Podcast appearances and mentions of Kate Soper

Hvis du følger med i debatter på LinkedIn, er du helt sikkert stødt på Kasper Benjamin Reimer Bjørkskov. Han har 34k følgere og han er der altid med en skarp kommentar og en venlig irettesættelse, hvis man taler om bæredygtighed og ikke har sine fakta på plads. Mød manden bag den skarpe pen og hør hans bud på, hvordan vi løser de problemer, vi står overfor. I dag taler vi om nærmest alle verdens problemer, men også om mulige løsninger, når jeg har Kasper Benjamin Reimer Bjørkskov i studiet. Kasper har arbejdet som arkitekt i mange år, men er nu startet for sig selv og er founder af No Objectives, et forsknings- og designfirma, der arbejder non-profit med at omsætte forskning og viden til noget, der er forståeligt for den brede befolkning, så der kan laves handling på det. Du kan høre om: • Hvor virksomhederne kan sætte ind, så det nytter noget • Hvorfor ingen virksomheder er ”bæredygtige” • Hvorfor store forandringer er så svære at gennemføre • At den virkelige indikator for klimakrisen burde være biodiversitetstab og ikke (kun) CO2 • Hvor værdifuld naturen er for os mennesker, men at vi ikke forstår det • Hvad mulighederne er, når en hel branche, skal ændre adfærd og gøre tingene anderledes • Hvorfor det måske også bliver sociale tipping points, der kommer til at skubbe det hele i den rigtige retning (det kommer der i øvrigt også en episode om her i Bæredygtig Business) Nævnt i episoden: • Kasper Benjamin Reimer Bjørkskov på LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kasper-benjamin-reimer-bj%C3%B8rkskov-660a4899/ • Hans firma No Objectives: https://www.linkedin.com/company/no-objectives/ • Bogen “How to blow up a pipeline” af Andreas Malm: https://archive.org/details/how-to-blow-up-a-pipeline-andreas-malm • Bogen ”Post Growth Living” af Kate Soper: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/55095887-post-growth-living • Bogen ”The Doughnut for Urban Development” (på dansk) https://drive.google.com/file/d/1hr_PGRORpbh_dTvlcAuEHS7Vd3h2fkjc/view • Dani Hill Hansen på LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/danihill317/ • Reduction Roadmap (som der i øvrigt også kommer en episode om i Bæredygtig Business) https://reductionroadmap.dk/ Tips, idéer eller ønsker? Skriv til mig på LinkedIn Du er velkommen til at skrive til mig på LinkedIn, hvis du har idéer til emner, jeg skal tage op i podcasten Bæredygtig Business. Find mig her: https://www.linkedin.com/in/steffenmax/ Ros og konstruktive forslag modtages også gerne. Og hvis du vil give Bæredygtig Business en god anmeldelse i din podcastapp, vil det være fantastisk.

Greetings! I treated this episode of PTE as if I were filling in required words needed to complete a Mad Libs, a word game that might be categorized as a phrasal template game. In order to create today's playlist, the compositions required the inclusion of an acoustic instrument & a non-instrument such as electronics, tape, digital delay, computer, etc.  Enjoy! Joel e-mail: pushingtheenvelopewhus@gmail.com Blue Sky: https://bsky.app/profile/envpusher1.bsky.social      2-8-25 PTE Playlist: - Mad Libs: acoustic instrument & non-instrument    Kagemusha: for pipa and electronics - Ningxin Zhang - Musicworks #148 - Musicworks (2024) https://www.musicworks.ca/winners-2023-musicworks-electronic-music-composition    Dialogue I for voice and live electronics (2021) - improvisation by Kate Soper & Sam Pluta - The Understanding of All Things - New Focus Recordings (2022) https://newfocusrecordings.bandcamp.com/album/the-understanding-of-all-things   Toccata for percussion and tape - percussion: Beverley Johnston / composer: Gary Kulesha - Alternate Currents - Centredisques (1992) https://beverleyjohnston.com/    Talkback IV for piano and computer - piano: Kathleen Suppove / composer-electronics: Guy Barash - Eye To Ivory - Starkland (2019) https://starkland.org/catalog/st233/    Coeur d'Orr for clarinet and two-channel tape, sculptor  Eric Orr - clarinet: Daniel Goode / tape - composer: Harold Budd - Frog Peak Music (2002) https://frogpeak.org/fpartists/fpgoode.html    Lonesome Dove - a true story, micro-opera for tenor saxophonist, watcher & portable darkness - tenor saxophone: Geoff Landman / watcher: Umber Qureshi / composer: Richard Cameron-Wolfe - Passionate Geometries - New Focus Recordings (2024) https://newfocusrecordings.bandcamp.com/album/passionate-geometries    Another Shore for celesta and digital delay - celesta and digital delay: Philip Schroeder - Cold Blue Two (an original anthology) - Cold Blue Music (2012) https://coldbluemusic.bandcamp.com/album/cold-blue-two-an-original-anthology    Heroin arranged by David Lang for cello, voice & electronics - cello: Maya Beiser / composer: Lou Reed - tranceclassical - Innova (2016) https://www.innova.mu/albums/maya-beiser/tranceclassical    Violin Phase (1967) for violin and pre-recorded tape - violin: Shem Guibbory / composer: Steve Reich - From The Kitchen Archives No. 2: Steve Reich & Musicians, Live 1977 - Orange Mountain Music (2005) https://stevereich.com/composition/violin-phase/    Music for Player Piano (and computer) - James Tenney - Selected Works 1961-1969 - New World Records (2003) https://www.newworldrecords.org/collections/james-tenney/products/james-tenney-selected-works-1961-1969    Lowland Side (excerpt) - M.C. Schmidt - Batu Malablab Suite for Prepared Piano, Flute and Electronics - digital release (2014) https://matmos.bandcamp.com/album/batu-malablab-suite-for-prepared-piano-flute-and-electronics 

