web02.fireside.fm Sun, 05 Apr 2026 12:12:20 -0500 Fireside (https://fireside.fm) ex.haust - Episodes Tagged with “America” https://exhaust.fireside.fm/tags/america Sat, 26 Nov 2022 11:00:00 -0800 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. Subscribe to our Patreon to receive 2 extra exclusive episodes a month: https://www.patreon.com/exhaust en-us episodic A podcast about political, cultural, and psychological exhaustion and why nothing feels possible. Emmet Penney 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. Subscribe to our Patreon to receive 2 extra exclusive episodes a month: https://www.patreon.com/exhaust yes politics, culture, history, philosophy Emmet Penney emmetmpenney@gmail.com [teaser] Leo Strauss and the Three Waves of Modernity ft. Alex Priou https://exhaust.fireside.fm/93 58faaf31-4a2a-4648-b611-a1e9dff1f4dd Sat, 26 Nov 2022 11:00:00 -0800 Emmet Penney full Emmet Penney 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! 20:01 yes 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! Check out the New Thinkery: https://thenewthinkery.com/listen/ The essay: https://archive.org/details/LeoStrauss3WavesOfModernityocr Subscribe to our Patreon to hear the rest! (https://www.patreon.com/exhaust) leo strauss, carl schmitt, liberalism, modernity, liberal, america, american history, politics, political philosophy 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!

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

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

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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!

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

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

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]]> Episode 82: A time to build, but what? And how? (cross-post with the Ryan Research podcast) https://exhaust.fireside.fm/82 0a45895b-0c58-4287-80de-77809060237e Tue, 15 Mar 2022 23:00:00 -0700 Emmet Penney full Emmet Penney 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! 1:06:22 yes 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 (https://twitter.com/_PeterRyan) invited him on to talk about nuclear energy, why nothing feels possible, what happened to the left, financial brain poisoning, and more! Follow the Ryan Research podcast to hear the rest when it comes out! (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCfRArvBl7O7AuQFtTTKaUCw) Subscribe to our Patreon to get 2 exclusive episodes a month. (https://www.patreon.com/exhaust) pipelines, standing rock, nuclear, new left, history, america, energy politics, ireland, fracking 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!

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

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]]> 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!

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

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]]> Episode 79: What's Wrong With American Cities? ft. Xander https://exhaust.fireside.fm/79 7cf232c0-026b-43e6-a552-cfab1cbf7989 Tue, 22 Feb 2022 19:00:00 -0800 Emmet Penney full Emmet Penney 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. 1:04:16 yes Xander (https://twitter.com/xandeaux) 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. 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. (https://www.patreon.com/exhaust) Closing Song: God's Bathroom Floor by Atmosphere. (https://atmosphere.bandcamp.com/album/gods-bathroom-floor) urbanism, cities, cars, transit, robert moses, new york, chicago, los angeles, america, real estate, density 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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Closing Song: God's Bathroom Floor by Atmosphere.

]]> 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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Closing Song: God's Bathroom Floor by Atmosphere.

]]> Episode 66: Guns, Coal, and Power: Three Takes on Human Development and the Illusion of Progress https://exhaust.fireside.fm/66 c5a279f9-5569-41cb-9abb-b0a5f4dd7611 Tue, 23 Nov 2021 23:00:00 -0800 Emmet Penney full Emmet Penney 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! 1:12:08 yes 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 (https://pure.mpg.de/rest/items/item_3239575/component/file_3329111/content), the second is a lecture on thermoeconomics by John Constable (http://www.libellus.co.uk/uploads/jc_energy_entropy_wealth_2016.pdf), and the third is an overview of arguments for human evolution by Michael E. Mann (https://www.jstor.org/stable/24717534). 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! Subscribe to our Patreon to get two exclusive episodes a month! (https://www.patreon.com/exhaust) Closing Song: Kids See Ghost - Feel the Love (KEIFERGR33N) (https://www.keifergr33n.com/music) Special Guest: Mike. steven pinker, wolfgang streeck, engels, japan, meiji, britain, coal, history, thermoeconomics, progress, america, WWII, navy 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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Closing Song: Kids See Ghost - Feel the Love (KEIFERGR33N)

Special Guest: Mike.

