Podcasts about Franz Kafka

What would Kafka think about our attention economy today? And what about the state of our art? Find out more! 

Philosophize This!: Read the notes at at podcastnotes.org. Don't forget to subscribe for free to our newsletter, the top 10 ideas of the week, every Monday --------- Today we talk about Camus' book The Fall and what the main character represents in his larger project. We also talk about someone Camus deeply admired, Franz Kafka, and how to think of the images he created in his work. We talk about the experience of the modern individual in relation to politics. We also talk about what Camus and Kafka disagreed on. Hope you love it. :) Sponsor: Better Help: https://www.BetterHelp.com/PHILTHIS Thank you so much for listening! Could never do this without your help.  Website: https://www.philosophizethis.org/ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/philosophizethis  Social: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/philosophizethispodcast X: https://twitter.com/iamstephenwest Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/philosophizethisshow Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

En este episodio nos adentramos en el oscuro y sangriento universo de Doom, el icónico videojuego de id Software que cambió para siempre el modo en que entendemos el terror interactivo. Pero hoy no hablaremos de armas ni de demonios... sino de narrativa. ¿Puede un FPS de los 90 ser interpretado como una alegoría existencial? ¿Qué hay detrás de sus laberintos pixelados y su violencia desatada? Aquí respondemos a esas preguntas con un enfoque literario y simbólico que te hará mirar a Doom con otros ojos. Gilgamesh, Homero, Virgilio, Dante Alighieri, John Milton, Clark Ashton Smith, H. P. Lovecraft, William Blake, Charles Baudelaire, Paul Celan, Elfriede Jelinek, W. G. Sebald, Albert Camus, Jean-Paul Sartre, Samuel Beckett, Franz Kafka, Georges Bataille, Thomas Ligotti, Friedrich Nietzsche, Nick Land, Cormac McCarthy..., todos ellos, de un modo u otro, están relacionados con el tema que nos ocupa el día de hoy. Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/vuelodelcometa YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@vuelodelcometa Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/vuelodelcometa Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/vuelodelcometa.bsky.social Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/vuelodelcometa Twitter: https://twitter.com/Vuelodelcometa Telegram: https://t.me/vuelodelcometacomunidad WhatsApp: https://whatsapp.com/channel/0029Vb16aSZEawdwoA2TD235 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Vuelodelcometa Mastodon: https://mastodon.social/@Vuelodelcometa Web: alvaroaparicio.net Si quieres apoyar este y otros proyectos relacionados: https://www.patreon.com/vuelodelcometa o a través del sistema de mecenazgo en iVoox. Y si quieres contactar con nosotros para una promoción, no dudes en ponerte en contacto a través de: vuelodelcometapodcast@gmail.com Escucha el episodio completo en la app de iVoox, o descubre todo el catálogo de iVoox Originals

Today we talk about Camus' book The Fall and what the main character represents in his larger project. We also talk about someone Camus deeply admired, Franz Kafka, and how to think of the images he created in his work. We talk about the experience of the modern individual in relation to politics. We also talk about what Camus and Kafka disagreed on. Hope you love it. :) Sponsor: Better Help: https://www.BetterHelp.com/PHILTHIS Thank you so much for listening! Could never do this without your help.  Website: https://www.philosophizethis.org/ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/philosophizethis  Social: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/philosophizethispodcast X: https://twitter.com/iamstephenwest Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/philosophizethisshow Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Samtiden säger att vi ska uthärda och aldrig ge upp. Men att alltid avsluta saker leder till tyranni, konstaterar David Wästerfors. Lyssna på alla avsnitt i Sveriges Radio Play. ESSÄ: Detta är en text där skribenten reflekterar över ett ämne eller ett verk. Åsikter som uttrycks är skribentens egna.Det går lätt i början, du nästan flyger fram. Musiken i hörlurarna lyfter dig, stegen känns självklara, skorna sitter perfekt. Marken liksom fjädrar när du springer din favoritrunda i kvarteret, på väg mot parken.Men efter ett tag blir andningen tyngre. Benen känns stumma, humöret förmörkas. Det här blir för tufft, du har överskattat dig själv, du måste ge upp.Men hur då, egentligen? Stanna och gå tillbaka – så nesligt och meningslöst. Stanna och vila – även det ganska nesligt. Det blir svårt att komma i gång igen, kanske omöjligt.Du känner igen motståndet och de dystra tankarna. Du biter ihop och härdar ut. Du fortsätter, fortsätter, fortsätter.En sådan här bild av kamp och envishet utgör en kontrast till bilden av att ge upp. Att ge upp gör oss sällan stolta eller malliga. Vi döljer gärna våra övergivna projekt och avbrutna löparrundor eller bäddar ned dem i fraser och lånade resonemang. ”Jag kände mig krasslig”, ”musten gick ur mig”, ”vädret slog om”, ”jag fick ett samtal”. Att ge upp brukar kräva en förklaring – en kulturellt tillgänglig ursäkt – vilket motsatsen inte alls kräver, alltså att lyckas, att fullfölja något.Hjältar i filmer eller spänningsromaner ger sig inte, däri ligger själva hjältestatusen. Motgångar infinner sig förstås, men till slut reser de sig. Men hjältarna blir tragiska om de helt saknar förmåga att i vissa lägen ta ett steg tillbaka och omgruppera. Att fortsätta slåss när slaget är förlorat blir ingen hjältesaga, bara ett kvitto på bristande ödmjukhet och realism.Vi säger väl aldrig ”hon är riktigt bra på att ge upp” eller ”att ge upp kan vara bra för dig”, men vi kan legitimera en avbruten strävan med att vi lärt känna våra begränsningar. Att tillåta sig ge upp i en prestationsorienterad kultur kan rättfärdigas precis så, som om vi förväntas finna en lärdom även i nederlaget, en tröstande liten vinst.Ungefär de här tankarna finner jag i den brittiske essäisten Adam Phillips bok ”On Giving Up”. Jag känner mig lite lurad av titeln eftersom bara den första texten handlar om att ge upp. Resten handlar om andra saker, till exempel om känslan av att vara vid liv eller om nöjet i att censurera sig själv.Adam Phillips är psykoanalytiker och förlorar sig naturligtvis i Sigmund Freud och psykoanalysens interna angelägenheter. På sidan 67 är jag nära att ge upp. Phillips tolkning av intrigerna mellan Freud och hans kronprins Carl Jung på det internationella psykoanalytiska förbundets kongress i München 1913 intresserar mig måttligt. Jag har andra olästa böcker i hyllorna. Varför ska jag lägga tid på just den här?Men skam den som ger sig. Jag fortsätter, fortsätter, fortsätter.Phillips lånar en aforism av Franz Kafka för att formulera vårt kanske vanligaste trick för att motstå frestelsen att ge upp. Vid en viss punkt, skrev Kafka, finns ingen väg tillbaka, ”och det är den punkten som måste nås”. Om vi bara lyckas avverka en så lång bit av löparrundan att vi lika gärna kan fortsätta – att vi hellre kan fortsätta, att det känns för sent att vända om – ja, då minskar risken för att vi kapitulerar. Vi kan med andra ord arrangera våra egna och andras handlingar så att frestelsen göms undan eller minimeras.Framgång består i att nå Kafkas punkt, att se till att bomma igen fönstren och stänga nödutgången. Men Phillips lyfter också fram det faktum att ”giving up” är tvetydigt. På svenska är den här tvetydigheten dold, men på engelska blir den uppenbar: ”to give up smoking”, ”to give up drinking”. Att ”ge upp” kan stå för något vi ibland beundrar och vill ta efter. Det finns en sorts ”ge upp” när vi tror att vi kan förändras och en annan sort när vi tror att vi inte kan det. I båda fallen offras något, men värderingen av det som offras varierar.Den här tvetydigheten i handlingen att ge upp är talande. Att alltid avsluta saker blir tyranni, ett slags förtryck som begränsar vårt medvetande. Det kan ge oss tunnelseende eller en avsmalnad uppfattningsförmåga, som om vi inte kunde föreställa oss något annat än ”framåt, framåt!” Att ge upp kan då synliggöra andra vägar – åt sidan eller bakåt. Vi kan också få syn på vårt beroende av andra som kanske fångar upp oss när vi faller, som kommer med en kopp te och några lindrande ord – och påminner om alternativ.Att ge upp har fått dåligt rykte i vår kultur, men ett milt och försiktigt sätt att erkänna sig besegrad skiljer sig från ett drastiskt. Det måste inte ses som skamligt.Ett självmord är den mest slutliga och radikala kapitulation vi kan föreställa oss. Självmord anses fel, ett kulturell tabu, tidigare var det kriminaliserat. Och ogillandet av självmordet kanske på ett underförstått sätt bidrar till att även små kapitulationer har fått något skamset över sig, som om hela ens identitet skulle gå till spillo i och med att Projekt A eller B kapsejsar.En mjukare modell finns i sömnen. Varje kväll ger vi upp när vi avslutar dagen och lägger oss i sängen. Vi överger ambitionerna, planerna, vår fåfänga strävan och våra offentliga roller. Vi överlämnar oss till det planlösa, det omedvetna. Att somna utgör en vardaglig variant av att erkänna sig besegrad, kulturellt godkänd och mentalt stärkande.Vi vill inte vara en ständigt vaken, sömnlös person – vi vet hur lättretlig en sådan person är. Vi vill vara en återställd och utvilad människa, alltså en som igår kväll gav upp. Men vi gav inte upp för alltid, vi gav bara upp just där och då.Inför varje strid mot de vita kolonisatörer i Nordamerika under 1800-talet brukade urfolket the Crow uppföra soldansen, en vädjande och stärkande dans med militära inslag. Men folket kuvades och stod inför utplåning. Vad skulle de göra med soldansen när det inte längre fanns någon mening att slåss? Tre alternativ stod till buds: att fortsätta dansa som om inget hade hänt, trots att den heliga funktionen försvunnit; att hitta på en ny mening med dansen, kanske definiera den som hälsobringande eller en vädjan om vackert väder; eller helt enkelt ge upp.The Crow gav upp soldansen kring 1875. Det blev ett sätt att bekräfta den kulturella förstörelsen. Risken fanns att dansen annars skulle degenerera till en nostalgisk parodi på sig själv. Därmed blev det också möjligt för urfolket att röra sig bortom sitt nederlag och inte fastna i det förflutna. Det var dags att – hur orättvist det än var – arbeta fram mer pragmatiska relationer till den där vita överheten.Det är inte givet att den som tvingas ge upp verkligen avstår från att skapa något.När den prisade författaren Sami Said intervjuades i radion och fick frågan ”hur vet du att du är klar?” citerade han sin kollega Claes Hylinger som sagt att det vet man aldrig som författare. Man blir faktiskt aldrig färdig med sitt manus. Man ger upp.Said beskrev hur han sitter med sina tusentals sidor – utkast och fragment i överflöd – och in i det sista är genuint osäker på hur hans roman ska se ut.Till slut skickar han in ändå, ”skit samma”. Och sen trycks boken.David Wästerforssociolog

