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Sean, Dan, and Chip discuss the recent motion of pausing the new Warren County Law Enforcement Center on the WRAM Morning Show.

Algren, Stevens, and Cavanaugh recap the Warren County Board meeting, including an update on the progress of the new Warren County Law Enforcement Center, courthouse construction, and more on the WRAM Morning Show.

Chip shares the collections since the passing for the referendum of the jail project, the anticipated breaking ground date, an upcoming Public Hearing in November regarding the bonds, size of the facility, and more on the WRAM Morning Show.

Set against the backdrop of Japan's Meiji Restoration, the film follows the journey of Captain Nathan Algren (played brilliantly by Tom Cruise), a disillusioned American Civil War veteran. Algren is hired by the Japanese government to train their newly formed army in Western warfare techniques. However, fate leads him to the samurai, a group fiercely resisting modernization.

Algren discusses the change in judge assignments for the 9th Judicial Circuit, talks sales tax collections, updates about the Warren County Jail project, and more on the WRAM Morning Show.

EPISODE 306: What would you do if every day all you're doing is putting out fires in your business? Have you considered selling your construction business to escape the daily stress at work? In this week's guest, Leyah Hostetter, Construction Leading Edge's Director of Customer Success, sits down with Michael Algren, owner of Algren Design & Building, to talk about the struggles he had with his luxury homebuilding and remodeling business and what did he do to transform it. Michael was already on the verge of selling his construction business last winter to transfer to Vermont. The stress was just too much for him to take. It was already affecting his physical, mental, and emotional health until, one day, he came across our Systematize Your Construction Business (SYCB) program. Today, Michael shares his business and personal life story before joining the SYCB program, how he lets his team create processes and empower them, what it's like working for wealthy clients, and the systems he learned from SYCB that transformed his business. Let's jump in!   Key Takeaways: Introduction (00:00) Meet Michael Algren and his works (02:52) How Michael's business looked like before and its ripple effects (04:03) What does it mean to be working with wealthy clients (08:06) A different approach to solving tardiness issue (11:13) How did Michael was able to let his team create their processes and solve problems (16:10) What were the impactful lessons that Michael learned from the SYCB program (25:10) How is life different now since Michael joined the SYCB program (28:33) Blueprint to systematize your construction business (31:42)   Additional Resources: - Apply for your FREE customized blueprint to systematize your construction business HERE - Join the FREE Get Paid for Estimates Masterclass HERE - Hear our clients' success stories HERE  -- The Construction Leading Edge Podcast helps construction business owners maximize their revenue, eliminate chaos, systematize their work, and win back their time. Follow us on your favorite podcasting platform so you never miss an episode!  

Algren explains the next step for Warren County as the 3/4% sales tax passed to build a new Warren County Law Enforcement Center.

Algren provides education on a potential new Warren County Law Enforcement Center as a referendum for a 3/4% sales tax appears on the April 4th Consolidated Election ballot.

Algren provides information on the upcoming ballot imitative that will be presented to Warren County voters on April 4th regarding a tax to be passed that would be utilized for the construction of a Warren County Law Enforcement Center.

In this episode, we discuss the life and work of Chicago legend Nelson Algren, one of the most well known literary writers in America in the 40s and 50s who eventually fell into obscurity toward the end of his life. Algren is perhaps best known for his novels such as A Walk on the Wild [...]

In this episode, we discuss the life and work of Chicago legend Nelson Algren, one of the most well known literary writers in America in the 40s and 50s who eventually fell into obscurity toward the end of his life. Algren is perhaps best known for his novels such as A Walk on the Wild [...]

Algren provides an update on the current progress of a potential new jail for Warren County, including the referendum to be presented to voters in April of 2023.

Algren breaks down Amendment 1, the Illinois Right to Collective Bargaining Measure, that will be on the ballot in Illinois as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment on November 8th, 2022.

