About this podcast
Ruling class authorities have historically defined reality for the rest of us...with mind-bending consequences during times of economic collapse! Join your hosts Brian and Nate for current events through this fascinating lens—each and every Monday morning.
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Episodes
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- Fabric of Reality · 12 minIn this System Failure Short, Nate reads this week’s audio essay entitled “Fabric of Reality.” Get full access to System Failure at www.systemfailure.org/subscribe
- The Ride Down · 1 h 15 minWith the American midterm elections looming this weeks, a final analysis of Sober October compels the boys to ruminate on the value of ruminating. In times of societal…
- Black Death · 10 minIn this System Failure Short, Nate reads this week’s audio essay entitled “Black Death.” Get full access to System Failure at www.systemfailure.org/subscribe
- Awaiting the Other Shoe · 1 h 11 minAfter a Sober October check-in, your hosts turn their attention to attention itself. Brian details his new strategy for curating the contents of his mind, which means no longer…
- Incredible Codex · 11 minIn this System Failure Short, Nate reads this week’s audio essay entitled “Incredible Codex.” Get full access to System Failure at www.systemfailure.org/subscribe
- Vive la France! · 1 h 0 minAfter making some Sober October confessions, the boys discuss the Apocalypse as portrayed in the 2023 film Leave the World Behind. Next, they turn their attention to Dr. Eric…
- The Pale Horse · 12 minIn this System Failure Short, Nate reads this week’s audio essay entitled “The Pale Horse.” Get full access to System Failure at www.systemfailure.org/subscribe
- Another Domino Falls · 55 minAfter a sober October check-in, the boys turn their attention to meditation and its insights into the nature of reality. They then react the attack on the Riyadh airport by…
- Scourge of Slavery · 11 minIn this System Failure Short, Nate reads this week’s audio essay entitled “Scourge of Slavery.” Get full access to System Failure at www.systemfailure.org/subscribe
- October Surprise! · 1 h 8 minAfter checking in on their respective Sober October challenges, the boys use a recent podcast debate between colorful figures to launch a discussion about SECRET SOCIETIES’…
- False Dichotomy · 11 minIn this System Failure Short, Nate reads this week’s audio essay entitled “False Dichotomy.” Get full access to System Failure at www.systemfailure.org/subscribe
- AI & The Second Coming of Christ · 1 h 35 min · Episode 161All eyes on New England this week as an early fall Nor’easter blows through, cancelling Ed Sheeran concerts and relocating Red Sox games. The boys make their Sober October…
- History of Mystery · 11 minIn this System Failure Short, Nate reads this week’s audio essay entitled “History of Mystery.” Get full access to System Failure at www.systemfailure.org/subscribe
- Horseshoe Theory · 1 h 15 min · Episode 160The boys review their experience on the Rush concert tour, before remembering fallen podcast hero “Bald” Bryan Bishop. Then, they turn their situation to the inflation wreaking…
- First Black Friday · 14 minIn this System Failure Short, Nate reads this week’s audio essay entitled “First Black Friday.” Get full access to System Failure at www.systemfailure.org/subscribe
- Panic Grips Bond Markets & AI Sector · 1 h 7 minPlagued by tech issues, the boys nonetheless begin by acknowledging some exciting enhancements to the System Failure newsletter. Next, Brian reflects on liabilities of the…
- Sacred Feminine · 14 minIn this System Failure Short, Nate reads this week’s audio essay entitled “Sacred Feminine”. Get full access to System Failure at www.systemfailure.org/subscribe
- Malignant Hunger · 1 h 13 minBrian begins this episode with an update on his meditation practice and reflects on the boys band phenomenon of the 1990s. The boys then remark on a second Epstein Transparency…
- Razing the Temple · 13 minIn this System Failure Short, Nate reads this week’s audio essay entitled “Razing the Temple”. Get full access to System Failure at www.systemfailure.org/subscribe
- The Nature of Corruption · 1 h 8 minIn this episode of System Failure, hosts Nathan and Brian Knopp analyze the fragile mechanisms that lay beneath human cognition, and by extension our institutions. As an example…
- Money for Nothing · 12 minIn this System Failure Short, Nate reads this week’s audio essay entitled “Money for Nothing”. Get full access to System Failure at www.systemfailure.org/subscribe
- The Bond-pocalypse Is Here · 1 h 9 minNate recounts his recent trip to the Sunshine State, including the surprise victory of Angie Nixon in the Florida Senate primary. She will be the nation’s first DSA candidate to…
- Delusions of Self · 11 minIn this System Failure Short, Nate reads this week’s audio essay entitled “Delusions of Self”. Get full access to System Failure at www.systemfailure.org/subscribe
- Is American Food Poisoned? · 60 minThe boys marvel at the total solar eclipse in Spain before considering the recent primary campaigns around the US. Next, they check on the rollout of Mayor Mamdani’s new…
