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223. Other Right Hand w/ Spike F*ck *Preview*
May 18, 2026
4m 52s
222. *Preview* Unreadable Worlds
May 18, 2026
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221. Retirement Extreme *Preview*
May 11, 2026
14m 07s
220. CalArts Story: Pictures/Disappearing, Trailer for the Future - 1960's-Now *Preview*
May 11, 2026
27m 06s
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Sep 25, 2025
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| 5/18/26 | ![]() 223. Other Right Hand w/ Spike F*ck *Preview* | Preview, full episode: https://www.patreon.com/posts/223-other-right-153803230?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_linkEpisode w/ Spike Fuck on theology, music, and the tension between faith and the modern world.Topics: Anglican Ordinate, Latin Mass, John Henry Newman and the Oxford movement, Constantinople, vocational Discernment, Council of Trent, Unchanging, Consumerism/Traditionalism, William Tyndale, asceticism/consuption, addiction, John Henry Newman and the Oxford movement, "Angst" by August Friedrich Schenck (1878), G.K Chesterton, subculture, psychiatry + etc. | 4m 52s | ||||||
| 5/18/26 | ![]() 222. *Preview* Unreadable Worlds | Preview, full episode: https://www.patreon.com/posts/222-unreadable-149047088?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_linkFirst episode of 2026 — about living inside systems that don’t fully explain themselves.Featuring Arthur Penn’s unsung paranoid surrealist gem Mickey One (starring Warren Beatty), the poetic system of José Lezama Lima and the South American Neo-Baroque, Keynes vs. Veblen, pressures over predictions, Clout Farm, and more.Episode is fully scored with original music.Originally published 1/28/26 | 11m 01s | ||||||
| 5/11/26 | ![]() 221. Retirement Extreme *Preview* | Full episode: https://www.patreon.com/posts/221-retirement-145269332?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_linkTopics: Jacob Lund Fisker's Early Retirement Extreme book and blog, the history of Social Security, Arte Povera, Ramellzee and Gothic Futurism, Icarians, Oneida, and Shakers, Gothic Monks and the Printing Press, Rotting Cabbage as art, What is Status?, Jef Gey's ecology, saving money in 2026, cultural expression before the state, Autonomy through self-reliance and context, retirement and the polymath, Know How vs. Knowledge, Jannis Kounelis, Nicolaus StenoOriginally published 12/8/25 | 14m 07s | ||||||
| 5/11/26 | ![]() 220. CalArts Story: Pictures/Disappearing, Trailer for the Future - 1960's-Now *Preview* | Full 3.5 hour episode: https://www.patreon.com/posts/220-calarts-for-141751002?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_linkTopics: the pictures generation and the War on Representation, Baldessari’s Cremation Project as a gesture of artistic erasure and renewal, Troy Brauntuch, Metro Pictures and Mary Boone art wars of the 1980's, David Salle and the rise of the post-painter art-star, the late 1970's and the end of the FIAT shock, Cady Noland, the disappearance of Jan Bas Ader, Tom Lawson and the complex tension between sincerity and ironic distance, origins of Post-Studio art, Europe and the influence of Fluxus, Hollywood filmmaking technology, John Maus and the early 2000's, the Disney animation department and the dwarf homes of Los FelizOriginally published 10/28/25 | 27m 06s | ||||||
| 9/25/25 | ![]() 219. Set Free | This counts why not www.americansouthwest.bandcamp.comhttps://soundcloud.com/american-southwest/sets/set-free?si=18cec97407b14114a957804c3e815f0f&utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing | 18m 21s | ||||||
| 9/24/25 | ![]() 218. *PREVIEW* Timeless World Forever w/ Graham Hunt | Full episode *HERE*Graham Hunt comes on fresh off the release of his excellent new album Timeless World Forever to talk about songwriting, philosophy, collage, and more. | 1m 27s | ||||||
