The Story of Nowhere

This roundtable discussion dives even deeper into the debate over cybernetics, technocracy, and transhumanism, exploring the philosophical themes which lay beneath these issues, and ultimately asks what man's relationship with his creations ought to be.

This episode introduces some key reading materials concerning the subject of the JFK assassination.

This episode marks the beginning of an exploration of the American Deep State and the perpetual war waged within it.

There is a baby in this episode! Danny is joined by his wife Alice to discuss the natural home birth of their daughter.

This episode touches on a seemingly odd, yet relatable and easily understood, analog for the Deep State.

Welcome to The Story of Nowhere Podcast! This episode introduces the show, outlining its purpose and scope, and also provides some background on your host.

This episode follows up on the apocalyptical Halloween special, and covers the Amillennial branch of Christian End Times studies.

In this episode, a round table panel reviews a 1970 interview with legendary Doors front-man, Jim Morrison. Morrison outlines his worldview and sketches out some ideas for where America may be headed, and our panel deconstructs his projections with the benefit of fifty years of hindsight.

This episode features special guest Jay Clark, and a lively discussion on the legitimacy of one of the most fundamental notions underlying all political thought: Property.   

Kevin Cole joins the show to summarize the first seven hearings of the January 6th Committee.

Kevin Cole joins the show to kick-off a series investigating the events of January 6, 2021. 

This episode is taken from a segment of the Grand Theft World Podcast, recorded on January 30, 2022. 

British history has been brought to the big screen time and time again. In this episode, we look at a selection of films which summarize the approximate period of time between the Norman Conquest in 1066 and the birth of the British Empire near the end of the 16th century. 

In this continuation of "The Realm of Isocrates," Kevin Cole and I explore the ripple effect Isocrates's educational philosophy had on subsequent history, through the lens of an article critiquing the mainstream view of the development of educational theory. Most scholars concerned with the history of educational theory have over-looked the influence of Isocrates, instead tending to credit Plato and Aristotle with the creation of education as we understand it today. However, as is shown in this episode, these claims are tenuous at best. This discussion spans two thousand years of European history, highlighting critical moments in the evolution of educational theory, revealing the fact that the credit - or blame - for our traditional methods of schooling lies not with Socrates, Plato, or Aristotle, but with Isocrates.

While we might like to think of history as an objective accounting of past events, the truth is far more complicated. History is - and has been - written and analyzed through different "lenses." In this episode, we look at just a few of these lenses, and hone in on a particularly controversial one. 

"Propaganda," the 1928 book by Edward L. Bernays, is, in many respects, a manual on how the modern world really works. Bernays describes how, through continuous psychological projects, the masses are manipulated to fall in line and, in his words, "regiment" themselves to the benefit of (again, in his words) an "invisible government." He argues that this regimentation of the common mind facilitates the smooth operation of society, wherein "our minds are molded, our tastes formed, our ideas suggested, largely by men we have never heard of." The study of propaganda is paramount to the understanding of Utopianism - the pursuit of the ideal society. And there is nowhere better to begin the oh-so necessary study of propaganda than with Edward L. Bernays's famous book.

This episode offers some reflections on the now-finished "Brief  History of Critical Thinking" Series, including a short but eclectic  list of critical thinking skills pulled from the past which can be  applied everyday. Then a rant ensues, regarding something called  "conceptual vernacular." Don't miss it!

The French Revolution - the event that thrust Europe out of the Middle Ages and into the 19th century - is the quintessential example of a Utopian experiment. I this show, the Revolution is broken down, from its idealistic beginnings all the way to its gory climax.  

This episode features an in-depth presentation on the co-optation of the classical American ideal of independent education and critical thinking, by those who wished to push a universal, neo-Medieval system in order to artificially create homogeneous federal and global polities. This presentation which acts as the grand finale of the "Brief History of Critical Thinking" series is delivered by forensic historian and independent researcher Kevin Cole.

Was the American Revolution a Utopian project? Or was it, in fact, the least Utopian political movement of all? The early Republic certainly afforded its citizens a great deal of political freedom, though it simultaneously suppressed the political freedoms of its non-citizen residents. Also, despite the theoretical constraints its Constitution put on governmental growth, the United States has grown into perhaps the largest and most globally-present power on the face of the Earth. In this show, the motivations and consequences of its creation are discussed.

Though it is typically associated with its spectacular art, the Renaissance which followed the Middle Ages also gave rise to a new philosophy. Many at the time thought that underlying all of the world's religious traditions was a thread of universal - "divine" - truth. Perhaps more importantly, there arose an idea that the physical world was bound together by some sort of rational "force" - a force which could be understood, if only man paid close attention to the subtle behavior of nature. Of course, such a concept is easy to take for granted now, as it is the bedrock of our modern, materialistic, scientific worldview. 

Critical thought was revolutionized in the 17th and 18th centuries, as daring thinkers experimented with old materials to create new technologies, and even went so far as to create new types of political organization. This is the story of science and its early social implications. This is the story of the Renaissance and the Enlightenment.

The Enlightenment, also known as the Age of Reason, fundamentally  changed how people think about society. Some even thought that society  itself could be remade into something based not on fealty to God and the  king, but on the virtues of liberty, reason, and property. In this  episode, the philosophy of the Enlightenment is discussed, in  preparation for a deeper look at two very influential Utopian  experiments of the era: The American Republic and the French Revolution.  

This is the second instalment of "A Brief History of Critical Thinking." In this show, we discuss the three great Greek philosophers, Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle. Specifically, we dive into Aristotle's system of Deductive, or "Formal," Logic. From there, we set the stage for the Middle Ages, as Greek culture and philosophy seeped into Rome and hence cemented itself into what would become the foundation of Euro-Christian thought.

This is the first episode in the series, "A Brief History of Critical Thinking," a survey of how logic and reason have developed over the span of a few millennia. In this episode, we look at the primeval origins of critical thinking, and see how rationality was venerated in early civilizations.

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