We found 2 episodes of ex.haust with the tag “conspiracy theory”.
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Episode 88: Oceania Has Always Been At Culture War With Eastasia ft. Michael Cuenco
September 23rd, 2022 | 1 hr 13 mins
conspiracy theory, culture war, end of history, marshall mccluhan, neoliberalism, oligarchy, populism, trump
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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Episode 24: The Self-Design of American Nihilism
February 9th, 2021 | 1 hr 20 mins
altright, borges, capitol riots, conspiracy theory, heidegger, incel, leo strauss, nihilism, philosophy, politics, qanon, yukio mishima
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.