Diaries with Debby Friday

Diaries with Debby Friday

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Diaries with Debby Friday episodes

  • a survival guide for modern times: life, friendship, art, love, philosophy

    talking about personal philosophies, art, phenomenology, how your environment impacts you, what to do about toxic friend groups, forgiveness, Love, what to do with anger, hope frequencies, depressed philosophers, being a sensitive person, A Revisioning of Love by Ana Mozol, opening up to life and more.

    A Re-Visioning of Love by Ana Mozol https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/44055388-a-re-visioning-of-love

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    47 min
  • in order to have taste, you have to know what is Good

    talking about how to develop good taste, art, aesthetic discernment, Pierre Bourdieu, Theodor Adorno, attention, capitalism, virtue, Iris Murdoch, Simone Weil, goodness, the ego, unselfing/decreation, imagination and more.

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    Distinction: A Social Critique of the Judgement of Taste by Pierre Bourdieu

    https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6981501

    Minima Moralia: Reflections on a Damaged Life by Theodor Adorno

    https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/201388

    "Iris Murdoch on Moral Philosophy and How It Should Be Done" by David Bakhurst

    https://usercontent.one/wp/irismurdochsociety.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/imr16.pdf

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    33 min
  • talking to Mike Stenbæk about human design

    talking about human design, mysteries of the universe, yin and yang, what to do with The Answers, individuality and turning towards the Self, 2027, the Late Bronze Age Collapse, Nolan's Odyssey, omens and signs, how to not betray yourself, and the strangeness of it all.

    You can find Mike Stenbaek at attunement.info or at https://x.com/formattunement

    (Sorry about the audio in the middle. My mic was on the fritz.)

    My favourite websites to pull up your human design chart:

    https://www.puregenerators.com/chart-calculator

    https://jovianarchive.com/pages/get-your-human-design-chart

    0:00 — Human Design, Astrology & Mysteries of the Universe 15:35 — What Do We Do With The Answers? 20:20 — Metaphysics as Art & the Point of Being Changed 23:10 — 2027 & the End of the Cross of Planning 33:40 — The Late Bronze Age Collapse 40:14 — Nolan's Odyssey: Omens & Signs 44:50 — How Not to Betray Yourself 50:00 — The Strangeness of It All

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    59 min
  • what is right for us?: on commitment and wholeheartedness

    talking about wholeheartedness, commitment, hypocrisy, how to know what is right for you, fetish objects, letting go, Hesse's Siddhartha, oneness, and more.

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    Renunciation and Christian Happiness: on the grace of wholeheartedness - Zena Hitz

    https://www.commonwealmagazine.org/the-grace-of-wholeheartedness

    Siddhartha by Herman Hesse

    https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/52036.Siddhartha

    A philosopher's argument against the cult of achievement | Zena Hitz: Full Interview

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JD4Fhh6GDcY

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    27 min
  • on self-respect: giving us back to ourselves

    talking about self respect, Joan Didion, integrity, ego structures, fall from grace, Theodor Adorno, Zizek, capitalist ideologies, saying yes, saying no, processes of transformation and more.

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    [00:00:00] - Introduction

    [00:01:39] - Falls from Grace

    [00:08:25] - Capitalism + Learned Helplessness

    [00:09:44] - Joan Didion on Character and Responsibility

    [00:10:16] - Integrity as the Foundation of Self-Respect

    [00:14:09] - The Power of Saying No

    [00:23:34] - Rejection, Self Work & Togetherness

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    Music: Symphony No. 3 in A minor, MOVEMENT III, Op. 56 - Felix Mendelssohn

    On Self Respect by Joan Didion

    https://sites.gatech.edu/alexburgin/on-self-respect-by-joan-didion/

    The Culture Industry - Theodor Adorno

    https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/85812.Dialectic_of_Enlightenment

    Julian de Medeiros Youtube Channel https://www.youtube.com/@julianphilosophy

    the artist at the end of the world https://youtu.be/zVfTPjCpfuw?si=aQQ1ybxguIqBb6LZ

    starrr shaped: outsiderness and how to heal the experience of fundamental rejection

    https://youtu.be/8igZKf1Iww4?si=8j5oxqhMkgCR17hH

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    28 min
  • god comes to those who give up: on surrender and emptying out

    talking about desire, suffering, tanha, chanda, what is "right" for us, how to get what you want, surrender, emptying out, Wu Wei and gift giving.

