Best Culture Politics Comedy Society Fringe Podcasts (2024)

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105: Religious Cults, Fringe Science, and the Need for Belief, with Ross Blocher & Carrie Poppy 1:05:47

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Carrie Poppy and Ross Blocher are the hosts of Oh No, Ross and Carrie!, an investigative podcast with over half a million downloads monthly. Whether it's joining secretive religious cults, searching for the paranormal, or experimenting with alternative medicine, they bring a skeptical yet open-minded approach to uncovering the truth. Oh No, Ross an…

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104: The War for Critical Minerals and Our Electrified Future, with Ernest Scheyder 53:25

2h ago53:25

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Ernest Scheyder is a senior correspondent for Reuters and the author of The War Below: Lithium, Copper, and the Global Battle to Power Our Lives. The War Below: Lithium, Copper, and the Global Battle to Power Our Lives Ernest Scheyder at Reuters If You Liked This Conversation, You'll Probably Like These Episodes of Where We Go Next: 101: Uncovering…

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#95 Interview with James De Llis: There's a Man Crying in the Street and Other Stories 1:19:40

2h ago1:19:40

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'There's a Man Crying in the Street and Other Stories' is a short story collection by James De Llis, of the Hermitix podcast and author of 'Exiting Modernity', 'Only Ever Freedom' and 'Be Not Afraid'. In this episode, I (Jack) had a chat to James about the process of writing, the thematic and aesthetic inspirations for this collection, and more. VE…

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103: Making Movies is Hard (But Worth It), with Liz Manashil 54:50

26m ago54:50

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Liz Manashil is a feature film writer and director, a distribution consultant for independent films, and the co-host of Making Movies is Hard, a podcast about the trials and tribulations of independent filmmaking. Bread and Butter (2014) Speed of Life (2019) Making Movies is HARD!!! Podcast lizmanashil.com If You Liked This Conversation, You'll Pro…

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#94 Selective Breeding and the Birth of Philosophy - Costin Alamariu 3:56:03

1h ago3:56:03

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Costin Alamariu, who may or may not be Bronze Age Pervert, completed his doctoral thesis in political philosophy at Yale in 2015. This thesis was re-published in 2023 under the title 'Selective Breeding and the Birth of Philosophy'. There's a lot to this book, but it's mostly about the relationship between philosophy, heritability, aristocracy and …

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102: The Art and Technique of Directing Actors, with Judith Weston 1:12:38

7d ago1:12:38

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Judith Weston is a sought-after coach and teacher to first-class filmmakers and actors around the world, and has been supporting them with workshops, consultations and books for nearly 40 years. Her first book, Directing Actors, was originally published in 1996 and a 25th Anniversary Edition came out in 2021. Her second book, The Film Director’s In…

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101: Uncovering the Hidden Truths in Political Memoirs, with Carlos Lozada 55:19

6d ago55:19

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Carlos Lozada is an opinion columnist at The New York Times and co-host of the “Matter of Opinion” podcast. He has won the Pulitzer Prize for criticism, and is the author of What Were We Thinking: A Brief Intellectual History of the Trump Era. His new book, The Washington Book: How to Read Politics and Politicians, is out now. The Washington Book: …

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#93 Meltdown - Nick Land 2:08:46

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Meltdown (1994) sees Nick Land dissolve the posthuman future in a solvent of technocapital, continental philosophy, cyberpunk, bacterial warfare and retrotemporal attraction, all dressed up in implanted mirrorshades with a highly-cinematic 9mm. VERY IMPORTANT INFORMATION Jack has published a novel! Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Tower-Jack-BC-ebook…

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100: When Victimhood is Leveraged for Personal Gain, with Andrew Boryga 1:00:22

1M ago1:00:22

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Andrew Boryga is a writer whose work has appeared in The New York Times, The New Yorker, and The Atlantic. His debut novel Victim, from Doubleday Books, is out now. Victim andrewboryga.com If You Liked This Conversation, You'll Probably Like These Episodes of Where We Go Next: 44: The Unresolvable Tension of Overlapping Identities, with Tomiwa Owol…

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#92 The Book of Five Rings - Miyamoto Musashi 2:10:13

15d ago2:10:13

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Miyamoto Musashi is Japan's most famous swordsman, a ronin in the 17th century who was victorious in over 60 duels, founded a famed swordfighting school, and achieved such a level of combat mastery that he learned the essential nature of mastery itself. The Book of Five Rings (1645) was written by Musashi in a cave, towards the end of his life. It …