You'll hear Don DeLillo say in this episode that “the best sort of television has almost replaced a certain kind of novel.” That's from a Writers Institute event nearly fifteen years ago, and while conversations about novelistic TV have changed since then, novelists continue to bring their sensibilities to television. Among those writers is Amelia Gray—author of startling short stories and novels—who's written for shows including Maniac and Mr. Robot. Gray says here that “TV is a writer's medium. In features they'll still take it away from you, and have you do a bunch of rewrites, and then it's the director's baby, and that's just how it is. But TV is so big and unwieldy that they need the writers.” On the subject of writers struggling with feature films, we listen to the novelist Russell Banks in conversation with Don DeLillo about their friend Nelson Algren, whose novel, The Man with the Golden Arm, was adapted into a 1955 Otto Preminger film with Frank Sinatra—a film Algren loathed. Banks has had happier experiences with film adaptations of his novels, on the other hand, and DeLillo's White Noise has now been adapted into a film by Noah Baumbach. The question is: what makes things go right or wrong for novelists in Hollywood? On this episode: Amelia Gray (conversation with Adam Colman). Books: Isadora and Museum of the Weird. Don DeLillo (from the archives). Books: White Noise and Underworld. Russell Banks (from the archives). Books: The Sweet Hereafter and Affliction. William Kennedy (conversation with Adam Colman). Books: Legs and Billy Phelan's Greatest Game. Find out more about the New York State Writers Institute at https://www.nyswritersinstitute.org. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

durée : 00:10:45 - Histoires de Musique - par : Marianne Vourch - De 1947 à 1964, Simone de Beauvoir écrit à Nelson Algren des centaines de lettres d'amour. Au sortir de la guerre, cet « amour transatlantique » l'entraîne dans une aventure aussi risquée que les vols Paris-New-York de ce temps-là. - réalisé par : Sophie Pichon

Este thriller con toque de drama sobre un adicto a las drogas recién salido del penal -un entregado Frank Sinatra-, resultó una provocación en la década de los 50. Frankie Machine vuelve en el bus de línea a su viejo barrio de Chicago, mira a través de la ventana el bar de siempre, con los parroquianos conocidos, entre ellos el camello que le suministraba la droga y le espera, su exjefe Schwiefka le recuerda todos los días que es le el mejor croupier de los contornos y debe volver a repartir los naipes en las partidas nocturnas que organiza en su local. Y en casa le espera su desequilibrada novia, Zosh -Eleanor Parker-, manipuladora, se encarga de recordarle que está impedida por un accidente de tráfico que él provocó por conducir bebido. Ante ese panorama, Frankie lo tiene difícil para reconducir su vida, él quiere triunfar tocando la batería en una banda de jazz, el tiempo a la sombra le ha servido para demostrar que tiene el brazo de oro, sabe utilizar las baquetas con compás y está dispuesto a demostrarlo en su primera audición. Así se lo cuenta a su amigo Sparrow -Arnold Stang-, tan fiel como los perros con que trapichea, y a Molly – una joven Kim Novak-, un romance anterior del que Frankie sigue enamorado. A pesar de no ser aprobada por el consejo censor, por la problemática de las drogas, el austriaco Preminger siguió adelante con este proyecto basado en la novela de Nelson Algren. El tono general del film pierde verosimilitud en algunos momentos en parte por los decorados utilizados, casi todas las secuencias están rodadas en estudio. Aún así, el genio del director se hace notar en sus habituales planos largos y medios, con hábiles desplazamientos. A recordar momentos como la salida del casino de Molly y su contoneo egregio hasta llegar a su apartamento, la cámara hace un escorzo hacia atrás y nos presenta a Frankie ensayando en la batería, quien no recibiría a Kim Novak con un redoble de platillos. La superación individual de un tipo con pocas posibilidades, el giro de guion final no aparecía en la novela original de Algren, Preminger quiso aportar algo de luz tras tanto fracaso y desesperación. En una escena final sorprendente la neurótica Zosh se aferrará a su grotesco silbato por última vez. Esta noche nos refugiamos en la partitura de Elmer Bernstein para olvidar los vicios de la calle…

In his mesmerizing feature documentary film, ALGREN, Michael Caplan drops us into the gritty world, brilliant mind, and noble heart of writer Nelson Algren. Exploding onto the national scene in 1950 after winning the first-ever National Book Award for The Man with the Golden Arm, Algren defined post-war American urban fiction with his brilliant depiction of working class Chicago. Hemingway declared him second only to Faulkner; Vonnegut dubbed him a literary groundbreaker. Hollywood soon came calling, immortalizing his breakout novel with none other than Frank Sinatra in the lead role. Algren even won a notorious place in both the heart and work of France's premiere feminist, Simone de Beauvoir. Including never-before-seen archival footage, newly uncovered audio recordings and his own rarely seen, personal photo collages, ALGREN charts the rise and fall of a man whose transgressions, compassion and thirst for justice pushed him to dedicate his life and career to giving a voice to the voiceless. Through interviews with Algren's friends, literary experts and artists – including William Friedkin, Russell Banks, Philip Kaufman, Billy Corgan and John Sayles – the film is an intimate, witty and even antagonistic portrait of a tireless champion of America's most marginalized. Director Michael Caplan (Stones from the Soil) joins us for a conversation on what inspired him to explore the world of a groundbreaking, deeply American writer who has never reached the level of recognition and acclaim of his literary brethren. For screenings and updates go to: firstrunfeatures.com/algren

