web02.fireside.fm Sun, 05 Apr 2026 11:56:30 -0500 Fireside (https://fireside.fm) ex.haust - Episodes Tagged with “Liberalism” https://exhaust.fireside.fm/tags/liberalism 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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]]> Episode 78: The Political Biography of a Zoomer ft. James Lynch https://exhaust.fireside.fm/78 f73ee957-8d12-4480-a3ef-59600f2b6aa0 Wed, 16 Feb 2022 09:00:00 -0800 Emmet Penney full Emmet Penney 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! 1:07:13 yes 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) blm, woke, new right, populism, trump, bernie, gop, dnc, liberalism, culture war, crt, big tech 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!

The Mainstream Media Is Attacking Joe Rogan Instead of Admitting Its Own Failures by James Lynch, Newsweek
The Working Class Is Up For Grabs. Which Party Will Claim It? by James Lynch, Newsweek
How Progressive Theatrics Benefit the Elites by James Lynch, Newsweek

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Closing Song: Suicide Design by Hope Conspiracy

]]> 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!

The Mainstream Media Is Attacking Joe Rogan Instead of Admitting Its Own Failures by James Lynch, Newsweek
The Working Class Is Up For Grabs. Which Party Will Claim It? by James Lynch, Newsweek
How Progressive Theatrics Benefit the Elites by James Lynch, Newsweek

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Closing Song: Suicide Design by Hope Conspiracy

]]> [teaser] The True and Only Heaven 5: The Populist Campaign Against "Improvement" https://exhaust.fireside.fm/p16t 91ba8e9f-014f-4cec-a1d7-273364c6864b Sun, 07 Nov 2021 18:00:00 -0800 Emmet Penney full Emmet Penney Emmet and John dive into Lasch's overview of populism. They start to get glimpses of Lasch's commitments here. Touring classical conceptions of republicanism to people like Paine, Cobbett, and Brownson, Emmet and John track how they frustrate our contemporary interpretations of republicanism and liberalism can't or don't apply to them. Thinking with Lasch on historiography, they close the chapter discussing 19th-century artisans, populism, the New Deal, and the triumph of Taylorism. 15:14 yes Emmet and John dive into Lasch's overview of populism. They start to get glimpses of Lasch's commitments here. Touring classical conceptions of republicanism to people like Paine, Cobbett, and Brownson, Emmet and John track how they frustrate our contemporary interpretations of republicanism and liberalism can't or don't apply to them. Thinking with Lasch on historiography, they close the chapter discussing 19th-century artisans, populism, the New Deal, and the triumph of Taylorism. This is a teaser. Subscribe to our Patreon for the full episode and get two exclusive episodes a month. (https://www.patreon.com/exhaust) lasch, american history, populism, politics, progressive, liberal, liberalism Emmet and John dive into Lasch's overview of populism. They start to get glimpses of Lasch's commitments here. Touring classical conceptions of republicanism to people like Paine, Cobbett, and Brownson, Emmet and John track how they frustrate our contemporary interpretations of republicanism and liberalism can't or don't apply to them. Thinking with Lasch on historiography, they close the chapter discussing 19th-century artisans, populism, the New Deal, and the triumph of Taylorism.

This is a teaser.

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]]> Emmet and John dive into Lasch's overview of populism. They start to get glimpses of Lasch's commitments here. Touring classical conceptions of republicanism to people like Paine, Cobbett, and Brownson, Emmet and John track how they frustrate our contemporary interpretations of republicanism and liberalism can't or don't apply to them. Thinking with Lasch on historiography, they close the chapter discussing 19th-century artisans, populism, the New Deal, and the triumph of Taylorism.

This is a teaser.

