Illegitimate Scholar

5 til Midnight Launch and the Conference this week has slowed me down. Hope this is a good consolation. Discussion on China and Chinese culture with Pat MacFarlane for his show, Vital Dissent.  Back to regular schedule next week with episode on  architecture on Monday.  Check out Pat's show here: https://open.spotify.com/episode/4nEXssoafJfB5bGLxab1fs?si=8M0yJ62eReKRU3TixwxUqA Discord: https:...

Brad Pearce joins me again to discuss his substack articles and wonderful geopolitics reporting.  https://substack.com/@thewaywardrabbler Illegitimate Scholar Live - Weekly @ 8pm eastern on Thursdays, anthropological, libertarian, and outsider perspective.  We discuss the recent coup in Niger and its place in the greater crises of the Sahel and West Africa. We discuss this within the context of sh...

My favorite fellow podcasters and I sat down for the second time to discuss the arguments of Jared Diamond "Guns, Germs, and Steel, other topics in Anthropology, and discussion of the origin of the wheel and the Indo-Aryans. Listen to their show here: https://open.spotify.com/show/0PKWQJTzq9RqoUQrEAHshl?si=3ce3e593ab464d9d Six Spots available for $2/ month right now: https://www.patreon.com/I...

Today, how do religions form and evolve based on new and changing circumstances? What do they practically provide adherents and cultures? How do religious beliefs reflect their environment? Human Physical Need of the society What conditions lead to a new religious practice and the decline of old? Examples Syncretic Religions and their extreme Then some specific examples of religions applied practi...

In this episode I go back to definitions and use the anthropological definition found in my old textbook. I go over the definition and define each of the individual terms, giving indigenous and contemporary examples. I also apply each of the terms to Wokeism to establish why wokism is a religion. Let me know your thoughts in the Discord if you agree or disagree. Six Spots available for $2/ month r...

This is ISL, Illegitimate Scholar live, news current events discussed by the Illegitimate Scholar. Live recording is done every Thursday night, 8pm eastern on youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRH77S0fVLmAZU4xLnAxuvw Rex Shenaniganz, a fellow veteran and substack writer, and I sit down to discuss Prepper culture in 2023. Great conversation. Find Rex's work here: https://substack.com/@...

This is ISL, Illegitimate Scholar live, news current events discussed by the Illegitimate Scholar. Live recording is done every Thursday night, 8pm eastern on youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRH77S0fVLmAZU4xLnAxuvw ‘K*ll the Boer’ Song Fuels Backlash in South Africa and U.S Double standards Donald Trump pleads 'not guilty' during arraignment in Jan. 6 case https://www.foxnews.c...

In this episode, my friend and I discuss the Anthropology of Religion. I start with a few definitions of religion and then we go from there. I discuss a lot of different factors about the anthropology of religion. Patreon incoming. Tell me what you want to see. Discord:  https://discord.gg/KhJgpMj6Jj  Audio Podcast:  https://pod.link/1650280020  Twitter.com:  https://twitter.com/ill_scholar #podca...

This is ISL, Illegitimate Scholar live, news current events discussed by the Illegitimate Scholar. Live recording is done every Thursday night, 8pm eastern Adam Nutter: Cult of Us Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/cultofus Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/3W66NN4ATJF7VNpuxqg3pC Cult of Us Website: https://droptent.com/podcasts/cultofus Tafari Campbell: Police say nothing suspicious with chef’...

Discord:  https://discord.gg/KhJgpMj6Jj  Audio Podcast:  https://pod.link/1650280020  Twitter.com:  https://twitter.com/ill_scholar Welcome to the Illegitimate Scholar podcast, the weekly cultural anthropology podcast that explores our senseless world through indigenous and historical examples, academic methods, and social science. In this episode, the host, Sam, delves into the Anthropology of Re...

This is ISL, Illegitimate Scholar live, news current events discussed by the Illegitimate Scholar. Live recording is done every Thursday night, 8pm eastern Today I am joined by Brad Pearce. Substack:   https://www.thewaywardrabbler.com/ Twitter:  https://twitter.com/waywardrabbler?lang=en Discord: https://discord.gg/KhJgpMj6Jj Audio Podcast: https://pod.link/1650280020   Twitter.com: https://twitt...

This is ISL, Illegitimate Scholar live, news current events discussed by the Illegitimate Scholar. Live recording is done every Thursday night, 8pm eastern Discord: https://discord.gg/KhJgpMj6Jj Audio Podcast: https://pod.link/1650280020   Twitter.com: https://twitter.com/ill_scholar #anthropology #podcasts #usnews #worldnews #conservative #videopodcast #history #historypodcasts #currentevents #ne...