Greetings! Well, I'm off on vacation and between work and packing, not a lot of time to assemble the varied type of program you've grown to know and love.  That being said, in lieu of playing another re-run, I've chosen a pair of fascinating long-form works from Markus Reuter & Kate Soper. Enjoy! Joel e-mail: pushingtheenvelopewhus@gmail.com Twitter-like x-thing: https://twitter.com/envpusher1    11-2-24 PTE Playlist   String Quartet No. 1 'Heartland' - Matangi Quartet / composer: Markus Reuter - Solaire Records (2019) https://iapetus.bandcamp.com/album/string-quartet-no-1-heartland   Twelfth Dance / Fifth Dance - Edward Givens -  Memento Mori, Memento Vivere: 16 Dances - digital release (2024) https://edwardgivens.bandcamp.com/album/memento-mori-memento-vivere-16-dances    The Hunt: opera in one act (2023) - book & music: Kate Soper / voice & violin: Hirona Amamiya / voice & ukelele: Christiana Cole / voice & ukelele: Brett Umlauf - The Hunt - New Focus Recordings (2024) https://newfocusrecordings.bandcamp.com/album/the-hunt    Eyelid Movie - Trem77 - Eyelid Movie EP - Grape Mod Records (2024) https://trem77.bandcamp.com/album/eyelid-movie-ep 

Amerikiečių kompozitorė, vokalistė, performistė ir rašytoja Kate Soper (g. 1981) siekia jungti dramos ir retorikos struktūras kartu su muzikine visuma. Jos ganėtinai ekstravagantiškas stilius svyruoja tarp aštraus ekspresyvumo ir sentimentalaus intymumo. Kate Soper kuria ir atlieka originalių formų operas, remdamasi įvairiomis vokalo tradicijomis ir asketiškai naudojamais instrumentais ir elektronika. Laidoje pristatomos dvi operos: „Ipsa Dixit“ (2010-2016) ir „Medžioklė“ (2023).Laidos autoriai Mindaugas Urbaitis ir Šarūnas Nakas

In this episode of Urban Nature, Kate Soper and Gabriel Kozlowski discuss the multiple meanings of Nature alongside issues related to environmental activism, feminism and the need for a cultural and economic shift towards a post-growth society and an alternative concept of hedonism. She emphasizes the need for a new political imaginary that challenges current consumerist and growth-driven lifestyles, promoting a path towards a more socially and environmentally just future.

On China, Russia, the US and UK. Professor Emeritus and one of the founders of ‘Radical Philosophy', Sean Sayers, joins us to talk about Marxist philosophy, how it's developed and changed over the course of the twentieth century and into this one. We talk about Sean's background and experience in the radical academy of the 1960s, and how the New Left fed through into the founding of ‘Radical Philosophy', and more recently, the Marx and Philosophy Review of Books. Sean talks about what's happened to academic philosophy, and what it might take to defend the humanities in the modern Western academy.   Sean also talks to us about the significance of Hegelian Marxism, the American red diaspora in the UK, his visit to China during the Cultural Revolution, the state of intellectual debate and dissent in China today under Xi Jinping, and how radical politics unfolded from the 1960s over to the new millennium. Plus, he talks about his personal connection to Sacco and Vanzetti, the two Italian-American anarchists executed in 1927.   Readings: Radical Philosophy turns 50, Jonathan Rée, Sean Sayers, Christopher J. Arthur, Kate Soper, Diana Coole, Stella Sandford Luigi Galleani: The Most Dangerous Anarchist in America (review), Ruth Kinna, Marx & Philosophy Review of Books Marx and Progress, Sean Sayers, International Critical Thought (pdf)

Philosopher Kate Soper talks about her book, Post-Growth Living: For an Alternative Hedonism, just out in paperback: living on less but without the hair-shirtism.Behind the News, hosted by Doug Henwood, covers the worlds of economics and politics and their complex interactions, from the local to the global. Find the archive here: https://www.leftbusinessobserver.com/Radio.html Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Behind the News, 4/13/23 - guest: Kate Soper on post-growth and a new hedonism. - Doug Henwood

Philosopher Kate Soper talks about her book, Post-Growth Living: For An Alternative Hedonism, just out in paperback. The post Post-growth living: Kate Soper on an alternative hedonism appeared first on KPFA.

