Episodes
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Tech Right vs MAGA Right
Can the tech right and maga right get along?
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Three Books That Made Me Feel Alive
Sometimes I stop reading "philosophy books" and turn to "literature" to help me connect with life in a new way. In this episode, I discuss the three books that have had the biggest impact on me lately. - BOOK A PRIVATE MASTERCLASS WITH MILLERMAN https://millermanschool.com/p/masterclass MICHAEL'S...
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Why You Should Study Right-Wing Anti-Liberalism
"Fascism vs. Anti-Fascism" just doesn't cut it as a way of understanding the world. --------------------------------- BOOK A PRIVATE MASTERCLASS WITH MILLERMAN https://millermanschool.com/p/masterclass MICHAEL'S NEWSLETTER Read Michael's musings on politics, philosophy, mysticism, and other…
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Music, madness, and mysticism.
Are visionary artists mentally ill? Reading and commenting on an article by Ted Gioia that discusses that issue. You can find his article here: https://substack.com/home/post/p-144759867. And here's my post on songwriting https://millermanschool.substack.com/p/on-songwriting and on music from...
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What is the Millerman School?
In this episode, I discuss why I started the Millerman School, what I teach, how I teach it, why it matters, and so on. Even if you have no intention of taking any courses with me, I think you can learn something insightful from what I share. Thanks for listening.
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Is this Plato's greatest dialogue?
The Republic, The Symposium, The Apology...there's no shortage of outstanding Platonic dialogues. But what do you know about Plato's longest work, the Laws? In this episode, I introduce you to what is arguably Plato's greatest writing and explain why you must read it. BOOK A PRIVATE MASTERCLASS...
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Heidegger’s Dasein: The Philosophy Everyone Should Know
Confused about Heidegger's word DASEIN? I've got you covered. This episode is designed to make the notion slightly easier to understand. You'll get the most out of it if you listen until the end but if the lightbulb goes off at any point, thank God for that! MICHAEL'S NEWSLETTER Read Michael's...
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Can LLMs Clarify the Concept of God?
"God as law, awe and fortune... LLM analysis reveals that the concept of God is well-defined in semantic space by this three-word combination. It provides a closer match than, for example, Lord, Yahweh and Elohim." That's what Jordan Peterson posted today, referring to research by Victor Swift at...
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My three pillars of sense-making
In this episode, I explain why I use philosophy, politics, and mysticism to make sense of the world. What are they and how do they differ? Why do we need all three? What's the connection? It's the approach I use on this channel and in my online courses at MillermanSchool.com. You'll also see it...
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Why is everything normal called fascist?
What's up with the "everyone I don't like is Hitler" phenomenon? It's strange but not incomprehensible. Post-war liberal zealotry (combined with leftist antifascism) coded a lot of things as "far-right" and made them taboo, including some important things that we need in order to understand...
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Whatever Works? A Musing on Film, Philosophy, and Life.
In this spontaneous musing, I dive into the surprising connections between two films: Whatever Works and Another Round. Both movies explore the complexities of love, life, and personal growth, showing that there's no one-size-fits-all approach to finding happiness and meaning. Drawing on insights...
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Was Plato a Communist or Fascist?
He's been called a proto-communist and a proto-fascist. Why? And can both be true? Let's take a closer look...By the way, my comments are deliberately introductory. There are other factors I didn't mention, like the issue of free speech vs. censorship, since the Republic includes a defence of...
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Did Derrida's Postmodernism Ruin the West?
This article by Quillette got me thinking that it's important to defend Derrida against his liberal detractors. https://quillette.com/2024/05/07/how-french-intellectuals-ruined-the-west-foucault-lyotard-derrida/ What do you think?
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Tucker Carlson interviewed Alexander Dugin
Listen to my Tucker-Dugin afterparty, where I go deeper into "Putin's Brain." For more Millerman School materials on Dugin, visit DuginBook.com and MillermanSchool.com. Follow youtube.com/@millerman and millermanschool.substack.com for free. Enjoy!
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How to Re-Enchant Your World
Discussing two ways to re-enchant the world, and why I prefer one over the other. Brought to you by MillermanSchool.com
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Ratzinger's Political Philosophy
What was Ratzinger's political philosophy? What role does Christianity play on the modern left? What about on the Radical Right? Those are the topics discussed in episode, drawn from my Tuesday morning article reading livestream. Enjoy, and make sure to visit MillermanSchool.com for great courses...
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Julius Evola Against the Modern World
In this episode, we take a look at Orientations: 11 Points by Julius Evola, written in 1950. Brought to you by MillermanSchool.com
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Nvidia Open AI, and the Purpose of Life
What was the philosophy behind the success of NVIDIA and the original Open AI, back when Elon Musk was still involved? We explore this question by pursuing a clue from a recent photo of Jensen delivering the first NVIDIA AI system to Open AI. This is a livestream reading and commentary. Subscribe...
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The Machine Apocalypse? Iain McGilchrist on AI
Livestream article reading about the risk of AI, written by Iain McGilchrist, author of The Master and his Emissary, and The Matter With Things.
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Palantir CEO Alex Karp On Political Philosophy
Reading and commenting on Alex Karp's recent time article about Silicon Valley and political philosophy. https://millermanschool.substack.com/ https://www.youtube.com/@millerman https://www.MillermanSchool.com
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Giorgio Agamben on Derrida and Paradise
Reading and commenting on Agamben's Pardes essay from Potentialities, which discusses the story of the four rabbis in Paradise, Derrida's trace, the passive intellect in Aristotle, and more. Challenge yourself with this difficult, illuminating text.
