# Guillotine Chic (w/ Mike Pesca)

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Podcast: [Uncertain Things](https://stenobird.com/podcast/uncertain-things-1365822)
Published: 2026-04-03T14:47:13+00:00
Episode link: https://uncertain.substack.com/p/guillotine-chic-w-mike-pesca
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## Resource

Mike Pesca — host of the How To! and The Gist podcasts — joins us again! We revisit the topic of nihilism, dive into annihilism (and why it’s different), and dunk on quite a few celebrities along the way. Stay to the end, and we recommend the sweet sweet artworks that may just be the antidotes to our burn-it-to-the-ground times. On the agenda: -On ghosts, demons, and podcasts [0:00-7:50] -Adaam’s theory of Annihilism [7:51-14:24] -Annihilistic artists and the end of truth [14:25-30:36] -Joy and pitchforks! [30:37-47:32] -Artistic antidotes to Annihilism [47:33 - 1:04:00] Mentioned in this episode: -How to Ghostbust the Old-Fashioned Way ( How To! ) -Vibes of Nihilism ( Uncertain Things ) -“The Jacobin Seduction” ( Uncertain Newsletter ) Uncertain Things is hosted and produced by Adaam James Levin-Areddy and Vanessa M. Quirk. For more doomsday thoughts, subscribe to: uncertain.substack.com. Get full access to Uncertain Things at uncertain.substack.com/subscribe

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