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HORSES is a series of artfully crafted visual & audio essays by Michael Sorensen. Episodes cover a fascinating range of topics rooted in History, Philosophy, and Culture. Captivating and distinctively paced, HORSES offers an oasis of thoughtful storytelling in a chaotic media landscape. More Horses: YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@HorsesOnYT Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/horses.ig/

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    • Apr 29, 2025 LATEST EPISODE
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    The Death of an Innocent

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 29, 2025 61:24


    Watch on YT: https://www.youtube.com/@HorsesOnYT Store: ⁠https://www.horses.land⁠ More videos: ⁠https://www.patreon.com/HorsesPT Go to https://ground.news/horses to to break out of echo chambers, understand different perspectives, and combat polarization with Ground News. Save 40% on their unlimited access Vantage plan with my link. sources: Into the Wild, by John Krakauer The Journal of Chris McCandless The Wild Truth, by Carine McCandless Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    The Unthinkable

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 6, 2025 57:21


    Go to https://ground.news/horses to to break out of echo chambers, understand different perspectives, and combat polarization with Ground News. Save 40% on their unlimited access Vantage plan with my link.  sources: The Effects of Nuclear Weapons Nuclear War, A Scenario (Annie Jacobsen) Fredric Solomon - The Medical Implications of Nuclear War (Institute for Medicine, National Academy of Sciences) (1986) The Next Nuclear War - Kroenig Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    The Age of VAMPIRES

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 30, 2025 57:39


    Get a whole month of great cinema FREE on MUBI: https://mubi.com/horses store: https://www.horses.land more videos: https://www.patreon.com/HorsesPT Sources: Paul Barber - Vampires, Burial, and Death_ Folklore and Reality-Yale University Press (2008) Elizabeth Miller - Dracula (2001) In Search of Dracula - Raymond T. McNally and Radu Florescu Nick Groom - The Vampire_ A New History-Yale University Press (2018) Music via Epidemic sound Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    On the Heights of Despair

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 19, 2024 18:19


    shop: https://www.horses.land Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/HorsesPT  Recommended reading and sources: "The Palliative Society" by Byung-Chul Han "On the Heights of Despair" by Emil Cioran "The Last Messiah" by Zapffe Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    GENGHIS KHAN: How to be Unstoppable

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 4, 2024 47:39


    store: https://www.horses.land patreon: https://www.patreon.com/horsespt Sources: Frank McLynn: Genghis Khan Jack Weatherford: Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World Music by Edward Karl Hanson Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    The Book that Killed the American Dream

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 19, 2024 61:43


    patreon: https://www.patreon.com/HorsesPT  shop: http://www.horses.land SOURCES: Scott Fitzgerald's Criticism of America Author(s): Marius Bewley  A Reality Check on the American Dream in The Great Gatsby: A Textual Analysis through Strain Theories Rahul Borah The Waste Land and the Valley of Ashes: What Remains of the American Dream Alec Leibsohn  American Dreaming: Really Reading The Great Gatsby William E. Cain The Failure of the American Dream in “The Great Gatsby” Zamira Hodo F. Scott Fitzgerald: Money, Money, Money Otto Friedrich "Herstory" and Daisy Buchanan Leland S. Person, Jr. America in Fitzgerald, Ronald Berman https://www.pewresearch.org/social-tr... music via epidemic sound Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    The Most Mysterious Death

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 23, 2024 42:52


    SHOP: http://www.horses.land PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/horsespt Sources:  A Mystery of Mysteries: The Death and Life of Edgar Allan Poe, by Mark Dawidziak A Psycho-Analytical Study of Edgar Allan Poe, Lorine Pruette Music Into the Divide - Trevor Kowalski Stepping on Glass - Eneide Distressed - Hanna Ekstrom Into Open Arms - Hanna Ekstrom Dans Les Penses - Franz Gordon String Quartet No. 19 in C Major, K. 465 I. Adagio Allegro Numb3rs - Jay Barton From Dusk - Andres Cantu Dimdans - Franz Gordon Valse Triste Nicoise - Magnus Ludvigsson Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    Your World, The Simulation