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Peter Thiel on The Straussian Moment
Reading and commenting on Peter Thiel's essay "The Straussian Moment," available here: https://gwern.net/doc/politics/2007-thiel.pdf
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Will AI Save The World?
Reading and commenting on the article by Marc Andreessen that argues in favour of AI's world-saving capabilities. Apologies if the audio is slightly rougher than usual! I had an issue and tried to resolve it in post-processing. Original article is here: https://a16z.com/ai-will-save-the-world/...
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Selective Breeding and the Birth of Philosophy
The most scandalous philosophy book of 2023? Let's see! In this episode, I walk you through Costin Alamariu's Selective Breeding and the Birth of Philosophy. You can read my written summary here: https://im1776.com/2023/10/27/selective-breeding-review/ Make sure to visit MillermanSchool.com for...
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Brazilian Jiu Jitsu: Bodily Noesis
Reading an essay originally published athttps://im1776.com/2023/01/20/bodily-noesis/ on my brief experience training Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu
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Jean-Paul Sartre: "Existentialism is a Humanism"
What did Sartre think of existentialism? How did he object to the criticisms of communists and Christians that existentialists are moody, godless nihilists? Why did Sartre understand his project as optimistic? These are some of the questions covered in this walkthrough of Sartre's 1946 lecture...
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The Lex Fridman Book Scandal
He said he'd do what???
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Martin Heidegger: Basic Concepts (Third Division)
More Heidegger.
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Martin Heidegger: Basic Concepts (Second Division)
More Heidegger.
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Martin Heidegger: Basic Concepts (First Division)
A presentation of Heidegger's book: Basic Concepts.
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"Why China Loves Conservatives"
Reading a nice article by Eric Hendriks-Kim on Chinese interest in Western conservatives.
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Heidegger's Introduction to Philosophy
Reading and commenting on the first part of Heidegger's book/lecture called: Introduction to Philosophy (Thinking and Poetizing).
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Fukuyama's Straussianism
Reading the article in Foreign Policy by Blake Smith about Fukuyama, Strauss, and liberal democracy.
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Who is "Pro-Russia"?
Can you be "pro-Russia" without being anti-Ukraine?
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Alexander Dugin vs. The Great Reset
Alexander Dugin wrote a book against the Great Reset. Here's my review of it. Originally published at europeanconservative.com/reviews/the-great-awakening-vs-the-great-reset/ For online courses on some the thinkers mentioned in this video (Plato, Aristotle, Nietzsche, Heidegger, Strauss, Dugin),...
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Tarot of Political Philosophy
“In our tarot deck of political philosophy we cannot rest content with any one card, whether fool, magician, or emperor. Only the entire deck permuted will do.” -Beginning with Heidegger
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German Thought in America
German Thought in America by Millerman Talks
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Nietzsche's Zarathustra on Eternal Return
This is about "On the Riddle and the Vision" from Part III of Thus Spoke Zarathustra. Get my whole course on Nietzsche's great book at https://millerman.teachable.com/p/subscribe
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Nietzsche's Zarathustra on the Secret of Life
Letting you in on a secret. NietzscheCourse.com
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Millerman School - Thus Spoke Zarathustra (1.2)
from NietzscheCourse.com @ MillermanSchool.com
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Millerman School - Thus Spoke Zarathustra (1.1)
From NietzscheCourse.com @ MillermanSchool.com
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The Virtues of Right-Wing Anti-Liberalism
An essay on the Right. im1776.com/2020/09/16/the-virtues-of-right-wing-anti-liberalism/
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Do Mystics Know Whether Moral Objects Exist?
I will try to show that there exists an initiatory theological-philosophical tradition, the acknowledgement of which entails a set of considerations that I believe can shed light on the debate, as framed by JL Mackie in The Subjectivity of Values, about the ontological status of moral entities…
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Introvertive Mysticism and the Emergence of the Soulful Self
A short introduction to the idea of the soulful self. The soul can return to psychology as a significant concept if the facts of mysticism are noted (Hood, 2002). After reflecting upon the construct of the soulful self, psychology can affect a return to positivity that is no longer…
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Alexander Dugin and the Problem of Political Philosophy
Alexander Dugin and the Problem of Political Philosophy by Michael Millerman. Read it here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vTN5G4WcJGCyD69TSG5ZorapSdrcuAL1fSpUMfyyheYyFSQdfuCX6ryNieALksIFA/pub
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Jordan Peterson vs. the Anons
Anonymity is a catastrophe!?
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Martin Heidegger on Oswald Spengler
Felt like reading some passages to you where Martin Heidegger talks about Oswald Spengler. Hopefully you find it interesting. Visit MillermanSchool.com for courses. Cheers!
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Why Students are Terrified to Speak Their Minds
How does a society fundamentally dedicated to the dignity of the mind banish certain inquiries to the realm of the inadmissible when those inquiries are themselves but expressions of the dignity of the mind? These remarks first appeared here:...
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Technology And Philosophy
A talk on technology and philosophy.
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Interview with Michael Michailidis of Ancient Greece Revisited
My conversation with Michael Michailidis, host of Ancient Greece Revisited and the On Tyranny podcast. We discuss his hero's journey from Greece, to the wasteland of London, then to Spain, and finally back to Greece. You'll hear him talk about Joseph Campbell, Greek myths, Castoriadis, the…
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