Against the Mountains of Madness

Against the Mountians of Madness is a podcast where John C. Wright and Jason Rennie use the lense of science fiction and philosophy to work out what has gone wrong with the modern world and what can be done to fix it!

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What is Beauty?

Posted January 22, 2023 • 00:57:34

On this episode John and Jason look into the quesiton, What is beauty, why it matters, why it isn’t just “in the eye of the beholder” but an objective...

The gods of science fiction

Posted January 15, 2023 • 00:58:42

There are many different sorts of gods found in science fiction. John and Jason explore what it means to be a god and whether the beings we see in science...

What is Justice?

Posted January 7, 2023 • 01:10:15

This time on John and Jason examine the question, “What is justice?” and how the our mad world has abandoned the quest for justice in pursuit of...

C.S Lewis, J.R.R Tolkien and What they got right!

Posted January 2, 2023 • 01:14:08

This time around John and Jason discuss what went right with C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien, why their works are such master pieces and why the current...

The Revolt Against Reason

Posted January 1, 2023 • 01:00:07

On this episode of Against the Mountains of Madness, John and Jason look at how out civilization continues to go insane and why they have uniquely abandoned...