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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. Subscribe to our Patreon for the full episode and get two exclusive episodes a month.

Writer and philosopher Oliver Traldi sits down with Emmet to talk about what it means to be a public intellectual today, what being a writer's really like, CRT, how woke politicization has homogenized every other endeavor in the humanities, and more! Clean Rooms and Dirtbags by Oliver Traldi, American Affairs. What's In A Name? by Oliver Traldi, Arc Digital Subscribe to our Patreon to get two exclusive episodes a month! Closing Song: Garbage Man by Chat Pile.

Default Friend returns to ex.haust to talk about the death of sex positivity, the coming wave of sex negativity, affinity community online, how our identities are formed now, and a whole bunch of other stuff. The Coming Wave of Sex Negativity by Default Friend Affinity vs. Experience by Default Friend Subscribe to our Patreon to get 2 exclusive episodes a month! Closing Song: I Can My Heart Touching You by Parannoul

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 Subscribe to our Patreon to get two exclusive episodes a month. Subscribe to Emmet's new podcast/substack, Nuclear Barbarians. Closing Song: Dornier by Cross My Heart.Special Guest: Mike.

Emmet and John forge ahead in the Lasch reading. This time they watch Lasch take on Burke, Marx, Weber, Tonnies, and more. They discuss development theory, the systematic view of history's progress, what they think Lasch is up to, what Schopenhauer did for them, and more. Subscribe to hear the rest!

It's Halloween season. To help celebrate, Emmet and frequent guest Josh Bregman sit down to talk about two favorites: The Terminator and A Nightmare on Elm Street. They talk about the slasher genre, collapse of American confidence, the terror of the past, the horror of the future, and more. Subscribe to our Patreon to get two exclusive episodes a month! Subscrube to Emmet's new podcast/newsletter Nuclear Barbarians. Closing Song: Copper & Stars by Planes Mistaken for Stars.

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. Subscribe to our Patreon to get two exclusive episodes a month! Closing Song: "Talk Anyway" by Found Footage.

Canada Mike fills in for John for the third installment of our series on Lasch's True and Only Heaven. Mike and Emmet detail Lasch's argument and consider the necessary relationship between progressive ideology and nostalgia. They talk about living in an eternal present, Cormac McCarthy as subverter of American tropes, the frontier as a "zone of innocence" and more. This a Teaser. Subscribe to get the rest of these episodes and the back catalog of our exclusive episodes. Patreon episodes come out twice a month.

Emmet and John discuss the life and times of writer and director John Milius, looking specifically at his movies The Wind and the Lion and Conan the Barbarian. We talk about the Cold War, changes in the film industry, Milius' atavism, what makes Conan such a surprisingly beautiful an lyric film, and much, much more. Subscribe to our Patreon to get two exclusive episodes a month! Closing Song: "The Rain in Spain Drains Mainly From the Main Vein" by MANS.

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

In this one, we embark on the second chapter of Lasch's The True and Only Heaven to talk about his historical understanding of progress and his underlying critique. We talk about millenarianism, what progressivism isn't, the family as a buttress against the market, Adam Smith's fatalism, the challenge of republican ideals, and more. Subscribe to our Patreon to hear the rest.

Emmet talks with author and cohost of Aufhebunga Bunga Phil Cunliffe about the bungled evac of Kabul, the Afghanistan War's aimlessness, historical amnesia, and more! The Fall of an American Empire by Phill Cunliffe Whatever Happened to the Good War? by Phil Cunliffe Subscribe to our Patreon for 2 exclusive episodes a month! Closing Song: Dig It A Hole by The U-Men

To celebrate ex.haust's one year anniversary, Emmet and John respond to listener questions. This one was really fun to do. Thank you all so much for your support. Getting to work on this podcast is a true joy. We wouldn't be able to do this without you, listener. Subscribe to our Patreon for 2 exclusive episodes a month. [Merch.](tee.pub/lic/k8eEk8bR5-8) Closing Song: "jean skirts" by the blasted diplomats

