
Episode 25: The Plague
Jake and Phil are joined by Paul Berman to discuss The Plague, by Albert Camus. The Manifesto: Albert Camus, The Plague (the second half of Part II) The Art: Albert Camus, The Plague (the second ha...
6 Jun 20201h 40min

Episode 24: Vietnam Means Never Having to Say You're Sorry
Jake and Phil are joined by novelist, essayist, and Penthouse Magazine national security columnist Matt Gallagher to discuss Gustav Hasford’s June 1987 article in Penthouse Magazine, Vietnam Means Nev...
20 Apr 202055min

Episode 23: Lord Jim and the Absurd
The Art: Joseph Conrad, Lord Jim https://www.gutenberg.org/files/5658/5658-h/5658-h.htm Other works discussed: Thomas Nagel, The Absurd https://philosophy.as.uky.edu/sites/default/files/The%20Absur...
4 Apr 20201h 18min

Episode 22: Reluctant Prophets
Jake and Phil are joined by novelist Daniel Torday to discuss Robert Alter's “A Literary Approach to the Bible,” alongside The Book of Jonah. The Manifesto: Robert Alter, “A Literary Approach to th...
4 Mar 20201h 29min

Episode 21: Class War and Auden
Phil is out today, so Jake talks with Michael Lind about his book, The New Class War, as well as Auden's The Fall of Rome Manifesto: Michael Lind, The New Class War https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com...
17 Feb 20201h 33min

Episode 20: The Conversation
27 Jan 20201h 14min

Episode 19: Stuckists and Bebop
Jake and Phil are joined by Alex Brook Lynn to discuss the Stuckists’ Manifesto and Julio Cortázar’s The Pursuer Manifesto: The Stuckists Manifesto http://www.stuckism.com/stuckistmanifesto.html#ma...
16 Des 20191h 43min

Episode 18: Omni-Americans and Unlearning Race
Jake and Phil are joined by Thomas Chatterton Williams to discuss Albert Murray’s The Omni-Americans and Thomas’ new memoir, Self-Portrait in Black and White Manifesto: Albert Murray, The Omni-Americ...
16 Okt 20192h 33min



