Since 1933, The Los Angeles Sentinel has been a voice for the city's Black community, who felt ignored by mainstream outlets. Nine decades later, it's still publishing, but the media landscape is shifting. The Long Beach Opera is having a world premiere of Kate Soper's new opera “The Romance of the Rose,” but this isn't your grandma's idea of opera. Four art festivals are opening in LA bringing together global creators: Frieze in Santa Monica, Felix in Hollywood, LA Art Show in downtown, and SPRING/BREAK in Culver City.

Collegium Institute student fellow talks with Kate Soper, philosopher, author, and professor emerita at London Metropolitan university, about her 2022 book, Post-Growth Living: For an Alternative Hedonism, which proposes a new understanding of the good life that delinks prosperity from endless growth.

The premiere of Kate Soper's Telephone. Performed by Kate Soper and the Parker Quartet.Missioncommissionpodcast.com

An introduction to our composers—Oscar Bettison, Vijay Iyer, and Kate Soper—as they begin their creative journey to compose a new piece of classical music in 6 weeks for Mission: Commission. Visit missioncommissionpodcast.com for a full listing of pieces, performers, and recordings included in this episode.

How does classical music actually get made? In season 2, the podcast follows the creative journey of three world-class composers, Oscar Bettison, Vijay Iyer, and Kate Soper, as they compose new works and unpack their creative process in real time. Over a period of 6 weeks, listen as the very first ideas and notes grow and evolve into vibrant new pieces of music. Hosted by Melissa Smey, Artistic Director of Miller Theatre at Columbia University in New York.Learn more at http://missioncommissionpodcast.com

Pulitzer Prize-nominated composer, performer, and writer Kate Soper releases The Understanding of All Things, a portrait album featuring frequent Wet Ink Ensemble collaborator Sam Pluta, on New Focus Recordings. The Understanding of All Things features Soper performing as vocalist, pianist, and electronics composer in three of her works: the title track for voice and fixed media; The Fragments of Parmenides for voice, piano, and fixed media; and So Dawn Chromatically Descends to Day for voice and piano. These works are interleaved with two improvisations with Sam Pluta on live electronics: Dialogue I for voice and live electronics and Dialogue II for voice, piano, and live electronics. Drew Daniel of experimental electronic music duo Matmos contributes an introductory essay in the booklet, and the cover features a work by Providence-based artist Toby Sisson.Purchase the music (without talk) at:Kate Soper - The Understanding of All Things (classicalsavings.com)Your purchase helps to support our show! Classical Music Discoveries is sponsored by La Musica International Chamber Music Festival and Uber. @khedgecock#ClassicalMusicDiscoveries #KeepClassicalMusicAlive#LaMusicaFestival #CMDGrandOperaCompanyofVenice #CMDParisPhilharmonicinOrléans#CMDGermanOperaCompanyofBerlin#CMDGrandOperaCompanyofBarcelonaSpain#ClassicalMusicLivesOn#Uber Please consider supporting our show, thank you!http://www.classicalsavings.com/donate.html staff@classicalmusicdiscoveries.com This album is broadcasted with the permission of Katy Solomon from Morahana Arts and Media.

V polovině ledna vyšel text, který propojuje představy o dalším směřování naší země napříč environmentálním hnutím, sociálními organizacemi a zástupci pracujících pod názvem Nová dohoda. Autoři z platformy pro sociálně-ekologickou transformaci re-set v ní navazují na rooseveltovskou Novou dohodu ze třicátých let a evropský Green Deal, inspiraci pro myšlenkový obsah ale hledali spíš v textu Post-Growth Living britské autorky Kate Soper.Všechny díly podcastu Podhoubí můžete pohodlně poslouchat v mobilní aplikaci mujRozhlas pro Android a iOS nebo na webu mujRozhlas.cz.Hlasujte pro tento podcast v soutěži Podcast roku. Napište jeho jméno do kategorie „Veřejnoprávní podcast“. Hlasujte do 5. června na webu podcastroku.cz.