This is a teaser. To hear the full episode subscribe to our Patreon. In this one, Emmet and Mike discuss cultural narcissism, Mike's MILF Hitler theory, the societal threat unguided young men pose, Sheller's abortive USMC protest videos about the Afghanistan exit, the officer corps as a societal bellwether, and more! Sheller: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/marine-commander-relieved-of-duty-over-video-slamming-senior-leaders-in-wake-of-kabul-attack/ A Generation of American Men Give Up on College: https://www.wsj.com/articles/college-university-fall-higher-education-men-women-enrollment-admissions-back-to-school-11630948233?st=r5jiboojtgreuap&reflink=share_mobilewebshare Closing Song: Check (KEIFERGR33N REMIX) - Young Thug

Emmet sits down with Alexi and Sam from the fashion and culture podcast Nymphet Alumni to talk about how culture does or doesn't get handed down, our contextless existence, the state of fashion, the absolute state of zoomers and more! Subscribe to our Patreon for 2 exclusive episodes a month! Merch. Closing Song: "Please Respect Out Decadence" by Algebra Suicide.

Emmet and John begin their series on Lasch's book The True and Only Heaven: Progress and Its Critics." They lay out the general premise, debate whether or not Lasch was a degrowther, reflect on the impact of the 70s energy crisis, and more! Subscribe to the Patreon for 2 exclusive episodes a month. We now have merch. Song: "Playpen of Dissent" by Stuck.

Canada Mike, Emmet, and John discuss HP Lovecraft's "Call of Cthulu" and Harlan Ellison's "I Have No Mouth And I Must Scream." They situate each of them in history and talk about the concept of the weird, the weird tale as an American contribution, Lovecraft's modernism vs. Ellison's post-modernism, non-time and post-time, and a whole lot more! Subscribe to our Patreon for 2 exclusive episodes a month! "I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream" by Harlan Ellison. "Call of Cthulhu" by HP Lovecraft. Twitter. Closing Song: "With the Sun" by will mcgovern

In our final installment of the After Virtue series, we provide an overview of MacIntyre's closing arguments, pose complicating rebuttals, and consider the power of viewing life as a narrative among other things. At the end, we talk about some of the things you can look forward to as we approach ex.haust's second year. Thanks so much for your support. It means more than you know. Subscribe to hear the rest.

Strength coach and powerlifter Bill Coyne joins Emmet to talk about his pilgrimage to Westside Barbell, the strongest gym in the world, the history of weight lifting, getting strong as an antidote to despair, and more! If you want to learn more about weightlifting, feel free to DM Bill or Emmet on Twitter. Subscribe to our Patreon for 2 exclusive episodes a month! Closing Song: "Rip and Tear" by L.A. Guns. Twitter.

Emmet and Canada Mike return to their bread and butter: vaccine supply chains. People have been asking for a vaccine update, so Mike and Emmet hashed it out. They talk about Pfizer's insane contracts, DARPA's involvement in Operation Warp Speed, Foucault, Agamben, Plato, Taleb, and more! If you're new, you can listen to our first ep on vaccines here and here. Otherwise, you'll have to subscribe to our Patreon. Join our Patreon for 2 exclusive episodes a month! Bibliography. Twitter. Closing Song: [Pop Smoke - Paranoia feat. Young Thug & Gunna - Paranoia x Travis Scott - Stargazing (KEIFERGR33n Remix)](Wapo source for unvaccinated hospitalizations assumes efficacy (check “Methodology” section)- https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/interactive/2021/covid-rates-unvaccinated-people/)

In this one, talk through a Ranciere essay and a Platonic dialog, both deal with epistemology and politics. We had a lot of fun considering and juxtaposing these. This is a teaser. Subscribe to our Patreon to hear the rest!

