Episodes
Published 09/20/23
‘Darren Allen is a radical philosopher and outsider novelist. His work can be found at expressiveegg.org and his Substack is expressiveegg.substack.com’ --- Support Hermitix:   Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/hermitix  Donations: - https://www.paypal.me/hermitixpod  Hermitix Merchandise - http://teespring.com/stores/hermitix-2  Bitcoin Donation Address: 3LAGEKBXEuE2pgc4oubExGTWtrKPuXDDLK   Ethereum Donation Address: 0x31e2a4a31B8563B8d238eC086daE9B75a00D9E74
Published 09/20/23
Dr. Chris Muller is Senior Lecturer, Department of Media, Communications, Creative Arts, Language and Literature at Macquarie University. Book link: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Prometheanism-Technology-Critical-Perspectives-Politics/dp/1783482389 “Apocalypse Blindness”, Climate Trauma and the Politics of Future oriented Affect (Anders and Cormac McCarthy’s The Road): https://www.tandfonline.com/eprint/SXZQBDNCNMRRZFXYZT6P/full?target=10.1080/0969725X.2023.2233808 (50 free downloads)“Utopia...
Published 09/13/23
David Edmonds is a British philosopher, and a radio feature maker at the BBC World Service. He studied at Oxford University, has a PhD in philosophy from the Open University and has held fellowships at the University of Chicago and the University of Michigan. Edmonds is the author of Caste Wars: A Philosophy of Discrimination and co-author with John Eidinow of Wittgenstein's Poker: The Story of a Ten-Minute Argument Between Two Great Philosophers and Bobby Fischer Goes to War: How the Soviets...
Published 09/06/23
Kevin Hart  (editor) grew up in London and Brisbane, and now lives in the USA. He is the author of nine collections of poetry, including Flame Tree: Selected Poems (2002). He has won both the Victorian and NSW Premiers’ Awards for Poetry, and the Christopher Brennan Award for a sustained contribution to Australian poetry. His published works include studies of Jacques Derrida, A.D. Hope, Samuel Johnson, and Maurice Blanchot, and a translation of the poems of Giuseppe Ungaretti. In this...
Published 08/30/23
Tim is Junior Research Fellow in Political Theology at Campion Hall, University of Oxford, and Researcher Director at the "Laudato Si' Research Institute", a new institute conducting academic research in the field of ecology and social change. He is also an ordained Priest in the Church of England. In this episode we discuss Bruno Latour and Nikolaj Schultz text On the Emergence of an Ecological Class: A Memo Book link:...
Published 08/23/23
Review of Carpenter's Gothic by William Gaddis---Become part of the Hermitix community: Hermitix Twitter - https://twitter.com/HermitixpodcastSupport Hermitix: Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/hermitix Donations: - https://www.paypal.me/hermitixpod Hermitix Merchandise - http://teespring.com/stores/hermitix-2 Bitcoin Donation Address: 3LAGEKBXEuE2pgc4oubExGTWtrKPuXDDLK Ethereum Donation Address: 0x31e2a4a31B8563B8d238eC086daE9B75a00D9E74
Published 08/22/23
Ryan R. Holston is Professor and holder of the Jonathan Myrick Daniels ’61 Chair for Academic Excellence at Virginia Military Institute. In this episode we discuss his book Tradition and the Deliberative Turn: A Critique of Contemporary Democratic Theory. Book link: https://sunypress.edu/Books/T/Tradition-and-the-Deliberative-Turn --- Become part of the Hermitix community: Hermitix Twitter - ⁠https://twitter.com/Hermitixpodcast⁠ Hermitix Discord - ⁠https://discord.gg/63yWMrG⁠ Support...
