The 50 Minute Hour

A corybantic exploration into the annals of history, philosophy, theology, and mind. Join Cory and Calvin as they peer into the forbidden and maddening darkness that is reality. And over a nice beverage!

The Brazenhead

I am joined by my Catholic friend Nathaniel from Texas, who is a butcher by trade. He is on a noble crusade to slay the usury of Mammon. We discuss magic, usury, the mystical Brazenhead of the medieval alchemists, the knowledge of Adam, writing, parenting, eschatology.This was originally published on his blog at https://taurusnecrus.substack.com/. Our friend "lil lathos" aka Preston helped record and edit the original interview.

06-24
01:26:30

E24: My Milkshake Brings All the Horses to the Yard

The boys discuss the culinary achievements of White Castle milkshakes, Lexington’s heritage as both the Athens of the West and the Horse Capital of the world and, in honor of Derby Day, the philosophy of sports. 

05-13
54:08

E41: The Psychology of Conversion

Therapy boys are joined by American expat in Russia, Evan, to discuss the phenomenon of the neurosis of religious conversion and the strange psychology of modern times.

02-27
01:29:05

E40: Dante’s Stars

The boys discuss Dante, the angelic hierarchy, raccoon hunting, and classical astronomy.

01-02
58:42

E39: Latter Days

The boys are joined by guest Emma to discuss her history with the Mormon church.

12-10
01:05:24

E38: Moon Man

The boys are joined by special guest Peter AKA “The Moon Man”, a man on a mission to educate about geomorphology and alternative cosmology. We also touch on the Nephilim and meta-epistemology.

08-30
57:44

E37: “Suffering, Happiness, and the Pursuit of Meaning”

The boys join a new guest to discuss photography and the relativity of happiness.

07-03
49:51

E36: The Symposiarch

Cory and his guest Gabriel discuss the art of hosting symposiums: parties that marry Apollo and Dionysius in a ceremony of good wine and conversation.

05-03
57:09

E35: What Dreams May Come

The boys sit down with dream scientist Jesse Lyon to discuss the nature of dreams and the original meaning and tradition behind the concept of the university.

03-21
49:09

S34: The Metaphysiology of Taste

The boys sit down to discuss French gourmand Savarin, food, the philosophy of taste, and the future (or lack thereof) of dining out. 

02-10
58:10

E33: Year in Review

Jonathan and Cory discuss what they have learned over the past year. 

01-20
59:01

E32: The Inner Work

The boys discuss crypto, Kanye, modern therapy, and why any hope in the immediate outer world is a distraction from inner virtue. 

12-20
44:05

E31: The Death of God

The boys discuss atheism, ontology, and necrotheology. As well as the everyday presence of black magic. 

11-11
01:45:44

E30: Keeping Hallow in Halloween

The boys discuss the calendar, the ontotheology of time, light pollution and looking beyond the Christian/pagan dichotomy of holy days. 

10-27
54:46

E29: The Sound and the Furry

The boys gather to with Jonathan and Alexander to discuss the strange phenomenon of furries. 

09-28
55:16

E28: Ecological Escatology: Or, Shit to Farm to Table to Shit

The boys sit down initially to discuss the phenomenon of furries and feces, but end up instead discussion anti-industrialism, Tolkien, anarchism, agriculture, and the natural farming philosophy of Japanese thinker Masanobu Fukuoka.

08-04
48:22

E27: The Inner Kingdom—Asceticism as Escape?

The boys are joined by returning guest Jonathan who wishes to critique and deconstruct asceticism as an escape from the true struggle. Cory gives an apology for the ascetic path as one that is not for most but nonetheless valid perennially in many traditions.

07-20
03:49:11

E26: Submission

Submission The boys sit down with their French friend Semyon, a scholar of Pharsi and Islam and student-teacher at the Sorbonne in Paris, to discuss neo-Platonism’s influence in Islamic and Christian thought, and its relationship to universalist thought in both traditions.

06-15
51:23

E25: God will be All in All

The boys discuss salvation, Calvinism, universalism, and the history of soteriology. 

06-04
51:07

E23: Interview with an Exorcist

The boys join Daniel, a long-time friend of Cory’s, renegade exorcist, lay theologian, and metaphysician. They discuss spirits, the occult, djinn, the nature of demons, why Satan rebelled, and more. 

03-31
01:35:29

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