web02.fireside.fm Wed, 08 Apr 2026 01:53:23 -0500 Fireside (https://fireside.fm) ex.haust - Episodes Tagged with “Carl Schmitt” https://exhaust.fireside.fm/tags/carl%20schmitt 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!

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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!

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

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]]> [teaser] Futures Past: On the Relation of Past and Future in Modern History p. I https://exhaust.fireside.fm/p24t 4ef2d337-0874-456a-b7f1-9e96f09168a9 Sun, 06 Mar 2022 15:00:00 -0800 Emmet Penney full Emmet Penney 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. 15:36 yes 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. This is a teaser. To hear the rest and get the rest of our exclusive episodes, become a Patron! (https://www.patreon.com/exhaust) history, philosophy, leo strauss, carl schmitt, heidegger, apocalypse, religion, christianity, politics 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.

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

]]> 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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]]> Episode 70: Where Are We Now?: Thinking with Agamben https://exhaust.fireside.fm/70 1c58349e-4ec2-4e4c-88c8-22929e14a09c Tue, 21 Dec 2021 23:45:00 -0800 Emmet Penney full Emmet Penney 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. 1:06:24 yes 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. Subscribe to the Patreon to get two exclusive episodes a month! (https://www.patreon.com/exhaust) Check out Emmet's new podcast and newsletter, Nuclear Barbarians (https://nuclearbarians.substack.com/). Closing Song: Leprosy - Death. (https://death.bandcamp.com/album/leprosy-reissue) covid, bill gates, agamben, carl schmitt, fear, security, politics, history, medicine, science, scientism, law, constitution 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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Check out Emmet's new podcast and newsletter, Nuclear Barbarians.

Closing Song: Leprosy - Death.

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

Closing Song: Leprosy - Death.

]]> Episode 17: The Eclipse of the Demos ft. Kyong-Min Son https://exhaust.fireside.fm/17 8ef49afe-59ea-4fce-afbf-b4257a0f83f2 Tue, 22 Dec 2020 20:45:00 -0800 Emmet Penney full Emmet Penney 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. 1:00:41 yes 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. You should buy Kyong-Min's book. (https://kansaspress.ku.edu/978-0-7006-2919-0.html) Bibliography (https://exhaust.fireside.fm/articles/epseventeenbib). Complaints Department: ex.haustpodcast [at] gmail [dot] com. Closing song: "Old Connecticut Money (https://landowner.bandcamp.com/track/old-connecticut-money)" by Landowner. Special Guest: Kyong-Min Son. neoliberalism, cold war, kyong-min son, randcorp, democracy, carl schmitt, hayek 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.

You should buy Kyong-Min's book.

Bibliography.

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

Closing song: "Old Connecticut Money" by Landowner.

Special Guest: Kyong-Min Son.

]]> 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.

You should buy Kyong-Min's book.

Bibliography.

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

Closing song: "Old Connecticut Money" by Landowner.

Special Guest: Kyong-Min Son.

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