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Discussion of books and ideas for our tangled times. Read along with us or just listen in.
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Wednesday Feb 08, 2023
Wednesday Feb 08, 2023
We return! In our new season we are reading The Dawn of Everything: A New History of Humanity by David Graeber & David Wengrow, a fascinating and controversial book of anthropology and social theory.
There's enough groundwork laid in Chapter 1 to make this episode a longer one than we're used to releasing. We hope you find it stimulating.
The Dawn of Everything at archive.org
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Featured music: "Stars Sewn Into Our Skies" by Big Blood. "That Glow in the Morning" by Sarah Louise.
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Thursday Apr 30, 2020
Thursday Apr 30, 2020
"...those feelings of anguish and rage are the same itch the seed feels in the last days of Winter, before it bursts open and sends out its buds into the world... Remember this story, and there will be hope for Spring."
First published on Unsettling America.
Audio version originally published by Resonance.
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Sunday Apr 26, 2020
Sunday Apr 26, 2020
Witch hunting did not end in Europe. In fact it didn't even end. The final chapter of our book.
Mentioned:
Debt: The First 5,000 Years, by David Graeber
The anthropologist Michael Taussig
"Conviction: American Panic" podcast
Janet's essay about finding and connecting with nature anywhere
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Sunday Apr 12, 2020
Sunday Apr 12, 2020
Why were women especially targeted by the Witch Hunt? The continuation of Chapter 4.
Mentioned:
The Witch Cult in Western Europe by Margaret Murray
The Triumph of the Moon by Ronald Hutton
Witches, Midwives, and Nurses: A History of Women Healers by Ehrenreich and English
Stephany Hoffelt's Domestic Medicine blog
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Friday Apr 03, 2020
Friday Apr 03, 2020
Arguably the most important chapter of the book. "The Great Witch-Hunt in Europe"
Mentioned:
Malleus Maleficarum or The Hammer of the Witches
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Sunday Mar 15, 2020
Sunday Mar 15, 2020
Capitalism needed to invent a new kind of person, a new subject to fit into its scheme. Science and rationalist philosophy was happy to provide.
Mentioned on the podcast:
Harriet Washington Medical Apartheid
Richard Dawkins The Selfish Gene
Jared Diamond Guns, Germs, and Steel
Excellent critique of Diamond's book from the Savage Minds blog
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Friday Feb 28, 2020
Friday Feb 28, 2020
We return to finish chapter 2.
Mentioned on the show:
The podcast series "Seeing White" from Scene on Radio
Dr. Kim Tallbear on For the Wild podcast
Music on this episode by Big Blood and I Love You.
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Sunday Feb 16, 2020
Sunday Feb 16, 2020
We begin discussing the pivotal second chapter. There was too much to fit into one episode, so this conversation will be continued.
Mentioned:
Q, the novel, by Luther Blissett
The World Turned Upside Down, by Christopher Hill
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Thursday Jan 30, 2020
Thursday Jan 30, 2020
Life during feudalism, popular revolt, heretical resistance: "All the World Needs Jolt: Social Movements and Political Crisis in Medieval Europe".
Further reading:
Tragedy of the Commons on Wikipedia
"First as Tragedy, then as Fascism", article from The Baffler about the legacy of Garrett Hardin, who popularized the "tragedy" in a 1968 essay.
The Revolution of Everyday Life by Raoul Vaneigem (PDF)
Music on this episode by Big Blood and I Love You.
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Friday Jan 17, 2020
Friday Jan 17, 2020
Caliban and the Witch is much more than a book of history. Today we introduce our new book, get oriented to the subject matter, define some terms, and cover highlights from the preface and the introduction.
Order the book from AK Press here.
It can also be found free online as a scanned PDF here
And possibly as an EPUB ebook here.
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Also mentioned:
Witchcraft and the Gay Counterculture by Arthur Evans
Music on this episode by Big Blood and I Love You.
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