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- 1 weeks ago21 min
The Scapegoat - René Girard // 271 (preview)
Listen to the whole episode on patreon https://www.patreon.com/plasticpillsRené Girard is known mainly as someone Peter Thiel mentions in between deranged analogies, but he also wrote some books on some typically French topics such as desire, the symbolic, and anthropological historiography. This is his take on the scapegoat mechanism from Violence and the Sacred (https://link.amazon/B0aOFZum7).
- 2 weeks ago1h 8m
René Girard on Blood Sacrifice // 270
René Girard is known mainly as someone Peter Thiel mentions in between deranged analogies, but he also wrote some books on some typically French topics such as desire, the symbolic, and anthropological historiography. This is his take on sacrifice from Violence and the Sacred (https://link.amazon/B0aOFZum7).
- 2 weeks ago1h 2m
Learning Fake Economics in a Fake Economy // 268
We ask Cahal Moran what leftists need to get straight on economics, talking through "orthodox" vs. "heterodox" economics, the labour theory of value, Mark Carney, and the AI Bubble. Visit Unlearning Economics on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC4V_jMdRbbTrmBVJB6FDzgwCahal's Book: https://link.amazon/B0aL5NcCdAll podcast episodes at https://www.patreon.com/plasticpills
- Sep 13, 202641 min
Fit Fascists v. Fat Foucauldians // 266
Another discourse has hit the timeline. Find all episodes ad-free at https://www.patreon.com/plasticpillsIs health fascism? Is Ozempic Zyklon-B? Should Gabriel Rockhill have to approve every leftist monograph prior to publication? All this and more, in what what was supposed to be the intro to our episode on collective violence
- Aug 25, 20261h 9m
Palantir's "Marxist Critical Theory" CEO // 263
Find all episodes ad-free at https://www.patreon.com/plasticpillsThe business press has pushed the "leftist-outsider-dishevelled-genius" about Palantir's CEO Alex Karp for a decade. This episode we explore Karp's relationship with critical theory and the mythmaking that has produced his significance. NYT pushes the mythology of Alex Karp https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/17/style/alex-karp-palantir.htmlAdorno and the Palantir Manifesto https://smtsmtpostmodern.substack.com/p/palantir-flunks-out-of-the-frankfurtPalantir Goes to the Frankfurt School https://www.boundary2.org/2020/07/moira-weigel-palantir-goes-to-the-frankfurt-school/
- Aug 18, 20261h 23m
Today is' Arday // 264
The Pill Pod debates the academic and ethics perspectives' following the terminal end of the Jason Arday plagiarism scandal.
- Aug 14, 20261h 1m
The Right's Recycled Mythology of Far-Left Terrorism // 261
Ad-free listens (even with no subscription) at https://www.patreon.com/plasticpillsStephen Miller and Marco Rubio are calling The Left strange combinatory insults, such as ugly-terrorists and dark-cancers. We review these old signifying chains and Erik introduces Stuart Hall's explanation from last time this happened, when back in the 60s when they said The Left were all gay muggers planning to rob civilized people on their way home from church.
- Jul 21, 20261h 31m
Nature's Leftist Conspiracy against Western Civilization: Contemporary Mythology // 260
Socialist are to blame for the Forest Fires. Antifa caused Algae to take over the reflecting pool. Conservatives believe that nature has allied with their enemies to undermine their authority and Western vicilization. We discuss many instances of the opposition of culture/nature in recent news, political theory, and most importantly Twitter discourse.Video essay referenced: https://youtu.be/ZFOSdqhpuaI?si=86JJOjAuxQl7lrhvJoin up for more content https://www.patreon.com/plasticpills
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