In the stories of Franz Kafka we find the fantastical wearing the most ordinary, realist dress. Though haunted by abjection and failure, Kafka has come to embody the power and potential of literary imagination in the 20th century as it confronts the nightmares of modernity. In this episode, Marina Warner is joined by Adam Thirlwell to discuss the ways in which Kafka extended the realist tradition of the European novel by drawing on ‘simple forms' – proverbs, wisdom literature and animal fables – to push the boundaries of what literature could explore, with reference to stories including ‘The Judgment', ‘In the Penal Colony' and ‘A Report to the Academy'.Non-subscribers will only hear an extract from this episode. To listen to the full episode, and all our other Close Readings series, subscribe:Directly in Apple Podcasts: https://lrb.me/applecrffIn other podcast apps: https://lrb.me/closereadingsffFurther reading in the LRB:Franz Kafka (trans. Michael Hofmann): Unknown Lawshttps://www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v37/n14/franz-kafka/short-cutsRivka Galchen: What Kind of Funny is He?https://www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v36/n23/rivka-galchen/what-kind-of-funny-is-heJudith Butler: Who Owns Kafka?https://www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v33/n05/judith-butler/who-owns-kafkaJ.P. Stern: Bad Faithhttps://www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v05/n13/j.p.-stern/bad-faithNext episode: Jan Potocki's The Manuscript Found at Saragossa and stories by Isak Dinesen.Get the books: https://lrb.me/crbooklist Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

ÜBER RHIZOME. ÜBER HIERARCHIEN. ÜBER DAS DENKEN DIESER TAGE. EIN HÖRWURZELN MIT INTERNODIEN BEI GILLES DELEUZE & FELIX GUATTARI, SALLY MANN & FRANZ KAFKA. ANLÄSSLICH DER AUSSTELLUNG „VERWURZELT & VERZWEIGT“ (DRAIFLESSEN COLLECTION)

Nach einer gefühlten Ewigkeit kehren die Studienräte zurück. Alex berichtet von seiner Elternzeit in Amerika, die er als Lifehack bezeichnet. Apropos Lifehack: Lest mal ein Buch! Gamechanger, ehrlich! Martin war auf einem Warhammer Turnier und hat Space-Zwerge den Hammer Wotans schwingen lassen. In der mündlichen Prüfung wird Martin zum Jonathan Frakes und stellt Alex vor historische Fakten und solche, die es nicht sind. Sozusagen X-Faktor, History Edition. Warum der Batzke gerade jetzt mit The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion einen echten Klassiker aufgibt und wie der Pieler seine Abiturientia auf Gedichte vorbereitet, das erfahrt ihr alles in dieser Folge. Denkt dran: Am 23.5. findet die große Jubiläumsfolge 200 als Life-Show in Hennie's Inn in Bottrop statt. Alles Infos dazu gibt's auf www.lehrersprechtag.de/folge-200 Kommt vorbei!

Franz Kafka's novella The Metamorphosis is a strange tale that poses the question of what it would be like to one day wake up and suddenly find yourself transformed into an insect, however, through the use of satire and absurdism, Kafka has sculpted a story that has far deeper meaning. Join Dave and Greg as they explore themes of isolation, disability, and poor mental health within Kafka's most well known story.   Intro/Outro Music by 13th Ward Social Club https://open.spotify.com/artist/5Gvw7YedKx6d2fhiObH5Cc https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzmdJyWuzBpwlsCtn_sVC_A

Abenteurer, Prager Lokalpatriot und Weltreisender: Egon Erwin Kisch nahm in seinen legendären Reportagen die Leser mit zu Moldau-Schiffern, Zuhältern und Fabrikarbeitern. Und er gehörte zum "Prager Kreis" von Franz Kafka, Max Brod und Franz Werfel. Kirchgeßner, Kilian www.deutschlandfunk.de, Kalenderblatt

Hoe krijg je door wie je bent, wie je aan het worden bent? Wat heeft de kracht om je stil te zetten, om je aan het denken te krijgen over jezelf? Eén antwoord is: de literatuur! Díe heeft de kracht om je te veranderen. Je leest een boek of een gedicht, en je denkt: ‘Zo ben ik. En dat is niet best'. Of je kijkt naar een kunstwerk en je denkt: ‘Die schoonheid, dat wil ik ook. Zo dóórleven zoals ik nu leef, dat kan niet. Ik wil veranderen.' Franz Kafka, de Joods-Tsjechische schrijver zei: Een boek moet een bijl zijn voor de bevroren zee in ons. Grote literatuur kan iets in je breken, iets wat bevroren is of wat keihard was. Het is ook omgekeerd zo. Er zijn boeken, en films, en podcasts, en preken, waar je niks van leert. Ze bevestigen je alleen maar. Of ze bekritiseren anderen, maar niet jou. Of het is slechts amusement, tijdverdrijf, maar je leert niks. Je leert jezelf niet doorzien. Deze aflevering gaat over Flannery O'Connor, een Amerikaanse schrijfster. Centraal staat een verhaal door haar geschreven, een short story. Het verhaal heet revelation, openbaring. Het gaat er hard aan toe, in dat verhaal. Dat hoort bij openbaring. Het is op een mooie manier ontregelend. Het is een soort parabel. Literatuurcriticus Tjerk de Reus helpt ons in de interpretatie van het verhaal. 

