Podcasts about always coming home

Hey! It's time for another episode of Sonitotum with Matthew Wayne Selznick! This time, I sit down and talk about making stuff (mostly writing), finding success as we each define it, and staying healthy and sane in the process with horror and "weird" fiction author Anna Ziegelhof! In our wide-ranging and free-wheeling discussion, we touch on the shift from writing as an escape to writing as a vocation, crafting fiction from a thematic germ, employing dream logic in magic realism and weird fiction, asking questions of characters, method writing, "plantsing," storyworlds and story wikis, anxiety vs. productive creativity... and much, much more. The conversation with Anna Ziegelhof was recorded on June 5th, 2023. The rest of this episode was recorded on October 11, 2023. About Anna Ziegelhof Anna Ziegelhof writes horror and science fiction short stories. In either genre, she likes philosophical stories with themes like identity, memory, and belonging. There's usually a spark of hope and whimsy, even in her darker stories. She also writes long-form fiction and has some science fiction novels and novellas in the works. Her short stories can be found in many different online and print publications, like The Horror Library volume 8, Luna Station, Solarpunk Magazine, The Future Fire, Daily Science Fiction, the Flametree Press anthology Footsteps in the Dark, in several horror anthologies, and on the Tales to Terrify and Flash Fiction podcasts. Anna is also an academic with a subject background in Sociology and Jewish Studies. She is a self-declared language-nerd and has been a language instructor, editor, translator, and, most recently, a linguist in the tech industry, working on Voice AI. She is currently on the editorial board of a magazine for academics who write fiction – AcademFic. She is a member of SFWA (Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers Association) and HWA (Horror Writers Association). Originally from Germany, she has lived abroad since 2008, first in England and then since 2015 in the San Francisco Bay Area. When she isn't writing she enjoys reading, traveling, encountering strange places, being in nature, looking at art, as well as singing in a chamber choir. You can find her on Instagram as @anna with a z (all one word) and at www.annaziegelhof.com. Also In This Episode Stick around after the conversation with Anna Ziegelhof for big news about what's coming next for Sonitotum with Matthew Wayne Selznick, and my creative endeavors in general! Links and Topics Mentioned in This Episode My day job? I'm a creative services provider helping authors, podcasters and other creators. How can I help you? The Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers Association. The Horror Writers Association. The new wave science fiction movement of the mid-twentieth century. In the episode, I refer to it as "new fiction." Michael Moorcock's Eternal Champion, Elric, and Jerry Cornelius. A quick search reveals I'm far from the first person to draw a line from Jerry Cornelius to Austin Powers. The Avengers television series. The abandoned building "backrooms" internet meme. Vantablack, the blackest black that ever did black. I touch on difficulties I had approaching the point of view for Shadow of the Outsider, the follow-up to my novel Light of the Outsider. That flash fiction probably erroneously attributed to Hemingway that's almost a Zen koan. I swear I will try not to mention the damn David Simon quote for a few episodes. Pinky swear. Anna mentions a TED talk from JJ Abrams. I cannot promise this will be the last time Always Coming Home by Ursula K. Le Guin comes up on the podcast. But in my defense, I didn't mention it first! Hugh Howey's Silo storyworld. I talk about a writing exercise on writing bad guys. Are you a writer or author? Want to be a future guest on Sonitotum with Matthew Wayne Selznick? Learn more! Big thanks to my Multiversalists patron community, including Amelia Bowen, Ted Leonhardt, Chuck Anderson, J. C. Hutchins, Jim Lewinson, and Pearl Zare! I'm incredibly grateful for the support of my patrons. If Sonitotum with Matthew Wayne Selznick brings you joy, become a patron! The Multiversalists patron member community receives the uncut, unedited version of every episode. For this episode, patrons get almost fifteen minutes of additional content! Want in on that? Become a patron for at least $5.00 per month (start with a free seven-day trial / cancel any time) and get a bunch of other perks and special access, too. Every month the member community has at least twenty members, I will donate 10% of net patron revenue to 826 National in support of literacy and creative writing advocacy for children. Let's go! Love Sonitotum with Matthew Wayne Selznick and have the desire and means to make a one-time donation in support of the show? Donate via PayPal or leave a tip via Ko-Fi, with my grateful thanks.

