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American Sublime Radio is a broadcast on the pan-American literary experience, hosted by Manasseh David Israel and Kyle Taylor. Support the show on Substack: https://www.americansublime.today/subscribe? Follow @AmericanSublime Follow @manassehdisrael

American Sublime Radio


    • Aug 25, 2025 LATEST EPISODE
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    Wisdom Cries

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 25, 2025 80:43


    https://www.patreon.com/c/americansublimeAvailable everywhere there are podcasts.Proverbs Ch. 8 1 Doth not wisdom cry? and understanding put forth her voice?2 She standeth in the top of high places, by the way in the places of the paths.3 She crieth at the gates, at the entry of the city, at the coming in at the doors.4 Unto you, O men, I call; and my voice is to the sons of man.5 O ye simple, understand wisdom: and, ye fools, be ye of an understanding heart.6 Hear; for I will speak of excellent things; and the opening of my lips shall be right things.7 For my mouth shall speak truth; and wickedness is an abomination to my lips.8 All the words of my mouth are in righteousness; there is nothing froward or perverse in them.9 They are all plain to him that understandeth, and right to them that find knowledge.10 Receive my instruction, and not silver; and knowledge rather than choice gold.11 For wisdom is better than rubies; and all the things that may be desired are not to be compared to it.12 I wisdom dwell with prudence, and find out knowledge of witty inventions.13 The fear of the Lord is to hate evil: pride, and arrogancy, and the evil way, and the froward mouth, do I hate.14 Counsel is mine, and sound wisdom: I am understanding; I have strength.15 By me kings reign, and princes decree justice.16 By me princes rule, and nobles, even all the judges of the earth.17 I love them that love me; and those that seek me early shall find me.18 Riches and honour are with me; yea, durable riches and righteousness.19 My fruit is better than gold, yea, than fine gold; and my revenue than choice silver.20 I lead in the way of righteousness, in the midst of the paths of judgment:21 That I may cause those that love me to inherit substance; and I will fill their treasures.22 The Lord possessed me in the beginning of his way, before his works of old.23 I was set up from everlasting, from the beginning, or ever the earth was.24 When there were no depths, I was brought forth; when there were no fountains abounding with water.25 Before the mountains were settled, before the hills was I brought forth:26 While as yet he had not made the earth, nor the fields, nor the highest part of the dust of the world.27 When he prepared the heavens, I was there: when he set a compass upon the face of the depth:28 When he established the clouds above: when he strengthened the fountains of the deep:29 When he gave to the sea his decree, that the waters should not pass his commandment: when he appointed the foundations of the earth:30 Then I was by him, as one brought up with him: and I was daily his delight, rejoicing always before him;31 Rejoicing in the habitable part of his earth; and my delights were with the sons of men.32 Now therefore hearken unto me, O ye children: for blessed are they that keep my ways.33 Hear instruction, and be wise, and refuse it not.34 Blessed is the man that heareth me, watching daily at my gates, waiting at the posts of my doors.35 For whoso findeth me findeth life, and shall obtain favour of the Lord.36 But he that sinneth against me wrongeth his own soul: all they that hate me love death.

    From Blue Ridge Mountains to Southwest Waters

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 21, 2024 90:59


    American Sublime resume the broadcast after a year-long hiatus to catch up and discuss the re-emergence of the Wild American West, the 2024 election, Narrative Apocalypses, the next season of American Sublime Radio.

    The Philosophy of Jazz Music

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 6, 2023 75:51


    American Sublime discuss co-host Manasseh's new book, The Philosophy of Jazz Music, Stendhal syndrome, the search for untamed spaces and adventures.

    The Sentimental Press Annual, Vol. 1

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 30, 2023 59:42


    American Sublime try out broadcasting on Twitter (X) spaces to talk about The Sentimental Press Annual, Vol. 1, the birth of Sentimental Press, the Sentimental catalogue, visions for the future.

    Variety Show - Napoleon & Mussolini, Historical Determinism and Cyclical Time

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 1, 2023 87:09


    American Sublime return from a Spring hiatus to finish out the last few episodes of Season 1. This time with a variety show covering topics ranging from Napoleon and Mussolini to questions of Historical Determinism and Cyclical Time; Giants, Aquatic Apes.

