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System Failure

The Knopp Brothers

Everyone knows that we live in a period of great transition. Familiar systems are crumbling all around us and the terrifying unknown lies ahead. But your hosts Brian and Nate are here to inject some optimism into your life. This podcast explores the forgotten histories of finance and faith that have carried us to the brink of the most exciting time in human history. www.systemfailure.org

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57:40

Crazy Hypotheses

System Failure ·

2024/02/19

The boys lost another episode to technical issues last week, but now they’re back with a fresh one. Brian starts off the show by bringing up Jonah Hill’s recent film about a Jungian psychologist. Like Christianity and magic, the ideas of Carl Jung are descended from Platonism. And, of course, those ideas always pop up during times of major economic collapses. From that springboard, Nate argues that rising debt volumes are caused by labor’s waning relevance to the production process. Finally, the

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60:48

Primary Season

System Failure ·

2024/02/03

In this episode, the lads recap their recent visit from The Captain and Nate gets on his soapbox to complain about live music. With the primary season well underway, the boys then share their hopes and fears for the 2024 presidential election. The current trajectory of American society leads to a rousing discussion of socialism versus capitalism, which in turn gives way to a commentary on the recent Oppenheimer movie. Finally, a recent appearance by Diana Walsh Pasulka the Joe Rogan Experience

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77:38

The Captain!

System Failure ·

2024/01/19

In an exciting first for the System Failure podcast, we have a guest! Infamous friend of the show “The Captain” joins the boys on this episode. And he wastes no time launching into an impassioned defense of altered states-of-mind. He even admonishes the lads for daring to advocate for the virtues of sobriety. This topic leads, inevitably, into a discussion of the possibility of psychedelic origins for Christianity. After all, it would hardly be a System Failure podcast without a spot of blasphemy to

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57:46

Tension!

System Failure ·

2024/01/05

In this episode, Brian and Nate give a brief recap of their holiday. That inevitably segues into that classic System Failure canard: the decline of society with which we are being confronted. Brian then describes a late-night encounter at a local watering hole, in which the concept of hypernormalisation was invoked. After that, Nate recounts the despair of his fiancée at the collapse of her favorite junk peddlers, Home Goods. These two tales provide a platform to discuss the US economy in terms of a

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56:16

Christmas Ghosts

System Failure ·

2023/12/28

The lads start out this holiday edition of System Failure by running down the list of modern Christmas traditions that arise from old psychedelic rituals. Then, talk of the subversive anti-banking parables A Christmas Carol and It’s A Wonderful Life gives way to lamentations about the recent closure of the boys’ favorite barbecue joint. The main idea in this episode is that bankers have blown out the cost of housing to the point that small businesses can no longer afford workers who need $2,000 for

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53:51

Palantíri & Meditation

System Failure ·

2023/12/21

At the top of the pod, Brian recounts his recent trip to Pittsburgh for NFL football and Magic cards. The inflating price of those cards sparks a commentary about inflation and Modern Monetary Theory. That in turn blossoms into a broader discussion about the religious aspects of economics. Next, the boys the pitfalls of using pornography. Nate compares it to the Palantir of Saruman and Brian suggests that, like weed, it’s detrimental at a deep philosophical level. Next up, the lads discuss Alex

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46:12

The River of History

System Failure ·

2023/12/08

In this episode, Nate recounts a disappointing mushroom trip. Then, Brian plays clips of Elon Musk grappling with Twitter advertisers over a supposedly antisemitic tweet. From there, the lads speculate about the relevance of that incident to the broader trajectory of society. And that leads them, inevitably, into RFK Jr and Jeffrey Epstein territory. The boys go on to suggest that the peculiar disinterest of corporate media outlets—previously the mainstream media—in these topics is a part of the

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54:32

Dimensionality

System Failure ·

2023/11/30

The boys start off with a few more thoughts on last week’s topic: the notion of the Alchemical Journey. Next, they turn their guns on a recent, hair-raising Joe Rogan Experience in which former Air Force intelligence official David Grusch credibly claims that the US government is in possession of off-world craft and biological remains. Brian augments the discussion by bringing up Eric Hekker and his claims of remote viewing, directed energy weapons, and weather manipulation. All in all, it’s a

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42:26

The Alchemical Journey

System Failure ·

2023/11/27

At the top of this episode, the boys recount a wild night out on the town. Then, inevitably, they do another round on the Israel-Hamas conflict that’s dominating the news. Next, the lads draw a crucial distinction between so-called cultural Marxism and actual Marxism and try to make sense of the recent election of Argentinian president Javier Milei. And finally, the lads elaborate on the eternal concept of the Alchemical Journey. The likes of Homer, Odysseus, Virgil, Aeneas, and Dante are invoked

