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Emmet and John begin their reading series on Alisdair MacIntyre's classic work After Virtue. This episode's a more granular look at MacIntyre's argument to make sure we've fully grasped its fundamentals before moving forward. The episode closes with a discussion of mourning in Anglo-Saxon poetry and Borges' "Borges and I." "Any Oligarchy of Sob Stories" by Emmet Penney. Bibliography. Twitter. Subscribe to our Patreon to get an extra two exclusive episodes a month! Closing Song: "Limp Bizkit - Take A Look Around x The Roots - Step Into the Realm (REMIX)" - KEIFERGR33N

Emmet talks with energy analyst Mark Nelson about how the Texas grid almost completely collapsed in mid-February and what that means for our future. Mark is sharp as hell and was a joy to speak with. Subscribe to our Patreon for more content like this! Bibliography. Twitter. Closing Song: "Scapegoat" by Atmosphere.Special Guest: Mark Nelson.

This is a teaser from our first Patreon episode. Subscribe here to listen to the full thing! We talk with Canada Mike about the stastical efficacy of vaccine success studies, how mRNA vaccines are produced, and the downfall of the CDC. Bibliography. Twitter. Special Guest: Mike.

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.

Emmet sits down with Frank Furedi to discuss his latest book, Democracy Under Siege: Don't Let Them Lock It Down! They discuss Athenian Democracy, the role of expertise in society, how technocrats need wokeness to make their anti-democratic aims palatable, Brexit, and so much more! Buy the book here. Buy his other book, Why Borders Matter, here. Follow us on Twitter. Closing Song: "Never Follow" by Naked Raygun.Special Guest: Frank Furedi.

We talk through three pieces: Leo Strauss's lecture on German Nihilism, Bradley Troemel's (recently banned from YouTube) video essay on QAnon, and Boris Groys's essay Self-Design and Aesthetic Responsibility to understand the current state of American Nihilism. This one was fun to record, so we hope it's fun to listen to. Sign up for Emmet's lecture on Book I of the Republic. Bibliography. Follow us on Twitter. Closing Song by Tom Inhaler off of the album Distilled. Cover image: Gustave Doré's illustration to Dante's Inferno. Plate IX: Canto III: Arrival of Charon.

Canada Mike joins us to talk about why America's vaccine rollout plan doesn't make sense and why it's not going well. First, Emmet talks about watching Erin Brokovich for the first time and Gabor Mate. Then we get into the nitty gritty with Mike while historically contextualizing the US response and the shaping of the Federal Government via crises. Towards the end, it all comes full circle as we talk about our duties as citizens (and parents) in a very based and trad conclusion. Bibliography. Closing song: "Help Desk" by Wobbly. Follow us on Twitter.Special Guest: Mike.

We conclude (for now) our readings of Poe and Emerson by taking a look at how they conceived of American literary nationalism. John goes deep into Emerson's influences, while Emmet brings in some historical background. Errata: Where Emmet says "John Henry" he meant to say "John Brown." To get updates on Emmet's upcoming lecture on Book I of Plato's Republic, download his free ebook on the Republic here. Bibliography. Twitter. Closing Song: "Work" by Pickpocket. Cover image: Thomas Cole (1801–1848), The Oxbow, View from Mount Holyoke, Northampton, Massachusetts, after a Thunderstorm (1836).

We muse on two articles listed just below and try to think through the problem of anger in politics and in personal life. Does anger corrupt? Is it clarifying? A useful political catalyst or liability? What do we do now that anger is fully commoditized in the digital media sphere in which we live? We stake out our turf as semi-Aristotelians and make our way through these questions and conclude by deciding to do a reading series on After Virtue by Alisdair McIntyre this year. There are the pieces we read. Grin and Bear It by Hettie O'Brien The Philosophy of Anger by Agnes Callard Follow us on Twitter. Closing song: "Roach Blunt" by Violently High Our appearance on You Can't Win. Cover image: Photo by Flavio Gasperini on Unsplash. Bibliography.

