begin their investigation of Christopher Lasch's last book, The Revolt of the Elites and the Betrayal of Democracy. They take Lasch as a jumping off point to talk about RAND Corp, "the best and the brightest," metritocracy braindraining the working class, and more.

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You can find the bibliography here.

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Email us at: ex.haustpodcast [at] gmail [dot] com.

","summary":"Emmet and John begin their investigation of Christopher Lasch's last book, The Revolt of the Elites and the Betrayal of Democracy. ","date_published":"2020-10-20T20:45:00.000-07:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/e6e4f5ee-6cdc-4287-8753-77155372b695/0145e838-aa58-4a9e-a7e5-09b0e1e5320d.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":71241480,"duration_in_seconds":4452}]},{"id":"11906494-d1b6-4786-872d-fee492be3c54","title":"Episode 7: Animalization, Anglo-Saxon Masochism, and Entrepreneurbrain","url":"https://exhaust.fireside.fm/7","content_text":"John and Emmet have a sprawling conversation about narcissism, how efficiency maximization can encourage pleasure obsession, how we're all entrepreneurs of the self now, and end by talking about bullshit jobs and how the American worker got fleeced. This episode serves as an introduction to some of the issues and concepts we want to take on later on. \n\nBibliography can be found here. \n\nComments, questions, criticisms: ex.haustpodcast [at] gmail [dot] com. ","content_html":"

John and Emmet have a sprawling conversation about narcissism, how efficiency maximization can encourage pleasure obsession, how we're all entrepreneurs of the self now, and end by talking about bullshit jobs and how the American worker got fleeced. This episode serves as an introduction to some of the issues and concepts we want to take on later on.

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Bibliography can be found here.

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Comments, questions, criticisms: ex.haustpodcast [at] gmail [dot] com.

","summary":"John and Emmet have a sprawling conversation about narcissism, how efficiency maximization can encourage pleasure obsession, and more. ","date_published":"2020-10-13T20:45:00.000-07:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/e6e4f5ee-6cdc-4287-8753-77155372b695/11906494-d1b6-4786-872d-fee492be3c54.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":101011457,"duration_in_seconds":4208}]},{"id":"41d8c049-7097-4744-84fb-49aa939bdc82","title":"Episode 6: Pacific Rim: Blockchain, Techno-Utopianism, and American Soft-Power ft. Olivier Jutel","url":"https://exhaust.fireside.fm/6","content_text":"Olivier Jutel, a research of political theorist from the University of Otago, joins Emmet and John to talk about blockchain, techno-utopianism, and American soft-power in the Pacific. They talk about post-politics, blockchain sashimi, Fijian international politics, Bikini Island, Kim Dotcom, the Palantir IPO filing, and more. You can check out the references from this episode in the bibiliography. \n\nAnd you can follow Olivier on Twitter here. \n\nQuestions, comments, complaints? Email us at ex.haustpodcast [at] gmail [dot] com.Special Guest: Olivier Jutel.","content_html":"

Olivier Jutel, a research of political theorist from the University of Otago, joins Emmet and John to talk about blockchain, techno-utopianism, and American soft-power in the Pacific. They talk about post-politics, blockchain sashimi, Fijian international politics, Bikini Island, Kim Dotcom, the Palantir IPO filing, and more. You can check out the references from this episode in the bibiliography.

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And you can follow Olivier on Twitter here.

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Questions, comments, complaints? Email us at ex.haustpodcast [at] gmail [dot] com.

Special Guest: Olivier Jutel.

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The Lads finish up talking to Ian about the question of newness in music and whence artistic innovation comes. The song you year at the end is from the Lamniformes album Sisyphean. Our references can be found in the bibliography for this and the last episode.

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Questions, comments, critiques: ex.haustpodcast [at] gmail [dot] com.

Special Guest: Ian Cory.

","summary":"The Lads finish up talking to Ian about the question of newness in music and whence artistic innovation comes. ","date_published":"2020-09-29T20:45:00.000-07:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/e6e4f5ee-6cdc-4287-8753-77155372b695/54cb91d9-79d7-4ee5-a943-98ee4aa00f46.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":49367375,"duration_in_seconds":2056}]},{"id":"b0bf6ad5-2e65-4862-a6a1-7f129e7a008c","title":"Episode 4: The Parasocial Music Marketing Machine ft. Ian Cory (Pt. I)","url":"https://exhaust.fireside.fm/4","content_text":"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. We had a great time with this one, so much so that we had to split the episode in two. Thanks for listening!\n\nYou can read some of Ian's writing here and here. You can listen to his podcast here. The song that closes the episode out is List to the Lamniformes album Sisyphean. Follow Ian on Twitter.\n\nFor everything else we reference you can consult this ep's bibliography. \n\nQuestions, coments, critiques: ex.haustpodcast [at] gmail [dot] com. Special Guest: Ian Cory.","content_html":"

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. We had a great time with this one, so much so that we had to split the episode in two. Thanks for listening!

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You can read some of Ian's writing here and here. You can listen to his podcast here. The song that closes the episode out is List to the Lamniformes album Sisyphean. Follow Ian on Twitter.

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For everything else we reference you can consult this ep's bibliography.

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Questions, coments, critiques: ex.haustpodcast [at] gmail [dot] com.

Special Guest: Ian Cory.

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We talk about two articles: one from Vox about why no one in American can buy dumbbells, the other from American Affairs about the death of Lucent technologies and the American telecom equipment industry. You can find a full bibliography for this episode on our new blog. You can also email us at ex.haustpodcast [at] gmail [dot] com. We'd love to hear from you!

","summary":"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.","date_published":"2020-09-22T20:15:00.000-07:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/e6e4f5ee-6cdc-4287-8753-77155372b695/47700e19-7674-40b8-8f47-c24176cb548b.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":100939986,"duration_in_seconds":4205}]},{"id":"f9c6a544-46c3-40b1-a986-e8a5682ef862","title":"Episode 2: American Dharma ft. Canada Mike","url":"https://exhaust.fireside.fm/2","content_text":"Our friend Canada Mike joins us to review Errol Morris's American Dharma, his movie about Steven Bannon. It was disappointing to all of us, who loved Morris's movies about MacNamara and Rumsfeld. Once we dunk on it for a while we try to understand what The Steve Bannon Moment meant. Forgive the rough spots, we're still learning how to edit. Special Guest: Mike.","content_html":"

Our friend Canada Mike joins us to review Errol Morris's American Dharma, his movie about Steven Bannon. It was disappointing to all of us, who loved Morris's movies about MacNamara and Rumsfeld. Once we dunk on it for a while we try to understand what The Steve Bannon Moment meant. Forgive the rough spots, we're still learning how to edit.

Special Guest: Mike.

","summary":"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. ","date_published":"2020-09-15T20:00:00.000-07:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/e6e4f5ee-6cdc-4287-8753-77155372b695/f9c6a544-46c3-40b1-a986-e8a5682ef862.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":75703962,"duration_in_seconds":3785}]},{"id":"870ac243-4886-4488-9f5f-93d7768c263c","title":"Episode 1: Ground Zero","url":"https://exhaust.fireside.fm/1","content_text":"We discuss the major themes of the podcast and what brought us to create it. ","content_html":"

We discuss the major themes of the podcast and what brought us to create it.

","summary":"Emmet and John introduce themselves and the podcast.","date_published":"2020-09-06T14:45:00.000-07:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/e6e4f5ee-6cdc-4287-8753-77155372b695/870ac243-4886-4488-9f5f-93d7768c263c.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":74183660,"duration_in_seconds":4165}]}]}