ex.haust

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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Episode 9: The Lasch Files: Revolt of the Elites Pt. II: Martyrs Don't Run the Church

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.

Oct 28, 2020•55 min

Episode 8: The Lasch Files: The Revolt of the Elites Pt. I

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.

Oct 21, 2020•1 hr 14 min

Episode 7: Animalization, Anglo-Saxon Masochism, and Entrepreneurbrain

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....

Oct 14, 2020•1 hr 10 min

Episode 6: Pacific Rim: Blockchain, Techno-Utopianism, and American Soft-Power ft. Olivier Jutel

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.haust...

Oct 07, 2020•1 hr 11 min

Episode 5: The Parasocial Music Marketing Machine ft. Ian Cory (Pt. II)

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....

Sep 30, 2020•34 min

Episode 4: The Parasocial Music Marketing Machine ft. Ian Cory (Pt. I)

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 c...

Sep 30, 2020•57 min

Episode 3: Two Piece: Dumbbells and the Death of Lucent Technologies

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!

Sep 23, 2020•1 hr 10 min

Episode 2: American Dharma ft. Canada Mike

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.

Sep 16, 2020•1 hr 3 min

Episode 1: Ground Zero

We discuss the major themes of the podcast and what brought us to create it.

Sep 06, 2020•1 hr 9 min

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