Astral Flight Simulation

This is an audio reading, with some commentary, of my historical essay on Vlad The Impaler. Follow me on substack for more longform and podcast content. This audio covers the events of his life that earned him his reputation and legend, but it is only an excerpt of the essay, which includes many pictures, maps, and a note on the historical sources. If you’re interested in what you hear, read the essay, it goes on to explain some of the political intrigue behind the scenes of these events. 

Dudley is on fire right now, first as my guest on Digital Identity and now with his new article on millennial speak, which he has dubbed “Millennial Snot.” You’ve all seen it online, heard it on the news, and perhaps even been subjected to it when Trump, "science," men being women, or any other hot issue comes up at dinner parties, church, little kids birthday parties, or anywhere else these people congregate. But what are its implications, what are they trying to communicate through their tone and body language? And why are they so fucking annoying? Dudley and I dig deep and are here to tell you: you’re not alone. Everyone else fucking hates it too. Follow us both on Substack:Follw me here, there are lots of episodes and articles that don't appear on iTunes and Spotify. Follow Dudley here. On substack, you can get in on the conversation

For Halloween, my guest and I discuss one of the most iconic Gen X movies ever, The Crow. We both love the movie, but we wonder if it holds up for later generations because it was so "of the time." Despite its weaknesses, we feel the strength of the source material, the character, and the aesthetic is enough to earn it a place in film history and deserves a resurgence in the current wave of 90's nostalgia. We are of course, extremely biased. We expected to talk music a lot more, and Nine Inch Nails comes up, but stay tuned for the last 30 minutes, where we veer off to discuss comic books from the late 80's and early 90's. James O'barr wrote one of the best comics of all time, that we feel greatly influenced comics forever after. If you listen to this episode and haven't read the comic, we hope it inspires you to go and do so, its well worth it. Follow me on substack for bonus episodes, written content, and paid content as well at Astralflight.substack.comFollow my guest JZ Delorean at Enjoyer.com, he writes articles about the underside of Detroit metro life, and he was the perfect guest for this show because, as you'll hear, he was reading The Crow comic as it was being published by the Detroit comic shop that O'barr hung out at in the 80's, and talks about in many interviews. 

The dreadlocked girl from a bygone era went viral for a week on twitter, sending Gen Xers into a nostalgia spiral, and caused quite a number of Zoomers and Millenials to ask “what’s the big deal?”My guest Dudley NewRight and I discuss this interview as a window into a world that no longer exists. What changed, how, and was the change for the better or worse?Follow me on Substack

Chivalry Guild joins me to discuss True Detective Season 2 and Colin Farrells character Ray VelcoroFollow Chivalry on Substack and TwitterFollow me on Twitter on Substack

Lee, one of the people I admire most, joins me to discuss Apocalypse Now. He has written about it extensively on his substack, through the lens of Nietzsche’s Birth of Tragedy, though we discuss the film from many other angles as well. A supplement essay for my perspective can be found on my substack, “War Is The Father Of Us All.”

Darryl Cooper joins me to discuss the archetypical significance of UFO's and AI as a "living myth" of the modern era. Are they real? Will AI replace humanity, as so many predict? Or are aliens and AI two different manifestations of the same Archetype for the technological age?To hear more from this podcast and get bonus content, including essays and podcast episodes that aren't available anywhere else, subscribe to my substack, https://astralflight.substack.com/?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=web&utm_campaign=substack_profileand to listen to some of these episodes live and become part of the conversation, follow me on twitter. 

We got the sci-fi dystopia...without the cyborg killer cops!Today me and my guest Granite Mountain Movie Club, found here on youtube, discuss several science fiction classics and cult classics: Robocop, Blade Runner and Blade Runner 2049, Back to the Future 2,  Demolition Man, and Judge Dredd. Is America in 2024 better or worse than the future depicted in these films?Follow me on twitter @astralflite to listen to these podcasts live and join the discussion, and follow me on substack at astralflight.substack.com and subscribe for written content, bonus episodes, and paywalled episodes with extra content!And visit Passage.Press and BUY BOOKS!

Charles Haywood joins me once again, this time to discuss Elon Musk and the future of American politics. This episode was based on his review of a recent biography of Elon Musk, published on his blog The Worthy House. I highly recommend everyone go read through this blog, it's an education in history and political philosophy in and of itself. Follow me on twitter @astralflite and substack at astralflight.substack.com.  There's a lot more content on substack than on iTunes and Spotify, and some of these episodes are recorded live on twitter with time for audience participation.Also follow Passage Press on Twitter @passagepress and Man's World @mansworldmag_, and visit both their websites, Passage.Press and Mansworldmag.online to buy the books and read the articles we discuss on this show, and much more!

I discuss Freud with Garfieldbot, writer at "The Egg Report" on substack. He's writing a long series of articles reconsidering many of Freuds ideas, which he thinks are embedded in the framework of the modern individuals understanding of themselves, their relation to the world, and the primary mode of describing human interactions for all of the 20th century.Perhaps now its time for people like us to dispel these ideas, and you can do so without reading a now out of print book, The Ordeal of Civility, by John Murray Cuddihy. This book goes a long way to undermine the veneer of science and professionalism that Freud tried to cloak his rather petty ideas in. Today, we go into detail about some of Cuddihy's critiques of Freud. Follow me on substack and twitter, and please become a paid subscriber to my substack to help support me continue to bring this show to you, and gain access to content not otherwise available. Go to the Passage.Press website and pre order Xenosystems, buy Unqualified Reservations in Hardcover, buy Steve Sailer's Noticing, and subscribe to Man's World Magaine in FULL PRINT!