Horror,fashion,andtheendoftheworld…Inthisepisode,firstairedin2014,butmaybeevenmorerelevanttoday,thingsgetweirdasweexploretheundercurrents ofthoughtthatlinknihilists,beard-strokingphilosophers,Jay-Z,andTrueDetective.
TodayonRadiolab,apuzzle.Jad’sbrother-in-law wrote a bookcalled'InTheDustofThisPlanet'.
It’sanacademictreatise aboutthehorrorhumanityfeelsaswerealizethatwearenothing butaspeckintheuniverse.Forafewyearsnobodyreadit.Butthen…
ItseemedtoshowuponTrueDetective.
Theninafashionmagazine.
AndthenonJay-Z'sback.How?
WetalknihilismwithEugeneThacker& SimonCritchley,leather jacketswithJuneAmbrose,climatechangewithDavidVictor, andhopewiththefatherofTranscendentalBlackMetal-HunterHuntHendrixoftheband Liturgy.
Also,checkout WNYCStudio's OntheMedia episodeStaringintotheAbyss,initBrookeGladstoneandJadAbumradcontinuetheirdiscussionofnihilismanditsplaceinhistory.
YoucanfindEugeneThacker's'InTheDustOfthePlanet'atZeroBooks
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