- Human Symphony · 12 minIn this System Failure Short, Nate reads this week’s audio essay entitled “Human Symphony”. Get full access to System Failure at www.systemfailure.org/subscribe
- Now Is The Time of Monsters · 1 h 1 minThe boys acknowledge a victory for Dr. Abdul El-Sayed as well as Tucker Carlson starting a new political party, before turning to grim news on the war front. They then pivot to a…
- Newton’s Magic · 10 minIn this System Failure Short, Nate reads this week’s audio essay entitled “Newton’s Magic”. Get full access to System Failure at www.systemfailure.org/subscribe
- Rise of the DSA · 1 h 11 minThe boys suffer from déjà vu as Trump calls off another strike on Iran. They then dive into the curious case of acupuncture, which has a 96% success rate treating the bizarre…
- Faustian Bargain · 11 minIn this System Failure Short, Nate reads this week’s audio essay entitled “Faustian Bargain”. Get full access to System Failure at www.systemfailure.org/subscribe
- The Book of Enoch · 1 h 22 minThe boys open the program with a discussion of OpenAI models running amok on the internet and the late Lindsay Graham pushing for a war in Iran that has now expanded to include…
- Plato’s Revenge · 11 minIn this System Failure Short, Nate reads this week’s audio essay entitled “Plato’s Revenge”. Get full access to System Failure at www.systemfailure.org/subscribe
- Egg Collusion · 1 h 5 minThe boys remark on the arrival of Pink Floyd bassist Roger Waters in Maine to spin conspiracies about 9/11 on the Tucker Carlson program. That discussion broadens to include…
- New World Order · 10 minIn this System Failure Short, Nate reads this week’s audio essay entitled “New World Order”. Get full access to System Failure at www.systemfailure.org/subscribe
- Senate Intrigue · 1 h 4 minThe boys begin by acknowledging the passing of Senator Lindsay Graham, and the grave illness of another Senator, Mitch McConnell. They guess the implications for Senate, which…
- End Times · 9 minIn this System Failure Short, Nate reads this week’s audio essay entitled “End Times”. Get full access to System Failure at www.systemfailure.org/subscribe
- Transparency & Control · 52 minNate begins by describing of his Fourth of July weekend in New Jersey, which included a hair-raising account of alien abduction recounted at a party. The boys react with…
- Stickin' It to The Man · 11 minIn this System Failure Short, Nate reads this week’s audio essay entitled “Sticking it to The Man”. Get full access to System Failure at www.systemfailure.org/subscribe
- Secret Societies · 1 h 5 minThe lads grapple with the real secret societies that control politics at the highest levels. They consider recent revelations from the Washington Post regarding Tulsi Gabbard’s…
- The Power of the Press · 12 minIn this System Failure Short, Nate reads this week’s audio essay entitled “The Power of the Press”. Get full access to System Failure at www.systemfailure.org/subscribe
- Magic Words · 1 h 14 minThe boys begin by celebrating their very first video podcast! After that, the discussion turns toward the magical power of words, particularly in the context of various impolite…
- Christmas Coronation · 12 minIn this System Failure Short, Nate reads this week’s audio essay entitled “Christmas Coronation”. Get full access to System Failure at www.systemfailure.org/subscribe
- Last of the Mohicans · 1 h 8 minAfter celebrating a local city getting rid of Flock traffic cameras, Nate describes voting for Graham Platner in the Maine Senate primary. Next, the boys turn their attention to…
- Devouring the Future · 15 minIn this System Failure Short, Nate reads this week’s audio essay entitled “Devouring the Future”. Get full access to System Failure at www.systemfailure.org/subscribe
- Archetypes · 1 h 15 minThe boys begin this episode by lamenting the concerted smear campaign on Senate hopeful Graham Platner. Along with the recent defeat of Rep. Thomas Massie, the affair stands as a…
- Hedge Maze · 14 minIn this System Failure Short, Nate reads this week’s audio essay entitled “Hedge Maze”. Get full access to System Failure at www.systemfailure.org/subscribe
- The Tower of Babel · 1 h 1 minNate admits to falling for the grift as Donald Trump jawbones the yield on the 10-Year T-Note down to 4.4% amidst ongoing hostilities with Iran. The boys then turn their…
- Apocalypse · 14 minIn this System Failure Short, Nate reads this week’s audio essay entitled “Apocalypse”. Get full access to System Failure at www.systemfailure.org/subscribe
- Pyrrhic Victory · 1 h 8 minThe guys discuss rumors of a looming peace agreement with Iran, noting that the WSJ Opinion Page is vehemently opposed to it. They then discus Rep. Thomas Massie losing his…
- Inferno · 13 minIn this System Failure Short, Nate reads this week’s audio essay entitled “Inferno”. Get full access to System Failure at www.systemfailure.org/subscribe
- Too Late for Marxism? · 1 h 6 minAfter a brief review of the history of child slavery in Rhode Island, the boys ponder the underlying causes and test drive the idea it is a lack of hope for the future—and not…
