Untimely Reflections #24: Karl Nord on James Burnham - His Life, His Thought & The Machiavellians
WARNING: It seems my microphone was not fully plugged in during this exchange, and the computer defaulted to the internal microphone... which is, well, garbage. So, my audio quality sounds pretty drea...
30 Jun 20231h 38min
Beyond Good and Evil #4: The Esoteric (II.26 - II.37)
In this section, Nietzsche describes the truth-seeker as an exception among the rule, and emphasizes the difference between esoteric and exoteric knowledge. Nietzsche explores differences in tempo of ...
27 Jun 20232h 12min
Beyond Good and Evil #3: One Ruling Thought (I.17 - II.25)
In this next episode on Beyond Good & Evil, we discuss the simplification of the world out of a psychological need, and the ways in which we have sought for “Being” in the soul, the ego, the will, and...
20 Jun 20231h 57min
Untimely Reflections #23: John Hunt - Horror & Realism
My conversation with horror author John Hunt, an Amazon bestseller in his genre and veteran of the homicide division in the Canadian police. John and I cover a range of topics in this discussion, fro...
16 Jun 20231h 29min
Beyond Good and Evil #2: Involuntary, Unconscious Memoir (I.6-I.16)
We continue our exegesis of Beyond Good and Evil, and cover the bulk of On the Prejudices of Philosophers. This section involves Nietzsche’s analysis of various philosophers for whom he has admiration...
13 Jun 20231h 48min
Beyond Good and Evil #1: Faith in Opposite Values (Preface & I.1-I.5)
Today we begin our analysis of Beyond Good & Evil. This episode concerns the preface, which is perhaps my favorite of Nietzsche’s, and the first five sections of chapter one: On the Prejudices of Phil...
6 Jun 20231h 57min
Wandering Above A Sea of Fog #1
Update about my life, and some musings on AI, aliens, the supernatural, and why I don’t get involved in contemporary politics.
30 Mai 20231h 19min
72: Philosophers of the Future
In this episode, I attempt to sum up the relevance of Nietzsche's political insights to the modern day, insofar as his challenge to our values becomes an entrypoint for us to begin the work of revalua...
16 Mai 20231h 16min
