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Election 2024 as Political Theater: Are We Voting or Just Consuming? | Jubilee, Joe Rogan, and the Spectacle
Unformulated #2
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Brenden
41:10

October 2024

I’m Not Your Daddy, But I’ll Be Your Chaos Guide
Unformulated #1
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Brenden
1
1:03:39
Consumed by Consumption: The Self-Help Industry & The Erosion of Self
I’ve been working on an essay that uses the recent Jay Shetty controversy as a lens to explore deeper themes around individuality and how capitalism…
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Brenden
1
20:50

September 2024

End of History...Rebooted Reality...Meme Activism
In this one I dive deep into the peculiar tension that Gen Z and younger millennials are feeling around today's cultural and political landscape.
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Brenden
45:00
The "Hegelian E-Girl Council" and Digital Dialectics
In this one…I get into the chaotic, absurd world of the "Hegelian E-Girl Council" drama—a bizarre saga that epitomizes the kind of online cultural…
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1
54:34

August 2024

Some Reflections on "Creator" and Writers I've Been Appreciating
I. I admit it: I’m an overconfident writer—arrogant, even.
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The Labyrinth of the Sublime: Confronting the Council of Buffoons
I. For this essay, I implore you to hold my solemnity, but I won’t promise to reciprocate.
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2
Notes from the Underground: Fetishizing God and Certainty
Underground #1
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1
Unqualified Advice #1: Raw Uncertain Paths and The Middle Way
Welcome to my first edition of “unqualified life advice.”
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The Conservative Boogeyman: Kevin Roberts
"Oh no…a politics episode."
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Brenden
1
40:48

July 2024

On Yearning and Fascism
are you willing to put a mirror in front of a raging bull?
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Fanged Noumena and the Contemporary Priest
I’ve been delving deeper into my concept of The Priest and developing more analyses around it.
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