In the Dust of This Planet | Radiolab Podcast

From the Radiolab podcast: Horror, fashion and the end of the world - the undercurrents of thought that link nihilists, philosophers, Jay-Z and "True Detective."
In this episode, first aired in 2014, but maybe even more relevant today, things get weird as we explore a pessimistic puzzle.
In 2011, Jad Abumrad’s brother-in-law Eugene Thacker wrote a book called "In The Dust of This Planet." It’s an academic treatise about the horror humanity feels as we realize that we are nothing but a speck in the universe. For a few years nobody read it. But then it seemed to show up on "True Detective." Then in a fashion magazine. And then on Jay-Z's back. How?
We talk nihilism with Eugene, philosopher Simon Critchley and On the Media host Brooke Gladstone; leather jackets with costume designer June Ambrose; and climate change with international relations professor David Victor.
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You can find Eugene Thacker's "In The Dust of This Planet" at Zero Books: www.johnhuntpublishing.com/ze...
Video by Kim Nowacki and Andrea Latimer.

[@paperheartzz]

Kadija sent me. “I’ll have what she’s having” kind of moment.

[@eroorefulufoo6625]

yay nihilist conspiracy :) (i'm unironically positive towards hollywood elite etc intentionally endorsing ending meaning, please do this lily collins et al)

[@HenrikLantzHedstrom]

Radiolab was the best. ❤️

[@wesleylang172]

Really cool, random pod.

[@eroorefulufoo6625]

if someone tells you "i'm the one who influences like 30% of culture on my own", how does that alone not just send you into the desert

[@eroorefulufoo6625]

for those who want to do more reading: boom: introductory writings on nihilism and anarchy by aragorn! (aragorn moser)
it's all about that 1800's cultural nihilism and later antimonarchist sentiments, basically it's written for anarchists but you're welcome to just use it as a bibliography for the russian 1860's nihilist cultural movement