In our epic 3-hour talk, Curtis Yarvin discusses: Democracy, his preference for Bernie Sanders, debunking the American Revolution, benevolent dictatorship, Ancient Rome and the need for an American Augustus, s alus populi suprema lex esto, formalism, sovereign corporations, his rejection of Nazis and White Nationalism, and much more. This podcast was recorded at the first ever live show of the Other Life podcast in LA, celebrating the release of my book Based Deleuze in paperback. Several people...
Mar 18, 2020•2 hr 44 min•Ep. 86
On the COVID-19 pandemic, intergenerational warfare, comparative politics, exogenous shocks, class war, whether Trump caught the virus, and other speculations on the next few days. Follow Geoffrey Miller on Twitter and Youtube. Follow Diana Fleischman on Twitter and Youtube. More stuff 👉 Based Deleuze is now available in paperback. 👉 If you'd like to discuss this podcast with me and others, suggest future guests, or read/watch/listen to more content on these themes, request an invitation to my...
Mar 15, 2020•1 hr 7 min•Ep. 85
TFW NO GF is a documentary about young men on the internet (pepe? wojak? frogtwitter? incels?). It was set to premiere at SXSW before the whole festival got cancelled due to coronavirus. https://schedule.sxsw.com/2020/films/2023330. The director, Alex Lee Moyer, sat down with me while I was in LA a couple weeks ago. ➡️If you'd like to join my Discord server, you can request an invitation here: https://theotherlifenow.com/join/ ➡️I publish a free weekly newsletter about independent intellectuals ...
Mar 12, 2020•1 hr 14 min•Ep. 84
Aella ( @Aella_Girl ) is an internet thinker/creator/entrepreneur in the Rationalish sphere. She just launched a new card game called Askhole , research-backed card game designed to generate intense discussion. Aella's currently doing research on people who claim to have experienced Enlightenment. To learn more about Aella, check out her website at https://knowingless.com/. If you're in the Los Angeles area, I'll be doing a live show of my Other Life podcast on Friday, February 28th. Get tickets...
Feb 19, 2020•1 hr 22 min•Ep. 83
Charlie Looker is best known as a musician but he's also a passionate weird-theory lurker in various internet recesses of ill-repute. We've chatted here and there for well more than a year now, so I'm glad to finally sit down with him. Charlie's band, Psalm Zero, just released a new album called Sparta. Sample track from his new album (metal) and another single, Nothing Human (electronic). If you're in the Los Angeles area, I'll be doing a live show of my Other Life podcast on Friday, February 2...
Feb 12, 2020•2 hr 3 min•Ep. 82
Chris Gabriel runs the Youtube channel MemeAnalysis . He's also written for the revivified Acephale I've been hearing about lately. He's also co-creating a comics Instagram at Aeonic Comics . First live show and Based Mansion, Los Angeles, Feb. 28-March 1 On February 28 I'll be doing a live podcast show in Los Angeles. You can get tickets here . From that night until the morning of Sunday March 1, I will also be hosting internet friends in a mansion lol. If you're interested, request a spot here...
Feb 05, 2020•1 hr 21 min•Ep. 81
Akira runs Lovecrypt, an indie digital-first music label. Akira: https://twitter.com/lovecryption Lovecrypt: https://lovecrypt.bandcamp.com/ Other Life live show and Based Mansion in LA, Feb 28 - March 1 On February 28 I'll be doing a live podcast show in Los Angeles. You can get tickets here. From that night until the morning of Sunday March 1, I will also be hosting internet friends in a mansion I'm renting lol. If you're interested, request a spot here. If you'd like to join my Discord server...
Jan 29, 2020•1 hr 56 min•Ep. 80
I'm joined by the half-wolf, half-kitten girl who appeared in a recent viral video. This video took her from 47 Twitter followers to about 18,000 and so she's gone to LA. She told me that when she had a baby, she decided to go all-in on being a full-time crazy person on the internet. She explains her life philosophy of not planning anything, not worrying, and relying on the kindness of strangers. This podcast had some good laughs but also a surprising number of quite human moments, I thought. Se...
Jan 22, 2020•38 min•Ep. 79
Jeremy Kauffman is the CEO of LBRY, a free, decentralized, blockchain-based digital content platform. We discuss the benefits and drawbacks of decentralized content platforms for independent intellectuals. https://lbry.com — https://lbry.tv If you'd like to discuss this podcast with me and others, suggest future guests, or read/watch/listen to more content on these themes, request an invitation to my free community forum. Are you an independent intellectual? I'm building a private membership com...