El capitán Nathan Algren es un hombre con estrés postraumático después de la guerra, en este episodio hablamos sobre el camino de Algren para recuperar su honor, la resistencia al cambio, encontrar la paz mental a través de conversaciones profundas, ejercitar el cuerpo y la mente. Síguenos en youtube Youtube.com/herramientasparapsicologos

Movie Sushi - The Last Samurai Capt Algren is a veteran of Gettysburg with the Medal of Honour. He's sent to Japan by reformists there to stop the Samurai (Samurai means "to serve"). The Samurai don't dishonour themselves by using firearms. Algren is captured & learns their ways Starring Tom Cruise. Ken Watanabe. Billy Connolly. Rated 15. Dir Edward Zwick. Released in the UK 2003. Runtime 2hrs 34mins

How's that new Scream, and what else is new this week? Come on in and discuss with Hope and George!

On this episode, we travel back to 19th century Japan to answer one of the burning questions of our time: Tom Cruise is really the last samurai? We're joined by the our very first international guest, the super talented Barathan Vidhyapathy of the FOCAL channel on Youtube to discuss Edward Zwick's historical drama The Last Samurai (2003).  So much to get into. Was Kevin Costner looking at this movie like Soulja Boy was looking at Drake? What was the point of Taka's character? Who was the last samurai, and does it even matter if the film is only concerned with if Algren can overcome his past and not...you know, Japan as a country.  We also talk about how this movie is nowhere close to historically accurate, how we could remake it without Algren, and Cameron embraces the void!  Movies to watch: Yojimbo, Seven Samurai, Mifune: The Last Samurai Barathan is very cool and has so many cool things going on. Check out his YouTube channel here for great video essays on stuff like Temple of Doom and Mad Max. Also support the Patreon here. As always, follow us on Twitter at @white_pod, subscribe, rate and review! Also, if you can spare anything, donate to the First Nations COVID relief fund to help aid Native people in need.   

WRAM "Community Hour" interview with Warren County Board Chairman Mike Pearson, Board member Sean Cavanaugh, and Jail Advisory Committee Chairman Chip Algren, as they discuss the property purchase for a proposed new jail in Monmouth. (11/19/21)

David Sterritt is a film critic, author, teacher and scholar. He is most notable for his work on Alfred Hitchcock and Jean-Luc Godard, and his many years as the Film Critic for The Christian Science Monitor, where, from 1968 until his retirement in 2005, he championed avant garde cinema, theater and music. He has a PhD in Cinema Studies from New York University and was, until 2105, Chairman of the National Society of Film Critics. Sterritt is known for his intelligent discussions of controversial films and his lively, accessible style.

Filmmaker and Director Michael Caplan discusses the new documentary film Algren: The Movie.https://www.algrenthemovie.com/The movie will be available starting on October 15th. You can stream the film at the following websites:musicboxtheatre.comsiskelfilmcenter.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Filmmaker and Director Michael Caplan discusses the new documentary film Algren: The Movie. https://www.algrenthemovie.com/

Zach & Zo join an unlikely duo of a white rogue New York detective and a black street smart convicted felon as they track down a mentally unbalanced cop killer. This was the premise of the 80's action comedy known as 48 Hours starring Nick Nolte and Eddie Murphy.www.backlookcinema.comEmail: fanmail@backlookcinema.comTwitter: @backlookcinemaFacebook: The Back Look Cinema Podcast Instagram: backlookcinemapodcast 

Capt. Nathan Algren (Tom Cruise) is an American military officer hired by the Emperor of Japan to train the country's first army in the art of modern warfare. As the government attempts to eradicate the ancient Samurai warrior class in preparation for more Westernized and trade-friendly policies, Algren finds himself unexpectedly affected by his encounters with the Samurai, which places him at the center of a struggle between two eras and two worlds. Check out the episode on Youtube, iTunes and Google Play. You can reach us at theironkoob@gmail.com and on Instagram @theironkoob If you have not seen the Review of the Week and would like to avoid spoilers, check the show notes for the timestamp so you can still hear our news sections. I. Review of the Week A. Synopsis and Ratings B. The Last Samurai in SPOILERS (3:00) II. Fight of the Week (55:00) III. Roundup (64:00) 1. Creator Commentary - Avatar IV. Gaming (67:00) 1. Star Wars: Squadrons 2. Avenger's Co-op 3. Pokemon Go V. Trailers (00:00) 1. N/A VI. Everette's Game of Smart Ass (82:00) VII. News (85:00) 1. Chadwick Boseman's Passing 2. Ant-Man and the Wasp 3. New Mutants 4. Snyder Cut Release Date