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99: How to Reset and Retrain Our Brains, with Tali Sharot 54:10

2M ago54:10

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Dr. Tali Sharot is a professor of cognitive neuroscience at MIT and University College London, and the founder and director of the Affective Brain Lab, a cognitive neuroscience research laboratory dedicated to unraveling the mysteries of the human brain. She’s the author of The Optimism Bias: A Tour of the Irrationally Positive Brain, The Influenti…

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#91 Story of the Eye - Georges Bataille 1:19:07

21d ago1:19:07

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Story of the Eye (1928) is a classic of French coom-lit. In it, teenagers engage in a series of sex acts involving ovular and liquid symbols, demonstrating why everyone thinks the French are perverts. It's also a really good book. VERY IMPORTANT INFORMATION Jack has published a novel! Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Tower-Jack-BC-ebook/dp/B0CM5P9N9M…

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98: The Corrosive Costs of Vulture Capitalism, with Grace Blakeley 53:16

2M ago53:16

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Grace Blakeley is an economist, journalist, and political commentator. She is the author of Stolen: How to Save the World from Financialization, The Corona Crash: How the Pandemic will Change Capitalism, and her newest: Vulture Capitalism: Corporate Crimes, Backdoor Bailouts, and the Death of Freedom. Vulture Capitalism: Corporate Crimes, Backdoor …

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#90 The Turner Diaries - William Luther Pierce 1:30:31

29d ago1:30:31

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The Turner Diaries (1978) is a notorious work of white nationalist and white supremacist fiction. It is reputed to have influenced a number of terrorist acts, including the 1995 Oklahoma City bombings. Surprisingly for such a work, the spelling and formatting are mostly fine. VERY IMPORTANT INFORMATION Jack has published a novel! Amazon: https://ww…

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97: Climate Change Comes for Small-Town America, with Jonathan Vigliotti 1:00:31

2M ago1:00:31

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Jonathan Vigliotti is an Emmy and Edward R. Murrow Award–winning CBS News national correspondent and the author of Before It's Gone: Stories from the Front Lines of Climate Change in Small-Town America. Before It's Gone: Stories from the Front Lines of Climate Change in Small-Town America If You Liked This Conversation, You'll Probably Like These E…

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#89 Esoteric Trumpism - Constantin von Hoffmeister 1:23:21

2M ago1:23:21

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Esoteric Trumpism (2024) promises to provide a Spenglerian reading of Donald Trump's life and leadership. Instead, it reads as a collection of strange Trump fanfics. VERY IMPORTANT INFORMATION Jack has published a novel! Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Tower-Jack-BC-ebook/dp/B0CM5P9N9M/ref=monarch_sidesheet Apple Books: http://books.apple.com/us/boo…

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#88 On Guerrilla Warfare - Mao Zedong 1:57:31

2M ago1:57:31

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Prominent Chinese revolutionary Mao Zedong wrote On Guerrilla Warfare in 1937, during the Second Sino-Japanese War. This series of pamphlets was intended to persuade Chinese leaders to also pursue a guerrilla campaign against the invading Japanese military. Full of practical advice on how to conduct guerrilla operations, this book has a little some…

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A Very Special Crossover Episode with the Converging Dialogues Podcast 1:11:29

2M ago1:11:29

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This is a Very Special Crossover Episode with Xavier Bonilla, host of Converging Dialogues - a podcast focused on honest conversations about philosophy, psychology, politics, and important social issues. Listen to Converging Dialogues Where We Go Next will return as a weekly show on April 2nd! ---------- Email: michael@wherewegonext.com Instagram: …

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#87 The Wretched of the Earth - Frantz Fanon 3:12:51

2M ago3:12:51

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Frantz Fanon was an anticolonial theorist and psychiatrist from Martinique, who wrote The Wretched of the Earth (1961) as an account of colonialism in Algeria. In it, he describes the therapeutic potential of violence and the psychology of the colonisers and colonised. VERY IMPORTANT INFORMATION Jack has published a novel! Amazon: https://www.amazo…

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#86 Living Inside My Own Butt For Eight Years, Starting A Business And Turning A Profit Through Common Sense Reinvestment And Strategic Targeted Marketing - Chuck Tingle 1:06:10