| 9/24/25 | ![]() 217. *PREVIEW* A History of Grids Pt. 2 - The origins of boxes and cardboard, Agnes Martin | Preview, for full episode + more consider subscribing here***This episode focuses on the history of the box. From the humble cardboard box to Agnes Martin’s tranquil grid paintings, this episode explores how containers—literal and figurative—have shaped our modern world. M. Treverton & Son: invention of the paperboard, Robert Gair and the pre cut cardboard box, The Container Corporation of America, Louis Sullivan and the rise of the skyscraper, Montgomery Ward and the foundation of modern logistics, Jacques Tati’s “Playtime”, iRobot, Cubism's fractured space, Froebel’s Kindergarten gift method, Joseph Albers, Erik Andersen’s Opus 90, and the creeping enshittification of designs and systems.www.patreon.com/c/contain | 16m 50s | ||||||
| 7/24/25 | ![]() Autodidacts, Aphorisms & How to Play Guitar - Matt Baldwin and Ben Schecter | Musician, writer, and therapist Matt Baldwin joins filmmaker Ben Schecter for a conversation on Matt’s cult-classic How to Play Guitar zine series— a collection of sharp, philosophical reflections on creativity, learning, relationships, and survival in a modern world.Self-taught artistry, the roots of autodidact culture, V. Vale and ReSearch, the strange corporate creep into psychedelic therapy, Joun Fahey, Blake, Blue Cheer Preorder the book here | 1h 40m 59s | ||||||
| 7/18/25 | ![]() 215. Sly Stone from 67-until Now w/ Chris Stroffolino *Preview* | Poet and musician (ex Silver Jews) Chris Stroffolino comes on to talk about the life and work of Sylvester “Sly” Stone as we try to trace parallels of his time to our current social climate - from his optimistic, utopian Family Stone days to his dark masterpiece “There’s a Riot Going On” through his withdrawal into disenchantment and drugs + stagflation, the dawn of hope, and more. Also David Berman tales, Shakespeare, Ishmael Reed, teaching, Oakland, CA, overcoming disabilities, the impossible weight of Sly’s position on the vanguard, AI, Walk Hard: A Dewy Cox story, and more. RIP SlyPlease consider supporting the project on Patreon | 17m 34s | ||||||
| 7/7/25 | ![]() *Preview* 212. A History of Grids Pt. 1 - Bricks to Typography | For full episode and all deep dive episodes please subscribe Part one of a two-part deep dive into the grid and how it has quietly shaped our personal and social realities throughout history. From the invention of the brick to the birth of the spreadsheet, tracing the grid’s influence across architecture, urban planning, culture, and technology.Starting with the brick-“equal parts mortar and module,” tied to the proportions of the human hand—and follow its logic through systems like the tablet, gridiron city plans (like Mohenjo-daro), maps, musical notation, ledgers, the screen and the moveable type, setting the stage for digital forms to come.Along the way, we talk Le Corbusier, the Swiss grid system of Josef Müller-Brockmann, the design of Instagram, and Lotus 1-2-3. This is a mellow research-based episode on how grids both liberate and constrain the ways we live, think, and create.Cited: Hannah B. Higgins The Grid Book | 6m 16s | ||||||
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| 7/7/25 | ![]() *First Part* Yankee Doodle Foxtrot: Psych Folk and Rock Gems w/ Calvin LeCompt | Calvin LeCompte (The Uline Catalog on NTS) comes on to give an expert primer on 60's psych folk, lo fi, and outsider garage and talk about the making of his excellent upcoming record Yankee Doodle FoxtrotPietro Scaruffi, deep Youtube gem digging, human index projects, rejecting soulseek, The Haunted, analog tape hiss, the best 4 track cassette recorder, Yamaha MT8X, Korg CR4, writers block, trot EP, breakup music, the unknown Bicentennial, AI, hypnogogic pop: revisited, James Ferraro, Ferris Wheel (band) - Supernatural Girl, audiophile quality, 60’s lingo, Charles Broom, community, Farewell Ye Guilded fog, | 42m 56s | ||||||
| 5/23/25 | ![]() *Preview* 211. Influences: Out of Hand | Full episode, support, and archive: patreon.com/containInfluences episode, raw and recorded over a month on a phone about stuff that we love, one being Gary Stewart's trembling country classic Out of Hand, + what makes music have soul, and why no one can play like Chuck Berry anymore, noise-canceling tech, Graphic design traps, Pontiac Firebird interiors, Xavier Le Pichon (RIP), Geophysical fragility, Kojeve and tariffs + more | 8m 29s | ||||||