This 84th episode of Sonitotum with Matthew Wayne Selznick is an encore episode re-presenting (with some new content) episode 006, "Your Creative Family." It's from June of 2018, so it's very likely new to you... whether you haven't heard it yet, or simply forgotten it! So, enjoy. From the Original Episode For many years, I've referred to Ray Bradbury as my "story father."  I've only recently given dedicated thought to what that actually means to me... and in the process, discovered there are other members of my story family, too! In this episode of Sonitotum, I unpack the concept of the "creative family," and invite you to take up this particular perspective as a way to add a level of accountability and quality control to your creative endeavors... and add meaning and impact to your work, too. Hint: it's all about love, really. This encore portions of this episode were recorded on June 13, 2018. New content was recorded on May 16th, 2023. Links and Topics Mentioned in This Episode The artwork for this episode features a photograph of picture frames on a wall from Travis Isaacs used via a Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic (CC BY 2.0) license. I've manipulated his image to include photos of Ray Bradbury, Ursula K. Le Guin, and two books from my personal collection. Ray Bradbury died June 5, 2012, a touch over six years before the original release of this episode. Here's the post I wrote where I first refer to him as my "story-father." R Is For Rocket is the Bradbury short story collection that got the ball rolling for me. My mass-market paperback edition is from 1978, when I was ten or eleven years old, but I may have read a library book edition before I owned my own copy. Ursula K. Le Guin wrote a remarkable proto-transmedia mosaic novel, Always Coming Home, that is not only a very moving, brilliant work, it also stands as a worldbuilding high-water mark in my mind. Even though I don't do the nightly Instagram thing these days, here's the post I mentioned on how gratitude will make you a better writer. Hazy Days and Cloudy Nights: "How It All Got Started" is my ongoing serial fiction project available exclusively to members of my mailing list community of friends and fans. Get in on it for free! Next episode will be all about my reflections and observations on the 2023 SFWA Nebula Conference in Anaheim, California. It was the first conference or convention of any kind I'd been to in... some time. Spoiler: it was great! Maybe you would like to be a future guest on Sonitotum with Matthew Wayne Selznick? Learn more! Big thanks to my Multiversalists patron community, including Amelia Bowen, Ted Leonhardt, Chuck Anderson, and J. C. Hutchins! This episode took about five hours to record, edit, produce, and publish, so I'm incredibly grateful for the support of my patrons. If Sonitotum with Matthew Wayne Selznick brings you joy, become a patron! The Multiversalists patron member community receives the uncut, unedited version of every episode. For this episode, patrons get nearly 50% more content! Want in on that? Become a patron for at least $5.00 per month (cancel any time) and get a bunch of other perks and special access, too. Every month the member community has at least twenty members, I will donate 10% of net patron revenue to 826 National in support of literacy and creative writing advocacy for children. Let's go! Love Sonitotum with Matthew Wayne Selznick and have the desire and means to make a one-time donation in support of the show? Donate via PayPal or leave a tip via Ko-Fi, with my grateful thanks.

A recording of our live call from 3/19/23 In which we discuss what it even means to clear a hollow within an edge, edges in general, feelings (per usual), and the wildness that is this Aries season.  This one was a little bumpy to record what with outside distractions and Corina almost forgetting that this year's lunations are tripping us up and going from today's Aries New Moon (at 00 degrees) to ANOTHER ARIES NEW MOON next month (at 29 degrees), which will also be an eclipse. I know Jo had more to say about feelings, too (per usual, it being us). As my Jo says, perhaps we'll get a chance for a do over at the next Aries New Moon. May you all give yourselves that chance as well! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/the-hum-and-the-holler/message

