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4.8 • 125 Ratings
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Two dudes from SoCal who studied philosophy, politics, and religion around the globe who decided to start a podcast where we could b******t with impunity.
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"What’s Up With Old Men? On Gerontocracy" - Owls at Dawn, Episode 186
The dudes chat about an essay by Samuel Moyn on gerontocracy and the problems it brings up. Plus, Troy rants about a Taylor Swift meme, and Austin recommends Mr. and Mrs. Smith.
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"What the F*ck is Money? Chat with Colin Drumm" - Owls at Dawn, Episode 185
Austin chats with Colin Drumm about money and philosophy and history and debt and more
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"Can Music Save Us? Chat w/Macon Holt" - Owls at Dawn, Episode 184
The dudes chat with friend-of-the-show Macon Holt about the sonic shimmer within popular music, Afropessimism, and political possibility. Plus, Austin rants about Earth and time and clocks, and Troy recommends y'all watch Reservation Dogs.
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"Are We Living in Nihilistic Times?" - Owls at Dawn, Episode 183
The dudes chat about Wendy Brown's book Nihilistic Times and wonder what it means to live in a nihilistic age. Plus, Troy rants about Francis Schaeffer, and Austin recommends Justin Taylor's new book Reboot (and his first novel The Gospel of Anarchy).
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"In Praise of Raw-Dogging the World: Sex, Art, and Consumerism" - Owls at Dawn, Episode 182
The dudes chat about sex and film through the essay The Puritanical Eye, and they ask the simple question, "Is there enough sex in movies these days?" Plus, Austin rants about aggressive drivers in Sydney, and Troy recommends the series The Curse.
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"When is it Right to Rebel?" - Owls at Dawn, Episode 181
The dudes chat about if and when it's right to rebel by looking at Tommie Shelby's seminal article "Justice, Deviance, and the Dark Ghetto." Plus, Troy rants about the problem with absolutizing asymmetrical power relations, and Austin gets stoked for Keanu Reeves' upcoming novel.
Customer Reviews
love hearing the guys chop it up
it’s fun to just listen to two buddies have conversations about anything from hegelian dialectics to frameworks of temporal experience to the punk rock candidate to camus absurdism to basketball stars throwing fits and beating out his teammates despite not being in shape. i once emailed austin to tell him my story about absurdism and existential dread leading to suicidality and he was surprised someone so young would listen to his podcast. well to say to that: fellas if you think this podcast just reaches the grad student circlejerk, you’re wrong. your powerful intelligent witty voices can touch anyone’s mind, heart and soul as y’all have mine.
Theory requires patience
Oh no. I found a great argument I had written down from episode 145 and I wondered if this podcast was defunct- turns out I had accidentally unsubscribed and now there are months of super relevant backlog episodes I have to take more notes on! I love how the basis of each episode is organic, sometimes you’ll choose to focus a whole episode on a recent tweet or a personal life event and relate it to major texts, which is a great approach.
Anyway, the previously mentioned impassioned insistence that it’s a good thing to engage with complex alien texts without looking for a thesis or a main ideas is helpful as I dive into Reza Negarestani and other theory fiction this week. Excellent work.
Love the content
Love the content overall, but so many mouth noises. Lip smacking, lip licking - makes it impossible for me to listen. I listen to podcasts through headphones and having these sounds go straight into my ears makes them so much more intolerable. I couldn’t make it through the last episode (Ignoble Lie) even though it was a great, important conversation. I hope you can fix that. Maybe your new equipment is too good/ too sensitive haha