Eine Komödie über Sprache, Kafka und das "Aussteigen". Georg Horvath hat das Vertrauen in die Sprache verloren. Und auch physisch kommt der Justiziar auf einer Handelsreise nach Brasilien abhanden. In Rio gerät er in die Hände eines Chauffeurs, der ihn überall hinbringt, nur nicht an sein Ziel. Eine Entführung? Eine Verwechslung? Auf der kurvigen Irrfahrt will es Georg Horvath selbst nicht so recht wissen und lässt es mit sich geschehen. In seinem Kopf reisen mit: Regina, seine in allen Dingen professionelle Lebensgefährtin, ein labyrinthisches Bukarester Kongresshotel und Franz Kafka. Autor: Saša Stanišić Besetzung: Martin Engler als Horvath, Victoria Trautmannsdorff als Regina, Kleber Valim als Ali, Katja Brügger als Alte, Barnaby Metschurat als Powala, Fumio Okura als Asiate, Peter Kaempfe als Kapitän, Céline Fontanges als Flugbegleiterin, Valentin Platareanu als Pullunder, Christoph Luser als Walter, Hans Schernthaner als van Sannen, Wolf-Dietrich Sprenger als Hartmut Vogel, Jon Kiriac als Taxifahrer, Christian Onciu als Diener Komposition: Andreas Bick Vibraphon: Karl Ivar Refseth Gitarre: Christian Kögel Berimbau: Andreas Weiser Technische Realisation: Christian Alpen und Sebastian Ohm Regie: Oliver Sturm Dramaturgie: Michael Becker Redaktion: Thilo Guschas Produktion: Norddeutscher Rundfunk 2017 Jetzt abonnieren: "Die Erschöpften" l Hörspielserie in 10 Folgen von Oliver Sturm https://1.ard.de/dieerschoepften

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Boy are cockroaches gross!'Metamorphosis & Other Stories' by Franz Kafka is a collection of prose poems, short stories, sketches, allegories, and novelettes. The longest is of Gregor Samsa, the travelling salesman who wakes up in his bed as a cockroach. You'll find others about conflict on a ship, dealing with annoying people on the street, etc. All are told in the surreal style he is known for, along with his dry humour.If you got value from the podcast please provide support back in any way you best see fit!Timeline:(00:00:00) Intro(00:02:51) Themes/Questions(00:15:30) Author & Extras(00:21:49) Summary(00:24:34) Value 4 Value(00:26:01) Join Live! Connect with Mere Mortals:Website: https://www.meremortalspodcasts.com/Discord: https://discord.gg/jjfq9eGReUTwitter/X: https://twitter.com/meremortalspodsInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/meremortalspodcasts/TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@meremortalspodcastsValue 4 Value Support:Boostagram: https://www.meremortalspodcasts.com/supportPaypal: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/meremortalspodcast

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Can Literary Wisdom Counter Despair and Deepen Your Faith? In this episode of Good Faith Presents: Reading to Make Sense of the World, Curtis Chang and author-professor Jessica Hooten Wilson explore the spiritual insights of Flannery O'Connor's prayer journal. They examine how O'Connor's raw honesty, humility, and startling imagery confront the modern obsession with self and offer a radical vision of divine grace. Jessica helps listeners see why O'Connor's work is more than provocative—it's prophetic. Resources or references mentioned in this episode: Flannery O'Connor at 100 Excerpts from Flannery O'Connor's journal (printed in The New Yorker) Flannery O'Connor's A Prayer Journal Jessica Hooten wilson's Flannery O'Connor's Why Do the Heathen Rage?: A Behind-the-Scenes Look at a Work in Progress A Life in Psychiatry and Literature: (an interview with Robert Coles) Good Faith episode featuring Amy Low (Facing Cancer with Humor and Hope) Good Faith episode featuring Nancy French (Ghosted: an American Story) What Is Kafkaesque? - The 'Philosophy' of Franz Kafka (video explainer) More From Jessica Hooten Wilson: Jessica Hooten Wilson's website Explore Jessica's books HERE Read articles and Essay by Jessica HERE Follow Us: Good Faith on Instagram Good Faith on X (formerly Twitter) Good Faith on Facebook   Sign up: Redeeming Babel Newsletter

Donald Trump has been ripping up the rule book on global trade, implementing huge tariffs and sending markets into a frenzy. But is there any method in his apparent madness? Legendary Marxist philosopher Slavoj Žižek regales Aaron with his thoughts on US trade policy – not to mention Franz Kafka, fully automated luxury communism and whether […]

Franz Kafka - jeśli ten wielki pisarz, autor „Procesu”, „Zamku” czy „Przemiany” kojarzy się nam z czymś najmniej, to jest to pisanie liryczne i romantyczne. Niewidoczne w jego prozie delikatność i uczuciowość odkrywamy czytając listy Kafki do Mileny, jego wielkiej niespełnionej miłości. Czy te intymne i niezwykle szczere teksty mogą być kluczem do głębszego odczytania literackiego dzieła jednego z największych pisarzy XX wieku?Lektura „Listów do Mileny” prowokuje też wiele innych pytań, np. takie – czy słowo ma potencjał miłosnotwórczy? A jeśli tak, to co to nam mówi o naturze języka, uczucia i literatury?Gościem tego odcinka jest znakomity literaturoznawca profesor Ryszard Koziołek.Gość: Ryszard KoziołekProwadzenie: Agata KasprolewiczKsiążka: „Listy do Mileny” Franz Kafka, wydawnictwo Znak---------------------------------------------Raport o stanie świata to audycja, która istnieje dzięki naszym Patronom, dołącz się do zbiórki ➡️ ⁠https://patronite.pl/DariuszRosiak⁠Subskrybuj newsletter Raportu o stanie świata ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠➡️ ⁠https://dariuszrosiak.substack.com⁠Koszulki i kubki Raportu ➡️ ⁠https://patronite-sklep.pl/kolekcja/raport-o-stanie-swiata/⁠ [Autopromocja]

Familienchronik • Großeltern, die Fernbeziehungen führen, Eltern, die alles anders machen wollen, Literaturübersetzung als Lebensrealität und ein junger Erwachsener, der Orientierung sucht. Hundert Jahre Familiengeschichte zwischen Istanbul und dem Ruhrgebiet: Mobilität, Literatur und Erfahrungen von Krieg und Verlust von Privilegien entwickeln generationenübergreifende Fliehkräfte, denen die Figuren nicht immer gewachsen scheinen. | Von Akin Emanuel Sipal | Mit Timur Isik, Elif Esmen, Ercan Durmaz, Sibylle Canonica, Walter Hess, Dunja Bengsch, Jelena Kuljíc, Soraya Bouabsa, Sebastian Brandes, Kilian Gehl u.a. | Regie: Jakob Roth und Pauline Seiberlich | BR 2025 | Podcast-Empfehlung: "Der Process" - 13teiliges Hörspiel nach Franz Kafka: https://1.ard.de/kafka-process-hoerspiel-audiothek

