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Park Avenue Whistleblower w/Nick McDonell
Listen now | We talk to novelist Nick McDonell about his life among the Park Avenue set.
15 mins ago
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Yasha Levine
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Evgenia
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Slavery, Jews, Reggae and the Durability of Power
E gave me a book about the history of Jews in NYC and it reminded me of something I knew about but haven't thought about in a long time.
May 17
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Yasha Levine
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Slavery, Jews, Reggae and the Durability of Power
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Elon Musk, the man who wants to be our demiurge
He's a god of the internet — a minor god but a powerful god nonetheless.
May 14
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Yasha Levine
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Elon Musk, the man who wants to be our demiurge
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The Century of the Modified Self w/Oliver Bateman
Listen now (101 mins) | While trans rights provide fuel to America’s never-ending culture wars, there’s something in the corner that doesn’t get as much…
May 13
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Yasha Levine
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Evgenia
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1:41:12
Thinking about Soviet films on Victory Day
Yesterday was the 80th anniversary of victory over Nazi Germany.
May 10
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Evgenia
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Thinking about Soviet films on Victory Day
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What You Should Know
Some thoughts on lobbies and atavistic violence. 05/8/2025
May 8
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Yasha Levine
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What You Should Know
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Eunuchs by choice?
We discuss the Twitter scandal I unwittingly caused by talking about the connection between children and art. What was meant as an offhand remark made…
May 6
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Yasha Levine
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Evgenia
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1:58:26
Red Bourgeoisie w/Branko Milanovic
We have Branko Milanovic, an economist born in Yugoslavia, on to talk about class and inequality in the USSR.
May 2
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Yasha Levine
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Evgenia
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43:28
Talking about "Too Hot To Work" and other harem/incel fantasies
We discuss Evgenia’s essay on Too Hot To Work. Some of the things we talk about are: the crisis of liberal feminism, incels under communism, how…
May 1
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Yasha Levine
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Evgenia
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1:20:24
MADE IN THE USA: A LITTLE SLICE OF HEAVEN
You’re Marc Andreessen and you’re in Palo Alto and you’re riding your $35,000 ebike to work.
May 1
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Yasha Levine
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MADE IN THE USA: A LITTLE SLICE OF HEAVEN
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April 2025
Sergei Eisenstein vs Hollywood
When Russian artists had self-respect
Apr 30
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Evgenia
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Sergei Eisenstein vs Hollywood
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Signal and the Chats of the Gods
American spies started it for "privacy" and reactionary Silicon Valley billionaires now control it because it protects them from the libs and the…
Apr 28
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Yasha Levine
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Signal and the Chats of the Gods
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Too Hot to Work
Prostitution is cool again
Apr 27
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Evgenia
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Too Hot to Work
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The Age of the Peripheral Man (and Woman)
You thought you were smarter, stronger, and wiser just because you were the ones on top. But something is changing inside you. You don’t want to admit…
Apr 25
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Yasha Levine
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The Age of the Peripheral Man (and Woman)
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All is not well here
We recorded this ep on the centennial anniversary of the Great Gatsby but end up having a wide-ranging convo about culture, religion and politics …
Apr 23
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Yasha Levine
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Evgenia
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2:08:52
The best biography of Lenin
On his 155th birthday
Apr 22
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Yasha Levine
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The best biography of Lenin
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How to harass your servants with class
Rich Russians learning etiquette
Apr 22
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Evgenia
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How to harass your servants with class
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What You Should Know
Book, novels, films, news. 4/20/25.
Apr 20
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Yasha Levine
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What You Should Know
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When the 1% actually writes about what it knows: "Quiet Street" by Nick McDonell
Or how America’s 1% compares to Russia’s 1%…
Apr 19
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Evgenia
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When the 1% actually writes about what it knows: "Quiet Street" by Nick McDonell
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NEFARIOUS RUSSIANS LIVE!
Talking about collapse and nihilism. 4/13/2025.
Apr 17
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Yasha Levine
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Evgenia
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2:13:36
Hollywood Refugee w/Joshua Turek
We talk to poet and stand-up comedian Joshua Turek about today’s cultural and political crisis and ways to deal with it.
Apr 16
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Evgenia
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Yasha Levine
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2:09:59
How will Americans deal with the disgrace that comes with decline?
lessons from another collapse
Apr 15
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Yasha Levine
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How will Americans deal with the disgrace that comes with decline?
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America and Russia are a single meta-nation
Evgenia and I were talking a bit and I was taking some notes for our event tonight in NYC and I ended up typing up a very basic outline of something…
Apr 13
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Yasha Levine
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Hobbes in Russia. My favorite movies about girls during social collapse.
Weekend movie recs.
Apr 12
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Evgenia
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Hobbes in Russia. My favorite movies about girls during social collapse.
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