Episode 075 of Sonitotum with Matthew Wayne Selznick features an interview with author Joyce Reynolds-Ward. Joyce Reynolds-Ward (also find her on Twitter!) creates science fiction and fantasy works featuring themes of high-stakes family and political conflict, digital sentience, personal agency and control, realistic strong women, and (whenever possible) horses, frequently in Pacific Northwest settings. Joyce is a Self-Published Fantasy Blog Off semifinalist, a Writers of the Future semifinalist, and an Anthology Builder finalist. She is the Secretary of the Northwest Independent Writers Association, a fellow member of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers Association, and a member of Soroptimists International. Joyce writes in a variety of storyworlds, including The Netwalk Sequence, Goddess's Honor, and The Martiniere books. She also has several stand-alone novels and other works out there in the world. Our conversation covers why and what she writes, her definition of success and how close she is to accomplishing it, worldbuilding, character-driven storytelling, working around genre restrictions and expectations, the slow build of organic community building, managing ADHD with systems and structure, and a whole lot more. This episode was recorded on March 15th, 2023. The conversation with Joyce Reynolds-Ward was recorded on January 18th, 2023. Links and Topics Mentioned in This Episode My day job? I'm a creative services provider helping authors, podcasters and other creators. How can I help you? Here is that episode of Sonitotum with Matthew Wayne Selznick in which I discuss the perfect software application for fiction writers. Then again, maybe I've found it... but it's going to take some tinkering. Learn about Obsidian. You'll have to listen to the episode to discover why I mention the song "Thunder Island" by Jay Ferguson. Ursula K. Le Guin comes up a lot on this podcast. This time around, Joyce and I talk about Always Coming Home and The Lathe of Heaven, two undeniable classics. Joyce mentions Hovenweep National Monument. Want one of those easels Joyce mentions? Check it out. Joyce mentions Scrivener, a writing software application you've probably heard of. Some of the authors Joyce mentions as reference points for her own work include Ivan Doig, Willa Cather, and John Steinbeck. Joyce, like myself, chafes at genre expectations and restrictions. Here is the Sonitotum with Matthew Wayne Selznick episode wherein I really get going about genres and tropes. Joyce mentions The Song of the Lark by Willa Cather as having a beautiful descriptive passage. Joyce calls author Phyllis Irene Radford a mentor. What is a tickler file? TinyLetter is one of many choices for your e-mail marketing services provider. I prefer ConvertKit. Looking for a way to do direct sales of your books and other creative products? I talk about Gumroad. Turns out Joyce uses the same web hosting company I've used for the better part of twenty years, Dreamhost. What is Amazon Vella? Like Joyce and myself, you might consider Draft2Digital for self-publishing distribution. Maybe you would like to be a future guest on Sonitotum with Matthew Wayne Selznick? Learn more! Big thanks to my Multiversalists patron community, including Amelia Bowen, Ted Leonhardt, Chuck Anderson, and J. C. Hutchins! The Multiversalists patron member community receives the uncut, unedited version of every episode. Want in on that? Become a patron for at least $5.00 per month (cancel any time) and get a bunch of other perks and special access, too. Every month the member community has at least twenty members, I will donate 10% of net patron revenue to 826 National in support of literacy and creative writing advocacy for children. Let's go! Love Sonitotum with Matthew Wayne Selznick and have the desire and means to make a one-time donation in support of the show? Donate via PayPal or leave a tip via Ko-Fi, with my grateful thanks.

From our Treehouse conversation on February 20, 2023, in which we discuss our friendship, Pisces New Moon vibes, and our shared resistance to dropping down into them. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/the-hum-and-the-holler/message

Sophie Hope returns to talk to Marc Herbst about cultural movements and their crossover with political movements, “post-migrant” studies, precarious research and cultural methods for working with possibly traumatized people. Marc has recently carried out Always Coming Home: A precarious worker's inquiry into “creative work” in refugee homes in Saxony, Germany that looks into the relationship between art workers and refugee children and the conditions of labouring together around German concepts for cultural integration. Marc works as an independent artist, curator and co-editor of the Journal of Aesthetics & Protest.

We figured out how to do this! Gone are the days of our edited, scripted podcast but we are now in a glorious epoch of doing a casual, unscripted livestream and posting the audio up here a few days later. Listen in to the audio from our first ever virtual treehouse for the January spell of 2023's Home, where we discuss togetherness magic, the Aquarius New Moon, and non-linear time. Next livestream will be on February 19th at 1pm EST (US) if you want to join! Follow us @abacuscorvus on Instagram or subscribe at www.abacuscorvus.com to get the URL when it drops. And for extra materials and ritual prompts each month, join our Patreon. Thanks for listening! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/the-hum-and-the-holler/message

Join our first virtual treehouse on January 22nd, 10am EST (US): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qfyNevAxNgs&ab_channel=AbacusCorvus Want a digital subscription box with ritual prompts, astrology info, and more? Join our Abacus Corvus Patreon: www.patreon.com/abacuscorvus Want a subscription box w/more astrology? Join Corina's Patreon for only $2/month: www.patreon.com/corinadross And to hear about upcoming dates for Always Coming Home, follow us @abacuscorvus on Instagram or subscribe to our newsletter. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/the-hum-and-the-holler/message

Is it a novel? Is it an anthropology textbook? Is it, possibly, both? Joel and Bill read Ursula K. Le Guin's 1985 text Always Coming Home, about a possible future people living in what is now the Napa Valley. Also here's the bandcamp: https://ursulakleguintoddbarton.bandcamp.com/album/music-and-poetry-of-the-kesh

