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Cormac McCarthy PodcastHow Cormac McCarthy Influenced David Foster WallaceDavid Foster Wallace is a massive fan of Cormac McCarthy! In this video, I will explain how Wallace copied the style in Suttrees opening, Wallace's favorite book by McCarthy, how Wallace became obsessed (and had to make a creative break) with McCarthy, and a bunch of other fun stuff from the David Foster Wallace archive. If you are ever in Austin, the McCarthy and Wallace archives are within 25 minutes of each other!2025-07-0717 minCormac McCarthy PodcastWhy S. Craig Zahler Hates Blood Meridian2025-07-0705 minCormac McCarthy PodcastCormac McCarthy's Secret Writing Advice Revealed from ArchiveToday, we will discuss Cormac McCarthy's most candid statement on writing. This quote reveals Cormac McCarthy's only statement ever about one of his novels. It also informs us of the most complex aspect of McCarthy's revision process. Adding a complex occulted form to the novel.2025-07-0711 minCormac McCarthy PodcastHow Cormac McCarthy Transformed his WritingCormac McCarthy made a massive transformation in his writing when he moved to El Paso. At one level, McCarthy was peaking as a writer while he worked on Blood Meridian. However, on another level, McCarthy sought a different path with his writing career, pushing toward Hollywood with his The Gardener's Son (1976) and Cities of the Plain (1978) screenplays. The lack of success in both endeavors (Blood Meridian sold 1,800 copies in seven years) drove McCarthy to combine both approaches by writing less layered works that were more accessible.2025-07-0710 minCormac McCarthy PodcastCormac McCarthy VS Jordan PetersonWho can change your life more, Cormac McCarthy or Jordan Peterson? Does psychology and politics impact the world more than the story? Two maven leaders of the 21st century lit bro movement are Cormac McCarthy and Jordan Benzo Peterson. Without them, we'd be a disorganized mess of nothing but orgone and malignant schizophrenia. However, which one can help you transcend being a lit bro forever (not that I'd ever advocate for that...)2025-07-0719 minCormac McCarthy PodcastHow Cormac McCarthy Created CharactersHow did Cormac McCarthy create his iconic characters? Did he plot them, get inspired by figures in his life, or make them from pure creative inspiration? In today's video, I will walk you through McCarthy's six-step process to build his characters. To my knowledge, this is the first time this has been discussed! Let me know if I missed anything.2025-07-0715 minCormac McCarthy PodcastWhy Men Love Cormac McCarthyWhy is the Cormac McCarthy community almost exclusively men? Plenty of authors have few female protagonists like McCarthy but have a substantial female readership. In this video, I will be going over the psychological, psychic, and physical reasons why men love Cormac McCarthy so much!2025-07-0718 minCormac McCarthy PodcastWhy Cormac McCarthy is the GOAT2025-07-0722 minCormac McCarthy PodcastHow Cormac McCarthy Used Simulation Theory in his NovelsCormac McCarthy was a post-modernist novelist, and in today's video, we will discuss how he implemented Simulation theory not just in his novels, but also in his personal life!2025-07-0727 minCormac McCarthy Podcastwhy you need to read ALL of Cormac Mccarthy's novelsHow many of Cormac McCarthy's 21 published pieces have you read? In this video, I will talk about the journey of reading all of McCarthy's work, why you should do it, and give an updated reading order for all the real McCarthy OG's out there!2025-07-0715 minCormac McCarthy PodcastCormac McCarthy & Edward AbbeyCormac McCarthy had writer friends, and one of them was fellow famous southwestern Edward Abbey! Today, we will discuss their friendship and how Abbey inspired McCarthy's Blood Meridian and Suttree.2025-07-0710 minCormac McCarthy PodcastThe Road and the Grail Myth - Cormac McCarthy CourseIn today's video, we're exploring the multi-layered world of Cormac McCarthy's "The Road," inspired by Lydia R. Cooper's idea of the Fisher King in "The Road." We're not just discussing the typical father and son's struggle for survival in a post-apocalyptic world. We're diving into the mythological and cultural depths that make this novel a modern-day grail narrative!2025-07-0714 minCormac McCarthy PodcastHow Cormac McCarthy's Religion Changed His WritingWas Cormac McCarthy a Christian? What were his religious affiliations? In this video, we will