Barbarian Banter

Your new favorite show hosted by Jonas Kilker and Dane MillerHass discussing topics history, mythology, philosophy and all much more

Barbarian Banter is a history podcast hosted by Jonas Kilker and Dane MillerHass, with 33 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80.

Jonas Kilker and Dane MillerHass hosts Barbarian Banter, a history show with 33 episodes published.

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  Episode #34

  Sun and Steel: Yukio Mishima's Philosophy of the Body

  Sep 27, 20262h 19mS1

  SEA PEOPLES SUMMER MERCH: https://barbarian-banter-shop.fourthwall.com-In Sun and Steel, Yukio Mishima wrestles with the limits of language, the reality of the body, and the gap between imagining a heroic life and actually living one. Can words ever reach the same truth as physical action? Why does tragedy seem to reveal something that ordinary life conceals? And what happens when strength, beauty, discipline, and mortality are treated not as separate concerns, but as parts of the same pursuit?Mishima’s answer begins with the body. He moves from a sickly, bookish youth toward sunlight, weight training, boxing, fencing, and an increasingly deliberate attempt to make his physical form correspond to his inner ideals. Along the way, Sun and Steel becomes a meditation on why the body can reveal truths that words distort, why classical beauty matters, why physical courage is central to heroism, and why the threat of death gives dignity and intensity to the flesh.In this episode we discuss: Yukio Mishima’s life and the origins of Sun and Steel, why Mishima came to distrust the world of words, how he developed what he called the “language of the flesh,” why tragedy requires physical courage and real stakes, what the sun represents as a force of revelation, how weight training became a form of education, why Mishima compared the classical body to a classical education, what Greek sculpture reveals about physical ideals, how his attempted coup and ritual suicide related to the harmony of pen and sword, why the hero must act rather than merely imagine, how boxing and fencing created a reality beyond abstraction, what Mishima meant by the cult of the hero, and much more.TIMESTAMPS00:00 – Introducing Yukio Mishima and Sun and Steel00:10:39 – Heroism, Tragedy, and Physical Reality00:15:32 – Words Versus the Language of Flesh00:26:21 – Tragedy and the Heroic Sensibility00:47:17 – The Sun as Revelation00:56:11 – Steel, Training, and Progressive Overload01:01:02 – The Classical Body and Education01:07:31 – Beauty, Death, and Mishima’s Final Act01:16:15 – Genius Versus Heroism01:18:30 – Boxing, Fencing, and Pure Action01:25:49 – The Cult of the Hero01:42:42 – Audience Q&A Begins01:53:41 – Salvation, God, and Human Nature02:00:02 – Tarot, Divination, and the Occult02:12:44 – God in Nature and Architecture-Jonas’ Links:YouTube: @Jonaskilker Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jonaskilker/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@jonaskilkerX: https://x.com/jonaskilkerJonas’ Merch: https://constantinegraphicsco.com/collections/mythic-vitalism Patreon: https://patreon.com/jonaskilkerDanes Links: Youtube: @Thegreatdane269 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/the_great_dane469/ Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@thegreatdane13X: https://x.com/thegreatdane269?s=20 Substack: https://substack.com/@danemillerhassDane’s Merch: https://constantinegraphicsco.com/collections/under-construction

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  Episode #33

  Modern War Bands, Conquistadors, Evola & More

  Sep 20, 20261h 34mS1

  SEA PEOPLES SUMMER MERCH: https://barbarian-banter-shop.fourthwall.com-Welcome to the 3rd ever Barbarian Banter Live program. In this live Q&A, the discussion moves from our Kyrgyzstan expedition and modern equivalents of the ancient war band into conquistadors, Julius Evola, male competition, American mythology, Hinduism, physiognomy, architecture, celebrity culture, meditation, and everything in between. What kinds of brotherhood are still possible in modern life? Why are people drawn to dangerous expeditions and heroic history? And how much of our character, belief, and identity can really be read from the way we live?This episode is less about following a single thesis and more about tracing the connections between history, masculinity, mythology, spirituality, culture, and everyday life as they emerge naturally through your questions. We talk about what made the Eurasian Steppe trip worth doing, whether modern war bands still exist, why conquistador expeditions remain so compelling, Evola and initiation, Kok Boru and male competition, America as a possible heir to Rome, the difference between online and real-world friendship, Hindu mythology and Indo-European religion, the decline of celebrity mystique, visualization and self-hypnosis, physiognomy, Christianity, Slavic mythology, and much more.TIMESTAMPS00:00:15 – Live Q&A and Steppe Questions00:12:19 – Clearing Up the Trip Drama00:16:32 – Modern War Bands and Brotherhood00:25:47 – Conquistadors and Historical Expeditions00:37:04 – Evola, Initiation, and Divine Kingship00:45:18 – Kok Boru and Male Competition00:52:00 – America, Rome, and Strange Mysteries00:57:37 – Taking Online Brotherhood Into Reality01:01:02 – Homesteading, Games, and Dream Lives01:04:16 – Mythologizing Your Own Life01:07:49 – Hinduism and Indo-European Myth01:16:59 – Celebrity Mystique and Modern Fame01:20:17 – Meditation, Visualization, and Manifestation01:25:43 – Christianity, Physiognomy, and Tradition01:31:31 – Final Questions and What Comes Next-Jonas’ Links:YouTube: @Jonaskilker Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jonaskilker/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@jonaskilkerX: https://x.com/jonaskilkerJonas’ Merch: https://constantinegraphicsco.com/collections/mythic-vitalism Patreon: https://patreon.com/jonaskilkerDanes Links: Youtube: @Thegreatdane269 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/the_great_dane469/ Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@thegreatdane13X: https://x.com/thegreatdane269?s=20 Substack: https://substack.com/@danemillerhassDane’s Merch: https://constantinegraphicsco.com/collections/under-construction

