Psychic Warfare
Where Philosophy and Heavy Music Collide
Displaying all 2 Episode of Psychic Warfare with the tag “existentialism”.
-
Dr. William Irwin on Metallica's Existentialist lyrics, the Search for Authenticity, and Enlightened Self Interest,
August 16th, 2023 | 1 hr 14 mins
1980s, authentic, authenticity, bands, cliff burton, existentialism, hard rock, james hetfield, jason newsted, kirk hammett, lars ulrich, lyrics, metal, metallica, music, new, philosophy, podcast, psychic, rob trujillo, rock, self interest, self-help, spiritual, talk, thrash metal, warfare
Dr. William Irwin, philosophy professor at King's College in Wilkes Barre, PA and author of the Meaning of Metallica: Ride the Lyrics and editor of Metallica and Philosophy, dives in with me to discuss the philosophies behind his own life and the life and lyrics of James Hetfield and Metallica
-
HEALTH's Jake Duszik on the Curse of Human Consciousness, the Pragmatic Reality of Truth, and How the Universe Pales in Comparison to the Human Brain
March 17th, 2023 | 1 hr 19 mins
bands, biology, brain, consciousness, electronic, existence, existentialism, hard rock, health, industrial, jake duszik, metal, music, new, noise, philosophy, podcast, pragmatism, psychic, reality, rock, science, self-help, spiritual, talk, warfare
Jake Duszik of Noise/Industrial/Electronic band HEALTH joins Psychic Warfare to speak on the foundations of his own pragmatic view of existence, the freedom and burden of human awareness, and the absolute mindfuck that is...well, the human mind.