Join us as @JaredZimmerer and I go for a swim in the turbulent waters of Zizek's critique of antisemitism and other perverse ideological fantasies. youtu.be/UGp_4Vo_4Lk?si=NPRR… open.spotify.com/episode/7K1…

Adherents of religion who dogmatically assert that aliens or UFOs are demons are the height of provincial, epistemically closed thinking. We live in an age where we have access to so much information we can study. There is no excuse for this sort of rubbish.

Žižek’s Squashed Birds youtu.be/KiQh6pXVA_c?si=EI40… via @YouTube

This week @JaredZimmerer and I think dialectically about progress and The End with the Wizard of Negation! Žižek’s Squashed Birds youtu.be/KiQh6pXVA_c?si=EI40… via @YouTube open.spotify.com/episode/3mW…

Computers Are Probably Not Conscious, But Nobody Knows Why, by @JDMadden3 open.substack.com/pub/jdmadd…

Computers Are Probably Not Conscious, But Nobody Knows Why, by @JDMadden3 open.substack.com/pub/jdmadd…

Something we don't talk about nearly enough is the epistemic problem at the heart of UFO disclosure. In short—how do you trust information that is coming from the very people and institutions who job it was to lie in the first place? Even that is grossly oversimplifying things. Because black budget programs of the kind that would house secret UFO-related programs generally have a budget of 6x-7x the size of the regular budget just for security. What does that look like in practice? The Bennewitz case gives us some insight into how elaborate these scenarios can be that are used to manipulate people and shape the narrative in the community. In an environment that is so deeply compromised, how do we know what's true? NEW EP: Truth Crisis: The Deliberate Collapse of Shared Reality with Philosopher James Madden @JDMadden3 The full episode is available early and ad-free for paid Patrons and Substack subscribers. It will be available everywhere else tomorrow. Links in comments ⬇️

How well do we really understand our? How many of our most cherished memories are actually symbols of our repressed fantasies? @JaredZimmerer and I take up these troubling questions as we discuss Freud's "Screen Memories." youtu.be/SWjOwpmZ9nc?si=g8qQ… open.spotify.com/episode/5uV…

It's been a longtime coming, but @JaredZimmerer and I have finally gotten around to discussing Nietzsche's notion of the Overman. youtu.be/9ncxzNGOlbs?si=CVTc… open.spotify.com/episode/5M3…

@JDMadden3 and I dive into Nietzsche’s essay on the ways in which history can either build or destroy a culture. This was a fun one. youtu.be/Ov4UJj5ndZM?si=DVH7… open.spotify.com/episode/57S…

AI and the Paranoid Classroom, by @JDMadden3 open.substack.com/pub/jdmadd…

@@JaredZimmerer and I are coming back hard on the GDB with Nietzsche and the deceptions of language. youtu.be/0gQD1_P3DM4?si=q7uq… open.spotify.com/episode/0UR…

Stranger Things in the Heartland of the Real, by @JDMadden3 open.substack.com/pub/jdmadd… Stranger Things? Tim McVeigh? Kurt Cobain? Oh my! @BirdWendy2

#Philosophy has no single map or finish line. Where would you start if there were no rules to follow? — Insight shared by James Madden at our Leeways of Philosophy conference in Puerto Rico. Stay tuned for more from the sessions. #PhilosophyOfOrientation #PlayingWithFire

Given our recent episodes, current events, and my going obsession with work by our fellow commentators on the spectacle, @BirdWendy2 and @fourthreichpod, @JaredZimmerer can't keep this episode behind the paywall any longer! open.spotify.com/episode/4Yf… youtu.be/HOT4E7JfyDA?si=VDmq…

Continuing my “accidental” 😂 synchronous contact with @JDMadden3’s podcast yesterday (see previous tweet)… I’ve had a slight cold this week and dozed off. My YouTube “accidentally” 😉 played THIS episode. After I posted, I accidentally found the podcast again. But honestly — it just came up in my feed out of nowhere. As I drifted in and out of sleep, pieces of the conversation kept sliding into my consciousness. Then they start talking about S&M and I’m like: “Holy crap — THIS!!” That whole discussion about wanting to feel pain rather than nothing in today’s world… 😭🤼‍♂️ It hit hard. Then the reference to Heavy Metal music and the theme of PAIN by @JaredZimmerer — a genre I haven’t really listened to since the 80s — also lands in that weirdly perfect, synchronistic way. Fast-forward an hour after I wake up… A brand-new @Aerosmith album drops onto my YouTube feed. Out of nowhere. Cool — but I mostly listen to country??? How is Heavy Metal 🎸 showing up for me? And then I find out my favorite country singer, @laineywilson, is collaborating on the album. Wild Woman. And the lyrics? I don’t wanna be alone So hurt me some more… The synchronicities lately are unreal. music.apple.com/us/album/wil… I need obvious messages from the universe. 👽💚🤔👀🎸

The Sadism-masochism dialectic as the inner truth of authoritarianism and mass hypnosis as the underpinning of consumer society - this week @JaredZimmerer and I continue to learn a great from Fromm. youtu.be/A22sf641Pxk?si=hxox… open.spotify.com/episode/3CW…

Accidentally discovered that Dr. James Madden @JDMadden3 — philosopher, author of Unidentified Flying Hyperobject, professor, and friend of the UAP community — has a podcast!! I may be late to the game (again 😅) but I’m thrilled now. If you crave deep thinking, real dialogue, and practical wisdom, give “The Great Dangerous Books” podcast a follow! 🎧 youtube.com/playlist?list=OL… Description Below ⬇️

Anyone up for a wide-ranging exploration of the underlying psychology of authoritarianism ocassioned by a classic text of psychoanalysis? @JaredZimmerer and I have something for you! youtu.be/VgF2ZTI5cL4?si=PrCs… open.spotify.com/episode/03L…