Jan 02, 2020•1 hr 23 min•Ep. 78
Once a normie record producer, Alexander is now a creative internet madman who commands billionaires to do whatever he wants. In this podcast, he explains how he did it. First, he says, "whore" yourself out to make "f*ck you money." If you're ever afraid of speaking freely, just "get out of there!" Whore yourself another way. Read Deleuze and implement a practical nomadology. Know yourself, know your type, know your role and play it. You shouldn't even know what's taboo and what isn't! People wh...
Dec 27, 2019•1 hr 34 min•Ep. 77
Eliot blogs at Mad Black Freud . He wrote the book Zizek in the Clinic. He came all the way from LA to visit me in person. I enjoyed hanging out with him and getting to know him better. You can also watch this talk on video. If you'd like to talk with me and others about the podcast, join my Discord server. Are you an independent intellectual? Check out IndieThinkers.org This podcast is made possible by a bunch of noble benefactors. You are welcome to join this aristocracy of spirit......
Dec 11, 2019•1 hr 59 min•Ep. 76
This is the Preface to my book Based Deleuze. You can buy the book, the audiobook, or even a short video course here. Paperback soon! Are you working on your own idea in some hidden recess of the internet? Have a sneak peek at my next big project: IndieThinkers.org Big thanks to my patrons , who make this podcast possible.
Dec 04, 2019•10 min•Ep. 75
John David Ebert and Brian Francis Culkin discuss their new book, Hypermodernity and the End of the World . If you'd like to discuss this podcast with me and others, suggest future guests, or read/watch/listen to more content on these themes, you can join my Discord server. Big thanks to all the patrons who help me keep the lights on....
Nov 27, 2019•1 hr 43 min•Ep. 74
Claire Lehmann is Editor of Quillette. I'm starting to play with a slight shift of focus for some of these podcasts. When I talk with really successful and impactful independent intellectuals, I'm going to focus a bit more on learning how the succeeded: strategies, tactics, things like that. Let me know if you like or dislike this direction. If you'd like to discuss this podcast with me and others, suggest future guests, or read/watch/listen to more content on these themes, request an invitation...
Nov 20, 2019•2 hr 10 min•Ep. 73
I first heard about Deanna through Nina Power but I've never been able to find a full account of her story, so I asked her if she would tell it herself. I'm not sure yet but from what I can find she seems like a badass, perhaps too badass for the Art World. She experienced some kind of cancellation but she tells me she is making a comeback, so I'm really excited to meet her and learn more about what happened and what she's up to. If you'd like to discuss this podcast with me and others, suggest ...
Nov 14, 2019•2 hr 15 min•Ep. 72
Geoffrey and I discuss Bronze Age Pervert, what it means to SUBMIT, Kanye West, bugmen, Curtis Yarvin, and much more. You can watch the video on Geoffrey's channel. Catch the first glimpse of my next big project at IndieThinkers.org. Big thanks to all the patrons who help me keep the lights on.
Oct 31, 2019•1 hr 30 min•Ep. 71
Nina and DC are fundraising for a legal campaign against Luke Turner. If you'd like to discuss this podcast with me and others, suggest future guests, or read/watch/listen to more content on these themes, request an invitation here. I'm offering a free course on how to be a Revolutionary Internet Galaxy-Brain . Big thanks to all the patrons who help me keep the lights on....
Oct 24, 2019•2 hr 7 min•Ep. 70
Mark Ledwich is an independent data scientist decoding the Youtube recommendation algorithm. Here Mark debunks several myths and we discuss the real underlying political implications of the Youtube algorithm. See Mark's political Youtube network explorer and his Medium articles . Big thanks to all the patrons who help me keep the lights on. If you'd like to discuss this podcast with me and others, suggest future guests, or read/watch/listen to more content on these themes, request an invitation ...
Oct 19, 2019•54 min•Ep. 69
Big thanks to all the patrons who help me keep the lights on. If you'd like to discuss this podcast with me and others, suggest future guests, or read/watch/listen to more content on these themes, request an invitation here.
Oct 15, 2019•51 min•Ep. 68
"Today, inappropriate honesty is not merely feasible, increasingly it is a dominant strategy.” I discuss the concept of parrhesia, its history, and its present political prospects. Thanks to Nina Power and DC Miller for the invitation. Big thanks to all the patrons who help me keep the lights on. If you'd like to discuss this podcast with me and others, suggest future guests, or read/watch/listen to more content on these themes, request an invitation here....