Alex and Fox (a return guest) from Space Commune join Emmet to talk about their new documentary--Consumerism: Can We Buy a Better World? What Happens When a Buffet Buys Your Town? by Sean Cooper Join our Patreon for 2 exclusive episodes a month! Bibliography. Twitter. Closing Song: "Summer of Hate" by Chemlab

Emmet sits down with Micah Meadowcroft, an editor at The American Conservative, to talk about some of his recent writing, a view of the right from the right, what conservatism should mean, ending America's imperial posture, and much more. "We Are Going to Win" by Micah Meadowcroft "Roman Rhetoric And Florentine Politics: A Reply To Yarvin" by Micah Meadowcroft The piece of Emmet's mentioned: "Nuclear Power Plants: Our Industrial Cathedrals" by Emmet Penney Join our Patreon for two exclusive episodes a month! Bibliography. Twitter. Closing Song: "Hips Swingin" by Naked Raygun

John and I are back with another canon ep by request. This one's about one of our favorite short stories. We talk through the story, then ruminate on the connections between O'Connor and McCarthy, and then close with a meditation on life in flyover country. This is a teaser. Subscribe to hear the rest! You can read it here: https://repositorio.ufsc.br/bitstream/handle/123456789/160332/A%20good%20man%20is%20hard%20to%20find%20-%20Flannery%20O%27Connor.pdf Bibliography: https://exhaust.fireside.fm/articles/p10 Closing Song: https://foundfootageokc.bandcamp.com/album/as-far-as-far

Emmet sits down with comic book artist Sterling Bartlett to talk about his comics "How Did We Get Here?" and "Kali, Yuga, Eschaton." They talk about how recycling is a scam, the late-period Matisse to moralizing infographic pipeline, the death of boredom, the age of the filthy casual., and more! Check out Sterling's work: https://www.sterlingbartlett.com/ Join our Patreon for two exclusive episodes a month! Twitter. Bibliography. Closing Song: "A Three Year Old Could Do That" by the U-Men.

Canada Mike returns to talk about the theoretical basics of statistical modeling, which turns into a discussion of discourse, democracy, expertise, coercion, and history. Enjoy! Join our Patreon for 2 exclusive episodes a month! Bibliography. Twitter. Closing Song: "Del's Shandy" by White Dad.

In our second to last installment on After Virtue we look at Aristotle's impact and the origins and extension of virtue ethics from Homer to the Middle Ages. This one was a fun deep dive and very in our wheelhouses in different ways. This is a brief teaser. To here the rest subscribe to our Patreon and get two exclusive episodes a month: https://www.patreon.com/exhaust

Josh Bregman comes back on the pod to talk with Emmet about two movies that came out in the same summer that sought to capture post-crash America: Pain & Gain and Wolf of Wall Street. They talk about what a shitty director Michael Bay is, analyze the main characters of each movie, and try to figure out just why it was so hard to narrativize a financial crash that almost ended the world economy over night. Join our Patreon to get two exclusive episodes a month! Bibliography. Twitter. Closing Song: "Look At What You Did, You Little Jerk," by MANS.

Emmet sits down with Fox Green of Space Commune to talk about how his town is being astroturfed by billionaire-funded NGOs, political fandom, the revolt against adulthood, and much, much more. "The NPIC" by Space Commune "Political Fandom" by Space Commune Subscribe to our Patreon for 2 exclusive expisodes a month! Bibliography. Twitter. Closing Song: The Union Underground - Across the Nation x 21 Savage - Heathens (KEIFERGR33N remix)

John and I watched a forgotten Channel 4 documentary on the early internet from 1994. It's a very weird message in a bottle. This is a wide-ranging discussion. We hope you like it. To hear the rest of the episode subscribe to our Patreon! You can watch it here: https://youtu.be/YWECt4cVfGM Bibliography: https://exhaust.fireside.fm/articles/p8 Closing Song: "Neurozon" by ChemLab https://chemlab.bandcamp.com/album/burn-out-at-the-hydrogen-bar-2021-remaster

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. Subscribe to our Patreon for 2 exclusive episodes a month! Bibliography. Twitter. Closing Song: "Dallas Beltway" by Chat Pile.

