The End of the World with Michael and Stu

The Apocalypse is Everywhere. The End of the World with Michael and Stu is a (hopefully) insightful and (hopefully) humorous exploration of the rise of apocalyptic news, apocalyptic thinking and apocalyptic culture. Each week, we’ll be looking at a work of art, a piece of media, or an historical event related to the (hopefully not) impending End of the World.

The End of the World with Michael and Stu is a comedy podcast hosted by Michael, with 138 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80.

Michael hosts The End of the World with Michael and Stu, a comedy show with 138 episodes published.

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  Episode #139

  139: They are Messing with my Heart

  Sep 22, 202658 minS1

  This week we are discussing Anton Jäger's new smash hit, Hyperpolitics , which looks to diagnose the ills of our contemporary political era from a leftist perspective. We go over Jäger's use of periodization, consider his analyses of contemporary fiction, and look at his suggestions for how we should proceed in an ear marked by intense political activity without institutional organization. While we both have some reservations about the book, we agree that diagnostically it is a useful text for thinking about how we have arrived, as a culture, at this moment of frenzied impasse. Send us Fan Mail https://www.instagram.com/theendoftheworldwms/ https://youtube.com/@TheEndoftheWorldwMS?si=xmj-2e0s58JdN8-B https://linktr.ee/endoftheworldwithmichaelandstu

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  Episode #138

  138: I Reached Out for the One I Tried to Destroy

  Sep 15, 202646 minS1

  This week we are talking about the recent hype surrounding an AI that might, by 2030, "kill us all." This is somewhat familiar territory for the pod, but it is once again relevant after "whistleblower" Jacob Coxon's emergence with his dire prognostications for our earthly futures in the light of AI's startling advancements. We discuss Stu's recent article on this phenomenon and also draw on a recent piece by Richard Seymour to discuss what is "really going on" with all of this doom talk. Early on in the episode we mention the famous "Game Theory" rant by Eric Garland, but mistakenly refer to him as Eric Garner. Apologies for the error. Stu Watson on AI, Darwinism, and Apocalypse Richard Seymour's "Kill all humans" Send us Fan Mail https://www.instagram.com/theendoftheworldwms/ https://youtube.com/@TheEndoftheWorldwMS?si=xmj-2e0s58JdN8-B https://linktr.ee/endoftheworldwithmichaelandstu

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  Episode #137

  137: I Can't Seem to Face Up to the Facts

  Sep 8, 202654 minS1

  This week we are discussing Mary Harron's adaptation of Bret Easton Ellis' novel American Psycho in light of Stu's recent article on the film's resonance with a cybernetic conception of the environment. We discuss whether the crimes depicted in the film should be understood literally or as hallucinations, and how regardless of their reality they offer us telling insights on the nature of the neoliberal turn in American life and the commodification of everything. Check out Stu's article on his substack, Cybernetic Observations . This episode contains spoilers for American Psycho . Send us Fan Mail https://www.instagram.com/theendoftheworldwms/ https://youtube.com/@TheEndoftheWorldwMS?si=xmj-2e0s58JdN8-B https://linktr.ee/endoftheworldwithmichaelandstu

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  Episode #136

  136: Blinded by the Light

  Sep 1, 202650 minS1

  This week we are discussing José Saramago's 1995 novel Blindness . We consider what the central theme of the novel, a world in which virtually everyone suddenly goes blind, says about the way society is set up and how quickly it might descend into chaos were such an event to occur. We also compare Saramago's style with that of Thomas Bernhard, whose prose we determine to be "even more exhausting" than that of Saramago. Michael also offers up one of his patented hypotheticals about a key moment in the book. It's all here! This episode contains spoilers for Blindness . Send us Fan Mail https://www.instagram.com/theendoftheworldwms/ https://youtube.com/@TheEndoftheWorldwMS?si=xmj-2e0s58JdN8-B https://linktr.ee/endoftheworldwithmichaelandstu

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  Episode #135

  135: Over the Hill or Underland

  Aug 25, 202650 minS1

  This week we're finally talking about The Matrix , which is arguably the most culturally influential film of the last 30 years. We discuss the various ways the "red pill/blue pill" moment has been ingested by the culture, and we also get into the film's undeniable influence on the now widespread belief in "simulation theory." Despite the heavy handedness of some of the metaphors here, we both agree that the film is still, after 27 years, completely awesome. This episode contains spoilers for The Matrix . Send us Fan Mail https://www.instagram.com/theendoftheworldwms/ https://youtube.com/@TheEndoftheWorldwMS?si=xmj-2e0s58JdN8-B https://linktr.ee/endoftheworldwithmichaelandstu

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