Nothing but Lightning Segments.

Unusual episode today. Discussion topics veer all over the place: vodka-tonics; Portland, Maine; cobblestone streets; Starblush Ale; comedy nights; Nassim Taleb; Newport, Rhode Island.

All of it (after the introduction) in the Lightning Segment format.

Kim Kardashian was recently baptized into the Armenian Oriental Church. So, she's a Copt. Actually, no. But she's in full communion with the Copts. I flush it out--Copts, Chalcedon, Kardashians, Kanye.

Extended Lightning Segments. Boston, Evander Holyfield's mama, Cure de Ars, more.

Why do I celebrate Halloween? Because it celebrates evil, and we need more evil in this post-modern society. I explain.

Monsters from the Id and zombies.

Lightning Segments.

Shapeshifting: A metaphysical intuition that change is not good?

What does the western tradition mean when it refers to "nature"? A lot of current thinkers are ignorant on the subject.

Nature and Post-Modern Leftism.

Lightning Segments.

Nature and “The Death of Stalin”

Stillness is the Key, Ryan Holiday. Leisure, The Basis of Culture, Joseph Pieper.

Why stillness? More precisely: Why can’t we pursue stillness with a goal in mind?

Lightning Segments: pink gin, hangover thoughts, Einstein the womanizer, People Magazine.

G.K. Chesterton says true religion makes abstraction tangible. I flush it out here.

Lightning Segments: Flannery O'Connor, Autumn and Sports, Blank dot Org, Medallion Bailout, Thomas Hoover

Michael Pollan "How to Change Your Mind." Beyond Science: LSD, Physics, and the Eucharist

I missed last week due to my mother's unexpected death. I discuss here a bit of her life, but not for sentimental reasons. It's a snapshot of a slice of American history.

LSD and Zen: I explore a bit more the limits of rationality and its relationship to Zen and LSD.

LSD and Mind Control: I discuss a fascinating topic that is the subject of a new book: Poisoner in Chief.

Lightning Segments: The "One Thing" file.

Dan Aykroyd was on The Joe Rogan Show.

Vodka, aliens, spiritualism.

John Senior from the University of Kansas was ahead of his time, as seen in the podcast universe today.

Lightning Segments.

Rogan on LSD. Me on thankfulness.

Nietzsche and Slave Morality

Nietzsche and Detachment

Nietzsche and Zen

Lightning Segments

White Privilege II

Proponents of the concept of “white privilege” are exhausting. I explore the reasons.

Lightning Segments: Bill Kauffman, chamber maids, Skittles, other.

Marxism: Thanos wannabes . . . and other problems with its rejuvenation among today’s youth.