TESTO DELL'ARTICOLO ➜http://www.filmgarantiti.it/it/articoli.php?id=28IL CORAGGIO, L'ONORE E LA FEDELTA' DEI SAMURAINel 1876 un ex capitano dell'esercito statunitense, Nathan Algren, viene incaricato per conto dell'Impero giapponese di addestrare l'esercito dell'imperatore Meiji allo scopo di eliminare i samurai ribelli presenti nel territorio. Algren, veterano del 7º Reggimento di cavalleria, è alcolizzato e lavora pubblicizzando i fucili della Winchester. La missione affidatagli è per lui solo un modo per far soldi e fuggire da un ricordo terribile e opprimente. Arrivato in Giappone scopre un mondo in piena conflittualità tra la frenetica corsa alla modernità tecnologica e commerciale voluta dal nuovo e giovane imperatore e la cultura millenaria di un popolo dedito alla filosofia e alla guerra ideologica dei samurai. I generali giapponesi vogliono affrettare la fine della guerra e inviano subito le truppe per intercettare i samurai, anche se Algren cerca invano di convincerli che le truppe non sono pronte. Questa decisione si rivela troppo affrettata, e l'esercito, composto soprattutto da contadini, viene sconfitto dai ribelli (i quali invece vivono immersi in una filosofia che fa della guerra una vera e propria arte e ragion d'essere). Con la fuga disordinata dei suoi sottoposti, Algren rimane da solo; ferito e circondato, non si arrende neanche ai samurai che, scesi da cavallo per finirlo, rilassano la propria attenzione. Agli occhi del comandante avversario, Katsumoto, la testardaggine del proprio nemico vale a redimerlo dalla "colpa" di aver perso ed è simbolo di personalità e senso dell'onore, il tutto unito alla lancia utilizzata avente lo stendardo della tigre bianca, del quale Katsumoto coglie il messaggio; per questo motivo dà ordine di risparmiarlo e portarlo al proprio villaggio. Qui Algren impara a conoscere la cultura giapponese tradizionale (che non aveva avuto modo né voglia di approfondire a Yokohama, dove aveva addestrato il nuovo esercito), scoprendo che, ad esempio, i ribelli combattono per l'Imperatore, senza alcuna velleità secessionista; il suo mentore è lo stesso Katsumoto che, seppur contrario all'occidentalizzazione, non disprezza affatto la cultura esterna, ma ne è, al contrario, molto incuriosito. Il capitano decide di schierarsi al fianco dei ribelli e, col tempo, incomincia a essere trattato da pari dai samurai che aveva in precedenza combattuto. Uno dei primissimi abitanti del villaggio con cui instaura un rapporto personale è Taka, sorella di Katsumoto e vedova di Hirotaro (il quale era stato ucciso dallo stesso Algren in battaglia), di cui finisce per innamorarsi. I samurai combattono per le tradizioni e per l'Imperatore a cui sono fedeli fino alla morte e contro gli ideali occidentali del commercio e della tecnologia, voluta da politici e generali opportunisti. Il capo dei ribelli samurai, Katsumoto, incontra l'Imperatore Meiji, ma questi è troppo debole per opporsi al volere del Primo Ministro Omura e dei politici. Katsumoto viene arrestato e come da tradizione gli spetta il suicidio rituale, ma Algren e i samurai lo liberano e lo convincono a morire, non per suicidio, ma riguadagnando l'onore combattendo. Tutti sono consapevoli che le spade dei samurai non possono reggere al confronto con le armi da fuoco dell'esercito, nonostante ciò Katsumoto decide di sfidare l'esercito imperiale con al suo fianco Algren (che riceve l'armatura di Hirotaro).FILM ISPIRATO A UNA STORIA VERAL'ultimo samurai si basa su una storia vera, quella di Jules Brunet, un capitano ed istruttore d'artiglieria che sottostava agli ordini di Napoleone III, inviato in Giappone per insegnare le tattiche innovative militari: una volta arrivato nel paese del Sol Levante, sposa la causa ribelle, dopo essererimasto invischiato nella guerra Boshin.Katsumoto è un personaggio che si rifà al militare giapponese Saigō Takamori, samurai del feudo di Satsuma che trovò la morte nella battaglia di Shiroyama. Takamori incarnò la crisi d'identità della sua nazione, divisa tra l'accoglienza del modernismo e la difesa degli antichi valori samurai: Takamori guidò i samurai, come il Katsumoto nel film del 2003, cercando di combattere quel modernismo che si faceva ormai incombente, tentando di essere federe e di difendere fino all'ultimo tradizioni e valori di un mondo, quello samurai, che correva il rischio di scomparire, diventando uno dei grandi eroi nazionali del Giappone.