Returning guest David Agranoff joins me for an extended non-spoiler discussion of The Dispossessed, and it really never gets that spoilery at all. Lots of background on Le Guin and the philosophy/politics of the book. Start - 7:30Intro through "Why this book?"7:31 - 44:02Non-Spoiler discussion44:03 - endSpoiler discussion Notes & Mentions: David's article from Tor.com: https://www.tor.com/2021/12/08/beyond-dune-and-foundation-golden-age-and-new-wave-sf-classics-that-should-be-adapted-right-now/Le Guin speech from Auscon: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Deuas-AuzbUGeek's Guide Episode about The Dispossessed: https://geeksguideshow.com/2021/03/26/ggg460-the-dispossessed-review/Always Coming Home, by Le GuinBannerless, by Carrie VaughnNo Gods, No Monsters, by Cadwell TurnbullUna McCormack's DS9 novelsPeter Kropotkin, Murray Bookchin, and Paul GoodmanOne Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich, by Alexandr Solzhenitsyn David's Links: Dickheads Podcast: https://soundcloud.com/dickheadspodcast Dickheads Podcast Twitter: https://twitter.com/dickheadspod David's Twitter: https://twitter.com/DAgranoffAuthor Postcards From a Dying World: http://davidagranoff.blogspot.com/

Solarpunk is the newest genre of science fiction, a joyous and optimistic vision of a future where humans and our technology live in balance with nature. Solarpunk is an artistic, cultural and political movement that encompasses the arts, architecture, fashion and technology. But optimistic visions of the future are never all that they seem. From HG Wells' The Shape of Things to Come, to Ursula Le Guin's Always Coming Home, one science fiction author's vision of a bright utopia is another's grim dystopia. Can Solarpunk envision a utopia for all? 00:00 Two quotes from Brave New World 01:02 Welcome to the Science Fiction podcast 02:33 Am I trolling the scifi community? 03:49 The pre-history of ****punk 09:33 There is no such thing as Solarpunk 12:15 What is Solarpunk? 20:14 A Solarpunk Manifesto 23:17 Solarpunk is a genre without a story 25:12 Ursula Le Guin : patron saint of Solarpunk 33:13 The moral absolutism of Those Who Walk Away From Omelas 35:53 Science Fiction and the shadow of Utopianism 39:33 Can we ever achieve a utopia? Follow the Science Fiction podcast: https://damiengwalter.com/podcast Join the Science Fiction community: https://www.facebook.com/groups/324897304599197 Follow the full course in Writing the 21st Century Myth : https://damiengwalter.com/advanced-scifi-and-fantasy/ Enroll on Udemy: https://www.udemy.com/course/advanced-science-fiction-fantasy/?referralCode=B7B13C5C3D413999ED95 Subscribe monthly via Skillshare: https://skl.sh/3pO6pPV Read Always Coming Home by Ursula Le Guin: https://amzn.to/3nxHQqS Solarpunk's political manifesto: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hHI61GHNGJM

This week's guest is Shruti Swamy, author of debut novel THE ARCHER. What does it mean to pursue art as a woman, especially when society imposes rigid goals and obstacles never cease to block the path forward? Shruti Swamy explores this in her detailed character study of a young Kathak dancer. Vidya, who wishes to devote her life to the classical Indian dance, must eke out an honest existence for herself as family, teachers, friends, and many others cast doubt along the way. With rich prose and loving interpretations of pure dance, we are transported to an India of yesterday, distinctly specific in its detail. It boldly declares that art is not only a calling, but a calling that must be heard. Shruti, a longtime Ursula Le Guin fan, brings to the table a recent read as a new favorite book. ALWAYS COMING HOME, considered the culmination of Le Guin's cultural musings and varied influences, is by no means an easy read. This fictional ethnography of the postapocalyptic Kesh people combines anthropology, poetry, prose, linguistics, and numerous other genres to paint a portrait of this new society. It combines the agrarian with the scientific, bleakness with hope, and is one of the most unique books we've covered on this podcast. Shruti reflects on what makes a novel a novel, what inspires her about Kathak and stories of the Mahabharata, what it means to create a culture and honor existing ones, and so much more. This is a spirited discussion full of recommendations aplenty, and no spoilers. Find Shruti and buy the book at shrutiswamy.com Follow the podcast on instagram and twitter @yfbpodcast Books discussed in this episode: The Lathe of Heaven by Ursula Le Guin, The Dispossessed by Ursula Le Guin, Curb by Divya Victor, Kith by Divya Victor, Finding the Raga by Amit Chaudhuri

