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POPE vs. AI // 255
All episodes are ad-free at https://www.patreon.com/plasticpillsWhile many had hoped for a Butlerian Crusade against the thinking machines, the Pope has instead released a lukewarm encyclical asking…
Michel Foucault: Technologies of the Self // 254
More where this came from at https://www.patreon.com/plasticpillsPeople have not always had a self, our selves were invented. According to Foucault, our concept of self emerged from religious…
Christopher Lasch: The Culture of Narcissism // 253(preview)
Hear our Lasch series at https://www.patreon.com/plasticpillsAfter three episodes reading Culture of Narcissism we conclude that despite a unique perspective, it's way overrated.
Internet Connection UTTERLY DESTROYS Lost Exotic Rainforest Tribe!!! // 251
jk it's just fake news that duped conservatives yet again. This viral lie claimed that a remote Amazon tribe fell apart the instant they discovered internet pornography, but in the end it says a lot…
The Philosophy of Looksmaxxing // 249
This week we inspect the latest form of anthropotechnics, its surrounding moral panic, and American Psycho comparisons (Baudrillard was right about everything).Get hundreds of hours more at…
Anthropotechnics // 248 (preview)
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Sloterdijk on Trial for Eugenics // 247
Find all episodes ad-free at https://www.patreon.com/plasticpillsThis week we read Sloterdijk's 1999 "Rules for the Human Zoo" (https://web.stanford.edu/~mvr2j/docs/Elmauer.pdf) which was the source…
Marcel Mauss - The Gift // 180 (unlock)
Find All Episodes ad-free at https://www.patreon.com/c/plasticpills.We read the eminent The Gift (https://amzn.to/3NAenx3) by Marcel Mauss which is important to later theorists including Georges…
Durkheim on MANA - The Original "Floating Signifier" // 179
Find All Episodes ad-free at https://www.patreon.com/c/plasticpills.We read Durkheim's Elementary forms of Religious Life (https://amzn.to/4c1ubkB) and try to get a hold on a primordial concept, what…
Why Critical Theory is Never Enjoying Anything // 246 (preview)
This is a preview but you can find all our episodes and other work ad-free at https://www.patreon.com/plasticpills. In this episode we read Sloterdijk's proposal for how to fix Philosophy from The…
Why Philosophers Fear their own Farts // 245 (preview)
This is a preview, find all our episodes and other work ad-free at https://www.patreon.com/plasticpills.In this episode we cover Peter Sloterdijk's Critique of Cynical Reason and why Philosophy needs…
The Critique of Cynical Reason - Sloterdijk // 244
Find all our episodes ad-free at https://www.patreon.com/c/plasticpillsPeter Sloterdijk wrote a philosophy bestseller in 1983 called The Critique of Cynical Reason. In this episode, we try to…
Cynicism (the philosophy) // 243 (preview)
This is a preview but you can find all our episodes and other work ad-free at https://www.patreon.com/plasticpills. In this episode we cover the Cynical school of Diogenes and contemporary…
It's Hyperreal Fascism then? // 242
We discuss the proposition of hyperreal fascism as presented in this video essay (https://youtu.be/R9fpm-lorIU) and its relationship to current events and the Trump Administration
The Philosophy of Jeffrey Epstein // 240
Jeffrey Epstein is not primarily known as a philosopher, but his emails illustrate that he had higher ambitions than pedophilia. We explore both the latent and manifest content of Jeffrey Epstein's…
Simulation World Order // 239
Everyone is talking about Canada leading the charge into the New World Order. Are we excited yet? Watch the glorious father of our nation deliver the goods at Davos, or not.Join us on Patreon to get…
Epicureanism MOGS Stoicism // 238
Stoicism is on its comeback among dumb 20 year olds, which is too bad because Epicureanism is the superior Athenian philosophy. We discuss hedonism, happiness, and the Swerve™. Only half of our…
Stoicism at the End of the World // 236
The history of Stoicism is long and complicated, and we didn't want to end with AI alpha male YouTube channels, so here is a rundown focused on Greek Stoicism, some comparisons to Buddhism, and…
Samantha: From Zero to American Hero // 233
From Zero to hero: Samantha Fulnecky has been honoured by the Oklahoma government and named "an American hero" for her paper submission to her Psych course in which she claimed it is demonic to…
Continental Philosophy vs Analytic Philosophy 2025 // 231
It's the bi-yearly event in the ongoing race war between analytic and continental philosophy. Philosophers of all stripes invited themselves to partake in the latest and stupidest skirmish, and so we…
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