
No Shortcuts to Now is a philosophy and mythology podcast exploring resistance, meaning, and myth in an age of authoritarianism. Hosted by K.L. Homme, each episode blends Greek myth, Stoic philosophy, and creative nonfiction to examine how we endure — and defy — the rising tide of disinformation, strongmen, and cultural collapse. From ancient wisdom to modern politics, No Shortcuts to Now invites ... more
| Publishes | Twice monthly | Episodes | 27 | Founded | 7 months ago |
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| Number of Listeners | Categories | Society & CulturePhilosophyHistory | |||

🎧 Waypoint 4.3 — The Wombstone
Why does power fear what comes next?
In this episode, we enter the ancient myth of Cronus—the Titan who devours his children to stop time, prevent succession, and secure his rule.
Drawing on Greek myth, etymology, a... more
🎧 Field Note 4.2 — An Ontology of Equality
Why authority collapses when it forgets the ground that made it possible.
What does it mean to say that all beings are equally real—and what changes when we take that claim seriously?
In this Field Note,... more
🎧 Waypoint 4.2 — The Wombfish
How sea-goddesses, dolphins, eggs, and fish with feet reveal the deep, watery origins we still carry within us.
What does it mean to remember that we come from the sea—and never fully left it?
In this episode, we des... more
🎧 Waypoint 4.1 — Of Roots, Rhizomes, and Fish with Feet: The Lurid Bait of Egotism
How mountain heather, ancient rhizomes, and deep time unmask the arrogance of kings, conquerors, and modern Ozymandians.
What happens when we stop mistaking what bl... more
🎧Waypoint 3.4 — From the Rhetoric of Valley Forge to the Forge of Fallacies
How Reagan empowered creationism, undermined science education, and reshaped the American political landscape.
What happens when presidential rhetoric sanctifies doubt ove... more
🎧 Waypoint 3.3 — “Faith, Fury, and the Ditto-Headless Horsemen of the Post-Truth Apocalypse”
What happens when the Medal of Freedom becomes a prop in the post-truth carnival?
Ecce homo.
In this episode, we revisit the 2020 State of the Union—when... more
🎧 Field Note 3.2 — All the King’s Candy
What do we swallow when we crave certainty, and who’s feeding it to us?
In this episode of No Shortcuts to Now: childhood sweetness and modern certainty; gum scraped from the sidewalk; Sunday school lessons ... more
🎧 Waypoint 3.2 — The Loudest Belch: Reagan’s Revolution & the Birth of Outrage Media
When did truth become a matter of volume?
When did anger start selling better than honesty?
This is the second episode of season three of No Shortcuts to Now — a... more
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