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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