Read to the End

Read to the End

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  • 303 Roe v. Wade || Arbitrary Power v. Checks & Balances
    A draft opinion by the Supreme Court has been leaked that will overturn Roe v. Wade and Planned Parenthood v. Casey. We discuss the leak, the decision, and the civilization altering implications. [email protected] Finally on Twitter @KawFee_Haus Read new articles at KawFee Haus Korner on Substack Consider supporting the show on Patreon See what I'm reading on Goodreads Check out my book

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    18 min
  • 301 The Secret Shift in Disney Narratives || Civilization Interrupted
    There has been a significant shift in how Disney and Pixar movies tell stories. Special thanks to the Youtube channel that helped to crystallize a number of these ideas. I will shout out explicitly once I remember what it was. Once Upon a [email protected] on Twitter @KawFee_Haus Read new articles at KawFee Haus Korner on Substack Consider supporting the show on Patreon See what I'm reading on Goodreads Check out my book

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    15 min
  • 298 Turning Red || Much Worse Than I Thought
    We take a look at the new Pixar movie "Turning Red". Meet Mei Lee, a teenager who poofs into a giant red panda whenever she gets too excited.Once Upon a [email protected] Finally on Twitter @KawFee_Haus Read new articles at KawFee Haus Korner on Substack Consider supporting the show on Patreon See what I'm reading on Goodreads Check out my book

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    16 min
  • 297 The Archaeology of Mind (Part 3) || Jordan Peterson Reading List
    We take a look at The Archaeology of Mind: The Neuroevolutionary Origins of Human Emotions by Jaak Panksepp. What makes us happy? What makes us sad? How do we come to feel a sense of enthusiasm? What fills us with lust, anger, fear, or tenderness? Traditional behavioral and cognitive neuroscience have yet to provide satisfactory answers. The Archaeology of Mind presents an affective neuroscience approach―which takes into consideration basic mental processes, brain functions, and emotional behaviors that all mammals share―to locate the neural mechanisms of emotional expression. It reveals―for the first time―the deep neural sources of our values and basic emotional feelings.Once Upon a [email protected] Finally on Twitter @KawFee_Haus Read new articles at KawFee Haus Korner on Substack Consider supporting the show on Patreon See what I'm reading on Goodreads Check out my book

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    22 min
  • 296 13 Bankers & Liar’s Poker || God Does Not Play Dice But Bankers Do
    We take a look at two books about the financial apocalypse. The first book is 13 Bankers by Simon Johnson and James Kwak. The second book is Liar's Poker by Michael Lewis. 13 Bankers In spite of its key role in creating the ruinous financial crisis of 2008, the American banking industry has grown bigger, more profitable, and more resistant to regulation than ever. Anchored by six megabanks whose assets amount to more than 60 percent of the country’s gross domestic product, this oligarchy proved it could first hold the global economy hostage and then use its political muscle to fight off meaningful reform. 13 Bankers brilliantly charts the rise to power of the financial sector and forcefully argues that we must break up the big banks if we want to avoid future financial catastrophes.Liar's PokerThe time was the 1980s. The place was Wall Street. The game was called Liar’s Poker.Michael Lewis was fresh out of Princeton and the London School of Economics when he landed a job at Salomon Brothers, one of Wall Street’s premier investment firms. During the next three years, Lewis rose from callow trainee to bond salesman, raking in millions for the firm and cashing in on a modern-day gold rush.Once Upon a [email protected] on Twitter @KawFee_Haus Read new articles at KawFee Haus Korner on Substack Consider supporting the show on Patreon See what I'm reading on Goodreads Check out my book

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    19 min
  • 295 Wounds & Apartment 212 || What Scares You?
    We take a look at a couple of movies in the horror genre. Once Upon a [email protected] Finally on Twitter @KawFee_Haus Read new articles at KawFee Haus Korner on Substack Consider supporting the show on Patreon See what I'm reading on Goodreads Check out my book

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    19 min
  • 294 The Oresteia by Aeschylus || The 100 Greatest [#72]
    We take a look at The Oresteia by Aeschylus. In the Oresteia Aeschylus addressed the bloody chain of murder and revenge within the royal family of Argos. As they move from darkness to light, from rage to self-governance, from primitive ritual to civilized institution, their spirit of struggle and regeneration becomes an everlasting song of celebration. In Agamemnon, a king's decision to sacrifice his daughter and turn the tide of war inflicts lasting damage on his family, culminating in a terrible act of retribution; The Libation Bearers deals with the aftermath of Clytemnestra's regicide, as her son Orestes sets out to avenge his father's death; and in The Eumenides, Orestes is tormented by supernatural powers that can never be appeased. Forming an elegant and subtle discourse on the emergence of Athenian democracy out of a period of chaos and destruction, The Oresteia is a compelling tragedy of the tensions between our obligations to our families and the laws that bind us together as a society.Once Upon a [email protected] Finally on Twitter @KawFee_Haus Read new articles at KawFee Haus Korner on Substack Consider supporting the show on Patreon See what I'm reading on Goodreads Check out my book

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    17 min

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From Genesis to Economics to Nietzsche, Jackson Keats applies civilizational knowledge on the road from Zero to One. Every week the show tackles works from authors including Thomas Sowell, Nassim…