Scott returns from a coastal vacation and three recent reads. We also discuss group reads via BookTube, the appeal of series, and more.Download or listen via this link: Reading Envy 220: Pronunciations Subscribe to the podcast via this link: FeedburnerOr subscribe via Apple Podcasts by clicking: SubscribeOr listen through TuneIn Or listen on Google Play Or listen via StitcherOr listen through Spotify Or listen through Google Podcasts Books discussed:  Njal's Saga by AnonymousTrue Story by Kate Reed PerryThe Summer Book by Tove Jansson, translated by Thomas TealFour Hundred Souls: A Community History of African America, 1619-2019 edited by Ibram X. Kendi and Keisha BlaineEvery Dead Thing by John ConnollyOther mentions:The King of Elfland's Daughter by Lord DunsanyThe Thrall's Tale by Judith LindberghThe Sagas of the Icelanders by VariousSagalong on Youtube, episode 1Tournament of Books - YuInterior Chinatown by Charles YuThe Only Good Indians by Stephen Graham JonesThe Bully Pulpit by Doris Kearns GoodwinHow to Be An Anti-Racist by Ibram X. KendiStamped from the Beginning by Ibram X. KendiFreedom is a Constant Struggle  by Angela Y. DavisThe Galaxy and the Ground Within by Becky ChambersChildren of Ash & Elm: A History of the Vikings by Neil PriceGone with the Wind by Margaret MitchellThe Atrocity Archives by Charles Stross Even as we Breathe by Annette Saunooke ClapsaddleAlways Coming Home by Ursula K. Le GuinRelated episodes:Episode 055 - Too Late for an Autopsy with Julie Davis Episode 087 - Going Native with Bookclub Social with Amanda and Grace Episode 088 - Author Head Space with Sara Moore Episode 126 - Bernice Bobs her Hair with Jon LaubingerEpisode 157 - Joint Readalong of Gone with the Wind with Book CougarsEpisode 198 - Mood Reading with RobinStalk us online: Scott on A Good Story is Hard to Find (podcast) Scott on Shelf Wear (blog and podcast)Jenny at GoodreadsJenny on TwitterJenny is @readingenvy on Instagram and Litsy All links to books are through Bookshop.org, where I am an affiliate. I wanted more money to go to the actual publishers and authors. I link to Amazon when a book is not listed with Bookshop.

How do you move towards healing and liberation while creating the business of your dreams? I wanted to explore this question with someone who centers these values in their work. Asher Pandjiris is a white, queer, non-binary psychotherapist, parent to a human and two rescue pups, group facilitator and host of the Living in this Queer Body podcast. They live and work on stolen Nipmuc and Pocomtuc land. Here's some of what we talked about: Always Coming Home, Asher's 8-week Group Program Embodied Testimony, Asher's 3-month Intensive How they create safety within their group programs Using different pacing in their podcast, workshops and more intimate group programs How Asher likes to work in different ways to use many parts of themselves How the podcast allows in Asher's artist self How Asher's participants find them Approaching well-known guests like adrienne maree brown and Jenna Wortham Finding rest and allowing themselves to do less Here are some takeaways that particularly stand out to me. Takeaway #1: Asher creates safety in their groups by providing more guidance and more of themselves in the beginning to help the group get safe and coalesce. They also use breakout rooms into even smaller groups to build safety. Takeaway #2: Asher's podcast and email newsletter and instagram feed, the whole Living In This Queer Body ecosystem, is a creative act of service. And, along with word of mouth, it's how people find their programs. Takeaway #3: Asher has been in a process of doing less and finding more rest, and in that process has been grappling with their own internalized programming. I've been paying attention to this a lot in myself since Asher mentioned it. Show notes at http://rebeltherapist.me/podcast/147

It's the last regular episode of the year, featuring frequent guest Lauren. We talk reading around the world, different ways of interacting with other readers, poetry, and more. I know there is a slight sound issue and we think it is internet connection related. I took out of it as much as I could but every once in a while it arises mid-sentence. We will try to do better next time! Download or listen via this link: Reading Envy 208: Thriving in Marginalia. Subscribe to the podcast via this link: FeedburnerOr subscribe via Apple Podcasts by clicking: SubscribeOr listen through TuneIn Or listen on Google Play Or listen via StitcherOr listen through Spotify New! Listen through Google Podcasts Books discussed: On a Truck Alone, to McMahon by Nabaneeta Dev SenReading the Ceiling by Dayo ForsterUrsula K. LeGuin: The Last Interview edited by David StreitfeldMy Autobiography of Carson McCullers by Jenn ShaplandAn American Sunrise by Joy HarjoOther mentions:#readtheworld21Dune by Frank HerbertDune (feature film, forthcoming)The Moon of the Crusted Snow by Waubgeshig RiceChef by Jaspreet SinghThe Dispossessed by Ursula K. Le GuinThe Lathe of Heaven by Ursula K. Le GuinAlways Coming Home by Ursula K. Le GuinThe Farthest Shore by Ursula K. Le GuinNational Book Award - Lifetime Achievement Award, Ursula K. Le GuinWorlds of Ursula K. Le Guin (documentary)*Columbus, GA (I called it Columbia the first time, sorry)The Ballad of the Sad Cafe by Carson McCullersThe Member of the Wedding by Carson McCullersThe Heart is a Lonely Hunter by Carson McCullersBooks on the Go podcast - American SunriseCrazy Brave by Joy HarjoWhen the Light of the World was Subdued edited by Joy HarjoWant by Lynn Steger StrongRelated episodes:Episode 083 - Slowing Down and Rereading with Julie Davis Episode 097 - Blank Spaces with Lauren WeinholdEpisode 123 - Godlets and Forests with Lauren WeinholdEpisode 133 - To Understand the World with Lauren Weinhold Episode 138 - Shared Landscape with Lauren Weinhold Episode 147 - Bonus Poetry Recommendations with Lauren Episode 161 - Women in Translation Month Recommendations with Lauren Episode 163 - Fainting Goats with LaurenEpisode 186 - This is Gravity with JeffEpisode 189 - Surreal Superpowers with TimEpisode 197 - Surly Magnificence with LaurenStalk us online: Lauren at GoodreadsLauren is @end.notes on InstagramJenny at GoodreadsJenny on TwitterJenny is @readingenvy on Instagram and Litsy All links to books are through Bookshop.org, where I am an affiliate. I wanted more money to go to the actual publishers and authors.

