Are books... dangerous? A lot of people think so, from Moms For Liberty to the mostly-imaginary internet spectre of the censorious Puriteen. Lyta Gold joins us to talk about which books are most dangerous and which might be able to redeem the act of reading.
Theme tune by Caina: https://cainaband.bandcamp.com/
Danger is our Patreon's middle name: https://www.patreon.com/DeathSentence
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Red-tinted Pasts and Ursula Le Guin's Five Ways to Forgiveness
Eden and Langdon both exist (maybe) and with this snippet of existence, they discuss the historiography of the Paris Commune on the left and suggest a proper position (empathy) towards its hopes and failures.
Then, they discuss the beautiful and problematic "Five Ways to Forgiveness" by Ursula K. Le Guin, a short story suite about slavery, feminism, war and Hain.
Music played:
Object Unto Earth - Alas I Hop Along https://objectuntoearth.bandcamp.com/track/alas-i-hop-along
Cave Sermon - Hopeless Magic https://cavesermon.bandcamp.com/track/hopeless-magic
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1:22:06
The Empusium - Olga Tokarczuk
Olga Tokarczuk's first book since winning the Nobel prize in Literature is deeply feminist folk-horror with more than a little influence from Thomas Mann's Magic Mountain. Is it just a fun ghost story or a warning about how the Male Loneliness Epidemic(tm) will end in tragedy. More importantly, does Langdon yearn for the production lines?
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1:38:17
Forgotten Work and the Individual in History
This time around, Langdon and Eden discuss what can be done in our personal lives, regardless of the potential for a revolution or any feelings of hope and despair.
Then, they dive into the mesmerizing verse-prose of Jason Guriel's Forgotten Work, a novel in heroic couplets about the power of music, obsession, cult followings, and sick teleportation technology.
Music played:
Kyros - Esoterica https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NQGbHdn_SJ0
Max Cooper - The Sun in a Box https://maxcooper.bandcamp.com/track/the-sun-in-a-box-2
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Alex Pheby - Waterblack
One of the greatest fantasy epics of the 21st century ends here, with Alex Pheby's mind-bending Waterblack. We go in-depth into the trilogy and the surprising inspirations behind its central themes. Also, Skibidi Toilet.
Music by Homeskin: https://homeskin.bandcamp.com/track/blood-to-disk
Theme tune by Caïna: https://cainaband.bandcamp.com/
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