In this (spoiler-free) episode, we give YOU, the listener, all the tools you need to confidently and appropriately use the term Kafkaesque the next time Severance comes up in conversation. During Why This, Why Now?, Hannah guides Marcelle through some very compelling ideas about the show's popularity (did someone say "pandemic?"). We then move into The Theory We Need where the conversation turns to Marxism, surrealism, anti-capitalism and, you guessed it, Franz Kafka! The best news? By the end of the episode, you earn a MUSIC DANCE EXPERIENCE! Not really, (because we're a podcast), but we do end the episode with Hannah's thesis about state power, repression of grief, corporate culture and entertainment — and in a way, isn't that just as "elite" and "coveted AF?"To learn more about Material Girls, head to our Instagram at instagram.com/ohwitchplease! Or check out our website ohwitchplease.ca. We'll be back in two weeks with a Material Concerns episode, but until then, go check out all the other content we have on our Patreon at Patreon.com/ohwitchplease! Patreon is how we produce the show and pay our team! Thanks again to all of you who have already made the leap to join us there! We're currently doing a Patreon push, so please consider joining today to get all our extra perks, along with the backlog of bonuses!***Material Girls is a show that aims to make sense of the zeitgeist through materialist critique* and critical theory! Each episode looks at a unique object of study (something popular now or from back in the day) and over the course of three distinct segments, Hannah and Marcelle apply their academic expertise to the topic at hand.*Materialist Critique is, at its simplest possible level, a form of cultural critique – that is, scholarly engagement with a cultural text of some kind – that is interested in modes of production, moments of reception, and the historical and ideological contexts for both. Materialist critique is really interested in the question of why a particular cultural work or practice emerged at a particular moment. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this (spoiler-free) episode, we give YOU, the listener, all the tools you need to confidently and appropriately use the term Kafkaesque the next time Severance comes up in conversation. During Why This, Why Now?, Hannah guides Marcelle through some very compelling ideas about the show's popularity (did someone say "pandemic?"). We then move into The Theory We Need where the conversation turns to Marxism, surrealism, anti-capitalism and, you guessed it, Franz Kafka! The best news? By the end of the episode, you earn a MUSIC DANCE EXPERIENCE! Not really, (because we're a podcast), but we do end the episode with Hannah's thesis about state power, repression of grief, corporate culture and entertainment — and in a way, isn't that just as "elite" and "coveted AF?"To learn more about Material Girls, head to our Instagram at instagram.com/ohwitchplease! Or check out our website ohwitchplease.ca. We'll be back in two weeks with a Material Concerns episode, but until then, go check out all the other content we have on our Patreon at Patreon.com/ohwitchplease! Patreon is how we produce the show and pay our team! Thanks again to all of you who have already made the leap to join us there! We're currently doing a Patreon push, so please consider joining today to get all our extra perks, along with the backlog of bonuses!***Material Girls is a show that aims to make sense of the zeitgeist through materialist critique* and critical theory! Each episode looks at a unique object of study (something popular now or from back in the day) and over the course of three distinct segments, Hannah and Marcelle apply their academic expertise to the topic at hand.*Materialist Critique is, at its simplest possible level, a form of cultural critique – that is, scholarly engagement with a cultural text of some kind – that is interested in modes of production, moments of reception, and the historical and ideological contexts for both. Materialist critique is really interested in the question of why a particular cultural work or practice emerged at a particular moment. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass are strange books, a testament to their author's defiant unconventionality. Through them, Lewis Carroll transformed popular culture, our everyday idioms and our ideas of childhood and the fantastic, and they remain enormously popular.Anna Della Subin joins Marina Warner to explore the many puzzles of the Alice books. They discuss the way Carroll illuminates other questions raised in this series: of dream states, the nature of consciousness, the transformative power of language and the arbitrariness of authority.Non-subscribers will only hear an extract from this episode. To listen to the full episode, and all our other Close Readings series, subscribe:Directly in Apple Podcasts: https://lrb.me/applecrffIn other podcast apps: https://lrb.me/closereadingsffFurther reading in the LRB:Marina Warner: You Must Not Askhttps://www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v18/n01/marina-warner/you-must-not-askDinah Birch: Never Seen A Violethttps://www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v23/n17/dinah-birch/never-seen-a-violetMarina Warner: Doubly Damnedhttps://www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v29/n03/marina-warner/doubly-damnedGet the books: https://lrb.me/crbooklistNext episode: The stories of Franz Kafka, with Adam Thirlwell.Marina Warner is a writer of history, fiction and criticism whose many books include Stranger Magic, Forms of Enchantment and Once Upon a Time: A Short History of Fairy Tale. She was awarded the Holberg Prize in 2015 and is a contributing editor at the LRB.Anna Della Subin's study of men who unwittingly became deities, Accidental Gods, was published in 2022. She has been writing for the LRB since 2014. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The itinerary of Faithfully Seeking Franz comprises an irregular quest for dead mentor, modernist author Franz Kafka--in places he lived, worked, vacationed and convalesced, and in the body of work he left: fiction, diaries, notebooks, and correspondence. The search for the man inside the writer is both a personal journey and a joint venture of two in the field: E. and M. in pursuit of K. The story might even be said to unfold as a love note to triangulation. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/literary-studies

Podcasts, reviews, interviews, essays, and more at the Ancillary Review of Books.Please consider supporting ARB's Patreon!Credits:Guest: Marita ArvanitiTitle: Lud-in-the-Mist by Hope MirrleesHost: Jake Casella BrookinsMusic by Giselle Gabrielle GarciaArtwork by Rob PattersonOpening poem by Bhartṛhari, translated by John BroughReferences:A Meal of Thorns and the Ancillary Review of Books are Hugo finalists! We are delighted and honored; a big congratulations to all the finalists.Dianna Wynne Jones, Greer Gilman, Elizabeth BearDianna Wynne Jones' Fire and HemlockElizabeth Hand's Mortal LovePamela Dean's Tam LinTerri Windling & Ellen Datlow edited fairytale collectionsRobin Hobb's Mad Ship Patrick O'Brian's Aubrey-Maturin booksAmal El-Mohtar's The River Has RootsRobert Jackson Bennett's A Drop of CorruptionE.R. EddisonLaurie J. Marks' Elemental Logic seriesKatherine Arden's The Bear and the NightingaleEuripedes' The BacchaeFriedrich Nietzsche's The Birth of TragedyMichael Swanwick's Hope in the MistJ.R.R. Tolkien's The Hobbit & The Lord of the RingsC.S. Lewis's The Chronicles of Narnia, specifically Prince CaspianRobert Luketic's Legally BlondeEdgar Allen Poe, Julio Cortázar, Franz Kafka, H.P. LovecraftUrsula K. Le Guin's The Farthest ShoreAnne Carson's translation of BakkhaiChristina Rossetti's Goblin MarketSusanna Clarke's Jonathan Strange & Mr NorrellFritz Lang's MetropolisN.K. Jemisin's The Hundred Thousand KingdomsSofia Samatar's Olondrian novelsSylvia Townsend Warner's Lolly WillowesNaomi Mitchison's To the Chapel Perilous and Memoirs of a SpacewomanT.H. White, Tanith LeeEllen Kushner's Thomas the RhymerJo Walton's Among OthersKat Howard's Roses and RotElizabeth Hand's Waking the MoonTerri Windling's The Wood WifeGuardian Article on romantasyCopyright romantasy caseSarah J. MaasJacqueline Carey Kushiel's DartNicholas Stuart Gray's Seven SwansMarita's Instagram

The itinerary of Faithfully Seeking Franz comprises an irregular quest for dead mentor, modernist author Franz Kafka--in places he lived, worked, vacationed and convalesced, and in the body of work he left: fiction, diaries, notebooks, and correspondence. The search for the man inside the writer is both a personal journey and a joint venture of two in the field: E. and M. in pursuit of K. The story might even be said to unfold as a love note to triangulation. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/new-books-network

The itinerary of Faithfully Seeking Franz comprises an irregular quest for dead mentor, modernist author Franz Kafka--in places he lived, worked, vacationed and convalesced, and in the body of work he left: fiction, diaries, notebooks, and correspondence. The search for the man inside the writer is both a personal journey and a joint venture of two in the field: E. and M. in pursuit of K. The story might even be said to unfold as a love note to triangulation. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/literature

Pour René Girard, la rivalité est une conséquence du désir : nous désirons les mêmes choses, et nous nous faisons mutuellement obstacle. Derrière toute rivalité, nous dit-il, il y a le désir secret de nous approprier ce que possède l'autre, ou de l'en déposséder. Analyse de cette conception.Distribué par Audiomeans. Visitez audiomeans.fr/politique-de-confidentialite pour plus d'informations.

El protagonista de 'Canon de cámara oscura' de  Enrique Vila-Matas , el supuesto androide y escritor Vidal Escabia, recibe una herencia y un trabajo del que fuese su maestro Altobelli. Hereda todos su biblioteca y debe reducirla haciendo un canon subjetivo e intempestivo. Debe seleccionar  entre todos los libros aquellos que, por la razón que sean, le llamen la atención. Es una labor totalmente subjetiva del narrador. Su autor, Vila-Matas, además de dejarnos hoy 'Canos de cámara oscira (Seix Barral) nos ha donado otros dos libros: 'Diarios' de Franz Kafka (DeBolsillo) y  'Maupassant y el otro' de Alberto Savinio (Acantilado). El otro gran donante de la semana ha sido, como siempre, nuestro bibliotecario Antonio Martínez Asensio que nos ha dejado por motivos de actualidad 'Gran bar distopía' de Manuel García Rubio (Ediciones de la Torre) y 'Triste tigre' de Neige Sinno (Anagrama)., y luego m por su programa 'Un libro una hora',  'Un viejo que leía novelas de amor' de Luis Sepúlveda (Tusquets). En el capítulo de novedades, el empleado de La Biblioteca de Hoy por Hoy Pepe Rubio nos ha traído 'Te siguen' de Belén Gopegui Durán (Random House) y  'Tim' de Ray Loriga (Alfaguara) . El libro perdido y recuperado por Pascual Donate fue 'Mañana tal vez el futuro' de Sarah Watling (Taurus). Y los últimos donantes de nuestra Biblioteca, que siempre son los primeros, fueron los oyentes que dejaron en nuestros anaqueles: 'Solo los escarabajos vuelan al amanecer' de María Gripe (SM) , 'Las minas del Rey Salomón' de H. Rider Haggard (Reino de Cordelia) y 'Los lobos del bosque de la eternidad' de Karl Ove (Anagrama) 