be discussing McCarthy's religious and spiritual philosophy. McCarthy was well-versed in Christianity, Gnosticism, Free-Masonery, Tarot, Buddhism, Hinduism, and many other religions. He also was a student of religious experiences and loved talking about them with others. The structure of the video is a survey of McCarthy's religious/spiritual evolution throughout his life.2025-07-0717 minCormac McCarthy PodcastCormac McCarthy and MK UltraToday, we will discuss Cormac McCarthy's love of the beat culture, Tim Leary, Aldous Huxley, Alan Ginsberg, and others! Also, I'll be revealing details about Cormac McCarthy's "Lost Years" that I just learned this morning!2025-07-0714 minCormac McCarthy PodcastCormac McCarthy & Michel Foucault2025-07-0716 minCormac McCarthy PodcastCormac McCarthy on Arthur SchopenhauerOne of Cormac's favorite philosophers was Arthur Schopenhauer. Today I will be breaking down how Cormac integrated Schopenhauer into his work, analyzing what he said about Schopenhauer in his notes, and reading a passage from one of Cormac's friends on his love of Schopenhauer.2025-07-0718 minCormac McCarthy PodcastCormac McCarthy on George BerkeleyToday, we are covering Cormac McCarthy's thoughts on the Irish philosopher/priest George Berkeley! This is a topic I want to return to because Berkley's philosophy, I think is critical to understanding Stella Maris. Having realized this in the middle of filming, I will need time to figure out the whole picture.2025-07-0709 minCormac McCarthy PodcastCormac McCarthy on Jack LondonToday, we are diving into the shadows by analyzing Jack London's "To Build a Fire" influence on Cormac McCarthy's "The Road."2025-07-0702 minCormac McCarthy PodcastCormac McCarthy on Modern LiteratureCormac McCarthy was actually a fan of some modern literature! In today's video, I will discuss Cormac's thoughts on some modern classics!2025-07-0706 minCormac McCarthy PodcastCormac McCarthy HATED Samuel Beckett .Cormac McCarthy did not like Samuel Beckett and had some rare choice words about him. After we discuss the tea, however, I will talk about how Samuel Beckett did influence Cormac McCarthy!2025-07-0705 minCormac McCarthy PodcastThe Orchard Keeper by Cormac McCarthy Book Review (No Spoilers)Cormac McCarthy's "The Orchard Keeper" is a beautiful book. Over the past 9 months, I've read and reread over 15+ times for my Orchard Keeper Course. There is no better place to learn about McCarthy's upbringing, life philosophy, and writing style than "The Orchard Keeper." Every stylistic element or theme we love McCarthy for he started building in "The Orchard Keeper." I will explore some of these themes, how McCarthy wrote the novel, and other fun stuff in this review of Cormac McCarthy's "The Orchard Keeper."2025-07-0715 minCormac McCarthy Podcasthow Cormac McCarthy saved my lifeHere is a personal one-take video discussing my journey with Cormac McCarthy and the four times he has changed/saved my life!2025-07-0731 minCormac McCarthy PodcastBlood Meridian, Surrealism, & Salvador DaliCormac McCarthy's "The Orchard Keeper" is a beautiful book. Over the past 9 months, I've read and reread over 15+ times for my Orchard Keeper Course. There is no better place to learn about McCarthy's upbringing, life philosophy, and writing style than "The Orchard Keeper." Every stylistic element or theme we love McCarthy for he started building in "The Orchard Keeper." I will explore some of these themes, how McCarthy wrote the novel, and other fun stuff in this review of Cormac McCarthy's "The Orchard Keeper."2025-07-0707 minCormac McCarthy PodcastCormac McCarthy, Edgar Allen Poe, & SuttreeOne of Cormac McCarthy's early inspirations was fellow American Gothic writer Edgar Allen Poe. In this video I will go over how Poe influenced McCarthy!2025-07-0709 minCormac McCarthy PodcastBlood Meridian's Secret Time Traveling RevealedI read Blood Meridian backward this past week and discovered an internal mirroring process within Cormac McCarthy's novel. In this video, I will present the massive secret contrasts embedded in Cormac McCarthy's Blood Meridian! With this new interpretation, massive literary analysis opportunities start to open up! If you have any ideas please feel free to comment them!Stay tuned for a breakdown of Blood Meridian's ending tomorrow!2025-07-0710 minCormac McCarthy PodcastCormac McCarthy on Quantum Mechanics2025-07-0712 minCormac McCarthy PodcastCormac McCarthy on Alchemy & Hermeticism2025-07-0708 minCormac McCarthy