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Jun 17

Help, I've lost my agency! w/ Luke Burgis

Luke Burgis joins the pod to discuss his new book 'The One and the Ninety-Nine', the tribalism of the culture wars, internet Catholicism, the loss of agency, and Dorothy Day.Get a copy of his book here: https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250373038/theoneandtheninetynine/And follo ... Show More

51m 53s

Jun 4

Where my lesbians at? w/ Julie Bindel

Julie Bindel joins the pod to discuss her book "Lesbians: Where are we now?", the gay man vs. lesbian rivalry, UK vs US cultural politics, TERFdom, conversion therapy, and more.Check out her work https://juliebindel.substack.com/And follow our Substack https://cracksinpomo.substa ... Show More

53m 40s

May 21

Provocative Twinks & Horseshoe Links w/ Lucian Wintrich

Lucian Wintrich joins the pod to talk about Twinks for Trump, his congressional campaign, the importance of engaging with rather than reacting against your ideological ops, & the excesses of contrarianism. Check out his page here https://wintrichfornewyork.com/And follow cracks i ... Show More

50m 25s

Sep 2020

Uses of Nietzsche in Political Philosophy and Deleuze's Recasting of the Concept of Ressentiment

Deleuze's Nietzsche & Philosophy is an exciting and controversial interpretation of Nietzsche which stands at the forefront of 20th Century Nietzsche scholarship. In this episode, we visit the text and the concept of ressentiment and the theory of forces, both of whi ... Show More

51m 40s

Dec 2023

79: Gilles Deleuze, pt. 1: Against the Dialectic

Giles Deleuze is one of the most significant figures of French postmodernism, famous for his work with psychoanalyst Felix Guattari. In this episode, we're going to consider Deleuze's work, Nietzsche and Philosophy. In the words of Deleuze, the opposition to Hegel runs through th ... Show More

1h 37m

Oct 2021

Hegel: The Case For Contradiction with Todd McGowan

In this episode, Craig, Will, Matt, and Adam are joined by University of Vermont Professor Todd McGowan to discuss Hegel's concept of contradiction as he lays it out in his book, Emancipation After Hegel: Achieving a Contradictory Revolution. Throughout the latter part of ... Show More

1 h

Jul 2025

Episode 312: MechaSkeptic

David and Tamler return to David Hume's somewhat slippery brand of skepticism, this time focusing Chapter 12 of his Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding. Plus speaking of things to be skeptical about, we dive into a recent paper called "Your Brain on ChatGPT" – does neuroscienc ... Show More

1h 16m

Oct 2025

Deleuze vs Hegel: Beyond Kant and Representation with Henry Somers-Hall

What happens when Deleuze and Hegel are set in violent philosophical encounter over the ruins of Kantian representation? In this episode, we explore how both thinkers attempt to move beyond the categories of judgment and identity to recover the genesis of sense itself. Henry S ... Show More

53m 59s

Sep 2025

Episode 315: Ceaseless Striving (Schopenhauer's Pessimism)

David and Tamler tackle the topic chosen by our beloved Patreon supporters in the first VBW madness tournament – Schopenhauer. We discuss his essays "On the Sufferings of the World" and "The Vanity of Existence," their strikingly modern perspectives on human life and behavior and ... Show More

1h 30m

Aug 2024

Episode 290: Blinded by the Light (Plato's Cave Pt. 2)

David and Tamler continue their discussion of Plato's allegory of the cave. We talk about the connections with mystical traditions including Gnosticism, Sufism, and Buddhist paths to awakening. We also dig deeper into what Socrates calls 'dialectic' – what allows this method t ... Show More

1h 37m

Oct 2024

Schelling and Irrationalism (feat. Christopher Satoor)

We welcome philosopher Christopher Satoor for a discussion on the philosophy of Schelling, the great German idealist. We will focus our conversation on two Marxist critiques of Schelling in Lukács' The Destruction of Reason, to Engels' critique of Schelling from his notes on a ... Show More

2h 18m

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