ANTUMBRA Welcome to the ÜberCube! It's the perfect society where everyone enjoys fun social gatherings every night; where everyone enjoys tasty, expertly balanced nutritious food; where everybody has a job and a home of their own, complete with the latest model EMILY personal helper to manage all those parts of life you don't need to; where you can buy the latest must-have items and have them delivered immediately to your personal Cube the very second they are announced by the NewsFeeds! Angela had the perfect life in the perfect society where all of her needs were met instantly, and where everyone was perfectly happy. Only Angela wasn't. Angela felt like a stranger in the ÜberCube where she had lived all her life, she just couldn't understand why everyone else was so blissfully content while she alone dreaded the mandatory social occasions and the saccharine pleasantries they entailed.  That was until her only friend disappeared suspiciously overnight and she was catapulted into a journey of discovery leading her to the inevitable horror of her existence and the ultimate question: can she ever become truly free? TOPICS OF CONVERSATION The Dystopian World – Controlled society in Uber Cubes, AI surveillance (EMILYs), and the illusion of comfort. Character Arcs – Angela's reluctant rebellion and Gabe's contrasting role and values. Themes of Control – Media manipulation, emotion suppression, and AI influence. Symbolic Elements – The mysterious Metacube and Kiddie Cubes as tools of indoctrination. Writing Process & Impact – The book as a cautionary tale, character-driven changes, and reader reactions. ABOUT THE AUTHOR Paul L Merryfellow is a British-Irish author and software engineer based in London, UK. His love of science fiction stems from authors such as Ray Bradbury, Philip K Dick, and Douglas Adams, and he further enjoys a variety of authors in other genres, such as P G Wodehouse, Franz Kafka, and James Herbert. Paul is a keen (though lousy) archer, and he spends much time examining the nuances of communication and societal norms through language and culture. He is a Licenced Lay Minister under the Church of England, a puppeteer, and plays the guitar, ukulele, and banjo (in various degrees of "terrible"). Paul is at his happiest when discovering something new and bizarre to investigate! CONNECT WITH PAUL MERRYFELLOW! https://linktr.ee/PaulMerryfellow https://paulmerryfellow.co.uk/ https://goodreads.com/paul-merryfellow  https://amazon.com/author/paul-merryfellow  https://medium.com/@paul_merryfellow  https://bsky.app/profile/plmerryfellow.bsky.social  https://www.facebook.com/pmerryfellow  https://x.com/PLMerryfellow 

"This composition tells the story of an iron bridge, interweaving history, tragedy, and renewal. Drawing from Franz Kafka's enigmatic short story The Bridge and Renzo Piano's speech at the inauguration of the Genoa Saint George Bridge, it explores the profound symbolism of bridges—not just as structures, but as living entities that connect, endure, and sometimes fall. "At the heart of this work are two iconic bridges: The Iron Bridge, Gorge – The world's first iron bridge, completed in 1779 over the River Severn, a pioneering feat of engineering and a tribute to human ingenuity. The Saint George Bridge, Genoa – Designed by Renzo Piano, this bridge was born from tragedy, rising in place of the collapsed Ponte Morandi, which claimed lives on August 14, 2018. Its reconstruction symbolises resilience and the power of renewal. "The composition is deeply connected to sound as a storytelling medium. The barking of dogs forms the foundation of the recording, evoking both a raw, primal presence and the echoes of history. To further enhance the conceptual depth, I chose a quote from Kafka's The Bridge to be read by an AI voice. This artificial rendering of Kafka's words adds an uncanny, almost spectral presence—blurring the line between the human and the mechanical, much like the bridges themselves, which are both engineered structures and deeply symbolic entities. "Interwoven with the music of renowned composer Lucio Lazzaruolo, these sonic elements create an immersive and emotional landscape—one where bridges breathe, speak, and remember. "By merging Kafka's poetic vision of bridges as human-like beings with the legacies of these remarkable structures, this piece seeks to exalt the heritage, memory, and deeper meaning of bridges in our world." Ironbridge Gorge reimagined by Giovanna Iorio (concept) Lucio Lazzaruolo (music). ——————— This sound is part of the Sonic Heritage project, exploring the sounds of the world's most famous sights. Find out more and explore the whole project: https://www.citiesandmemory.com/heritage

durée : 00:15:02 - Les Nuits de France Culture - par : Albane Penaranda - En 1920, Gustav Janouch, lycéen, rencontre Kafka. Ils nouent une relation amicale et Gustav Janouch note avec précision dans ses carnets les discussions avec Franz Kafka, parues sous le titre "Conversations avec Kafka". Un témoignage rare analysé dans l'émission "Etranger mon ami" en mars 1978. - réalisation : Virginie Mourthé - invités : Monique Nemer; Dominique Arban

本期摘要 友友们好！这期节目有点特殊，是我上周去芝加哥时和我的导师、好朋友，也是超级影迷Dave的第二次聊天。因为我们两年没见，我就让他跟我分享这两年里他看过的最喜欢的电影，也拉拉杂杂聊了很多别的。Shownotes写得太累了，这里就不多写了，留两段他在节目里引用和说的话在下面与大家分享： “I think we ought to read only the kind of books that wound or stab us. If the book we're reading doesn't wake us up with a blow to the head, what are we reading for? So that it will make us happy, as you write? Good Lord, we would be happy precisely if we had no books, and the kind of books that make us happy are the kind we could write ourselves if we had to. But we need books that affect us like a disaster, that grieve us deeply, like the death of someone we loved more than ourselves, like being banished into forests far from everyone, like a suicide. A book must be the axe for the frozen sea within us. That is my belief.” — Franz Kafka （“我认为，我们应该只读那些会伤害或刺痛我们的书。如果我们正在阅读的书不能像一记重击那样把我们惊醒，那么我们读它又有什么意义？是为了让我们感到快乐，就像你所写的那样吗？天哪，如果我们没有书，我们反而会真正感到快乐。而那些让我们感到快乐的书，恰恰是我们自己若有必要也能写出来的书。但我们需要的是那些对我们而言如同一场灾难般的书，它们让我们深深悲恸，如同失去比我们自己更爱的人，如同被放逐到远离一切的森林，如同自我了断。一本书必须成为砍向我们内心冰封大海的斧头——这就是我的信念。”） "I like movies that show how people attempt to show love, experience joy, make art, or build community in the face of death, grief, and the hardness of being a human living with other humans." — Dave S.（我喜欢那些展现人们在面对死亡、悲伤以及作为人类与他人共同生活的艰难时刻，如何表达爱、体验快乐、创造艺术或建立联系的电影。） 本期提及 第一期和Dave的节目 编号17 Mickey 17 汉江怪物 玉子 冰血暴 Fargo 严肃的男人 A Serious Man 小姐 Fingersmith 色，戒 像这样的小事 Small Things Like These 隐秘的生活 A Hidden Life 秘密会议 Conclave 好家伙 GoodFellas 物质主义者 Materialists 挑战者 Challengers 酷儿 Queer 梦想情景 Dream Scenario 音乐大师 Maestro 饥饿游戏3：嘲笑鸟(上) The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1 欢乐时光 驾驶我的车 温蒂和露西 Wendy and Lucy 生活多美好 It's a Wonderful Life 冰风暴 The Ice Storm 丧日少女 Shiva Baby 我以前很有趣 I Used to Be Funny 垫底俱乐部 Bottoms 尸体游戏 Bodies, Bodies, Bodies A Deadly Education 科尔森·怀特黑德 Colson Whitehead 厄休拉·勒古恩 Ursula K. Le Guin Martyr! The Love Songs of W.E.B. Du Bois Dave过去两年里最喜欢的七部电影 （排名分先后） Past Lives 过往人生 2. Killers of the Flower Moon 花月杀手 After Love 爱的后事 The Starling Girl 椋鸟女孩 Reality 告密者 (tie) Laapatta Ladies 迷途新娘 & Thelma 末路老奶 男主播的list （排名不分先后） A bright summer day 牯岭街少年杀人事件 Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy 偶然与想象 Kelly Reinchardt's films: Certain Women 某种女人, 昨日欢愉 Old Joy, 开展在即 Showing Up 旺达 Wanda 爱我就让我快乐 Happiness 摄影机不要停 one cut of the dead 节目备注 好小气的电报频道 好小气的长毛象 支持我们 订阅听友通讯请点击这里。 欢迎通过微博关注我们的节目@不丧Podcast和女主播@constancy好小气。 关于线上读书微信群：由于目前群人数超过200人，无法继续通过扫码入群。想要入群的朋友可以先加我的微信号（ID: hongming_qiao），然后再拉你入群。

