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In this episode, I'm joined by Ben Brower, a blacksmith and former activist in the anarcho-primitivist movement. In a fairly wide-ranging conversation, we go over:

• The cultural origins of anarcho-primitivism
• The disparate political and philosophical "sides" of anarcho-primitivism
• The academic-anthropological back-and-forth at the center of the anarcho-primitivist worldview
• What it was like being in the movement in the 90s
• Heidegger, Zerzan, Kaczynski, J.R.R. Tolkien, Rousseau, and other relevant thinkers
• Some of the challenges to Anarcho-Primitivism
• And a lot more

You can find Ben's work on Instagram @pitchblackforge, or his website at www.pitchblackforge.com.

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Continuing on the semi-morbid subject of guns, we dive into the surprisingly simple legal history of the second amendment... and its significantly less simple challenge of interpretation. In this episode, we talk about:

• Supreme Court case law surrounding the Second Amendment (Miller, Heller, McDonald)
• A steel-man case for legal restrictions on gun ownership
• An argument for an alternative purpose for the Second Amendment and a right to gun ownership beyond self-defense, civic defense, hunting, or sport

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Can paganism be wholesome? In my book, Letter to Anwei, I outlined the beginnings of a religious practice centered around family and the lineage. Since then, my wife and I have been putting this idea to the test as we grow our family. Most of the paganism we might be familiar with is esoteric, dark, or occult. But could there be a practical pagan faith that is more family friendly?

In this episode, my wife joins me to discuss:

• Why modern paganism has tended toward the black metal aesthetic
• What we mean by paganism, at least insofar as our practice of it
• How family-oriented paganism can still leave room for the masculine pursuit of knowledge

For links and resources mentioned in the podcast, check out the show notes at caffeineandphilosophy.com/2.

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Whenever there is a major shooting in the news, various pundits and experts jump into the fray to dissect the many causes (and of course, the purported cures) for these events. SSRIs, involuntary celibacy, and American gun culture are commonly invoked as causes, but in this episode, I focus on a different, more religious frame that might help explain why these mass shooting events keep happening.

In this episode, we talk about:

• What a "hero cult" is
• How, in the absence of religious leadership, young men will fashion their own religious cults
• The characteristics of hero cult in the first major school shooting: Columbine

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