Agora Politics
Activity Overview
Episode publication activity over the past year
Episodes
A Final Message - Subscribe to Hacking State!
31 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The new show, Hacking State is now up and live. Please go check it out at hackingstate.substack.com. All future interviews and audio essays will be lo...
42: Building a Sensemaking Market with Mike Elias and James Ellis
14 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
I speak with Mike Elias and James Ellis of IdeaMarket.io, who are building out a market for attention-worthiness. IdeaMarket is a peer-to-peer zeitgei...
41: Great Founders, Complex Thought, and State Capacity with Samo Burja
29 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Samo Burja is founder of Bismarck Analysis, a consulting firm that investigates the political and institutional landscape of society. He is also a res...
40: Decentralized Statecraft With Gabriel
27 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Gabriel successfully cofounded and sold one of the earliest Bitcoin exchanges in Canada. We talked about his decision and experience starting a crypto...
39: René Girard - Imitation & Desire with William Johnsen
17 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
William Johnsen is former graduate chair and coordinator of undergraduate programs in the Department of English at Michigan State University, editor ...
38: Holistic Community Development with Anna Brodsky
07 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Anna Brodsky is cofounder of the Global Redesign Institute, a childcare activist, and advocate for Structural Satyagraha: the design and implementatio...
37: Nina Power - The Radical Traditionalism of Ivan Illich
01 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Nina Power is a cultural critic, social theorist, philosopher, author, and translator. Her upcoming book, “What Do Men Want” is forthcoming later ...
36: Secrets of Performance with Alex Feinberg
25 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Alex Feinberg's work focuses on optimizing performance to get the best in health and business. We cover: - His journey through professional athleti...
35: The Horrors in Waiting with Zero HP Lovecraft
09 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
I am joined by writer, horrorist, and anonymous internet denizen Zero HP Lovecraft. We discuss anonymity and pseudonymity, peer-to-peer censorship, ...
34: An Exercise in Constructive Disagreement with Brent Cooper
04 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
I am joined by director of the metamodern think tank, Abstract-Org's Brent Cooper, for an exercise in constructive disagreement. We come together fro...
33: An Eclectic Spacewalk with Nicholas McCay
12 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Nicholas is writer, author, and creator of the Eclectic Spacewalk project. We talk about the Overview Effect, the dangers of overarching narratives ...
32: Heraclitus of Ephesus – Philosopher of Fire
06 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Heraclitus stands alone among the pre-socratic philosophers. Contradictory, riddlesome, and enigmatic, he remains one of the most influential, yet lea...
26: The Death Speech of Socrates - Excerpt from The Apology + Analysis (RELEASED)
06 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In Western philosophy, we have yet to move beyond the life and death of Socrates. Though his time has long since passed, we would be remiss to think t...
31: The Tyranny of Materialism with Cody Moser
04 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Cody Moser is an anthropologist and PhD candidate studying cultural evolution in the department of cognitive and information sciences at University of...
30: Exploring the Search Space of Game~B with Jim Rutt
28 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Jim Rutt is the former CEO of Network Solutions, and former chairman of the Santa Fe Institute for the study of complex systems sciences, as well as h...
29: Notes on the Future of Decentralized Organization with Richard Bartlett
19 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Richard Bartlett is an expert on decentralized organizations as well as cofounder of The Hum Team, Enspiral, & Loomio. We talk about practical anarc...
28: Civilization & Hypermodernity with John David Ebert
22 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
John David Ebert is a cultural critic, poet, and author of over 20 books, including: Art After Metaphysics, The New Media Invasion, The Age of Catastr...
27: Informational Mutually Assured Destruction with Matthew Pirkowski
15 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Matthew Pirkowski joins me to discuss crypto, money and the state, sovereignty and global arbitrage, multipolar traps, corporation and defection, info...
The Death Speech of Socrates - PREVIEW/TEASER
09 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
-- SUBSCRIBE ON PATREON FOR FULL EPISODE -- In Western philosophy, we have yet to move beyond the life and death of Socrates. Though his time has lon...
25: Uncovering Leo Strauss with Michael Millerman
19 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Political scientist Michael Millerman joins me to discuss the philosophy of Leo Strauss, esoteric writing, and Alexandr Dugin's 4th Political Theory. ...
24: Theory on the Outside with Geoff Shullenberger
15 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Geoff Shullenberger is creator of the Outsider Theory blog and newly launched Outsider Theory podcast, as well as Senior Lecturer at New York Universi...
23: Love in the Age of Information with Raven Connolly
27 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Raven Connolly hosts Socratic Speed-dating and sensemaking sessions at The Stoa. You can find out more about Raven’s work at TheStoa.ca and follow R...
22: Cultivating a World We Can Live In with Jason Snyder
08 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Jason Snyder is faculty in the department of sustainable development at Appalachian State University. We talk homesteading, localism, permaculture, p...
21: Color Revolutions and How To Fight Them (RELEASED)
14 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
A Color Revolution is a term coined by Russian military strategists for the preferred way the United States enacts regime change. The goal of stagin...
20: Violence and Sacred Rites with Will Buckner
23 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Will Buckner is a research assistant at the Human Systems and Behavior Lab based in the Department of Anthropology at Pennsylvania State University. ...
19: Bracing for Whiteshift with Eric Kaufmann
01 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Eric Kaufmann is professor of Politics at Birkbeck College, University of London, and author of "Whiteshift: Populism, Immigration, and the Future of ...