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

Special Guest: Mike.

]]> Episode 59: Political Ossification ft. Luke Thompson https://exhaust.fireside.fm/59 92e4c146-0432-4123-84b0-db9a6f62d1a0 Tue, 05 Oct 2021 20:00:00 -0700 Emmet Penney full Emmet Penney 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. 1:15:40 yes Political consultant and podcaster Luke Thompson (https://twitter.com/ltthompso) 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. Check out Luke's podcast with Jay Cost, Constitutionally Speaking (https://www.nationalreview.com/podcasts/constitutionally-speaking/). Subscribe to our Patreon to get two exclusive episodes a month! Closing Song: "Talk Anyway" by Found Footage (https://foundfootageokc.bandcamp.com/). politics, conservatism, liberalism, history, america, american history 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.

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

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Closing Song: "Talk Anyway" by Found Footage.

]]> 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.

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

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Closing Song: "Talk Anyway" by Found Footage.

]]> Episode 58: American Canon: John Milius https://exhaust.fireside.fm/58 80aa777c-8bdc-478b-9227-f73922f4ad78 Tue, 28 Sep 2021 20:00:00 -0700 Emmet Penney full Emmet Penney 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. 1:26:11 yes 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. Subscribe to our Patreon to get two exclusive episodes a month! (https://www.patreon.com/exhaust) Closing Song: "The Rain in Spain Drains Mainly From the Main Vein" by MANS. milius, john milius, film, american culture, movies, america, cold war, 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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Closing Song: "The Rain in Spain Drains Mainly From the Main Vein" by MANS.

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

]]> Episode 52: American Canon: HP Lovecraft and Harlan Ellison ft. Canada Mike https://exhaust.fireside.fm/52 2a4486de-d13e-4396-957c-c76639f3ce83 Tue, 17 Aug 2021 23:00:00 -0700 Emmet Penney full Emmet Penney Canada Mike, Emmet, and John discuss HP Lovecraft's "Call of Cthulu" and Harlan Ellison's "I Have No Mouth And I Must Scream." 1:12:07 yes 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! Subscribe to our Patreon for 2 exclusive episodes a month! (https://www.patreon.com/exhaust) "I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream" by Harlan Ellison. (https://wjccschools.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/01/I-Have-No-Mouth-But-I-Must-Scream-by-Harlan-Ellison.pdf) "Call of Cthulhu" by HP Lovecraft. (https://www.hplovecraft.com/writings/texts/fiction/cc.aspx) Twitter. (https://twitter.com/ex_haustpodcast) Closing Song: "With the Sun" by will mcgovern lovecraft, ellison, horror, fiction, america, american history, apocalypse, weird, weird fiction, dystopian 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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"I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream" by Harlan Ellison.

"Call of Cthulhu" by HP Lovecraft.

Twitter.

Closing Song: "With the Sun" by will mcgovern

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

"Call of Cthulhu" by HP Lovecraft.

Twitter.

Closing Song: "With the Sun" by will mcgovern

]]> Episode 48: What We Talk About When We Talk About Conservatism ft. Micah Meadowcroft https://exhaust.fireside.fm/48 6ce11ed2-2059-4145-ae87-24e0339efd9c Tue, 20 Jul 2021 21:00:00 -0700 Emmet Penney full Emmet Penney 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! 56:36 yes Emmet sits down with Micah Meadowcroft (https://twitter.com/Micaheadowcroft), 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. "We Are Going to Win (https://www.theamericanconservative.com/state-of-the-union/we-are-going-to-win/)" by Micah Meadowcroft "Roman Rhetoric And Florentine Politics: A Reply To Yarvin (https://www.theamericanconservative.com/articles/roman-rhetoric-and-florentine-politics-a-reply-to-yarvin/)" by Micah Meadowcroft The piece of Emmet's mentioned: "Nuclear Power Plants: Our Industrial Cathedrals (https://www.theamericanconservative.com/articles/nuclear-power-plants-our-industrial-cathedrals/)" by Emmet Penney Join our Patreon for two exclusive episodes a month! (https://www.patreon.com/exhaust) Bibliography (https://exhaust.fireside.fm/articles/episode-48-bibliography). Twitter (https://twitter.com/ex_haustpodcast). Closing Song: "Hips Swingin (https://nakedraygun.bandcamp.com/album/understand)" by Naked Raygun conservatism, empire, plutarch, aristotle, christianity, aquinas, america, american history, politics, cs lewis 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.