Litteraturvetaren Eva Stenskär hör hur en svensk nationalskald tycks ha varit före sin tid med att skriva klimatvänlig litteratur. ESSÄ: Detta är en text där skribenten reflekterar över ett ämne eller ett verk. Åsikter som uttrycks är skribentens egna."Sjösala vals", "Fritiof och Carmencita", och "Så länge skutan kan gå" många av oss har väl någon gång skrålat med i någon Taube-låt! De dyker upp alltsomoftast, särskilt om somrarna, och har en förmåga att göra oss lite så där lagom rosigt patriotiska. För nog klappar våra hjärtan snabbare när vi hör rader som "Se hur hela Uppland står i lågor" och "Så skimrande var aldrig havet." Men faktum är, att Taubes versrader är mer än somriga och skärgårdsromantiska nostalgiknippen, det går nämligen att förstå Taubes sånger som radikalt miljömedvetna texter. Det är en tolkning som kanske först i spåren av en klimatdiskussion går att förstå och uppskatta till fullo. Taubes alter ego Rönnerdahl tycks stå för ett nytt sätt att förhålla sig till naturen ett förhållningssätt som ter sig allt viktigare när skogsbränder, översvämningar och artutrotningen blivit till stående inslag i nyhetsrapporteringen.En av de viktigaste teoretikerna inom det som kommit att kallas ekokritik är Lawrence Buell. I sin bok The Environmental Imagination: Thoreau, Nature Writing, and the Formation of American Culture, ifrågasätter han vad som krävs för att en text ska kunna kallas "environmental", det vill säga med fokus på miljön. Han svarar själv genom att göra upp en lista på eventuella inslag. För att en text ska kallas "environmental", menar Buell, så måste miljön utgöra mer än en ram, det mänskliga intresset ska vara införstått men inte vara det enda intresset i texten, mänskligt ansvar för miljön ska vara en del av textens etiska oriententering och slutligen bör miljön porträtteras som något pågående till skillnad från något statiskt. Vid närmare titt på två av Taubes mest folkkära sånger, "Änglamark" och "Sjösala vals", blir det tydligt att båda texterna faktiskt kan ses som miljömässiga, även ur ett akademiskt perspektiv. "Änglamark" skrev Evert Taube 1971 som en uppmaning till att rädda Vindelälven från vattenkraftsutbyggnad , och textens tema är just miljöförstöringen. Djur och miljö utgör verkligen något mer än en kuliss för "handlingen", de skulle till och med kunna kallas för huvudpersoner i texten. "Låt örnen flyga, låt rådjuren löpa!" utropar Taube, och ber oss att tänka om. "Låt sista älven som brusar i vår natur, brusa alltjämt mellan fjällar och gran och fur!" Naturen framstår här som en resurs att använda med försiktighet, med ett barns känsla av lekfullhet inte för att tillgodose krassa vinstintressen.Också "Sjösala vals" tycks stämma väl in på Buells kriterier. Djur och natur står i och för sig inte i samma självklara fokus som i "Änglamark", för här dansar människan in, personifierad av Rönnerdahl. Ändå verkar gränserna mellan Rönnerdahl och naturen som omger honom flyta samman. Rönnerdahl, sjunger Taube, skuttar ur sin säng och valsar över Sjösala äng. Här omges han av tärnan, ekorren, finken, göken och ja, du minns nog alla de där blommorna som redan slagit ut på ängen: gullviva, mandelblom, kattfot och blå viol. Det intressanta är att det verkar finnas ett samförstånd mellan Rönnerdahl och naturen omkring honom. Rönnerdahl kallar på djuren, som svarar honom med förståelse. Rönnerdahl är en gammal man, fortsätter Taube, men han dansar minsann ändå. Han har sorger och ont om sekiner och ingen kan riktigt förstå hur han får det att gå ihop. Ingen då, alltså, utom tärnan, ekorren, finken och vårens första gök. Vilket tyder på att det finns ett slags simpatico, det vill säga en vänlig inställning, mellan människa och djur. Naturen i "Sjösala vals" gestaltas som en pågående process, fåglar dyker, ekorrar gungar och blommor blommar tecken på aktiva ekosystem. "Ekocentrism predikar goda egenskaper som vördnad, ödmjukhet, ansvar och omsorg," skriver den brittiske geografen och miljöaktivisten Timothy O'Riordan i sin bok Environmentalism. Och visst handlar "Änglamark" om att behandla vår jord som ett arv, som måste förvaltas på rätt sätt, med vördnad, ödmjukhet, ansvar och omsorg: blommorna ska leva, fåglarna flyga och sjunga, älven ska brusa.När Rönnerdahl viftar över ängen lycklig som en lärka i bara nattsärk och blomsterkrans verkar han bli ett med naturen, och därmed också gestalta en livsstil som många tycks längta till. Det är ett tillstånd som fungerar som en förlängning av oss själva. Det är trots allt en så välkänd bild. För nog är det så att Rönnerdahl blir ett med naturen när han dansar fram där, är det inte så vi ser honom? Och är det inte det livet vi längtar till i dessa dagar? Att kunna leva med naturen som en förlängning av oss själva? I inledningen till Future Primitive: The New Ecotopias, skriver science fiction författaren Kim Stanley Robinson att världen, den är minsann inte en maskin vi kan använda och byta ut hursomhelst, den är mer än så, den är en förlängning av vår egen kropp. Försöker vi hugga av den, dör vi.Taubes texter gestaltar alltså ett tillstånd som många av oss vill uppnå. Han ger också svar på hur det ska gå till. Trots att "Sjösala vals" nämner pengabekymmer, så uttrycks ingen egentlig materialistisk avsaknad. På det viset är Taubes sång mer än en pastoral blick tillbaka i tiden, den är också en uppmaning till att tänka enkelt. Den brittiska filosofen Kate Soper talar i boken The Politics and Pleasures of Consuming Differently, om "alternativ hedonism", med detta menar hon att vi bör öppna våra sinnen för njutningen i ett hållbarare leverne. Soper hävdar att ett mer hållbart användande av resurser inte nödvändigtvis behöver innebära nyutveckling, det kan lika gärna betyda ett återgående till enklare tider. Vi måste, skriver hon, välkomna "nya sätt att tänka på vad som utgör nöjen." Istället för att betrakta den nuvarande situationen som en kris, så menar Soper att vi istället kan se på den som en möjlighet, en möjlighet till ett bättre liv. Inte ens självförverkligandet behöver komma på efterkälken, säger Soper. Nya sätt att tänka på vad som utgör nöjen kanske är det detta som Professor Lawrence Buell syftar på när han talar om begreppet "voluntary simplicity" "frivillig enkelhet" ett begrepp han menar har bl.a. Buddha och Gandhi som föregångsgestalter. Frivillig enkelhet förespråkar ett mer hållbart leverne, ett liv där vi konsumerar mindre, och väljer bort en materialistisk livsstil. Buddha, Gandhi och Rönnerdahl. Taube har gett oss mer än en trevlig visa att nynna på, en fingervisning om njutningen i det lilla. Kanske bör vi helt enkelt följa med Rönnerdahl i dansen ut i naturen bland djuren på väg mot en hållbar, bättre, och förhoppningsvis mer njutbar framtid!Eva Stenskär, litteraturvetare

