# John Ganz

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Ep. 224: Kierkegaard Critiques The Present Age (Part One)

On Soren Kierkegaard's essay "The Present Age" (1846) and Hubert Dreyfus's "Nihilism on the Information Highway: Anonymity vs. Commitment in the Present Age" (2004). What's wrong with our society? Kierkegaard saw the advent of the press and gossip culture as engendering a systematic passivity and s…

Ep. 391: Habermas Defends Modernity (Part Two)

Continuing on on The Philosophical Discourse of Modernity, Ch. 1, 2, and 5 with guest John Ganz. We further discuss Habermas' characterizations of Hegel's take on modernity and eventually get to Adorno and Horkheimer, whose dismissals of modernity Habermas thinks go too far. Get more at partiallyex…

Ep. 391: Habermas Defends Modernity (Part Two)

Continuing on on The Philosophical Discourse of Modernity, Ch. 1, 2, and 5 with guest John Ganz. We further discuss Habermas' characterizations of Hegel's take on modernity and eventually get to Adorno and Horkheimer, whose dismissals of modernity Habermas thinks go too far. Get more at partiallye…

John Ganz: Trump’s Coalition of the Aggrieved

The era of hell that we are living through may have been ordained in the 90s by angry Republican voters who felt screwed by the corporate elite—and political leaders who didn’t represent them. Trump watched Pat Buchanan and David Duke and saw how their protectionist, anti-immigrant, culture war m…

Scenes From The Libertarian Movement (E37)

A story in chapters: we explore the Libertarian movement and its attempts at creating a city (or even nation). Your hosts are Julian Feeld and Jon Gabrus. Go to patreon.com/superstructure to get a feed with double the episodes for just $5 a month. Episode edited by Miguel Tanhi. Theme song by Thiag…

EP 12 Thinking in Public with Jamelle Bouie

In the last episode of CAPTivated’s first season, Sage and Julius hear from Jamelle Bouie opinion columnist at the New York Times and a TikTok creator with nearly 300,000 followers, about his experiences as a journalist working in today’s digital public sphere. Jamelle explains how historical think…

What Do Conservative Intellectuals Do? (w/ John Ganz) [Teaser]

Listen to the rest of this premium episode by subscribing at patreon.com/knowyourenemy. In this episode we talk to our friend John Ganz about the nature and function of conservative intellectuals—or "intellectuals," whichever you prefer—past and present. In particular, the Trump era has been a kind…

Jamelle Bouie on Clear and Present Danger (1994) and Collateral Damage (2002) - Trade Movies #040

HAPPY ELECTION DAY! Please go vote and go vote for the good guys. HOPEFULLY this turns out well, but we got a fantastic guest, someone I've been wanting to talk to for a long time: New York Times columnist and moviewatcher extraordinaire Jamelle Bouie! Jamelle, in addition to his writing work, host…

PMP#234: You Can See Fielder

Everybody's talking about the Nathan Fielder/Lance Oppenheim documentary about Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes You Can See Everything, and so are we! Bigwig pundit John Ganz joins Mark, Lawrence, Sarahlyn and Al to talk about the psychological issues, the ethics and dynamics of documentaries and…