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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.

Human Side Press


    • Jun 1, 2021 LATEST EPISODE
    • monthly NEW EPISODES
    • 1h 24m AVG DURATION
    • 14 EPISODES


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    HSP 34: Spiritual Battles II

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 1, 2021


    We are spiritual primitives. Our form of life is both despirited and degodened.

    HSP 33: Spiritual Battles I

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 1, 2021


    To be successful in the West is to invite its demons and monsters. A discussion of ego and the spirit.

    HSP 04: Bicycle Touring

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 12, 2020


    Two veterans of the road discuss bike tours in Europe and the Americas. www.humansidepress.com

    HSP 31: Working Class Hero

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 28, 2020


    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.

    HSP 05: Knut Hamsun

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 22, 2020


    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.

    HSP 30: The Unabomber

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 22, 2020


    Discussion of the Unabomber Manifesto, Leftism, and the breakdown of the industrial/technological system.

    HSP 29: Change The World

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 8, 2020


    Only a god can save us. Reflections on the burning cities.

    HSP 27: Letter for Omar

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 25, 2020


    Encouragement for the sick.

    HSP 26: On Selfhood and Individuality

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 1, 2020


    For Chris G. Front Dock hero.

    HSP 25: On Spontaneity

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 8, 2020


    Some reflections on Chuang Tzu and Ludwig Wittgenstein, language and manual labor.

    HSP 24: The Homestead

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 6, 2019 76:32


    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

    HSP 14: Varlam Shalamov

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 16, 2019 92:28


    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

    HSP 22: Paradise In Burma

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 16, 2019 75:05


    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

    HSP 23: Naval Is Happy

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 16, 2019 94:58


    A conversation on the happiness of Naval Ravikant, with Andreas of Austria.www.humansidepress.com

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