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
Latest Episodes
140: I Dream of Rain
This week we are talking about Jean Baudrillard's 1986 text, America. An impressionistic, vibes-based take on America at the heights of its 1980s powers, the book is at times hilarious, at other times maddening, and at still other time...
139: They are Messing with my Heart
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 co...
138: I Reached Out for the One I Tried to Destroy
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 prog...
137: I Can't Seem to Face Up to the Facts
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 crim...
