The Fundamentalists

By Elliott Morgan and Peter Rollins

Society & Culture Philosophy

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A new show hosted by Philosopher Peter Rollins and Comedian Elliott Morgan

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Purity Culture

02.18.2020

This week the boys look at the proliferation of new purity cultures through the lens of Melanie Klein. They talk about the Paranoid-Schizoid, the Depressive and how to accept a little dirt.

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02.18.2020 Purity Culture This week the boys look at the proliferation of new purity cultures through the lens of Melanie Klein. They talk about the Paranoid-Schizoid, the Depressive and how to accept a little dirt.
01.12.2020 Dry January Elliott is giving up alcohol for January, so it's a perfect time to jump into the theme of addiction.
01.05.2020 Wanting WWIII To kick off the new year, Pete and Elliott dig into the nature of guilt, talk about how you should never compromise your desire and worry about peoples desire to see the end of the world.
12.23.2019 Enjoy IT! Another Christmas themed conversation, this time looking at Freud’s nephew, advertising and the demand to enjoy.
12.15.2019 The Reason for the Season In the run up to Christmas Elliott and Pete delve into the meaning of Christmas. Along the way they discuss Santa, Commodity Fetishism, Incarnation and Pete’s new job as a Social Influencer
12.08.2019 Joker Peter and Elliott are back with a deep dive into the new Joker movie. Along the way, they look at the nature of freedom, symptoms and why Batman is powerless against his nemesis.
09.08.2019 Take The Morality Out Of It Pete and Elliott discuss the world of disagreement and how to create novelty over progress. Also tune in to BRING THE FUNNY on NBC at 10 PM this Tuesday September 10 because it'll be silly!
08.25.2019 The Greatest Insight of Philosophy We took a break, so in return Peter and Elliott are discussing the single greatest insight in all of philosophy and, maybe, life. Also some talk about weed gummies.
08.11.2019 When YouTubers Spit On Their Dog Peter and Elliott discuss Alcoholics Anonymous, contradictions vs oppositions, and what happens when a YouTuber spits on her dog.
08.05.2019 When Thinking Beats Netflix Before we think well, we’ve got to want to think well. Elliott and Pete talk about how to make thinking a pleasure rather than a chore... while occasionally making it sound like a chore.
07.21.2019 The New Fundamentalists Peter and Elliott redeem the idea of the fundamentalist with a free-flowing conversation about beliefs truly worth dying for.
07.14.2019 How to Save the World You might think that Pete and Elliott are all doom and gloom, but... anyway here’s an episode on the end of the everything
06.23.2019 Mushrooms... Magic? Elliott momentarily found happiness with mushrooms. But don’t worry, Pete’s here to ruin the day.
06.09.2019 Facts Care About Your Feelings Join the boys as they discuss ideology, facts and the horror of Go Gurt.
06.02.2019 The Psychic Vampire of Civilization Psychic Vampires are after you. The Fundamentalists talk about what they are, how they work and how to fight them.
05.26.2019 On Trauma Elliott and Peter return for a light hearted chat about a tear that lies in the very fabric of realty. Using the work of Philip K Dick, they touch on two types of trauma and the nature of repetition compulsion.
05.19.2019 High On Our Own Supply Peter and Elliott talk about authority, the death of God and the important fact that lobsters aren’t castrated.
05.12.2019 The Game of Thrones and the Cunning of Ideology Peter and Elliott dust off their mics and return to the Fundamentalists to discuss Game of Thrones (SPOILERS) and three types of sacrifice: the willing, unwilling and the unconscious.
03.17.2019 The End of Everything (with Steve Zaragoza!) Steve Zaragoza joins Peter and Elliott to discuss Thanos, the end of the universe, and Nicolas Cage’s best film, Left Behind.
02.28.2019 The Hungriest Makes Dinner The boys offer some advice about contracts and negotiation and other things they have no business discussing. Come hang out for a more laid-back episode than usual!
02.21.2019 Dialectics Elliott forgets Pete’s name before Pete explains what in the heaven dialectics is.
02.09.2019 A Neurotics Guide to Perversion We live with the constant temptation to commodify our lives. Making everything we do have some kind of value. In this episode, Peter and Elliott discuss the dark side of the wisdom that encourages us to make our hobbies into ...
01.28.2019 Are You the Necrophiliac or the Corpse? Necrophilia: We’ve all done it— the question is whether you’re the necrophiliac or the corpse. To support this insanity, head to http://trywinc.com/thefundamentalists! Enjoy!
01.20.2019 Celebrity Death Match: Jung vs. Freud What’s the deal with Jung? Why did he fall out with Freud? How do we understand the unconscious? And other questions we don’t really get to.
01.13.2019 The Miraculous Healing Power of Mustard Seeds You won’t BELIEVE the benefits of simple mustard seeds. Sure, you may have heard stories about mustard seeds before that left you excited and optimistic, but you’ve never heard the Buddhist parable of death, loss, and darkness. Tune in for ...
01.06.2019 Fiction all the way Down This week Peter and Elliott talk about hyper-reality, fiction, and the simulacra of Las Vegas.
12.30.2018 What If I’m The Idiot? Peter and Elliott reunite to discuss martyrs, political correctness, and all sorts of other not-so-fun subjects!
12.23.2018 The Non-Castrated Other Peter and Elliott discuss the idea of the fantasy of the non-castrated other, mostly because Elliott kinda giggles at the idea of a non-castrated other.
