We talk through three pieces: Leo Strauss's lecture on German Nihilism (https://archive.org/stream/LeoStraussGermanNihilismIntegral1941/Leo%20Strauss%20-%20%27%27German%20Nihilism%27%27%20%5BIntegral%2C%201941%5D_djvu.txt), Bradley Troemel (https://www.patreon.com/bst)'s (recently banned from YouTube) video essay on QAnon, and Boris Groys's essay Self-Design and Aesthetic Responsibility (https://www.e-flux.com/journal/07/61386/self-design-and-aesthetic-responsibility/) to understand the current state of American Nihilism. This one was fun to record, so we hope it's fun to listen to.
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Bibliography (https://exhaust.fireside.fm/articles/eptwentyfourbib).
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Closing Song by Tom Inhaler off of the album Distilled (https://youtu.be/-1ZZGGPAoM8).
Cover image: Gustave Doré's illustration to Dante's Inferno. Plate IX: Canto III: Arrival of Charon.
