Nuclear Barbarians

Nov 23 2024 80 ep. 53 mins 251
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Emmet Penney talks to experts, workers, journalists, and scholars from all over the world about nuclear energy, energy issues, culture, and society. Subscribe to the substack to get the newsletter and the podcast sent directly to your inbox: https://nuclearbarians.substack.com/

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An Education in Energy Realism ft. Dr. Scott Tinker

Nov 23 2024 57 mins  
One of my favorite things about running this podcast is getting to talk to people with way more experience than me. Dr. Scott Tinker, a geologist and energy expert with decades of experience, joined me to talk about the breadth of his career, how our understanding of energy has changed over time, energy realism, teaching people the energy basics, and more!Check out the Switch Energ

Esoteric Origins of the Enlightenment Pt. IV

Nov 09 2024 101 mins  
John and I finish up our series on the esoteric origins of the Enlightenment by diving into romanticism, mesmerism, the forgotten aspects of Jung, American New Age stuff, and way more!Next up: Galileo’s Dialogue Concerning Two Chief World Systems. Get full access to Nuclear Barbarians at nuclearbarbarians.substack.com/subscribe

Esoteric Origins of the Enlightenment Pt. III

Oct 26 2024 83 mins  
In our penultimate Hanegraaff episode, John and I take a look at how “magic,” “superstition,” and the “occult” became epithets divorced from critical reasoning, the uncomfortable overlap between occult and scientific practices, and I deliver a brief monologue on how all of this shows up in the work of HP Lovecraft. Get full access to Nuclear Barbarians at nuclearbarbari

Esoteric Origins of the Enlightenment Pt. II

Oct 12 2024 80 mins  
In our second episode on Hanegraff’s Esotericism and the Academy, John and I dive into the “history of error,” and how Protestantism and refinements in historical practices began to put pressure on the Renaissance conceptions of perennial philosophy and ancient wisdom. John also had some corrections for Hanegraff! Get full access to Nuclear Barbarians at nuclearbarbarians.sub

The Esoteric Origins of the Enlightenment

Sep 27 2024 108 mins  
John and I are back with our new series. This time we’re working through Wouter Hanegraaff’s Esotericism and the Academy: Rejected Knowledge in Western Culture. Hanegraff’s project looks at the debates over the recovery of ancient texts and their impact on Christian life and thought and what that means for us today, especially when it comes to our weird world of scientism on

Theological Origins of Modernity Pt. V

Jul 15 2024 66 mins  
John and I finish up our series on Michael Gillespie’s Theological Origins of Modernity—offering a break down of his final chapter and our closing thoughts. Get full access to Nuclear Barbarians at nuclearbarbarians.substack.com/subscribe

The Theological Origins of Modernity Pt. IV

Jun 24 2024 82 mins  
John and I spend this, our penultimate episode in the series, discussing Hobbes—his anthropology, his physics, his politics—and the nature of modernity’s “new science.”If you have questions for our final Q&A episode, please leave a comment! Get full access to Nuclear Barbarians at nuclearbarbarians.substack.com/subscribe

The Theological Origins of Modernity Pt. III

Jun 19 2024 61 mins  
John and I return to Gillespie’s book to talk about Luther, Erasmus, and Descartes and to dig into the motivations behind the ideas that inspired the philosophies that brought about the scientific revolution. Get full access to Nuclear Barbarians at nuclearbarbarians.substack.com/subscribe

Unburdening Energy Prosperity ft. Grant Dever

Jun 04 2024 57 mins  
Grant Dever joined me to talk about his recent work on the loss of Indian Point, lowering energy costs in America, the vitality of energy prosperity for America’s future, and more.Autopsy of a Perfect Policy Failure: The Closure of Indian Point by Grant DeverLiberating America: Overcoming Energy Scarcity and Inflation by Grant Dever Get full access to Nuclear Barbarians at nuclea

Theological Origins of Modernity Pt. II

Apr 30 2024 86 mins  
John and I continue our journey through Gillespie’s Theological Origins of Modernity, this time we dig into Petrarch, Martin Luther, the underpinnings of enlightenment humanism, and more. Get full access to Nuclear Barbarians at nuclearbarbarians.substack.com/subscribe