Archive - A Ghost in the Machine

Heretics Chapter 3: On Mr. Rudyard Kipling and Making the World Small

A reading from G. K. Chesterton's book Heretics, followed by commentary

15 hrs ago •

1:07:45

Brian Wilson and the Difference between Composers and Performers

He "just wasn't made for these times," nor for any other particular time, but (paradoxically) he was made for *all* times ...

Jun 14 •

Heretics Chapter 2: On the Negative Spirit

A reading of Chapter 2 of G.K. Chesterton's book Heretics, followed by my commentary ...

Jun 9 •

44:34

The Inversion of Good & Evil in Vampire Stories

Comparing Dracula with The Delicate Dependency by Michael Talbot: how the changing depiction of vampirism tracks the moral inversion of the culture at…

Jun 3 •

57:11

May 2025

Heretics Chapter One: Introductory Remarks on the Importance of Orthodoxy

A reading of the chapter followed by some commentary

May 27 •

49:29

Paging the Everlasting Man!

Introducing a new podcast series in which I read G K Chesterton books and essays and give my commentary ...

May 25 •

56:26

Good Artists Gone Bad (Rachel Zegler, Syd Barrett & Charles Manson)

A Marxcissist, a Maniac & a Murderer, and the music they managed to make before they went off the deep end ...

May 23 •

51:40

Rachel Zegler Part I: Snow Off-White

Love and Indifference at the Movies, comparing the Minecraft Movie to Snow White, and charting Rachel Zegler's career path from aspiring…

May 19 •

Man vs AI; Ethnonarcissistic Abusive Relationships & Linguistic Black Magic; and Texas Gov Abbott Leaves Wheelchair, Stands with Israel!

A review of recent posts and controversies. Episode 56 of A Ghost in the Machine Podcast, 4 May 2025.

May 4 •

1:37:45

April 2025

Forget Texas, Don't Mess with ISRAEL!

A Guest Post by Gov. Greg "Hotwheels" Abbot with a message for all you antisemitic fellers: *real* Texans wear Yarmulkes under their cowboy hats!

Apr 30 •

Coming Apart Even Further (Or A Tale of Two Grocery Stores)

Our civilization is on the razor's edge, and if the issue of immigration isn't solved now, America as we know her is over.

Apr 28 •

What Is America?

How can we undo the devils' bargains our civilization has made (and come to regret)?

Apr 5 •

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