Paris Marx is joined by Aaron Benanav to discuss why jobs are getting worse because the economy’s slowing down, not because technology is speeding up, and why that requires a vision of post-scarcity centered around human relationships instead of technological change.Aaron Benanav is an economic historian and social theorist. He is a post-doctoral researcher at Humboldt University of Berlin and author of “Automation and the Future of Work.” Follow Aaron on Twitter as @abenanav.Tech Won’t Save Us offers a critical perspective on tech, its worldview, and wider society with the goal of inspiring people to demand better tech and a better world. Follow the podcast (@techwontsaveus) and host Paris Marx (@parismarx) on Twitter.Find out more about Harbinger Media Network and follow it on Twitter as @harbingertweets.Also mentioned in this episode:Prop 22 passed in California, stopping gig workers from becoming employeesParis explains the limits of a basic income, how Aaron’s book helps us think about the future, and the problems with luxury communismAaron explains why automation isn’t wiping out jobsAaron’s science fiction reading list: “The Dispossessed,” “The Word for World is Forest,” and “Always Coming Home” by Ursula K. Le Guin; “Red Star” by Alexander Bogdanov; “Hard to be a God” and “Noon: 22nd Century” by Arkady and Boris Strugatsky; “News from Nowhere” by William Morris; “Looking Backward” by Edward Bellamy; “The Conquest of Bread” by Peter Kropotkin; “Trouble on Triton” by Samuel R. Delaney; “Star Maker” by Olaf Stapledon; and “Utopia” by Thomas Moore.Support the show (https://patreon.com/techwontsaveus)

In this episode, I discuss the very literal astrology of 2020 to anchor us into the teachings of the symbolic language available. To learn about my upcoming course Soft Strength on re-parenting and cultivating the inner voice with the Moon, please visit my website here. Registration ends this Sunday, June 14. To look into purchasing one of my workbooks, visit here. In the episode, I reference Ursula K. Le Guin's Always Coming Home, Gaston Bachelard's The Poetics of Space, and Martin Shaw's Courting the Wild Twin. Thank you so much for rating and reviewing Moon to Moon! It helps other people find my work and is a beautiful gesture of reciprocity that is deeply appreciated. I dedicate this episode to The Loveland Foundation, where I am a regular donor. It will never be enough, but I am glad to give proceeds from my work to support communities of color. Please check out what they do and consider contributing if you can.

Jeff joins Jenny to chat books we have read and enjoyed recently, but also what it's like to work from home, what kind of reading we feel like doing right now, and more.Download or listen via this link: Reading Envy 186: This Is Gravity Subscribe to the podcast via this link: FeedburnerOr subscribe via Apple Podcasts by clicking: SubscribeOr listen through TuneIn Or listen on Google Play Listen via StitcherListen through Spotify Books discussed: Letters from an Astrophysicist by Neil DeGrasse TysonThe Light Brigade by Kameron HurleyNo Time to Spare by Ursula K. Le Guin  Real Life by Brandon Taylor  A Woman in the Polar Night by Christine RitterOther mentions:Ducks, Newburyport by Lucy EllmannThe Testaments by Margaret AtwoodAbsalom, Absalom by William FaulknerCarrie BrownsteinStarTalk Radio ShowCosmos (tv show)The Order of Time by Carlo RovelliMeet Me in the Future by Kameron HurleyKameron Hurley blog post about timeline for The Light Brigade The Stars are Legion by Kameron HurleyGod's War by Kameron HurleyThe Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le GuinThe Dispossessed by Ursula K. Le GuinAlways Coming Home by Ursula K. Le GuinUrsula K. Le Guin - speech for the National Book Foundation's Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters at the 65th National Book Awards on November 19, 2014. Unformed Landscape by Peter StammAn Intimate View of Robert G. Ingersoll by Isaac Newton BakerUpright Women Wanted by Sarah GaileyRelated episodes:Episode 090 - Reading Envy Readalong: East of Eden with Ellie and JeffEpisode 093 - Spewing Science with Jeff Koeppen Episode 099 - Reading Envy Readalong: The Secret HistoryEpisode 116 - Make Margaret Atwood Fiction Again with Jeff KoeppenEpisode 148 - Multiple Lives with JeffEpisode 167 - Book Pendulum with ReggieEpisode 172 - The It Book of NYC with Jon Laubinger  Episode 185 - The Loyal Swineherd (Odyssey readalong) Stalk us online:Jenny at GoodreadsJenny on TwitterJenny is @readingenvy on Instagram and LitsyJeff at GoodreadsJeff on Twitter Jeff is @BestDogDad on Litsy 

