Charles Haywood joins me once again, this time to discuss Elon Musk and the future of American politics. This episode was based on his review of a recent biography of Elon Musk, published on his blog The Worthy House. I highly recommend everyone go read through this blog, it's an education in history and political philosophy in and of itself. Follow me on twitter @astralflite and substack at astralflight.substack.com.  There's a lot more content on substack than on iTunes and Spotify, and some of these episodes are recorded live on twitter with time for audience participation. Also foll ..read more

I discuss Freud with Garfieldbot, writer at "The Egg Report" on substack. He's writing a long series of articles reconsidering many of Freuds ideas, which he thinks are embedded in the framework of the modern individuals understanding of themselves, their relation to the world, and the primary mode of describing human interactions for all of the 20th century. Perhaps now its time for people like us to dispel these ideas, and you can do so without reading a now out of print book, The Ordeal of Civility, by John Murray Cuddihy. This book goes a long way to undermine the veneer of science and pr ..read more

I make the case that American Psycho is a failed feminist critique of toxic masculinity, but succeeds as a film, with Bateman as the hero, despite the directors best efforts. I then veer off wildly and give a details breakdown of the difference in narrative structure between film vs digital storytelling, and explain the characteristics of post-modern film, of which American Psycho is one of the last. This episode was recorded live on twitter last year, follow me @astralflite and listen live and join the conversation. There's another hour of discussion available now on astralflight.substack.c ..read more

Giles Hoffman of Asylum Magazine joins me to discuss his experiences visiting the southern border and Iraq. Giles is also the nonfiction judge for Passage Prize, the dealine for which is March 1st, so get working! Follow me on twitter @astralflite  to listen to these episodes LIVE and substack at astralflight.substack.com to find more content, and visit Passage Press to learn more about the prize and subscribe to Man's World Magazine, an online journal that is going full print this spring ..read more

UK based painter and Passage Prize 3 judge  for visual arts, Matthew the Stoat joins me to discuss the state of art today, and we ask how can the work of art help get us out of the morass of post-modernity? We also careen off topic and discuss black metal and one of our favorite bands, Agalloch. Follow Passage Press on twitter and visit the Passage Press website to buy their books, and follow me on twitter @astralflite to join these conversations live, and on Substack to get much more content ..read more

Jessica Solce is a documentary film maker who followed Cody Wilson for 7 years documenting his legal battles with the federal government over the 3D printer plans for hommade firearms. This episode is presented by Man's World Magazine Online and Passage Press. Go to Death Athletic to purchase the excellent documentary, and follow me on twitter @astralflite to listen to these episodes live, and join in (as you hear here ..read more

Passage Press hosts the annual Passage Prize, with over $20 thousand in cash prizes for poetry, fiction, non fiction, and visual arts. This years terms and submission deadlines were just announced, so go over to Passage.Press and see if you have what it takes to be be an artist or writer. This episode is a discusssion of the artistic process of the winners from Passage Prize I in fiction, non fiction, and visual arts, as well as contributions from Lomez, part-owner and visionary behind Passage Press and Passage Prize. Also visit my substack where you can find interviews with all four judges ..read more

Join me and my friends Dave of the The Bizarchives and Brendan of Aureus Press as we discuss all things horror! While we go over a few zombie movies, the main focus is John Carpenter and his classic, Halloween ..read more

Part of the ongoing series in Overcoming Nihilism, Athenian Stranger and I discuss Ernst Junger's essay "Across the Line" and Martin Heidegger's Essay "The Origin of the Work of Art" as a way to introduce what the work of art is, how nihilism erodes it, and what it can offer as a way to resist the seemingly inexorable pull of nihilism. This is a one hour excerpt of a much longer discussion that can only be found on my substack, Astralflight.substack.com.  The full episode is free there, but you must become a subscriber to hear all of my content, and become a paid subscriber to gain acces ..read more

This is an excerpt of a roundtable discussion on Hamlet. We explore the major themes, Hamlets character and character flaws, and explore the sources of tragedy.  There is another two hours of this discussion on my substack at Astralflight.Substack.com, and if you follow me on twitter @astralflite, you can listen live and get in on these discussions ..read more