On Tyranny

On Tyranny

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On Tyranny episodes

  • On Tyranny Ep. 9 - Dante's Inferno with Marco Andreacchio

    This week, Marco Andreacchio will be taking us on a journey through "Hell," Dante's Hell

    Topics discussed:

    1. Dante's Inferno
  • The Liberal Order, and the misunderstandng of Dante
  • Love in the Western World

    • Links mentioned in this episode:

    • The Inferno, translated by Robert Hollander

    This podcast is hosted by ZenCast.fm

    1 hr 55 min
  • On Tyranny Ep. 8 - Necessary Illusions w. Michael Millerman

    This week, Michael Millerman joins us to dispell the misconceptions surrounding Plato's "Noble Lie."

    Topics discussed:

    1. Leo Strauss and Modern Academia
  • Plato's Republic and the Noble Lie
  • Postmodernity and the Corruption of the Young

    • Links mentioned in this episode:

    • M. Millerman, Beginning with Heidegger
  • D. Murray, Neo Conservatism: Why We Need It

    • This podcast is hosted by ZenCast.fm

    1 hr 33 min
  • On Tyranny Ep. 7 - The Promethean Right with Romain d'Aspremont

    This week, Romain d'Aspremont take us on a journey from early Christianity to late post modernity in validation of his answer: that except from Italian Fascism, the Right has utterly failed in providing a positive vision of the future.

    Topics discussed:

    1. Why has the RIght lost the battle of ideas?
  • What is the Promethean RIght and its relation to Fascism?
  • Does the Right have to be traditionalist?
  • How can the Right find a positive vision for the future?

    • Links mentioned in this episode:

    • The Promethean Right
  • United Popular Front

    • This podcast is hosted by ZenCast.fm

    1 hr 26 min
  • On Tyranny Ep. 6 - John Waters & The Pandemic of the Mind

    This week, we have invited the celebrated dissident of this global mad-demic: John Waters

    Topics discussed:

    1. The state of our planet following the pandemic
  • Mass hympnosis and consumer culture
  • Following the science and not the scientism

    • Links mentioned in this episode:

    • Ancient Greece Revisited
  • John Waters Unchained
  • Ernst Jünger's "The Forest Passage"

    • This podcast is hosted by ZenCast.fm

    2 hr 1 min
  • On Tyranny Ep. 5 - Plato's Warning: The Medicalization of Health w. Spyros Rangos

    This week, professor Spyridon Rangos from the University of Patras joins us to discuss Plato's Warning about the "rule of experts" and it's connection with Tyranny.

    Topics discussed:

    1. Modern vs Ancient Political Philosophy
  • Medicine vs Health
  • The Rise of Modernity and the Rule of Experts
  • Transhumanism in the Abscence of Standards

    • Links mentioned in this episode:

    • THE MEDICALIZATION OF HEALTH : PLATO'S WARNING

    This podcast is hosted by ZenCast.fm

    1 hr 34 min
  • On Tyranny Ep. 4 - The Virgin in a Pandemic World w. Rachel Fulton Brown

    On Tyranny is the readio branch of Ancient Greece Revisited.

    This week, we are joined by professor Rachel Fulton Brown of the University of Chicago.

    Topics discussed:

    1. The Devotion of the Virgin Mary
  • Eros in the Christian Bible
  • The Great Mother Goddess of old Europe
  • Facemasks and their Symbolism
  • The Devil and Modern Technology

    • Links mentioned in this episode:

    • Mary and the Art of Prayer by Rachel Fulton Brown
  • From Judgment to Passion by Rachel Fulton Brown
  • Goddesses: Mysteries of the Feminine Divine by Joseph Campbell
  • Fencing Bear at Prayer by Rachel Fulton Brown

    • This podcast is hosted by ZenCast.fm

    1 hr 40 min
  • On Tyranny Ep. 3 - The Indo-Europeans w. Thomas Rowsell from "Survive The Jive"

    On Tyranny is the readio branch of Ancient Greece Revisited.

    This week, we have the honour to speak with Thomas Rowsell from Survive The Jive

    Topics discussed:

    1. Thomas' "Aryan" jounrney to India
  • Indo-European theory, its history and reception
  • Modern genetics and the Indo-European theory
  • What does it mean to be a pagan in the modern age

    • Links mentioned in this episode:

    • Kurgan hypothesis
  • Yamnaya culture

    • This podcast is hosted by ZenCast.fm

    1 hr 50 min
  • On Tyranny Ep. 2 - Revelation and Modernity w. Peter Y. Paik

    On Tyranny is the readio branch of Ancient Greece Revisited.

    This week, professor Peter Y. Paik is joining us to talk about the future of mankind as revealed through modern works of literature.

    Topics discussed:

    1. Korea and the Lost Tradition
  • What is Modernity?
  • Kaftka's "Metamorphoses"
  • Orwell and Huxley's Prophesies
  • Transexualism to Transhumanism
  • Kafka's "The Silence of the Sirens"

    • Works mentioned in this episode:

    • Franz Kafka's The Metamorphosis
  • Ernst Jünger's Storm of Steel
  • Yukio Mishima's The Sound of Waves
  • Franz Kafka's The Silence of the Sirens

    • This podcast is hosted by ZenCast.fm

    2 hr 16 min
  • On Tyranny Ep. 1 - The Athenian Stranger

    On Tyranny is the readio branch of Ancient Greece Revisited.

    This week, I am joined by The Athenian Stranger, a pseudonymous scholar of Classical Political Philosophy.

    Topics discussed:

    1. Modern Science vs Classical Philosophy
  • Erotic Desire in Plato's Symposium
  • The Long March through the Institutions
  • The Seduction of Postmodernity

    • Books mentioned in this episode:

    • The Socratic Turn by Dustin Sebell
  • Socrates' second sailing by Seth Benardete
  • The Symposium by Plato
  • The Wretched of the Earth by Frantz Fanon

    • This podcast is hosted by ZenCast.fm

    2 hr 24 min

About On Tyranny

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On Tyranny is a show about political philosophy as applied to current events. It is the Podcast version of Ancient Greece Revisited, an online series of mini-documentaries that tries to rediscover the…