Horses

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SOCIETY & CULTURE
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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/

APR 29

The Death of an Innocent

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

1h 1m
MAR 13

The Unthinkable

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

57 min
JAN 30

The Age of VAMPIRES

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

58 min
12/19/2024

On the Heights of Despair

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

18 min
12/04/2024

GENGHIS KHAN: How to be Unstoppable

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

48 min
11/19/2024

The Book that Killed the American Dream

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

1h 2m
10/23/2024

The Most Mysterious Death

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

43 min
10/07/2024

Your World, The Simulation

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

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52 Ratings

Nothing short of incredible

05/20/2024

Imago27292

A wholeheartedly soothing and calming voice. Filled with eloquence, tact, and intelligence. And indeed your content reflects this perfectly. I applaud you, this podcast and your YouTube channel is nothing short of the highest quality.
Horses

02/22/2024

Wow 123 🤩

Never have I heard a voice so instantly soothing yet, equally familiar to me! I can’t tell you how happy his subject matter makes me. But that voice…
Goood guy

12/26/2023

YeyoMango

amazing. life changing. inspiring. help me find my wife!!!
I really enjoy his essays

12/18/2023

DarlaSunday

I love the topics and narrations. Good stuff here. When I am driving and can’t enjoy the visuals, I listen to it on here. Happy to see an audio version on all platforms now.

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/