Debbi Mack interviews crime writer Bob Hartley on the Crime Cafe podcast. For your podcasting needs, I use and recommend Blubrry Podcasting. I also recommend Stitcher Premium, if you're a fan of podcasts. If you like true crime or crime fiction, there are loads of podcasts out there for you. And with Stitcher Premium you can listen to the exclusive archives from Criminology or bonus episodes from True Crime Garage. You can also listen ad-free to episodes of your favorite podcasts. I've subscribed, and for only $4.99 a month, it's nice to have ad-free entertainment. Just go to www.stitcher.com/premium and use the promo code, CRIMECAFE, to try it out absolutely free for a month. Unfortunately, I can no longer provide transcription show notes, but will resume doing so when finances allow. I have tried to note at what time various discussion topics come up in include a few teaser quotes from the interview. "I grew up on the far West Side of Chicago, and that was the world that I grew up within. ... During that time, there was a lot of economic turmoil going on in the Seventies, and I witnessed it. A lot of racial turmoil, as well, and I witnessed all of that, and that has put a mark on me. I have difficulty writing about anything else." "Although I'm certainly glad that [North and Central is] looked upon as a noir novel---it captures that time and so forth---I think of it as a metaphor for the system itself. A lot of what we're experiencing right now. A lot of low-paying jobs, a lot of people without any real ... well, without a lot of hope." "Human beings like to think they're in control, but in reality, as we found out recently, you're not in control. And so we scramble to find some kind of control when we really don't have it. ... So, we're constantly trying to do that, but in reality, sometimes the situation ... you have no control." About the influence of Chicago writer, Nelson Algren: "When I read his books, I saw somebody who was looking at a neighborhood and actually writing about people who aren't represented in fiction very often and captured it very well. ... Even the minor character, if you were to follow that character, if you were to follow that character out the door, you would be experiencing a story that might just be as compelling as the one you're reading. That's tough to do, and Algren did it very well. If you're saying I've come close to it, that's great." There's more where that came from! :) Check out the podcast! And please support the podcaster! :) I have a special offer running until midnight April 7, 2020! Check it out!  