How do you follow an industry-shaking debut like SEX, LIES, AND VIDEOTAPE? If you're Steven Soderbergh, the answer is obvious: a weird, downer sort-of-biopic of Franz Kafka shot in black and white. We're joined by filmmaker Christopher Jason Bell (MISS ME YET, THE WINDS THAT SCATTER) to talk 1991's KAFKA, Soderbergh's influence, and Chris's outstanding new film FAILED STATE. Great ep! Further Reading: "In the Penal Colony" by Franz Kafka The Trial by Franz Kafka The Castle by Franz Kafka Los Angeles Times article by David Gritten Further Viewing: THE THIRD MAN (Reed, 1949) THE TRIAL (Welles, 1962) AMERICAN GIGOLO (Schrader, 1980) BRAZIL (Gilliam, 1985)   Follow Chris: https://linktr.ee/christopherjasonbell Watch the trailer for FAILED STATE   Follow Pod Casty For Me: https://www.podcastyforme.com/ https://twitter.com/podcastyforme https://www.instagram.com/podcastyforme/ https://www.youtube.com/@podcastyforme Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/PodCastyForMe Artwork by Jeremy Allison: https://www.instagram.com/jeremyallisonart  

Se čtyřnásobnou držitelkou Magnesie Litery a členkou Německé akademie pro jazyk a literaturu Radkou Denemarkovou o tom, jestli je její literatura politická, o hořkém smíchu Franze Kafky a o tom, že literatura se musí dělat opravdově a naplno.Protože jsme přátelé, vytáhl jsem z ní, jak probíhá jmenování do Německé akademie pro jazyk a literaturu a co to pro českou spisovatelku znamená. Probrali jsme vydání jejích knih v arabštině, jak její knihy čtou arabští muži a jak arabské ženy, a jak rozdílné jsou reakce na její knihy v Německu, ve Španělsku a v Česku.

A Psychoanalytic Reflection on Narcissistic Parenthood and its Ramifications: The Forgotten Echo (Routledge, 2024) proposes a new perspective on narcissism, focusing on its destructive impact within relationships. Psychoanalyst and psychiatrist Hila Yahalom discusses the patterns and ramifications of traumatizing upbringing by narcissistic parents, exploring the resulting development of a defensive-behavioral pattern and personality structures in the child which constitutes a mirror image of narcissism. Yahalom assesses a wide range of psychoanalytic theories in presenting a broad outlook on narcissism, its roots, and the manner by which pathological narcissism may manifest in interpersonal relationships as ‘narcissistic abuse'. This book considers the narcissist's perverted occupation of the psychic space of others, with both participants usually blind to the phenomenon – a blindness that is reenacted in therapy, affecting its course. This book contains clinical vignettes from the author's work as well as examples from the life stories of Heinz Kohut (Mr. Z), Franz Kafka, and Maria Callas. A Psychoanalytic Reflection on Narcissistic Parenthood and its Ramifications: The Forgotten Echo will be of great interest to psychoanalysts and other clinicians working with narcissism, parenthood, and dysfunctional family relationships. Akilesh Ayyar is a spiritual teacher and writer in New York. He can be reached at ayyar@akilesh.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/psychoanalysis

A Psychoanalytic Reflection on Narcissistic Parenthood and its Ramifications: The Forgotten Echo (Routledge, 2024) proposes a new perspective on narcissism, focusing on its destructive impact within relationships. Psychoanalyst and psychiatrist Hila Yahalom discusses the patterns and ramifications of traumatizing upbringing by narcissistic parents, exploring the resulting development of a defensive-behavioral pattern and personality structures in the child which constitutes a mirror image of narcissism. Yahalom assesses a wide range of psychoanalytic theories in presenting a broad outlook on narcissism, its roots, and the manner by which pathological narcissism may manifest in interpersonal relationships as ‘narcissistic abuse'. This book considers the narcissist's perverted occupation of the psychic space of others, with both participants usually blind to the phenomenon – a blindness that is reenacted in therapy, affecting its course. This book contains clinical vignettes from the author's work as well as examples from the life stories of Heinz Kohut (Mr. Z), Franz Kafka, and Maria Callas. A Psychoanalytic Reflection on Narcissistic Parenthood and its Ramifications: The Forgotten Echo will be of great interest to psychoanalysts and other clinicians working with narcissism, parenthood, and dysfunctional family relationships. Akilesh Ayyar is a spiritual teacher and writer in New York. He can be reached at ayyar@akilesh.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/new-books-network

A Psychoanalytic Reflection on Narcissistic Parenthood and its Ramifications: The Forgotten Echo (Routledge, 2024) proposes a new perspective on narcissism, focusing on its destructive impact within relationships. Psychoanalyst and psychiatrist Hila Yahalom discusses the patterns and ramifications of traumatizing upbringing by narcissistic parents, exploring the resulting development of a defensive-behavioral pattern and personality structures in the child which constitutes a mirror image of narcissism. Yahalom assesses a wide range of psychoanalytic theories in presenting a broad outlook on narcissism, its roots, and the manner by which pathological narcissism may manifest in interpersonal relationships as ‘narcissistic abuse'. This book considers the narcissist's perverted occupation of the psychic space of others, with both participants usually blind to the phenomenon – a blindness that is reenacted in therapy, affecting its course. This book contains clinical vignettes from the author's work as well as examples from the life stories of Heinz Kohut (Mr. Z), Franz Kafka, and Maria Callas. A Psychoanalytic Reflection on Narcissistic Parenthood and its Ramifications: The Forgotten Echo will be of great interest to psychoanalysts and other clinicians working with narcissism, parenthood, and dysfunctional family relationships. Akilesh Ayyar is a spiritual teacher and writer in New York. He can be reached at ayyar@akilesh.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/psychology

