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Other Life

235 Episodes • By Justin Murphy • podcast.otherlife.co
I study the lives of the wildest writers who ever lived.
Science Society & Culture Philosophy
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Plato's Republic with Nina Power and DC Miller: Philosophy, Repression, Madness, and Courage
I'm joined by Nina Power and DC Miller to discuss Pl... more
Nov 26 2024 1h 22m
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The Truth Will Set You Free: Nietzsche vs. St. John
I explore Nietzsche's critique of Christianity in Th... more
Nov 13 2024 48m
Chapter 1 2 mins
Nietzsche vs. John
Chapter 2 2 mins
Introduction
Chapter 3 4 mins
Nietzsche's Critique of Christianity
Chapter 4 10 mins
Christ on Truth and Belief in John
Chapter 5 6 mins
The Rationality of Christianity
Chapter 6 5 mins
Knowledge and Ethics
Chapter 7 4 mins
Nietzsche's Critique of Truth
Chapter 8 12 mins
Truth and Freedom
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Don't Be a Slave: Nietzsche on Philosophy and Slavery
For references, see Nietzsche on the Pride of the Ph... more
Mar 4 2024 8m
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We're Back: On how I fixed the company (a big lesson for independent scholars)
A personal reflection and update on my 5-year journe... more
Feb 17 2024 20m
Chapter 1 1 min
A Late Night Message
Chapter 2 2 mins
On authenticity
Chapter 3 6 mins
Creativity vs. Business
Chapter 4 59 sec
The Creator Economy and Power
Chapter 5 2 mins
Network Power
Chapter 6 1 min
The Fear of Failure
Chapter 7 2 mins
What is the Other Life?
Chapter 8 24 sec
On Truth
Chapter 9
The Future of Other Life
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we almost just died (and it was great, I think?)
On muddling through, faith, and the absurdity of pur... more
Nov 30 2023 17m
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The Rigor of Angels: Kant, Borges, & Heisenberg with William Egginton
I'm joined by author William Egginton to discuss his... more
Sep 14 2023 51m
Art as a Solution to Reality
Chapter 1 10 mins
The Rigor of Angels
Chapter 2 9 mins
The Antinomies of Knowledge
Chapter 3 3 mins
Impact of Great Art and Thinkers
Chapter 4 6 mins
Curiosity and Conviviality
Chapter 5 12 mins
Creativity and Intelligence
Chapter 6 5 mins
The Future of Writing and Publishing
Chapter 7 2 mins
Academic vs. Popular Writing
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Ezra Pound: The Solitary Volcano
We dissect the complex life of Ezra Pound, one of th... more
Aug 1 2023 1h 23m
Chapter 1 4 mins
Overview
Chapter 2 13 mins
Summary of Lessons From Ezra Pound's Life
Chapter 3 9 mins
Intense Friendships and Creative Success
Chapter 4 10 mins
Imagism and Vorticism
Chapter 5 5 mins
Wyndham Lewis, Blast Magazine
Chapter 6 10 mins
A Restless and Controversial Personality
Chapter 7 11 mins
Taste, Talent-Spotting, and Pound's Extreme Generosity
Chapter 8 13 mins
Downward Spiral Into Fascism
Chapter 9 3 mins
Ezra Pound's Reflections Late in Life
Chapter 10
Final Lessons
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Literary Outlaw: The Life of William S. Burroughs
A deep dive into the life of William S. Burroughs ba... more
Jul 12 2023 1h 23m
Burroughs
Chapter 1 6 mins
- William S Burroughs' Unconventional Life
Chapter 2 10 mins
- Burroughs' Complex Heritage
Chapter 3 13 mins
- Burroughs' Late Blooming
Chapter 4 13 mins
- The Critical Importance of Small Private Friend Groups
Chapter 5 6 mins
- Lessons From Burroughs' Life
Chapter 6 8 mins
- What Wild Looks Like: An Anecdote
Chapter 7
- Did Burroughs Murder his Wife?
