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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

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1:22:50

Episode 98: THE END OF THE SHOW AND THE END OF HISTORY

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2023/01/28

John returns and they finish out the show by finishing Fukuyama's book and reflecting on the experience of working on the show. Thanks to all of our listeners! It was a great run and we were overjoyed to have you with us.

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1:38:16

Episode 97: [UNLOCKED] The End of History and the...

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2023/01/28

Matt Kelly rejoins the boys to talk about Fukuyama's weird liberalism, econ theory, the triumphalism of the 90s, Fukuyama as an OG anti-Islamic type, and more! Check out Matt's Stuff: Substack: https://trapzoid.substack.com https://sociolegalfictions.wordpress.com Twitter: @DJDeepThought1 Closing Song: RiFF RAFF - Double Cup 2 Cups (KEIFER GR33N Remix) https://www.keifergr33n.com/

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1:13:14

Episode 96: [UNLOCKED] The End of History and the...

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2023/01/28

Emmet and John begin their series on Fukuyama's seminal The End of History and the Last Man. They talk through its context, Fukuyama's background, trouble some of his assumptions, and kick the tires of his liberal triumphalism in the opening 50 pages. Closing Song: https://godshate.bandcamp.com/album/gods-hate

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Episode 95: [UNLOCKED] Sanctions and Self-Interest...

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2023/01/20

Phil Cunliffe joins Emmet to talk about his opposition to the UK's sanctions against Russia, the politics of self-interest, what happened to the nation-state, and more. Phil's piece on the sanctions: https://unherd.com/thepost/its-time-to-end-gas-sanctions-on-russia/ Phil's piece on ChatGPT: https://unherd.com/thepost/chatgpt-a-morbid-symptom-of-our-declining-universities/ Phil's Twitter: https://twitter.com/thephilippics Bungacast: https://www.patreon.com/bungacast Closing song:

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1:21:57

Episode 94: Engineering Engineers ft. Mark Nelson

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2022/12/11

Mark Nelson returns to the pod to talk with Emmet about becoming an engineer. They talk about the history of the profession in America, how engineers think, what they study, and how they look at the world. Check out Mark Nelson (@energybants): https://twitter.com/energybants Closing Song: https://willkraus.bandcamp.com/album/eye-escapes

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[teaser] Leo Strauss and the Three Waves of Modernity...

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2022/11/26

Alex Priou from the New Thinkery podcast sits down with Emmet to talk about Leo Strauss and his posthumously published lecture "The Three Waves of Modernity. They talk about the split between the ancients and the moderns, what Strauss was really after, the tasks modernity presents us with today, whether or not we can recover lessons from the ancients, and more! Check out the New Thinkery: https://thenewthinkery.com/listen/ The essay:

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1:23:13

Episode 92: The Dirties ft. PsyOp Cinema

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2022/11/18

Brett and Thomas from PsyOp cinema join Emmet to talk about the school shooter movie The Dirties (2013). They talk about Columbine, the role media plays in "traumatizing" its audiences, social engineering, media saturation as grand social atomizer, the figure of the "outsider," and more! Check out PsyOp cinema here! (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/psyop-cinema/id1584525928) Closing Song: Do Not Reply by Stuck (https://stuckchi.bandcamp.com/track/do-not-reply)

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15:03

[teaser] Latour and the Problem of Science ft. Jacob...

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2022/10/28

Geographer and author Jacob Shell joined me to talk about his obituary of the late Bruno Latour who rose to prominence critiquing science and then turned his back on his most influential works of critical theory in 2004. We discuss the postmodern turn, science as ideology, the problem of critical theory, epistemic authority, "trusting the science," and more! To hear the rest of the episode and get 2 exlusive episodes plus bonus content every month, subscribe to our Patreon! How Critical Theory

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[teaser]Democratic Pluralism ft. Michael Lind

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2022/10/22

Author Michael Lind joins Emmet to talk about his research speech on democratic pluralism in the 21st century. They discuss regime type, managerialism and technocracy, sector bargaining, the beauty of big, dumb, and simple, his forthcoming book on labor called Hell to Pay, and more. To hear the rest, subscribe to our Patreon to get 2 exclusive episodes and bonus content every month! (https://www.patreon.com/exhaust) You can read Michael Lind's speech here:

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1:21:54

Episode 89: The Agony of the New Left ft. Leighton...

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2022/10/14

Journalist Leighton Woodhouse (https://twitter.com/lwoodhouse) joins Emmet to talk about the New Left of the 1960s and the values of the managerial class. They talk about progressive libertarianism, the difference between the old managerial order of the immediate postwar era and the post-70s era, cultural path dependency, the Port Huron statement, and more. "The Cult of the Individual: The Origins of the Nihilistic Left (https://leightonwoodhouse.substack.com/p/the-cult-of-the-individual?r=u0rd),"

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15:07

[teaser] Millennial Canon: Napoleon Dynamite, Juno,...

