Hey Y’all! Just a quick announcement: the dudes are coming back, with new episodes dropping this week! We’ll be a bit more frequent for the foreseeable future. Plus, Austin has a YouTube channel. He’s gonna be doing long-form live chats on topics related to philosophy, economics, politics, film, etc. He’ll also do some interviews/convos with some r…

"Is There Any Lasting Value in Theology: On Calvin and Marilynne Robinson" - Owls at Dawn, 194 Shitty Minute: Envious of Brady Corbet | Main Segment: On Calvin | Sticky Leaves: King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard Read Robinson’s essay HERE Music by Blue Ducks - "Four Inches of Water" Produced by darcytales.com x darcy.studio ___________ To gain access…

"On Gambling, Excellence, and the Purity of Sports" - Owls at Dawn, Episode 193 Shitty Minute: Hating is actually good | Main Segment: On Sports Gambling | Sticky Leaves: Alien: Romulus Read Sunkara's article HERE Music by Blue Ducks - "Four Inches of Water" Produced by darcytales.com x darcy.studio ___________ To gain access to bonus episodes, the…

"The Problem with Music" - Owls at Dawn, Episode 192 Shitty Minute: Is tradition reactionary? | Main Segment: The Problem with Music | Sticky Leaves: Mr. Bungle Music by Blue Ducks - "Four Inches of Water" Produced by darcytales.com x darcy.studio ___________ To gain access to bonus episodes, the community Discord, and more, visit our Patreon accou…

"Joy, Manipulation, and Political Vibes: On Harris and Walz" - Owls at Dawn, Episode 191 Shitty Minute: The Olympics | Main Segment: Joyous (Political) Vibes | Sticky Leaves: More on the Olympics Music by Blue Ducks - "Four Inches of Water" Produced by darcytales.com x darcy.studio ___________ To gain access to bonus episodes, the community Discord…

"Hit Man: Is Acting Philosophy?" - Owls at Dawn, Episode 190 Shitty Minute: The Olympics | Main Segment: Hit Man | Sticky Leaves: Gojira Opening Ceremony Music by Blue Ducks - "Four Inches of Water" Produced by darcytales.com x darcy.studio ___________ To gain access to bonus episodes, the community Discord, and more, visit our Patreon account. All…

"A.I. is NOT a Tool: On the Ethics of (Consuming) A.I. Art" - Owls at Dawn, Episode 189 Main Segment: A.I. Art Where you can find Alan: https://radnaut.com/collections/alan-mitchell-art https://www.instagram.com/alanmitchellart/?hl=en https://www.artstation.com/alanmitchell Music by Blue Ducks - "Four Inches of Water" Produced by darcytales.com x d…

"The Greatest Prequel Ever? Furiosa" - Owls at Dawn, Episode 188 Shitty Minute: Metal Music Respect | Main Segment: Furiosa | Sticky Leaves: Maturity in Art Music by Blue Ducks - "Four Inches of Water" Produced by darcytales.com x darcy.studio ___________ To gain access to bonus episodes, the community Discord, and more, visit our Patreon account. …

"Is Philosophy Self Help" - Owls at Dawn, Episode 187 Shitty Minute: AI Dating | Main Segment: Philosophy and Self-Help | Sticky Leaves: Cyberpunk 2077 Music by Blue Ducks - "Four Inches of Water" Read Setiya's essay here Produced by darcytales.com x darcy.studio ___________ To gain access to bonus episodes, the community Discord, and more, visit o…

"What’s Up With Old Men? On Gerontocracy" - Owls at Dawn, Episode 186 Shitty Minute: Who is the Taylor Swift for Men? | Main Segment: The Trouble with Old Men | Sticky Leaves: Mr. and Mrs. Smith (tv show) Music by Blue Ducks - "Four Inches of Water" Read Moyn’s essay here ___________ For OaD merch, visit our site here. To gain access to bonus episo…

"What the F*ck is Money? Chat with Colin Drumm" - Owls at Dawn, Episode 185 Main Segment: Interview w/Colin Drumm about money and philosophy and history and debt and more Music by Blue Ducks - "Four Inches of Water" Visit the Mimbres School here. Read Colin’s (excellent) dissertation on money here. ___________ For OaD merch, visit our site here. To…

"Can Music Save Us? Chat w/Macon Holt" - Owls at Dawn, Episode 184 Shitty Minute: There’s not enough time in the day, literally | Main Segment: Interview w/Macon Holt about the sonic shimmer within popular music, Afropessimism, and political possibility | Sticky Leaves: Reservation Dogs Music by Blue Ducks - "Four Inches of Water" Read Macon’s essa…