Although it would be more thematically appropriate of us to NOT tell you about this week's episode, we are going to be rebellious and do it anyway—sans mohawk and safety pins.  Andrew joins Ben this week to ruminate over the work punk.  After discussing what they have been up to, debating the importance of a thesis statement (or lack thereof), and sharing their experiences with the game they have both (YES BOTH) been playing, Dungeon Clawler by Stray Fawn Studio, they embark upon a sensory adventure together… in STEREO!  Following the traditional definition festivities, they explore their thoughts and feelings associated with the word.  Finally, Ben talks about Suda51—recognized by many as one of the most “punk rock” game developers out there in addition to being author responsible for a favorite gaming narrative of his.         *** 00:00:00 - Andrew's Crowdfundr ADHD pin promo and the obligatory 2VP theme song Please contribute to Andrew's latest Crowdfundr campaign and buy a swanky “Advanced Dungeons Have Dragons” ADHD enamel pin! https://crowdfundr.com/dragonpin?ref=ab_5eGT0FGiaC55eGT0FGiaC5 00:02:03 - Book progress, a 25 percent different demon, veggies, and many presidents ago 00:04:37 - Ben breaks kayfabe, the Piper Cafe, the Safehouse, price tags, and trading cards 00:06:37 - Verified on Bluesky, Andrew's 2025 call, allies for decades, and Bash the alarm clock 00:09:25 - Thoughts on the thesis, eating children, Substack review handling, and epic poems 00:14:24 - The Hunt for Red October, embargo date debate, and Uncle Chop's Rocket Shop 00:17:23 - Looking at manuals, divergent vs. diverse, symptoms of life, and rewiring the brain 00:21:01 - Autistic trends, a mom's introduction to Rick and Morty, and a claw machine thesis 00:24:22 - Christopher Nolan, Dungeon Clawler impressions, and Andrew describes the game 00:27:45 - Ben wants more stuff, Count Clawcula, thumbs up, and speaking of potato snacks 00:29:35 - In stereo, lining them up in post, the bouquet, the mouth feel, and a mystery flavor 00:31:53 - Aged in wooden tubes, the proof with vinegar, maltodextrin, and the aging problem 00:34:44 - Ben's bourbon belch, she smelled like soup, the comma, and ten points in Scrabble 00:37:40 - The derogatory definition, Ben's Allen Funt impression, and the skipped definition 00:40:01 - Punk sticks, anarchy, being adjacent, punk credit, and getting out what you put in 00:43:03 - The Bumblebee Tuna theme in Ska, the energy, and questionable stuff in Tucson 00:45:00 - Going to the Meet Rack, the condom machine, lubricated regulars, and river rafting 00:47:24 - Not inherently political, Andrew's Portland punk experiences, and The Young Ones  00:50:00 - The Seattle WTO Protests, moving into retail, against the grain, and hybrid formats 00:53:44 - Not Punky Brewster, punk as a suffix, Daft Punk origin, and Max Headroom shows 00:57:02 - The Video Toaster, actor Matt Frewer, platinums, and Ben sells 100 million albums 00:58:40 - Shadows of the Damned: Hella Remastered, not Sudafed, and the games of Suda51 01:01:23 - Punk Rock sub-genres, Franz Kafka game gets canceled, and Garcia is a Mexi-CAN 01:04:37 - Something that happens, expired donuts, mistook it for a Cybertruck, and food love 01:07:30 - So romantic, Michigan, final thoughts, Joe saved the podcast, and formica dragons  *** Follow Andrew / Partly Robot Industries on… His website: https://partlyrobot.com/ On Instagram: https://instagram.com/partlyrobot On TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@partlyrobot On Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/partlyrobot.com On Ko-fi: https://ko-fi.com/partlyrobot And his TREE o' LINKS: http://linktr.ee/partlyrobot Follow Two Vague on… Our website: https://www.twovaguepodcast.com On Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/two_vague_podcast On YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@twovaguepodcast On Substack: https://substack.com/@twovaguepodcast On Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/twovaguepodcast.com For show appearance and other inquiries, contact us at: twovaguepodcast@gmail.com -AND-  …for all of your PRI and 2VP merch check out the Partly Robot Industries store at TEEPUBLIC! https://www.teepublic.com/user/partly-robot-industries *** References, Links, and Tags For more information about Stray Fawn Studio's game Dungeon Clawler… https://strayfawnstudio.com/ https://dungeonclawler.com/ For more information about Uncle Chops Rocket Shop, developer Beard Envy Games, and publisher Kasedo Games… https://www.unclechops.com/ https://www.beardenvy.co.uk/ https://www.kasedogames.com/ Check out Ben's review of SlavicPunk: Oldtimer on the Two Vague Podcast Substack… https://substack.com/home/post/p-154373300 Check out Red Square Games and SlavicPunk: Oldtimer on Steam… https://store.steampowered.com/curator/44288282-Red-Square-Games/  https://store.steampowered.com/app/1820140/SlavicPunk_Oldtimer/ Check out SUDA51 / Grasshopper Manufacture's games https://www.grasshopper.co.jp/en/ https://www.shadows-of-the-damned-hellaremastered.com/ #Podbean #DIYPodcast #ApplePodcast #VideoGames #Trivia #Comedy #Talkshow #2VP #TwoVaguePodcast #PodernFamily #InterviewShow #GamersofThreads #Gamer #PartlyRobot #PartlyRobotIndustries #TeePublic #StrayFawnStudio #DungeonClawler #BeardEnvyGames #UncleChopsRocketShop #KasedoGames #GrasshopperManufacture #ShadowsoftheDamnedHellaRemastered #Suda51

From the critically acclaimed artist, designer, and author of the bestsellers The Principles of Uncertainty, My Favorite Things, and Women Holding Things comes a moving meditation in words and pictures on remorse, joy, ancestry, and memory. REGISTER In Conversation with Alex Conner Maira Kalman's most autobiographical and intimate work to date, Still Life with Remorse is a beautiful, four-color collection combining deeply personal stories and 50 striking full-color paintings in the vein of her and Alex Kalman's acclaimed Women Holding Things. Tracing her family's story from her grandfather's birth in Belarus and emigration to Tel Aviv--where she was born--Maira considers her unique family history, illuminating the complex relationship between recollection, regret, happiness, and heritage. The vibrant original art accompanying these autobiographical pieces are mostly still lifes and interiors which serve as counterpoints to her powerful words. In addition to vignettes exploring her Israeli and Jewish roots, Kalman includes short stories about other great artists, writers, and composers, including Leo Tolstoy, Franz Kafka, Gustav Mahler, and Robert Schumann. Through these narratives, Kalman uses her signature wit and tenderness to reveal how family history plays an influential role in all of our work, lives, and perspectives. A feat of visual storytelling and vulnerability, Still Life with Remorse explores the profound hidden in the quotidian, and illuminates the powerful universal truths in our most personal family stories. Because you love Author Events, please make a donation when you register for this event to ensure that this series continues to inspire Philadelphians. Books will be available for purchase at the library on event night! (recorded 10/29/2024)

In today's episode, we revisit a riveting conversation with actress, entrepreneur, and mother, Jessica Alba. Featuring new footage and an extended cut, this episode delves deeper into Jessica's journey growing up in the entertainment industry, the impact of her upbringing, and how she navigates modern motherhood. Jessica shares her experiences with proving her worth in Hollywood, dealing with societal expectations of sexiness, and finding herself as a woman and mother. She delves into her childhood, the complexities of her multicultural family background, and the cultural challenges they faced. Jessica also talks about the balance between career and family, the creation of The Honest Company and the significance of having multiple roles beyond just motherhood. Together, Jessica and Valeria reveal their thoughts on parenting, the importance of routines, coping mechanisms, and how personal experiences and philosophy shaped their parenting styles. Follow Jessica Alba: https://www.instagram.com/jessicaalba/ https://www.tiktok.com/@jessicaalba?lang=en  Watch Honest Renovations: https://www.roku.com/en-ca/whats-on/tv-shows/honest-renovations?id=8b926ff837975aedbf18257557f6358c&srsltid=AfmBOor6KzF2h36ZGssYUQipvjtodEhtfzLuF63Fs3hnJQw39GO96ZXy  The Honest Company: https://www.honest.com/  Items Mentioned:  New Earth by Eckhart Tolle: https://a.co/d/2Me1AGt  The Four Agreements by Don Miguel Ruiz: https://a.co/d/dvd9Dc1  1984 by George Orwell: https://a.co/d/aSNeDEK  Tarantula by Bob Dylan: https://a.co/d/fGIVFdF  Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka: https://a.co/d/4Pu6pqU  What We Talked About:  00:00 Introduction and Early Career Struggles 01:27 Personal Background and Upbringing 02:06 Modern Motherhood and Upbringing Reflections 03:49 Family Dynamics and Cultural Influences 08:54 Navigating Identity and Motherhood 17:17 Creating The Honest Company 18:55 Balancing Motherhood and Personal Identity 31:40 Embracing Parenthood: Defining Moments 32:28 Lessons from the Past: Wisdom from Grandparents 33:55 Building a Business and Raising a Family 37:22 The Struggle for Balance and Overcoming Guilt 44:29 Parenting Insights: From Motherhood to Parenthood Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Maira Kalman is one of those multi-talented people. She writes children's books and books for adults. She's also a contributor to the New York Times. She creates covers for the New Yorker and sets for operas Her latest work is a book of essays called Still Life with Remorse that includes family stories and paintings she's done. It also includes vignettes about historical figures like Leo Tolstoy and Franz Kafka. In fact, Kalman likes to dress up as these characters like Kafka and make little films about them. Her son Alex shoots the movies. They're very funny. We laugh about a lot of crazy things that happen in life on the new episode of “Now What?”