| 5/21/25 | ![]() Ep. 210 — Something that lasts (S6 intro) | Barrett and Alex open Season 6 and talk about how the project is shifting, how to make a life out of the things you produce, and offer some guidance based on our experience of running a weird, uncompromising projectMusic interspersed and a duo mix at the endFor all episodes and more please visit: patreon.com/contain ZeeoRYc8U39n7uDd5fgE | 2h 02m 34s | ||||||
| 5/21/25 | ![]() *PREVIEW* The City Writes Back: Tunnels, Tattoos, and the Sociology of Graffiti w/ Klub 2020 | The City Writes Back: Tunnels, Tattoos, and the Sociology of Graffiti w/ Klub 2020 For full episode, general support, and more please visit patreon.com/contain | 9m 45s | ||||||
| 5/21/25 | ![]() *First Part* 208. The Code Beneath the Code: Philosophy, Altruism, and Tech Cult Logic w/ Vincent Lê | Full episode up on Patreon n this episode, philosophy professor and AI safety researcher Vincent Lê joins us to explore the strange philosophical roots of Effective Altruism, the Z1zians, and Silicon Valley's culture at large. Rather than rehashing the usual narratives around EA, E/Acc, and AI alignment, we dig into their shared intellectual DNA—from the cringeworthy utilitarianism of Peter Singer to the mimetic theories of René Girard, and even The Office as an unlikely ideological text.We also touch on the Westall UFO sighting and its eerie relevance, Franco "Bifo" Berardi’s reflections on cognitive capitalism and collapse, the “infobrain,” the cult of rationalism, and the surreal logic of AI-driven extremism as LLM's talk like a therapist. Plus: exit strategies, neocameralist fantasy worlds, and the political theology behind technocratic acceleration.Subscribe to Vincent's blog here | 1h 02m 01s | ||||||
| 5/12/25 | ![]() 207. Feast of Snakes (Morality and Metamorphosis) * First Part* | Full episode, archive, and support: Patreon.com/contain Experimental episode on two controversial but relevant fiction books: House of Hunger by Dambudzo Marechera (1978) and Harry Crews' A Feast of Snakes. They explore grotesquerie, madness, and Dark Psychedelia through the lens of Rhodesian Zimbabwe and Rural American South (Mystic, Georgia), along with Dostoyevsky's The Idiot, Catherine Malabou: Reawakening: Différence + how to look at nothing, morality, transformation, Kool Keith's 98 year old refrigerator and more | 38m 47s | ||||||
| 5/12/25 | ![]() *Preview* 206. The Art of War w/ Darnell the Artist | Full episode available on Patreon: patreon.com/containInterview with Anthony Darnell, aka Darnell the Artist, known for his daily social media posts of cryptic and hallucinatory artwork based on conspiracy theories, politics, and his military experience. He shares his experiences in the US Marine Corps, using art as therapy, PTSD, the GI Bill, conspiracy theories, and more. This is Anthony's first spoken interview. | 1m 41s | ||||||
| 5/10/25 | ![]() *Unlocked* 205. Consumer Protections (Right to Repair) w/ Louis Rossmann | The state of right to repair and how corporations try to undermine consumers with legendary activist and electronics technician Louis Rossmann. patreon.com/contain 2/24/25 | 1h 23m 26s | ||||||
| 5/10/25 | ![]() 204. Dreams in a technocratic age *Preview* | Full Premium Episode on PatreonOn the upending political/structural/technological situation, maintaining faith in strange times, broken dreams, etc. Archive, 1/28/25 | 3m 50s | ||||||
| 5/10/25 | ![]() *First Part* 202. Cartoons Will Never Die (Preview) w/ Mike Bilandic | Originally posted Jan 1, 2025, first part only bc of Spotify Music AI takedown BS Episode about cartoons and how they shape the world around us with Mike Bilandic + his article How Fred Flintstone Became One of America’s Greatest Cultural Exports Eurodance music with Smurfs and Flintstones, the purpose and legacy of Dexter's Lab, Hanah Barbera, Casimir Spaulding aka Glo Mula, Glo Jean-Charles de Castelbajac and Iceberg: Fred infiltrating fashion, loukos_por_trenzinhos_ofc, cartoon imagery on legalized weed and gray market dispenseries, Degentrificartion, 1960's, a history of drugs and cartoons, Street artist Kenny Scharf making a Flintstones and Jetson's religion, Hugus who painted 50 Rick & Morty murals in NYC, Latino love for Loony Tunes, Cartoons in the hood and in rap music, Teletubbies: total psychedelic illiteracy, the Smurf conference at the start of Covid: first super spreader event, Turmoil in the Toy Box, cartoons in the age of AI, the NFT Ape effect, Florence Fang and the Flintstone's House (1976)Edit by Alex Talan | 35m 05s | ||||||