PodcastBlood Meridian's Ending Explained2025-07-0709 minCormac McCarthy PodcastCormac McCarthy on Chaucer2025-07-0708 minCormac McCarthy PodcastCormac McCarthy on Evil & GenesisWhere does evil manifest? In this video, Cormac McCarthy discusses how to read Genesis, where evil comes from, and the antidote to evil. The quotes from the video are from his unpublished screenplay "Whales and Men"2025-07-0616 minCormac McCarthy PodcastCormac McCarthy on Ezra PoundCormac McCarthy includes a poem by Ezra Pound in his unpublished screenplay "Whales and Men." In today's video, I break down McCarthy's usage of pound, rant about one of my favorite poets, Li Po, and drop some knowledge on one of my favorite topics, Chinese Wilderness poetry!2025-07-0610 minCormac McCarthy PodcastCormac McCarthy's Two Unpublished Novels2025-07-0603 minCormac McCarthy PodcastCormac McCarthy HATES Magical RealismCormac McCarthy had a general dislike for authors of magical realism. Even though he did praise Borges in his letters, he thought the Latin American Magical Realism tradition was a lesser form of the novel.2025-07-0605 minCormac McCarthy PodcastCormac McCarthy was a conservative 🇺🇸 🦅MAJOR EVIDENCE I LEFT OUT: In Slate's 1996 article on Cormac McCarthy a journalist searched Cormac McCarthy's trash and found"Solicitation, Republican National Committee 1996 sustaining membership""Solicitation from the Conservative Book Club, “for people who are tired of liberal misinformation and propaganda”Cormac McCarthy was a conservative, and in this video today, I will be going over quotes from McCarthy about the conservative elements of his lifestyle and breaking down some moments from his novels! I have never voted and stayed away from the news & culture wars, so I hope I can guide everyone to an unbi...2025-07-0609 minCormac McCarthy PodcastCormac McCarthy Discussing Suttree2025-07-0607 minCormac McCarthy PodcastHow to Read Cormac McCarthyWhat is the best way to read Cormac McCarthy? What perspective gives you the most out of his work?2025-07-0607 minCormac McCarthy PodcastCormac McCarthy & The Old Man and The SeaCormac McCarthy loved Ernest Hemingway, and today, I'll discuss the relationship between the two. For some reason, you can't mention Papa Hemingway in the title without getting demonetized, so expect more weird titles in the future lol.2025-07-0611 minCormac McCarthy PodcastCormac MCCarthy on Albert EinsteinCormac McCarthy had some positive and negative words for Albert Einstein in his last novel "Stella Maris." Today we will examine Einstein's relation to Arthur Schopenhauer, Einstein/McCarthy's view of free will, and another fun physics-related talk! LETS GO!2025-07-0609 minCormac McCarthy PodcastCormac McCarthy's Occultism2025-07-0606 minCormac McCarthy PodcastCormac McCarthy on Women2025-07-0608 minCormac McCarthy PodcastCormac McCarthy on Ludwig WittgensteinCormac McCarthy is a massive fan of Ludwig Wittgenstein. In this clip, Cormac talks about Wittgenstein's early days, his stylistic esotericism, and how to live the life of a philosopher!2025-07-0613 minCormac McCarthy PodcastCormac McCarthy's Replacement - Greatest Living Author?2025-07-0615 minCormac McCarthy PodcastCormac McCarthy's Novel's Tarot CorrespondenceIf Cormac McCarthy's novels were tarot cards, what would they be? For all the tarot haters out there, McCarthy was very familiar with the tarot and used it in Blood Meridian to foreshadow the entire novel. I'll be making a breakdown on that soon! However, in this video, I will break down the tarot correspondence to all twelve of McCarthy's novels and also give breakdowns of some spiritual interpretations of McCarthy's novels.2025-07-0624 minCormac McCarthy PodcastCormac McCarthy's Literary KinksAlmost all of Cormac McCarthy's novels feature some weird stuff... Today, we are going to be breaking down all the taboo topics in McCarthy novels!2025-07-0617 minCormac McCarthy PodcastJudge Holden Character Analysis - Blood MeridianBlood Meridian's Judge Holden is a favorite for lit bros to fixate on! However, today, we will transcend "THE JUDGE IS THE DEVIL" idea and do a historical and philosophical analysis of Judge Holden. We first examine Samuel Chamberlain's memoir, which McCarthy STOLE many ideas/stories about Judge Holden from. This will help set up a foundation for a philosophical analysis of Judge Holden!2025-07-0629 minCormac McCarthy PodcastCormac McCarthy on Death & the AfterlifeWhat does Cormac McCarthy believe happens after