Bobby struggles with the right amount of reflection on a urinal. And join us on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/user?u=56777802  to hear the second half of the episode and how Franz Kafka's character's transformation into a monstrous insect, is a like a reflection of an inmate. You can read more about Bobby and prison reform on our website: notesfromthepen.com   And check out the GoFundMe to help with Bobby's new start https://www.gofundme.com/f/j3khzk-help-for-a-new-start Twitter: https://twitter.com/NotesFromThePen  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/p/CJYuOh4pKxa/?igshid=y8lo9kbdifvq    Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/notesfromthepen.bsky.social Shout-out to JD and Ashely Bell for all their behind the scenes support. Intro and Outro music created just for Notes From The Pen by PJ Trofibio and Jeff Quintero and used with permission.

In episode 5: Breaking Down the Structure of Your Writing, Brittany and Jeannetta discuss structure with the first chapter of Jane Alison's Meander, Spiral, Explode, “Point, Line and Texture”, as their guide. They discuss Alison's framework for looking at structure, which proposes to look at the sounds and textures of words and sentences and how form follows content. They also explore how they have used structure in their own writing and the possibilities for disruption that structure offers. Notes Shonda Rhimes universe!  Bridgerton (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8740790/) , Scandal (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1837576/), etc! Franz Kafka on his request to burn his work: https://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/26/magazine/26kafka-t.html  The Artists Way by Julia Cameron, https://www.google.com/search?q=the+artists+way&oq=the+artists+way&gs_lcrp=EgZjaHJvbWUyBggAEEUYOTIJCAEQLhgKGIAEMgkIAhAAGAoYgAQyCQgDEC4YChiABDIJCAQQLhgKGIAEMgkIBRAAGAoYgAQyCQgGEAAYChiABDIJCAcQABgKGIAEMgkICBAAGAoYgATSAQg0NjQxajBqN6gCALACAA&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8  Charles Johnson, The Way of The Writer Matt Bell, “Syntatic Symbolism”, https://mattbell.substack.com/p/exercise-20-syntactic-symbolism  David Foster Wallace, “Forever Overhead”, can be read here: https://biblioklept.org/2014/09/01/forever-overhead-david-foster-wallace/ Kathy Winograd,  https://kathrynwinograd.com/  Mathangi Subramanian, https://www.mathangisubramanian.com/about  Dorte Nors, https://www.dorthenors.dk/  D'Angelou, “Untitled” Tao Lin, Shoplifting in American Apparel, https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6096464-shoplifting-from-american-apparel  George Saunders, Story Club Substack available here: https://georgesaunders.substack.com/  Episode S2E3, Emotional Beats, with Kara Smith, accessible here: https://writeattention.podbean.com/e/emotional-beats-part-2/  Witches by Brenda Lozano, https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/59892323-witches 

Here at the podcast factory, we're thrilled to welcome back novelist, translator, collaborator and cultural critic Seth Rogoff to talk about his new novel—a thrilling and unsettling coda to Franz Kafka's unfinished masterwork The Castle. Seth joined us in Season 2 (Ep. #35) to talk about the also thrilling and decidedly unconventional memoir he helped to write with ESPN basketball analyst and former NBA star Kendrick Perkins, The Education of Kendrick Perkins, which took a critical look at racism in America, and in professional sports, and sounded a call for justice and social change—a book hailed by Kirkus Reviews as “a well-balanced blend of activism and memoir.”  In that first interview, we talked a little bit about Seth's work as a noted Kafka translator, and we're picking up that conversation here, as Seth celebrates the publication of The Castle—“a palimpsestic fever dream” of a novel, according to another noted Kafka translator, Ross Benjamin.  (Go ahead and look up palimpsestic—we'll wait.)  In this follow-up conversation, we talk with Seth about the collaborative nature of translation, the state of contemporary memoir, and the never-ending search to find meaningful stories in the life and work of others.  Learn more about Seth Rogoff: Website BlueSky Threads Twitter Please support the sponsors who support our show: Gotham Ghostwriters/ASJA “Andy Awards” Guidelines Ritani Jewelers Daniel Paisner's Balloon Dog Daniel Paisner's SHOW: The Making and Unmaking of a Network Television Pilot Unforgiving: Lessons from the Fall by Lindsey Jacobellis Film Movement Plus (PODCAST) | 30% discount Libro.fm (ASTOLDTO) | 2 audiobooks for the price of 1 when you start your membership Film Freaks Forever! podcast, hosted by Mark Jordan Legan and Phoef Sutton Everyday Shakespeare podcast A Mighty Blaze podcast The Writer's Bone Podcast Network Misfits Market (WRITERSBONE) | $15 off your first order  Film Movement Plus (PODCAST) | 30% discount Wizard Pins (WRITERSBONE) | 20% discount

Alright...as you know Slavoj Žižek and Mladen Dolar are the founding members of the Ljubljana School of Psychoanalysis with Alenka Zupančič as part of their Troika, and this week we have our first episode of a new series we're doing on Mladen Dolar's upcoming book Rumors as part of the Theory Redux editions with Polity Press. A little birdie told me that Tim is busy moving house and we're talking the general rumorization of society from Socrates to Trump, Franz Kafka's the Trial, Lacan's ethology, JD Vance and his couch, Castaways, and Cindy Crawford. A lot of people are talking about it! Thanks to everyone for all of the support and apologies for the episode delay...rumors abound! SUPPORT THE PODCAST HERE - for more episodes, interviews, SHORT SESSIONS and our Discord! See You in Paris! Ž&...

Kate Wolf and Medaya Ocher are joined by the editorial director of the New York Review of Books and the founder of the NYRB classic series, Edwin Frank, to discuss his first work of nonfiction, the book, Stranger than Fiction: Lives of the Twentieth Century Novel. Taking the novel as the preeminent art form of the last century, Frank's book charts its winding path of development, beginning with Fyodor Dostoevskey's Notes from the Underground, published in 1864, and ending with W.G. Sebald's Austerlitz which arrived more than a 100 years later. Along the way, Frank looks at the many different forms and categories great 20th century novels take, from the distinctly modern and popular science fiction of H.G. Wells to the “minorness” of Franz Kafka; the historical precision of Thomas Mann to Gerturde Stein's stress on sentence itself, and James Joyce's stress on words. The book connects an eclectic collection of authors by way of style, sensibility, reception, temporality, and perhaps most importantly the influence of cataclysmic world events on their work and the shaping of their work on the world.

Bret speaks with Matt Taibbi on the subject of the censorship industrial complex. They discuss their views on the recent lack of reaction by traditional liberals to violations of America's First Amendment. Join Matt Taibbi and Bret in Washington DC for Rescue the Republic on September 29th https://jointheresistance.org. Find Matt Taibbi on Substack at http://racket.news and on X at http://x.com/mtaibbi.*****Sponsors:American Hartford Gold: Get up to $5,000 of free silver on your first qualifying order. Call 866-828-1117 or text “DARKHORSE” to 998899.Pique's Nandaka: delicious mushroom, tea, and chocolate drink that provides all day energy. Up to 20% off + free frother+beaker at www.Piquelife.com/darkhorse.*****Join DarkHorse on Locals! Get access to our Discord server, exclusive live streams, live chats for all streams, and early access to many podcasts: https://darkhorse.locals.com/Check out the DHP store! Epic tabby, digital book burning, saddle up the dire wolves, and more: https://www.darkhorsestore.org/Theme Music: Thank you to Martin Molin of Wintergatan for providing us the rights to use their excellent music.*****Mentioned in this episode:(00:21:03) Facebook study https://www.newstatesman.com/science-tech/2014/06/facebook-can-manipulate-your-mood-it-can-affect-whether-you-vote-when-do-we-start(00:22:47) Murthy v. Missouri https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/23pdf/23-411_3dq3.pdf(00:23:25) Franz Kafka's “Before the Law”(01:04:41) National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012 https://www.congress.gov/bill/112th-congress/house-bill/1540/text(01:15:10) General Michael Hayden's post: https://x.com/GenMhayden/status/1834958138644029764*****Time Stamps:(00:00:00) Introduction(00:02:44) Matt Taibbi's history of covering deplatformed and deamplified individuals and organizations(00:07:47) Evaporation of the will to fight(00:09:15) Sponsors(00:13:18) Three things causing the "evaporation of the will to fight"(00:21:21) How the information environment is shaped(00:28:43) Traps and "Bomb Holding"(00:34:01) Is it against the law?(00:41:56) Biden's Incompetence: Missing front-page news(00:54:01) Why Matt Taibbi is coming back off the bench(01:00:31) Eliminating Words and Unhooking the Constitution(01:08:01) Why we must gather and vote now(01:20:01) ClosingSupport the show