web02.fireside.fm Tue, 07 Apr 2026 19:24:47 -0500 Fireside (https://fireside.fm) ex.haust - Episodes Tagged with “Britain” https://exhaust.fireside.fm/tags/britain Fri, 20 Jan 2023 12:15:00 -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 Episode 95: [UNLOCKED] Sanctions and Self-Interest ft. Phil Cunliffe https://exhaust.fireside.fm/95 12b8e8d9-21ee-4d5b-b108-1de8d1019169 Fri, 20 Jan 2023 12:15:00 -0800 Emmet Penney full Emmet Penney 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. 59:49 yes 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. Phil's piece on the sanctions: https://unherd.com/thepost/its-time-to-end-gas-sanctions-on-russia/ Phil's piece on ChatGPT: https://unherd.com/thepost/chatgpt-a-morbid-symptom-of-our-declining-universities/ Phil's Twitter: https://twitter.com/thephilippics Bungacast: https://www.patreon.com/bungacast Closing song: https://chatpile.bandcamp.com/album/gods-country putin, ukraine, sanctions, energy crisis, neoliberalism, energy, natural gas, gas, oil, electricity, britain, united kingdom 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.

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

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

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

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

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

]]> 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.

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

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

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

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

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

]]> 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.

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

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

Special Guest: Mike.

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