death? Is Cormac McCarthy a Christian? Did Cormac McCarthy write about his death through his novels before it happened? We will answer all these questions today and more with this deep philosophical dive into Cormac McCarthy's views on death!2025-07-0621 minCormac McCarthy PodcastCormac McCarthy Just Died: What We Can Learn From His LifeCormac McCarthy died this morning at his Santa Fe, N.M. home. He was 89. The cause is unknown, but this is a massive blow to literature. Cormac McCarthy was our greatest living novelist, and few others will fill the void. Over the past seven months, I've released almost 100 videos on McCarthy, and I plan to make thousands more over the decades. With his twelve novels, McCarthy has more actionable rabbit holes to follow than whole literary movements (cough, post-modernists 🤣). Yet, parts of me still yearn for more about McCarthy's life. His reclusiveness is cryptic, and his death is f...2025-07-0622 minCormac McCarthy PodcastBlood Meridian's Comanche Attack2025-07-0610 minCormac McCarthy PodcastSuttree's Existentialism - Cormac McCarthy Podcast2025-07-0614 minCormac McCarthy PodcastIs Cormac McCarthy a Misogynist?2025-07-0610 minCormac McCarthy PodcastHow to Write Nature Scenes Like Cormac McCarthyCormac McCarthy has been flamed for decades for his lack of female characters, objectification of women, using male movies for female characters, and seeing women as vessels for exploitation. Today, I will be examining and refuting these claims!2025-07-0608 minCormac McCarthy PodcastThe Cormac McCarthy Bro's Have INVADEDWith the publication of The Passenger/Stella Maris, Wendigoon making a video on Blood Meridian, and the announcement of the Blood Meridian movie Cormac McCarthy's work is attracting many new fans. McCarthy's logical, violent, and nature-oriented novels draw a very bizarre group of men 🤣 In this video, I discuss how we should approach and feel about all of our fellow weirdos 👽2025-07-0608 minCormac McCarthy PodcastThe Orchard Keeper Reader's Guide - Cormac McCarthy (Spoiler Free)In this spoiler-free introduction to Cormac McCarthy's debut novel The Orchard Keeper, I discuss what you need to know before reading one of McCarthy's more challenging novels.2025-07-0606 minCormac McCarthy PodcastCormac McCarthy's Punk Roots with @CinemartyrIn this episode of the Cormac McCarthy Underground, we are joined by Cormac McCarthy fan Shane Harrington, the founder of the band Cinemartyr.https://www.youtube.com/@CINEMARTYRhttps://www.instagram.com/cine.martyr/2025-07-061h 16Cormac McCarthy PodcastCormac McCarthy on Desert MythologySome of Cormac McCarthy's best novels take place in a Desert setting, and in today's video, we will hear from Cormac McCarthy about the Desert. After Cormac is done, we will discuss what he said, I'll recommend some of the best books on the Desert, and I'll conclude with a section on individuation in the Desert.2025-07-0612 minCormac McCarthy PodcastCormac McCarthy on Human's Life PurposeIn this video, we look at the most definitive quote in Cormac McCarthy's career on the purpose of life. No, it is not violence, getting tough like David Goggins, being an existentialist, or a logic bro. It's something most of us have never had and avoid like the plague!2025-07-0606 minCormac McCarthy PodcastCormac McCarthy on God & LanguageToday we are diving into some Cormac McCarthy quotes and comments not available anywhere online! What does Cormac McCarthy think about God? What role does language play in Cormac McCarthy's work? In the early drafts of McCarthy's unpublished screenplay "Whales and Men," he explores these ideas more than any other work. He wrote "Whales and Men" right after Blood Meridian, which is peak McCarthy!2025-07-0607 minCormac McCarthy PodcastHow Cormac McCarthy BREAKS GenreWhat genre is Cormac McCarthy? The obvious answer is literary fiction, but in today's show, we will explore if The Border Trilogy, The Road, No Country For Old Men, Outer Dark, Child of God, and The Orchard Keeper are genre works!2025-07-0605 minCormac McCarthy PodcastBlood Meridian's Faerie LoreCormac McCarthy's novel Blood Meridian is packed with fairy lore, liminal spaces, and otherworldly beings. Exploring the Sonoran, Chihuahuan, and Sierra Madre Occidental faerie zones in Blood Meridian enables a reader to transcend the western woodland conception of fairies into the Duende spirit. A manifestation of an otherworldly evil. Judge Holden, The Kid, and the men that look like "fairybook