Dec 22, 2024
We are joined by Mike from the YouTube channel Mike Reads the World to chat about his reading project and our year in reading.
Mike's channel is at https://www.youtube.com/@mikereadstheworld
His "favorite books" video we mention is here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t6aH-YHa_y4
His "Magic Mountain" essay is here:
Dec 11, 2024
Our friend Freddy joins us to talk about scams, politics and how they overlap.
Nov 4, 2024
Tom walks us through the book The Essence of Reality by 'Ayn al-Qudat, a 12th Century Sufi text about going beyond the intellect to embrace mystical experience.
Sep 24, 2024
We chat about our cookie headaches and X-Com and Lebanon and Hannah Arendt.
Mentioned:
Eichmann in Jerusalem by Hannah Arendt
Origins of Totalitarianism by Hannah Arendt
On Revolution by Hannah Arendt
The X-Com 2 mod guy Tom mentions is christopherodd
Jul 19, 2024
Marlon Ettinger, a journalist living in France, joins Don to talk about French politics. Find Marlon on Twitter at @MarlonEttinger his new pod at @flep24pod and his book Zemmour & Gaullism.