web02.fireside.fm Wed, 29 Apr 2026 20:29:58 -0500 Fireside (https://fireside.fm) ex.haust - Episodes Tagged with “The Big Short” https://exhaust.fireside.fm/tags/the%20big%20short Tue, 15 Jun 2021 20:00:00 -0700 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 43: American Hardball: Scorsese's GoodFellas and McKay's Vice https://exhaust.fireside.fm/43 2273bb44-4c33-40c4-867b-35bc40cfa2fb Tue, 15 Jun 2021 20:00:00 -0700 Emmet Penney full Emmet Penney Emmet and John talk about America's delight in self-serving, cruel narcissists via the movies Vice and GoodFellas in addition to an essay by Jim Shepard. 1:02:43 yes Emmet and John talk about America's delight in self-serving, cruel narcissists via the movies Vice and GoodFellas in addition to an essay by Jim Shepard. The conversation ranges from the political culture during the Iraq War, the uncanny similarities between Dick Cheney and Henry Hill, what it means for the American government to be normatively strong, but administratively weak, and more! "No Regrets: Goodfellas and American Hardball (https://believermag.com/no-regrets-goodfellas-and-american-hardball/)" by Jim Shepard. Subscribe to our Patreon for 2 exclusive episodes a month (https://www.patreon.com/exhaust)! Bibliography (https://exhaust.fireside.fm/articles/ep43bib). Twitter. Closing Song: "Dallas Beltway" by Chat Pile (https://chatpile.bandcamp.com/album/remove-your-skin-please). iraq war, dick cheney, martin scorsese, goodfellas, the big short, wall street, american politics, politics, history, culture, film Emmet and John talk about America's delight in self-serving, cruel narcissists via the movies Vice and GoodFellas in addition to an essay by Jim Shepard. The conversation ranges from the political culture during the Iraq War, the uncanny similarities between Dick Cheney and Henry Hill, what it means for the American government to be normatively strong, but administratively weak, and more!

"No Regrets: Goodfellas and American Hardball" by Jim Shepard.

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Bibliography.

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Closing Song: "Dallas Beltway" by Chat Pile.

]]> Emmet and John talk about America's delight in self-serving, cruel narcissists via the movies Vice and GoodFellas in addition to an essay by Jim Shepard. The conversation ranges from the political culture during the Iraq War, the uncanny similarities between Dick Cheney and Henry Hill, what it means for the American government to be normatively strong, but administratively weak, and more!

"No Regrets: Goodfellas and American Hardball" by Jim Shepard.

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Bibliography.

Twitter.

Closing Song: "Dallas Beltway" by Chat Pile.

]]> Episode 26: Line Go Down: A GameStop Debrief ft. Matt Stonks https://exhaust.fireside.fm/26 4f9ed6c7-2ecd-4064-908c-0801dd250881 Tue, 23 Feb 2021 20:45:00 -0800 Emmet Penney full Emmet Penney Matt Stonks joins the lads to talk through financial fundamentals, what happened with GameStop, and what the whole kerfuffle might mean for the future. 1:13:57 yes Our dear friend Matt Stonks joins us to talk about the whole GameStop thing. Matt helps us with some Markets 101 terminology, and then we talk about the politics of the r/WallStreetBets moment before we close with three different views of what it all means. Matt has some corrections he wanted to issue and some extensive resources he wanted to provide all of which are in the bibliography. (https://exhaust.fireside.fm/articles/eptwentysixbib) Emmet mentioned Matt Taibbi's take on all this, which Taibbi clarified (https://taibbi.substack.com/p/in-response-to-new-york-re-gamestop?token=eyJ1c2VyX2lkIjoyMDE2NTU5LCJwb3N0X2lkIjozMjI2MzI2OSwiXyI6IkFqQkx2IiwiaWF0IjoxNjE0MTM5OTYwLCJleHAiOjE2MTQxNDM1NjAsImlzcyI6InB1Yi0xMDQyIiwic3ViIjoicG9zdC1yZWFjdGlvbiJ9.L2gKgJzF4Jn0trsa2iJqHYnMJ1iJ4DBixwUjTP9jET4) a couple hours after recoring on Feb 6. Closing Song: "Houseplants (https://squiduk.bandcamp.com/track/houseplants)" by Squid. Follow us on Twitter (https://twitter.com/ex_haustpodcast). Special Guest: Matt Stonks. gamestop, wall street bets, chamath, elon musk, wire card, the big short, finance, deepfuckingvalue, economics, populism, free markets Our dear friend Matt Stonks joins us to talk about the whole GameStop thing. Matt helps us with some Markets 101 terminology, and then we talk about the politics of the r/WallStreetBets moment before we close with three different views of what it all means.

Matt has some corrections he wanted to issue and some extensive resources he wanted to provide all of which are in the bibliography. Emmet mentioned Matt Taibbi's take on all this, which Taibbi clarified a couple hours after recoring on Feb 6.

Closing Song: "Houseplants" by Squid.

Follow us on Twitter.

Special Guest: Matt Stonks.

]]> Our dear friend Matt Stonks joins us to talk about the whole GameStop thing. Matt helps us with some Markets 101 terminology, and then we talk about the politics of the r/WallStreetBets moment before we close with three different views of what it all means.

Matt has some corrections he wanted to issue and some extensive resources he wanted to provide all of which are in the bibliography. Emmet mentioned Matt Taibbi's take on all this, which Taibbi clarified a couple hours after recoring on Feb 6.

Closing Song: "Houseplants" by Squid.

Follow us on Twitter.

Special Guest: Matt Stonks.

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