A Very Large Vowel Shift
Mitch and Fred joined Collin to compare how they each pronounce the vowels of their individual English dialects. Check it…
‘Quid dīcit vulpēs?’- On the Importance of Lions AND Foxes
Elliott and Collin discuss lions, foxes, snakes, and the advantage of behind-the-scenes political action. Check it out!
Ever-Haunted England- M.R. James’ “Oh, Whistle, and I’ll Come to You”
Fred and Collin take a look at M.R. James’ 1904 classic ghost story “Oh Whistle and I’ll Come to You.”…
A MetaModern Movie Masterpiece
Elliott and Collin talk about one of the greatest movies of the 90’s, Mystery Men. We get into Millenials, Boomers,…
The Metamodern Truth is Out There
Elliott and Collin sit down to discuss Collin’s favorite X-Files episode , “Jose Chung’s ‘From Outer Space'” (S.3, Ep. 20).…
“It’s all semantics”- Framing the Culture Wars
Mitch and Collin get into semantics, frames, and why you should never sacrifice your language in exchange for power. Check…
“There is no Wandering Humanist Division”
Elliott and Collin use qntm’s book “There is No Antimemetics Division” as a jumping off point to talk about memes,…
“a very considerable coefficient of weirdness”- Malinowski and Magic Words
We get even weirder in this one, as we talk about Bronislaw Malinowski’s anthropological research on magic words. We get…
Carl Jung, Wotan, and Transpersonal Intelligences
In this one, we use Carl Jung’s 1936 essay “Wotan” as a jumping off point to discuss God, “gods,” and…
“Shantih, Shantih, Shanti”
In this one, Elliott and Collin look at the themes in T.S. Eliot’s “The Hollow Men” and “The Waste Land.”…