I am joined by Wizard-type-artifact C. Sandbatch to discuss James Hollis Jungian book Under Saturn's Shadow, as well as Sandbatch's own piece spinning off the book (link below). We discuss the true roots of male lonliness, wounding without transformation, and why starting a small company with your friends might fix you.

https://ecoamericana.substack.com/p/does-saturn-hold-the-key-to-male

Mr. Polemical is back to discuss Ian Bremmer's book Superpower: Three Choices for America's Role in the World.

We discuss Bremmer's role as the Jim Cramer of international affairs, what the Eurasia group does, whether a consistent foreign policy even makes sense and American Empire.

We don't like the book but we do LOVE our oomfies. Merry Christmas.

I'm joined by my friend Bandy to discuss Bruce Chatwin's 1975 travelogue In Patagonia. We discuss traveling, exile, the old west and whether Chatwin was full of shit. Bandy's links below.

@vegansundaywed on x

https://bandy1803.substack.com/

and you can follow my travels at ploddington.substack.com

I discuss the 2013 Cormac McCarthy script The Counselor with twitter greats @gran1te_mtn and @SpiritofPines

My oomfie @wittgenfine joins me to discuss the blogger and writer the Last Psychiatrist

Wittgenfines excellent substack: wittgenfine337.substack.com

TLP Narcissism Lecture: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l8lQqTFaFS0

Some of the blog posts mentioned in the show:

https://thelastpsychiatrist.com/2010/11/a_generational_pathology.html

https://thelastpsychiatrist.com/2006/11/massacre_of_the_unicorns.html

https://thelastpsychiatrist.com/2011/12/if_you_liked_the_descendants_y.html

https://thelastpsychiatrist.com/2007/05/the_wrong_lessons_of_iraq.html

https://thelastpsychiatrist.com/2007/07/the_most_important_article_on.html

I am joined by longtime mutual @zermatist to discuss his essay "Two Longstanding Metaphysical Errors in Explaining the Origin Of Language." We also discuss Cormac McCarthy's essay on language and consciousness "the Kekule Problem."

https://zermatist.substack.com/p/two-longstanding-metaphysical-errors

https://nautil.us/the-kekul-problem-236574/

Sections:

Intro

Politics and rhetoric 5 min

Writing and memory 26 min

Worcels vs. shape rotators 34 min

Mathematics and language 49 min

The myth of an Ur language 52 min

Chomsky's universal grammar 1:07

Sapir Whorf hypothesis 1:28

The first kinds of words 1:49

The Kekule Problem 2:00

I am joined by author Marty Phillips to discuss his 2023 book Millenium. You can buy Marty's book at the Amazon link below and also check out his story in the latest edition of Man's World Magazine.

https://www.amazon.com/Millennium-Marty-Phillips/dp/195688775X

https://mansworldmag.online/the-gauntlet-pt-1/

I'm joined by Mr. Polemical to discuss Alexander Zhuchkovsky's book 85 Days in Slavyansk translated by the great @Peter_Nimitz

We discuss the first Donbas war and where we are with Ukraine and Russia today.

To learn more, check out Nemet's substack https://nemets.substack.com/

Discussion of Selective Breeding and the Birth of Philosophy with

@glantonmaybe

@arturodleal

@PhrygianKing

I'm joined by Maarek from the Good Ol Boyz to discuss Robert Graves WWI focused autobiography Goodbye to All That. We discuss war literature, whether or not WWI broke Christendom, and much more.

Become a GOB patron: https://www.patreon.com/goodolboyz/posts

And follow Maarek on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Maarblek