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Emmet and John begin their series on Fukuyama's seminal The End of History and the Last Man. They talk through its context, Fukuyama's background, trouble some of his assumptions, and kick the tires of his liberal triumphalism in the opening 50 pages.


Closing Song: https://godshate.bandcamp.com/album/gods-hate

Matt Kelly rejoins the boys to talk about Fukuyama's weird liberalism, econ theory, the triumphalism of the 90s, Fukuyama as an OG anti-Islamic type, and more!


Check out Matt's Stuff:



Substack: https://trapzoid.substack.com

https://sociolegalfictions.wordpress.com

Twitter: @DJDeepThought1



Closing Song: RiFF RAFF - Double Cup 2 Cups (KEIFER GR33N Remix)


https://www.keifergr33n.com/

John returns and they finish out the show by finishing Fukuyama's book and reflecting on the experience of working on the show.


Thanks to all of our listeners! It was a great run and we were overjoyed to have you with us.

Phil Cunliffe joins Emmet to talk about his opposition to the UK's sanctions against Russia, the politics of self-interest, what happened to the nation-state, and more.


Phil's piece on the sanctions: https://unherd.com/thepost/its-time-to-end-gas-sanctions-on-russia/


Phil's piece on ChatGPT: https://unherd.com/thepost/chatgpt-a-morbid-symptom-of-our-declining-universities/


Phil's Twitter: https://twitter.com/thephilippics


Bungacast: https://www.patreon.com/bungacast


Closing song: https://chatpile.bandcamp.com/album/gods-country

Mark Nelson returns to the pod to talk with Emmet about becoming an engineer. They talk about the history of the profession in America, how engineers think, what they study, and how they look at the world.


Check out Mark Nelson (@energybants): https://twitter.com/energybants


Closing Song: https://willkraus.bandcamp.com/album/eye-escapes

Alex Priou from the New Thinkery podcast sits down with Emmet to talk about Leo Strauss and his posthumously published lecture "The Three Waves of Modernity. They talk about the split between the ancients and the moderns, what Strauss was really after, the tasks modernity presents us with today, whether or not we can recover lessons from the ancients, and more!


Check out the New Thinkery: https://thenewthinkery.com/listen/


The essay: https://archive.org/details/LeoStrauss3WavesOfModernityocr


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