web01.fireside.fm Wed, 08 Apr 2026 01:45:26 -0500 Fireside (https://fireside.fm) ex.haust - Episodes Tagged with “Obama” https://exhaust.fireside.fm/tags/obama Tue, 14 Dec 2021 23:00:00 -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 Episode 69: Brain Smart: Common Core and The Downfall of the Humanities ft. Catherine Liu https://exhaust.fireside.fm/69 1996180f-a5d9-4241-a093-cbf69fa8b903 Tue, 14 Dec 2021 23:00:00 -0800 Emmet Penney full Emmet Penney Professor of film and media studies and author of Virtue Hoarders: The Case Against the Professional Managerial Class, Catherine Liu joins Emmet to talk about the death of the humanities in higher ed, the meritocratic nightmare of Common Core, why the humanities are important, the HRification of everything, and more! 1:05:41 yes Professor of film and media studies and author of Virtue Hoarders: The Case Against the Professional Managerial Class (https://www.upress.umn.edu/book-division/books/virtue-hoarders), Catherine Liu (https://twitter.com/bureaucatliu) joins Emmet to talk about the death of the humanities in higher ed, the meritocratic nightmare of Common Core, why the humanities are important, the HRification of everything, and more! The Apotheosis of the Professional Class by Catherine Liu (https://catalyst-journal.com/2021/05/the-apotheosis-of-the-professional-class), Catalyst. Subscribe to our Patreon to get two exclusive episodes a month! (https://www.patreon.com/exhaust) Closing Song: Shimmering Neck by Landowner. (https://landowner.bandcamp.com/album/impressive-almanac-2) common core, humanities, liberal arts, college, university, ap classes, college admissions, pmc, professional managerial class, obama, bennington college, woke Professor of film and media studies and author of Virtue Hoarders: The Case Against the Professional Managerial Class, Catherine Liu joins Emmet to talk about the death of the humanities in higher ed, the meritocratic nightmare of Common Core, why the humanities are important, the HRification of everything, and more!

The Apotheosis of the Professional Class by Catherine Liu, Catalyst.

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Closing Song: Shimmering Neck by Landowner.

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The Apotheosis of the Professional Class by Catherine Liu, Catalyst.

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Closing Song: Shimmering Neck by Landowner.

]]> Episode 61: Two Piece: Resigning from Being Superfluous https://exhaust.fireside.fm/61 737e9858-c09e-42e1-b5bc-f2ff8da52686 Tue, 19 Oct 2021 22:00:00 -0700 Emmet Penney full Emmet Penney Emmet, John, and Canada Mike talk through two pieces: one on superfluous men by Alex Gendler and another about bullshit jobs and people quitting the workforce by John Michael Greer. They talk about the Great Resignation, the strivewave, why many men have been historically superfluous, incels, and ponder if we need new ways to think of being modern. 1:05:55 yes Emmet, John, and Canada Mike talk through two pieces: one on the superfluous men of history by Alex Gendler and another about bullshit jobs and people quitting the workforce by John Michael Greer. They talk about the Great Resignation, the strivewave, why men have been historically superluous, incels, and ponder if we need new ways to think of being modern. The New Superfluous Men by Alex Gendler (https://americanaffairsjournal.org/2020/11/the-new-superfluous-men/) That Untraversed Land by John Michael Greer (https://www.ecosophia.net/that-untraversed-land/) Subscribe to our Patreon to get two exclusive episodes a month (https://www.patreon.com/exhaust). Subscribe to Emmet's new podcast/substack, Nuclear Barbarians. (https://nuclearbarians.substack.com/) Closing Song: Dornier by Cross My Heart. Special Guest: Mike. strike wave, incels, the great resignation, peak oil, obama Emmet, John, and Canada Mike talk through two pieces: one on the superfluous men of history by Alex Gendler and another about bullshit jobs and people quitting the workforce by John Michael Greer. They talk about the Great Resignation, the strivewave, why men have been historically superluous, incels, and ponder if we need new ways to think of being modern.

The New Superfluous Men by Alex Gendler
That Untraversed Land by John Michael Greer

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Closing Song: Dornier by Cross My Heart.

Special Guest: Mike.

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The New Superfluous Men by Alex Gendler
That Untraversed Land by John Michael Greer

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Subscribe to Emmet's new podcast/substack, Nuclear Barbarians.

Closing Song: Dornier by Cross My Heart.

Special Guest: Mike.

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