Christine Bader and Eva Dienel are sharing the stories of a future of work that works for everyone with a project called The Life I Want. And, Kate Soper takes a critical look at the so-called 'the good life' that really may not be so good for our health, our planet, or our way of being in her latest book Post-Growth Living For an Alternative Hedonism.

What is wrong with our welfare state and what can we do to fix it? Is UBI an answer, or hopelessly unrealistic? UBI vs reformed welfare states and better public services – is there a trade off? With Andrew Fisher, Clare McNeil, Paul Mason and Kate Soper. Chaired by Neal Lawson. This event took place as part of the University of Bath Institute for Policy Research (IPR) and Bristol Ideas conference, 'Is it time for Universal Basic Income?': https://www.bristolideas.co.uk/attend/is-it-time-for-universal-basic-income/ This event took place on 6 October 2021.

This is the third seminar in a series hosted by the journal New Formations, inspired by the journal’s special issues on ‘This Conjuncture’, dedicated to the memory of Stuart Hall. In this seminar Ashley Dawson, Ben Highmore and Kate Soper discuss our contemporary environmental conjuncture. The seminar is chaired by Jenny Taylor. For information about […]

This is the third seminar in a series hosted by the journal New Formations, inspired by the journal’s special issues on ‘This Conjuncture’, dedicated to the memory of Stuart Hall. In this seminar Ashley Dawson, Ben Highmore and Kate Soper discuss our contemporary environmental conjuncture. The seminar is chaired by Jenny Taylor. For information about […]

Laura Barger from Yarn/Wire joins the Soundweavers team to chat about what it really means to proceed without a plan, auditioning and integrating new members, and the usefulness of the recording process for musicians. We discuss their collaborative project Be Holding with the poet Ross Gay, composer Tyshawn Sorey, and director Brooke O'Harra, and the first- to twelfth-grade students of Girard College. Laura shares about the ensemble's web series Feedback, in which they focus on the process of making new music. And, we speak about the Yarn/Wire International Institute, a tuition-free program serving both performers and composers. Yarn/Wire is a New York-based percussion and piano quartet (Sae Hashimoto and Russell Greenberg, percussion; Laura Barger and Ning Yu, pianos) dedicated to the promotion of creative, experimental new music. Pianist Julia Den Boer will join as guest artist for the 2021-2022 season. Described by The Brooklyn Rail as “fascinating and exciting, with playing that is precise and full of purpose,” the ensemble is admired globally for the energy and precision it brings to performances of today's most adventurous compositions. Founded in 2005, the ensemble seeks to expand the representation of composers so that it might begin to better reflect our communities and experience new creative potential. Yarn/Wire appears internationally at prominent festivals and venues including the Lincoln Center Festival, Edinburgh International Festival, Shanghai Symphony Orchestra Hall, Rainy Days Festival (Luxembourg), Ultima Festival (Norway), Transit Festival (Belgium), Dublin SoundLab, Monday Evening Concerts (Los Angeles), Contempuls Festival (Prague), Brooklyn Academy of Music, New York's Miller Theatre at Columbia University, River-to-River Festival, La MaMa Theatre, Festival of New American Music, and London's Barbican Centre. Their numerous commissions include works from composers such as Enno Poppe, Michael Gordon, George Lewis, Ann Cleare, Peter Evans, Alex Mincek, Thomas Meadowcroft, Misato Mochizuki, Sam Pluta, Tyondai Braxton, and Kate Soper. The ensemble enjoys collaborations with genre-bending artists such as Tristan Perich, Ben Vida, Mark Fell, and Sufjan Stevens. Through the Yarn/Wire International Institute and Festival and other educational residencies and outreach programs, Yarn/Wire works to promote not only the present but also the future of new music in the United States. Their ongoing commissioning series, Yarn/Wire/Currents, serves as an incubator for new experimental music. The transcript for this episode can be found here. For more information about Yarn/Wire, please visit their website, Bandcamp, Yarn/Wire Feedback Series, and YouTube (Yarn/Wire International Institute).

