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Discussions on history, philosophy, politics, science, and civilizational questions. We're here to learn.

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  1. 2d ago

    Your Life is a Hypothesis

    The Earth has become small -- and the Last Man lives the longest.In 1885, Nietzsche foresaw mankind's transformation into a being who cares only for safety and contentment -- the final step before he gives up his higher nature. Jonathan Wallis joins Wolf Tivy to help us understand the Last Man.0:00 — Intro0:32 — The greatest threat is not disorder but the Last Man3:39 — Radical potential is always recuperated, domesticated, defanged16:46 — Cults reenact the logic of modernity23:45 — You have to live the hypothesis37:20 — Civilization is the ability to pass the crown51:34 — There is no soul-atom; you are an intersection of forces

    1h 2m

  2. May 20

    Machiavelli's Virtue

    Machiavelli saw that Christianity had made Italy weak, servile, and prey to criminal men. His answer: ground politics in "what is", not imagined republics — and dare great men to act on it. The consequences founded the modern world. Duncan Umphrey joins us to discuss the Machiavelli's virtue.

    1h 12m

  3. May 13

    The Machine Gun Killed Democracy

    Ben Landau-Taylor discusses Carroll Quigley's thesis on how weapons systems shape political order—how military technology determines whether a society ends up democratic, authoritarian, or something else entirely.

    1h 18m

  4. May 6

    The War that Destroyed the Greek World

    The Peloponnesian War destroyed the Greek world and exposed the violence behind the civilized facade, much like the World Wars of the 20th century. Maxim Dmitrienko walks us through Thucydides' timeless History.

    1h 25m

  5. Apr 29

    Why Study Greek Philosophy?

    Should a student of the 21st century read Plato and Aristotle? Stephen Pimentel explains how Greek philosophy helps us to see past the conceits of our own era.

    1h 13m

  6. Apr 24

    How Civilizations Die

    Carroll Quigley's 1961 book The Evolution of Civilizations describes the stages a civilization goes through as it grows, expands, decays, and falls. Ben Landau-Taylor tells us how Quigley's theory works, and where our civilization sits in this process today.

    1h 14m

  7. Apr 16

    Nothing Human Makes It Out of the Near Future?

    DC Posch and Wolf Tivy read Meltdown from Nick Land, the prophet of 21st century artificial intelligence and runaway capitalism.

    1h 3m

  8. Apr 10

    Should I Pick My Kids' Genes?

    Rachel Wallis is using cutting-edge gene selection technology to have kids. Wolf Tivy is using traditional methods. Which is better? They debate. ----------- Reproductive Frontiers 2026 conference in Berkeley this June: reproductivefrontiers.org

    1h 38m
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