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• The Lessons of History feat. Dr. Roy Casagranda - Henry Kissinger, the Iraq War, Esoteric Platonism and the Neocons, Cycles in Political Power, Education Reform, Hiroshima, Anarchism, and State Power

  Follow Dr. Roy on Social Media:Spotify | Apple Podcasts | YouTubeReferencesStephen Skowronek // "The Politics Presidents Make" (1993)Rational Choice Theory (1955) "A Behavioral Model of Rational Choice" by Herbert A. SimonThe Nixon movie I couldn't remember was "Secret Honor" (Robert Altman, 1984)Abramowitz et. al study of Southern Republicans https://journals.shareok.org/arp/article/view/366Goldsboro Nuclear Disaster (1961)Palomares Nuclear Incident (1966)Notable Esoteric Platonists: Leo Strauss and Allan BloomAspasia and Pericles the YoungerGroup 40/Project 40 and Richard NixonOtto Ambros (Third Reich Scientist/Operation Paperclip)Dialogues by Plato:Meno (Knowledge, geometry, 'rememberance')Republic (Justice, the Noble Lie)Laches (Instruction in courage)Symposium (Love, homosexuality, Diotima)Crito (Fidelity to the state, homeliness)Seventh Letter / Seventh Epistle (Esoteric Platonism)GAZA LINKS:Oxfam - https://www.oxfamamerica.org/explore/emergencies/gaza-and-israel-emergency-appeal/MSF (Doctors Without Borders) - https://www.msf.org/gaza-israel-warPalestinian Youth Movement - https://www.palestinianyouthmovement.com/

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• What is Existentialism? - Bert Dreyfus on Sartre, Heidegger, Pascal, Camus, Kierkegaard, Philosophy's Struggle with Christianity, Dostoevsky, and the Road to Authenticity (HoPAA #176)

  Support this work and unlock more of it (for free!) on Patreonhttps://patreon.com/c/hemlockpatreonThis is from Hubert Dreyfus' 2008 Berkeley undergraduate course Philosophy 7 "Existentialism in Literature and Film"https://archive.org/details/ucberkeley_webcast_itunesu_461120622\Course Description: The course will be organized around various attempts to reinterpret the Judeo/Christian God, and to determine in what sense, if at all, such a God is still a living God. We will study Dostoyevsky's and Kierkegaard's attempts to preserve a non-theological version of the God of Christianity, as well as Nietzsche's attempt to save us from belief in any version of God offered by our tradition. We will view and discuss three films that deal with related issues.Those films are, for the record:Hiroshima Mon Amour (Alain Resnais, 1959)The Third Man (Orson Welles, 1949)Breathless, French: "À bout de souffle" (Jean-Luc Godard, 1960)The books being read are:Fear and Trembling & The Sickness Unto Death (Kierkegaard)The Brothers Karamazov (Dostoevsky)Twilight of the Idols & The Gay Science (Nietzsche)Cover art is Caspar David Friedrich, "Monk by the Sea"

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• The "Ceasefire" in Gaza feat. Sabrina Jennings

  Support Sabrina's work and educate yourself on Israel, Palestine, and the US while connecting with likeminded people: Not only will you learn about the history, Zionism, US involvement and more, but it's a great way to connect with others who care about what's happening and learn ways that you can take action. The next class session starts January 10. Reserve your spot by December 12th and get a class journal (digital download) with space for notes, reflection questions, resource lists, an FAQ guide, and more!Follow Sabrina on Bluesky:https://bsky.app/profile/notetoselfzine.bsky.socialSIGN UP LINK FOR THE CLASS:https://www.eventbrite.com/e/6-week-course-on-israel-palestine-and-the-us-tickets-1809690195089

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• The Ballroom feat. William Sanchez (Hemlock #34)

  Demolishing the White House is just the beginning.Subscribe to Will Sanchez on Substack!https://substack.com/@philosophicalrebellionANNOUNCEMENTS:First: we are going to be soon starting a new audiobook series - this time it will be To The Lighthouse by Virginia Woolf - I will release it chapter by chapter, and the first chapter or two should be out within a week, if the Great Tao should accommodate. You can get updates on that and future open source audiobooks, narrated by me on the Patreon page.Second is that as we approach the finish line with Hubert Dreyfus’s Great Books course, I am looking for suggestions about where to go next, in terms of content - so if you are on Spotify please check the audience survey in this episode and vote on the things you want - If you’re not on Spotify then just email me with your desires, fantasies, crackpot ideas, and degenerate art and I will respond to you there: [email protected] is that this is an episode about politics in America, and William Sanchez and I leave no stone unturned, so if that’s not your cup of tea, then watch out for the fascism-free Virginia Woolf stuff that I’ll be making, as well as the more lighthearted project that I’m doing with my buddies Thomas and Richard over on Bad Role Models. But if it is your cup of tea, then you should support William’s work on Substack, and listen to my other interview with him. Links in the thing, as always.REFERENCESPaying for the Ballroom with Silicon Valley Tribute Money:https://www.wsj.com/us-news/law/youtube-to-pay-24-5-million-to-settle-lawsuit-brought-by-trump-808f6823?reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink$50K Signing Bonus for ICE Officershttps://bbc.com/news/articles/cqle5newg0noBipartisan Bill to Force Release of Epstein Files Being Jammedhttps://thehill.com/homenews/house/5482096-massie-discharge-petition-epstein/Reagan and US Indicted by ICJ in 1986 for Terrorism Against Nicaraguahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicaragua_vUnitedStatesBook: Bomb Power: The Modern Presidency and the National Security State by Garry Willshttps://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7254108-bomb-powerBernie Sanders' Saving American Democracy Amendmenthttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Campaign_finance_reform_amendment#Saving_American_Democracy_Amendment

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• HEMLOCK HALLOWEEN SPECIAL: HAUNTOLOGY - Mark Fisher, Capitalist Realism, Left Melancholia, the Arab Spring, Walter Benjamin, and the Slow Cancellation of the Future (H33)

  Even the dead are not safe.“It is easier to imagine the end of the world than it is to imagine the end of capitalism.” This statement, deliberately provocative, was made first by Continental philosopher Jean-Francois Lyotard before its later canonization by Mark Fisher in his 2009 theoretical masterpiece Capitalist Realism: Is there no alternative?. For Fisher, it is a call to action, and a structuring limit. Strictly speaking, it is probably an overstatement, at least without the implicit qualifier:As long as things continue as they have up until now.This is the statement: that our world is more likely to collapse from trophic exhaustion, reactive warfare, and molecular violence, than it is to shed capitalist practices and norms in favor of any of the many proposed alternatives. This same thought was expressed in another form - a case of convergent evolution emanating elsewhere in the landscape of literary Quotatia - humanity will go down in history as the first society that wouldn’t save itself because it wasn’t cost-effective.Advisory: discussion of death and suicide.References, Media Usage, and Sources:"NO" by Joy Harjo - September 2004"Resisting Left Melancholy" by Wendy BrownNB: If you cannot access this, try using sci-hub.se"Theses on the Philosophy of History" by Walter Benjamin - 1940Cover Art: "Smoldering Ghost: Happy Painting" by Michael PrettymanAmbience Tracks (Creative Commons) from Nemo's DreamscapesOutro Song: Beethoven, Piano Sonata No. 30, Movement 3, performed by Anastasia Huppmann (Creative Commons, YouTube)Excerpt from Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas by Hunter S Thompson.Ode to Mark Fisher: Part 1 - Introduction to Fisherology (Hemlock Substack)

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