Failure Is Freedom

I'm exploring why Generation X failed to get free, and how the concept of "authenticity" was turned into a sort of un-freedom.

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Podcasting since 2025 • 62 episodes

Failure Is Freedom

Latest Episodes

Was CS Peirce a Mystic? Hypostatic Abstraction

Peirce's notion of "Hypostatic Abstraction" was formulated to reflect the "Hypostatic Union" of the history of Christian theology. Both relational schemas reflect the necessary dependence that oneness has on multiplicity and that multiplicity h...

August 12, 2026 • Season 3 • Episode 14 • 24:00

Cosmic Stew: Spacey Disco Music

When Ron Hardy said that House Music was Disco’s revenge, this is what he meant: Cosmic Stew The voice of Q, Q: At the sound of the interplanetary voice of Q, you will be shot straight into hyperspace,...

July 29, 2026 • Season 3 • Episode 13 • 1:19:57

Does AI Need Help Falling Asleep?

Does AI dream? If dreams are just the unnecessary detritus of the day, then probably not since dreams then would serve no real purpose in information processing. However, if dreams are a kind of information processing, as some sleep researchers...

July 27, 2026 • Season 3 • Episode 12 • 1:08:05

House Music So Deep that It's at an All Time Low

So Deep that It’s at an All Time Low In Chicago in the 90’s, I learned about House Music from Derrick Carter. I had first heard House Music on WBMX, Oak Park like most Chicago area youth. My mind was blown in 1987 when I hear...

July 09, 2026 • Season 3 • Episode 11 • 1:19:57

Audio File of the Nigredo

If you ever wanted to know how the alchemical Nigredo sounds, here's your chance. This was mixed by hand, so beat matching isn't perfect and volume shifts may be a little rough because I have the same mixer as I used in the 90s, but hopefully i...

June 25, 2026 • Season 3 • Episode 10 • 1:19:57