Neste episódio da série Ficção x Teoria discutimos a minissérie documental "Tudo vigiado por máquinas de adorável graça" (2011), do diretor britânico Adam Curtis. O rolê abordou a (des)construção da ascensão da máquinas na sociedade moderna e suas relações com o ser humano. Participam da conversa as professoras Keila Araújo e Joseline Pippi e os professores Marcio Carvalho e Guilherme Foscolo. Confira! Este episódio de Logotonia foi gravado em 12 de março de 2020 no Campus Jorge Amado da Universidade Federal do Sul da Bahia em Itabuna. A conversa também está disponível no Spotify, iTunes (Apple Podcasts), Player FM, Podcast Addict, YouTube e no Facebook. Link da minissérie: https://vimeo.com/130053688 Indicações: - Anticristo (2009), Lars von Trier (filme): http://www.adorocinema.com/filmes/filme-120692/ - Leonard Cohen (música): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YrLk4vdY28Q - Nine Inch Nails (música): https://youtu.be/PTFwQP86BRs -Kraftwerk (música): https://youtu.be/vnAiV64xNu0 - Horizon Zero Dawn (jogo): https://www.techtudo.com.br/noticias/2020/03/horizon-zero-dawn-para-pc-jogo-exclusivo-do-ps4-e-confirmado-no-steam.ghtml - Always Coming Home, Ursula K. Le Guin (livro): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Always_Coming_Home - Ideias para adiar o fim do mundo, Ailton Krenak (livro): https://www.companhiadasletras.com.br/detalhe.php?codigo=14722 - Modernidade Líquida (capítulo III), Zygmunt Bauman (livro): https://www.amazon.com.br/dp/B008PD6V4I/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&btkr=1 - I Am Mother, Grant Sputore (filme): http://www.adorocinema.com/filmes/filme-259880/

Made in 2003, Lutz Dammbeck's documentary The Net: The Unabomber, LSD, and the Internet is a film about many things, but the gist of it is something like what William Burroughs called the doctrine of control. We live in a world governed by technologies designed with a particular idea of society in mind, one that has its roots in the trauma of global war and the utopian dreams of modern thinkers. The viability of this ideal is, of course, an important question, and it was made all the more urgent by recent developments at the intersection of technology and politics. In this episode, JF and Phil discuss the doctrine of control as imagined by one of its fiercest -- and most insane -- critics: Ted Kaczynski, also known as the Unabomber. Kaczynski's thoughts on technological society form the through-line of Dammbeck's film, which in turn serves as a through-line for this jam on everything from one-world government and cybernetics to the archetype of the magus and the Whole Earth Catalog. REFERENCES Lutz Dammbeck (director), The Net: The Unabomber, LSD and the Internet (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0434231/) (2003) Chuck Klosterman, "FAIL" in [Eating the Dinosaur](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EatingtheDinosaur) Jacques Ellul (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacques_Ellul), French theorist Suzanne Treister, HEXEN Tarot Deck (http://www.suzannetreister.net/HEXEN2/HEXEN_2_Temp.html) -- Seven of Swords (http://www.suzannetreister.net/HEXEN2/TAROT_COL/Sword7_CybSeance.html) -- Justice (http://www.suzannetreister.net/HEXEN2/TAROT_COL/TAROT_JUSTICE_OWG-BR.html) -- The Sun (http://www.suzannetreister.net/HEXEN2/TAROT_COL/TAROT_SUN_AnarchoP.html) Norbert Wiener, [Cybernetics: Or Control and Communication in the Animal and Machine](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cybernetics:OrControlandCommunicationintheAnimalandtheMachine) and [The Human Use of Human Beings](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TheHumanUseofHumanBeings)_ Bertrand Russell, The Scientific Outlook (https://archive.org/details/scientificoutloo030217mbp) Aldous Huxley, Brave New World (https://www.fadedpage.com/showbook.php?pid=20160545) Kevin Kelly, [What Technology Wants](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WhatTechnologyWants) Weird Studies Episode 2: Garmonbozia (https://www.weirdstudies.com/2) Stewart Brand (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stewart_Brand), writer and editor of the [Whole Earth Catalog](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WholeEarthCatalog) Ursula Le Guin, [Always Coming Home](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AlwaysComingHome) Gary Snyder's idea that "we are primitives of an unknown culture" is explored in Phil Ford, Dig: Sound and Music in Hip Culture (https://global.oup.com/academic/product/dig-9780199939916?cc=ca&lang=en&) Richard Brautigan, "All Watched Over by Machines of Loving Grace" (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All_Watched_Over_by_Machines_of_Loving_Grace) (poem) [San Francisco Oracle](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SanFranciscoOracle) Heidegger, [The Question Concerning Technology](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TheQuestionConcerningTechnology)_