    Speak Theodore

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 24, 2023 98:04


    American Sublime discuss two short stories from Expat Press: "Oranges" and "Speak Theodore", some thoughts on Fascism, A.I., the future of free press literature.

    Women

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 4, 2023 84:20


    American Sublime come back from a publishing break to discuss 'Women' by Charles Bukowski, Chinaski's literary lineage, Californication, writing about private life.

    Bartleby Occupies Wall Street

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 10, 2023 72:16


    American Sublime discuss Herman Melville's "Bartleby The Scrivener," work-race dropouts, Occupy Wall Street, riding the Twitter tiger, friendship unannounced, the atomic power of cinema.

    The Labyrinth of Solitude

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 21, 2023 114:53


    American Sublime discuss Octavio Paz's 'Labyrinth of Solitude', where to find an artist's true thoughts, the identity of the Mexican man, Latin American religion, class war, Latin futures.

    A Plea For Captain John Brown

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 8, 2023 104:50


    American Sublime discuss an essay by Henry David Thoreau, the Sermon on The Mount, mythic propaganda, cyclical time, the value of a private and inner life.

    Taylor Posey

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 21, 2022 115:45


    American Sublime sit down with Taylor Posey of Cooper & Posey, Publishers to discuss Appalachia, the book trade, classic literature, Karl Maurer, Robert Frost, and Southern religion. https://www.cooperandposey.com/ https://www.irvingbookcompany.com/

    The Varieties of Edge Experience

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 8, 2022 101:01


    American Sublime variety show on Mexico, national identity, questions of American ethnogenesis, stigmata, trends in decentralization, edge-cultures, Ye and changing historical cycles.

    Kai Edward Warmoth

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 22, 2022 95:41


    American Sublime speak with Kai Edward Warmoth about poetry, political terminologies, Malcom-X, Russian literature, Eastern Orthodoxy, charcuterie Reddit boards, and the glory of the American Midwest.

    The Sun Also Rises *TEASER*

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 20, 2022 2:11


    American Sublime discuss Ernest Hemingway's 'The Sun Also Rises', beauty and pleasure in a world without meaning, ways of seeking truth, male camaraderie, whether men and women can be friends.

    My Year of Rest and Relaxation

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 7, 2022 93:54


    American Sublime discuss Ottessa Moshfegh's 'My Year of Rest and Relaxation', post-modern reportage, going coo-coo in the cocoon, literary centers of gravity, irony and the New Sincerity.

    The Head and the Heart *TEASER*

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 31, 2022 2:39


    American Sublime discuss Thomas Jefferson's 'Head and the Heart' letter, mercury fillings, founding fatherhood, getting congress smoking again.

    The Great Beauty

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 19, 2022 95:34


    American Sublime discuss Paolo Sorrentino's The Great Beauty, the ruins of European civilization, glass walls, conceptual art.

    Manhattan Transfer *TEASER*

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 11, 2022 3:09


    American Sublime discuss John Dos Passos' Manhattan Transfer, Great Man history, propaganda, geriatric drivers, Christopher Columbus. FOR THE FULL EP: https://www.americansublime.today/p/manhattan-transfer?r=1e8cy&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web

    Hillbilly Elegy

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 29, 2022 95:09


    American Sublime discuss J. D. Vance's Hillbilly Elegy, Middle America, The American Dream, the possibility of an Appalachian Dream.

    The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 20, 2022 108:49


    American Sublime discuss Tom Wolfe's Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test, Ken Kesey, cultural piracy.

    A Murder Most Foul

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 13, 2022 105:05


    American Sublime discuss some Bob Dylan songs, JFK, 9/11. 

    The Dharma Bums

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 5, 2022 113:20


    American Sublime discuss Jack Kerouac's Dharma Bums, Big Sur, the Beat Generation.

    IM—1776, Issue 1

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 29, 2022 122:55


    American Sublime discuss IM—1776, Issue 1.

    Desert Solitaire

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 22, 2022 114:46


    American Sublime discuss Edward Abbey, naturalism in America, and Enlightenment-wave sentiments.

    American Sublime Radio PILOT

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 15, 2022 75:22


    Manasseh and Kyle intro the broadcast; talk Thomas Wolfe, Dos Passos, Hemingway, Appalachia, etc.

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