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True Detective: Season 1 vs Season 2
Isaac Simpson joins me once again, this time to compare and contrast True Detective Season 1 and 2. Stay tuned for my next episode, focusing on True Detective Season 2.Subscribe to my substack at AstralFlight.Substack.ComSubscribe to Isaac at The Carousel
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Apocalypse Now
Lee, one of the people I admire most, joins me to discuss Apocalypse Now. He has written about it extensively on his substack, through the lens of Nietzsche’s Birth of Tragedy, though we discuss the film from many other angles as well. A supplement essay for my perspective can be found on my substack, “War Is The Father Of Us All.”
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Darryl Cooper on UFO's and AI
Darryl Cooper joins me to discuss the archetypical significance of UFO's and AI as a "living myth" of the modern era. Are they real? Will AI replace humanity, as so many predict? Or are aliens and AI two different manifestations of the same Archetype for the technological age?To hear more from this podcast and get bonus content, including essays and podcast episodes that aren't available anywhere else, subscribe to my substack, https://astralflight.substack.com/?utm_source=substack&utm_me...
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Tarantino: His Later FIlms
Today we focus on Tarantino's later films, which I consider to be everything after Kill Bill Vol. 2My guests are Spendo, who was on the first episode, and Isaac Simpson, who has been on this show three times before and has his own excellent podcast, which I've appeared on several times, The Carousel.Become a paid subscriber on my substack and get access to several paid-only episodes, including "The Ladies of Lynch," "Darryl Cooper on UFO's and AI," and "True Detective Season 2."
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Robocop and dystopias
We got the sci-fi dystopia...without the cyborg killer cops!Today me and my guest Granite Mountain Movie Club, found here on youtube, discuss several science fiction classics and cult classics: Robocop, Blade Runner and Blade Runner 2049, Back to the Future 2, Demolition Man, and Judge Dredd. Is America in 2024 better or worse than the future depicted in these films?Follow me on twitter @astralflite to listen to these podcasts live and join the discussion, and follow me on substack at a...
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Charles Haywood Returns
Charles Haywood joins me once again, this time to discuss Elon Musk and the future of American politics. This episode was based on his review of a recent biography of Elon Musk, published on his blog The Worthy House. I highly recommend everyone go read through this blog, it's an education in history and political philosophy in and of itself. Follow me on twitter @astralflite and substack at astralflight.substack.com. There's a lot more content on substack than on iTunes and Spotify, an...