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Premium 08 - Q&A 4 - Novels as Spycraft 1, Aldous Huxley, and the Invention of the New Age Movement
Programmed to Chill
English - March 29, 2024 20:04 - 39 minutes - 36.8 MB - ★★★★★ - 183 ratingsHistory Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
[originally published on Patreon Oct 12, 2021]
Today's all about novels as spycraft. I introduce the premise, the different classifications, and then briefly discuss Ian Fleming, George Viereck, Robert Ludlum, John le Carré, George Orwell, Anthony Burgess, and then Aldous Huxley.
First I talk about Thomas Henry Huxley, Aldous's grandfather, the X Club, the rise of Darwinism and Social Darwinism, its connections to Rhodes, Milner, and the Fabians, and HG Wells.
Then, I go through Aldous Huxley's life, his time in Hollywood, his friends and circle, and how he set up networks in the US to promote drug culture.
songs:
snippets of Musica Ricercata by György Ligeti (Eyes Wide Shut)
Henry the Eighth by Herman’s Hermits
Brave New World by Motorhead