Chapter 8 7 mins
- The Controversial Success of Burroughs' Novels
Chapter 9
- More Lessons From the Life of Burroughs
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John Kennedy Toole and A Confederacy of Dunces With Dan Baltic
We discuss the life and times of John Kennedy Toole ... more
Jun 21 2023 1h 14m
The Romantic Ending of Dunces
Chapter 1 11 mins
Toole's "A Confederacy of Dunces"
Chapter 2 13 mins
John Kennedy Tool's Life and Work
Chapter 3 3 mins
Persistence and Patience for Writers
Chapter 4 9 mins
Navigating the Confusion of Independent Publishing
Chapter 5 5 mins
Building a Twitter Audience for Success
Chapter 6 13 mins
Unlocking Twitter for Independent Writers
Chapter 7 10 mins
Success for Independent Writers
Chapter 8 54 sec
Lessons for Starting a Project
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AI for Writers: Striking a Balance Between Automation and Humanity
Can artificial intelligence ever truly replace the h... more
Jun 13 2023 10m
Join OtherLife Community
Chapter 1 4 mins
Two Futures for AI
Chapter 2 5 mins
What Should Writers Outsource To AI?
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Ezra Pound: The Curse of Genius
Why do some incredibly talented individuals never re... more
Jun 9 2023 12m
Chapter 1 4 mins
Pound's Curse
Chapter 2 3 mins
What Happens When You Aim for Influence?
Chapter 3 3 mins
Let the Chips Fall Where They May
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Write for Yourself and Yourself Alone
In this episode, we explore the principle of writing... more
Jun 2 2023 10m
Chapter 1 5 mins
Writing for Yourself
Chapter 2 4 mins
Cultivating A Self
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Vanishing Virility: Understanding the Modern Testosterone Crisis
Why do 22-year-olds today have the testosterone leve... more
May 15 2023 11m
Chapter 1 1 min
Testosterone and Prison
Chapter 2 4 mins
Testosterone in the 70's and 80's
Chapter 3 2 mins
Toxic Masculinity and Testosterone
Chapter 4 3 mins
Testosterone's Catch 22
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Dr. Samuel Johnson: Hustler, Savage, Grifter, Great
Today we're looking at the life of Dr. Samuel Johnso... more
May 10 2023 19m
The Rambler
Chapter 1 4 mins
Intro and Early Life
Chapter 2 7 mins
Samuel Johnson's Writing Career
Chapter 3 6 mins
The Patronage Model
Chapter 4 50 sec
Success By Perseverance and Self-Reliance
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Plato Uncovered: Building Influence in the Ancient and Modern World
What can the ancient philosopher Plato teach us abou... more
May 2 2023 1h 40m
Platonic School Dynamics
Chapter 1 4 mins
Introduction
Chapter 2 15 mins
Plato and Ancient Greek Writing
Chapter 3 13 mins
Plato's Models and Brand Building
Chapter 4 9 mins
Plato's Rise and Influence
Chapter 5 8 mins
Plato and the Power of Mystery
Chapter 6 9 mins
Plato's Network and Philosophical Training
Chapter 7 5 mins
The Economic Machinery of Philosophy
Chapter 8 12 mins
Plato's Power Machinery and Business Model
Chapter 9 5 mins
Plato's Lessons on Building a Network
Chapter 10 9 mins
Plato's Lessons for Decentralized Thinking
Chapter 11 5 mins
Alex's Rome Retreat
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Oscar Wilde and J.R.R. Tolkien with Paul Fortunato
Oscar Wilde and J.R.R. Tolkien used consumer culture... more
Mar 2 2023 59m
The Power of Professional Networking
Chapter 1 4 mins
Oscar Wilde's Phenomenology of Consumer Culture
Chapter 2 9 mins
Winning the Game of Consumer Modernism
Chapter 3 5 mins
Personal Branding in Art
Chapter 4 13 mins
Art, Culture, Consumerism
Chapter 5 13 mins
Managing Consumer Culture
Chapter 6 13 mins
Catholic Thought in Universities
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YouTube Radicalization is a Myth with Mark Ledwich
It's widely believed the YouTube algorithm radicaliz... more
Feb 23 2023 45m
Questioning Popular Narratives About the Internet
Chapter 1 15 mins
YouTube's Political Preference for Scientology
Chapter 2 11 mins
Debunking the Rabbit Hole Theory
Chapter 3 5 mins
Ethics of Shoplifting
Chapter 4 12 mins
The Cost of High Trust Societies
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How to Be Virtuous and Excellent: Aristotle’s Nicomachean Ethics with Colin Redemer