beasts" are archonic/archetypal characters representing something ambiguous to logic. What axiomatic tradition does McCarthy draw these ideas? In today's video, I will postulate the faerie energy/tradition aligns most with the characters of Blood Meridian!2025-07-0611 minCormac McCarthy PodcastCormac McCarthy on the Nuclear Bomb2025-07-0613 minCormac McCarthy PodcastCormac McCarthy's Antihumanism CrisisCormac McCarthy isn't really a fan of humans... Today's video is a fun roller coaster exploring Cormac McCarthy's connection to anti-humanism. I EVOKE the OG of eco-poetry, Robinson Jeffers, cry, and discuss the psychic weight of being an anti-humanist in 2023. LETS GO!2025-07-0624 minCormac McCarthy PodcastCormac McCarthy & Philosophy Interview w/ Dr. Patrick O'ConnorWhat is Cormac McCarthy's connection to Western Philosophy? In today's interview with Professor of Philosophy Patrick O'Connor, we deep dive into Cormac McCarthy's connection to philosophy! Dr. O'Connor is the author of "Cormac McCarthy Philosophy and the Physics of the Damned" and is one of the more vibrant McCarthy scholars. Today we discuss McCarthy's philosophy of language, Derrida, Greek Philosohpy, Nietzche, McCarthy's film adaptions, and a ton more!2025-07-061h 40Cormac McCarthy PodcastCormac McCarthy on his Favorite PhysicistWho is Cormac McCarthy's favorite physicist? In this clip, we will hear who Cormac McCarthy admires and why he likes them. I will then explain how the physics lineage he follows aligns with his personal writing and life philosophy! LET'S GO!2025-07-0607 minCormac McCarthy PodcastRanking Cormac McCarthy's First LinesDoes Cormac McCarthy cave to standard writing advice? All of us have heard about how important the first line is. Well, how seriously does Cormac McCarthy take the first line???2025-07-0618 minCormac McCarthy PodcastDerrida & Cormac McCarthy's No Country For Old MenWe are joined by Professor of Philosophy Patrick O'Connor to talk about Jacques Derrida and No Country for Old Men. Dr. O'Connor is the author of "Cormac McCarthy's Philosophy and the Physics of the Damned."2025-07-0608 minCormac McCarthy PodcastCormac McCarthy on Carl JungCormac McCarthy seems to have a problem with Carl Jung. Today I will show Cormac McCarthy's rejection of Carl Jung's philosophy by analyzing his view on the unconscious and direct statements about Jung in Stella Maris.2025-07-0615 minCormac McCarthy PodcastCormac McCarthy, Watermelons & Fishing w/ Dr. GreenwoodToday we are joined by Dr. Willard Greenwood out of Hiram College to discuss Cormac McCarthy. This is the first episode of the Cormac McCarthy Underground Interview series, and I will have a couple more interviews on the way in April. In this video, we discuss "The Passenger," "Stella Maris," Cormac McCarthy's Flaws, and other topics related to McCarthy!2025-07-0656 minCormac McCarthy PodcastCormac McCarthy on ArchitectureCormac McCarthy is not just a massive fan of architecture. He also built his own house with his second wife. This video overlays images of Frank Lloyd Wright's Falling Water house while McCarthy talks about it. After the video, I will highlight some of the most revelatory parts of the video!2025-07-0607 minCormac McCarthy PodcastReading Bad Book Reviews of "All The Pretty Horses"Find out today if we are part of a Cormac McCarthy cult or if all the haters are just tearing down McCarthy for fun!2025-07-0617 minCormac McCarthy PodcastBlood Meridian VS Suttree - Cormac McCarthy Book WARSIs Cormac McCarthy's "Blood Meridian" or "Suttree" a better book? In today's Vale Tudo match, we will pit both books head to head to see! Instead of placing the two heavyweights on different sides of the Cormac McCarthy Vale Tudo brackets, let's face them off right from the start!2025-07-0618 minCormac McCarthy PodcastCormac McCarthy's Anti-Modernity MindsetToday we will be tracking Cormac McCarthy's rejection of modern culture through statements made in past interviews and by analyzing aspects of his novels. In his video, I hope to dispel the myth that Comrac is anti-technology and even progress, and rather asset the point that Cormac hates what capitalism/modernity turns people into. From a young age in Blount County, Tennessee Cormac McCarthy was exposed to the destruction of his Edenic paradise. Big business, cultural shocks, and educational enforcement were popping up all around McCarthy. McCarthy was an early Greta Thunberg of sorts 😂but, without all the...2025-07-0621 minCormac