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  Episode #32

  Surviving the Eurasian Steppe

  Sep 13, 20261h 48mS1

  SEA PEOPLES SUMMER MERCH: https://barbarian-banter-shop.fourthwall.com-What happens when you leave behind comfort, routine, reliable shelter, and the ability to simply quit? After nine days riding horseback through remote Kyrgyzstan, enduring cold, rain, exhaustion, dangerous terrain, injury, and plans that constantly fell apart, we came home asking a bigger question: do modern men still need genuine rites of passage? What does hardship reveal about your character, your friendships, and the things you thought you needed? And can deliberately stepping into uncertainty reconnect you with something modern life rarely demands from you?In this episode, we unpack our journey across the Eurasian Steppe: a near-death horse accident, riding for hours through remote mountains, sleeping wet and exhausted, adapting to nomadic life, and learning how quickly comfort becomes irrelevant when there is no alternative. We also discuss the koryos and the idea of the modern war band, why difficult experiences expose both the best and worst in people, authenticity and the masks people wear, the return of paganism, the spiritual power of traditional Christianity, learning to be present instead of constantly producing, and why the greatest lesson of the trip may have been the importance of friendship, loyalty, hospitality, and taking risks while you still can.TIMESTAMPS00:00 – Back Home From the Steppe04:17 – Near Death and Blood Memory16:09 – The Best Parts of Kyrgyzstan29:12 – What the Steppe Taught Us37:14 – What We Left Behind48:57 – A Modern Rite of Passage54:26 – Authenticity and the Masks We Wear01:10:15 – Why Paganism Is Returning01:18:44 – Christianity, Beauty, and Cologne Cathedral01:23:20 – Escaping Routine and Constant Productivity01:38:22 – The Biggest Lessons From the Steppe01:43:00 – Friendship, Loyalty, and Hospitality01:45:13 – Escaping the World Nomad Games01:47:12 – Final Thoughts and What Comes Next-Jonas’ Links:YouTube: @Jonaskilker Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jonaskilker/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@jonaskilkerX: https://x.com/jonaskilkerJonas’ Merch: https://constantinegraphicsco.com/collections/mythic-vitalism Patreon: https://patreon.com/jonaskilkerDanes Links: Youtube: @Thegreatdane269 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/the_great_dane469/ Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@thegreatdane13X: https://x.com/thegreatdane269?s=20 Substack: https://substack.com/@danemillerhassDane’s Merch: https://constantinegraphicsco.com/collections/under-construction

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  Episode #12

  An Intro to Mysticism | With Broken Ruune

  Aug 30, 20262h 35mS1

  SEA PEOPLES SUMMER MERCH: https://barbarian-banter-shop.fourthwall.com-Follow Broken Ruune: YouTube: @BrokenRuune Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thewarriorphilosophers/X: https://x.com/TWarPhilosopher-What if the modern secular worldview is capable of explaining how things work, but increasingly incapable of explaining why life is worth enduring? What happens when suffering, mystical experience, consciousness, mythology, and religion begin pointing toward a reality that cannot be reduced to material processes alone? Are gods, demons, archetypes, and supernatural encounters simply inventions of the mind, or does consciousness give us access to aspects of reality that physical measurement cannot capture? And what would it mean to deliberately re-enchant your life without abandoning reason, science, or the modern world?Broken Ruune joins us for an introduction to mysticism that moves from personal experience into some of the oldest questions in philosophy and religion. We explore how chronic illness and suffering can alter consciousness, the relationship between the mind and body, non-dualism, Hermeticism, idealism, Jungian archetypes, Christianity and paganism, and the possibility that science describes the mechanisms of reality without exhausting its meaning. The conversation eventually turns toward myth as a tool for surviving suffering, the danger of esoteric knowledge without initiation, and whether spirituality can coexist with AI and technological progress rather than retreating from them.In this episode we discuss: mystical experiences and altered states of consciousness, how chronic illness can reveal the connection between mind and body, why non-dualism challenges the modern Western conception of God, what Hermeticism means by the microcosm and macrocosm, whether demons and archetypes can be psychologically real without being physically measurable, how Jungian ideas might explain cryptids and supernatural encounters, why science and spirituality do not necessarily contradict one another, what Rudolf Steiner believed modern civilization had lost, whether Christianity and paganism point toward the same underlying metaphysical hierarchy, why esoteric knowledge was historically guarded through initiation, how myth can transform suffering into a heroic ordeal, what “mythic futurism” means for AI and technology, whether secular humanism can justify its own morality, what the afterlife might look like from a non-dualist perspective, and much more.-Jonas’ Links:YouTube: @Jonaskilker Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jonaskilker/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@jonaskilkerX: https://x.com/jonaskilkerJonas’ Merch: https://constantinegraphicsco.com/collections/mythic-vitalism Patreon: https://patreon.com/jonaskilkerDanes Links: Youtube: @Thegreatdane269 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/the_great_dane469/ Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@thegreatdane13X: https://x.com/thegreatdane269?s=20 Substack: https://substack.com/@danemillerhassDane’s Merch: https://constantinegraphicsco.com/collections/under-construction