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]]> Episode 59: Political Ossification ft. Luke Thompson https://exhaust.fireside.fm/59 92e4c146-0432-4123-84b0-db9a6f62d1a0 Tue, 05 Oct 2021 20:00:00 -0700 Emmet Penney full Emmet Penney Political consultant and podcaster Luke Thompson joins Emmet to talk through different conceptions of political ossification. They talk through realignment theory, conceptions of political time, and, of course, why nothing feels possible. 1:15:40 yes Political consultant and podcaster Luke Thompson (https://twitter.com/ltthompso) joins Emmet to talk through the problem of political ossification. They talk through realignment theory, conceptions of political time, how party coalitions have changed over time, the shifting nature of American political institutions, and, of course, why nothing feels possible. Check out Luke's podcast with Jay Cost, Constitutionally Speaking (https://www.nationalreview.com/podcasts/constitutionally-speaking/). Subscribe to our Patreon to get two exclusive episodes a month! Closing Song: "Talk Anyway" by Found Footage (https://foundfootageokc.bandcamp.com/). politics, conservatism, liberalism, history, america, american history Political consultant and podcaster Luke Thompson joins Emmet to talk through the problem of political ossification. They talk through realignment theory, conceptions of political time, how party coalitions have changed over time, the shifting nature of American political institutions, and, of course, why nothing feels possible.

Check out Luke's podcast with Jay Cost, Constitutionally Speaking.

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Closing Song: "Talk Anyway" by Found Footage.

]]> Political consultant and podcaster Luke Thompson joins Emmet to talk through the problem of political ossification. They talk through realignment theory, conceptions of political time, how party coalitions have changed over time, the shifting nature of American political institutions, and, of course, why nothing feels possible.

Check out Luke's podcast with Jay Cost, Constitutionally Speaking.

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Closing Song: "Talk Anyway" by Found Footage.

]]> Episode 57: Into the Fairy Castle ft. Sam Biagetti https://exhaust.fireside.fm/57 20dfabc2-bf88-4659-b4e7-4df513e547c6 Tue, 21 Sep 2021 20:00:00 -0700 Emmet Penney full Emmet Penney Emmet sits down with historian, podcaster, and writer Sam Biagetti to talk about his latest piece for American Affairs, "Into the Fairy Castle: The Persistence of Victorian Liberalism." They about Gilbert and Sullivan, Borgen, the downfall of the Bernie movement, meritocracy and more. 58:48 yes Emmet sits down with historian, podcaster, and writer Sam Biagetti to talk about his latest piece for American Affairs, "Into the Fairy Castle: The Persistence of Victorian Liberalism." They about Gilbert and Sullivan, Borgen, the downfall of the Bernie movement, meritocracy and more. Subscribe to Sam's podcast here (https://www.patreon.com/user?u=5530632). "Into the Fairy Castle: The Persistence of Victorian Liberalism" by Sam Biagetti (Into the Fairy Castle: The Persistence of Victorian Liberalism). Our Patreon. (https://www.patreon.com/exhaust) Closing Song: Rusty Cage by Soundgarden (Live at the Omaha Civic Auditorium Music Hall, 1992) borgen, house of cards, liberalism, liberals, politics, bernie, aoc, met gala, victorian history, politics, history Emmet sits down with historian, podcaster, and writer Sam Biagetti to talk about his latest piece for American Affairs, "Into the Fairy Castle: The Persistence of Victorian Liberalism." They about Gilbert and Sullivan, Borgen, the downfall of the Bernie movement, meritocracy and more.

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["Into the Fairy Castle: The Persistence of Victorian Liberalism" by Sam Biagetti](Into the Fairy Castle: The Persistence of Victorian Liberalism).

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Closing Song: Rusty Cage by Soundgarden (Live at the Omaha Civic Auditorium Music Hall, 1992)

]]> Emmet sits down with historian, podcaster, and writer Sam Biagetti to talk about his latest piece for American Affairs, "Into the Fairy Castle: The Persistence of Victorian Liberalism." They about Gilbert and Sullivan, Borgen, the downfall of the Bernie movement, meritocracy and more.

Subscribe to Sam's podcast here.

["Into the Fairy Castle: The Persistence of Victorian Liberalism" by Sam Biagetti](Into the Fairy Castle: The Persistence of Victorian Liberalism).