3M ago1:06:10

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Chuck Tingle is a pseudonymous author of (mostly) gay erotic literature and, occasionally, non erotic literature. In a rare occurrence, Levi and Jack are in the same room for this episode. VERY IMPORTANT INFORMATION Jack has published a novel! Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Tower-Jack-BC-ebook/dp/B0CM5P9N9M/ref=monarch_sidesheet Apple Books: http:/…

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96: America's Broken Primaries are Tearing Us Apart, with Nick Troiano 39:45

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Nick Troiano is the founding executive director of Unite America, a philanthropic venture fund that invests in nonpartisan election reform to foster a more representative and functional government. Since 2019, Unite America has invested over $50 million to help win three major statewide ballot initiatives and over a dozen state legislative and muni…

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#85 Capitalist Realism - Mark Fisher 3:41:32

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Mark Fisher, an English philosopher, teacher, blogger and co-founder of the CCRU, published Capitalist Realism in 2009. A work of more accessible anti-capitalism, Fisher hoped to sell 500 copies. Capitalist Realism went on to sell over 100,000 copies, and became an important work in 21st-century anti-capitalist thought. VERY IMPORTANT INFORMATION J…

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#84 The Breatharian Institute of America 1:35:40

3M ago1:35:40

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The Breatharian Institute of America was founded by Wiley Brooks. You might be familiar with boring breatharianism, where people don't need to eat in order to survive. Brooks' breatharianism, on the other hand, is dense, complex and exciting. It involves fixing the global matrix with urine, giving birth to super galaxies, avoiding three-dimensional…

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95: The Government Is Seizing Innocent People’s Property, with Billy Binion 52:09

3M ago52:09

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Billy Binion is an associate editor at Reason magazine, where he writes about criminal justice and government accountability. He has been published in Newsweek, the San Francisco Chronicle, HuffPost, The Saturday Evening Post, and the Washington Examiner, among other publications, and his work has been cited by The New York Times, The Atlantic, Nat…

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#83 Comrade Kim Goes Flying - Nicholas Bonner, Gwang-hun Kim and Anja Daelemans 1:50:17

3M ago1:50:17

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Comrade Kim Goes Flying (2012) is a North Korean romantic comedy, described as "a girl-power fairy tale about dreaming to fly," by one of its co-directors, Nicholas Bonner. The film follows Kim Yong Mi, a plucky coal miner from rural North Korea, who dreams of becoming a trapeze artist in Pyongyang. The film is as odd, but not in the ways you would…

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#82 The Tate Bible - Andrew Tate and G Slim 3:08:15

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The Tate Bible is a compilation of former kickboxer and social media influencer Andrew Tate's online footprint, put together by G Slim during the covid lockdowns. If, for some perverse reason, you'd prefer to read Andrew Tate's views rather than consume them in a more high-stimulus format, then this is the book for you. Camgirls, Bugattis and the N…

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94: Helping Millennials Build Healthy, Loving Relationships, with Dre Smith 1:06:53

4M ago1:06:53

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Dre Smith is the founder and CEO of Relationship Restored, a podcast network that delves into all things related to establishing and maintaining healthy romantic relationships. He's also the Executive Podcast Producer & Head of Podcasting at Urban One and the Co-Founder of All About It Social Media & Branding. Relationship Restored Follow Dre on In…

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#81 Triumph of the Will - Leni Riefenstahl 1:03:59

4M ago1:03:59

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Triumph of the Will is a Nazi propaganda film, documenting the 1934 Nazi Party Congress in Nuremberg, and released in 1935. Directed, edited, produced and co-written by Leni Riefenstahl, the film remains highly influential due to Riefenstahl's innovative approach to film-making. It also stars Adolf Hitler as himself. Most importantly, this episode …

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Guest Appearance: The Local Maximum 44:30

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On Episode 92 I had the pleasure of speaking with Max Sklar. He's a software engineer, with a focus on machine learning, content discovery, and Bayesian inference - all of which we talk about during his episode. He's also the host of The Local Maximum podcast. Max's podcast appeals to me because it touches on a wide array of complex topics in nuanc…

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#80 Notes on e/acc principles and tenets - BasedBeffJezos and bayeslord 2:54:11

4M ago2:54:11

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Effective accelerationism ('e/acc') is a largely online movement seeking to promote technological optimism. Their evangelism mostly takes the form of shitposting and memes, but something more substantial will occasionally appear. Two such pieces of more substantial e/acc thought are 'What the f* is e/acc?' (authorship unclear) and 'Notes on e/acc p…