McCarthy PodcastBlood Meridian, Nietzsche, and Cormac McCarthy GuideAn in-depth look at Nietche's philosophical influence within Cormac McCarthy's masterpiece novel "Blood Meridian." We will be joined by Professor of Philosophy Dr. Patrick O'Connor, who wrote a beautiful book titled "Cormac McCarthy Philosophy and the Physics of the Damned." In this video we will talk about the active nihilism of Judge Holden, The Passive Nihilism of "The Kid," and other topics related to Nietsche and "Blood Meridian!"2025-07-0609 minCormac McCarthy PodcastCormac McCarthy's Biography: Air Force & The Lost YearsCormac McCarthy between 1951-1957 experienced an archetypal pattern common to American men. He felt contained by his friends, family, and institution. From 1951-1952 Cormac McCarthy attended the University of Tennessee. After two years of this McCarthy decided to transition to a life in the United States Air Force. In today's video, we will cover Cormac McCarhy's strained relationship with authority, the genesis of his creative urge, and the events that inspired his masterpiece "Suttree."2025-07-0608 minCormac McCarthy PodcastWhy Authors Love Stealing From Cormac McCarthySince the inception of language stories have been stolen and imitated. However, in the modern world, when does that line get crossed? In this video today we will analyze the psychological reasons why people steal from Cormac McCarthy, an example of an author stealing for Cormac, and some discussion on the general ethics of imitating/stealing.2025-06-3007 minCormac McCarthy PodcastCormac McCarthy Astrology and Birth Chart BreakdownI know most of my subscribers hate astrology, but we are here in the ASTRAL anyway doing a full breakdown of Cormac McCarthy's birth chart and astrology. This is a blind astrology reading and I thought it went very well. So many odd connections that align with McCarthy's personal life.2025-06-3026 minCormac McCarthy PodcastCormac McCarthy's Three Failed Marriages: A GuideToday we will be doing a breakdown of Cormac McCarthy's three failed marriages to Lee Holleman, Anne Delisle and Jennifer Winkley. This isn't a gossip video, but rather an analysis how his marriages and divorces influenced his novels.McCarthy's four southern novels, "The Orchard Keeper," "Outer Dark," "Child of God," and "Suttree" are the main pieces we will be talking about today!2025-06-3034 minCormac McCarthy PodcastCormac McCarthy and RomanticismDoes Cormac McCarthy's work align with the literary tradition of Romanticism? This series will explore Cormac McCarthy's relation to literary, religious, and other traditions. I will once and for all rank one by one all the labels scholars have put on McCarthy and see which one reigns supreme. Topics covered includeGothic FictionHistorical RomanceEmerson, Whitman, and MelvilleNature and RomanceIs Melville a Romantic?and much more....2025-06-3005 minCormac McCarthy PodcastCormac McCarthy on Writing NovelsCormac McCarthy rarely gives advice on writing novels, but in this video today we will be reading a lost interview (until 2022) with Cormac McCarthy where he is more candid about his writing process than ever before.2025-06-3009 minCormac McCarthy PodcastDoes Cormac McCarthy's "The Road" Suck?? ⚠️"The Road" by Cormac McCarthy is one of his most controversial books. Some McCarthy fans view it as a step away from his western/southern works, sci-fi gatekeepers view it as a weak stand-in novel to prevent "real" sci-fi authors from being given awards/press, and random readers can't understand the dark style of the work. Today I will be going over all the main objections of this book, and hopefully refuting all of them! Sorry for the hiatus, was super sick and am moving from Nevada to Arizona right now! Also, the mic cut-offs that happened in this...2025-06-3040 minCormac McCarthy Podcast"Stella Maris" Book Review by Cormac McCarthyThis is a book review of “Stella Maris” by Cormac McCarthy. Today we will be doing a short breakdown of Alicia Western's life, her account of what happened with Bobby Western in Cormac McCarthy's "The Passenger," and some other crazy moments in this book. We will be discussing Cormac McCarthy's integration of math and science in Alicia's characterization, the effect of the Manhattan Project on the Karma of the characters, and a bunch of other fun things.2025-06-3026 minCormac McCarthy PodcastCormac McCarthy on Philosophy and HeideggerToday we are going to hear Cormac McCarthy talk about Martin Heidegger, Ludwig