In this one, we embark on the second chapter of Lasch's The True and Only Heaven to talk about his historical understanding of progress and his underlying critique. We talk about millenarianism, what progressivism isn't, the family as a buttress against the market, Adam Smith's fatalism, the challenge of republican ideals, and more. Subscribe to our Patreon to hear the rest.
Emmet talks with author and cohost of Aufhebunga Bunga Phil Cunliffe about the bungled evac of Kabul, the Afghanistan War's aimlessness, historical amnesia, and more! The Fall of an American Empire by Phill Cunliffe Whatever Happened to the Good War? by Phil Cunliffe Subscribe to our Patreon for 2 exclusive episodes a month! Closing Song: Dig It A Hole by The U-Men...
To celebrate ex.haust's one year anniversary, Emmet and John respond to listener questions. This one was really fun to do. Thank you all so much for your support. Getting to work on this podcast is a true joy. We wouldn't be able to do this without you, listener. Subscribe to our Patreon for 2 exclusive episodes a month . [Merch.](tee.pub/lic/k8eEk8bR5-8) Closing Song: "jean skirts" by the blasted diplomats...
This is a teaser. To hear the full episode subscribe to our Patreon. In this one, Emmet and Mike discuss cultural narcissism, Mike's MILF Hitler theory, the societal threat unguided young men pose, Sheller's abortive USMC protest videos about the Afghanistan exit, the officer corps as a societal bellwether, and more! Sheller: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/marine-commander-relieved-of-duty-over-video-slamming-senior-leaders-in-wake-of-kabul-attack/ A Generation of American Men Give Up on College: ...
Emmet sits down with Alexi and Sam from the fashion and culture podcast Nymphet Alumni to talk about how culture does or doesn't get handed down, our contextless existence, the state of fashion, the absolute state of zoomers and more! Subscribe to our Patreon for 2 exclusive episodes a month! Merch . Closing Song: "Please Respect Out Decadence" by Algebra Suicide ....
Emmet and John begin their series on Lasch's book The True and Only Heaven: Progress and Its Critics." They lay out the general premise, debate whether or not Lasch was a degrowther, reflect on the impact of the 70s energy crisis, and more! Subscribe to the Patreon for 2 exclusive episodes a month. We now have merch . Song: "Playpen of Dissent" by Stuck ....
Canada Mike, Emmet, and John discuss HP Lovecraft's "Call of Cthulu" and Harlan Ellison's "I Have No Mouth And I Must Scream." They situate each of them in history and talk about the concept of the weird, the weird tale as an American contribution, Lovecraft's modernism vs. Ellison's post-modernism, non-time and post-time, and a whole lot more! Subscribe to our Patreon for 2 exclusive episodes a month! "I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream" by Harlan Ellison. "Call of Cthulhu" by HP Lovecraft. Twit...
In our final installment of the After Virtue series, we provide an overview of MacIntyre's closing arguments, pose complicating rebuttals, and consider the power of viewing life as a narrative among other things. At the end, we talk about some of the things you can look forward to as we approach ex.haust's second year. Thanks so much for your support. It means more than you know. Subscribe to hear the rest.
Strength coach and powerlifter Bill Coyne joins Emmet to talk about his pilgrimage to Westside Barbell, the strongest gym in the world, the history of weight lifting, getting strong as an antidote to despair, and more! If you want to learn more about weightlifting, feel free to DM Bill or Emmet on Twitter. Subscribe to our Patreon for 2 exclusive episodes a month! Closing Song: "Rip and Tear" by L.A. Guns . Twitter....
Emmet and Canada Mike return to their bread and butter: vaccine supply chains. People have been asking for a vaccine update, so Mike and Emmet hashed it out. They talk about Pfizer's insane contracts, DARPA's involvement in Operation Warp Speed, Foucault, Agamben, Plato, Taleb, and more! If you're new, you can listen to our first ep on vaccines here and here . Otherwise, you'll have to subscribe to our Patreon. Join our Patreon for 2 exclusive episodes a month! Bibliography . Twitter . Closing S...
In this one, talk through a Ranciere essay and a Platonic dialog, both deal with epistemology and politics. We had a lot of fun considering and juxtaposing these. This is a teaser. Subscribe to our Patreon to hear the rest!