This book attempts to redefine the novel by combining narrative with an imagined anthropological record. We discuss Le Guin's background and mission, as well as larger questions about cultural misappropriation and utopianism. Interested in the media we discussed this episode? Please support the show by purchasing it through our affiliate store: Always Coming Home Additional Resources: Future Ethnography of the Inhabitants of the Valley of the Na, and The unBible of Ursula K. Le Guin PAPERBACKS; THE KESH IN SONG AND STORY Always coming home… Ursula K. Le Guin‘s Folk/Electronica Album Can Teach Us a Lot About Storytelling The Journeys of Ursula K. Le Guin. By: CARPENTER, ZOË, Nation, 00278378, 10/24/2016, Vol. 303, Issue 17 Taking Politics to Another World. By: Pilon, Dennis, Canadian Dimension, 00083402, Sep/Oct2007, Vol. 41, Issue 5 Le Guin, Urusula K. “On the Frontier,” in The Wave in the Mind: Talks and Essays on the Writer, the Reader, and the Imagination, edited by Le Guin. Boston: Shambhala Press, 2004.  

For many years, I've referred to Ray Bradbury as my "story father."  I've only recently given dedicated thought to what that actually means to me... and in the process, discovered there are other members of my story family, too! In this episode of Sonitotum, I unpack the concept of the "creative family," and invite you to take up this particular perspective as a way to add a level of accountability and quality control to your creative endeavors... and add meaning and impact to your work, too. Hint: it's all about love, really. Links and Topics Mentioned In This Episode Here are some of the things I talk about in this episode, including a few links to sites with which I have an affiliate relationship. I'll earn a small commission at no extra cost to you if you purchase products through those links. It's a lovely way to show your support for Sonitotum! The artwork for this episode features a photograph of picture frames on a wall from Travis Isaacs used via a Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic (CC BY 2.0) license. I've manipulated his image to include photos of Ray Bradbury, Ursula K. Le Guin, and two books from my personal collection. Ray Bradbury died June 5, 2012, a touch over six years before this episode. Here's the post I wrote where I first refer to him as my "story-father." R Is For Rocket is the Bradbury short story collection that got the ball rolling for me. My mass-market paperback edition is from 1978, when I was ten or eleven years old, but I may have read a library book edition before I owned my own copy. Ursula K. Le Guin wrote a remarkable proto-transmedia mosaic novel, Always Coming Home, that is not only a very moving, brilliant work, it also stands as a worldbuilding high-water mark in my mind. I mentioned this post on how gratitude will make you a better writer. Hazy Days and Cloudy Nights: "How It All Got Started" is my ongoing serial fiction project available exclusively to members of my mailing list community of friends and fans. Get in on it for free! Interested in being an interview guest on Sonitotum? The details of what I'm looking for in a guest are at the end of the episode... if you fit the bill, email me or use the contact form. Thanks! What Do You Think? So what do you think about the concept of the creative family? The story parents and story soulmate?  Let's hear from you in the comments!

In this episode Todd Barton takes us on a musical and literary journey back to 1985 when he worked with Ursula K. Le Guin, famous for the EarthSea novels. Todd Barton created the musical score for Ursula’s fascinating novel, Always Coming Home, which focuses on a people that might have lived a long time ago in Northern California, and the book came with a cassette tape of music, songs and poems for The Kesh co-created by Ursula and Todd. The music for Always Coming was originally created using authentic acoustic instruments and Todd’s Roland Jupiter 8. Unfortunately he sold the Jupiter 8 many years ago, so has re-created the sounds from the track Music of the 8th House using the Buchla Music Easel.