The Human Side Podcast is a long form conversation with HSP authors and others on topics ranging from literature, philosophy and anthropology, to bicycle touring, Alaskan commercial fishing, classic jazz on vinyl, and more.
We are spiritual primitives. Our form of life is both despirited and degodened.
To be successful in the West is to invite its demons and monsters. A discussion of ego and the spirit.
Two veterans of the road discuss bike tours in Europe and the Americas. www.humansidepress.com
There is freedom and honesty at the bottom. A discussion of low-paid, unskilled labor as well as an update on the forthcoming HSP publication of The Home Depot, a collection of short stories by Peter Dahlstrand.
Discussion of Norwegian author Knut Hamsun and his only book of poetry The Wild Chorus (Det vilde Kor), published for the first time in an English translation by Human Side Press.
Discussion of the Unabomber Manifesto, Leftism, and the breakdown of the industrial/technological system.
Only a god can save us. Reflections on the burning cities.
Some reflections on Chuang Tzu and Ludwig Wittgenstein, language and manual labor.
On establishing a home in the countryside or Spain or West Texas, with Andreas of Austria. Also an update on the forthcoming HSP translation of Varlam Shalamov's Kolyma Notebooks.www.humansidepress.com
Discussion of a forthcoming Human Side Press translation of gulag poetry from Varlam Shalamov (Fall 2019), followed by talk of Budapest in the late '90s and a Hungarian female stalker.www.humansidepress.com
The great Austrian explorer, dive master, and boat skipper Andreas discusses his new project — 10 years in the making — on a tiny island in the Burmese archipelago.www.humansidepress.com
A conversation on the happiness of Naval Ravikant, with Andreas of Austria.www.humansidepress.com