Wittgenstein, and the purpose of philosophy.2025-06-3013 minCormac McCarthy PodcastCormac McCarthy on the MacArthur FellowshipToday we are going to watch a clip where Cormac McCarthy discusses his experience receiving the MacArthur Fellowship!2025-06-3006 minCormac McCarthy PodcastHow Cormac McCarthy's Divorce Influenced "Outer Dark"This video is episode two in our series of analyzing the influences of Cormac McCarthy. Today we veer away from our primary text for the series, "Books are Made out of Books" and into some analysis of how Cormac McCarthy's first divorce influenced the narrative of "Outer Dark." All the connections feel very close to the connection of David Lynch's anxieties that created "Eraserhead." I didn't mention David Lynch was also in a failing marriage with a child he didn't really want! Next video up will be "The Orchard Keeper.2025-06-3013 minCormac McCarthy PodcastWhy Cormac McCarthy Writes Dark Novels (Cormac Answers)People love to call Cormac McCarthy a nihilist. However, I think that's a pretty lazy label. Today, we will be hearing Cormac McCarthy discuss why he writes dark novels in a 2011 interview with Lawrence Krauss and Werner Herzog. McCarthy has never really discussed this at length before, and at some level, this is as close as he gets to talking about his own writing process. More videos dropping soon! If you want to join the McCarthy newsletter link is down below. Also, dropping daily McCarthy content on social media and on the McCarthy Underground Podcast.2025-06-3013 minCormac McCarthy PodcastCormac McCarthy on SuccessHere is a clip of Cormac McCarthy speaking about some of the problems of finding success while you're still young. Even though they are talking about physicists, his ideas and thoughts can apply to all fields. After the clip, we will discuss McCarthy's career trajectory, failures, and eventual long-term success.2025-06-3010 minCormac McCarthy PodcastCormac McCarthy's Guide to Scientific WritingWe are exploring Cormac McCarthy's advice on scientific writing today. I will be aiding this presentation by showing how McCarthy uses his scientific writing tips in his paper "The Kekulé Problem." Cormac McCarthy did not write this piece. However, McCarthy did help edit the books and papers of the two Santa Fe Institute members who did write this piece and I'm sure it was written with McCarthy's consent.Link to articlehttps://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-019-02918-5Link to McCarthy's paper https://nautil.us/the-kekul-problem-236574/2025-06-3019 minCormac McCarthy PodcastCormac McCarthy on "Editing"Today we will be watching a clip where Cormac discusses his experiences and perspectives on being an editor for some of the greatest scientific thinkers in the world right now! He of course trashes semi-colons and discusses some other perspectives on being an editor. Tomorrow I will be releasing a big breakdown of Cormac's advice on how to write a scientific paper and showing how McCarthy applies his advice in his scientific paper "The Kekulé Problem"2025-06-3006 minCormac McCarthy PodcastCormac McCarthy on "The Passenger"Today we will be talking about the only statement that we know of that Cormac McCarthy has said in relation to "The Passenger" outside of a general synopsis of it he's made in a couple interviews. This was found in a box in relation to McCarthy's novel "The Road." However, this statement does not reveal the plot or direction of the novel, but rather a maybe "inspirational" quote about the process of writing "The Passenger." As we talked about in other videos McCarthy may have been working on The Passenger for 40-50 YEARS! So it's 100% understandable that he was...2025-06-2602 minCormac McCarthy PodcastCormac McCarthy wrote "The Passenger" for 40 years?? 🖋We will be viewing some timelines today and analyzing how long Cormac McCarthy has actually been working on "The Passenger" and Stella Maris. It could be anywhere from 40-60 years depending on the source lol! The first source is McCarthy himself, the second source is what seems to be common knowledge from McCarthy scholars, and the third is from a famous bookstore owner in New Orleans.2025-06-2604 minCormac McCarthy PodcastCormac McCarthy on Classical EducationIn a recent Cormac McCarthy interview he made a couple comments on classical education and how that has been lost in the western world. The conversation took this turn while they were discussing geniuses in the realm of physics. The