The Lotus Eaters

Dan speaks with Sargon of Akkad (Carl Benjamin) about a career spent on making edgy content. Watch the full premium video: https://www.lotuseaters.com/premium-brokenomics-or-podcasting-with-sargon-of-akkad-23-04-24

Luxury Beliefs - Cognitive Dissonance or Machiavellian Status-Seeking? Watch the full podcast: https://lotuseaters.com/tomlinson-talks-or-luxury-beliefs-and-boomer-truth-with-rob-henderson-17-04-24

Dan and Stelios discuss R. R. Reno's new book Return of the Strong Gods: Nationalism, Populism, and the Future of the West. How Karl Poppers Open Society and its adherents are destroying the West through the Gods of Weakness. Watch the full premium video: https://www.lotuseaters.com/premium-brokenomics-or-the-strong-gods-will-return-16-24-24

Dan contemplates the wisdom of Joe Biden's spending plans, and reframes all that complicated business cycle stuff through the straightforward lens of seasons and why Macro Summer is upon us. Watch the full premium video: https://www.lotuseaters.com/premium-brokenomics-or-the-biden-budget-and-macro-summer-09-24-24

Stelios, Beau, and Josh discuss John Locke’s Two treatises of Government, and discuss the Symposium as a series: the philosophy behind it, its trajectory, and its main episodes. Watch the full video: https://www.lotuseaters.com/premium-symposium-65-or-john-locke-and-the-symposium-08-04-24

Japan: A Nation of Incels Watch the full podcast: https://lotuseaters.com/tomlinson-talks-or-the-global-demographic-crisis-with-stephen-j-shaw

Dan speak to Professor Ed Dutton on the subject of Intelligence and how our society reacts to it. Watch the full premium video: https://www.lotuseaters.com/premium-brokenomics-or-iq-26-03-24

Dan goes 80s investing with the classic book ‘One up on Wall Street’ by Peter Lynch. Watch the full premium video: https://www.lotuseaters.com/premium-brokenomics-or-one-up-on-wall-street-19-03-24

Dan gives his thoughts on the early stages of the bitcoin bull market and what might happen next. Watch the full premium video: https://lotuseaters.com/premium-brokenomics-or-bitcoin-is-back12-03-24

Epochs #149 | Leonardo: Part II This week Beau discusses the later life of Leonardo da Vinci, from Milan to Venice to the court of Cesare Borgia, back to Florence, Rome, and finally to France. The art and the inventions just keep getting better and better. Watch the full premium video: https://www.lotuseaters.com/premium-epochs-149-or-leonardo-part-ii-10-03-24

Josh, Harry and Stelios explore the many differences between US states using statistical maps. Watch the full premium video: https://www.lotuseaters.com/premium-contemplations-167-or-understanding-america-09-03-24

Dan talks to Proper Horrorshow about the book: The Mandibles, a worrying economically accurate depiction of life after the collapse of the dollar as we follow a family going through society after the event. Watch the full premium video: https://www.lotuseaters.com/premium-brokenomics-63-or-life-after-a-dollar-collapse-the-mandibles-05-03-24

Epochs #148 | Leonardo: Part I This week Beau discusses the life and times of Leonardo da Vinci, from his early life and boyhood, to his apprenticeship with Verrocchio, to his employment by the Duke of Milan; and all the amazing works of art and military design he produced along the way. Watch the full premium video: https://www.lotuseaters.com/premium-epochs-148-or-leonardo-03-03-24

Dan talks to Auron Macintyre about the Total State and the nature of US political power. Watch the full Video: https://lotuseaters.com/premium-brokenomics-or-total-state-with-auron-macintyre-27-02-24

This week Beau discusses the life and times of Edward II; from his excessive favouritism, to his wars in Scotland and Ireland, to his eventual downfall and ignominious murder. Watch the full video: https://lotuseaters.com/premium-epochs-147-or-edward-ii-25-02-24

Dan breaks down the historic interview between Tucker Carlson and Vladimir Putin covering history, the nature of geopolitics and the decline of the dollar. Watch the full premium video: https://www.lotuseaters.com/premium-brokenomics-or-the-putin-interview-13-02-24

Britain's Most Wanted Full Podcast + Links: https://www.lotuseaters.com/the-podcast-of-the-lotus-eaters-843-05-02-2024

Josh explains to Dan what Behavioural Economics is and why it has become the default mode of modern government. Watch the full premium video: https://www.lotuseaters.com/premium-brokenomics-or-behavioural-economics-16-01-24

Dan discusses the hugely influential ‘The Sovereign Individual’. A book written in 1997 which made a number of predictions well ahead of their time, such as the mobile phone, social media, bitcoin, that governments would one day fake a pandemic and that the nation state was doomed to fail. Watch the full premium video: https://www.lotuseaters.com/premium-brokenomics-or-sovereign-individual-09-01-24

Book Club #62 | Sasha Ayad, Lisa Marchiano & Stella O'Malley's When Kids Say They're Trans Connor interviews Sasha Ayad & Stella O'Malley, co-authors of When Kids Say They're Trans: A Guide For Thoughtful Parents, about advice for parents (current and future) on how to protect their children from falling prey to gender ideology. Watch the full premium video: https://www.lotuseaters.com/premium-book-club-62-or-sasha-ayad-lisa-marchiano-and-stella-omalleys-03-01-24

Dan and Beau look at the economic decline and fall of the Roman Empire. Watch the full premium video: https://www.lotuseaters.com/premium-brokenomics-or-the-economy-of-rome-02-01-24

Elon Musk’s Greatest Hits Full Podcast + Links: https://www.lotuseaters.com/the-podcast-of-the-lotus-eaters-818-01-01-2024

Contemplations #157 | A Gentleman’s Guide to Cocktails Josh uses his past bartending experience to demonstrate how to make six iconic cocktails in time for New Year’s Eve. Watch the full premium video: https://www.lotuseaters.com/premium-contemplations-157-or-a-gentlemans-guide-to-cocktails-30-12-23

Connor interviews Philip Pilkington & Dr Paul Morland, authors of ARC's report, ‘Migration, Stagnation, or Procreation: Quantifying the Demographic Trilemma’, about Britain’s dire destiny to be majority first-generation immigrants unless birthrate decline is reversed.

Dan rambles without a script about how he thinks the future will unfold. He will be wrong about most of it, but might get one or two things broadly correct. Watch the full premium video: https://www.lotuseaters.com/premium-brokenomics-or-2023-in-review-and-the-year-ahead-26-12