Oct 11, 2019•23 min•Ep. 67
We talked about the Joker film right after we saw it. We discuss mental illness, heredity, violence, the 1970s, praying, silly health foods, and the quantum incel multiverse. Big thanks to all the patrons who help me keep the lights on. If you'd like to discuss this podcast with me and others, suggest future guests, or read/watch/listen to more content on these themes, request an invitation here....
Oct 09, 2019•44 min•Ep. 66
Nicolas Hausdorf (@dcntrrr) co-authored Superstructural Berlin (Zero Books). Then Zero Books threw him under the bus when he started writing for Jacobite. If you'd like to discuss this podcast with me and others, suggest future guests, or read/watch/listen to more content on these themes, request an invitation here. Big thanks to all the patrons who help me keep the lights on....
Oct 07, 2019•2 hr 14 min•Ep. 65
This podcast introduces an online course I'm producing with Heidegger scholar Johannes Niederhauser. Get the syllabus at https://theotherlifenow.com/deleuze-vs-heidegger Find Johannes on Youtube here . If you'd like to discuss this podcast with me and others, suggest future guests, or read/watch/listen to more content on these themes, request an invitation here. Big thanks to all the patrons who help me keep the lights on....
Oct 02, 2019•2 hr 2 min•Ep. 64
Angela Nagle is a writer best known for her book "Kill All Normies" and her recent piece "The Left Case against Open Borders" https://americanaffairsjournal.org/2018/11/the-left-case-against-open-borders/ Big thanks to all the patrons who help me keep the lights on. If you'd like to discuss this podcast with me and others, suggest future guests, or read/watch/listen to more content on these themes, request an invitation here. This conversation was first recorded on August 28, 2019 as a livestrea...
Sep 27, 2019•1 hr 58 min•Ep. 63
After my first livestream with Nina Power and DC Miller, we decided to sit down and continue the conversation. In this podcast, we discuss whether or not the Left can be saved from its current insanity. This conversation was recorded in March 2019, right before I left England for good. Nina and DC are currently raising money for a legal campaign against Luke Turner. You can support their campaign here. If you'd like to discuss this podcast with me and others, suggest future guests, or read/watch...
Sep 23, 2019•48 min•Ep. 62
Txgen Meyer is an artist, researcher, and philosophy tutor. Learn more about Txgen at http://txgenmeyer.com/ . Big thanks to all the patrons who keep this running. If you'd like to discuss these and similar themes with me and others, request an invitation to the Discord server. This conversation was first recorded as a livestream on Youtube . Subscribe to my channel with one click , then click the bell to receive notifications when future livestreams begin....
Sep 13, 2019•1 hr 22 min•Ep. 61
Dasha Nekrasova is co-host of the podcast Red Scare. We discussed the One Holy Apostolic Church, Simone Weil, the best and worst drugs, prayer, Pussy Riot, Zizek, shoplifting, abortion, Deleuze, accelerationism, and many other things. They just shut down Google Hangouts so we're still adjusting to a whole new recording setup — the audio is a little wonky, sorry! Big thanks to all my patrons who help me keep the lights on. Red Scare is also on Patreon . If you'd like to discuss this podcast with ...
Sep 12, 2019•1 hr 45 min•Ep. 60
From the rap sheet that nearly got me fired. I thought I made a very good case! "Tonight's livestreamed disquisition will be on the ethics of shoplifting from self-checkout kiosks. Hint: I'm in favor. But I often feel guilty, so I need to think this through clearly and explicitly. Then we will be joined by @Xenogothic , a denizen of "acc twitter" and "cave twitter" and the batshit blogosphere. I believe Xenogothic is kind of an anti-leftist leftist type, kind of like me maybe, but I'm not really...
Sep 09, 2019•1 hr 37 min•Ep. 59
David John Roden is a philosopher interested in eccentric alternatives to humanity. He is the author of Posthuman Life: Philosophy at the Edge of the Human . Big thanks to all the patrons who help me keep the lights on. If you'd like to discuss this podcast with me and others, suggest future guests, or read/watch/listen to more content on these themes, request an invitation here. This conversation was first recorded on April 1, 2019 as a livestream on Youtube . To receive notifications when futu...
Sep 05, 2019•1 hr 41 min•Ep. 58
"So that's how academia got pwned, and that's how I pwned this university." In this short talk, I discuss the purpose of the university, how technological acceleration is overheating academia, how I made the decision to leave academia for full independence on the internet. If you'd like to discuss this podcast with me and others, suggest future guests, or read/watch/listen to more content on these themes, request an invitation here. Big thanks to all the patrons who help me keep the lights on....
Sep 02, 2019•33 min•Ep. 57
