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    <pubDate>Fri, 23 Sep 2022 15:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
    <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. 
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    <itunes:subtitle>A podcast about political, cultural, and psychological exhaustion and why nothing feels possible.</itunes:subtitle>
    <itunes:author>Emmet Penney</itunes:author>
    <itunes:summary>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. 
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  <title>Episode 88: Oceania Has Always Been At Culture War With Eastasia ft. Michael Cuenco</title>
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  <itunes:subtitle>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!</itunes:subtitle>
  <itunes:duration>1:13:01</itunes:duration>
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  <description>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!
Check out some of Michael's Work:
How Culture War Trumped Class War (https://compactmag.com/article/how-culture-war-trumped-class-war), Compact Magazine
America's New Post-Literate Epistemology (https://www.palladiummag.com//2021/04/17/americas-new-post-literate-epistemology/), Palladium
"Victory Is Not Possible": A Theory of the Culture War (https://americanaffairsjournal.org/2022/02/victory-is-not-possible-a-theory-of-the-culture-war/#notes), American Affairs
Subscribe to our Patreon to get two exclusive episodes a month! (https://www.patreon.com/exhaust)
Closing Song: Slower Hell by Money
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    <![CDATA[<p>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!</p>

<p>Check out some of Michael&#39;s Work:</p>

<p><a href="https://compactmag.com/article/how-culture-war-trumped-class-war" rel="nofollow">How Culture War Trumped Class War</a>, Compact Magazine<br>
<a href="https://www.palladiummag.com//2021/04/17/americas-new-post-literate-epistemology/" rel="nofollow">America&#39;s New Post-Literate Epistemology</a>, Palladium<br>
<a href="https://americanaffairsjournal.org/2022/02/victory-is-not-possible-a-theory-of-the-culture-war/#notes" rel="nofollow">&quot;Victory Is Not Possible&quot;: A Theory of the Culture War</a>, American Affairs</p>

<p><a href="https://www.patreon.com/exhaust" rel="nofollow">Subscribe to our Patreon to get two exclusive episodes a month!</a></p>

<p>Closing Song: Slower Hell by Money</p>]]>
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    <![CDATA[<p>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!</p>

<p>Check out some of Michael&#39;s Work:</p>

<p><a href="https://compactmag.com/article/how-culture-war-trumped-class-war" rel="nofollow">How Culture War Trumped Class War</a>, Compact Magazine<br>
<a href="https://www.palladiummag.com//2021/04/17/americas-new-post-literate-epistemology/" rel="nofollow">America&#39;s New Post-Literate Epistemology</a>, Palladium<br>
<a href="https://americanaffairsjournal.org/2022/02/victory-is-not-possible-a-theory-of-the-culture-war/#notes" rel="nofollow">&quot;Victory Is Not Possible&quot;: A Theory of the Culture War</a>, American Affairs</p>

<p><a href="https://www.patreon.com/exhaust" rel="nofollow">Subscribe to our Patreon to get two exclusive episodes a month!</a></p>

<p>Closing Song: Slower Hell by Money</p>]]>
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  <title>Episode 78: The Political Biography of a Zoomer ft. James Lynch</title>
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  <pubDate>Wed, 16 Feb 2022 09:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
  <author>Emmet Penney</author>
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  <itunes:subtitle>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!</itunes:subtitle>
  <itunes:duration>1:07:13</itunes:duration>
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  <description>James Lynch (https://twitter.com/jameslynch32), 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!
The Mainstream Media Is Attacking Joe Rogan Instead of Admitting Its Own Failures (https://www.newsweek.com/mainstream-media-attacking-joe-rogan-instead-admitting-its-own-failures-opinion-1674670) by James Lynch, Newsweek
The Working Class Is Up For Grabs. Which Party Will Claim It? (https://www.newsweek.com/working-class-grabs-which-party-will-claim-it-opinion-1673941) by James Lynch, Newsweek
How Progressive Theatrics Benefit the Elites (https://www.newsweek.com/how-progressive-theatrics-benefit-elites-opinion-1650559) by James Lynch, Newsweek
Subscribe to Grid Brief! (https://www.gridbrief.com/subscribe)
Become a Patron to get two exclusive episodes a month! (https://www.patreon.com/exhaust)
Closing Song: Suicide Design by Hope Conspiracy (https://thehopeconspiracy.bandcamp.com/album/death-knows-your-name-deluxe-2) 
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  <itunes:keywords>blm, woke, new right, populism, trump, bernie, gop, dnc, liberalism, culture war, crt, big tech</itunes:keywords>
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    <![CDATA[<p><a href="https://twitter.com/jameslynch32" rel="nofollow">James Lynch</a>, 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 &quot;crisis of masculinity&quot; really means, what to do about Big Tech, and more!</p>

<p><a href="https://www.newsweek.com/mainstream-media-attacking-joe-rogan-instead-admitting-its-own-failures-opinion-1674670" rel="nofollow">The Mainstream Media Is Attacking Joe Rogan Instead of Admitting Its Own Failures</a> by James Lynch, Newsweek<br>
<a href="https://www.newsweek.com/working-class-grabs-which-party-will-claim-it-opinion-1673941" rel="nofollow">The Working Class Is Up For Grabs. Which Party Will Claim It?</a> by James Lynch, Newsweek<br>
<a href="https://www.newsweek.com/how-progressive-theatrics-benefit-elites-opinion-1650559" rel="nofollow">How Progressive Theatrics Benefit the Elites</a> by James Lynch, Newsweek</p>

<p><a href="https://www.gridbrief.com/subscribe" rel="nofollow">Subscribe to Grid Brief!</a></p>

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<p><a href="https://thehopeconspiracy.bandcamp.com/album/death-knows-your-name-deluxe-2" rel="nofollow">Closing Song: Suicide Design by Hope Conspiracy</a></p>]]>
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    <![CDATA[<p><a href="https://twitter.com/jameslynch32" rel="nofollow">James Lynch</a>, 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 &quot;crisis of masculinity&quot; really means, what to do about Big Tech, and more!</p>

<p><a href="https://www.newsweek.com/mainstream-media-attacking-joe-rogan-instead-admitting-its-own-failures-opinion-1674670" rel="nofollow">The Mainstream Media Is Attacking Joe Rogan Instead of Admitting Its Own Failures</a> by James Lynch, Newsweek<br>
<a href="https://www.newsweek.com/working-class-grabs-which-party-will-claim-it-opinion-1673941" rel="nofollow">The Working Class Is Up For Grabs. Which Party Will Claim It?</a> by James Lynch, Newsweek<br>
<a href="https://www.newsweek.com/how-progressive-theatrics-benefit-elites-opinion-1650559" rel="nofollow">How Progressive Theatrics Benefit the Elites</a> by James Lynch, Newsweek</p>

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<p><a href="https://thehopeconspiracy.bandcamp.com/album/death-knows-your-name-deluxe-2" rel="nofollow">Closing Song: Suicide Design by Hope Conspiracy</a></p>]]>
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