Anchored by Geoff Shullenberger and Ashley Frawley, Blame Theory takes a seriously playful look at the ideas that have shaped our minds and our world, to ask: How have we ended up here, and whom or what can we blame? <br/><br/><a href="https://compactmag.substack.com?utm_medium=podcast">compactmag.substack.com</a>

Blame Theory
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Anchored by Geoff Shullenberger and Ashley Frawley, Blame Theory takes a seriously playful look at the ideas that have shaped our minds and our world, to ask: How have we ended up here, and whom or what can we blame? <br/><br/><a href="https://compactmag.substack.com?utm_medium=podcast">compactmag.substack.com</a>
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Recent Episodes

July 20, 2026
Blame Economic Growth?
<p>Has an obsession with economic growth turned us all into mindless, spiritually deadened consumers? Do we need to discard this metric and replace it with more holistic accounts of well-being? Ashley and Geoff examine the negative views of economic growth found on both the left and the right, and conclude that neither economic growth nor its detractors are going away.</p><p>This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, click <a target="_blank" href="https://compactmag.substack.com/subscribe">here</a>.</p> <br/><br/>This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit <a href="https://compactmag.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_2">compactmag.substack.com/subscribe</a>

May 31, 2026
Blame the Frankfurt School? (Part 2)
<p>Ashley and Geoff discuss “The Concept of Enlightenment,” the first section of Adorno and Horkheimer’s Dialectic of Enlightenment.</p><p>This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit compactmag.substack.com/subscribe</p> <br/><br/>This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit <a href="https://compactmag.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_2">compactmag.substack.com/subscribe</a>

May 15, 2026
Blame the Frankfurt School? (Part 1)
<p>Ashley Frawley and Geoff Shullenberger discuss Geoff’s article “<a target="_blank" href="https://www.compactmag.com/article/the-frankfurt-school-myth/">The Frankfurt School Myth</a>,” A.J.A. Woods’s book The Cultural Marxism Conspiracy, and Ashley’s own gripes with the School.</p><p>This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit compactmag.substack.com/subscribe</p> <br/><br/>This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit <a href="https://compactmag.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_2">compactmag.substack.com/subscribe</a>
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