12.16.2018 There Will Be Ghost Stories... Pete and Elliott get you in the Christmas mood by talking all about ghosts, the devil and how you are going to die.
12.09.2018 The Christmas Tree of Sadness Peter and Elliott get christmassy with this episode on sadness, self-deception and the perfect Christmas tree
12.03.2018 Miracle At Big Bear Lake Elliott and Peter begin their audible Hallmark film about coincidences, miracles, and mysteries.
10.26.2018 We Lost The Lotto In an episode about floating mugs, ominous doctors, and lotto tickets, Pete and Elliott discuss the fantasies that sustain us and the fantasies that harm us. And what they’d do if they had a ton of cash. Support the podcast ...
10.15.2018 The Gazebo Elliott and Peter discuss symbolic death, self-sabotage, and how to catfish children. Following a spat of online humiliation from Ethan and Hila Klein at H3H3, Elliott and Peter dive in head-first. It’s an excellent, uncomfortable, embarrassing, great episode! As always, ...
10.03.2018 The Fundamentalists LIVE: Castrations and Questions This weeks eye watering episode was recorded live in LA. It revolves around the themes of dissatisfaction, loss, and grace, and how these are all connected to castration.
09.23.2018 Driving Peter Mad In the third and final episode on evolutionary psychology, Peter continues to try to convince Elliott that he’s wrong. Little does Peter know that Elliott can’t be convinced of something that doesn’t make any stinkin’ sense. Be sure to listen ...
09.23.2018 31 - Impulsing Peter Mad In the third and final episode on evolutionary psychology, Peter continues to try to convince Elliott that he’s wrong. Little does Peter know that Elliott can’t be convinced of something that doesn’t make any stinkin’ sense. Be sure to listen ...
09.16.2018 The Animal Who Went Insane \| Evolutionary Psychology, Part 2 Peter and Elliott continue their discussion on evolutionary psychology and how it fails to explain human nature. Peter makes a compelling case, but that’s no match for Elliott being confused. Be sure to listen to last week’s episode first!
09.09.2018 The Perverse Instinct \| Evolutionary Psychology, Part 1 The boys set off on the first in a three part odyssey into the world of evolutionary psychology. Elliott pushes Peter to clarify why he is opposed to it and why he thinks creationism has more to say than we ...
08.26.2018 Malcolm Gladwell Is Wrong Comedy is a fun subject for anyone, but it’s even more funner for Peter and Elliott, who dive into the idea of comedy and why Malcolm Gladwell might just be wrong on this one. This Wednesday is the first-ever LIVE ...
08.19.2018 Hopelessness Turned Up To 11 Illness: Peter and Elliott discuss what it is to get sick, and just what Nietzsche was talking about when he said what doesn’t kill you makes you stronger. To see The Fundamentalists LIVE on 8/29, go to https://peterrollins.com/calendar/2018/8/29/the-fundamentalists-live-event, and to ...
08.12.2018 On ********** Is censorship for or against the truth? Peter and Elliott take on this subject in their longest podcast yet, covering whether censorship is avoidable, whether it is helpful, and, naturally, Elliott tries an app that reads his palm. Get tickets ...
08.10.2018 Innocence, It's Weakness Weakness, what is it good for? Peter and Elliott discuss a story about The Office, Alexander The Great, and not Pepsi. Be sure to grab tickets for The Fundamentalists Live in LA at http://www.peterrollins.com, and try http://www.trywinc.com/Fundamentalists to get $25 ...
08.09.2018 25 - Innocence, It’s Weakness Weakness, what is it good for? Peter and Elliott discuss a story about The Office, Alexander The Great, and not Pepsi. Be sure to grab tickets for The Fundamentalists Live in LA at http://www.peterrollins.com, and try http://www.trywinc.com/Fundamentalists to get $25 ...
07.29.2018 Elliott Reads Heresy Does the unconscious exist, is it out to get you, and do we have a unified mind? Elliott’s been reading a book that’s brought up lots of interesting questions. Questions that Peter isn’t happy with... See the Fundamentalists LIVE on ...
07.22.2018 The Vice of Advice Advice: Peter and Elliott take a look at advice’s potentials and pitfalls. If you don’t listen to this one, the general gist is that you should always take advice from them and get your wine from http://trywinc.com/thefundamentalists. Also, check out ...
07.18.2018 Lizard People Aren’t Perfect Conspiracy theories: harmless fun or actual psychosis? Peter and Elliott discuss some of their favorite conspiracy theories, what causes someone to become a conspiracy theorist, and what actually happened to the Titanic. Tickets are going fast for the first-ever live ...
07.15.2018 Shame, Slugs, and Scooters Shame. What is it good for? Peter and Elliott discuss shame and scooters and slugs. Get tickets to The Fundamentalists Live on August 29 in Los Angeles at http://peterrollins.com!
06.24.2018 Mimosa Desire One of those episodes where Elliott has no idea what Peter is talking about and it quickly becomes one of the most profound episodes yet. Classic Peter move. Speaking of Peter moves, check out http://trywinc.com/thefundamentalists to support the podcast! See ...
06.17.2018 Sunsets are Beautiful See us LIVE on August 29 by visiting http://bitly.com/FundamentalistsLIVE Is beauty in the eye of the beholder? Elliott and Pete discuss Relativism and Absolutism, and thankfully get in one small joke at the end. Check out http://trywinc.com/thefundamentalists to get $25 ...
06.10.2018 Peter’s Private Pool Party Stoicism: The only problem is that it works. Peter and Elliott discuss stoicism, meditation, and keeping your cool when you should lash out.

