{"id":10786,"date":"2020-12-06T03:18:39","date_gmt":"2020-12-06T03:18:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/starktruthradio.com\/?p=10786"},"modified":"2020-12-08T22:21:08","modified_gmt":"2020-12-08T22:21:08","slug":"robert-stark-matt-pegan-discuss-the-work-of-michel-houellebecq","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starktruthradio.com\/?p=10786","title":{"rendered":"Robert Stark &#038; Matt Pegan discuss the work of Michel Houellebecq"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/starktruthradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Houellebecq.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-10787 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/starktruthradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Houellebecq.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"293\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/starktruthradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Houellebecq.jpg 1667w, https:\/\/starktruthradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Houellebecq-244x300.jpg 244w, https:\/\/starktruthradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Houellebecq-834x1024.jpg 834w, https:\/\/starktruthradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Houellebecq-768x944.jpg 768w, https:\/\/starktruthradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Houellebecq-1250x1536.jpg 1250w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 293px) 100vw, 293px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Robert Stark and Matt Pegan discuss the significance of French author <a title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Michel_Houellebecq\">Michel Houellebecq<\/a> to our current zeitgeist and his novels <a title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Atomised\">Atomised<\/a>, <a title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Whatever_(novel)\">Whatever<\/a>, <a title=\"Platform (novel)\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Platform_(novel)\">Platform<\/a>, <a title=\"Submission (novel)\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Submission_(novel)\">Submission<\/a>, and\u00a0<a title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Serotonin_(novel)\">Serotonin<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Topics:<\/p>\n<p>Houellebecq&#8217;s early &#8220;loser&#8221; status, achieving success later in life, and auto-biographical themes in his work<br \/>\nFrench archetypes and cultural themes<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theamericanconservative.com\/articles\/houellebecqs-incel-prophecy-the-alienated-and-intimacy-starved\/\">Houellebecq\u2019s Incel Prophecy: The Alienated and Intimacy-Starved<\/a><br \/>\nHouellebecq&#8217;s comparison of the sexual marketplace to free-market economics<br \/>\nHouellebecq as a social commentator and satirist but offers no explicit political solutions<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Transhumanism\">Transhumanism<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=c43ke6VzQ3s\">Geomaxxing<\/a> presented as non-conventional escapes from the post-modern predicament<br \/>\nThe infamous <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=SfxgB0_IUoI\">night club scene from the film rendition of Whatever<\/a> dealing with the Age Pill and Black Pill<br \/>\nThe normie script for life and Houellebecq as an example of someone who broke the script and succeeded<br \/>\nHouellebecq&#8217;s commentary that the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.barrons.com\/news\/world-will-be-same-but-worse-after-banal-virus-says-houellebecq-01588598703\">World Will Be Same But Worse After &#8216;Banal&#8217; Virus<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sciencetech\/article-8872719\/Post-COVID-Birth-rates-drop-people-stay-single-longer-scientists-predict.html\">Study on long term impacts of pandemic on relationships<\/a>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<br \/>\nHouellebecq&#8217;s literary style and dry witty dark humor<br \/>\nRobert and Matt plug their upcoming novels which deal with similar themes to Houellebecq&#8217;s work<br \/>\n<a title=\"Submission (novel)\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Submission_(novel)\">Submission<\/a>, the vulnerability of atomized liberal societies to cohesive outside forces, and why France is the most politically significant European country<\/p>\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-10786-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/starktruthradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Houellebecq.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/starktruthradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Houellebecq.mp3\">https:\/\/starktruthradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Houellebecq.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/starktruthradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Houellebecq.mp3\">Click Here<\/a>\u00a0to download!<\/p>\n<p>Checkout Robert Stark\u2019s\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Artrstark\/\">Facebook page<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Starktruthradio\">Twitter<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/robertstarkart77\/\">Instagram<\/a>,\u00a0<a class=\"yt-simple-endpoint style-scope yt-formatted-string\" spellcheck=\"false\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UC0alUlSiilKhbtvty3Rjn3g\">Stark Truth TV<\/a>, novel <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lulu.com\/shop\/robert-stark\/the-journey-to-vapor-island\/paperback\/product-23394618.html\">Journey to Vapor Island<\/a><\/em>, and in production documentary <a href=\"https:\/\/www.indiegogo.com\/projects\/hutton-gibson-mel-gibson-s-dad-in-his-own-words#\/\">The Gospel of Gibson<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Robert Stark and Matt Pegan discuss the significance of French author Michel Houellebecq to our current zeitgeist and his novels Atomised, Whatever, Platform, Submission, and&nbsp;Serotonin. 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