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93: Solving the Childhood Independence Crisis, with Lenore Skenazy 53:14

4M ago53:14

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Lenore Skenazy started the Free-Range Kids movement and wrote the book, “Free-Range Kids.” Now she is cofounder and president of Let Grow, the national nonprofit promoting childhood independence. Lenore says our kids are smarter, safer, and stronger than our culture gives them credit for. ‘Old Enough’ Generates Parenting Debate, Latest Netflix Sens…

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#79 TempleOS - Terry A. Davis 2:04:02

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Terry Davis was a schizophrenic computer programmer who wrote an operating system by himself. TempleOS, as this creation came to be known, was intended to be the Third Temple, with which Davis could talk to God. Davis achieved a degree of obscure internet fame from, among other things, his streams, where he would show off features of TempleOS, talk…

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92: Bayesian Thinking and the Future of Artificial Intelligence, with Max Sklar 1:00:32

5M ago1:00:32

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Max Sklar is the creator of the Local Maximum, a weekly podcast exploring current topics in tech, math, and political philosophy. Over the past five years, he has hosted many discussions and debates with top engineers, authors, and entrepreneurs. While working at Foursquare he wrote their city guide rating system, and he's currently working on an o…

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#78 Furries 2:27:20

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This episode isn't on a particular book, but is on a movement: furries. For the few of you who aren't aware, furries are those who appreciate depictions of anthropomorphic animals. From this central point, furdom has generated a huge amount of culture - and not simply the furry porn that I'm sure you've accidentally stumbled upon on the internet. G…

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A Very Special 2nd Annual Boxing Day Episode, with Jay Shapiro 50:33

5M ago50:33

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This is a Very Special 2nd Annual Boxing Day Episode of Where We Go Next, with longtime friend of the show Jay Shapiro. We discuss Jay's move to Madrid (hasta luego, Mexico City!), what Jay's been up to with the Dilemma Podcast, and we analyze The Green Knight, the 2021 film adaptation of the 14th century poem Sir Gawain and the Green Knight. whatj…

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#77 The Female Dating Strategy Handbook - Compiled by Moira Spice 2:24:50

5M ago2:24:50

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This week's episode is on the Female Dating Strategy Handbook, a collection of the best, highest-value posts from the Female Dating Strategy subreddit and website. Female Dating Strategy is a movement aiming to improve the dating market, by teaching women how to distinguish low- and high-value men, how to cultivate queen energy (that is, how to hav…

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91: Free Speech Isn't Just for People We Like, with Kat Rosenfield 1:11:16

5M ago1:11:16

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Kat Rosenfield is a culture writer, a columnist for Unherd, the co-host of the Feminine Chaos podcast, and the author of five novels. Her latest is called You Must Remember This, a Knives-out style whodunnit, which is now available in paperback. You Shouldn’t Be Fired for Being a Jerk, by Kat Rosenfield for The Washington Post katrosenfield.com Kat…

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#76 A Pickle for the Knowing Ones - Lord Timothy Dexter 1:10:58

6M ago1:10:58

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Lord Timothy Dexter was an 18th century American businessman, who made a great deal of money through a series of bizarre, lucky and, probably, stupid ventures. Shipping coal to Newcastle, selling hot water bottles in the West Indies, speculating on Continental Currency at the end of the American Civil War: Dexter managed to keep turning profits, de…

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#75 Killdozer 1:55:19

6M ago1:55:19

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Marvin Heemeyer was a resident of Grand Lake, Colorado. After a series of planning disputes with his neighbours, as well as arguments with the administration in the nearby town of Granby, he took the only reasonable course of action: armour-plating a Komatsu D355A bulldozer, and destroying the property of those he disagreed with. VERY IMPORTANT INF…

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90: In Defense of Free Speech, the Eternally Radical Idea, with Greg Lukianoff 52:19

6M ago52:19

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Greg Lukianoff is the President & CEO of The Foundation for Individual Rights & Expression. He is the author of Unlearning Liberty and Freedom from Speech and co-authored the 2018 New York Times bestseller, The Coddling of the American Mind with Jonathan Haidt. Most recently, he co-authored The Canceling of the American Mind: Cancel Culture Undermi…

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#74 Trump: The Art of the Deal - Donald Trump and Tony Schwartz 1:28:12