Published 08/16/23
Review of They Shoot Horses, Don't They? by Horace McCoy---Become part of the Hermitix community: Hermitix Twitter - https://twitter.com/HermitixpodcastSupport Hermitix: Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/hermitix Donations: - https://www.paypal.me/hermitixpod Hermitix Merchandise - http://teespring.com/stores/hermitix-2 Bitcoin Donation Address: 3LAGEKBXEuE2pgc4oubExGTWtrKPuXDDLK Ethereum Donation Address: 0x31e2a4a31B8563B8d238eC086daE9B75a00D9E74
Published 08/15/23
This episode I'm joined once again by writer and occultist John Michael Greer, to discuss his book A World Full of Gods: An Inquiry into Polytheism. Book link: https://spirit.aeonbooks.co.uk/product/world-full-of-gods/95189 --- Become part of the Hermitix community: Hermitix Twitter - https://twitter.com/Hermitixpodcast Support Hermitix: Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/hermitix Donations: - https://www.paypal.me/hermitixpod Hermitix Merchandise -...
Published 08/09/23
Marc Lowell Andreessen is an American entrepreneur, venture capital investor, and software engineer. He is the co-author of Mosaic, the first widely used web browser with a graphical user interface; co-founder of Netscape; and co-founder and general partner of Silicon Valley venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz. In this episode we discuss AI, Accelerationism, Effective Accelerationism (E/Acc), Energy, the future, and more. Andreessen's blog:...
Published 08/04/23
Roe Fremstedal is a Professor in the Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies at NTNU, Trondheim. He is the author of Kierkegaard and Kant on Radical Evil and the Highest Good (2014), and has published extensively on German philosophy, existentialism, ethics, and religion. In this episode we discuss the work of Peter Wessel Zapffe, Kierkegaard, and the topic of anti-natalism. --- Become part of the Hermitix community: Hermitix Twitter -...
Published 08/02/23
Ben Turner is a Senior Lecturer in Political Theory in the School of Politics and International Relations at the University of Kent. His research addresses questions relating to technology, work, ideology and ontology. In this episode we discuss his book Returning to Judgment: Bernard Stiegler and Continental Political Theory Book link: https://sunypress.edu/Books/R/Returning-to-Judgment Turner's site: https://www.benturnerpoliticaltheory.com/ ​--- Become part of the Hermitix...
Published 07/26/23
A talk on the work of Ludwig Klages, Wilhelm Reich, and Ray Peat in relation to bioenergy. Klages talk 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RJZS9mhri7w&ab_channel=HermitixPodcast Klages talk 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=njct-mk0U3Y&ab_channel=HermitixPodcast Reich talk 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G9HX8eMFM7s&ab_channel=HermitixPodcast Reich talk 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dITFFrXaX2k Peat talk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PXCnwaEiB5I&t Become...
Published 07/21/23
Professor Paul Bishop is the author of multiple books on the work of Carl Jung, Friedrich Nietzsche, alongside other texts on analytical psychology and German thought. He is also the author of Ludwig Klages and the Philosophy of Life, a Vitalist Toolkit, one of the few English texts on the philosophy of Ludwig Klages who we’ll be talking about today. In this episode we discuss Klages' text 'The Science of Character' alongside discussions on characterology, Geist, and Seele Ludwig Klages and...
Published 07/19/23
A talk on the Qabalist Tree of Life, Sephiroth, and the work of Dion Fortune and Gareth Knight. --- Become part of the Hermitix community: Hermitix Twitter - https://twitter.com/Hermitixpodcast Hermitix Discord - https://discord.gg/77abuTVYNG Support Hermitix: Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/hermitix Donations: - https://www.paypal.me/hermitixpod Hermitix Merchandise - http://teespring.com/stores/hermitix-2 Bitcoin Donation Address: 3LAGEKBXEuE2pgc4oubExGTWtrKPuXDDLK Ethereum...
Published 07/15/23
This episode I'm joined by Silviya Serafimova who is  Associate Professor at the Department of Ethical Studies, Institute of Philosophy and Sociology of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences. She holds a Ph.D in Ethics from Sofia University “St. Kliment Ohridski”.  In this episode we discuss the philosophy Peter Wessel Zapffe primarily from Serafimova's book 'IN SEARCH OF THE “UNIVERSE’S HELPLESS CAPTIVE”. --- Become part of the Hermitix community: Hermitix Twitter -...
