We stare into the abyss and welcome darkness into our souls as we discuss:

• Feedback on the Žižek episode
• Middle Aged Men's Health Update
• Alina Chan and the newest round of Lab Leak Discourse
• Discourse Surfing Pundits
• Alex O'Connor cornering Jordan Peterson on the resurrection
• The philosophical and Marxist implications of Peppa Pig
• Potential Alternatives to Hipster Christianity and New Atheism
• Andrew Gold's Heretics Channel and Toxic YouTube Dynamics
• Editorializing and Responsible Criticism
• Balaji Srinivasan's Waffling Defence of Huberman
• The 'Elite Defector' Pose
• Verbal Fluency vs. Substance
• Heterodox and Anti-Vaxx Incentive Structures
• James Lindsay's most recent idiocy
• Desperate Call to Action

Links

• Alina Chan's NYT Article on the Lab Leak
• Our episode addressing Alina and Matt Ridley's points with relevant experts
• Jordan Peterson's Podcast: Navigating Belief, Skepticism, and the Afterlife | Alex O'Connor @CosmicSkeptic | EP 451
• Andrew Gold - Heretics: EXPOSED: I Didn't Show THIS in Viral 'Woke' Debate with Eni Aluko (4K)
• Balaji's huge Twitter thread defending Huberman
• Summary of Huberman's Math Meme
• Top Earning Substacks

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Join Matt and Chris as they plunge into the heady mental universe of Slavoj Žižek, the Slovenian philosopher known for his eclectic and provocative ideas. The duo parses Žižek's 'unconventional' takes on ideology, consumerism, and revolutionary theory, peppered with his playful movie criticism of films like Jaws and a Clockwork Orange and even a few that he hasn't even watched.

We delve into snuffle-laced discussions of transgressive acts, revolutionary politics, moderate conservative communism, consumerist psychology, and musings on whether Jaws is really about a shark. Throughout all Žižek's dramatic flair is shining through, but is he actually as provocative and hated as he likes to suggest? Matt and Chris have some thoughts...

Expect to reconsider everything you thought you knew, listen to some edgy book blurbs, and finally collapse in a puddle with the deconstruction of your ideology.

Links

• Novara Media: Our World Is Coming To An End | Aaron Bastani Meets Slavoj Žižek | Downstream
• The Pervert's Guide to Ideology (2012) - Slavoj Žižek
• Jacobin: Žižek’s Left-Wing Case for Christian Atheism
• Philosophize This- Episode #196 - The Improbable Slavoj Zizek - Pt. 1 (Also, there are three other Žižek episodes in this series!)
• Article on the speech Žižek gave at the Frankfurt Book Fair

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We curse the dark omens emerging from the Gurusphere as we consider:

• The Illusion of Disciplinary Boundaries
• Flint Dibble Feedback and Rays of Hope
• Russell Brand and Bret Weinstein: Guru One-upmanship
• Bret Weinstein loves MOINNNNK
• Hard Ad Pivots and Peasants Popping out of Wells
• Ken Klippenstein and Populist Rhetoric
• Questioning mainstream narratives and their so-called 'experts'
• QAnon Anonymous missing Left Wing Populism?
• Alex O'Connor, Jordan Peterson and the costs of indulgent podcasting
• Chris reaching across boundaries to Jonathan Pageau
• Our only comment on the Drake and Kendrick Feud
• The beautiful ballet of reaching across the aisle
• Terence Howard on Rogan

Links

• Russelling with God | Russell Brand on DarkHorse
• Ken Klippenstein- Why I'm Resigning From The Intercept
• A Farewell To Bad News feat Ken Klippenstein (E278)
• Navigating Belief, Skepticism, and the Afterlife | Alex O'Connor @CosmicSkeptic | EP 451
• Terrence Howard is Legitimately Insane

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