This week we take a slight detour to celebrate the Irish holiday of Halloween. We establish the Rocinante 'anti-being scared' doctrine, discuss food safety and naval power as seen in season one of The Terror, dutch on dutch violence in The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, biosecurity totalitarianism in Masque of the Red Death, and more!
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Ep 32 - Perfidious Albion Occupation Government *PREVIEW*
Angela and Sean discuss the central role of Great Britain in of the horrors of the past and the present through two books:
Roger Casement's "The Crime Against Europe" https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/14728
John Newsinger's "The Blood Never Dried: A People's History of the British Empire" https://www.abebooks.com/servlet/BookDetailsPL?bi=22826312867
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Ep 31 - Remain Deluded w/ Toby Shandy
Angela is joined by Toby Shandy to discuss Don Quixote Part 1, the first half of the first modern novel. The invention of the comedic duo and the unreliable narrator reach into the present from the 1600s to teach us the importance of the highest virtue: never allowing anything or anyone to make you less insane.
You can find Toby on Substack: https://tobyshandy.substack.com/
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Ep 30 - The Tragedy of Great Power Politics
This week Angela and Sean discuss John Mearsheimer's 'The Tragedy of Great Power Politics'. Are we trapped in an endless struggle between regional powers? Is true global hegemony a mirage? Can China peacefully ascend and become the Certified Big Dog of the 21st century?
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Ep 29 - UVU what's this? *PREVIEW*
Surveying the aftermath of Charlie Kirk's killing at Utah Valley University this month, Angela and Sean discuss making sense of political killings without coherent politics, guarding your humanity when every app on your phone is Liveleak, right wing Wokeismo, the Tel Aviv connection, and pitch a potentially lucrative X-Files reboot.
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