Ben, Russell Sbriglia and Matt McManus interviewed Slavoj Žižek about his debate with Jordan Peterson. Producer Forrest joined at the end to ask some audience questions.

“In 2011, we were witnessing (and participating) in a series of shattering events, from the Arab Spring to the Occupy Wall Street movements, from the UK suburban protests to Breivik’s ideological madness. 2011 was thus the year of dreaming dangerously, in both directions: there were emancipatory dreams mobilizing protesters in New York, on Tahir Square, in London and Athens–and there were the obscure destructive dreams propelling Breivik and other racist populists all around Europe. What is t...

Originally aired as Salon #288 of the Psychedelic Salon podcast. "It's impossible to stop the forward march of information." "This is the chaos at the end of history." "Because our culture crisis is so much deeper than during the Renaissance, we are casting back to 20,000 or 30,000 years back into the…"