These days of COVID have shown us that extraordinary profound reimagining of many aspects of society are entirely possible. Might this be the time to forever do away with the idea that the only way to measure our progress, cultural, social, spiritual, economic, is purely by how much bigger our economy is than it was last year?   It's a weird metric… imagine if that was the only way we assessed the growth and evolution of our children? Sure, some growth at the start might be useful, but as they mature, we want to be able to measure their growth and their defining qualities in other ways than just their becoming ever more enormous… And what might the world look like if we did replace this idea of growth with something else?   We are joined for this episode of 'From What If to What Next' by two amazing guests. Kate Soper is Emerita Professor of Philosophy and a former researcher with the Institute for the Study of European Transformations at London Metropolitan University. She is the author, and co-author, of many books, and was lead researcher in the research project on ‘Alternative Hedonism, and the theory and politics of consumption' between 2004 and 2006. Her latest book Post-Growth Living: for an Alternative Hedonism was published in 2020.   Our second guest is Tim Jackson, is an ecological economist and writer. Since 2016 he has been Director of the Centre for the Understanding of Sustainable Prosperity (CUSP) at the University of Surrey in the UK, where he is also Professor of Sustainable Development. His book Prosperity without Growth has been translated into 17 foreign languages. His latest book Post Growth – life after capitalism was published by Polity Press in 2021. In 2016, Tim was awarded the Hillary Laureate for exceptional international leadership in sustainability.   Please consider supporting the podcast by visiting www.patreon.com/fromwhatiftowhatnext and becoming a patron.

These days of COVID have shown us that extraordinary profound reimagining of many aspects of society are entirely possible. Might this be the time to forever do away with the idea that the only way to measure our progress, cultural, social, spiritual, economic, is purely by how much bigger our economy is than it was last year? It’s a weird metric… imagine if that was the only way we assessed the growth and evolution of our children? Sure, some growth at the start might be useful, but as they mature, we want to be able to measure their growth and their defining qualities in other ways than just their becoming ever more enormous… And what might the world look like if we did replace this idea of growth with something else? We are joined for this episode of 'From What If to What Next' by two amazing guests. Kate Soper is Emerita Professor of Philosophy and a former researcher with the Institute for the Study of European Transformations at London Metropolitan University. She is the author, and co-author, of many books, and was lead researcher in the research project on ‘Alternative Hedonism, and the theory and politics of consumption’ between 2004 and 2006. Her latest book Post-Growth Living: for an Alternative Hedonism was published in 2020. Our second guest is Tim Jackson, is an ecological economist and writer. Since 2016 he has been Director of the Centre for the Understanding of Sustainable Prosperity (CUSP) at the University of Surrey in the UK, where he is also Professor of Sustainable Development. His book Prosperity without Growth has been translated into 17 foreign languages. His latest book Post Growth – life after capitalism was published by Polity Press in 2021. In 2016, Tim was awarded the Hillary Laureate for exceptional international leadership in sustainability. Stand by for a fascinating conversation that will upend your sense of what an economy can be, and how we might measure its progress. Do let me know what you think of this episode. See you next time!

What is it to live a good life? Does it mean endless consumption? More air travel to farther places, fast food and faster fashion, and an endlessly expanding market? And if so, doesn’t climate change mean an end to anything like a good life? The philosopher Kate Soper doesn’t think so. She joins Clare Hymer […]

The cult of consumer capitalism is destroying our planet, our society, and our happiness. British philosopher Kate Soper joins us to talk about the imperative to change our way of life. We explore different ways to find value and meaning in a world outside of endless Amazon packages, the meaning we’ve been deprived of that truly makes life worth living, and the connections to each other that we’ve lost along the way. Most importantly, we discuss how we can bring about this change and begin to reframe our world. Support this podcast

Arguments against embracing sustainable choices often suggest life will be less prosperous. Philosopher Kate Soper argues that the first step toward a sustainable lifestyle is changing the things we appreciate. Modern life has made us frantic and despite technical advances, people work more than ever, particularly in the United States. Soper's new book, Post-Growth Living: For an Alternative Hedonism, suggest that consumerism has many downsides that, if recognized, will allow people to rethink how they value free time, work-life balance, and the avalanche of choices that define modern life. We can find new joys in more time, slower travel and lower levels of anxiety. Soper, who is emerita professor of philosophy at London Metropolitan University, is known worldwide for her analysis of needs and consumption, and she has turned to examine humanity's relationship with nature in recent years.Soper's idea is to embrace an alternative hedonism, a different approach to values than consumerism encourages. Less stuff doesn't mean one is impoverished becuase it takes so much work to earn enough to keep up. For example, by the end of the 20th Century, Americans were spending twice to support their lifestyles as in 1948. As inequality has increased, people have pursued more to support the illusion they are keeping up with the wealthy, who are held out as examples of success because they can buy more than other people. But consumer success is not the only possible defintion of success, Soper argues. After COVID-19, our normal expectations have been disrupted. Low-wage workers have been deemed "essential" while others were allowed to stay at home, safe from contact with the virus. Supplies of food and luxury goods have been interrupted, changing how people spend and save their money.Can we use the lessons of the last year to begin a transition to a new set of values? Soper suggests that a culture war aimed at the absurd suggestions advertising promotes can help break the spell of more stuff for stuff's sake. She advocates people making free choices based on scientific information with less emphasis on consumer succes. Stories and advertising that express the value of using less, reusing more, and enjoying a slower pace can help to reshape people's expectations. She discusses the role of government, how to uncouple progress from prosperity, and the challenge of organizing socially and politically to make changes that lead to a sustainable economy. Post-Growth Living: For an Alternative Hedonism will be released on November 10, 2020 and is avalable now on Amazon.