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 7, 2024 30:14


    Support this work: https://www.patreon.com/HorsesPT   https://www.horses.land Sources: The Society of the Spectacle, Guy Debord Comments on the Society of the Spectacle, Guy Debord Simulacra and Simulation, Jean Baudrillard Jean Baudrillard in Cyberspace: Internet, Virtuality, and Postmodernity, Mark Nunes An Illustrated Guide to Guy Debord's ‘The Society of the Spectacle', Tiernan Morgan & Lauren Purje Music: Into the Night - Franz Gordon Light's Gone - Nylon Lullaby for Lilly - William Claeson Reflections - American Legion Restful Hearts - Elm Lake Rosee de Matin - Dex 1200 Saint Valentine - Vendla Soma Theatre of Distorted Love - Par Still Waters - Amber Glow Tangeh - Dex 1200 Twilight Waltz - Megan Wofford With Some Hope - Dex 1200 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    Echo Chambers, Explained

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 20, 2024 34:40


    https://www.patreon.com/HorsesPT Go to https://ground.news/horses to break out of echo chambers, understand different perspectives, and combat polarization with Ground News. Save 40% on their unlimited access Vantage plan with my link this month only. Sources: Overview: What Is Media Literacy, Who Cares, and Why?, Gretchen Schwartz RISE, DECLINE, AND RE-EMERGENCE OF MEDIA LITERACY EDUCATION IN THE UNITED STATES: 1960-2000, Ranjit Tigga Echo Chambers and Epistemic Bubbles, C. Thi Nguyen Understanding New Media Literacy: An Explorative Theoretical Framework, Tzu-Bin Lin, Jen-Yi Li, Feng Deng and Ling Lee Why We Call Things 'Porn', C. Thi Nguyen Music: Beam of Remedy - Rand Aldo Belladonna for Two - Martin Landstrom Blissful Dream - Daniel Fridell Chidren's Musings - Magnus Ludvigsson Elementals - Elm Lake From the Past - DEX 1200 In the Time of Cholera - Christian Anderson Lake Huron - DEX 1200 Lost in Thought - Amaranth Cove Lovers Love - Martin Landstrom Pyrite - Harbours & Oceans Radiance - Amber Glow Shavasana for Monkey Minds - Ave Air Saw - Harbours & Oceans Stop Wasting My Time - Matt Large Twinkles - William Benckert Uphill Climbing - Anna Landstrom Where the Desert Meets the Ocean - Static Glow Sounds You Too Will Forget - Hanna Lindgren Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    The Long and Violent War Against Your Soul

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 25, 2024 28:51


    Get a whole month of great cinema FREE on MUBI: https://mubi.com/horses Patreon: https://horses.land/ IG:  https://www.instagram.com/horses.ig   Sources: Self Reliance, Emerson Emerson and Self-reliance, Kateb Music: Satie - Gymnopedie No. 1 - Mira Ma View From an Ocean Window - Staffan Carlen Raindrop Animation - Eden Avery Holding on to Hope - Megan Wofford View of the Park - Roots and Recognition Slowfly - Martin Landh When We Were Friends - Amaranth Cove Letting the Light In - Roots and Recognition The Old House - Rikard From

    How to Eat a Human Being

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 25, 2024 35:35


    RIVER OF GRASS is now streaming on MUBI in the US. Get a whole month of great cinema FREE on MUBI: https://mubi.com/horses https://www.patreon.com/HorsesPThttps://www.horses.land Music:A Way of Life - Christoffer Moe DitlevesenAutonomy - Jakob AhlbomDesert after Storm - Johan GlossnerFlowers in the Mirror - Sayuri Hayashi EgnellHolocene - Harbours and OceansBach Cello Suite No. 2 iin D Minor, MWV 1008 II. Allemande - Laura MetcalfNotice - Arden ForestRainfall Come - William ClaesonSea Arc Eight - Franz GordonSleep Well, Sleep Tight - Gabriel LucasTea at Marlowe - Franz GordonThe Crossing of Time - Gavin LukeWenn Wir in Höchsten Noten Sein - TraditionalWhenever You Leave - Anna Landstrom Sources:“A History of Cannibalism”, Nathan Constantine“Unspeakable Rites: Cultural Reticence and the Cannibal Question, Claude Rawson“Review: The Man Eating Myth,” by Ivan Brady“Criminal Cannibalism: An Examination of Patterns and Styles,” Victor G. Petreca, Gary Brucato, Ann W. Burgess, Elisa Dixon“Assessing the Calorific Significance of Episodes of Human Cannibalism in the Palaeolithic,” James Cole“Eating Human Beings,” Mikel Burley“Carib “Cannibalism”: A Study in Anthropological Stereotyping”, Richard B Moore“The Most Influential Text on Cannibalism: An Analysis of William Arens's The Man-Eating Myth,” Tim Seiter“Neanderthal Cannibalism at Moula-Guercy, Aredeche, France,” A Defleur, et al“Placentophagia in humans and nonhuman mammals: causes and consequences,” Mark B Kristal, et al“Consumption of Maternal Placenta in Humans and Nonhuman Mammals: Beneficial and Adverse Effects,” Daniel Mota-Rojas et al“A Literature Review on the Practice of Placentophagia,” Rachel Joseph et al“Cannibalism,” S.H. Posinsky“Thinking about Cannibalism,” Shirley LindenbaumHorses Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/HorsesPTSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    The Paintings You Aren't Supposed to Look At