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2022/09/30

Kat Dee joins Emmet to talk about movies they couldn't stop texting each other about which they think define, in part, the millennial vibe. They talk about movies that give a shit that you're watching them, what happened to music as part of identity formation, the sexual weirdness of all three movies, being awkward as an early millennial meme, what millennials did to language, and more! Subscribe to our Patreon to get two exclusive episodes a month! (https://www.patreon.com/exhaust)

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[teaser] Shock of the New: The Future That War

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2022/09/26

Emmet and Josh wrap up their series on the Shock of the New. They discuss the modern art museum, Hughes's sick burns on everyone and everything, Superbowl Commericals as art appreciation ritual, Don Draper, and mourning the death of painting. Subscribe to our Patreon to get 2 exclusive episodes a month. (https://www.patreon.com/exhaust)

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Episode 88: Oceania Has Always Been At Culture War...

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2022/09/23

Essayist Michael Cuenco joins Emmet to talk about the totalizing permanence of the culture war. They talk about Ross Perot, Pat Buchanan, liberty, republicanism, oligarchy, living in a post-literate tribal world, and more! Check out some of Michael's Work: How Culture War Trumped Class War (https://compactmag.com/article/how-culture-war-trumped-class-war), Compact Magazine America's New Post-Literate Epistemology (https://www.palladiummag.com//2021/04/17/americas-new-post-literate-epistemology/),

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50:14

[teaser] Shock of the New: From Munch to Warhol

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2022/09/05

Josh and Emmet talk over episodes 6 and 7 of Robert Hughes's The Shock of the New. They get into Van Gogh, Edvard Munch, Rothko, and the dawn of the Weak Universal Forms. They discuss art as a window into the past and the schizo-world of television. And if painting can't matter in the way it used to, why did Hughes bother with the series? Subscribe to our Patreon to hear the rest and get two exclusive episodes a month! (https://www.patreon.com/exhaust)

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Episode 87: The King and the Duke: So Long, Vince...

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2022/08/19

King of The Work and co-host of What's Left, Oliver Bateman (https://twitter.com/MoustacheClubUS) joins Emmet to talk about the illustrious career of pro-wrestling mogul Vince McMahon after he stepped down from WWE. They talk about the hustler and con man as American architects, the intimacy of kayfabe, what people get wrong about their stale "politics as pro wrestling" takes, and more! "Exit Vince McMahon, World Builder (https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/exit-vince-mcmahon-world-builder),"

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1:41:21

[teaser] The End of History and the Last Man: The Old...

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2022/08/15

Matt Kelly rejoins the boys to talk about Fukuyama's weird liberalism, econ theory, the triumphalism of the 90s, Fukuyama as an OG anti-Islamic type, and more! To hear the rest, subscribe to our Patreon! (https://www.patreon.com/exhaust) Check out Matt's Stuff: Substack: https://trapzoid.substack.com https://sociolegalfictions.wordpress.com Twitter: @DJDeepThought1

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[teaser] The End of History and the Last Man: Our...

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2022/07/28

Emmet and John begin their series on Fukuyama's seminal The End of History and the Last Man. They talk through its context, Fukuyama's background, trouble some of his assumptions, and kick the tires of his liberal triumphalism in the opening 50 pages. To hear the rest of this episode, subscribe to our Patreon and get 2 exclusive episodes a month! (https://www.patreon.com/exhaust)

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Episode 86: California Uber Alles ft. Robert. Bryce

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2022/07/24

6-time author and host of the Power Hungry Podcast Robert Bryce sits down with Emmet to talk about the downfall of California, his time covering the Branch Davidian trials, our troubled electric grid, the balkanization of America, and more! "California's Energy War on the Poor (https://quillette.com/2022/07/11/californias-energy-war-on-the-poor/)" by Robert Bryce (Quillette) The Power Hungry Podcast (https://robertbryce.com/power-hungry-podcast/) Juice: How Electricity Explains the World

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[teaser] The Boys Are Back In Town Bull Sesh

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2022/07/01

We're back! This one opens with some housekeeping, then we move on to talk about the energy crisis, regionalism, localism, PMC intermediation, American political tradition, and more! Subscribe to our Patreon to hear the rest. (https://www.patreon.com/exhaust) Special Guest: Mike.

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Episode 85: School Shooters, Nihilism, and Child...

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2022/06/29

Emmet sits Geoff Shullenberger (https://twitter.com/daily_barbarian) and Default Friend (https://twitter.com/default_friend) to talk about their respective articles on the Uvalde shooting, school shootings in general, "zeitgeist killers," the spiritual hole in our society, and more! "The Faith of Mass Shooters (https://compactmag.com/article/the-faith-of-mass-shooters)" by Geoff Shullenberger, Compact Magazine. "Mass Shootings and the World Liberalism Made

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