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  Episode #30

  How to Survive the Kali Yuga | With Patrick Saltykov

  Aug 23, 20262h 9mS1

  SEA PEOPLES SUMMER MERCH: https://barbarian-banter-shop.fourthwall.com-Follow Patrick: Patricks Book: https://www.amazon.com/Promethean-Dreams-Patrick-Saltykov/dp/1957583223YouTube: @thewarriorphilosopher Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thewarriorphilosophers/X: https://x.com/TWarPhilosopher-What happens when civilization becomes comfortable enough to forget the virtues that built it? Are periods of collapse always dark ages, or can they become heroic ages for people willing to adapt, take risks, and act? What can the Sea Peoples, Indo-European warrior cultures, and the fall of old civilizations teach us about living through instability today? And if we really are entering a more fragmented, uncertain age, what does it mean to “surf the Kali Yuga” instead of being consumed by it?In this crossover episode, Dane and Jonas join Patrick Saltykov on the Warrior Philosopher Podcast for a wide-ranging discussion on the Sea Peoples, the Bronze Age Collapse, barbarian-maxxing, warrior aristocracies, romance, family, desire, and civilizational decline. The conversation moves from archaeology and genetics to Homer, Rome, the Germanic world, the Reconquista, Nietzsche, Plato, Lacan, and the tension between vitalism and modern attempts to regulate or suppress human desire.In this episode we discuss: who the Sea Peoples may actually have been, how the Bronze Age Collapse spread across the Mediterranean, why Urnfield and proto-Celtic influences may matter to the story, whether the Mycenaeans were themselves part of the Sea Peoples phenomenon, how ancient raiding cultures compare with Vikings and later barbarian migrations, what warrior societies reveal about family and social stability, why monogamy and romance appear even in highly martial cultures, how Ferdinand and Isabella used marriage to unite Spain, what Homeric heroes reveal about eros and glory, why Nietzschean desire differs from Lacanian “lack,” whether modern civilization suppresses the very drives that create greatness, what it means to “surf the Kali Yuga” during civilizational decline, and much more.-TIMESTAMPS01:39 – Jonas and Dane Join Warrior Philosopher09:29 – How Barbarian Banter Began14:46 – Who Were the Sea Peoples?18:57 – What Caused the Bronze Age Collapse?22:33 – Raiders, Mercenaries, and Collapsing Trade27:46 – Homer, Odysseus, and Sea Raiders33:39 – Sea Peoples and Ancient Naval Warfare41:42 – The Origins of Sea Peoples Summer45:09 – Mycenaeans, Dorians, and Mass Migration49:14 – How Celtic Was Ancient Europe?55:33 – Warriors, Women, and Ancient Culture01:01:21 – Germanic Marriage and Monogamy01:03:44 – Warrior Societies and Family Stability01:08:57 – Romance, Vitalism, and Northern Europe01:13:09 – Harems, Monogamy, and Succession Crises01:19:02 – Why Romance Actually Matters01:26:21 – Genghis Khan, Homer, and Monogamy01:34:00 – Eros and the Judgment of Paris01:38:12 – Tragedy as the Motor of History01:42:23 – Nietzsche, Lacan, and Human Desire01:49:52 – Plato, Eros, and the Good01:54:20 – Why Love Cannot Be Economized02:04:11 – How to Surf the Kali Yuga02:08:06 – Closing Thoughts-Jonas’ Links:YouTube: @Jonaskilker Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jonaskilker/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@jonaskilkerX: https://x.com/jonaskilkerJonas’ Merch: https://constantinegraphicsco.com/collections/mythic-vitalism Patreon: https://patreon.com/jonaskilkerDanes Links: Youtube: @Thegreatdane269 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/the_great_dane469/ Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@thegreatdane13X: https://x.com/thegreatdane269?s=20 Substack: https://substack.com/@danemillerhassDane’s Merch: https://constantinegraphicsco.com/collections/under-construction

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