Episode 84: Philip Roth and Ecclesiastes

Episode 88: Suprematism and the poetry of Ukraine

Jake and Phil are joined by Vladislav Davidzon to discuss Kazimir Malevich's The Manifesto of Suprematism and the poetry of Serhiy Zhadan. The Manifesto: Malevich, The Manifesto of Suprematism https://designmanifestos.org/kazimir-malevich-the-manifesto-of-suprematism/ [https://designmanifestos.org/kazimir-malevich-the-manifesto-of-suprematism/] The Art: Serhiy Zhadan https://poetrysociety.org/poems/three-poems-by-serhiy-zhadan [https://poetrysociety.org/poems/three-poems-by-serhiy-zhadan] https://www.wordsforwar.com/take-only-what-is-most-important [https://www.wordsforwar.com/take-only-what-is-most-important]

Episode 87: The Information State

Jake and Phil discuss Jake's new book, THE DISINFORMATION STATE, where he argues that the technological infrastructure we've built to make society safer and more rational has steadily replaced democratic freedoms with systems of digital control. To buy the book: https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250363121/theinformationstate/ [https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250363121/theinformationstate/]

Episode 86: Spacers, Fictosexuals and Freaks

Jake and Phil are joined by internet culture reporter Katherine Dee to discuss The Fictosexual Manifesto and "Aye and Gomorrah..." by Samuel Delany The Manifesto: The Fictosexual Manifesto https://vocal.media/humans/fictosexual-manifesto [https://vocal.media/humans/fictosexual-manifesto] The Art: Samuel Delany, "Aye and Gomorrah..." https://strangehorizons.com/wordpress/fiction/aye-and-gomorrah/ [https://strangehorizons.com/wordpress/fiction/aye-and-gomorrah/]

Episode 85: Zarathustra and Judge Holden

Phil and Jake are joined by Aaron Gwyn, an author and associate professor of English at the University of North Carolina-Charlotte, to discuss Nietzsche's Thus Spoke Zarathustra and Cormac McCarthy's Blood Meridian. The Manifesto: Nietzsche's Thus Spoke Zarathustra https://www.gutenberg.org/files/1998/1998-h/1998-h.htm [https://www.gutenberg.org/files/1998/1998-h/1998-h.htm] The Art: McCarthy, Blood Meridian https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/110472/blood-meridian-by-cormac-mccarthy/ [https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/110472/blood-meridian-by-cormac-mccarthy/] Other Links: Aaron Gwyn's The Cannibal Owl https://bellepointpress.com/products/the-cannibal-owl [https://bellepointpress.com/products/the-cannibal-owl]

Episode 84: Philip Roth and Ecclesiastes

Jake and Phil discuss Philip Roth's 1961 essay "Writing American Fiction" and the Qohelet, also known as the Book of Ecclesiastes The Manifesto: Philip Roth, "Writing American Fiction" https://www.commentary.org/articles/philip-roth/writing-american-fiction/ [https://www.commentary.org/articles/philip-roth/writing-american-fiction/] The Qohelet https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Ecclesiastes%201&version=KJV [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Ecclesiastes%201&version=KJV]