Displaying all 2 Episode of ex.haust with the tag “freedom”.
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Episode 80: Did the Industrial Revolution even happen? ft. John Constable
March 1st, 2022 | 53 mins 41 secs
climate change, economics, energy, freedom, green energy, history, industrial revolution, liberty, marx, solar, wealth, wind
Scholar John Constable joins Emmet to discuss his recent lecture given at the Mont Pelerin Society last year entitled, "Misconceptions of the 'Industrial Revolution': Prospects for Individual Liberty in the Post-Pandemic Era." They discuss the discursive fiction of the "industrial revolution" and its uses, the green energy transition's misguidedness, economics' backwardness, why energy is the key to liberty, and more!
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Episode 31: Thinking Through Happiness, Misery and Freedom ft. Ashley Frawley
March 23rd, 2021 | 53 mins 49 secs
capitalism, covid, democracy, freedom, happiness, knowledge class, marx, plato, social distancing, socialism, the elightenment, therapy
Emmet sits down with Ashley Frawley to talk about her work on the semiotics of happiness, the knowledge class, and the how to think about freedom.