The Podcast of the Lotus Eaters #854
Callum, Connor & Dan discuss ITV’s brand new Boomer psyop, how Sora AI might make movies good again, and the boycotts brands can’t come back from.
1hr 30m Feb 20, 2024
1hr 30m
PREVIEW: Symposium #58 | The Evil Side of Welfarism
Stelios and Josh discuss the dangers of the philosophy of the welfare state. They discuss the differences between classical and modern liberalism, the differences between the ancient and the contemporary understanding of well-being, and the proper role of the state.
35m Feb 19, 2024
35m
The Podcast of the Lotus Eaters #853
Callum, Carl and Jess Gill discuss, Integration Is Hard, The Starship Troopers Discourse, and Stop Funding People Who hate You.
1hr 31m Feb 19, 2024
1hr 31m
PREVIEW: Epochs #146 | Edward I: Part III
This week Beau and Carl discuss the final years of King Edward I’s long reign, which is largely consumed by yet more, seemingly endless, campaigns in Scotland Watch the full premium video: https://www.lotuseaters.com/premium-epochs-146-or-edward-i-part-iii-18-02-24
30m Feb 18, 2024
30m
PREVIEW: Contemplations #164 | What Makes Films Good?
Josh, Harry and Stelios discuss the principles that determine whether a film is regarded as good or not and make many suggestions of films which embody these principles well.
31m Feb 17, 2024
31m
The Podcast of the Lotus Eaters #852
Callum, Harry and Nicholas De Santo discuss Tuckers Supermarket Adventure, We’ve Reached Whole New Depths of Democracy, and Everyone Disliked That
1hr 33m Feb 16, 2024
1hr 33m
The Podcast of the Lotus Eaters #851
Connor, Josh and Beau discuss politics in the UK being completely normal, TFL’s humiliating new Overground line names, and Lewis Hamilton doing Idiocracy IRL.
1hr 30m Feb 15, 2024
1hr 30m
The Podcast of the Lotus Eaters #850
Carl, Callum, and Harry discuss how everyone is noticing that the foreigners aren't like us, will Labour increase immigration?, and that you're already paying reparations, you just don't know it.
1hr 31m Feb 14, 2024
1hr 31m
The Horrors of Surrogacy | Interview with Katy Faust of Them Before Us
Connor interviews Katy Faust, director of children's rights advocacy group Them Before Us, and co-author of the new book Raising Conservative Kids in a Woke City, about the dangers of the fertility industrial complex, and the necessity to recognise children's rights.
56m Feb 14, 2024
56m
PREVIEW: Brokenomics | The Putin Interview
Dan breaks down the historic interview between Tucker Carlson and Vladimir Putin covering history, the nature of geopolitics and the decline of the dollar.
30m Feb 13, 2024
30m
The Podcast of the Lotus Eaters #849
Callum, Stelios, and Dan discuss the suicide pact being cancelled, this week in trolling, and something that's totally ‘Safe & Effective’
1hr 32m Feb 13, 2024
1hr 32m
PREVIEW: Symposium #57 | Thomas More’s Utopia
Stelios and Beau discuss Thomas More’s dialogue Utopia and to what extent More identified himself with the criticism of private property that features in the dialogue.
31m Feb 12, 2024
31m
The Podcast of the Lotus Eaters #848
Carl, Josh, and Stelios discuss “consoomers”, Alexander the Gay, and diversity fatigue.
1hr 33m Feb 12, 2024
1hr 33m
PREVIEW: Epochs #145 | Edward I: Part II
This week Beau and Carl discuss the middle reign of King Edward I; this week focusing almost entirely on his interminable and increasingly savage campaigns against the Scots.
31m Feb 11, 2024
31m
PREVIEW: Contemplations #163 | Why The Political Compass Questions are Terrible
Josh, Callum and Dan discuss the questions on the conventional political compass test and why they are a bad measure of political attitudes.
26m Feb 10, 2024
26m
The Podcast of the Lotus Eaters #847
Callum, Beau and Tim Davies discuss The Tucker Putin Interview, Death of the Royal Air Force, and Least Foreign UK Election.
1hr 36m Feb 09, 2024
1hr 36m
The Podcast of the Lotus Eaters #846
Callum, Carl and Connor discuss Liz Truss’ PopCon Conspiracy, Those Dumb Glasses, and Proof of Big Cats in Britain.