    Play Episode Listen Later May 29, 2024 24:15


    PATREON: https://patreon.com/horsespt STORE: https://www.horses.land  Sources: Buero Vallejo's Interpretation of Goya's "Black Paintings”, John Dowling The Strange Translation of Goya's 'Black Paintings' , Nigel Glendinning GOYA: BLACK PAINTINGS, Valeriano Bozal https://www.nytimes.com/2003/07/27/ma... The Mystery of Goya's "Saturn" , Jay Scott Morgan The Dating and Interpretation of Goya's "Disasters of War”, Jesusa Vega Goya: ‘In sickness and in health' Laura L. Casey Music: Cloud City - Andres Cantu Dancing with Grandpa - Franz Gordon Future of Past Mistakes - Rikard From Roberto el Rebelde - Los Principes del Flamenco Sierra de Tramontana - Los Principes del Flamenco Tierra Nordica - Los Principes del Flamenco When it Hits Your - Wanderer's Trove Horses Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/HorsesPTSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    LENIN_ The Wolf of Europe

    Play Episode Listen Later May 9, 2024 35:03


    Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/HorsesPT SHOP: https://horses.land/IG: https://www.instagram.com/horses.igHorses Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/HorsesPTSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    There Are Mountains in the Clouds

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 16, 2024 26:11


    Horses Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/HorsesPTSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    Why America (Still) Loves Guns

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 2, 2024 27:00


    Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/HorsesPT SHOP: https://horses.land/IG: https://www.instagram.com/horses.igHorses Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/HorsesPTSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    The Worst Masterpiece

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 20, 2024 33:32


    Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/HorsesPT SHOP: https://horses.land/IG: https://www.instagram.com/horses.igHorses Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/HorsesPTSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    Ireland's Unfinished Revolution

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 13, 2024 67:12


    Exploring the formation and the evolution of the IRA as both a militant and political organization  Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/HorsesPT SHOP: https://horses.land/IG: https://www.instagram.com/horses.igHorses Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/HorsesPTSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    Birds Do Not Sing in Caves

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 15, 2024 24:52


    Examining the role of man, nature, and philosophy in Henry David Thoreau's Walden.Horses Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/HorsesPTSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    NIETZSCHE: Burn it All Down

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 24, 2024 24:07


    When we destroy everything, what do we have? Exploring Nietzsche's concept of the Übermensch- The untapped potential of mankind.Horses Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/HorsesPTSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    Was Merlin a Real Person?

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 10, 2024 48:06


    Merlin: The the myth, the legend, the.. man?Horses Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/HorsesPTSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    Steal from the Rich: The Philosophy of Robin Hood

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 12, 2023 45:26


    Let's explore the philosophical principals of Robin Hood.Horses Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/HorsesPTSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    The Unending Violence of Vincent van Gogh

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 24, 2023 25:48


    Exploring the mental turmoil of artist Vincent van Gogh.Horses Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/HorsesPTSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    How to Perform an Exorcism

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 9, 2023 61:20


    Christian mysticism and how to perform an exorcism according to guidelines published by the Catholic church.Horses Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/HorsesPTSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    O, Death!

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 26, 2023 21:09


    This essay is a little different than others on my channel. It is a wholly subjective interpretation of the topics and works discussed. It discusses only what I personally take away from a couple of Leo Tolstoy's writings. Thus, this video leaves out significant parts of both The Confession and The Death of Ivan Ilyich (the former of which is largely a religious text). I would not recommend this video as a substitute for reading either of those works. Horses Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/HorsesPTSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    The Island of Witches

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 13, 2023 41:28


    Exploring the tradition of witchcraft in Iceland.Horses Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/HorsesPTSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    MACHIAVELLI: Be the Wolf Among Sheep

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 30, 2023 23:47


    Machiavelli wasn't very Machiavellian.Horses Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/HorsesPTSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    What is FASCISM