We offer a brief obit for Flash animation and then discuss how we watched social media take shape over the course of their lives. Then, using the documentaries We Live in Public (2009) and The Social Dilemma (2020) as jumping off points, we talk about the nature of the new epistocracy. This episode was recorded in 2020, before the storming of the capitol, Trump's banning from every social media platform, and the quiet but obvious and opaque purge of accounts on Twitter, etc. We Live in Public can be found here. The Social Dilemma can be found on Netflix. Closing song: "Only in America" by Naked Raygun. Follow us on Twitter. Bibliography.

In our first episode of 2021 we speak with Ian Corey about his series of articles on art and entertainment in the age of COVID. We talk about Twitch streaming live performances, platform dominance, the NBA bubble, UFC's Fight Island, and why the band Code Orange is the future. Read Ian's pieces here: Who Will Entertain in America? Pt 1: Live Streaming Who Will Entertain in America? Pt 2: NBA - The Return Who Will Entertain in America? Pt. 3 - Code Orange Bibliography. Closing song: "I Have Been A Flame" by Lamniformes. Follow us on Twitter: @ex_haustpodcast.Special Guest: Ian Cory.

In our end of year recap, we first talk reflect on the year before discussing how vaccines are made, how that's changed, and what that will mean for COVID vaccine distribution. Canada Mike guides us through a deep dive into how single use systems have fragilized large scale vaccine development. This was recorded a few weeks ago, which is why we don't discuss new COVID strains or Fauci's goalpost shifting. Bibliography. Closing song: "Change Is Bad" by Stuck. Complaints Department: ex.haustpodcast [at] gmail [dot] com.Special Guest: Mike.

We speak with scholar Kyong-Min Son about his book The Eclipse of the Demos: The Cold War and the Crisis of Democracy before Neoliberalism. We cover some of the major themes of the book, but also discuss consumerism, populism, Carl Schmitt's legacy, and why democracy can't just be radical action from below, but needs to become a public institution. You should buy Kyong-Min's book. Bibliography. Complaints Department: ex.haustpodcast [at] gmail [dot] com. Closing song: "Old Connecticut Money" by Landowner.Special Guest: Kyong-Min Son.

In the second installment in our American canon series, we look at our beloved failson Edgar Allan Poe. We discuss his life, legacy (especially his impact on Borges), and what set him apart from his peers. We look at two stories: Fall of the House of Usher and Masque of the Red Death, the second especially relevant during COVID. It was our first time talking literature for the show, and we had a great time. We hope you enjoy it. Bibliography. Complaints Dept. - ex.haustpodcast [at] gmail [dot] com. Closing song: "Nothing Ends, Nothing Lasts" by Lamniformes.

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 read two articles: one about a failed jobs program in coal country and another about a bad deal with Foxconn in Wisconsin. They were depressing and enraging. We touch on deindustrialization, the waning of the nation state, the thickening of civil society, the hatred of "white trash" and more. "The Elk, the Tourists and the Missing Coal Country Jobs" by RG Dunlop "The 8th Wonder of the World" by Josh Dzieza Bibliography. Complaints Department: ex.haustpodcast [at] gmail [dot] com. Photo by Becky Sell on Unsplash.

We've decided to begin a running series dedicated to the American Canon. We open the episode by talking about why we're doing this before launching into a discussion of our first entry in the series: Emerson's "Self-Reliance." Kojeve's animalization makes a come, Emerson's eternal present, we discuss the roots of American iconoclasm, John explains how Southern aristocrats saw themselves as the descendents of the combatants at the Battle of Hastings, and much, much more. This one was really fun to record and we look forward to expanding the series as time rolls on. Bibliography here. Complaints Department: exhaust.podcast [at] gmail [dot] com. Cover image: “Shroon Mountain, Adirondacks,” oil painting by Thomas Cole, 1838, a painter of the Hudson River school; in the Cleveland Museum of Art.

To conclude our series on Lasch's Revolt of the Elites, we talk to Geoff Shullenberger about his piece on Lasch's book for Wesley Yang's Correspondence Society. We link the 2020 riots to the rich kids of the 1960s New Left, why Lasch's nostalgia for the 19th century yellow journalism doesn't make sense today, and why it is that the elites are not longer seceding as they were in Lasch's 90's, but in open revolt in the boardroom and on the street. Read his piece here. Bibliography here. Complaints Department: ex.haustpodcast [at] gmail [dot] com.Special Guest: Geoff Shullenberger .

