

Horses
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HORSES is a series of artfully crafted visual & audio essays by Michael Sorensen. Episodes cover a fascinating range of topics rooted in History, Philosophy, and Culture. Captivating and distinctively paced, HORSES offers an oasis of thoughtful storytelling in a chaotic media landscape. More at: YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@HorsesOnYT Exclusive videos: www.horses.landInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/horses.ig/
Episodes
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Jan 7, 2026 • 23min
Dog Food
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Dec 9, 2025 • 27min
The Death of Hope
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Sources, recommended reading, and influences:
Man's Search for Meaning - Frankl
The Spirit of Hope - Byung Chul Han
The Human Condition - Hannah Arendt
A Philosophy of Hope - Lars Svendsen
The Principle of Hope - Ernst Bloch
music:
Autumn Skies - Roots and Recognition
Before You Wake Up - Erik Fernholm Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Nov 12, 2025 • 42min
How the US Killed Che Guevara
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Sources:
Che Guevara: A Revolutionary Life, Anderson
Who Killed Che Guevara?, Smith & Ratner
The Motorcycle Diaries, Guevara Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Oct 8, 2025 • 52min
AK-47: The Peoples' Weapon
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Sources:
AK-47: The Story of the People's Gun, Hodges
AK-47, Kahner
ANALYZING THE EVOLUTION AND IMPACT OF KALASHNIKOV RIFLES: A COMPREHENSIVE STUDY ON DESIGN, TECHNOLOGY, AND GLOBAL INFLUENCE, Singh et al
The AK-47: the world's favourite killing machine, Amnesty Int'l Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Sep 2, 2025 • 38min
The Only War You Will Not Win
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Sources:
Murray Stein - Jung's Map of the Soul
Jolande Szekacs Jacobi - The Way of Individuation
Bud Harris - Becoming Whole
Robert A. Johnson - Owning Your Own Shadow
Connie Zweig, Jeremiah Abrams - Meeting the Shadow Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

9 snips
Jul 15, 2025 • 36min
How Phones Ruined Everything
Explore the impact of social media on our lives and minds. Delve into how the App Store ignited an attention economy and the rise of gamification in validation. Discover social media as unpaid labor that sacrifices leisure time for constant engagement. Learn about the pitfalls of reducing identity to data metrics and the limitations of simply putting down your phone. While acknowledging some benefits, the discussion highlights more significant harms and calls for youth-led change to create healthier digital environments.

Jun 27, 2025 • 1h 16min
How to Break a Man
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sources:
Defense of the Absolute Prohibition of Torture, Mayerfeld
Why Torture Doesn't Work, O'Mara
Torturing the Mind, O'Mara
Torture and Democracy, Rejali
Torture Memos, Cole
Representing Torture, Schlag
American Torture: From the Cold War to Abu Ghraib and Beyond, Otterman Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Apr 29, 2025 • 59min
The Death of an Innocent
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sources:
Into the Wild, by John Krakauer
The Journal of Chris McCandless
The Wild Truth, by Carine McCandless Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mar 13, 2025 • 55min
The Unthinkable
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sources:
The Effects of Nuclear Weapons
Nuclear War, A Scenario (Annie Jacobsen)
Fredric Solomon - The Medical Implications of Nuclear War (Institute for Medicine, National Academy of Sciences) (1986)
The Next Nuclear War - Kroenig Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jan 30, 2025 • 56min
The Age of VAMPIRES
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Sources:
Paul Barber - Vampires, Burial, and Death_ Folklore and Reality-Yale University Press (2008)
Elizabeth Miller - Dracula (2001)
In Search of Dracula - Raymond T. McNally and Radu Florescu
Nick Groom - The Vampire_ A New History-Yale University Press (2018)
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