Utility, Pleasure & Virtue
Symposium #30 | Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics: Part II
Stelios and Carl discuss books 5 - 10 of Aristotle’s Nicomachean Ethics. They touch upon justice, wisdom, weakness of will, friendship, and the good life.
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Brokenomics | Free Your Mind
Dan speaks to authors Laura Dodsworth & Patrick Fagan about their new book - Free your Mind, a look a how psyops are now routinely employed against western populations.
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The Spanish Succession War Changed Europe Massively
Epochs #117 | War of the Spanish Succession
This week Beau and Carl chat about the War of the Spanish Succession. This early eighteenth century conflict between nearly all the main powers of Europe lasted many years, cost hundreds of thousands of lives, reworked the power structure of Europe, and cast its long shadow all the way up to the Napoleonic era.
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The Itemisation of Nature
Contemplations #135 | Right-Wing Environmentalism
Josh, Rory and Connor discuss various perspectives on the environment and why it is important.
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PREMIUM: A Difficult Conversation About Sexuality and Gender | Interview with Philipp Tanzer
Carl is joined by men's rights activist, Philipp Tanzer in a discussion concerning sexuality and gender.
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What Is The Goal of Life?
Symposium #29 | Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics: Part I
Stelios and Carl discuss the first four books of Aristotle’s Nicomachean Ethics. They touch upon the basics of Aristotle’s ethical treatise, the nature of virtue, and Aristotle’s table of moral virtues and vices.
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Snow White Goes Woke | feat. Lois McLatchie Miller
Snow White Goes Woke | feat. Lois McLatchie Miller
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Brokenomics | Economics of the USSR
Dan & Josh look at the incentives or lack of in the USSR economic model and draw comparisons with the modern world.
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Book Club #54 | Julius Evola’s Fascism Viewed From the Right
Harry and Carl discuss Julius Evola’s examination of Italian Fascism from his unique traditionalist perspective.
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The Battle of Blenheim
Epochs #116 | Battle of Blenheim
This week Beau and Carl chat all about the Battle of Blenheim. During the War of the Spanish Succession, in the early eighteenth century, a great battle was fought in southern Germany between coalition forces led by France and England respectively. The balance of power for all of Europe hung in the balance.
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Are Geography and Culture Linked?
Contemplations #134 | Does Geography Determine the Success of a Country?
This week Josh and Beau discuss the degree to which geography determines the success of a country. They look at various elements, including navigable rivers and coastlines, local climate conditions, the military disposition of neighbours, and many more factors besides.
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How Words Can Be Manipulated
Symposium #28 | The Linguistic Subversion of Wokeness
Stelios, Beau, and Josh discuss methods, goals, and the application of conceptual subversion in today’s world. They talk about the context of political speech, how the meanings of concepts can change, and how the woke subvert language in order to present themselves in the eyes of the general public as defenders of civilisation and their opponents as its enemy.
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Brokenomics | Where Are We At?
Dan sits down with the audience to give his view of where we are and where we are going.
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Dealey Plaza’s Tell-Tale Heart
Video credit: Jack Steel
Dealey Plaza’s Tell-Tale Heart
By B.B. Dade
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John Major Didn't Understand The Stock Market
Epochs #115 | Black Wednesday
This week Beau chats with Dan all about Black Wednesday, the 16th of September 1992, when the foreign exchange markets sold an ungodly amount of Stirling, causing the value of the Pound to plummet, and, ultimately, the Major government to suffer a massive electoral defeat. Listen in to Beau and Dan to find out how and why that happened.
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The Right Needs To Learn The Friend Enemy Distinction
Contemplations #133 | Who Are Our Political Friends and Enemies?
Josh and Harry discuss Carl Schmitt’s Friend-Enemy Distinction and how it applies to contemporary politics.
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Why Ideology Is Theology
Why Ideology Is Theology
Why does ideology become immobile and archaic, while traditions last forever?
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How Enkidu and Gilgamesh Became Brothers
Symposium #27 | The Epic of Gilgamesh
Stelios, Carl, and Beau discuss the legendary exploits of the Sumerian hero Gilgamesh, and uncover the deeper meaning of the oldest story in the world.
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Brokenomics | 4th Turning
Brokenomics | 4th Turning
Dan looks at the 4th Turning, an influential book that seeks to understand generational cycles and how they shape history.
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The French Royalists Didn't Just Give Up
Epochs #114 | The Bourbon Restoration with Rupert August
This week Beau chats with returning guest Rupert August all about the restoration of the Bourbon line of kings in France after Napoleon was defeated. From a shaky start with Louis XVIII, to his autocratic younger brother Charles X, and finally the later reign of their cousin Louis Philippe I.
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When Is It Too Much Of A Good Thing?
Contemplations #132 | When Does Something Become A Vice?
Josh and Connor discuss where to place the line between healthy behaviour and vice.
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Existentialist Philosophy As A Way Of Life
Symposium #26 | Existentialism and Authenticity
Stelios and Rory talk about authenticity’s place in existentialism. After identifying the existentialist approach to life, they proceed to talk about authenticity's relation to death, values, society, and the true self.
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Brokenomics #28 | Aliens
Dan looks at the increased attempts to slow roll an alien invasion narrative into the public mind, the feasibility of aliens & visitation and the possible motives.
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Thomas Beckett & Henry The 2nd
Epochs #113 | Thomas Becket
This week Beau and Carl chat about the life and times of Henry II’s Lord Chancellor and then Archbishop of Canterbury, Thomas Becket. Later, Saint Thomas of Canterbury. From humble beginnings, to the second most powerful man in England, his meteoric rise and precipitous downfall, ending with his murder, is a rollercoaster ride.
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Songs Belong To Their Era
Contemplations #131 | What Makes Music Good?
Josh, Stelios, Harry and Rory discuss which factors contribute to music being perceived as good or not.
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