The Wes Cecil Podcast
Episodes
Major Thinkers - Friedrich Nietzsche - Ep. 1
17 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
MAJOR THINKERS - NIETZSCHE - EP. 1 An intellectual biography of Nietzsche kicks off this series discussing the life and philosophy of a series of majo...
Reading Jung's The Red Book - Ep. 1
15 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
A work that I think embodies, quite consciously on the part of Jung, many of the contradictions, challenges, and paradoxes of the modern mind trying t...
A Cultural History of The United States - Ep. 13
15 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
ADDENDUM - CALVINISTIC MATERIALISM VS. NIHILISTIC MATERIALISMDoes America practice a particular type of Nihilism? A follow up to clarify the notion of...
A Cultural History of The United States - Ep. 12
13 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Q & A #6 - THE GREAT TRANSFORMATION: 1935 - 1949Wes and Jeremy take questions from listeners on Lecture VI: THE GREAT TRANSFORMATIONSign-up for&nb...
House of the Intellect - Ep. 1
13 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
INTELLECTUAL HOMELESSNESS:This series will explore the contemporary state of the world of arts and ideas and how we can begin to build lives centered ...
A Cultural History of The United States - Ep. 11
11 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
LECTURE 6 - THE GREAT TRANSFORMATION - 1935 - 1949Can a country grow too fast in a short span of time? The twin catastrophes of the Great Depression a...
A Cultural History of The United States - Ep. 10
09 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Q & A #5 - AMERICAN CALVINISMWes and Jeremy take questions from listeners on Lecture V: American CalvinismSign-up for Wes’s PATREON to...
A Cultural History of The United States - Ep. 9
02 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
LECTURE 5 - AMERICAN CALVINISMDoes "slacking-off" make you a bad person? Could it even make you be perceived as a witch? In this lecture I explore the...
A Cultural History of The United States - Ep. 8
23 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Q & A #4 - NIHILISTIC MATERIALISMWes and Jeremy take questions from listeners on Lecture IV: Nihilistic MaterialismSign-up for Wes’s PATREO...
A Cultural History of The United States - Ep. 7
17 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
LECTURE 4 - NIHILISTIC MATERIALISMIs there such a thing as too many unused treadmills? That American culture is materialistic is an accurate but often...
A Cultural History of The United States - Ep. 6
11 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Q & A #3 - AMERICAN INDIVIDUALISMWes and Jeremy take questions from listeners on Lecture III: American IndividualismSign-up for Wes’s PATRE...
A Cultural History of The United States - Ep. 5
07 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
LECTURE 3 - AMERICAN INDIVIDUALISM:Is it really better to be suckled by wolves than to inherit a farm? This lecture explores the evolution of the Amer...
A Cultural History of The United States - Ep. 4
29 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Q & A #2 - NO HISTORY FOR YOU! Wes and Jeremy take questions from listeners on Lecture II: No History for You!Sign-up for Wes’s PATREON&nbs...
A Cultural History of The United States - Ep. 3
29 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
LECTURE 2: NO HISTORY FOR YOU!Are Americans blatantly hypocritical or just actively forgetful? In my second lecture I explore the bizarre and necessar...
A Cultural History of The United States - Ep. 2
29 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Q & A #1 - WHAT IS AN AMERICAN?Wes and Jeremy take questions from listeners on Lecture I: "What is an American?" Apologies for the audio quality o...
A Cultural History of The United States - Ep. 1
29 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
LECTURE 1: WHAT IS AN AMERICAN?Did you ever wonder how Americans came to be like this? In my introductory lecture I explore the uniquely powerful role...