Writer and co-host of the Aufhebungabunga podcast Alex Hochuli joins Emmet and John to talk about his latest article in American Affairs: "The Brazilianization of the World." They talk about Alex's article, the alleged end of the "End of History," anti-politics, and more! "The Brazilianization of the World" by Alex Hochuli. Pre-order Aufhebungabunga's book here. Bibliography. Twitter. Subscribe to our Patreon for two exclusive episodes a month! Closing Song: "Black Sea" by The Farmers. Photo by Gustavo Leighton on Unsplash.

John and Emmet talk about facts, bureaucracy, science as a social process, the social telos of internet moderation as a culture, and more. This is a teaser. To hear the rest, subscribe! Emmet's essay on Alien Covenant: https://dumbaristotle.medium.com/who-wrote-ozymandias-creativity-fallibility-and-mystery-in-art-34ffd6f8d5da Bibliography: https://exhaust.fireside.fm/articles/p7 Closing Song: "Little Dead Bodies" by Algebra Suicide

Emmet sits down with economic historian Edgardo Sepulveda to talk about the history of the electrical grid in America from the 1920s until the closure of Indian Point. They talk vertical integration, the dawn of public utilities, the rise of monetarism and neoliberalism, the birth of the RTO system, and whether or not it's feasible to reform this precious infrastructure in an age of diminishing expecations and possibilities. Bibliography. Twitter. Subscribe to our Patreon for 2 exclusive episodes a month! Closing Song: "OK FM DOA" by the Dillinger Four

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. Subscribe to our Patreon for 2 exclusive episodes a month! Episode Image.

Mark Nelson returns to the pod to explain Germany's Energiwende policy and its dependence on Nordstream 2 pipeline from Russia. Emmet and Mark talk about American green Malthusianism's influence on the Energiwende, Germany vs. American traditions of government-market relations, how the rest of Europe should respond to the pipeline, and more! Subscribe to our Patreon for 2 exclusive episodes a month. Bibliography. Twitter. Closing Song: "Sniper Song" by Naked RaygunSpecial Guest: Mark Nelson.

We discuss the movie Jasper Mall, which follows the small-town Alabama mall's decline over the course of a year. They discuss the movie, what killed Sears, our lives working and hanging out at various malls around the country, and ponder the prospects of small-town America, and more. Subscribe to hear the rest and get two exclusive episodes a month! Twitter. The movie's available on Amazon Prime, or you can rent it here on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hx6k0eN0CKM Bibliography: https://exhaust.fireside.fm/articles/p6 Closing Song: "Ugly Truth (Live at Concrete Foundations, 9/23/89)" by Soundgarden

Emmet sits down with Default Friend of After the Orgy about her piece on the Culture of Confession, the emotional history of the internet, millenial blues, how tumblr turned the academy woke, and more. Patreon. Twitter. Closing Song: "Juliette's Window" by Black Print.

Founder of the Campaign for a Green Nuclear Deal, [Madison Czerwinski](@Madi_Czerwinski), sits down with Emmet to talk about the closure of the Indian Point nuclear plant in New York, the status of the US nuclear fleet, and what a nuclear future could look like. Campaign for a Green Nuclear Deal. Bibliography. Patreon. Twitter. Closing Song: "Saint Pepsi - Mac Tonight x Mannie Fresh - Real Big (KEIFERGR33N Remix)"

Emmet and John talk about Eliot's essay on what it means for a writer to fit into a tradition. We talk about what that means for us, how we shape the past as we make our present, the confessional poets as a response to Eliot, and Borges on Kafka. Subscribe to our patreon to hear the rest! The essay: https://www.poetryfoundation.org/articles/69400/tradition-and-the-individual-talent Bibliography: https://exhaust.fireside.fm/articles/p5 Closing Song: "White Jesus" by Rittz

Token Gen-Xer Josh Bregman joins Emmet to discuss Robert Downey Jr.'s documentary about the '92 election, The Last Party. They discuss the NGO Industrial Complex, why the culture war is built to be endless, the handoff from the New Left to Gen X, and how RDJ accidentally made Twitter: The Movie in 1992. Subscribe to our Patreon for two extra exclusive episodes a month. Bibliography. Twitter. Closing Song: System of a Down - Lost in Hollywood x Young Thug - Power (KEIFERGR33N Remix)