| 3/1/25 | ![]() 201. Outer Space and Network Cities w/ Fred Scharmen *Unlocked* | This New Year we're going in on all things space-relevant and the weird development of libertarian Network States with Fred Scharmen, author of Space Forces.Topics: Biocosmism in Russia, the project Concept Country, Bitcoin City, Nick Land Acknowledgement, mini singularities in the 1970's, astral exploration, lines by decade, science beyond earth, van stripes of the 1970's as cultural signifier, the broken future of Elon and Cyberpunk, why there is no libertarianism in outer space, Title V, The O’Neil Cylinder, "a world where many worlds are possible", Maoist tech Venture Capitalists, Ivan Chtcheglov, Konstantin Tsiolkovsky, Is Utopia different from the Real?, Is there an Outside to Utopian thinking?, the trash on the the International Space Station, Article V, Envoy of Humanity, the international court (ICC) beyond earth, quaalude colonialism, the ant farm Cadillac graveyard ranch, ecstatic desolation, the art of Rick Guidice and Don Davis, getting people in architecture into space futures | 1h 30m 03s | ||||||
| 3/1/25 | ![]() *PREVIEW* BONUS Megalopolis #Long2014 Utopia Special w/ Millennial Amenities | Full episode on the ideas and sociology of Megalopolis, his hypothesis on the Long 2014, the past decade of slop, and why utopian thinking is goodDavid Graeber, Elective Affinities by Goethe, The Theory of the Leisure Class: An Economic Study of Institutions (1899), by Thorstein Veblen, The Chalice and the Blade by Riane Eisler, Nixon shock/OPEC crisis, Axial Age, The Lord of the Rings - Boris Groys, Sports Gambling, Linux, Creative Commons movement, "This was made for me" | 2m 35s | ||||||
| 1/8/25 | ![]() Episode 200 - The Abstraction Episode - Pt A *Preview* | 200th episode special on the history and future of abstraction in social life, art, and more. For full 4hr20 minute episode: Part A Part B Patreon.com/Contain | 36m 16s | ||||||
| 12/5/24 | ![]() 199. Democracy of Free People w/ Benjamin Kline Hunnicutt | Ok this is a big one: Professor Emeritus of Leisure Studies and author of Free Time and Age of Experiences Benjamin Kline Hunnicutt joins for a lively discussion on the possibility of leisure and freedom in the age of experience. Other subjects: Jeffersonian Democracy, taking Eugene McCarthy to the airport, the spark of poetic creativity, Frank Lloyd Wright, UBI, the heart of the work ethic destroyed, work as religion, the future of work and automation, craftsmanship, the history of shortening labor hours, Rexford Tugwell and The Brain Trust, overproduction into consumerism, towards experiences over commodities, the appreciation of community, faith, and love. | 1h 33m 36s | ||||||
| 12/5/24 | ![]() *Preview* 198. Laruelle, Elections, Non-Empiricism, and the Story of Art | 3hr30 min tribute to the non-philosophical thought of François Lauruelle...full episode Francois Laruelle was a French philosopher who developed the concept of "non-philosophy." His work influenced facets of the project (particularly The Spectre of Finance Punk) through his critiques of traditional philosophical systems that prioritized the material and empirical over abstract theorizations + his non-historical/non-mystical encounters with science, art, and spirituality through his mediations on the One (the Real). He sadly passed away last week so it seemed fitting to do an episode on him and try to bring forth some of his ideas a bit in reference to the state of things and ask some pretty broad "what if questions" using the Non-Philosophy magnifying utensil. What would he think of Country Music and barbecue... | 25m 02s | ||||||
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