Bad Role Models

SOUND CREDIT: The Chamber Stage (YouTube) Support the boys (Thomas Vanek & Richard Sinex) and I on YouTube: ⁠ https://www.youtube.com/@hemlock-yt⁠ Because someone will ask: the Nixon tape is from Feb 1st 1972 and features the Reverend Billy Graham giving his fascinating interpretation of the Jewish Question in the Oval Office. Nixon concludes (its' a little garbled on the tape) by saying &...

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He who can destroy a thing (Will's sanity) controls a thing. On this episode, Thomas and Richard flap their hands and shriek for 2 hours about Dune and Dune: Messiah lore. If you've only seen the movies (Will) prepare to get dunked on. Arrakis will bloom again.

Paul Thomas Anderson made this when he was 28. So did Richard and Will. A celebration of ⁠the greatest movie of our greatest living director.⁠ Hats off to you, man. advisory: child abuse, self-harm, suicide. “Ever since happiness heard your name, it has been running through the streets trying to find you.”― Hafez Music Credits: ⁠Violin version of Habañera by Katy Adelson⁠ ⁠Aria version of Habañera...

Keep this work free for everyone and unlock my entire corpus for $5 per month on Patreon! Samuel Mathers is Bane, not Wolverine. People Mentioned: Samuel Liddell MacGregor Mathers H. P. Blavatsky William Wynn Westcott Aleister Crowley John Dee Edward Kelly A. E. Waite Erich Fromm and Wilhelm Reich References: Douglas Haig, the Battle of the Somme, and Séances "On 20th September 1906, Haig attended...

Kick in on Patreon to support the both of us!⁠ This is the new work. Movies: ⁠The Master (2012)⁠ ⁠There Will Be Blood (2007)⁠ ⁠Magnolia (1999)⁠ ⁠Boogie Nights (1997)⁠ Music: ⁠Violin Concerto in D Major, Movement III Allegro Giocoso by Johannes Brahms⁠ ⁠Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers) by Wu-Tang Clan⁠ Etude Op 10 No 3 in E Major "Tristesse" Composed by Frederic Chopin, (Best) ⁠Performed by Maurizio...

Come join the Patreon! ⁠https://patreon.com/c/hemlockpatreon⁠ The best version of Musashi in English that I have found is the book The Complete Musashi translated by Alexander Bennett, which is available in audiobook form and is quite short and scholarly to boot. ⁠Goodreads link⁠ . Books and Movies: ⁠Silence, Martin Scorsese⁠ ⁠Pi, Darren Aronofsky⁠ ⁠Introduction to Zen Buddhism - D. T. Suzuki⁠ Lin...

A truly decadent and indulgent episode for the genuinely twisted wordheads and storyfreaks still crawling on all fives. Cheers, you beautiful bastards. Music by Anapse , track Bisector off Streamsafe Essentials Books Hells Angels by Hunter S Thompson Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas by Hunter S Thompson Screwjack by Hunter S. Thompson Better Than Sex: The Gonzo Papers Vol 4 by Hunter S Thompson Frea...

With special guest Deputy Dick filling in (for) Richard Sinex. Music by Anapse , track Bisector off Streamsafe Essentials --Books-- Hells Angels by Hunter S Thompson Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas by Hunter S Thompson Screwjack by Hunter S. Thompson Better Than Sex: The Gonzo Papers Vol 4 by Hunter S Thompson Freak Power: Hunter S. Thompson's Campaign for Sheriff by Daniel Joseph Watkins Dark Alli...

Now It's Dark. Advisory: This episode contains potentially upsetting discussions of child sexual abuse/violence as well as addiction and human trafficking. Music Credit: ⁠Twin Peaks Theme (Cover)⁠ by ⁠Dehli Musikk⁠ In this one Richard and I cover the twin masterpieces: Lost Highway (1997) and Mulholland Drive (2001) and list Sixteen Reasons why we love David Lynch. Wishing DL an auspicious passage...

Now It's Dark. Advisory: This episode contains potentially upsetting discussions of child sexual abuse/violence as well as addiction and human trafficking. Music Credit: Twin Peaks Theme (Cover) by Dehli Musikk Correction: I said that Lynch married Rossellini. Actually they were just romantic partners and were never married. In this one Richard and I cover David Lynch's pocket biography, Blue Velv...

Patreon support: patreon.com/c/hemlockpatreon Podcast Sources (AI Generated, May Contain Errors): Ada Lovelace Source: Wikipedia: Ada Lovelace Summary: Ada Lovelace was an English mathematician and writer, chiefly known for her work on Charles Babbage's proposed mechanical general-purpose computer, the Analytical Engine. She is often regarded as the first to recognize the full potential of a "comp...

It's not easy being a gay brain-sex icon and a straight brain-sex icon at the same time but ya boi Byron did it. Part 1 of 2. Support the show and get ad-free content on Patreon Also, I decided Richard and I's biographical series is gonna be called "Bad Role Models" since that seems to be the theme... Also "Behind the Bastards" was already taken. Citations: Malcolm McDowell Movie "If...." (1968) B...

Bhagwan Richard and I explore the life, mind, and times of a certain Raj Rajneesh, AKA Bhagwan Sri Rajneesh, AKA Osho, AKA FBI's most wanted guru. Support the Show on Patreon! References and Citations: ⁠Building Utopia by Russell King⁠ ⁠The Golden Road - William Dalrymple⁠ The Eknath Easwaran / Nilgiri Press Trilogy: ⁠-Dhammapada⁠ ⁠-Upanishads⁠ ⁠-Bhagavad Gita⁠ ⁠The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali - Comm...