I want to welcome everyone back to the Pete Cagnonez show.

Thomas, it feels like we haven't talked in like four or five weeks or like a month or so.

How are you doing?

I'm doing well.

Yeah, it's been a minute, even for me.

I realize, I realize my content workflow isn't what yours or or Jay Burdens or some of the fellas is.

Like I probably, I probably look, that probably makes me look like a special ed kid or something.

In my defense, I, you know, even when my health was better, I tend to favor highly conceptual topics.

And that kind of requires deep dives, like on my end, to prepare that kind of stuff.

But, you know, I remain impressed by the fact that you guys manage to be able to bang out the content you do with the

value you do and it's always high quality but um yeah I'm gonna drop a sit wrap on my

sub stack but yeah since I've been back from Arkansas like I haven't done shit like I haven't

answered people's text or emails.

This is supposed to be my big week to catch up on some long form stuff.

Like, no, that was getting done.

Like, I'm sorry for that.

I have not been feeling well.

But today, you suggested, and and I and I um I agree a series or at least I I'd like

over three episodes but at least two on a subject of Ernst and novelty not just his thought

and kind of his particular school of revisionism, but what he represents, you know, he was a student of Heidegger, and he became very close to the Heidegger family.

And that's important. It's important not just what Heidegger in context, and I generally agree with people including Leo Strauss

interestingly who I don't have nice things to say about in terms of his ethics but

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