web01.fireside.fm Sun, 05 Apr 2026 14:34:22 -0500 Fireside (https://fireside.fm) Outsider Theory - Episodes Tagged with “Donald Trump” https://outsidertheory.fireside.fm/tags/donald%20trump Wed, 08 Dec 2021 08:00:00 -0500 Outsider Theory is an interview-based podcast exploring the mutations of theories outside of the authorized spaces of intellectual life as well as theories of that ever-alluring figure, the outsider, and related subjects. en-us episodic Theory on the outside, theory of the outside, outside of the theory Geoff Shullenberger Outsider Theory is an interview-based podcast exploring the mutations of theories outside of the authorized spaces of intellectual life as well as theories of that ever-alluring figure, the outsider, and related subjects. no critical theory, conspiracy theory, outsider intellectuals, outsiders, the outside Geoff Shullenberger gshullenb@gmail.com The Very Online Novel with Timothy Wilcox https://outsidertheory.fireside.fm/very-online-novel 2e853c82-8397-42a3-a931-35addbc27fe5 Wed, 08 Dec 2021 08:00:00 -0500 Geoff Shullenberger full Geoff Shullenberger Timothy Wilcox joins me to discuss three very online novels released in the past year: Hari Kunzru's Red Pill, Lauren Oyler's Fake Accounts, and Patricia Lockwood's No One is Talking about This. 1:39:51 no Timothy Wilcox (@PreCursorPoets) is one of my my favorite writers on contemporary literature. He joins me to discuss three very online novels published in the past year or so: Hari Kunzru's Red Pill, Lauren Oyler's Fake Accounts, and Patricia Lockwood's No One is Talking about This. He shares his thoughts on the genre of internet fiction and the evolving phenomenon of "hyperconnectivity" as manifest in literary texts. We also consider the complicated interaction between the temporality of fiction and the temporality of the internet, the outsized role of Donald Trump in recent internet novels, and recent writers' attempts to channel and appropriate the dark energies of the internet. https://www.precursorpoets.com/always-online-prelude/ https://www.precursorpoets.com/uninterrupted-connection-infinite-grace/ https://medium.com/arc-digital/writing-the-great-american-novel-in-the-age-of-meme-warfare-273006eb85de internet novel, literature, hyperconnectivity, social media, Donald Trump, Hari Kunzru, Patricia Lockwood, Lauren Oyler Timothy Wilcox (@PreCursorPoets) is one of my my favorite writers on contemporary literature. He joins me to discuss three very online novels published in the past year or so: Hari Kunzru's Red Pill, Lauren Oyler's Fake Accounts, and Patricia Lockwood's No One is Talking about This. He shares his thoughts on the genre of internet fiction and the evolving phenomenon of "hyperconnectivity" as manifest in literary texts. We also consider the complicated interaction between the temporality of fiction and the temporality of the internet, the outsized role of Donald Trump in recent internet novels, and recent writers' attempts to channel and appropriate the dark energies of the internet.

https://www.precursorpoets.com/always-online-prelude/

https://www.precursorpoets.com/uninterrupted-connection-infinite-grace/

https://medium.com/arc-digital/writing-the-great-american-novel-in-the-age-of-meme-warfare-273006eb85de

]]> Timothy Wilcox (@PreCursorPoets) is one of my my favorite writers on contemporary literature. He joins me to discuss three very online novels published in the past year or so: Hari Kunzru's Red Pill, Lauren Oyler's Fake Accounts, and Patricia Lockwood's No One is Talking about This. He shares his thoughts on the genre of internet fiction and the evolving phenomenon of "hyperconnectivity" as manifest in literary texts. We also consider the complicated interaction between the temporality of fiction and the temporality of the internet, the outsized role of Donald Trump in recent internet novels, and recent writers' attempts to channel and appropriate the dark energies of the internet.

https://www.precursorpoets.com/always-online-prelude/

https://www.precursorpoets.com/uninterrupted-connection-infinite-grace/

https://medium.com/arc-digital/writing-the-great-american-novel-in-the-age-of-meme-warfare-273006eb85de

]]> Fukuyama avec Berlusconi with Philip Cunliffe https://outsidertheory.fireside.fm/fukuyama-berlusconi 7721306c-db72-431a-9605-631dfeab087c Fri, 02 Jul 2021 08:00:00 -0400 Geoff Shullenberger full Geoff Shullenberger Phil Cunliffe joins me to discuss his new (co-authored) book about our topsy-turvy political moment: The End of the End of History. 1:34:36 no Phil Cunliffe, co-host of Aufhebunga Bunga and co-author of The End of the End of History, joins Outsider Theory to discuss the shifting co-ordinates of the post-Fukuyamaite world, the rise and fall of left populism, post-politics and anti-politics, the typology of the political outsider, the exemplary career of Silvio Berlusconi, and much more. The End of the End of History: https://www.johnhuntpublishing.com/zer0-books/our-books/end-end-history Aufhebunga Bunga: https://aufhebungabunga.podbean.com/ end of the end of history, francis fukuyama, silvio berlusconi, donald trump, nigel farage, left populism, jeremy corbyn, jair bolsonaro, political outsiders Phil Cunliffe, co-host of Aufhebunga Bunga and co-author of The End of the End of History, joins Outsider Theory to discuss the shifting co-ordinates of the post-Fukuyamaite world, the rise and fall of left populism, post-politics and anti-politics, the typology of the political outsider, the exemplary career of Silvio Berlusconi, and much more.

