web01.fireside.fm Wed, 08 Apr 2026 14:04:19 -0500 Fireside (https://fireside.fm) Outsider Theory - Episodes Tagged with “Frankfurt School” https://outsidertheory.fireside.fm/tags/frankfurt%20school Sat, 04 Mar 2023 10:00:00 -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 Psychopolitics of Masturbation with Matthew Crawford https://outsidertheory.fireside.fm/psychopolitics-of-masturbation 156a79fe-3452-4bc3-99e9-c80aeb0dcd05 Sat, 04 Mar 2023 10:00:00 -0500 Geoff Shullenberger full Geoff Shullenberger Matthew Crawford joins me to discuss the sexual revolution, the politics of masturbation, Wilhelm Reich, the Frankfurt School, masculinity, the therapeutic state, and more. 1:37:16 no Matthew Crawford joins me to discuss his essay, "Was the Sexual Revolution a Government Psy-Op?," the politics of masturbation, Wilhelm Reich, the Frankfurt School, masculinity, the therapeutic state, and more. https://unherd.com/2022/12/the-politics-of-masturbation/ https://mcrawford.substack.com/ masculinity, fascism, Wilhelm Reich, psychoanalysis, masturbation, Frankfurt School, Theodor Adorno, Christopher Lasch Matthew Crawford joins me to discuss his essay, "Was the Sexual Revolution a Government Psy-Op?," the politics of masturbation, Wilhelm Reich, the Frankfurt School, masculinity, the therapeutic state, and more.

https://unherd.com/2022/12/the-politics-of-masturbation/

https://mcrawford.substack.com/

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https://unherd.com/2022/12/the-politics-of-masturbation/

https://mcrawford.substack.com/

]]> Right Critical Theory with Jacob Siegel https://outsidertheory.fireside.fm/right-critical-theory 1a87ad78-f2a4-4d47-82e8-92eb6b73b315 Mon, 09 May 2022 12:00:00 -0400 Geoff Shullenberger full Geoff Shullenberger Jacob Siegel joins me to discuss the rightward trajectory of certain insights of critical theory, especially in light of the history of the journal Telos and its founder and editor, Paul Piccone. 1:45:14 no Tablet senior writer Jacob Siegel joins me to discuss the rightward trajectory of certain insights of Frankfurt School-derived critical theory, especially in light of the history of the journal Telos and its founder and editor, Paul Piccone. We also discuss Piccone's friend Paul Gottfried, the continued relevance of Herbert Marcuse's "Repressive Tolerance," the Thiel-affiliated New Right's cultivation of a counter-elite, the recent Vanity Fair profile of the Thielverse, and more. Telos http://www.telospress.com/ Jacob's work https://www.tabletmag.com/sections/news/articles/elon-vs-obama https://www.tabletmag.com/sections/news/articles/red-pill-prince-curtis-yarvin https://www.tabletmag.com/sections/news/articles/spencer-gottfried-alt-right https://manifesto.fireside.fm/ The Thielverse https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2022/04/inside-the-new-right-where-peter-thiel-is-placing-his-biggest-bets Marcuse's "Repressive Tolerance" and the right https://outsidertheory.com/right-marcuseanism/ Frankfurt School, Critical Theory, Telos, Herbert Marcuse, Paul Piccone, Paul Gottfried, Samuel Francis, Elon Musk, Peter Thiel, Blake Masters, JD Vance Tablet senior writer Jacob Siegel joins me to discuss the rightward trajectory of certain insights of Frankfurt School-derived critical theory, especially in light of the history of the journal Telos and its founder and editor, Paul Piccone. We also discuss Piccone's friend Paul Gottfried, the continued relevance of Herbert Marcuse's "Repressive Tolerance," the Thiel-affiliated New Right's cultivation of a counter-elite, the recent Vanity Fair profile of the Thielverse, and more.

