263 Episodes

  1. Intro to Aristotle on Friendship (Nichomachean Ethics 1)

    Published: 9/20/2023
  2. Douglas Lain on Neofeudal Capitalism, Disinformation & Free Speech (Dustbowl Diatribes SO 3, ep 1)

    Published: 9/2/2023
  3. Aristotle on Friendship: A New Series on the Nichomachean Ethics

    Published: 9/2/2023
  4. Take-Aways From Eric Voegelin’s Science, Politics & Gnosticism (6)

    Published: 8/26/2023
  5. What’s Happened to the Liberating Arts? An Interview with Jeffrey Bilbro of the Front Porch Republic

    Published: 8/19/2023
  6. Holmgren’s Energy Descent & Climate Change Scenarios: Are We in ‘Brown Tech?’

    Published: 7/28/2023
  7. Eric Voegelin: Ideologies as “Ersatz Religions”

    Published: 7/21/2023
  8. Higher Education at a Crossroads (From Monthly Political Philosophy Talk)

    Published: 7/14/2023
  9. The “Death of God”: Its Meaning and Significance (Voegelin 4) ft. Marx & Nietzsche

    Published: 6/23/2023
  10. Marx, Nietzsche and Eric Voegelin (Science, Politics & Gnosticism 3)

    Published: 6/10/2023
  11. Eric Voegelin on the Search for Truth (2)

    Published: 5/27/2023
  12. Dustbowl Diatribes Season 3 Preview (ft. Spencer’s Class on Guardini’s The End of the Modern World)

    Published: 5/11/2023
  13. Introduction to Eric Voegelin: Gnosticism and Ideological Mass Movements

    Published: 5/6/2023
  14. What Lies Beyond Christian Nationalism? Interview w/ Brian Zahnd on Seemingly Simple Matters (Dustbowl Diatribes 2.12 cross post)

    Published: 4/29/2023
  15. Ideological Strong-Arming: Milton Friedman’s “Free to Choose.” (A reading from my draft manuscript)

    Published: 4/23/2023
  16. Special Dustbowl Diatribes:  Lenten Murmurings on Capability and Culpability

    Published: 4/7/2023
  17. Does Democracy Demand Noble Lies? (Gorgias 6)

    Published: 4/1/2023
  18. Who’s the Real Man? Socrates vs. Callicles II (Gorgias 5) ft. Hobbes

    Published: 3/18/2023
  19. Callicles, The Ancient Nietzsche, Rips Democracy (Gorgias 5)

    Published: 3/5/2023
  20. Do Democracies Produce Tyrants? (Gorgias 4)

    Published: 2/25/2023

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