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Untimely Reflections
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Don't worry, we're still doing Dialectic of Enlightenment next week, but my tour schedule and personal demands on my time (I'm moving) prevented me from finishing a full episode before departing for another week. Thankfully, I had this reading guide finished and decided to release it now. Back next week with a full length episode. Cheers!

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116: Nietzsche’s Inaugural Address - Homer & Classical Philology
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Jun 24
Untimely Reflections #36: Tony of 1Dime - The Neoliberal Zeitgeist
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