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54:29

The Widening Gyre

System Failure ·

2023/11/16

In this episode, the boys discuss their recent opportunity to meet Presidential Candidate RFK Jr. Mr. Kennedys stump speech cites the concentration of financial power as the common theme behind all the woes plaguing America today. The lads discuss this concentration with respect to the situation in Ukraine and the recent COVID pandemic. That topic leads them into a broader discussion about the history of finance and morality, a discussion which delivers them to the lost secret of the Feminine

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60:11

Election Day in America

System Failure ·

2023/11/09

In this episode, the lads banter about the 2023 USA elections. Two interesting local referenda have caught their interest. Brian then reads out the latest tweet from Roger Waters, sparking more discussion of the disturbing situation unfolding in the Middle East. The boys hope the silver lining to that dark cloud will be nothing less than the demolition of the two-party dichotomy. Then, Nate waxes poetic about the link between spirituality and finance that is so prominent in the Bible and the grand

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71:20

War & Magic

System Failure ·

2023/11/05

In this episode, the lads start out by recapping Brian’s recent trip to Nashville and reflecting on the importance of travel and the relevance of country music. The conversation then turns, once again, to the advisability of marijuana use. Specifically, whether that drug aids in the creative process and its role in conspiratorial thinking. After that, Brian brings up a surprising news article about the war in Ukraine. And finally, the boys speculate wildly about a connection between the conflict in

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59:41

"The Final Cut"

System Failure ·

2023/10/26

In this episode, Nate and Brian discuss the surreal experience of hearing noted podcasters Heather Heying and Bret Weinstein accuse Pink Floyd creative Roger Waters of anti-semitism while simultaneously weeping to his music. That leads to Nate to ruminate on the surprising banking-related roots of anti-semitism. Next, the lads briefly discuss the significance of bonds yields spiking over 5%. Brian then uses drug use to open up a discussion on the nature of free will and of the core experience of

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43:26

Conspiracy!

System Failure ·

2023/10/19

In this episode, the lads debunk their own speculation on the Ronald Reagan assassination attempt—and reflect on conspiracy theories in general. Next, they tackle the odious business of the Palestine-Israel conflict. Finally, Nate steers into controversial territory by making a connection between racism and economics.Here are the relevant links mentioned in this episode:Sanders-Buttigieg Coin Flip:

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55:51

The Empire Strikes Back

System Failure ·

2023/10/12

The boys begin by kicking the tires on the relative merits of using marijuana and other drugs like alcohol or sugar. Next, Nate draws a comparison between stand-up comedy and the ministry of Jesus, insofar as both are about speaking the truths that that threaten power structures. That morphs into a discussion about the baby boomers and the failed social revolution of the 1960s, in which Brian advocates for not following the rules anymore. Then, Nate makes an elaborate Star Wars metaphor of history

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62:45

Syncretism

System Failure ·

2023/10/02

After losing another episode to technical issues, the boys are back. And they sound better than ever thanks to Brian’s sizeable investment in audio equipment. In this episode, Nate responds to some criticism by summoning the ghost of legendary historians Will and Ariel Durant. The Durants flesh out the realities of syncretism, in which old gods conceptually evolve over time into new gods. The lads discuss what made Dionysus and his heir, Jesus, the perfect constellation of memes to bring down the

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47:36

Economic Parasites

System Failure ·

2023/09/18

In this episode, Nate rants about the lost distinction from Classical Economics between earned vs unearned income, and how the lack of that distinction is hiding the existence of huge economic parasites. Then Brian brings up Joe Dispenza's idea about creating positive feedback loops. Shocking no one, that leads to a broader discussion about Christianity's biggest ideas and the worldly considerations that shaped their evolution. Get full access to System Failure at www.nateknopp.com/subscribe

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40:13

The Second Coming

System Failure ·

2023/09/11

In this episode, Brian and Nate discuss how utopian bottom-up decision-making schemes might compare to the top-down control we’re stuck with. The lads then discuss the deplorable state of American politics and whether a wolf is preferable to a wolf in sheep’s clothing. Finally, apocalypses of both the climate change and of the Christian variety come up, and the guys wonder whether Jesus needed to exist bodily in order to have the massive impact on history that he has. Get full access to System

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32:06

Plato Meets Hulk Hogan

System Failure ·

2023/09/05

In this episode, Nate recounts the surprising history of science, which is rife with fits of madness and demonic summonings. Next, Brian chimes with how a recent Hulk Hogan interview was oddly platonic in nature. And finally, Trump's mugshot has Brian thinking wistfully of Bernie Sanders. Get full access to System Failure at www.nateknopp.com/subscribe

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49:40

After Collapse

System Failure ·

2023/08/28

In this episode, Brian and Nate clean up a few leftover ideas from the previous episode on Marxism, which leads them into speculating about likely collapse scenarios. Then, the conversation turns to Platonism. Finally, Nate details how Platonism always seems to make a comeback after famous historical collapses, like Christianity after the Fall of Rome or magic during the Renaissance. Get full access to System Failure at www.nateknopp.com/subscribe

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