18: On Anarcho-Tyranny (RELEASED)
14 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
On Samuel Francis' Anarcho-tyranny, the managerial state, the McCloskey affair, and the right-left convergence on corrupt governance. Agora Politic...
17: Hacking Genes and Memes with Razib Khan
10 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Razib Khan is a geneticist, writer, and public intellectual. He hosts a show on genetics and evolution “The Insight”, and “Browncast”. He has ...
16: Prediction For Our Brave New World with Cody Moser
31 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Cody Moser is an evolutionary anthropologist and Cognitive and Information Sciences grad student at University of California Merced. We cover: How m...
15: The Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas (RELEASED)
21 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
A reading of "The Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas" by Ursula La Guin. Last night, I was on twitter seeing updates on the Democratic National Conventi...
14: Cancelled Culture: Bo Winegard
04 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Bo Winegard is an independent scholar and former assistant professor at Marietta College, with research in areas of evolutionary and social psychology...
Pod clips: Upgrading Our Collective Software
05 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
From Episode 3: What is Agora Politics? Full episode: https://soundcloud.com/agora_politics/3-what-is-agora-politics/s-LYzreIjJQVE Join the Agora Po...
Pod clips: Cody Moser - Universities and Monasteries
01 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
From Episode 1: Digging at the Universal Substrate with Cody Moser Full episode: https://soundcloud.com/agora_politics/cody-moser-master-track-2120-1...
Pod clips: Jason Crawford - Intensive Vs. Extensive Progress
29 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
From Episode 2: Towards a New Science of Progress with Jason Crawford Full episode: https://soundcloud.com/agora_politics/ep2-towards-a-new-science-o...
Pod clips: Our Prehistoric Brains
27 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
From Episode 3: What is Agora Politics? Full episode: https://soundcloud.com/agora_politics/3-what-is-agora-politics/s-LYzreIjJQVE Join the Agora Po...
13: Mapping the Intellectual Dark Web with Oliver Traldi
26 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
I sit down with Oliver Traldi, philosophy PhD candidate at Notre Dame, essayist, and columnist for Arch Digital, to discuss the absolute state of the ...
Pod clips: Jason Crawford - Which Problems Matter
22 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
From Episode 2: Towards a New Science of Progress with Jason Crawford Full episode: https://soundcloud.com/agora_politics/ep2-towards-a-new-science-o...
Pod clips: Making it Through the Bottleneck
19 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
From Episode 3: What is Agora Politics? Full episode: https://soundcloud.com/agora_politics/3-what-is-agora-politics/s-LYzreIjJQVE Join the Agora Po...
Pod clips: Cody Moser - The Demise Of Localism
17 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
From Episode 1: Digging at the Universal Substrate with Cody Moser Full episode: https://soundcloud.com/agora_politics/cody-moser-master-track-2120-1...
Pod clips: Jason Crawford - Progress Is Not The Default Of History
14 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
From Episode 2: Towards a New Science of Progress with Jason Crawford Full episode: https://soundcloud.com/agora_politics/ep2-towards-a-new-science-o...
12: Problematics of Postmodernism with Stephen Hicks
10 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Stephen Hicks is Professor of Philosophy and Executive Director of The Center for Ethics and Entrepreneurship at Rockford University. We talked abou...
11: First Principles Economics with Per Bylund
04 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Per Bylund is Assistant Professor of Entrepreneurship and Records-Johnston Professor of Free Enterprise in the School of Entrepreneurship at Oklahoma ...
10: A Testosterone Hypothesis with Roy Barzilai
29 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Roy Barzilai is an independent scholar and author of The Testosterone Hypothesis: How Hormones Regulate the Life Cycles of Civilization and Sex Wars: ...
9: Broadcasting in Public with Alex Parsell
10 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Alex Parsell is a Development professional in major gifts and donor relations at Michigan Radio. We talk about the role of public media coming into th...
8: Polarization on Lockdown with Victor Rivera
08 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
I am joined by Pepperdine University clinical psychology graduate student Victor Rivera (@cognitivicta) to discuss maintaining mental health in quaran...
7: A Virology of Discourse with James Lindsay
28 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
James is the president and founder of New Discourses.com, an author, and one the most essential voices for making sense of the absurdity that has beco...
6: Escaping the Culture War with Benjamin A. Boyce
09 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
I speak with Benjamin A. Boyce, who witnessed firsthand and is documenting the fallout from the Evergreen State College controversy. Boyce is a Youtub...
5: Based on Deleuze with Justin Murphy
02 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Justin Murphy is a political scientist, political theorist, and author of the new book, "Based Deleuze". We talk about the life of Gilles Deleuze, w...
4: Sharing Liminal Space With Jared Janes & Jason Snyder
24 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
I speak with cohosts of the Both/And podcast Jared Janes and Jason Snyder on memetic mediation, the importance of psychological safety in changing min...
3: What Is Agora Politics?
18 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
For our third episode I interrupt our regular scheduled programming to briefly address why I started the show, where our mission stands with regard to...
2: Towards A New Science of Progress with Jason Crawford
10 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Jason Crawford runs the blog RootsofProgress.org and is one of the leading luminaries in the emerging discipline of progress studies. Jason’s work a...
1: Digging at the Universal Substrate with Cody Moser
01 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
I speak with evolutionary anthropology "grad student in purgatory" Cody Moser. We cover an array of topics, including: How technology is undermining t...