Episode 2! No sophomore slump.
Summer arrives and is almost over. We contemplate American Flux. Chaos and languishing in the Middle West. Doldrums, emo vibes, kids on bikes.
We talk about “coasties,” leggings and Uggs, Elite Gymnastics and music from nowhere, temporal warp and the death of local internet, John Crowley’s Ægypt cycle, the Boundary Waters, The Asian Journal of Thomas Merton, Marxism and monasticism, “repressive desublimation,” languishing again, “luxury garbage is the worst poison,” that Yeat song from the Minions movie, Chögyam Trungpa, monads, “decreation,” the problems with reading, “I can see the patterns,” Minions theodicy and more.
Ryder asks Hank how he’s feeling and he’s feeling alienated. Some bike kids hijack our multiverse and call us “podcast dudes.” They remind us of the importance of autonomous fiction. Nick’s voice cracks 50x while he eviscerates the faithless millenarianism of the American academy. We get ready to hit New York.
Join us as we discuss the esotericism of everyday life in the thicket of phantasms. Subscribe here on Substack, or via Apple Podcasts/Spotify for biweekly episodes.
