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Aristocrats of Dune

Gurney Halleck and Duncan Idaho seek to uncover the mysteries of Old Terra

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The Will to Change - Feminism Deconstructed

Duncan Idaho and Gurney Halleck review Bell Hooks' The Will to Change.

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What it Means to Outsource Truth

Gurney Halleck and Duncan Idaho deep dive Designing The Ministry of Truth by Curtis Yarvin.

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Our Analysis of What is the Meaning of Ascetic Ideals?

Gurney Halleck and Duncan Idaho review and analyze essay 3 of The Genealogy of Morals by Friedrich Nietzsche.

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The Price of Pity

Nietzsche believed guilt was a psyop. Was he wrong?

Guilt, Bad Conscience, and the Like

In this episode, Gurney Halleck and Duncan Idaho discuss Essay II from the Geneology of Morals by Fredrich Nietzche.

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Are You Moral or Are You Just Prey?

Weakness begets Evil.

The Genealogy of Morals Pt. 1 - Good and Evil, Good and Bad

Gurney Halleck and Duncan Idaho set out to understand Old Terra's strange system of morality and how it originated.

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Dune: Part Two Review

Listen to Gurnee Halleck and Duncan Idaho review Dune: Part Two!

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Hobbes and Rousseau in Dune

One could argue that Frank Herbert's Dune is an attempt to wrestle with the ideas of Hobbes and Rousseau when it comes to governing.

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Dune Part 2 Trailer Reaction!

Join us as Duncan Idaho and Gurney Halleck react to Dune Part 2 Trailers!

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Shooting Niagara: And After? by Thomas Carlyle

In this episode, Gurnee and Idaho wrap up their Carlyle homework with a discussion on Shooting Niagara: And After?. This essay remarks on England's Reform Act of 1867 which further extended voting right to male urban working men: "This delirious 'new Reform measure'...pushes us at once into the Niagara rapids: irresistibly propelled, with ever-increasing velocity, we shall now arrive".

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Occasional Discourse by Thomas Carlyle

In this episode, we discuss Occasional Discourse by Thomas Carlyle.

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Latter-Day Pamphlets by Thomas Carlyle Pt. 4 and Conclusion

In this episode, we cover the last two chapters of Latter Day Pamphlets by Thomas Carlyle.

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Latter-Day Pamphlets by Thomas Carlyle Pt. 3

The Aristocrats discuss chapters 5-6 of Latter-Day Pamphlets by Thomas Carlyle. Latter Day Pamphlets were published in 1850 in the aftermath of the liberal revolutions of 1948.

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Latter-Day Pamphlets by Thomas Carlyle Pt. 2

The Aristocrats discuss chapters 3-4 of Latter-Day Pamphlets by Thomas Carlyle. Latter Day Pamphlets were published in 1850 in the aftermath of the liberal revolutions of 1948.

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Latter-Day Pamphlets by Thomas Carlyle Pt. 1

The Aristocrats discuss chapters 1-2 of Latter-Day Pamphlets by Thomas Carlyle.

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Chartism by Thomas Carlyle Pt. 2

Listen to part 2 of the Aristocrat's of Dune's discussion on Chartism, an essay by Thomas Carlyle.

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Chartism by Thomas Carlyle Pt. 1

Gurney and Idaho discuss Chartism, an essay by Thomas Carlyle.

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