Alex and Fox (a return guest) from Space Commune join Emmet to talk about their new documentary-- Consumerism: Can We Buy a Better World ? What Happens When a Buffet Buys Your Town? by Sean Cooper Join our Patreon for 2 exclusive episodes a month! Bibliography. Twitter. Closing Song: "Summer of Hate" by Chemlab...
Emmet sits down with Micah Meadowcroft , an editor at The American Conservative, to talk about some of his recent writing, a view of the right from the right, what conservatism should mean, ending America's imperial posture, and much more. " We Are Going to Win " by Micah Meadowcroft " Roman Rhetoric And Florentine Politics: A Reply To Yarvin " by Micah Meadowcroft The piece of Emmet's mentioned: " Nuclear Power Plants: Our Industrial Cathedrals " by Emmet Penney Join our Patreon for two exclusi...
John and I are back with another canon ep by request. This one's about one of our favorite short stories. We talk through the story, then ruminate on the connections between O'Connor and McCarthy, and then close with a meditation on life in flyover country. This is a teaser. Subscribe to hear the rest! You can read it here: https://repositorio.ufsc.br/bitstream/handle/123456789/160332/A%20good%20man%20is%20hard%20to%20find%20-%20Flannery%20O%27Connor.pdf Bibliography: https://exhaust.fireside.fm...
Emmet sits down with comic book artist Sterling Bartlett to talk about his comics "How Did We Get Here?" and "Kali, Yuga, Eschaton." They talk about how recycling is a scam, the late-period Matisse to moralizing infographic pipeline, the death of boredom, the age of the filthy casual., and more! Check out Sterling's work: https://www.sterlingbartlett.com/ Join our Patreon for two exclusive episodes a month! Twitter. Bibliography. Closing Song: "A Three Year Old Could Do That" by the U-Men....
Canada Mike returns to talk about the theoretical basics of statistical modeling, which turns into a discussion of discourse, democracy, expertise, coercion, and history. Enjoy! Join our Patreon for 2 exclusive episodes a month! Bibliography . Twitter . Closing Song: "Del's Shandy" by White Dad ....
In our second to last installment on After Virtue we look at Aristotle's impact and the origins and extension of virtue ethics from Homer to the Middle Ages. This one was a fun deep dive and very in our wheelhouses in different ways. This is a brief teaser. To here the rest subscribe to our Patreon and get two exclusive episodes a month: https://www.patreon.com/exhaust
Josh Bregman comes back on the pod to talk with Emmet about two movies that came out in the same summer that sought to capture post-crash America: Pain & Gain and Wolf of Wall Street. They talk about what a shitty director Michael Bay is, analyze the main characters of each movie, and try to figure out just why it was so hard to narrativize a financial crash that almost ended the world economy over night. Join our Patreon to get two exclusive episodes a month! Bibliography . Twitter . Closin...
Emmet sits down with Fox Green of Space Commune to talk about how his town is being astroturfed by billionaire-funded NGOs, political fandom, the revolt against adulthood, and much, much more. " The NPIC " by Space Commune " Political Fandom " by Space Commune Subscribe to our Patreon for 2 exclusive expisodes a month! Bibliography . Twitter . Closing Song: The Union Underground - Across the Nation x 21 Savage - Heathens (KEIFERGR33N remix)...
John and I watched a forgotten Channel 4 documentary on the early internet from 1994. It's a very weird message in a bottle. This is a wide-ranging discussion. We hope you like it. To hear the rest of the episode subscribe to our Patreon! You can watch it here: https://youtu.be/YWECt4cVfGM Bibliography: https://exhaust.fireside.fm/articles/p8 Closing Song: "Neurozon" by ChemLab https://chemlab.bandcamp.com/album/burn-out-at-the-hydrogen-bar-2021-remaster...
Emmet and John talk about America's delight in self-serving, cruel narcissists via the movies Vice and GoodFellas in addition to an essay by Jim Shepard. The conversation ranges from the political culture during the Iraq War, the uncanny similarities between Dick Cheney and Henry Hill, what it means for the American government to be normatively strong, but administratively weak, and more! " No Regrets: Goodfellas and American Hardball " by Jim Shepard. Subscribe to our Patreon for 2 exclusive ep...