Colin Redemer is a professor at Saint Mary's College... more
Feb 4 2023 1h 26m
Aristotle's Practical Theory of Excellence
Chapter 1 9 mins
Exploring Aristotelian Ethics
Chapter 2 10 mins
Living an Excellent Life
Chapter 3 5 mins
The Social Element of Virtue
Chapter 4 10 mins
Aristotle's Virtue
Chapter 5 9 mins
Grace Perfects Nature
Chapter 6 5 mins
Intellectual Virtue in Ethics
Chapter 7 3 mins
The Benefits of Practicing Moral Virtues
Chapter 8 4 mins
Life Hacking Through Aristotle's Ethics
Chapter 9 8 mins
Aristotle & Alistair McIntyre
Chapter 10 6 mins
Aristotle, Thomas Aquinas, and Virtue Ethics
Chapter 11 5 mins
The Joyful Life of Thomas Trehearn
Chapter 12 6 mins
Christian Wisdom for Church
Chapter 13 32 sec
Leave a Review Help Podcast
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The Violent Focus of Francis Bacon
Some lessons from the life of painter Francis Bacon.... more
Jan 22 2023 14m
Bacon's Concentrated Lifestyle
Chapter 1
Painter Francis Bacon and the Importance of Attention
Chapter 2 5 mins
Francis Bacon's Painting Career
Chapter 3 19 sec
Turning Coal Into Diamonds
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Writing in the Age of Machine Intelligence
I spent a lot of time reading and thinking about AI ... more
Jan 12 2023 22m
The Value of Human Knowledge
Chapter 1 12 mins
Implications of AI on Writing
Chapter 2 10 mins
Importance of a Unique Signal
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Young Balzac: Disordered Knowledge, Strange Student
I'd like to share with you some biographies of great... more
Jan 6 2023 12m
The Importance of Reading
Chapter 1 12 mins
The Other Life Ethos
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From PhD to LandChad: Digital Sovereignty, Christianity, and IRLmaxxing with Luke Smith (Live at Mansion #3)
Luke Smith was a PhD student in linguistics before h... more
Dec 9 2022 1h 23m
The Internet
Chapter 1 8 mins
The Other Life
Chapter 2 10 mins
The Downfall of the American University System
Chapter 3 8 mins
The Importance of Epistemological Anarchism
Chapter 4 5 mins
The Transition From Academia to Normalcy
Chapter 5 11 mins
The Pressure to Conform
Chapter 6 4 mins
The Dangers of a Bugman Lifestyle
Chapter 7 5 mins
The Upside of Internet Detachment
Chapter 8 12 mins
The Irrationality of the Enlightenment
Chapter 9 7 mins
Intellectualism and Technology
Chapter 10 7 mins
Leaving the 'Rat Race' and Living a Simpler Life
Chapter 11 2 mins
Moving to the Country
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"360 Degree Conviction:" 10 Years of Counterculture with Asher Penn of Sex Magazine
Asher Penn is the founder and editor of Sex Magazine... more
Nov 25 2022 54m
The Importance of Being in Print
Chapter 1 11 mins
The History of SEX MAGAZINE
Chapter 2 6 mins
Staying Relevant as You Age
Chapter 3 7 mins
How to Secure Good Interview Guests
Chapter 4 5 mins
Context in Artistic Expression
Chapter 5 12 mins
The New Yorker of Counterculture
Chapter 6 9 mins
What Is Cool?
Chapter 7 2 mins
The Trick to Persevering
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Bad CEX: On FTX and SBF (with The Network Age podcast)
Subscribe to The Network Age podcast wherever you ge... more
Nov 15 2022 1h 27m
Crypto Questions Right Now
Chapter 1 9 mins
The FTXVASCO Disaster
Chapter 2 9 mins
The Rise and Fall of Sam Bankman-Fried
Chapter 3 6 mins
The Rise of the Network Age
Chapter 4 12 mins
Building a Power Vacuum Vehicle
Chapter 5 12 mins
Crypto Industry Implodes Overnight
Chapter 6 10 mins
The Rebirth of Crypto
Chapter 7 9 mins
The Future of Crypto
Chapter 8 8 mins
The Future of Being an Entrepreneur
Chapter 9 7 mins
The Network Age Podcast
Chapter 10 41 sec
Hurbit
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Alex Lee Moyer's War with Filmmaker Alex Lee Moyer
Alex Lee Moyer is the director of TFW NO GF and most... more
Nov 4 2022 52m
The Power of Proving the Impossible
Chapter 1 8 mins
What Drives You to Make Difficult Movies?
Chapter 2 7 mins
New Media's Impact on Hollywood
Chapter 3 8 mins
Succeed in the Film Industry
Chapter 4 7 mins
Authenticity in Documentary Film
Chapter 5 11 mins
What Have You Learned From Your Favorite Filmmakers?
Chapter 6 8 mins
How to Make an Impossible Documentary
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