You Can't Win
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You Can't Win
We're Tom and Donald. We are two trolls that are trying to make sense of the world through conversations about the traps and scams that surround us.
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Episode 168 - AOR2E10 The Empire Strikes Back
We wrap up our discussion of Aesthetics of Resistance Volume 2 by Peter Weiss.
Most of the other, older episodes of this series are available th...
Episode 167 - It is 1993
We chat about baseball, Israel's final years, and Tom's take on Schattenfroh so far.
Mentioned:
Is Irish hip-hop trio Kneecap still banned...
Episode 166 - Aesthetics of Resistance Volume 2 Read Along
Tom and Don start our reading of Aesthetics of Resistance Volume 2 by Peter Weiss, a novel about art and communist resistance to fascism. In this epis...
Episode 165 - Conspiracy with Freddy
Don chats with Freddy about the surprisingly good 2001 TV movie Conspiracy about the Wannsee Conference that planned the Holocaust.
Episode 164 - Freddy on Jerry
Don chats with Freddy about the Canadian philosopher G.A. Cohen on the relationship between Marxism, religion, science, and moral and political philos...
Episode 163 - Recitation on Fridays with Alex
We chat with our friend Alex about Deleuze and politics in academia. You can follow Alex on Twitter at @SlurricaneH
(At about 50 minutes in Alex...
Episode 162 - Correction Part Two with Mike Reads the World
We chat about the second half of Correction by Thomas Bernhard with Mike Reads the World and some of the ideas it sparked in us.
Check out Mike...
Episode 161 - Correction Part One with Mike Reads the World
We chat about the first half of Correction by Thomas Bernhard with Mike Reads the World.
Check out Mike Reads the World on YouTube.
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Episode 160 - A Year in Reading with Mike Reads the World
We are joined by Mike from the YouTube channel Mike Reads the World to chat about his reading project and our year in reading.
Mike's channel is...
Episode 159 - Chickenbrained with Freddy
Our friend Freddy joins us to talk about scams, politics and how they overlap.
Episode 158 - The Essence of Reality
Tom walks us through the book The Essence of Reality by 'Ayn al-Qudat, a 12th Century Sufi text about going beyond the intellect to embrace mystical e...
Episode 157 - Tom Loves Mods
We chat about our cookie headaches and X-Com and Lebanon and Hannah Arendt.
Mentioned:
Eichmann in Jerusalem by Hannah Arendt
Origi...
Episode 156 - Elections in France ft Marlon Ettinger
Marlon Ettinger, a journalist living in France, joins Don to talk about French politics. Find Marlon on Twitter at @MarlonEttinger his new pod at @fle...
Episode 155 - Battle Cry of Freddy ft Freddy
Our friend Freddy joins from Vienna to talk about his Euro-Trip, Noam Chomsky, the war in Gaza, and the point of philosophy.
The Third Reich at...
Episode 154 - Soul Corn
We chat about the failing Dream Port, the peace plan, paying off our debts, soul corn, some books and elections.
Mentioned:
Harland's Hal...
Episode 153 - Tom and Don Go to White Castle
Tom and Don chat about some books and shows, including Robert Musil, Orhan Pamuk's The White Castle, Karamustafa, J.M. Coetzee, Joan Robinson, Wolf Ha...
Premium Episode 183 - Muslim History, pt 3 UNLOCKED
Tom tells the history of the Crusades, the Mongol invasions, and the rise of the Mamluks in part 3 of a series on Muslim history. The full series is a...
Premium Episode 179 SNEAK PEEK - Muslim History, pt 1
An excerpt from a premium episode available through a Patreon subscription, in which Tom provides a history of the rise and fall of the original Islam...
Episode 152 - Evil Russia Q&A
A quick and casual Q&A in which we field questions from the Discord about Russia/Ukraine, our military vehicles of choice, UFOs, the future of VR, and...
Episode 151 - The Franklin Scandal recap
We chat about our reactions to Tom's series on the Franklin Scandal, from the plausibility of the crimes to the political implications. What sorts of...
Episode 150 - The Franklin Scandal pt VI
In the conclusion to our series on the Franklin Scandal, Tom tells the fate of the investigation and lead investigator Caradori, and the results of th...
Episode 149 - The Franklin Scandal pt V
A continuation of Tom's telling of the Franklin Scandal as part of our ongoing PTK (Programmed to Kill) series. In this episode, Tom describes the bac...
Episode 148 - The Bikes of Jacob
We begin with a short chat about Don's burgeoning interest in bicycling before we dive into Tom's extended review of Olga Tokarczuk's The Books of Jac...
Episode 147 - The Franklin Scandal Pt IV
In this episode, Tom introduces the Franklin Committee's replacement investigator Gary Caradori and the testimony of Alisha Owen.
Source: The Fr...
Episode 146 - The Franklin Scandal Pt III
In this episode, Tom continues covering the Franklin Scandal, focusing on the tensions between the investigatory committee and law enforcement.
Episode 145 - The Franklin Scandal Pt II
Tom continues the tale of the Franklin Credit Union scandal, this time taking a look at the initial investigations into Larry King after reports begin...
Episode 144 - The Franklin Scandal Pt I
A new episode in our PTK series where Tom sketches out some details of the Franklin Scandal, a case with many mysterious connections.
Source: Th...
Episode 143 - Dutroux Affair Deep Dive ft. "Ghost Stories" Matt
We continue our PTK series by closely examining the Dutroux Affair, a notorious criminal case involving kidnapping, child abuse and sex trafficking th...
Episode 142 - Bad Bad Belgium ft. "Ghost Stories" Matt
Our friend Matt from the Ghost Stories for the End of the World podcast joins us to discuss Belgium in this first part of a series on the Dutroux Affa...
Episode 141 - The Mystic Orient ft. Sean Moorhead
Our friend Sean joins us to discuss the history and practices of Shinto and related Japanese beliefs. We work through some common misconceptions about...
Episode 140 - State of the Pod Update + Q&A
After a State of the Pod update of where we're at and where we hope to go, we work through your questions.
Intro by auntie004. Outro by reiyashi...
Episode 130 - Fly Into the Sun
Four hour episode about the Eternals! All Eternals! All the time! Okay so in reality we chat about content for a bit and then settle some controversie...
Episode 138 - Dune ft. AgileTablet
Tom, Don and AgileTablet give you the Dune opinions you asked for, mostly focused on the new movie but also about the saga as a whole and the future o...
Episode 137 - Clifford
We open with our mixed feelings about the new Dave Chappelle special and related issues. Then we dive into your questions for the remainder.
Int...
Episode 136 - All is Clouded by Desire
Tom introduces Don to the book "All is Clouded by Desire" by Alan Block and Clarence Weaver, which discusses transnational crime networks and financia...
Episode 135 - Watching Stuff ft. AgileTablet
Beloved third mic AgileTablet joins us to talk about Squid Game and Midnight Mass. We also discuss recent movies like The Green Knight, No Time to Die...
Episode 134 - Gamestop Money ft Big Keven
Our friend Big Keven returns to tell us how he became fabulously wealthy through stock trading. Along the way we learn about how life is in Alaska, th...
Episode 133 - Normal ft. Cyd and AgileTablet
We're joined by our friend Cyd and beloved third mic AgileTablet to joke about various topics, including Cyd's life in Los Angeles and suicide.
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Episode 132 - September Q&A
Tom and Don answer your questions and chat about topics like the vaccine rollout, pornography, Maoism and more.
Intro music by auntie004. Outro...