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    [00:00:00] Introduction

    [00:01:10] Desire as a part of life

    [00:04:09] On right living

    [00:06:12] Letting go of the imaginary

    [00:15:06] Effortless action and the Wu Wei principle

    [00:18:38] Closing thoughts

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    Music: Litvinovsky - Tales of the Magic Tree: IV. Spider Knows His Craft

    I and Thou by Martin Buber

    https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/551866.I_and_Thou

    Rudolf Steiner - Art As A Bridge Between The Sensible And The Supersensible

    https://rsarchive.org/Lectures/GA190/English/Singles/19190330p01.html

    Waiting For God by Simone Weil

    https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/88329.Waiting_for_God?from_search=true&from_srp=true&qid=rhhJMqKSX7&rank=1

    Love in The Void by Simone Weil

    https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/36095488-love-in-the-void?from_search=true&from_srp=true&qid=hXwuyZ4PDq&rank=1

    The Gift: Imagination and the Erotic Life of Property by Lewis Hyde

    https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/56472.The_Gift?from_search=true&from_srp=true&qid=SzRVH8edsG&rank=1

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    20 min
  • you'll always be famous: on the spectacle of it all

    talking about fame and spectacle, Lena Dunham's new memoir "Famesick", Guy Debord, mental health and trauma, virality, narcissism and why everyone wants to be famous.

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    [00:00:00] Introduction

    [00:01:30] Lena Dunham's memoir, "Famesick"

    [00:04:31] Fame in History and Modernity

    [00:14:21] The democratization of fame and The Society of The Spectacle

    [00:20:53] Why Does Everyone Want to be Famous?

    [00:32:38] Parasocial relationships and digital reality

    [00:38:15] Closing thoughts

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    Music: Dvořák's String Quartet No. 12 (American), Mov. III, Op. 96

    The Society of The Spectacle by Guy Debord https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/381440.The_Society_of_the_Spectacle

    Famesick by Lena Dunham https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/52545816-famesick?ref=nav_sb_ss_1_8

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    39 min
  • body technology: what does it mean to be human in a digital world?

    talking about the body and technology, social media, Marshall McLuhan, looksmaxxing, the economy, Toby Shorin's "Body Futurism" essay, and what does it mean to be human in an electric world? ----------------------------

    [00:00:00] Introduction

    [00:03:00] Marshall McLuhan and "The Medium is the Message"

    [00:06:12] What does the medium of social media produce in us?

    [00:07:40] Pillar 1: Attention as the central economic unit

    [00:09:09] Pillar 2: Collapse of context via endless scroll

    [00:11:40] Pillar 3: Dominance of the image over experience

    [00:14:05] Pillar 4: Identity as a modular and public

    [00:15:46] Technology as an extension of the body

    [00:19:48] Toby Shorin's "Body Futurism" and the new body economy

    [00:27:07] The "looksmaxxing" industrial complex

    [00:38:02] Finding hope in the return to the body

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    Music: Danse Macabre - Camille Saint-Saëns

    The Medium is the Massage by Marshall McLuhan and Quentin Fiore https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25955.The_Medium_is_the_Massage

    Understanding Media: The Extensions of Man by Marshall McLuhan https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/126274.Understanding_Media

    "Body Futurism" by Toby Shorin

    https://writing.tobyshorin.com/body-futurism/

    A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again by David Foster Wallace

    https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6748.A_Supposedly_Fun_Thing_I_ll_Never_Do_Again?ref=nav_sb_ss_1_12

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    49 min
  • the artist at the end of the world

    talking about art vs entertainment, industry and its economic structures, rupture, Mark Carney, truth, beauty, Hannah Arendt, Theodor Adorno, why the artist must be a thinker, Simone Weil, and moreeee.

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    Cover Image: Dallas, Texas, USA, 1981 (photography by Alex Webb) Intro Music By: Por Una Cabeza - 4Cellists Mark Carney Davos Speech https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sFBkNX1-cbg Between Past and Future by Hannah Arendt https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/127226.Between_Past_and_Future Theodor Adorno, The Culture Industry https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/85812.Dialectic_of_Enlightenment FKA twigs on falling in love with techno and the pressures of performing https://youtu.be/HqK6tW_KGws?si=z5rVp-kRQIzxoQD2 Love in The Void: Where God Finds Us by Simone Weil https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/36095488-love-in-the-void

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    34 min
  • void space: logging off and being online

    talking about logging off, being online, history of the internet, in-between-ness, TikTok, Solvej Balle's "On The Calculation of Volume I", unreality, social media, time loops and moreeeee.

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    Cover Photo: https://pin.it/5rYiwdhyD Music: Lady Macbeth - Justin Allan Arnold Alex Beightol (on Tik Tok) https://www.tiktok.com/@abaetol On The Calculation Of Volume I by Solvej Balle https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/208511270-on-the-calculation-of-volume-i

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    30 min

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An experimental podcast by esoteric superstarrr DEBBY FRIDAY where she explores different topics in philosophy, spirituality, history, culture and technology. ⭐️📕🫀🪽