"Are We Living in Nihilistic Times?" - Owls at Dawn, Episode 183 Shitty Minute: Another rant about Christian Evangelicalism | Main Segment: Wendy Brown’s new book on Nihilistic Times | Sticky Leaves: Justin Taylor’s novel Reboot Music by Blue Ducks - "Four Inches of Water" Read the interview w/ Wendy Brown here. ___________ For OaD merch, visit our…

"In Praise of Raw-Dogging the World: Sex, Art, and Consumerism" - Owls at Dawn, Episode 182 Shitty Minute: Sydney Drivers Suck | Main Segment: Sex, Art, and Consumerism | Sticky Leaves: The Curse Music by Blue Ducks - "Four Inches of Water" Read the essay “The Puritanical Eye” here. ___________ For OaD merch, visit our site here. To gain access to …

"When is it Right to Rebel?" - Owls at Dawn, Episode 181 Shitty Minute: The problem with absolutizing power asymmetry | Main Segment: When is it Right to Rebel? | Sticky Leaves: Keanu Reeves is writing a book! Music by Blue Ducks - "Four Inches of Water" Read Tommie Shelby’s essay here. ___________ For OaD merch, visit our site here. To gain access…

"Never Go Full Ontotheology: On Thought and Being" - Owls at Dawn, Episode 180 Shitty Minute: Against liking things | Main Segment: 4 Orientations of Thought | Sticky Leaves: Flora and Son Music by Blue Ducks - "Four Inches of Water" ___________ For OaD merch, visit our site here. To gain access to bonus episodes, the community Discord, and more, v…

"Elites Are Silencing Expressions of Palestinian Solidarity" - Owls at Dawn, Episode 179 Shitty Minute: The Emptiness of Political Realism | Main Segment: Elites are silencing expressions of Palestinian solidarity | Sticky Leaves: Christmas Read Austin’s Jacobin article here Read the first draft of Austin’s article here Music by Blue Ducks - "Four …

"From Muslim, To Atheist… To Christian?" - Owls at Dawn, Episode 178 Shitty Minute: Policing Feelings | Main Segment: Will Christianity Save the West? | Sticky Leaves: Godzilla Minus One Read Ali’s article here Music by Blue Ducks - "Four Inches of Water" ___________ For OaD merch, visit our site here. To gain access to bonus episodes, the communit…

"The Obligations of the Oppressed: On Israel and Palestine, Redux" - OaD Ep. 177 Shitty Minute: A Plea for Internationalist Politics | Main Segment: Israel, Palestine, Walzer, and the Obligations of the Oppressed, Redux | Sticky Leaves: Community is Rad Read Walzer’s Atlantic article here Read Walzer’s older essay here Music by Blue Ducks - "Four I…

"Do the Oppressed Have Obligations? On Israel and Palestine" - OaD Ep. 176 Shitty Minute: American Evangelicals’ Support of Israel is Psychotic | Main Segment: Israel, Palestine, Walzer, and the Obligations of the Oppressed | Sticky Leaves: Killers of the Flower Moon Read Walzer’s article here Music by Blue Ducks - "Four Inches of Water" __________…

"The Mountains are Calling, We Must Go: John Muir" - OaD Ep. 175 Shitty Minute: Sports Gambling | Main Segment: John Muir | Sticky Leaves: Perfect Days Music by Blue Ducks - "Four Inches of Water" ___________ For OaD merch, visit our site here. To gain access to bonus episodes, the community Discord, and more, visit our Patreon account. All funds w…

"Better Call Saul: The Greatest Show Ever?!?" - OaD Ep. 174 Shitty Minute: What is philosophy good for? | Main Segment: Better Call Saul | Sticky Leaves: The Bear Music by Blue Ducks - "Four Inches of Water" ___________ For OaD merch, visit our site here. To gain access to bonus episodes, the community Discord, and more, visit our Patreon account. …

"It’s Showtime (Almost)" - Oad Ep. 173 Shitty Minute: Hollow dialogue | Main Segment: Winning Time | Sticky Leaves: Better Call Saul Music by Blue Ducks - "Four Inches of Water" ___________ For OaD merch, visit our site here. To gain access to bonus episodes, the community Discord, and more, visit our Patreon account. All funds will go toward produ…

"Sex, Politics, and Transfiguring Desire" - Oad Ep. 172 Shitty Minute: The repetitive and seemingly fruitless nature of social media discourse | Main Segment: Does anyone have the right to sex? | Sticky Leaves: Heavy Metal Gangs of Wadeye Music by Blue Ducks - "Four Inches of Water" ___________ For OaD merch, visit our site here. To gain access to …

"Nuance: Virtue or Vice?" - OaD Ep. 171 Shitty Minute: People who hate on Draymond Green’s podcast, but also, Draymond Green’s podcast | Main Segment: Fuck Nuance | Sticky Leaves: The Empty Space by Peter Brook Music by Blue Ducks - "Four Inches of Water" ___________ For OaD merch, visit our site here. To gain access to bonus episodes, the communit…