Astral Flight Simulation Podcast

Oct 31 2024 73 ep. 114 mins 99
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Navigating the Digital World Through Art and Culture

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Vlad III: Dracula

Oct 31 2024 100 mins  
This is an audio reading, with some commentary, of my historical essay on Vlad The Impaler. This audio is only an excerpt of the essay, which includes many pictures, maps, and a note on the historical sources. If you’re interested in what you hear, read the essay, it goes on to explain some of the political intrigue behind the scenes of these events. This is a public episode. If

"Millennial Snot" with Dudley Newright

Oct 24 2024 80 mins  
Dudley is on fire right now, first as my guest on Digital Identity and now with his new article on millennial speak, which he has dubbed “Millennial Snot.” You’ve all seen it online, heard it on the news, and perhaps even been subjected to it when Trump comes up at dinner parties, church, little kids birthday parties, or anywhere else these people congregate. But what are its

The Crow

Oct 15 2024 143 mins  
For Halloween, my guest and I discuss one of the most iconic Gen X movies ever, The Crow. We both love the movie, but we wonder if it holds up for later generations because it was so "of the time." Despite its weaknesses, we feel the strength of the source material, the character, and the aesthetic is enough to earn it a place in film history and deserves a resurgence in the curren

Democrat Corruption In The Ukraine

Oct 02 2024 128 mins  
My guest Stormy Waters and I detail the breathtaking corruption of the Ukrainian oligarch who employed Hunter Biden and received preferential treatment from Joe and the American state department ,and who subsequently backed and installed Zelensky, who of course has the full support of our government in his war against Russia. I should mention I mix up names a bit in this episode, t

Digital Identity

Sep 23 2024 73 mins  
The dreadlocked girl from a bygone era went viral for a week on twitter, sending Gen Xers into a nostalgia spiral, and caused quite a number of Zoomers and Millenials to ask “what’s the big deal?”My guest Dudley NewRight and I discuss this interview as a window into a world that no longer exists. What changed, how, and was the change for the better or worse?Here’s the video

True Detective Season 2

Jun 30 2024 92 mins  
Chivalry Guild joins me to discuss True Detective Season 2 and Colin Farrells character Ray VelcoroFollow Chivalry on Substack and TwitterFollow me on Twitter This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit astralflight.substack.com/subscribe

True Detective Season 1 vs Season 2

Jun 28 2024 89 mins  
Isaac returns to compare and contrast True Detective Season 1 vs Season 2 This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit astralflight.substack.com/subscribe

Lafayette Lee on Apocalypse Now

Jun 04 2024 122 mins  
Lee, one of the people I admire most, joins me to discuss Apocalypse Now. He has written about it extensively on his substack, through the lens of Nietzsche’s Birth of Tragedy, though we discuss the film from many other angles as well. A supplement essay for my perspective can be found on my substack, “War Is The Father Of Us All.” This is a public episode. If you’d like to

Darryl Cooper on UFO's and AI

May 28 2024 125 mins  
Darryl Cooper joins me to discuss the archetypical significance of UFO's and AI as a "living myth" of the modern era. Are they real? Will AI replace humanity, as so many predict? Or are aliens and AI two different manifestations of the same Archetype for the technological age?This essay, “The Digital Horizon,” serves as a supplement to this episode. Highly recommended read for

Tarantino's Later Films

May 23 2024 131 mins  
Today we focus on Tarantino's later films, which I consider to be everything after Kill Bill Vol. 2. While we set out to cover the entirety of his second half, from Deathproof on, we ended up spending most of our time on Inglorious Basterds, which we have mixed feelings about.My guests are Spendo, who was on the first episode, and Isaac Simpson, who has been on this show three time