The End of the End of History: https://www.johnhuntpublishing.com/zer0-books/our-books/end-end-history

Aufhebunga Bunga: https://aufhebungabunga.podbean.com/

]]> Phil Cunliffe, co-host of Aufhebunga Bunga and co-author of The End of the End of History, joins Outsider Theory to discuss the shifting co-ordinates of the post-Fukuyamaite world, the rise and fall of left populism, post-politics and anti-politics, the typology of the political outsider, the exemplary career of Silvio Berlusconi, and much more.

The End of the End of History: https://www.johnhuntpublishing.com/zer0-books/our-books/end-end-history

Aufhebunga Bunga: https://aufhebungabunga.podbean.com/

]]> The Non-Dupes Err with Tom Syverson https://outsidertheory.fireside.fm/non-dupes-err fbb39703-7304-4ee6-aff2-908e76ac0ff7 Thu, 13 May 2021 15:00:00 -0400 Geoff Shullenberger full Geoff Shullenberger Tom Syverson, author of the new book Reality Squared, makes the case for why reality TV is an essential form for grasping our bewildering contemporary panorama. 1:34:21 no Tom Syverson (@syvology on Twitter), author of the new book Reality Squared, makes the case for why reality TV is the essential cultural form for grasping our bewildering contemporary panorama. More broadly, we discuss the problem of how to undertake a materialist analysis of culture in the face of an increasingly dematerialized and abstract economic reality, and the related problems confronting materialist politics in the present. Buy Tom's book: https://www.johnhuntpublishing.com/zer0-books/our-books/reality-squared-reality-tv-left-politics Read Tom's recent essay on the limitations of materialist politics: https://www.thebellows.org/culture-politics-and-the-unreal-economy/ Read Tom's other work: https://linktr.ee/tomsyverson reality TV, materialist analysis, Donald Trump, OJ Simpson, The Bachelor, Real Housewives, Marxism, Jacques Lacan, Georg Lukacs, Frederic Jameson, Slavoj Zizek Tom Syverson (@syvology on Twitter), author of the new book Reality Squared, makes the case for why reality TV is the essential cultural form for grasping our bewildering contemporary panorama. More broadly, we discuss the problem of how to undertake a materialist analysis of culture in the face of an increasingly dematerialized and abstract economic reality, and the related problems confronting materialist politics in the present.

Buy Tom's book:

https://www.johnhuntpublishing.com/zer0-books/our-books/reality-squared-reality-tv-left-politics

Read Tom's recent essay on the limitations of materialist politics:

https://www.thebellows.org/culture-politics-and-the-unreal-economy/

Read Tom's other work:

https://linktr.ee/tomsyverson

]]> Tom Syverson (@syvology on Twitter), author of the new book Reality Squared, makes the case for why reality TV is the essential cultural form for grasping our bewildering contemporary panorama. More broadly, we discuss the problem of how to undertake a materialist analysis of culture in the face of an increasingly dematerialized and abstract economic reality, and the related problems confronting materialist politics in the present.

Buy Tom's book:

https://www.johnhuntpublishing.com/zer0-books/our-books/reality-squared-reality-tv-left-politics

Read Tom's recent essay on the limitations of materialist politics:

https://www.thebellows.org/culture-politics-and-the-unreal-economy/

Read Tom's other work:

https://linktr.ee/tomsyverson

]]> RETVRN TO FOUCAULT with Blake Smith https://outsidertheory.fireside.fm/retvrn-to-fovcavlt b09b8e0d-a54b-494b-811d-b8eb5499de9f Wed, 31 Mar 2021 08:00:00 -0400 Geoff Shullenberger full Geoff Shullenberger Blake Smith joins Outsider Theory to discuss the teaching of theory, the formation of elites, and why Foucault was the original Bronze Age Pervert. 1:24:05 no Historian and writer Blake Smith joins Outsider Theory to discuss the teaching theory and the formation of elites; the surprising affinities between Strauss and Foucault; the parallel grooming practices of Straussians and Derrideans; the perverse economy of enjoyment in the Trump era; Obama’s failed use of theory as seduction prop; and why Foucault was the original Bronze Age Pervert. Blake on "Foucault Through Strauss": https://im1776.com/2021/02/19/foucault-through-strauss/ Blake's writing at Tablet: https://www.tabletmag.com/contributors/blake-smith Geoff's seminar on Foucault and Covid: https://www.speakeasy.com/e/biopolitics-covid theory, pedagogy, elites, biopolitics, Michel Foucault, Leo Strauss, Jacques Derrida, Donald Trump, Barack Obama Historian and writer Blake Smith joins Outsider Theory to discuss the teaching theory and the formation of elites; the surprising affinities between Strauss and Foucault; the parallel grooming practices of Straussians and Derrideans; the perverse economy of enjoyment in the Trump era; Obama’s failed use of theory as seduction prop; and why Foucault was the original Bronze Age Pervert.

Blake on "Foucault Through Strauss": https://im1776.com/2021/02/19/foucault-through-strauss/

Blake's writing at Tablet: https://www.tabletmag.com/contributors/blake-smith

Geoff's seminar on Foucault and Covid: https://www.speakeasy.com/e/biopolitics-covid

]]> Historian and writer Blake Smith joins Outsider Theory to discuss the teaching theory and the formation of elites; the surprising affinities between Strauss and Foucault; the parallel grooming practices of Straussians and Derrideans; the perverse economy of enjoyment in the Trump era; Obama’s failed use of theory as seduction prop; and why Foucault was the original Bronze Age Pervert.

Blake on "Foucault Through Strauss": https://im1776.com/2021/02/19/foucault-through-strauss/

Blake's writing at Tablet: https://www.tabletmag.com/contributors/blake-smith

Geoff's seminar on Foucault and Covid: https://www.speakeasy.com/e/biopolitics-covid

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