“No se nace mujer, sino que se hace, se deviene mujer. Así pues, la pasividad que caracteriza esencialmente a la mujer “femenina” es un rasgo que se desarrolla en ella desde los primeros años. Pero es falso pretender que se trata de una circunstancia biológica; en realidad, se trata de un destino que le ha sido impuesto por sus educadores y por la sociedad”. “El Segundo Sexo”. Simone de Beauvoir. Una de sus jóvenes amantes, Nathalie, dijo de ella que era como un reloj dentro de una nevera. Nathalie se sentía despechada porque Simone de Beauvoir no le daba todo el amor que ella pedía, pero aún así se diría que atinó con el símil. Simone, el Castor, que gravitó sobre generaciones de mujeres con su rotundo ejemplo de fuerza e independencia, era al parecer así en su vida privada: laboriosa, precisa, congelada. Implacable en la construcción de su vida y en su relación con los demás. Simone de Beauvoir nació en 1.908 en París en una familia de la alta burguesía con ínfulas de rancia aristocracia. También ella, como tantos otros escritores, probó en su infancia el sabor de la decadencia. En su caso fue espectacular y muy literaria, con un abuelo banquero que declaró una bancarrota fraudulenta y que pasó quince meses en la cárcel, con el medio burgués dándole la espalda a la familia, con Simone y sus padres mudándose a un piso miserable que ni tan siquiera tenía agua corriente y en el cual hubieron de prescindir de la servidumbre. El padre era un tipo derechista y frustrado que inculcó a sus dos hijas un ridículo sentimiento de superioridad, el patético desdén por la humanidad del aristócrata más pobre que una rata. Con el tiempo Simone se rebeló contra los valores burgueses de su entorno, pero siempre conservó ese sentido elitista de la existencia. Porque Simone era altiva y se creía superior a casi todo el mundo. No a Sartre, por supuesto, a quién veneraba probablemente muy por encima de sus merecimientos. Cuando se presentaron los dos , ella con 21años, él con 24, al examen final de filosofía, Sartre sacó el primer puesto y Simone el segundo, pero los miembros del tribunal estaban convencidos de que la verdadera filosofa era ella. Sartre fue siempre mucho más creativo, Simone más rigurosa. Probablemente ella debía debido dedicarse más al ensayo que a la narrativa, pues sus novelas son muy flojas, pero en una de sus pocas debilidades tradicionalmente femeninas, siempre consideró que la grandeza del pensamiento le correspondía a Sartre y que ella ocupaba un lugar subsidiario. Una vez, estando en pleno y ardiente romance con Nelson Algren, el escritor norteamericano que fue su gran amor de la madurez, Simone le dejó plantado para volverse a Francia: Sartre quería que le ayudara a corregir el manuscrito de uno de sus libros filosóficos; nada, ni tú, ni mi vida, ni mi propia obra está por encima de la obra de Sartre, le dijo entonces Simone al estupefacto Algren. Y regresó a París, para encontrarse allí con que Sartre se había ido de vacaciones con su amante de turno. En su entrega, en su aceptación del papel sustancial del hombre elegido, Simone cumplió su herencia cultural, las antiguas normas de su sexo. Pero lo formidable en su caso, lo que hizo que se convirtiera en un nuevo símbolo para la mujer, fue su capacidad para construirse como persona; Simone de Beauvoir enseñó que la mujer podía “ser” por sí misma, además de “estar con”. Sin duda Simone dio este salto gracias a su ingente voluntad, a su disciplina y a su esfuerzo, pero también gracias a las condiciones de su época, porque vivió su adolescencia en los años veinte, después de una guerra, la Iª Guerra Mundial, que había acabado con la sociedad del siglo XIX. En Rusia los bolcheviques parecían estar inventándose el futuro, el mundo era un lugar vertiginoso, la revolución tecnológica cambiaba la faz de la Tierra como un viento de fuego. En medio de esa mudanza había aparecido un nuevo tipo de mujer, la chica emancipada y liberada, dos palabras de moda. Se acabaron los corsés, las enaguas hasta los tobillos, los refajos; las muchachas se cortaban el pelo a lo garçon, llevaban las piernas al aire, eran fuertes y atléticas, jugaban al tenis, conducían coches descapotables, pilotaban peligrosas avionetas. Eran los febriles años veinte, los crispados e intensos años treinta, tiempos de renovación en los que la sociedad se pensaba a sí misma, buscando nuevas formas de ser. Había que acabar con la tradicional moral burguesa y en el ardor de aquellos años se pusieron en práctica todos los excesos que luego volverían a ensayarse, como si fueran nuevos, en los años sesenta: el amor libre, las drogas, la contracultura. El pulso de la época se manifestaba con toda su intensidad en Montparnasse, el barrio parisino donde Simone residió toda su vida. Por allí habían pasado Trotski, Lenin, Modigliani; por allí anduvieron los cubistas, con Picasso a la cabeza, y los surrealistas , Bretón y Aragón, una tropa bárbara y risueña que se dedicaba a reventar funciones teatrales y a darse de mamporros contra los bien pensantes en cenas y actos públicos: practicaban una suerte de terrorismo urbano. La cocaína corría por los bares, se experimentaba con la psicodelia, se tomaban anfetaminas, se bebía mucho. Tanto Simone como Jean Paul se excedieron con los estimulantes y sobre todo con el alcohol, lo que provocó el abrupto y prematuro envejecimiento de él; cuando Simone murió, a los 78 años tenía cirrosis. Sartre y Simone fueron almas gemelas: narcisistas, egocéntricos, elitistas, insufriblemente megalómanos; ella escribió que “ambos estaban juntos en el centro del mundo que debían explorar y revelar como misión prioritaria de sus vidas”. Esa misión se desarrollaba a través de las palabras. Palabras escritas en una infinidad de libros, ensayos, artículos, y en una correspondencia maniática e interminable. Grandes palabras con las que construyeron mundos y también palabras mezquinas, banales, mentirosas; indecentes y crueles palabras que han salido a la luz, tras la muerte de ambos, con la publicación de sus cartas diarios íntimos. Y es que hay dos Simones, dos Sartres; una la de que fueron esos grandes intelectuales iconoclastas y comprometidos; otra, la Simone y el Jean Paul privados que han ido emergiendo con la publicación de póstuma de los papeles íntimos. Se supo así que Sartre era un donjuán compulsivo y patético que necesitaba conquistar absolutamente a todas las mujeres, a las cuales inundaba de cartas amorosas con repetitivas frases, de torpe énfasis, escritas el mismo día en misivas distintas para las diversas amantes que simultaneaba de forma clandestina. También Simone mantenía relaciones bisexuales con diversos amantes que, a menudo, compartía con el propio Sartre y que eran generalmente alumnos y alumnas jóvenes, rendidos admiradores de la pareja. Ambos, después de jurar pasiones arrebatadas, las despellejaban con total frialdad, como indica la lectura de las cartas y los diarios íntimos de ambos dibujando un retrato que, en el peor de los casos les hacen parecer colegas de cuartel compartiendo la sucia gloria de las conquistas; en el mejor, entomólogos fríos y feroces capaces de diseccionar todas las vidas como mera materia literaria. Con el tiempo Simone y Sartre se fueron alejando el uno del otro. Ambos acabaron sus vidas con mujeres a quienes llevaban más de treinta años: Arlette en el caso de él, Sylvie en el de ella, y a quienes adoptaron legalmente. Los siete últimos años de Sartre fueron malos para él: estaba ciego y mentalmente afectado. Simone contó a sus biógrafos los últimos instantes de Sartre: “estaba en la cama del hospital y, sin abrir los ojos, dijo: “la amo mucho, mi querida Castor”, y le ofreció los labios, que ella besó; y luego se durmió y murió”. Pero la cosa no fue así: fue Arlette quien estaba con Sartre cuando este murió. Simone llegó después e intento meterse en la cama con el cadáver. Simone de Beauvoir sólo sobrevivió seis años a su mítica pareja; murió en 1.986. En 1.990, Sylvie, su hija adoptiva, sacó la edición integra de esas cartas personales de Simone tan turbias y tan míseras. ¿Por qué decidiría publicarlas? ¿Por amor al recuerdo de Simone?¿Por dinero?¿Por venganza?. Nada se sabe de la relación de Sylvie con Simone, que se extendió durante los últimos veintitrés años de la vida de la escritora y que Beauvoir comparó a veces con su relación con Sartre; pero lo cierto es que la publicación de sus papeles privados ensuciaron el mito de la autora. Ella que tanto aireó impúdicamente las intimidades de los demás, se convirtió de pronto en objeto de impúdico cotilleo: tal vez fuera un caso de justicia poética. Sea como fuere, ahora su imagen es más compleja y más humana: porque todos tenemos vergüenzas e incoherencias que ocultar en nuestra vida privada. Y al final, entre tanta gloria y tanta miseria, lo que queda es la magnífica proeza de haber sido libre y responsable de su propio destino. Para bien y para mal, Simone de Beauvoir se hizo a sí misma.

