Astral Flight Simulation

We got the sci-fi dystopia...without the cyborg killer cops! Today me and my guest Granite Mountain Movie Club, found here on youtube, discuss several science fiction classics and cult classics: Robocop, Blade Runner and Blade Runner 2049, Back to the Future 2, Demolition Man, and Judge Dredd. Is America in 2024 better or worse than the future depicted in these films? Follow me on twitter @astralflite to listen to these podcasts live and join the discussion, and follow me on substack at astralflight.substack.com and subscribe for written content, bonus episodes, and paywalled episodes with extra content! And visit Passage.Press and BUY BOOKS!

Charles Haywood joins me once again, this time to discuss Elon Musk and the future of American politics. This episode was based on his review of a recent biography of Elon Musk, published on his blog The Worthy House. I highly recommend everyone go read through this blog, it's an education in history and political philosophy in and of itself. Follow me on twitter @astralflite and substack at astralflight.substack.com. There's a lot more content on substack than on iTunes and Spotify, and some of these episodes are recorded live on twitter with time for audience participation. Also follow Passage Press on Twitter @passagepress and Man's World @mansworldmag_, and visit both their websites, Passage.Press and Mansworldmag.online to buy the books and read the articles we discuss on this show, and much more!

I discuss Freud with Garfieldbot, writer at "The Egg Report" on substack. He's writing a long series of articles reconsidering many of Freuds ideas, which he thinks are embedded in the framework of the modern individuals understanding of themselves, their relation to the world, and the primary mode of describing human interactions for all of the 20th century. Perhaps now its time for people like us to dispel these ideas, and you can do so without reading a now out of print book, The Ordeal of Civility, by John Murray Cuddihy. This book goes a long way to undermine the veneer of science and professionalism that Freud tried to cloak his rather petty ideas in. Today, we go into detail about some of Cuddihy's critiques of Freud. Follow me on substack and twitter, and please become a paid subscriber to my substack to help support me continue to bring this show to you, and gain access to content not otherwise available. Go to the Passage.Press website and pre order Xenosystems, buy Unqualified Reservations in Hardcover, buy Steve Sailer's Noticing, and subscribe to Man's World Magaine in FULL PRINT!

I make the case that American Psycho is a failed feminist critique of toxic masculinity, but succeeds as a film, with Bateman as the hero, despite the directors best efforts. I then veer off wildly and give a details breakdown of the difference in narrative structure between film vs digital storytelling, and explain the characteristics of post-modern film, of which American Psycho is one of the last. This episode was recorded live on twitter last year, follow me @astralflite and listen live and join the conversation. There's another hour of discussion available now on astralflight.substack.com, along with much more content than you'll get on iTunes or Spotify. Lastly, visit @passagepress and @mansworldmag_ on twitter for updates on continues literary content and book releases, which include book clubs hosted by me that you can join (these also turn into podcasts) and many, many opportunities for you to get your own work and ideas in print. Please visit Passage.Press and MansWorldMag.online

Epstein's client list, or at least new documents containing many names, was just released today, Jan. 3, 2024. I will now release a paywalled episode from my Substack, originally titled "The Eye Atop the Pyramid," which details the connects between Balenciaga, Epstein, the Podestas, the Clintons, and the CIA. Become a paid subscriber to my substack to hear hours worth of additional content, at AstraFlight.Substack.Com, and follow me on twitter @astralflite to join these episodes LIVE. This and many others are live presentations that involve a discussion, that is often paywalled on my substack.

Join me and my friends Dave of the The Bizarchives and Brendan of Aureus Press as we discuss all things horror! While we go over a few zombie movies, the main focus is John Carpenter and his classic, Halloween

Part of the ongoing series in Overcoming Nihilism, Athenian Stranger and I discuss Ernst Junger's essay "Across the Line" and Martin Heidegger's Essay "The Origin of the Work of Art" as a way to introduce what the work of art is, how nihilism erodes it, and what it can offer as a way to resist the seemingly inexorable pull of nihilism. This is a one hour excerpt of a much longer discussion that can only be found on my substack, Astralflight.substack.com. The full episode is free there, but you must become a subscriber to hear all of my content, and become a paid subscriber to gain access to all of the episodes, some of which are only available for 5$ a month or 50$ a year.

This is an excerpt of a roundtable discussion on Hamlet. We explore the major themes, Hamlets character and character flaws, and explore the sources of tragedy. There is another two hours of this discussion on my substack at Astralflight.Substack.com, and if you follow me on twitter @astralflite, you can listen live and get in on these discussions.

This is an excerpt of a much longer discussion on the political philosophy of Curtis Yarvin. The episode can be found in full on my substack, AstralFlight.Substack.com, along with several other episodes not available on itunes or Spotify, including paid content only. To read Mencious Moldbug, go to Passage.Press and buy Unqualified Reservations Volume 1 and listen along to the book club discussions we had last summer, which are available in full on my Substack. Join twitter and follow me at @astralflite and @PassagePress for more book and podcast releases, as well as further discussions on a wide range of topics (that you can join in on if you follow me on Twitter/X)

The digital age ushers in the Aquarian Consciousness. Become a paid subscriber to my substack at AstralFlight.Substack.Com to get bonus content and exclusive episodes of the Astral Flight Simulation Podcast

Todays episode is an excerpt of a much longer discussion among members of an online reading group that read Mencius Modlbugs "Open Letter to Open Minded Progressives" together. The full episode is five hours long and can be found in its entirety on my blog AstralFlight.Substack.Com. There will be a part two coming soon. Go to Passage.Press and buy the first ever hardcover edition of Unqualified Reservations and read along as you listen. And stay tuned for many more collaborations with Passage Publishing.