Published 07/12/23
A review of W.C. Hackett's book 'Outside the Gates'. Book link: https://angelicopress.org/outside-the-gates-william-hackett Wahl interview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fzhgeGJegno&ab_channel=HermitixPodcast ---Become part of the Hermitix community:Hermitix Twitter - https://twitter.com/HermitixpodcastSupport Hermitix:Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/hermitixDonations: - https://www.paypal.me/hermitixpodHermitix Merchandise - http://teespring.com/stores/hermitix-2Bitcoin Donation...
Published 07/07/23
David Lloyd Dusenbury is a Senior Fellow at the Danube Institute and Visiting professor Eötvös Loránd University. Author of The Space of Time (2014), Platonic Legislations (2017). In this episode we discuss his book I Judge No One: A Political Life of Jesus. Dusenbury's book: https://www.hurstpublishers.com/book/i-judge-no-one/ --- Become part of the Hermitix community: Hermitix Twitter - https://twitter.com/Hermitixpodcast Hermitix Discord - https://discord.gg/77abuTVYNG Support...
Published 07/05/23
Dan Lowe is a therapist/counsellor practising in London, interested in Wilhelm Reich & all forms of psycho-physical therapy. In this episode we discuss the work of Wilhelm Reich, alongside discussions on character armor, and Reich's book 'The Murder of Christ'. --- Become part of the Hermitix community: Hermitix Twitter - https://twitter.com/Hermitixpodcast Hermitix Discord - https://discord.gg/63yWMrG Support Hermitix: Hermitix Subscription - https://hermitix.net/subscribe/...
Published 07/04/23
I'm joined by Matthew Gandy to discuss his text Natura Urbana: Ecological Constellations in Urban Space, alongside discussions on urban ecology and nature. Book link: https://mitpress.mit.edu/9780262046282/natura-urbana/ --- Become part of the Hermitix community: Hermitix Twitter - ⁠https://twitter.com/Hermitixpodcast⁠ Support Hermitix: Patreon - ⁠https://www.patreon.com/hermitix⁠ Donations: - ⁠https://www.paypal.me/hermitixpod⁠ Hermitix Merchandise -...
Published 06/28/23
I'm joined by Federico Testa to discuss Jean-Marie Guyau' text The Ethics of Epicurus, alongside discussions on Nietzsche and philosophy of life. Book link: https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/ethics-of-epicurus-and-its-relation-to-contemporary-doctrines-9781350013902/ --- Become part of the Hermitix community: Hermitix Twitter - ⁠https://twitter.com/Hermitixpodcast⁠ Support Hermitix: Patreon - ⁠https://www.patreon.com/hermitix⁠ Donations: - ⁠https://www.paypal.me/hermitixpod⁠ ...
Published 06/21/23
A review of Cormac McCarthy's book 'The Road.---Become part of the Hermitix community:Hermitix Twitter - https://twitter.com/HermitixpodcastSupport Hermitix:Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/hermitixDonations: - https://www.paypal.me/hermitixpodHermitix Merchandise - http://teespring.com/stores/hermitix-2Bitcoin Donation Address: 3LAGEKBXEuE2pgc4oubExGTWtrKPuXDDLKEthereum Donation Address: 0x31e2a4a31B8563B8d238eC086daE9B75a00D9E74
Published 06/16/23
This episode I'm joined once again by writer and occultist John Michael Greer, to discuss his book A Commentary on 'The Cosmic Doctrine': Understanding Dion Fortune’s Masterpiece of Spiritual Creation and Evolution. Alongside discussions on Fortune, occultism, and more... A Commentary on 'The Cosmic Doctrine' link: https://www.aeonbooks.co.uk/product/a-commentary-on-the-cosmic-doctrine-understanding-dion-fortune/95088/ --- Become part of the Hermitix community: Hermitix Twitter -...
Published 06/14/23
James E. Strick is Professor in the Department of Earth and Environment and Chair of the Program in Science, Technology, and Society at Franklin and Marshall College. He is the author 'Wilhelm Reich, Biologist'. In this episode we discuss the life and scientific legacy of Wilhelm Reich. Book link: https://www.hup.harvard.edu/catalog.php?isbn=9780674736092 --- Become part of the Hermitix community: Hermitix Twitter - ⁠https://twitter.com/Hermitixpodcast⁠ Support Hermitix: ...
Published 06/07/23