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Pill Pod 163 - How to Control a Democracy ft. 1Dime
This week we discuss how modern liberal democracies co-opt resistance and adapt to internal opposition as a mechanism of inverted totalitarian contro…
2 years, 7 months ago
Walter Benjamin: The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction // 162 (preview)
Erik and Pills read Walter Benjamin's most famous essay (and perhaps the most famous essay of critical theory), The Work of Art in the Age of Mechani…
2 years, 7 months ago
Pill Pod 161 - Andy Warhol and the End of Art
We're still on why everything's ending, this time with another pillar of civilization: art, and modern art in particular. Part of the discussion come…
2 years, 7 months ago
Walter Benjamin on Leftist Content Creators // 160 (Preview)
We read Walter Benjamin's (perhaps) undelivered address to the Anti-Fascist Club: The Author as Producer, and try to test whether or not it holds up.…
2 years, 7 months ago
Pill Pod 159 - The End of the University
Most everyone agrees that the university has failed its ideal, but few agree as to the reasons for why this happened. Did it get too arcane? Too expe…
2 years, 7 months ago
Walter Benjamin & The Idea of History // 158 (preview)
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2 years, 7 months ago
Pill Pod 157 - Progressive v. Reactionary Christianity ft. John Hamer
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Although Conservative Christians are the most attention-seeki…
2 years, 8 months ago
Christofascism or Liberalism // 165
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What if, instead of letting history end or disappear, we hit …
2 years, 9 months ago
Jean Baudrillard & The Disappearance of History // 155 (preview)
As all things disappear, we have our rountable on Baudrillard's "Illusion of the End." Get the full episode and all episodes ad-free at https://www.p…
2 years, 9 months ago
Pill Pod 154 - Christian Intellectuals at the End of History
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While no one is exactly happy that history has ended, few are…
2 years, 9 months ago