You Can't Win

Donald Hughes
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You Can't Win

We're Tom and Donald. We are two trolls that are trying to make sense of the world through conversations about the traps and scams that surround us.

  1. NOV 4

    Episode 158 - The Essence of Reality

    Tom walks us through the book The Essence of Reality by 'Ayn al-Qudat, a 12th Century Sufi text about going beyond the intellect to embrace mystical experience.

    1h 19m

  2. SEP 24

    Episode 157 - Tom Loves Mods

    We chat about our cookie headaches and X-Com and Lebanon and Hannah Arendt. Mentioned: Eichmann in Jerusalem by Hannah Arendt Origins of Totalitarianism by Hannah Arendt On Revolution by Hannah Arendt The X-Com 2 mod guy Tom mentions is christopherodd

    1h 17m

  3. JUL 19

    Episode 156 - Elections in France ft Marlon Ettinger

    Marlon Ettinger, a journalist living in France, joins Don to talk about French politics. Find Marlon on Twitter at @MarlonEttinger his new pod at @flep24pod and his book Zemmour & Gaullism.

    1h 1m

  4. JUL 1

    Episode 155 - Battle Cry of Freddy ft Freddy

    Our friend Freddy joins from Vienna to talk about his Euro-Trip, Noam Chomsky, the war in Gaza, and the point of philosophy. The Third Reich at War by Richard J. Evans. Battle Cry of Freedom by James M. McPherson. Understanding Power by Noam Chomsky. Left anti-communism: The Unkindest Cut by Michael Parenti. My Struggle by Karl Ove Knausgaard. This Is a Robbery (Netflix documentary about 1990 Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum robbery).

    1h 30m

  5. JUN 3

    Episode 154 - Soul Corn

    We chat about the failing Dream Port, the peace plan, paying off our debts, soul corn, some books and elections. Mentioned: Harland's Half Acre by David Malouf. My Struggle Book 1 by Karl Ove Knausgaard. Historical Capitalism by Immanuel Wallerstein. Language and Myth by Ernst Cassirer. Our Bloc by James Schneider.

    1h 8m

  6. 02/04/2023

    Tom and Don Go to White Castle

    Tom and Don chat about some books and shows, including Robert Musil, Orhan Pamuk's The White Castle, Karamustafa, J.M. Coetzee, Joan Robinson, Wolf Hall, Copenhagen Cowboy and The Last of Us.   Mentioned: The Confusions of Young Törless by Robert Musil The White Castle by Orhan Pamuk God's Unruly Friends by Ahmet T. Karamustafa The Childhood of Jesus by J.M. Coetzee Economic Philosophy by Joan Robinson

    1h 9m

  7. 01/10/2023

    Premium Episode 183 - Muslim History, pt 3 UNLOCKED

    Tom tells the history of the Crusades, the Mongol invasions, and the rise of the Mamluks in part 3 of a series on Muslim history. The full series is available on Patreon.

    1h 49m

  8. 11/20/2022

    Premium Episode 179 SNEAK PEEK - Muslim History, pt 1

    An excerpt from a premium episode available through a Patreon subscription, in which Tom provides a history of the rise and fall of the original Islamic state, and a description of the Muslim world's social structure at the time, including the institution of slavery and transformations that came about as a result of the Islamic movement. (re-uploaded to fix some audio issues)

    19 min
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We're Tom and Donald. We are two trolls that are trying to make sense of the world through conversations about the traps and scams that surround us.

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  • Creator
    Donald Hughes
  • Years Active
    2019 - 2024
  • Episodes
    100
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Show Website
    You Can't Win

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