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

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

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Bibliography.

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Closing Song: "Hips Swingin" by Naked Raygun

]]> 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.

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

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

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Bibliography.

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Closing Song: "Hips Swingin" by Naked Raygun

]]> Episode 35: Two-Piece: Gentry Elites, Dead WASPs, and the End of Fair Play Culture https://exhaust.fireside.fm/35 6bb0a3ab-b730-43a6-bda0-52318d2f13e2 Tue, 20 Apr 2021 23:00:00 -0700 Emmet Penney full Emmet Penney 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. 1:09:21 yes 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? "American Gentry (https://patrickwyman.substack.com/p/american-gentry)" by Patrick Wyman "Rediscovering E. Digby Baltzell’s Sociology of Elites (https://americanaffairsjournal.org/2021/02/rediscovering-e-digby-baltzells-sociology-of-elites/)" by Aaron M Renn Bibliography (https://exhaust.fireside.fm/articles/ep35bib). Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/creator-home). Twitter (https://twitter.com/ex_haustpodcast). Closing Song: "Slipknot - Wait and Bleed x Chrono Trigger OST - At the Bottom of the Night (KEIFERGR33N REMIX) (https://www.keifergr33n.com/music)" elites, populism, wasp culture, america, politics, american politics, political history 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?

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

Bibliography.

Patreon.

Twitter.

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

]]> 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?

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

Bibliography.

Patreon.

Twitter.

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

]]> Episode 23: Vaccine Breakdown II: Decentralization Boogaloo ft. Canada Mike https://exhaust.fireside.fm/23 fcad83a0-8db2-4346-9c62-9daf5c841593 Tue, 02 Feb 2021 20:45:00 -0800 Emmet Penney full Emmet Penney Canada Mike joins us to talk about why America's vaccine rollout plan doesn't make sense and why it's not going well. 1:07:53 yes 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. Bibliography (https://exhaust.fireside.fm/articles/eptwentythreebib). Closing song: "Help Desk (https://hausumountain.bandcamp.com/track/help-desk)" by Wobbly. Follow us on Twitter (https://twitter.com/ex_haustpodcast). Special Guest: Mike. covid19, coronavirus, corona virus, corona, pfizer, vaccine, supply chains, logistics, american history, america, christopher lasch, ivan ilich 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.

Bibliography.

Closing song: "Help Desk" by Wobbly.

Follow us on Twitter.

Special Guest: Mike.

]]> 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.

Bibliography.

Closing song: "Help Desk" by Wobbly.

Follow us on Twitter.

Special Guest: Mike.

]]> Episode 22: Poe, Emerson, and Literary National Identity https://exhaust.fireside.fm/22 b83c7aea-ca46-451f-98f3-2cdaea9294aa Tue, 26 Jan 2021 20:45:00 -0800 Emmet Penney full Emmet Penney We conclude (for now) our readings of Poe and Emerson by taking a look at how they conceived of American literary nationalism. 1:08:02 yes 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. Errata: Where Emmet says "John Henry" he meant to say "John Brown." To get updates on Emmet's upcoming lecture on Book I of Plato's Republic, download his free ebook on the Republic here. (https://gum.co/QLTwZ) Bibliography. (https://exhaust.fireside.fm/articles/eptwentytwobib) Twitter (https://twitter.com/ex_haustpodcast). Closing Song: "Work" by Pickpocket (https://pickpocketfl.bandcamp.com/album/pickpocket). Cover image: Thomas Cole (1801–1848), The Oxbow, View from Mount Holyoke, Northampton, Massachusetts, after a Thunderstorm (1836). emerson, poe, american canon, nationalism, national identity, america, german philosophy, 19th century history, philosophy 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.

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

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

Bibliography.

Twitter.

Closing Song: "Work" by Pickpocket.

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

]]> 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.

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

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

Bibliography.

Twitter.

Closing Song: "Work" by Pickpocket.

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

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