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Closing Song: Rusty Cage by Soundgarden (Live at the Omaha Civic Auditorium Music Hall, 1992)

]]> Episode 40: "We all saw that idea come home": The Imperial Vampire Castle and Its Fixed Ideas https://exhaust.fireside.fm/40 b421a6f0-bb1e-42f1-9819-ca47803d6136 Tue, 25 May 2021 20:00:00 -0700 Emmet Penney full Emmet Penney Emmet and John use three articles to talk about our woke empire and how much it feels like the neocon heyday of the early 2000s. 1:06:04 yes Emmet and John use three articles to talk about our woke empire and how much it feels like the neocon heyday of the early 2000s. We talk about the major cultural resonances between the post-Trump era and the aftermath of 9/11, how the Greater War in the Middle East disabused us of optimism, why in the next few years there will be American Sniper but about an activist, and more! The essays: Fixed Opinions (https://www.nybooks.com/articles/2003/01/16/fixed-opinions-or-the-hinge-of-history/?lp_txn_id=1250122) by Joan Didion Exiting the Vampire's Castle (https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/opendemocracyuk/exiting-vampire-castle/) by Mark Fisher Feminism, the Taliban and the Politics of Counterinsurgency (http://fathom.lib.uchicago.edu/1/777777190136/) by Mahmood and Hirschkind Bibliography (https://exhaust.fireside.fm/articles/ep40bib). Twitter (https://twitter.com/ex_haustpodcast). Closing Song: "Good Bass Lines, Really Good Bass Lines (https://mans.bandcamp.com/track/good-bass-lines-really-good-bass-lines)" by MANS. Subscribe to our Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/exhaust) for 2 exclusive episodes a month! Episode Image (https://unsplash.com/photos/7VHsb9sGBKs). iraq war, joan didion, neoconservatism, 911, woke, cancel culture, cia, afghanistan, mark fisher, mujahideen, cold war, empire, liberalism Emmet and John use three articles to talk about our woke empire and how much it feels like the neocon heyday of the early 2000s. We talk about the major cultural resonances between the post-Trump era and the aftermath of 9/11, how the Greater War in the Middle East disabused us of optimism, why in the next few years there will be American Sniper but about an activist, and more!

The essays:

Fixed Opinions by Joan Didion
Exiting the Vampire's Castle by Mark Fisher
Feminism, the Taliban and the Politics of Counterinsurgency by Mahmood and Hirschkind

Bibliography.

Twitter.

Closing Song: "Good Bass Lines, Really Good Bass Lines" by MANS.

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Episode Image.

]]> Emmet and John use three articles to talk about our woke empire and how much it feels like the neocon heyday of the early 2000s. We talk about the major cultural resonances between the post-Trump era and the aftermath of 9/11, how the Greater War in the Middle East disabused us of optimism, why in the next few years there will be American Sniper but about an activist, and more!

The essays:

Fixed Opinions by Joan Didion
Exiting the Vampire's Castle by Mark Fisher
Feminism, the Taliban and the Politics of Counterinsurgency by Mahmood and Hirschkind

Bibliography.

Twitter.

Closing Song: "Good Bass Lines, Really Good Bass Lines" by MANS.

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Episode Image.

]]> Episode 15: The Jesus Campening of American Politics https://exhaust.fireside.fm/15 d29d5d00-9c17-4a96-974e-b3177c430d4b Tue, 08 Dec 2020 20:45:00 -0800 Emmet Penney full Emmet Penney We revisit the 2006 documentary Jesus Camp to re-evaluate their perspective on the movie and to understand our current political moment. 51:06 yes We revisit the 2006 documentary Jesus Camp, a film about a pentecostal Christian summer camp, to re-evaluate their perspective on the movie and to understand our current political moment. Unlike our experience when it first came out, we were more disturbed by the film makers than the documentary's content. We talk about how everything feels like Jesus Camp now--both form and content--and then talk about the deadlock of victimhood and moral license in American politics. Bibliography. Complaints Department: ex.haustpodcast [at] gmail [dot] com. george bush, christianity, jesus, jesus camp, politics, culture, liberalism, conservatism, narcissism We revisit the 2006 documentary Jesus Camp, a film about a pentecostal Christian summer camp, to re-evaluate their perspective on the movie and to understand our current political moment. Unlike our experience when it first came out, we were more disturbed by the film makers than the documentary's content. We talk about how everything feels like Jesus Camp now--both form and content--and then talk about the deadlock of victimhood and moral license in American politics.

Bibliography.

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

]]> We revisit the 2006 documentary Jesus Camp, a film about a pentecostal Christian summer camp, to re-evaluate their perspective on the movie and to understand our current political moment. Unlike our experience when it first came out, we were more disturbed by the film makers than the documentary's content. We talk about how everything feels like Jesus Camp now--both form and content--and then talk about the deadlock of victimhood and moral license in American politics.

Bibliography.

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

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