Meta-Cosmos

In celebration of National Producer Appreciation Day, the Neehi Brothers examine the Comic Code Authority and how it shaped the world we live. All this is to say thank you to their producer, Isaac Bl…

Bartleby and Artemus take a tour of the psyche using Carl Jung's map of the archetypes. It's not so complicated when you hear it from the perspective of a pair of socks. As usual, Meta-Cosmos offers …

Bartleby attempts to convince Artemus that capitalism actually exists! The Neehi Brothers dig into corporate culture and some alternative ways of interacting with these entities. What will become of …

Our favorite metaphysicists have another Q&A episode! It's a wild ride looking at the history of hemp economics, the double-slit experiment, self-determination, and the right to exist, collectively. …

When Bartleby invites Artemus to define Late Stage Capitalism, we find the term is a bit loose. To better get a grip on the topic, Bartleby suggests they examine the new Mad Max movie, Furiosa, and g…

Breaking down the causes and effects of mind, body, and spirit, our favorite pair of socks breaks down the illusion of health. Eventually, they are forced to conclude that socks don't have much groun…

It can be really easy to dehumanize people. Now with the internet, there are more ways to do it than ever. Bartleby breaks it down for Artemus and suggests there is something we can do about it. It's…

Bartleby serves up an eternal side order for Artemus to chew on. To digest this meal, our favorite pair of socks deconstruct omnipotence in light of inclusivity. It's another amazing episode explor…

Bartleby makes Artemus look into the void of knowledge and admit how endlessly vast it is. Artemus bemoans it all but it turns out admitting ignorance is the first step to not succumbing to it. Get t…

Bartleby and Artemus examine the X-Men as an analogy for xenophobia. It's a breakdown of bigotry and why some people don't want to be woken up! But do not fear, as usual, Meta-Cosmos prescribes a sim…

Bartleby gives a pretty bad eulogy for the internet as we knew it. Meanwhile, Artemus urges him not to give up so quickly. In an update on the effects LLMs and AI are having on the internet, we get a…

Bartleby compares the parallels between student anti-war protesters in the 60s and today. In doing so he opens up a proverbial can of worms as Artemus dives into an examination and history of coloni…

As university students clash with their school administration, Bartleby tells Artemus about his attempt to talk to the occupying students and learn about their cause. Unfortunately, he soon found tha…

When Bartleby asks his brother the examine the booming economy of billionaires, Artemus reinvents the Marxist wheel for the twenty-first century. It's another episode of Meta-Cosmos that dares to env…

In an urban wasteland, surrounded by kitsch, Bartleby and Artemus seek shelter in a conceptual 1950s diner. With an unexpected twist, hinted at in the episode description, it all becomes an intervent…

We find ourselves in a desert of sci-fi cinema as Bartleby and Artemus explore the translation of high-concept sci-fi to the screen. Artemus believes something essential is lost, but Bartlerby sugges…

Everything has been building to this examination of Frank Herbert's Dune; its place in science fiction history, the ramifications of prescience, and what it says about free will. Bartleby and Artemus…

Artemus takes the conversation into a deep examination of Clement Greenberg's essay, "The Avant-Garde and Kitsch". Meanwhile, all of Bartleby's attempts to argue the irrelevance of intellectualizing …

Bartleby leads Artemus into an examination of propaganda and the tragic role it plays in genocide; how it starts and how it is perpetuated. Artemus unwittingly plays right into Bartleby's hand. A gam…

Artemus questions the tipping system and examines its nefarious past. Meanwhile, Bartleby delivers service with a smile to little thanks. Typical of Meta-Cosmos, we are soon examining human nature!

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