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Is your body just an animal, and if it is, who’s in charge? Kyle’s back from Las Vegas, and the trip turns into a ramble through penny slots, the Sphere, 30-day dry-aged ribeyes, the Venetian’s painted sky, a walk to Caesars under a merciless sun (Sol Invictus, the unconquered sun), and a desert drive past…

This episode kicks off with a question about Hollywood and what goes into deciding who gets to become a celebrity with the power to influence the public. This unfolds into an eye-opening exploration of celebrities with known ties to the intelligence apparatus. A few curveballs later, and we learn that both Harriot Tubman and Harry…

Opinion Scholarship on the birth of Islam! In this episode we examine the life of Muhammad and discuss the psychological significance of the tragedies that shaped his life…and, by extension, the religion of Islam. This is history, as told from the psychologist’s couch, but not just that. We delve into the scripture of Islam, the…

In this episode Kyle and Chris get together to catch up on our thoughts and the state of the world since our last conversation. In the first half, Chris regales us with his observations about the Prophet of Islam, after having recently made him a focus of study. We cover all the juicy bits of…

Opinion Scholarship on one of the very earliest (and strangest) ancient Egyptian funerary texts, which just so happens to feature…cannibalism. I bring you the Cannibal Hymn from the Pyramid of Unas at Saqqara (2350 BC). This hymn is enigmatic. It contains references to mythological ideas found in no other inscription in all of Egypt. It…

In this episode Chris returns to Opinion Scholarship on Carl Jung’s infamous Red Book. We cover 3 of Jung’s visions, which pick up where we left off…when Jung discovered that he and God are not distinct beings, but One. Today’s visions take us into Jung’s depths, where he must confront Christianity, the shackles of his…

In this episode Kyle and Chris discuss off-the-cuff life advise including the dangers of dating out of one’s league (and benefits of dating below them), before pivoting to novel challenges of psychedelic experience. The conversation then turns to religion where Chris introduces the little-known lost gospel called the Egerton Gospel and reflects of the uniquely…

In this episode Kyle and Chris sit down to review the fun facts and interesting ideas they encountered over the last two weeks. They begin with a discussion of the controversial new film “Citizen Vigilante” and what it means for the actively turning social tide in the West. A few little-known fun facts about beans…

In this episode Kyle and Chris drink lite beer and take a nice little jaunt through the headlines and topics of interest. We discuss the differences in the social movements of the 1960s and the modern day that classify themselves under the trans umbrella. We share embarrassing personal stories, discuss the prevalence of parasites in…

In this episode Kyle and Chris discuss biological evolution, how nature uses specialization to solve survival challenges and how trans ideology threatens to undermine it. Next, we hit on the topic of divination, its historical varieties and whether detecting patterns in nature is magic, science…or…maybe something of both. We touch on the headlines including conservative…