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106: Emil Cioran - On the Heights of Despair
Season 5 Episode 18
Cioran is notorious as the depressive philosopher par excellence. While figures such as Schopenhauer, Ligotti and Benatar have advanced logical argum…
1 year, 1 month ago
Love Never Faileth (Redux)
Season 5 Episode 17
This is a revision and re-recording of Episode 04 of the podcast, "Love Never Faileth". I felt that it wasn't my best work in terms of execution, but…
1 year, 2 months ago
Anti-Christmas Special
Season 5 Episode 16
Is this an anti-Christian screed? Far from it. Today we take a deep dive into one of Nietzsche's core concepts from the Antichrist: the reversal of o…
1 year, 2 months ago
The Gay Science #9 (II.98-II.107)
Season 5 Episode 15
Finishing book 2 of TGS! This coming Tuesday, a Wandering Above a Sea of Fog episode, then a break for a week. Episode art: Priestess at Delphi by J…
1 year, 3 months ago
The Gay Science #8 (II.84 - II.97)
Season 5 Episode 14
Continuing with The Gay Science readthrough! More sections on art, the eternal war between prose and poetry, the Apollinian and Dionysian, and more. …
1 year, 3 months ago
Q&A #11
Season 5 Episode 13
Patrons: "Have you ever said Yes to a single joy?"
Salts: "Yes"
1 year, 3 months ago
The Gay Science #7 (II.76-II.83)
Season 5 Episode 12
"Many lies tell the poets" - Homer. Nietzschean exploration of art, of truth and appearance in the artistic world, the way that madness, art and ritu…
1 year, 3 months ago
All Hallow's Special - Robert Chambers' Repairer of Reputations, featuring Mynaa
Season 5 Episode 11
In this episode, Mynaa and I discuss The Repairer of Reputations, the first story in Robert Chambers' collection, The King in Yellow. Concepts in Cha…
1 year, 4 months ago
105: Arthur Machen - The Great God Pan
Season 5 Episode 10
Samhain is fast approaching, and this week we're going to have two spooky episodes of the podcast. This episode will be a philosophical exploration o…
1 year, 4 months ago
The Gay Science #6 (II.57-75)
Season 5 Episode 9
Welcome back to The Gay Science! In this episode we commence with book II, which begins with an exploration of perspectivism and the pitfalls of scie…
1 year, 4 months ago