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The Fundamentalists episodes:

Purity Culture

Dry January

Wanting WWIII

Enjoy IT!

The Reason for the Season

Joker

Take The Morality Out Of It

The Greatest Insight of Philosophy

When YouTubers Spit On Their Dog

When Thinking Beats Netflix

The New Fundamentalists

How to Save the World

Mushrooms... Magic?

Facts Care About Your Feelings

The Psychic Vampire of Civilization

On Trauma

High On Our Own Supply

The Game of Thrones and the Cunning of Ideology

The End of Everything (with Steve Zaragoza!)

The Hungriest Makes Dinner

Dialectics

A Neurotics Guide to Perversion

Are You the Necrophiliac or the Corpse?

Celebrity Death Match: Jung vs. Freud

The Miraculous Healing Power of Mustard Seeds

Fiction all the way Down

What If I’m The Idiot?

The Non-Castrated Other

There Will Be Ghost Stories...

The Christmas Tree of Sadness

Miracle At Big Bear Lake

We Lost The Lotto

The Gazebo

The Fundamentalists LIVE: Castrations and Questions

Driving Peter Mad

31 - Impulsing Peter Mad

The Animal Who Went Insane | Evolutionary Psychology, Part 2

The Perverse Instinct | Evolutionary Psychology, Part 1

Malcolm Gladwell Is Wrong

Hopelessness Turned Up To 11

On **********

Innocence, It's Weakness

25 - Innocence, It’s Weakness

Elliott Reads Heresy

The Vice of Advice

Lizard People Aren’t Perfect

Shame, Slugs, and Scooters

Mimosa Desire

Sunsets are Beautiful

Peter’s Private Pool Party

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