Proving politics is downstream of culture. Tune in to hear leftist takes on books and short stories on topics like gender, humanism and the alt right.
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Gesamtlänge aller Episoden: 1 day 22 hours 2 minutes
episode 5: Episode 5: Giovanni's Room by James Baldwin
Prepare for an emotional rollercoaster of shame, guilt, hope, and finally, inevitable tragedy. In this week’s episode, we read our first longer piece, “Giovanni’s Room” by James Baldwin, and talk about all things sexuality, gender and how all the characters hate women.
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episode 4: Episode 4: Faith In A Tree by Grace Paley
I dare you to find an author as witty and quick as Grace Paley. In this week’s episode, we cover her short story “Faith In A Tree” and talk about all the ways Grace Paley subverts the norms of gender/class expectations with her unusual characters and postmodern writing.
We couldn’t find a free source of this story, but you can get Grace Paley’s short story collection here...
episode 3: Episode 3: Pop Art by Joe Hill
“I want to see if it’s true. If the sky opens up at the top.” -- find out in this episode, where we explore the short story “Pop Art” by Joe Hill, talk about subtle yet underrated young male friendships and have some (small) asides of a particular cult experience.
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episode 2: Episode 2: Space Raptor Butt Invasion by Chuck Tingle
Sad puppies, rabid puppies, dino dick and extraterrestrial love making. Ladies and gentleman, this piece by Chuck Tingle has got it all. Join us through this tale of woe and intrigue as we discuss how the alt-right, in their endless crusades against diversity, inadvertently made an alleged doctor of massage and his erotic stories more popular.
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episode 1: Episode 1: The Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas by Ursula K. LeGuin
It’s not about where you go, but that you walk away. This podcast examines Ursula K. LeGuin’s thought experiment about what it means to have the happiness of a society depend on the suffering of a child.
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