Praise of Folly

01/02/2025

Round-Table 121: How likely is a Mad Max scenario in the US during collapse?: https://www.youtube.com/live/iJfDi1_2vf4

Tune in on February 1st at 2 PM EST!

As a follow up to our last episode of the round-table: Round-Table 120: Libidinal Release: Violence vs. Creativity: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rt2qEMR5D...

29/01/2025

End of the Liberal Order: A conversation with Andrew Stratelates and TracingWoodgrains: https://youtube.com/live/uFy08LB2Xag

Tune in on January 30th at noon EST!

I will be joined Andrew Stratelates and TracingWoodgrains to discuss the collapse of the liberal political consensus and the rise of identity politics and wh...

28/01/2025

The Nature of Struggle: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0s15zat4eU8

Tune in today at 6 PM EST!

After Trump's electoral victory and the total rout of the progressive woke left, many on the right are left wondering what to do next. While a modus vivendi ...

22/01/2025

Thoughts and projections on the Second Trump Term: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rzkxdua84xQ

Tune in on January 23rd at 4 PM EST!

I will be joined by Keith Preston and Florian to discuss the second Trump presidency and what it portends. My Contact Info:Locals: https://praiseoffolly.loca...

20/01/2025

Esoteric Britain: An exposition on the themes in the Arthurian Mythos: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zzs6oizjp_E

Tune in on January 21st at 6 PM EST!

I have recently started pushing the idea of Esoteric Geopolitics where the insights of esoteric thought with a focus on Evola's notion of a bio-spirit are co...

17/01/2025

Round-Table 120: Libidinal Release: Violence vs. Creativity: https://www.youtube.com/live/Rt2qEMR5Dao

Tune in on January 18th at 2 PM EDT!

Caleb Maupin has recently been discussing the fear he has about the dangers facing the US today. Primarily through synthetic-woke-left long submerged forces ...

15/01/2025

Is Reincarnation a defensible idea? A conversation with Jason Charbonneau: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x0o5VSYZJPk

Tune in on January 16th at 6 PM EDT!

Jason Charbonneau, from the excellent YouTube channel Think Anomalous, will join me to discuss reincarnation and its plausibleness. I will use a set of prepa...

08/01/2025

How Technology is Changing Modern Warfare: Air Power: https://youtube.com/watch?v=UrUVBAWRQmo

Tune in on January 9th at 6:30 PM EDT!

Rain will join me in discussing a three-part series on how modern warfare is affected by technology. Today's show will discuss airpower. We will include disc...

06/01/2025

Praise of Folly Podcast Interview #25: Caleb Maupin on the state of US Marxism and the Woke Left: https://youtube.com/live/McsU4PFkNe0

Tune in on January 7th at 4 PM EDT!

I am pleased to have Caleb Maupin back on the show. The last time I had a PoF interview was with again Caleb a couple of years ago on his book "BreadTube Ser...

03/01/2025

Round-Table 119: Language, Social Relations and Economic Inequality: https://youtube.com/watch?v=uMNUGi78T64

Tune in January 4th at 2 PM EDT!

This will be the first roundtable of the New Year, and it will be a real banger. I will be joined by Keith, Logos, and Florian to discuss how language hides ...

11/12/2024

Casual Stream 86: Towards a Mental Science a modest proposal: https://youtube.com/watch?v=S9pJhqxC6TY

Tune in on December 12th at 6 PM EDT!

For those who have been watching my channel this last year, I have been speculating in pits and pieces on the formation of a mental science and how that migh...

09/12/2024

Commentary on Bertrand Russell's "The Scientific Outlook" Part 4: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ghZ8ya2RvSY

Tune in on December 10th at 6 PM EDT!

I will be giving commentary on chapters 9, 10, 11 of Bertrand Russell's "The Scientific Outlook."My Contact Info: Locals: https://praiseoffolly.locals.com/ T...

06/12/2024

Round-Table 118: Year in Review 2024: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O_TzAZBBabs

Tune in on December 7th at 2 PM EDT!

I will be joined by Keith Preston, Florian and Logos for my last Round-Table of this year. This show will be rather open ended with general observations of t...

05/12/2024

The Return of Musonius Rufus: Colonies Redux: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ZOrgT-FniQ

Tune in on December 5th at 6 PM EDT!

Many people believed that in my last conversation with Musonius Rufus there was still a lot left to say about intentional communities or as he calls them 'co...

02/12/2024

Commentary on Bertrand Russell's "The Scientific Outlook" Part 3: https://www.youtube.com/live/VKvqOu02mDE

Tune in on December 3rd at 6 PM EDT!

I will be giving commentary on chapters 6, 7, and 8 of Bertrand Russell's "The Scientific Outlook."My Contact Info: Locals: https://praiseoffolly.locals.com/...

27/11/2024

A Brief Introduction to Nietzsche with Keith Preston: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3KpDEBmJMIQ

Tune in on November 17th (to avoid Thanksgiving day) at 4 PM EDT!

26/11/2024

Commentary on Bertrand Russell's "The Scientific Outlook" Part 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fKYJERt2hSY

Tune in on November 26th at 6 PM EDT!

This part 2 of my commentary on Bertrand Russell's "The Scientific Outlook" where I shall cover chapters IV and V.My Contact Info:Locals: https://praiseoffol...

23/11/2024

Round-Table 117: Middle East in Crisis Israel and Iran at War: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uxn1HZm7p68

Tune in on November 23rd at 2 PM EDT!

I will be joined by Keith Preston, Logos and Florian to revisit the unfolding Middle East Crisis with Israel and Iran.My Contact Info:Locals: https://praiseo...