1hr 31m Feb 08, 2024
1hr 31m
PREVIEW: Why Importing Based Foreigners Will Never Work
Harry and Josh discuss the data surrounding the voting patterns, policy preferences, and cultural beliefs of ethnic voters in the US, to disprove the notion that importing ‘based’ foreigners will not improve your country.
21m Feb 07, 2024
21m
The Podcast of the Lotus Eaters #845
Callum, Connor & Harry discuss what politicians won’t talk about, the new cure for exhaustion, and what we can all see — but they can’t.
1hr 31m Feb 07, 2024
1hr 31m
PREVIEW: Brokenomics | The Gig Economy
Dan talks about the emerging gig economy with George Bagby, and what starts as a discussion of the dissolving norms of traditional work becomes a discussion of the dissolving norms of tradition and values as a whole.
29m Feb 06, 2024
29m
The Podcast of the Lotus Eaters #844
Callum, Dan and Geoff Thompson discuss The AI Always Wins, We Are Telling Not Asking, and Enjoy The Trailer Park.
1hr 31m Feb 06, 2024
1hr 31m
The Podcast of the Lotus Eaters #843
Callum, Carl and Harry discuss Britain's Most Wanted, Why Can’t The Police Find This Guy? And You Won’t Find Justice Here
1hr 30m Feb 05, 2024
1hr 30m
PREVIEW: Symposium #56 | Debating Gender
Stelios and Connor debate gender. They debate whether the notion of ‘gender’ is useful, whether transgenderism is based on reason, and end with a discussion regarding what to do when kids say they are trans.
34m Feb 05, 2024
34m
PREVIEW: Epochs #144 | Edward I: Part I
This week Beau and Carl discuss the early reign of King Edward I; from his adventures against the Mamluks in the Holy Land on the eighth crusade, to his wide ranging constitutional reforms, to his dealings with the endlessly rebellious Welsh Watch the full premium video: https://www.lotuseaters.com/premium-epochs-144-or-edward-i-part-i-4-2-24
32m Feb 04, 2024
32m
The Podcast of the Lotus Eaters #842
Callum, Harry and Beau discuss They Have No Shame, SuicideSquad: Kill Your Franchise, and The Farmers Revolt.
1hr 32m Feb 02, 2024
1hr 32m
PREVIEW: What Comes After Liberalism? with Prof. James Orr
Carl & Connor are joined by James Orr. Associate Professor of Philosophy of Religion at the University of Cambridge and UK Chairman of the Edmund Burke Foundation, to reflect on whether the mutation of Liberalism is at fault for the maladies afflicting modernity — and what will come after.
33m Feb 01, 2024
33m
The Podcast of the Lotus Eaters #841
Carl, Connor & Stelios discuss why conservatives will lose the culture war, Europe’s guilt complex, and just how wild January 2024 was.
1hr 30m Feb 01, 2024
1hr 30m
Rumble Live | The Total Collapse of the Conservative Party
Connor & Carl are Joined by David Atherton to discuss the staggering suicide of the Conservative Party, following its landslide majority in 2019, ahead of the 2024 Election — and if the Tories will stage another coup against Rishi Sunak.
1hr 32m Feb 01, 2024
1hr 32m
The Podcast of the Lotus Eaters #840
Callum, Carl, and David Atherton discuss Ilhan Omar Spills The Beans, Ladies, Don’t Take the Bogpill, and The MAGA Border.
1hr 32m Jan 31, 2024
1hr 32m
The Podcast of the Lotus Eaters #839
Callum, Harry, and Josh discuss Tyranny in the UK, A Peek Behind the Curtain, and The Gig Economy Has Gone Too Far.
1hr 30m Jan 30, 2024
1hr 30m
PREVIEW: Brokenomics | Empire of Dollars
Dan talks to Justin about the Empire of Dollars and the advantages and disadvantages that confers to the world and the American people
23m Jan 30, 2024
23m
The Podcast of the Lotus Eaters #838
Callum, Connor & Dan discuss Neo-Libs missing the point on immigration, why no one is dying for this, and why you can’t beat the Boomers.
1hr 33m Jan 29, 2024
1hr 33m
PREVIEW: Symposium #55 | Humboldt’s Classical Liberalism
Stelios and Harry discuss insights from Wilhelm von Humboldt’s classic The Limits of State Action. They focus on Humboldt’s ideal of self-development and how state coercion sabotages it and fosters a culture of dependency.