We dive into the middle portion of Lasch's book about the challenges facing democratic discourse. We talk about education, the press, and how "third places" helped them cultivate identities as a sense of civic virtue. This is probably our most autobiographical episode to date. Bibliography here. Complaints Dept.: ex.haustpodcast [at] gmail [dot] com.

Historian Jennifer Miller joins us to talk about two papers she's written on conservative responses to the rise of East Asia in the latter part of the Cold War. We get into the nitty gritty about international reactionary currents, ahistory in neoconservative thought, overlaps between neocons and Christopher Lasch, and a whole lot else! We were delighted to have her and hope to do so again. The two papers we discuss: “Let’s Not be Laughed at Anymore: Donald Trump and Japan from the 1980s to the Present” "Neoconservatives and Neo-Confucians: East Asian Growth and the Celebration of Tradition" Check out Jennifer's book: Cold War Democracy: The United States and Japan. Bibliography here. Remember: Sci-Hub is your friend.Special Guest: Jennifer Miller.

Emmet and John continue their reading of Lasch's The Revolt of the Elites and the Betrayal of Democracy. This time, they talk about democratic subjectivity, double-standards as a threat to democratic culture, the Citizens United decision, and where Lasch disappointed them. Bibliography here. Email: ex.haustpodcast [at] gmail [dot] com.

Emmet and John begin their investigation of Christopher Lasch's last book, The Revolt of the Elites and the Betrayal of Democracy. They take Lasch as a jumping off point to talk about RAND Corp, "the best and the brightest," metritocracy braindraining the working class, and more. You can find the bibliography here. Email us at: ex.haustpodcast [at] gmail [dot] com.

John and Emmet have a sprawling conversation about narcissism, how efficiency maximization can encourage pleasure obsession, how we're all entrepreneurs of the self now, and end by talking about bullshit jobs and how the American worker got fleeced. This episode serves as an introduction to some of the issues and concepts we want to take on later on. Bibliography can be found here. Comments, questions, criticisms: ex.haustpodcast [at] gmail [dot] com.

Olivier Jutel, a research of political theorist from the University of Otago, joins Emmet and John to talk about blockchain, techno-utopianism, and American soft-power in the Pacific. They talk about post-politics, blockchain sashimi, Fijian international politics, Bikini Island, Kim Dotcom, the Palantir IPO filing, and more. You can check out the references from this episode in the bibiliography. And you can follow Olivier on Twitter here. Questions, comments, complaints? Email us at ex.haustpodcast [at] gmail [dot] com.Special Guest: Olivier Jutel.

The Lads finish up talking to Ian about the question of newness in music and whence artistic innovation comes. The song you year at the end is from the Lamniformes album Sisyphean. Our references can be found in the bibliography for this and the last episode. Questions, comments, critiques: ex.haustpodcast [at] gmail [dot] com.Special Guest: Ian Cory.

The Lads to talk Ian Cory of the band Lamniformes about being a musician, the shape of the music industry, and how the internet has changed over our lifetimes. We had a great time with this one, so much so that we had to split the episode in two. Thanks for listening! You can read some of Ian's writing here and here. You can listen to his podcast here. The song that closes the episode out is List to the Lamniformes album Sisyphean. Follow Ian on Twitter. For everything else we reference you can consult this ep's bibliography. Questions, coments, critiques: ex.haustpodcast [at] gmail [dot] com. Special Guest: Ian Cory.

We talk about two articles: one from Vox about why no one in American can buy dumbbells, the other from American Affairs about the death of Lucent technologies and the American telecom equipment industry. You can find a full bibliography for this episode on our new blog. You can also email us at ex.haustpodcast [at] gmail [dot] com. We'd love to hear from you!

Our friend Canada Mike joins us to review Errol Morris's American Dharma, his movie about Steven Bannon. It was disappointing to all of us, who loved Morris's movies about MacNamara and Rumsfeld. Once we dunk on it for a while we try to understand what The Steve Bannon Moment meant. Forgive the rough spots, we're still learning how to edit. Special Guest: Mike.

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