Writer and co-host of the Aufhebungabunga podcast Alex Hochuli joins Emmet and John to talk about his latest article in American Affairs: "The Brazilianization of the World." They talk about Alex's article, the alleged end of the "End of History," anti-politics, and more! " The Brazilianization of the World " by Alex Hochuli. Pre-order Aufhebungabunga's book here . Bibliography . Twitter . Subscribe to our Patreon for two exclusive episodes a month! Closing Song: "Black Sea" by The Farmers . Pho...
John and Emmet talk about facts, bureaucracy, science as a social process, the social telos of internet moderation as a culture, and more. This is a teaser. To hear the rest, subscribe ! Emmet's essay on Alien Covenant: https://dumbaristotle.medium.com/who-wrote-ozymandias-creativity-fallibility-and-mystery-in-art-34ffd6f8d5da Bibliography: https://exhaust.fireside.fm/articles/p7 Closing Song: "Little Dead Bodies" by Algebra Suicide...
This episode features economic historian Edgardo Sepulveda, who unpacks the complex history of the US electricity grid. They trace its journey from the explosive growth and unchecked corporate power of the 1920s to the New Deal's regulatory restructuring and the emergence of public power. The discussion highlights America's unique path compared to European nationalization post-WWII, the breakdown of Keynesian economics, and the mixed results of neoliberal deregulation, which ultimately failed to lower consumer prices and led to nuclear plant closures. The episode concludes by pondering the potential for institutional learning and a future re-evaluation of regulatory approaches to address current grid fragilities.
Emmet and John use three articles to talk about our woke empire and how much it feels like the neocon heyday of the early 2000s. We talk about the major cultural resonances between the post-Trump era and the aftermath of 9/11, how the Greater War in the Middle East disabused us of optimism, why in the next few years there will be American Sniper but about an activist, and more! The essays: Fixed Opinions by Joan Didion Exiting the Vampire's Castle by Mark Fisher Feminism, the Taliban and the Pol...
Mark Nelson returns to the pod to explain Germany's Energiwende policy and its dependence on Nordstream 2 pipeline from Russia. Emmet and Mark talk about American green Malthusianism's influence on the Energiwende, Germany vs. American traditions of government-market relations, how the rest of Europe should respond to the pipeline, and more! Subscribe to our Patreon for 2 exclusive episodes a month . Bibliography . Twitter . Closing Song: "Sniper Song" by Naked Raygun Special Guest: Mark Nelson....
We discuss the movie Jasper Mall, which follows the small-town Alabama mall's decline over the course of a year. They discuss the movie, what killed Sears, our lives working and hanging out at various malls around the country, and ponder the prospects of small-town America, and more. Subscribe to hear the rest and get two exclusive episodes a month ! Twitter . The movie's available on Amazon Prime, or you can rent it here on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hx6k0eN0CKM Bibliography: http...
Emmet sits down with Default Friend of After the Orgy about her piece on the Culture of Confession , the emotional history of the internet, millenial blues, how tumblr turned the academy woke, and more. Patreon . Twitter . Closing Song: "Juliette's Window" by Black Print....
Founder of the Campaign for a Green Nuclear Deal, [Madison Czerwinski](@Madi_Czerwinski), sits down with Emmet to talk about the closure of the Indian Point nuclear plant in New York, the status of the US nuclear fleet, and what a nuclear future could look like. Campaign for a Green Nuclear Deal . Bibliography . Patreon . Twitter . Closing Song: " Saint Pepsi - Mac Tonight x Mannie Fresh - Real Big (KEIFERGR33N Remix) "...
Emmet and John talk about Eliot's essay on what it means for a writer to fit into a tradition. We talk about what that means for us, how we shape the past as we make our present, the confessional poets as a response to Eliot, and Borges on Kafka. Subscribe to our patreon to hear the rest! The essay: https://www.poetryfoundation.org/articles/69400/tradition-and-the-individual-talent Bibliography: https://exhaust.fireside.fm/articles/p5 Closing Song: "White Jesus" by Rittz...