33m Jan 29, 2024
33m
PREVIEW: Epochs #143 | Henry III: Part II
This week Beau and Carl discuss the later reign of King Henry III, focusing mainly on the rise and rebellion of Simon De Montfort, and his ultimate arch enemy, the heir to the throne, Edward Longshanks.
24m Jan 28, 2024
24m
PREVIEW: Contemplations #161 | Freud & Psychoanalysis
Josh and Harry discuss the ideas of Sigmund Freud and how they compare to our modern understanding of human psychology.
35m Jan 27, 2024
35m
The Podcast of the Lotus Eaters #837
Peter Boghossian and Travis Brown join Carl to discuss the ongoing plagiarism in academia scandal, uncomfortable truths about gender ideology, and the ongoing conversation around gay surrogacy.
1hr 31m Jan 26, 2024
1hr 31m
Interview with Ben Habib
Beau interviews Reform UK's co-deputy leader, Ben Habib. They discuss both legal and illegal immigration, the upcoming by-election in Wellingborough, Reform's long term plans, Mr Nigel Farage, and much more besides.
1hr 3m Jan 26, 2024
1hr 3m
The Podcast of the Lotus Eaters #836
Callum, Harry and Voice of Wales discuss Conscription, a welsh roundup, and Beanie Time Approaches.
1hr 33m Jan 25, 2024
1hr 33m
The Podcast of the Lotus Eaters #835
Callum, Josh and Beau, discuss The Piano Must Pay, What Milei Done So Far, and The Final Countdown
1hr 32m Jan 24, 2024
1hr 32m
PREVIEW: Brokenomics | Islam - with Robert Spencer
Dan talks to Robert Spencer of Jihad Watch about the prospects of successfully integrating Islam into the global world.
25m Jan 23, 2024
25m
The Podcast of the Lotus Eaters #834
Carl, Dan and Justin discuss the totally believable Patriotic Front, why you should give up on the UK and the absolute state of Britain.
1hr 33m Jan 23, 2024
1hr 33m
PREVIEW: Symposium #54 | Instructions of Ptahhotep
Stelios, Beau and Josh discuss The Teachings of Ptahhotep an ancient Egyptian text often regarded as one of the oldest books in the world.
33m Jan 22, 2024
33m
The Podcast of the Lotus Eaters #833
Callum, Connor & Stelios discuss the police caught sharing spicy memes, why English is redundant in London, and why Cancel Culture doesn’t matter anymore.
1hr 29m Jan 22, 2024
1hr 29m
PREVIEW: Epochs #142 | Henry III
This week Beau and Carl discuss the early and middle reign of King Henry III, including the regency period when he was a child, his ongoing troubles with France, the Papacy, and his own tumultuous baronage. Watch the full premium video: https://www.lotuseaters.com/premium-epochs-142-or-henry-iii-21-01-24
28m Jan 22, 2024
28m
PREVIEW: Contemplations #160 | The Wisdom of Chinese Proverbs: Part II
Josh and Stelios discuss the meaning behind many Chinese proverbs, their history and how they compare to their Western Equivalents.
31m Jan 20, 2024
31m
The Podcast of the Lotus Eaters #832
Callum, Connor & Beau discuss Hasan meeting a pirate, Davos 2024 and Disease X, and Trump’s thundering victory in Iowa.
1hr 31m Jan 19, 2024
1hr 31m
The Podcast of the Lotus Eaters #831
Carl, Connor & Ralph Schoellhammer discuss why we’re jealous of Europe’s immigration policies, how Liberals haven’t even read Locke, and if January 6th was an inside job.
1hr 31m Jan 18, 2024
1hr 31m
The Podcast of the Lotus Eaters #830
In this episode, Callum, Josh, and Harry discuss the decline in University IQs, those who Don’t Know Why They Failed, and dissect the culture of unquestioning consumerism.
1hr 32m Jan 17, 2024
1hr 32m
The Podcast of the Lotus Eaters #829
Callum, Carl and Stelios discuss The Tech Vibes Are Over, Street-fighting in the west, and Voxpops: Representation
1hr 30m Jan 16, 2024
1hr 30m
PREVIEW: Brokenomics | Behavioural Economics
Josh explains to Dan what Behavioural Economics is and why it has become the default mode of modern government.
31m Jan 16, 2024
31m