Isaac Meyer’s History of Japan Podcast!! Japan post-isolation Tokugawa rule. Can historical economics be interesting? The introduction of tightly-controlled Dutch trade in Japan preceeding the Meiji restoration. Western opposition. Fighting over western presence and figuring out how much Western influence Japan can tolerate while still being Japanese. The return of the Emperor. Europeans in Japan Recognizing the relative militrary reputations of Britain, France, Germany, and the US at the time. French military advisors in irl Japan during the Meiji restoration. Jules Brunet as the closest real-life analogue to Tom Cruise’s Algren. Spheres of influence. Samurai War basically between and within the Samurai class. Samurai with side jobs. Disbanding the social class with the swords. Samurai civil war armor and its increasing disutility as firearms improve. The point of the elaborate headpieces. Samurai with a Katana c. 1860 Felice Beato, public domain Saigō Takamori The irl analogue for Ken Watanabe’s character. Trying to fight Korea. Accidentally creating revolutionaries. Takamori’s last stand after his forces ran out of bullets. “The Last Samurai” and the ease of Japanese punning. Saigo Takamori before 1877 Edoardo Chiossone, public domain Foreign samurai English-born “Samurai” and how/whether a foreigner could actually become a real samurai. The (probably) African-born “samurai” Yasuke, working as personal bodyguard for daimyō Nobunaga. Bushido Creating your warrior narrative after your period of real marshall utility. Analogy with European chivalry. The carrying of Bushido culture from Samurai time into WWII Japan. The circumstances where ritual suicide begins to seem like a reasonable option. Guns Arqebuses all over the joint before the period of the film. Samurai gun-kata. Wooden cannons, howitzers, and artillery classification. The Last Samurai: The Life and Battles of Saigo Takamori by Mark Ravina: iTunesAmazon Stand Up For Your Rights by History of Japan Podcast: Part 1Part 2 Bushido Blade: Wikipedia Japanese Milk Bread: NYT Cooking via Google page cache Support the show!