interviewer asks Cormac why thinkers like Oppenheimer and Einstein seem to be extinct now. After the clip, I dive into a discussion about the collapse of classical education, the state of education right now, and the path forward to restoring classical education. This was taken from Cormac McCarthy's 2022 interview with the Santa Fe Institute.2025-06-2611 minCormac McCarthy PodcastCormac McCarthy's "The Crossing" InfluencesMy favorite Cormac McCarthy novel is "The Crossing." So, today we are kicking off a new series that will be exploring all of Cormac McCarthy's influences. There are over 150 confirmed influences alone!!! However, today we will explore the two influences that Michael Lynn Crews documents in his book "Books Are Made Out of Books: A Guide to Cormac McCarthy's Literary Influences." Crews had access to over 100 boxes of Cormac McCarthy's early drafts, notes, and papers which had a ton of notes in the margins about what McCarthy was inspired by.. and who he stole from! I am super excited...2025-06-2616 minCormac McCarthy PodcastCormac McCarthy on Robert OppenheimerToday we will be watching a clip and discussing Cormac McCarthy’s thoughts on Robert Oppenheimer. At some level, McCarthy and Oppenheimer are dyads and shadows of each other! Oppenheimer appears in Cormac McCarthy's novel "The Passenger" and in this video, we will also discuss Oppenheimer's schizophrenia in relation to Alicia's schizophrenia in "The Passenger." We will also be discussing Robert Oppenheimer's favorite books.2025-06-2614 minCormac McCarthy PodcastWhat Cormac McCarthy Book Should you Read First?Figuring out a reading order for Cormac McCarthy can be hard. Some of McCarthy's works are inaccessible to beginner readers, and other books may not be exciting or dynamic enough for more fluff readers. So today I'll be outlining three different reader archetypes and providing a Cormac McCarthy reading order for them! Comment your thoughts down below to help create some data for a future video where I create a 1-12 reading order for these reader archetypes. 2025-06-2608 minCormac McCarthy PodcastCormac McCarthy on TRANSGENDERISM2025-06-2608 minCormac McCarthy PodcastCormac McCarthy on Writing NovelsCormac McCarthy rarely gives advice on writing novels, but in this video today we will be reading a lost interview (until 2022) with Cormac McCarthy where he is more candid about his writing process than ever before.2025-06-2609 minCormac McCarthy PodcastCormac McCarthy's Biography: High SchoolToday we will be talking about Cormac McCarthy's high school experience. This will be a part of a new series titled "The Life of Cormac McCarthy" which will be a biography on all the parts of his life!Cormac McCarthy attended high school at "Knoxville Catholic School" from 1947 to 1951. His two older sisters were very active and successful students, and they also served as editors for the school paper. However, as the middle child, Cormac was of course going to take a different path. For the next four years, Cormac went pretty under the radar. He was...2025-06-2608 minCormac McCarthy PodcastI Wrote Blood Meridian by Hand: Here's What I LearnedA couple years ago I wrote Cormac McCarthy's "Blood Meridian" by hand. This process took months but revealed a lot more than reading "Blood Meridian" multiple times. Today, I will talk about my experience writing "Blood Meridian by Hand," the benefits of doing so, and some of the things I learned about the text from the process.2025-06-2608 min
Cormac McCarthy PodcastWelcome to the Cormac McCarthy Podcast!An intro to the podcast!2025-06-1705 min
Udda Ting176-Creativity & nature, Ian CattanachDesert poet Ian Cattanach talks about creativity, Cormac Maccarthy, David Lynch and how to connect with nature in order to improve your art.2025-03-0136 min
Aeon Byte Gnostic RadioIan Cattanach on the Gnostic Cormac McCarthyCormac McCarthy remains a great crypto-Gnostic, just as Blood Meridian remains the great American novel and Gnostic Gospels simultaneously. We’ll go deep into the Terra Damnata for the Gnostic themes in McCarthy's work, going beyond Blood Meridian to such works as The Road and No Country for Old Men. I can’t think of anyone better than Ian Cattanach from Write Consciousness, and he’ll honor the Virtual Alexandria.More on Ian: https://writeconscious.substack.com/aboutGet Astro Gnosis 3 tickets: https://thegodabovegod.com/astro-gnosis-3/The Gnostic Tarot: https://www.makeplayingcards.com/sell/s...2024-05-291h 07