In this episode I get ranty. I discuss a personal experience and its greater implications. Next week will be Anthropology of Religion.  Let me know how you like this, because I have mixed feelings.  Discord:  https://discord.gg/KhJgpMj6Jj  Audio Podcast:  https://pod.link/1650280020  Twitter.com:  https://twitter.com/ill_scholar #podcast #history #politics #anthropology #ancienthistory #libertaria...

This is ISL, Illegitimate Scholar live, news current events discussed by the Illegitimate Scholar. Live recording is done every Thursday night, 8pm eastern I am joined by Kyle Matovcik who hosts the "In Liberty and Health" Podcast: https://open.spotify.com/show/3MPZz5GqPoSZMAGRfaXVhG?si=80e41be4e99a46c0 DeSantis unveils an aggressive immigration and border security policy that largely mi...

Overview on Chinese History over the course of 4000 years. About half is an overview of ancient China to the Opium Wars, setting up the context for what happens in the 19th century when European imperialism comes to China. The underlying cultural traits of the Han Chinese people are discussed, as well as their different philosophies, perceptions of self, hierarchy, and the perceptions of those aro...

This is ISL, Illegitimate Scholar live, news current events discussed by the Illegitimate Scholar. Live recording is done every Thursday night. EU can no longer afford national vetoes on foreign policy, German chancellor says Republican attacks on ESG aren't stopping companies in red states from going green An Indigenous lacrosse team reclaims its native identity U.S. Starbucks workers join i...

This is Illegitimate Scholar Conversations. A conversation between me, Samuel Urban, and someone I've handpicked to speak about issues of culture, history, social studies, etc. This episode is from my appearance on Kyle's podcast, In Liberty and Health. Check him out here: https://open.spotify.com/episode/1MML3Qfk4DD8Vw20tUG4NZ?si=e3417c188e68439c Okay. Um, so I'm here, uh, trying t...

In this episode of the Illegitimate Scholar Podcast, I delve into the profound consequences of humanity's rejection of its natural roots and the impact it has had on Western civilization. With the increasing disconnect from nature and the accumulation of social constructs over time, our lives have become less aligned with our fundamental needs, leading to a constant state of cognitive dissona...

This is ISL, Illegitimate Scholar live, news current events discussed by the Illegitimate Scholar I start with a discussion on the Penny indictment and what that means for those who might want to help others in a dangerous situation. I discuss the implications of a strange firing of a Starbucks manager amongst accusations of racism years ago that just settled for 26 million dollars in favor of the...

This is Illegitimate Scholar Conversations. A conversation between me, Samuel Urban, and someone I've handpicked to speak about issues of culture, history, social studies, etc. Today I sit down with Ben, a childhood friend, to discuss the Trump indictment, law codes, Uncle Ted, and who has the right to commit violence. Next Monday Illegitimate Scholar will return in the original format and th...

This is ISL, Illegitimate Scholar live, current events covered of the week covered by the Illegitimate Scholar Sorry for the weirdness with uploads, I am settling into a new routine. From now on, live show will take place on Thursdays at 8pm eastern, weekly on youtube and other platforms, and that will be uploaded as an audio file on the Podcast feed the next day.  Mondays will be either a traditi...

Besides the explosion of medical company monopolies, not much has changed with medicine in my lifetime. My boomer parents took pills for everything and they encouraged me to. mention of a headache gets an ibuprofen, rather than a glass of water. Even at a young age I was obsessed with primitive people and I wondered how they survived without our modern medicine, or even toothpaste. It was only onc...

Indigenous cultures often have hallucinogenic traditions, from Meso-America, to Africa, the Pacific, and indigenous Europe. The United States, Spain, and Japan, just as diverse, all drink similar amounts of coffee while being very different cultures. Why do these cultures that differ so much share these traits, and what do these, and the use of other drugs tell us about the values and customs of a...

In this episode I look at the perception of different symbols, like the confederate flag, American flag, Pepe the Frog, is influenced by those who hold power. I discuss what symbols actually represent and the power in those symbols themselves, as well as the ability to decide for others, through institutional power, what a symbol represents. We discuss the racist term, "latinx" as well. ...

Part 2 from last week, episode 030. This episode recaps the cycles of institutional and socio-economic change from George Friedman's "Storm Before the Calm". This episode builds on last week  to question what will happen to the United States in the coming years based on Friedman's theory. I will likely not use this format in the future. Let me know on discord what topics you wa...