Ep. 11. Shock Jocks

A “fun” episode. The churning world of internet gossip. Justin Murphy and independent intellectual life. Cryptocurrency. Curtis Yarvin. Angelicism01. The vibe shift. Schizoposting. The independent intellectual’s two choices: found a cult or advise the prince. Peter Thiel, patchwork, and the sovereign corporation. Who is Peter Thiel funding? “He’s going to suck the adrenochrome right out of Dasha.” Compact magazine. Confusions of right and left. Post-left sympathies and antipathies. New single: “Come on the Pod.” The Supreme Court. Clarence Thomas, The Exorcist, Arlen Specter, Corey Robin, academic constraint. “What is a woman?” A powerful story about Josh Hawley.