Arguments against embracing sustainable choices often suggest life will be less prosperous. Philosopher Kate Soper argues that the first step toward a sustainable lifestyle is changing the things we appreciate. Modern life has made us frantic and despite technical advances, people work more than ever, particularly in the United States. Soper's new book, Post-Growth Living: For an Alternative Hedonism, suggest that consumerism has many downsides that, if recognized, will allow people to rethink how they value free time, work-life balance, and the avalanche of choices that define modern life. We can find new joys in more time, slower travel and lower levels of anxiety. Soper, who is emerita professor of philosophy at London Metropolitan University, is known worldwide for her analysis of needs and consumption, and she has turned to examine humanity's relationship with nature in recent years.Soper's idea is to embrace an alternative hedonism, a different approach to values than consumerism encourages. Less stuff doesn't mean one is impoverished becuase it takes so much work to earn enough to keep up. For example, by the end of the 20th Century, Americans were spending twice to support their lifestyles as in 1948. As inequality has increased, people have pursued more to support the illusion they are keeping up with the wealthy, who are held out as examples of success because they can buy more than other people. But consumer success is not the only possible defintion of success, Soper argues. After COVID-19, our normal expectations have been disrupted. Low-wage workers have been deemed "essential" while others were allowed to stay at home, safe from contact with the virus. Supplies of food and luxury goods have been interrupted, changing how people spend and save their money.Can we use the lessons of the last year to begin a transition to a new set of values? Soper suggests that a culture war aimed at the absurd suggestions advertising promotes can help break the spell of more stuff for stuff's sake. She advocates people making free choices based on scientific information with less emphasis on consumer succes. Stories and advertising that express the value of using less, reusing more, and enjoying a slower pace can help to reshape people's expectations. She discusses the role of government, how to uncouple progress from prosperity, and the challenge of organizing socially and politically to make changes that lead to a sustainable economy. Post-Growth Living: For an Alternative Hedonism will be released on November 10, 2020 and is avalable now on Amazon.

British philosopher Kate Soper, author of the new book “Post-Growth Living: For an Alternative Hedonism,” speaks with us about why people reject the idea of an absolute truth, how alarmist narratives fail the climate conversation, and slowing down and downsizing as a means for a more satisfying life.

Kate Soper joins me to talk about her new book, 'Post-Growth Living: For an Alternative Hedonism'. We chatted about why a transition to a sustainable, post-growth economy need not mean privation and a reduction of pleasure but instead an increase in human flourishing. We also talked about why consumerism should be seen neither as an expression of sovereign public choice, nor as mere surrender to the manipulations of the advertising industry.

In this episode of The Talking Cure, composer, performer, and writer Kate Soper shares her story about life after the 'shut down' and the world premiere of The Romance of the Rose at the Alexander Kasser Theater due to COVID-19; how she is staying in touch with collaborators from the Wet Ink Ensemble and her new Youtube quarantine project Unwritten Operas. Learn More: Wet Ink Ensemble: http://archive.wetink.org/ Unwritten Operas by Kate Soper: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqvYFiwIVvrpa86kAjHIGYA The Romance of the Rose: https://www.peakperfs.org/event/the-romance-of-the-rose/2020-04-02/ PODCAST: THE TALKING CURE, conversations with Jedediah Wheeler. Produced by Peak Performances and the Office of Arts and Cultural Programming at Montclair State University Executive Director, Jedediah Wheeler Producer, Natalie Marx More episode of The Talking Cure: www.peakperfs.org/podcasts/ Support us! www.peakperfs.org/donate/ Recorded remotely on April 29, via Zoom.

Consumer pleasures - Laurie Taylor explores the place of shopping in our lives, as well as within sociological thought. He's joined by Professor Colin Campbell, Dr Kate Soper and Professor Rachel Bowlby. Revised repeat. Producer: Jayne Egerton

Consumer pleasures - Laurie Taylor explores the place of shopping in our lives, as well as within sociological thought. He's joined by Professor Colin Campbell, Dr Kate Soper and Professor Rachel Bowlby. Revised repeat. Producer: Jayne Egerton

Consumer pleasures - Laurie Taylor explores the place of shopping in our lives, as well as within sociological thought. He's joined by Professor Colin Campbell, Dr Kate Soper and Professor Rachel Bowlby. Revised repeat. Producer: Jayne Egerton

Episode 107 of ADJ•ective New Music's podcast, Lexical Tones. Robert McClure interviews composer, performer, and writer Kate Soper. http://www.katesoper.com/ Visit www.adjectivenewmusic.com for more information about ADJ•ective New Music, the ADJ•ective Composers' Collective, and Lexical Tones.

