In this short audio essay, Nate reads the upcoming System Failure essay “The Magic of Isaac Newton”.

In this episode, the lads do their best to stay on top of the veritable torrent of news that the American 2024 Presidential Election has become. In this episode, they craft a hopeful scenario in which a landslide victory for Trump forces Democrats to offer more than just fear-mongering. The boys reckon that in such a scenario, the Dems would be forced to offer actual leftist policies like those of Bernie Sanders.

Just like every other podcast in the land, this week's episode is devoted to Trump's assassination attempt. But unlike all the others, the lads take an alternative position by going back in time to place this historical event in an historical context.

In this episode, the boys appreciate the hilarity of the current "hypernormal" election cycle. They then address Jimmy Dore's recent comments on alchemy. Finally, the guys delve into the state of science in the 21st Century.

In this episode, the lads begin by discussing the junk fees that are out of control in 21st Century America. Then, they hail the release of Julian Assange from Belmarsh Prison. Next, the guys rehash a hilarious Presidential Debate and subsequent media cope. Finally, Nate shares an anecdote about the difficulties of sharing the System Failure constellation of ideas.

In this episode, Nate's recent move prompts a lengthy discussion on the genesis of the current housing crisis. After that, the lads speculate about the nature of reality and the mythology we currently believe in. Finally, Nate suggests that time is an illusion where we hide missing information from higher dimensions.

The lads start off this episode by courting controversy with some wild speculation about the role of intelligence services in various post-war social movements. Next, the boys turn their attention to a brewing apocalypse in commercial real estate and the possible death of the petrodollar. That leads to a discussion of the relevance of Platonism to the collapses of Roman and Medieval societies, and how Platonism is now showing up in science as our own empire reaches the end of it's life-cycle.

In this episode, the guys take on the recent intrigue involving GameStop stock. Next, they tackle the depressing topic of the poisoned food on offer in America, and how it reflects the specific mode of production that created it. Finally, Nate build a bridge between the Plato's concept of "πλεονεξία" (pleonexia), or wealth addiction, and the conquest of the temporal dimension.