This is a short excerpt from a much longer episode available only with a paid subscription to my substack at AstralFlight.Substack.Com Is it possible to come through nihilism with a an intact faith in God? Worse, if you lose faith, can you get it back? If so, how may it have changed? We discuss Nietzsche and Dostoyevski and explore what their writing can tell us about these questions, and examine whether they contain within them instructions for those grappling with a loss of faith and how to get it back. We focus on Crime and Punishment, The Brothers Karamazov, The Anti-Christ, Thus Spoke Zarsathustra, Twilight of the Idols, and a new translation of a letter Dostoyevsky wrote to his brother about his commuted death sentence. I am joined by @1147x1147, translator of many of Dostoyevsky’s letters, and returning guest @Athens_Stranger

My friend Spendo and I discuss some details and the backround to some of our favorite Tarantino films (specifically Kill Bill and Pulp Fiction), which leads to a wider conversation about his legacy and place in the pantheon of American directors. We get into Robert Eggers, Lynch, and even Refn a little bit, as well as some Nietzsche and Baudriallard and the nature of making movies on film versus digital. However, in order to hear the full discussion you have to become a paid subscriber to my substack, at astralflight.substack.com. Also, this episode is a supplement to an article we wrote for Man's World Magazine Online

Readings from the book and two essays I wrote on Blood Meridian, along with insight, analysis, and discussion. The episode continues for another hour, to listen become a paid subscriber to my substack at www.astralflight.substack.com for this and several other paid episodes.

My friend Conan Esquire and I discuss the literary heritage of Robert E. Howard and his most famous character, Conan. Can we use his Conan stories to gain insight into our modern world? Is Robert E. Howards writing worthy of elevation to that of literary greats of his genre and beyond, like Poe, Tolkein, and Lovecraft? We think the answer is yes, and hope to discuss Conan and Howard more in the future. Please follow me on astralflight.substack.com where you'll find many more podcast episodes, as well as bonus content and episodes for paid subscribers only. Todays episode is a discussion of Conans article "Conan the Culture Hero," found on the Man's World Magazine Website.

While at Harvard, Ted Kaczynski underwent a psychological experiment administered by CIA and MKUltra affiliated psychiatrist Henry Murray. Who was Murray, what was the purpose of this test, and what other activities did he participate in while working for the OSS, military intelligence, and the MKUltra program? In this episode, I argue the possibility that this experiment may have been far more nefarious than is admitted, and may have played a central role in Kaczynski's mental illness, philosophy, and crimes. Follow me on substack and become a paid subscriber at Astralflight.substack.com

The history of Arktos Media, and where they're going for the future. Constantin von Hoffmeister, editor, and Daniel Friberg, founder and editor in chief at Arktos media join me to tell the story of Arktos Media, promote their new website, and discuss some of the thinkers they publish. Stay tuned to this podcast for much more from them! Follow them at Arktos Media And me on Substack at Astralflight.substack.com

Modern man is unmoored and uprooted from his essence and set off-course from his destiny. Is there any way to recapture our true Being and “destine,” as a culture, towards a new future? We elucidate some of Heideggers’ most foundational and troublesome concepts, expand the insights with Carl Jungs idea of the unconscious and archetypes, and propose what may be a way to get western civilization back on track and carry us into the future. In one of the most intellectually stimulating conversations thus far on the Astral Flight podcast, Scott Mannion and I explore the current state of nihilism in the west, and in so doing perhaps make Hedieggers technical jargon more accessible and Jungs metaphysical concepts more real. Scott Mannion is one of the most insightful and intellectually nimble podcasters working today, and his youtube show and podcast are without peer. He brings some of the most important thinkers of the dissident right together to discuss a heritage that sometimes seems to be slipping through our fingers, and how to regain our cultural and spiritual foundations. I’m honored to have been on his show and to have him on mine. I look forward to having him back. Follow him here: ScottMannion.com Follow me on substack: Astralflight.substack.com

Last Pirate and I discuss Decline in the terms that Oswald Spengler uses it, and use that as a way to elaborate on his philosophy of history in general. This conversation inspired me to do a long series of episodes on the work of Oswald Spengler, so if you like this, stay tuned for much more. Follow me on twitter and substack for far more content than gets uploaded here. Follow Last Pirate on twitter and buy his book!!!

Get ready for one of the most in depth discussions of Elden Ring you've ever heard. I have almost four hours recorded with a roundtable of friends. We do a very deep dive on the lore, and frame the story as a Grail Myth, incorporating the "grail cycle" and Joseph Campbell. This episode was originally recorded as a twitter space on the weekend Elden Ring won Game of the Year in 2022, and I'm uploading it now because Tears of the Kingdom Just released. Stay tuned for a Legend of Zelda episode, with many of the same guests, in the next several weeks, where we will return to the grail legend and discuss all things Zelda! To hear the entirety of this episode you must become a paid subscriber to the Astral Flight Simulation Substack, and follow me on twitter where most of these episodes are recorded live!