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ex.haust

Co-hosts Emmet and John plumb the depths of history, culture, and philosophy to understand why it is that despite calamities and rapid change nothing feels possible anymore. Guests include artists, sc... Read more

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Episode 96: [UNLOCKED] The End of History and the Last Man: Our Pessimism

Episode 96: [UNLOCKED] The End of History and the Last Man: Our Pessimism

Emmet and John begin their series on Fukuyama's seminal The End of History and the Last Man. They talk through its conte... Read more

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Episode 97: [UNLOCKED] The End of History and the Last Man pt. II: The Old Age of Mankind

Episode 97: [UNLOCKED] The End of History and the Last Man pt. II: The Old Age of Mankind

Matt Kelly rejoins the boys to talk about Fukuyama's weird liberalism, econ theory, the triumphalism of the 90s, Fukuyam... Read more

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Episode 95: [UNLOCKED] Sanctions and Self-Interest ft. Phil Cunliffe

Episode 95: [UNLOCKED] Sanctions and Self-Interest ft. Phil Cunliffe

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