Episode 3: Rip Van Conservative.
The Last Crusade takes up arms against a fallen world. In which the failure of all previous political opposition to the Enemy is explained, in order to set the stage for what the fight is about and why it must be fought.
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S01E15 Is it Good to be Good?
On this episode John and Jason ask the question, "Is it Good to be Good?". We touch on questions of Natural Law and different ways of determining what it is to be good and why you would want to be good.
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Last Crusade 02: By What Authority
The next instalment of the Last Crusade by John C. Wright
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S01E14 Babylon 5 and the Two Questions
On this foray against the Mountains of Madness John and Jason discuss the TV series Babylon 5 and the two questions posted by the Vorlons and the Shadows to those they would enlist in to their cause. The Vorlons question "Who are you?" and the Shadows question "What do you want?"
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The Last Crusade 01: Behind Enemy Lines
The Last Crusade takes up arms against a fallen world.
In which are given the causes, warrants, an aims of the crusade. All souls may be joined in the cause. The sole requirement to join is the willingness to serve.
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S01E13 The Horror of Utopia
On this episode John and Jason ask the question, Is Utopia a good idea? There are many horrors that go along with an idea that sounds good but turns out to be impossible in practice. Join us as we explore the horrors of utopia.
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S01E12 Is Virtue a Vice?
Is there a point to living a virtuous life? Why not simply enjoy vice? The modern world seems to think you can get by without virtue and indulge all the vice you like. Can you? John and Jason explore this question on this episode of Against the Mountains of Madness
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Marvel and the Death of the Muse
This time on Against the Mountains of Madness, John and Jason look at "Marvel and the Death of the Muse". How has Marvel Studios lost its why, why have they when had produced something amazing till recently. What led them astray, is there hope for the future and why do the inhabitants of the Mountains of Madness always strangle the muse on this episode!
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S01E10 Is Reality Real?
On this episode of Against the Mountains of Madness, Mr. Wright and Mr. Rennie discuss the reality of reality. The modern mind asserts reality is optional and personal: reality is what one wills it to be. How can the moderns indulge such madness? How does one prove reality is real to one who says it is not? Watch and find out!
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S01E09 Thomas Aquinas and Happiness in the Twilight Zone
On this episode of Against the Mountains of Madness, John and Jason take a detour into the Twilight zone to ask the question, what makes a man happy. We take a look at the plight of mobster Rocky Valentine and what St Thomas Aquinas has to say about the nature of happiness.
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S01E08 What is Beauty and Why is matters
On this episode John and Jason look into the quesiton, What is beauty, why it matters, why it isn't just "in the eye of the beholder" but an objective reality
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S01E07 The gods of Science Fiction
There are many different sorts of gods found in science fiction. John and Jason explore what it means to be a god and whether the beings we see in science fiction stack up.
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S01E06 What is Justice?
This time on John and Jason examine the question, "What is justice?" and how the our mad world has abandoned the quest for justice in pursuit of Just Us.
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S01E05 C.S. Lewis, J.R.R Tolkien and What they got right!
This time around John and Jason discuss what went right with C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien, why their works are such master pieces and why the current madness can't hope to do better than them, just make pale corrupted copies.
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S01E04 The Revolt Against Reason
On this episode of Against the Mountains of Madness, John and Jason look at how out civilization continues to go insane and why they have uniquely abandoned the role of reason. How this seems to be a new phenomena and what can be done to put us back on course?
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S01E03 Star Trek and Star Wars, What went Wrong?
On this episode of Against the Mountains of Madness, your hosts John and Jason explore what went wrong with Star Wars and Star Trek? What sent these beloved franchises over the cliffs in the Mountains of Madness and can anything be done to fix it?
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S01E02 Against the Mountains of Madness - What is Truth?
John and Jason are back in this episode of Beyond the Mountains of Madness discussing that fundamental question, "What is true"? Why have the inhabitants of the Mountains of Madness abandoned Truth in their quest for falsehood? What can be done to bring them out of their madness.
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S01E01 Against the Mountains of Madness - What is Philosophy?
On this first episode of Against the Mountains of Madness, Jason Rennie and John C. Wright discuss the question, what is philosophy and how has the modern world gone mad. Can anything be done to fix the collective madness that has gripped the world and is there hope for the future?
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