This week on After Hours, Rick starts the show off with Tribune colleague Mary Wisniewski to talk about her book, “Algren: A Life.” Then, Jenny and Robin Bienemann are in the studio to share Jenny’s new book, “Haiku Milieu.” The show concludes with Michael Miles discussing his show at the Old Town School, “A Pete Seeger Centennial Celebration: 100 Years of Protest!”

This episode stars Pete Anderson (Wheatyard, Where The Marshland Came To Flower). It was recorded at an undisclosed location high above Lincoln Park in Chicago, IL in February 2019.

Capt. Nathan Algren (Tom Cruise) is an American military officer hired by the Emperor of Japan to train the country's first army in the art of modern warfare. As the government attempts to eradicate the ancient Samurai warrior class in preparation for more Westernized and trade-friendly policies, Algren finds himself unexpectedly affected by his encounters with the Samurai, which places him at the center of a struggle between two eras and two worlds. We are the Reel Feels Podcast, every other Wednesday we'll bring you a new movie with all the feels you can handle.  We'll laugh, we'll cry and possibly restrain the frustrations to curse the heavens.  But what you can count on is three guys sharing their love of cinema with you.  Please leave us a review and share your "reel" feelings.  Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ReelFeelsPodcast Email:  reelfeelspodcast@gmail.com Twitter:  https://twitter.com/ReelFeelsPodFacebook:  https://www.facebook.com/ReelFeelsPodcast/

Tony On Nelson Algren and Chicago, from his book "This Train"...

Chicago filmmaker Michael Caplan joins the CWMD mics to talk about writer Nelson Algren and his documentary about him entitled, Algren. They also discuss the working class splendor of Chicago, the genius of Wayne Kramer and why Chicago writers like Studs and Algren are selflessness. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

DATA DRIVEN STORYTELLING - "We don't know all that much about our audiences" - Gunther explores the merging of behavioural research and monitoring with new form film, TV branding and it's ultimate effect on storytelling. 'The internet is a giant focus group and we can build applications and services that identify behaviours which can then fuel future projects' and he goes on to say that this is nothing new for product distribution which has developed since the 1950s when understanding what consumers did with new products influenced the next wave - but now this can be done in real time and that knowledge can be used not only by the marketing and distribution channels but by the creatives themselves. But most tools used today whether social media filtering or other crude measurement tools is making it almost impossible for users to find content but also producers to reach them effectively. Using case studies and references to his work with big brands and studios Gunther talks about a future of audience usage AI, semantic automation, advanced monitoring techniques, adaptive development and much more to make the case that storytelling needs to be much more aligned with what users actually need and want - a data/story evolution. Data Driven Storytelling - A 30 minute presentation by Gunther Sonnenfeld, given at the StoryLabs & Screen Australia Film 3.0 labs and digital ignition seminar held in Sydney in late Nov 2012. StoryLab's Podcasts: Recorded and Produced by Gary P Hayes Gunther Sonnenfeld (USA) – http://flavors.me/goonth Gunther Sonnenfeld has spent the majority of his 18-year career exploring the intersections of storytelling, entertainment, technology and brands. He's taken his experience marketing films and TV into the multi-platform arena, and has been involved in various platform builds, from a music storyworld ("Talentzville" for WB Music) to digital asset management (Sony and Sony Classics) to an anti-piracy initiative (Paramount Studios), as well as numerous branded campaigns (Toyota, Rockstar Games, Kraft, Motorola and NRDC). Gunther is currently a producer on "Algren", a feature documentary and cross-channel narrative on the life of Nelson Algren, an American beat writer who inspired numerous well known artists. He’s a co-developer and strategic advisor of CODOC, a unique storytelling and annotative video platform incubated by Virgin Media Innovation Lab that connects documentary-style narratives to communities and content creators around the globe. In 2006, he won Best Feature Documentary at X-Dance for his work on "FLOW", the story of The Channel Islands Surfboards brand. As a social technologist he’s acquired several awards including a 2010 Forrester Groundswell Award for work identifying online influencers on behalf of Adobe. In 2011, Gunther's advisory and product development work for Coincident TV helped the startup garner a couple of Emmy nominations.