S2E6 - To clap or not to clap? That is the question. And this episode delivers on answers (sort of). Will, Spencer, and Michael debate the social expectations and etiquette often expected at classical music concerts. Then, Will queries Kate Soper about her approach to writing and her artistry as a composer. To learn more about Kate Soper and her compositions, check out www.katesoper.com. This episode's custom tailored Spotify playlist can be found here: https://spoti.fi/2ZfhQ4A. If you want to find out more about loudBOX and the zany stuff we do, visit us at www.loudboxnyc.com. Copyright loudBOX LLC Support Adagio For Things by donating to their Tip Jar: https://tips.pinecast.com/jar/adagioforthings

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This week we visit the shady glen where language and music make out with each other, in a field surrounded by phonemes, intonation, and the throw-away vocables of human expression. What's important here isn't what we say, but how we say it. We talk with artists working at the boundary between language and music: the composer Kate Soper, the poet Jeremy Sigler, and the drummer Milford Graves.

MUSIQA welcomes Kate Soper to perform her own Voices from the Killing Jar.

Episode 66 of ADJ•ective New Music's podcast, Lexical Tones. Robert McClure interviews saxophonist Noa Even. http://www.noaeven.com/Home/Home.html Featuring works by Kate Soper, Eric Wubbels, Erin Rogers, and Charlie Wilmoth, with performances by Ogni Suono (https://www.ognisuono.com/) and Patchwork (https://www.patchworkduo.com/). Visit www.adjectivenewmusic.com for more information about ADJ•ective New Music, the ADJ•ective Composers' Collective, and Lexical Tones.

Spoke Shaves, by Matmos, featuring Brandom Som, Ben Goldberg and Kate Soper. 

Bach's austerely beautiful Art of Fugue has long fascinated musicians who have a taste for the modern and esoteric. The piece, left incomplete at the composer's death, reduced complex counterpoint to its bare essentials – so much that the composer didn't even indicate the instrument (or instruments) for which it was composed. In fact, most scholars agree that Bach probably intended the piece for the harpsichord, but a few string quartets have made their case for the work too. The New York-based Mivos Quartet recently brought the Contrapunctus XIX from The Art of Fugue to the WQXR Café as part of the station's month-long Bachstock festival. In an arrangement by Patrick Higgins, it dramatically calls attention to Bach's advanced sense of time and musical architecture. Formed in 2008 at the Manhattan School of Music, the Mivos Quartet has put much of its focus and resources into contemporary string quartet repertoire. But early-vintage works also turn up on their programs. "Maybe it seems random," says violist Victor Lowrie, "but when there's a program of new music, there's often much older music too – skipping the Classical and Romantic periods." Lowrie adds that, when compared to an exacting living composer, there's a great freedom when it comes to interpreting early music. Like the famous Arditti Quartet before them, Mivos's members are especially drawn to some of the knottier, more abstruse corners of the contemporary repertoire. Their touring calendar presents a who's-who of avant-garde presenters – from Darmstadt to Roulette and seemingly every modern art museum in between. (The quartet appears at Columbia University's Miller Theater on Dec. 9.) And their programs span established names like Kurtag and Ligeti to relative up-and-comers including Kate Soper and Missy Mazzoli.  But the Mivos musicians say they're hardly dogmatic about styles or genres. Cellist Mariel Roberts recalled a recent, eye-opening tour in Brazil, where she encountered idioms far removed from American or European traditions (more samba than serialism). It made for an amusing clash of cultures: "On the last night we were there, one composer was like, 'I don't understand why you guys have all of this weird music with no rhythm. In Brazil that's not something you do. Why would you take the soul out of music?' "I was like 'well, I never thought about it like that.'" Listen to the full concert above, which also features the fourth movement from Taylor Brook's quartet, El jardin de senderos que se bifurcan (also below), plus commentary from cellist Mariel Roberts and violist Victor Lowrie. Video: Kim Nowacki; Sound: Edward Haber; Production and Text: Brian Wise

Kate is a composer and vocalist based in New York and Boston. She is a fellow at the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study in Cambridge MA, and is Managing Director and performer for the new music ensemble Wet Ink. You can listen to more of her music at www.katesoper.com, or go to her publisher’s page at Project Schott New York.In our conversation, which took place about a year ago, we talk about her involvement with Wet Ink, her experiences working in a scene that is mostly male, and methods she has developed when writing vocal music.

On the 100th anniversary of the Futurism Manifesto, join critical thinkers Terry Eagleton, Simon Critchley, Kate Soper, Eyal Weizman, and chair Alberto Toscano in exploring a century of radical thinking and the arts - and debating what lies ahead.

Kate Soper believes that we need to rethink how we live in the light of impending environmental catastrophe. She maintains that alternative ways of living can be more enjoyable than consumerism.