Telos

http://www.telospress.com/

Jacob's work

https://www.tabletmag.com/sections/news/articles/elon-vs-obama

https://www.tabletmag.com/sections/news/articles/red-pill-prince-curtis-yarvin

https://www.tabletmag.com/sections/news/articles/spencer-gottfried-alt-right

https://manifesto.fireside.fm/

The Thielverse

https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2022/04/inside-the-new-right-where-peter-thiel-is-placing-his-biggest-bets

Marcuse's "Repressive Tolerance" and the right

https://outsidertheory.com/right-marcuseanism/

]]> Tablet senior writer Jacob Siegel joins me to discuss the rightward trajectory of certain insights of Frankfurt School-derived critical theory, especially in light of the history of the journal Telos and its founder and editor, Paul Piccone. We also discuss Piccone's friend Paul Gottfried, the continued relevance of Herbert Marcuse's "Repressive Tolerance," the Thiel-affiliated New Right's cultivation of a counter-elite, the recent Vanity Fair profile of the Thielverse, and more.

Telos

http://www.telospress.com/

Jacob's work

https://www.tabletmag.com/sections/news/articles/elon-vs-obama

https://www.tabletmag.com/sections/news/articles/red-pill-prince-curtis-yarvin

https://www.tabletmag.com/sections/news/articles/spencer-gottfried-alt-right

https://manifesto.fireside.fm/

The Thielverse

https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2022/04/inside-the-new-right-where-peter-thiel-is-placing-his-biggest-bets

Marcuse's "Repressive Tolerance" and the right

https://outsidertheory.com/right-marcuseanism/

]]> Technology's Non-Technological Essence with Michal Sacasas https://outsidertheory.fireside.fm/sacasas fc556940-4d05-431f-8673-5107b4125e0f Wed, 21 Apr 2021 16:00:00 -0400 Geoff Shullenberger full Geoff Shullenberger Michael Sacasas joins Outsider Theory to discuss what the tech critics of earlier generations – Ellul, McLuhan, Illich, and Postman – have to say to us today. 1:27:23 no The writer Michael Sacasas joins Outsider Theory to discuss what the tech critics pre-Internet generations – especially Jacques Ellul, Marshall McLuhan, Ivan Illich, and Neil Postman – have to say to us today as well as what contemporary tech criticism tends to miss, and how he understands his own critical and philosophical project. We also explore two of his essays from the past year, "Narrative Collapse" and "The Paradox of Control." Michael is one of my favorite contemporary writers on tech, and I hope you find this as rich and stimulating a conversation as I did. Subscribe to his substack here – you won't regret it: https://theconvivialsociety.substack.com/ Jacques Ellul, Marshall McLuhan, Ivan Illich, Neil Postman, Martin Heidegger, Frankfurt School, technology, technology criticism The writer Michael Sacasas joins Outsider Theory to discuss what the tech critics pre-Internet generations – especially Jacques Ellul, Marshall McLuhan, Ivan Illich, and Neil Postman – have to say to us today as well as what contemporary tech criticism tends to miss, and how he understands his own critical and philosophical project. We also explore two of his essays from the past year, "Narrative Collapse" and "The Paradox of Control." Michael is one of my favorite contemporary writers on tech, and I hope you find this as rich and stimulating a conversation as I did.

Subscribe to his substack here – you won't regret it: https://theconvivialsociety.substack.com/

]]> The writer Michael Sacasas joins Outsider Theory to discuss what the tech critics pre-Internet generations – especially Jacques Ellul, Marshall McLuhan, Ivan Illich, and Neil Postman – have to say to us today as well as what contemporary tech criticism tends to miss, and how he understands his own critical and philosophical project. We also explore two of his essays from the past year, "Narrative Collapse" and "The Paradox of Control." Michael is one of my favorite contemporary writers on tech, and I hope you find this as rich and stimulating a conversation as I did.

Subscribe to his substack here – you won't regret it: https://theconvivialsociety.substack.com/

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