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On Faces At the Bottom of the Well: The Permanence of Racism (1992), a foundational text in critical race theory that presents thought experiments in the philosophy of law, including “The Space Traders.” With guest Lawrence Ware.
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Turkeys speculate in a game scene. Are they reasonable and/or jive turkeys? Then, geometry is Continue Reading …
Mark discusses how Internet culture has changed stand-up with three comedians: past guests Rodney Continue Reading …
The Nostromo is a labyrinthine spaceship, a hulking ore refinery run on a sophisticated Continue Reading …
Jerry has co-fronted Devo since its founding in the mid-70s, releasing nine albums with them, but Continue Reading …
Recorded 9/2/21. We talk about drugs: psychedelic experiences, microdosing, CBD, plus the drug of Continue Reading …
At the beginning of Book 2, Cyrus is dead, but the Greeks are victorious. By the end of Book 2, Continue Reading …
WAS THIS HIS BEST? In this episode we discuss Ernest Hemingway’s last published work in his Continue Reading …
Subscribe to get Part 2 of this episode in its entirety. Citizens can get it here. Continuing from part one on Faces At the Bottom of the Well (1992) with guest Lawrence Ware. We discuss "The Racial Preference Licensing Act" (ch. 3), which plays with an idea (attributed to his fictional alter Continue Reading …
Writers Sarahlyn Bruck and Kayla Dreysse join Mark to discuss how this once very popular TV show type has simultaneously become niche yet has had a tremendous influence on current prestige TV as well as reality shows. We talk about soaps' story and structure conventions, the demands on soap actors Continue Reading …
For our final 2021 installment on G.W.F. Hegel's Phenomenology of Spirit, we give you a second episode originally posted in 2011, where Mark and Seth continue from ep. 35 with guest Tom McDonald to cover the rest of chapter 4, focusing on sections 178-230. First, Hegel's famous "master and slave" Continue Reading …
Emma-Jean is a trumpeter, singer, multi-instrumentalist, techie... She even runs her own record label. She's had five releases since 2016. We discuss "Say Something" (and listen at the end to "Spectre" from Yellow (2021), "Open - Remix feat. Blu" (a 2020 single), and "Um" from Um Yang Continue Reading …
With the recent theatrical release of The Green Knight, Mark and Brian along with Den of Geek's David Crow and the very British Al Baker consider the range of cinematic Arthuriana, including Excalibur (1981), Camelot (1967), King Arthur (2004), King Arthur: Legend of the Sword (2017), First Knight Continue Reading …