6M ago1:28:12

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You've heard of Donald Trump, I don't need to introduce him. In 1987, 'Trump: The Art of the Deal' was released, apparently co-written by Donald Trump and journalist Tony Schwartz; part autobiography, part business advice, The Art of the Deal details several of Trump's favourite deals. Schwartz would later claim that Trump contributed nothing to th…

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#73 The Decline of the West, Vol. 1 (part 3) - Oswald Spengler 2:00:27

6M ago2:00:27

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This is the third episode on the first volume of The Decline of the West, by Oswald Spengler. We cover chapters six and seven, called 'Music and Plastic (I) - The Arts of Form' and 'Music and Plastic (II), Act and Portrait,' respectively. VERY IMPORTANT INFORMATION Jack has published a novel! Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Tower-Jack-BC-ebook/dp/B0…

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89: Harnessing the Revolutionary Power of Nuclear Energy, with Nick Touran 1:23:47

6M ago1:23:47

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Nick Touran is a Ph.D. nuclear engineer with expertise in new nuclear reactor development and old reactor history. He's worked on new reactors professionally for over 15 years, and has run the public education website, whatisnuclear.com since 2006. He believes that nuclear energy can help the world decarbonize rapidly, and enjoys discussing this wi…

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#72 The Secret - Rhonda Byrne 2:14:01

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Rhonda Byrne, in her 2006 book 'The Secret,' promises to teach you a method to get literally anything. All you have to do is ask the universe (sorry, capital-U Universe) in a special way, and the Universe will deliver. VERY IMPORTANT INFORMATION Jack has published a novel! Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Tower-Jack-BC-ebook/dp/B0CM5P9N9M/ref=monarch…

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#71 The Futurist Manifesto - Filippo Tommaso Marinetti 1:30:09

7M ago1:30:09

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Filippo Tomasso Marinetti was a 20th-Century Italian poet who founded the Futurist movement. In The Futurist Manifesto (1909), Marinetti lays out the tenants of Futurism: a complete rejection of the past, nationalism, contempt for women, veneration of technology and a love of speed. In his endless quest to go fast, Marinetti comes to resemble the a…

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88: Pursuing Truth, Goodness, and Beauty in Education, with Daniel Scoggin 1:08:40

7M ago1:08:40

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Dr. Daniel Scoggin is the co-founder of Great Hearts Academies. Over twenty years ago, he started as the headmaster of a classical, liberal arts academy in Tempe, AZ. In 2004, Dan authored the original Great Hearts business plan. Great Hearts now serves 26,000 students at 42 schools in Phoenix, San Antonio, and North Texas, with immediate plans to …

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#70 Tower - Jack BC, esteemed co-host of The Book Club from Hell 1:17:17

7M ago1:17:17

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Jack has published a novel called 'Tower.' As such, this is a very special episode, wherein Jack hawks his book and talks to Levi about it. VERY IMPORTANT INFORMATION Jack has published a novel! Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Tower-Jack-BC-ebook/dp/B0CM5P9N9M/ref=monarch_sidesheet Apple Books: http://books.apple.com/us/book/id6466733671 Jack's webs…

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#69 The Water of Life (a Treatise on Urine Therapy) - John W Armstrong 1:57:56

7M ago1:57:56

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The Water of Life (a Treatise on Urine Therapy) is, expectedly, a treatise on urine therapy, published by John W Armstrong in 1944. In it, he traces his journey in Biblically-inspired urine therapy, offering advice on how to make women more beautiful and fertile, how to make farm animals healthier, how to cure every disease (except 'mechanical dise…

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#68 The Decline of the West, Vol. 1 (part 2) - Oswald Spengler 2:34:47

7M ago2:34:47

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This week, we cover chapters four, five and six of Oswald Spengler's The Decline of the West, Volume I. Spengler has mindbroken Jack into understanding him; Levi remains intact. VERY IMPORTANT INFORMATION Jack has published a novel! Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Tower-Jack-BC-ebook/dp/B0CM5P9N9M/ref=monarch_sidesheet Apple Books: http://books.appl…

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87: Mentoring Kids Without Fathers as "The Internet's Dad," with Rob Kenney 1:12:13

8M ago1:12:13

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Rob Kenney is the creator and host of the YouTube Channel, "Dad, How Do I?" offering technical, practical, and fatherly advice about all aspects of life. His channel has grown to 4.5 million subscribers since launching in April of 2020, and he has come to be known affectionally as "The Internet's Dad." Dad, How Do I? - YouTube Dad, How Do I?: Pract…

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