Emmet and John discuss two articles and try to fine-tune their understanding of who the American elites are and how they've changed over time. Do elites have the same interes? The same culture? Do they even believe in their own institutions? "American Gentry" by Patrick Wyman "Rediscovering E. Digby Baltzell’s Sociology of Elites" by Aaron M Renn Bibliography. Patreon. Twitter. Closing Song: "Slipknot - Wait and Bleed x Chrono Trigger OST - At the Bottom of the Night (KEIFERGR33N REMIX)"

A discussion of Ontario's lockdown and the fight over the grid in Texas turns into a longer conversation about decadence vs. decline, aesthetic education, and how we try to cultivate ourselves and find meaning in a shallow and ephemeral world. We talk about poetry, marriage, LARPing, the sack of Troy, and more. Join our Patreon to hear the rest! Bibliography: https://exhaust.fireside.fm/articles/p4 Twitter: https://twitter.com/ex_haustpodcast Closing Song: https://moontype.bandcamp.com/track/ferry-2 Cover Image: Photo by Hermes Rivera on UnsplashSpecial Guest: Mike.

Emmet and Geoff Shullenberger talk about a mutual favorite film: Cronenberg's Videodrome. They talk about how it pre-empted our fractured digital lives and the inscrutable, parapolitical world we inhabit. Join our Patreon for 2 extra episodes a month! Eratta: Emmet states that Videodrome came out in 1985, but it did not. It came out in 1983. Bibliography. Twitter. Closing Song: "La Flamme dell' Est (Fabio Brienza Remix)" by Lamniformes Special Guest: Geoff Shullenberger .

Emmet and John sit down to speak with Meredith Angwin about her new book, Shorting the Grid, on America's fragile electric grid. We talk about how and why the grid became fragile, energy auctions, renewables and fragility, the glories of nuclear energy, and much more! Buy Meredith's book. Twitter. Patreon. Closing song: "Vermont" by Tiny Deserts.

Listen to the full episode by subscribing to our Patreon! John and I had fun with this one. We talk through MacIntyre's analysis of the failure of the Enlightenment's ethical project and the difficulty the idea of telos posed for it. There was a lot of chaos in our respective apartments, so we got a little derailed towards the end. We're going to return to MacIntyre's argument about human rights in greater detail in the next installment. In lieu of that, we had a broader closing conversation about the need for his argument with a little teaser for our upcoming series on the Korean War. Bibliography: https://exhaust.fireside.fm/articles/p3

In a brief addition to the Lasch Files, we discuss his essay, "The Cultural Cold War: A Short History of the Congress for Cultural Freedom." We go through the Alger Hiss case, the ACCF, the Korean War as it played out uring McCarthyism, why everything's a psyop, and how Lasch saw psychopolitics coming. Bibliography. Patreon. Twitter. Closing Song: "checkin out" by blasted diplomats.

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. Ashley was a great guest and we hope to have her return to the pod. Buy her book. Bibliography. Twitter. Patreon. Closing Song: "Ceiling" by Stuck Episode image: Photo by Maximilian Scheffler on UnsplashSpecial Guest: Ashley Frawley.

We review Alex Lee Moyer's documentary TFW NO GF. We talk about loneliness, the shitty American media class, the value of friendship, and a whole lot else. This one's a chiller. You can watch the movie here. Bibliography. Twitter. Patreon. Closing song: "Kerosene" by Big Black.

Last month, CyberCharles joined Emmet to break down what happened with the big SolarWinds hack, how digital supply chains work, how citizens should think about these issues, and much more. This is a sample of their talk. Listen to the full episode by subscribing to the Patreon. Bibliography. Closing song: "Bingo! Dino DNA" by MANS. Photo by Kvistholt Photography on Unsplash.