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Uncertain Things

Vibes of Nihilism (w/ Mike Pesca)

Mar 28, 2025
01:20:27

Perspicacious podcaster Mike Pesca, host of The Gist and author of Pesca Profundities, joins Adaam to partake in principled, punny, and peppily pugnacious perorations. On the agenda: the creeping nihilism of American society (and should we be worried about it), the comedy of Signalgate, the state of the media, and the revenge of the cancelled.

On the agenda:

-Podcasting with Pesca [00:00]

-Misinformation and media [10:52]

-Objectivity [14:55]

-Signalgate [27:54]

-Nihilism in America [35:37]

-Jan 6 and Oct 8 [42:36]

-Surviving cancellation [51:19]

-Judicial overhauls [56:43]

-Constitutionalism and its discontent [01:00:05]

-Blindspots [01:04:19]

Uncertain Things is hosted and produced by Adaam James Levin-Areddy and Vanessa M. Quirk. For more doomsday thoughts, subscribe to: uncertain.substack.com.



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