There is a sense of despair in the air, driven by war, genocide, fascism, climate change, and so on. As tempting as it may be to throw up your hands, the real question is: How does resignation actually serve us? What should we be doing instead?

This week, your Tertiary hosts tackle issues ranging from fatalism, tribalism, tolerance vs. intolerance, and—most importantly—community building at the end of the world. Believe it or not, this episode isn’t all doom and gloom: It’s Turkey Burger’s birthday, Spring is officially here, and we’re excited both to celebrate and problem-solve with you.

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Assigned Reading:

• “The Last Messiah” (Janus, 1933), by Peter Wessel Zapffe (read it here)
• “Eugenics” (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy) (read the definition here)

Further Reading:

• “Peter Wessel Zapffe” (Medium, 2017), by OJ (read it here)
• “Toilet Architecture: An Essay About The Most Psychosexually Charged Room in a Building” (PIN–UP, 2017/2018), by Beatriz Colomina and Mark Wigley (read it here)

Our intro and outro music comes from “Cloud Dancer” by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com). Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0.