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Literally Everything
by Max Staley and Ethan Pack
Politics and Culture — History and Literature — With Max and Ethan
Episodes
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Episode 14: Idol Talk pt. 2
We complete our discussion of iconoclasm, monuments, and statues. How do symbolic and material inequalities interact in the public sphere? What is the relationship between statues of racist Americans and structural racism in America today? Ethan schools Max on structuralism in order to make it…
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Episode 13: May Contain Putsch-Like Substance
Ethan and Max literally make a podcast about people literally storming the US Capitol Building instead of going to therapy. The triumphant return of Literally Everything is overshadowed by troubling events in Washington D.C. Continuing a debate we have had in private over the past four…
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Episode 12: Idol Talk pt. 1
Literally Everything is back with a two-part discussion of iconoclasm: the destruction of statues. The topic is in the news today, with monuments around the country and indeed the globe coming down, either toppled by protestors or removed quietly by local governments. But this phenomenon has deep...
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Episode 11: Epistemological Contagion
Ethan and Max discuss the CoVid-19 crisis "as an epistemological event." Epistemology is the branch of philosophy that deals with knowledge — what do we know to be true? What criteria do we use to decide what is a fact? How do we organize our knowledge? We all have intuitive answers to these...
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Episode 10: Eschatological Fixation
Max and Ethan discuss the history of apocalyptic thought, from its roots in post-exilic Hebrew literature, to its central place in early Christian thought, and finally its secularized modern form. To what extent is our understanding of contemporary crises shaped by religious ideas from thousands…
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Episode 9: Our Favorite Topic
It's a supersized episode this week! First, Max and Ethan debrief after watching their hometown teams go head-to-head in the Big Game, the Literally Everything Bowl. Ethan's Chiefs won, but it's okay because Max is already over it — so over it, in fact, that he doesn't even bring up how…
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Episode 8: Canon Fodder
We're back! Max and Ethan discuss criticism of the literary canon. Is it worth it to read great books? Should we expand the canon to include authors who are not white men? Unsurprisingly, we think that the answer to both questions is yes. But there's much more to it than that! Give it a listen…
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Episode 7: Just the Tip
A deep dive on circumcision! We talk about the various contexts that intersect on this highly sensitive issue — much more sensitive than other issues, to hear some people talk about it. From public health to religious freedom, we cover, or uncover (depending on your preference) it all. Most of…
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Episode 6b: "The Secular Gaze"
At long last, the fabled second segment from our most recent episode! We discuss Mohammad Hassan Khalil's excellent book, Jihad, Radicalism, and the New Atheism. Khalil persuasively argues that the New Atheists — a group of "rationalist" critics of religion who hold that Islam commands its...
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Episode 6: Israeli Election Special
Israel is holding an election and we go deep on its implications for the future of the country itself, the occupation, and American Jews' relationship with Zionism. What is Netanyahu's position within the Israeli right? What abou the Israeli left — remember them? And what are American Jews…
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Episode 5: Blast from the Past
Lately it seems like our world is headed back to the Middle Ages, with its brutal violence, strict hierarchies, and absolute monarchs. Worse yet, some people on the alt-Right think this is a good thing! We discuss how scholars of the Medieval period grapple with the use (and abuse) of their field...
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Episode 4: Summer Romance
This week, Max calls in from Italy, where he is traveling with his European in-laws. We regale you with tales of the original summer vacation, the so-called "Grand Tour" taken by young British artistocrats to sample the beautiful scenery and classical sites of the Continent. Ethan discusses how…
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Episode 3: Island Time
We begin with a discussion about whether hotdogs are sandwiches — and how the debate illustrates the difference between realism and nominalism, the two rival movements within medieval philosophy. Then, we talk about a recent article on race relations in Hawaii, indigeneity, and settler…
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Episode 2: I Left My Art in San Francisco
We discuss the ongoing controversy about a mural in San Francisco's Washington High School. Does the mental health of students outweigh the artistic merit and pedagogical value of the mural, which is critical of America's history? More importantly, what kinds of assumptions and vocabularies are...
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Episode 1: Why Axis
It's the first episode of Literally Everything! Ethan and Max host a podcast about politics, culture, history and literature — all the ideas that shape the world around us. In this episode, we discuss Trump's attitude toward Iran and North Korea within the framework of "Orientalism," adopting a...
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Politics and Culture — History and Literature — With Max and Ethan
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