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 23, 2023 24:07


    Understanding history's most violently destructive political ideology.Horses Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/HorsesPTSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    RASPUTIN: The Devil in the Palace

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 11, 2023 35:59


    The history and evolution of Grigori Rasputin.Horses Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/HorsesPTSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    Productivity Rips You Apart

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 31, 2023 11:45


    Why do so many people prioritize "productivity" above health, wealth, and even their own happiness?Horses Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/HorsesPTSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    Touch grass

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 24, 2023 13:28


    Are humans really the "dominant species"?Horses Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/HorsesPTSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    What is it Like to be an Executioner

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 16, 2023 8:47


    Dow Hover: New York's Last Executioner.Horses Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/HorsesPTSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    You Have to Go Into the Unknown

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 8, 2023 10:46


    Let's talk about this really good painting. An exploration of Casper David Friedrich's masterpiece, "Wanderer above the sea and Fog".Horses Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/HorsesPTSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    The Unabomber's Ideas, Explained

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 1, 2023 13:57


    Let's talk about the ideologies of Ted Kaczynski.Horses Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/HorsesPTSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    Arthur's Darkest Episode

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 24, 2023 11:05


    How the PBS show "Arthur" helped a generation cope with the tragedy of 9/11.Horses Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/HorsesPTSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    Chef explains why white people don't season their food

    Play Episode Listen Later May 23, 2023 10:28


    A spicy exploration of unseasoned food.Horses Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/HorsesPTSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    Nero: The Monster of Rome

    Play Episode Listen Later May 13, 2023 14:25


    The story of Nero is a little more complex than just "Lunatic does horrific things".Horses Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/HorsesPTSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    Why You Should Be More Pretentious

    Play Episode Listen Later May 5, 2023 11:20


    How being pretentious can actually be a good thing.Horses Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/HorsesPTSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    Cannibalism & Witchcraft: The True Story of Hansel and Gretel

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 26, 2023 11:48


    A bedtime story of cannibalism, child murder, and witchcraft. Horses Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/HorsesPTSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    We All Got Tricked into Content Addiction

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 7, 2023 10:16


    When did silence become annoying?Horses Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/HorsesPTSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    HEMINGWAY: The Unbearable Pain of Greatness

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 1, 2023 20:14


    A tragic story about a man predestined to destroy himself.Horses Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/HorsesPTSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    Why Rich People Love Pretending to Be Poor

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 21, 2023 12:41


    Poor billionaires.Horses Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/HorsesPTSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    The Psychedelic Drug That Conquered Europe

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 8, 2023 11:29


    What was so horrifying about ether that put off one of history's most prolific drug enthusiasts?Horses Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/HorsesPTSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    The US Government's Not-So-Secret Propaganda Department

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 25, 2023 16:12


    Exploring the longstanding relationship between Hollywood and the US Department of Defense.Horses Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/HorsesPTSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    Marcus Aurelius: The Man Who Solved the Universe

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 18, 2023 14:11


    Exploring Stoicism and one of the most impactful philosophers of all time.Horses Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/HorsesPTSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    The Unkillable Viking

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 10, 2023 12:12


    The mightiest Viking: Ragnar Lodbrok.Horses Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/HorsesPTSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    How America Stole Hawaii

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 10, 2023 12:15


    The story of Hawaii's statehood.Horses Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/HorsesPTSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    The Acali Raft Experiment Might Restore Your Faith in Humanity

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 4, 2023 13:25


    A surprisingly wholesome ending to a hugely misguided social experiment.Horses Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/HorsesPTSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    When Lighthouse Keepers Disappear

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 20, 2022 15:42


    Diving deeper into mysterious disappearances at sea. Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/HorsesPT SHOP: https://horses.land/IG: https://www.instagram.com/horses.igHorses Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/HorsesPTSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    How the Vikings (Accidentally) Discovered Iceland

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 12, 2022 12:23


    Piecing together primary historical sources to figure out how the Vikings may have (accidentally) discovered Iceland.Horses Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/HorsesPTSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    10 Years Since BLACKFISH, Is SeaWorld Still Bad?

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 5, 2022 14:12


    Looking back at SeaWorld since the release of the paradigm-shattering documentary BLACKFISH.Horses Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/HorsesPTSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    How History's Greatest Warship Sunk Immediately

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 28, 2022 15:46


    Sweden spent over 5% of it's GNP to build the warship VASA. And then it sank.Horses Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/HorsesPTSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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