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The Deep-Sea Podcast
Blackwater diving

The Deep-Sea Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 4, 2024 68:15


This month, we come face to face with deep sea species in our blackwater diving special. Join us this episode as we jump into the fascinating world of blackwater diving, where expert scuba divers plunge into the open ocean at night in order to catch a glimpse of our favourite deep sea faces. We talk with expert blackwater divers to find out what it's like to venture into the open ocean at night, when deep sea species rise from the depths to feed. How do they capture such remarkable photographs in such challenging conditions? What are some of their favourite species to encounter? What is it like to see bioluminescence in person and how is this related to science and the discovery of new species? Whether you're a pro-diver yourself or prefer to stay dry, this episode is jam-packed with interesting stories and insights into this poorly understood environment. Thanks again for tuning in, we'll deep-see you next time! ------------------------------------------------------------------  Support us by becoming a patron and joining our deep-sea community! We want to say a huge thank you to those patrons who have already pledged to support us!   Feel free to get in touch with us with questions or your own comments on: podcast@armatusoceanic.com ------------------------------------------------------------------  Keep up with the team on social media Twitter:  Alan - @Hadalbloke | Thom - @ThomLinley | Georgia - @geeinthesea   Instagram:  Georgia - @geeinthesea | Thom - @thom.linley  Read the show notes and find out more about us at: www.armatusoceanic.com ------------------------------------------------------------------  Further resources NEWS/Articles mentioned Subsea cables Short story - Driftglass by Samuel R. Delaney, written in 1967 (page 141) and the podcast is here Deep sea species found in shallow waters by blackwater divers Deep sea species membranes - the news article and the published paper Ceph Ref - Demo site & GoFundMe   People mentioned Andrea Whitaker - Instagram and website Linda Ianniello - Website and book Richard Collins - Instagram The blackwater photo Facebook group Two papers that the team were involved with: Hydromedusae observed during night dives in the Gulf Stream Additional observations on hydromedusae during night dives in the Gulf Stream Andrew Stewart - Curator of Fishes at Te Papa Museum, New Zealand   Song of the month Baccano - Guns and Roses (Theme tune) Youtube ------------------------------------------------------------------  Credits Theme – Hadal Zone Express by Märvel Logo image - Linda Ianniello Edited by - Georgia Wells

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This Queer Book Saved My Life!
Stars In My Pocket Like Grains of Sand with Robin Jeffrey

This Queer Book Saved My Life!

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 6, 2024 39:16


No queer person is an island. Even if we start off that way.Today we meet Robin Jeffrey and we're talking about the book that saved her life: Stars In My Pocket Like Grains of Sand by Samuel R. Delaney.Robin Jeffrey is the author of the series of classic murder mysteries with scifi-twists, The Cadence Turing Mysteries and the paranormal romance series The Night. A former academic librarian, she holds a B.A. in English Language and Literature from the University of Washington and a M.S. in Library and Information Science from the University of Kentucky. Robin currently resides in the Pacific Northwest.Stars in My Pocket Like Grains of Sand is a science fiction masterpiece, an essay on the inexplicability of sexual attractiveness, and an examination of interstellar politics among far-flung worlds. First published in 1984, the novel's central issues―technology, globalization, gender, sexuality, and multiculturalism―have only become more pressing with the passage of time.Connect with Robin Jeffreywebsite: robinjeffreyauthor.cominstagram: @thesidekick_igOur BookshopVisit our Bookshop for  new releases, current bestsellers, banned books, critically acclaimed LGBTQ books, or peruse the books featured on our podcasts: bookshop.org/shop/thisqueerbookTo purchase The Clothesline Swing visit: https://bookshop.org/a/82376/9780819567147To purchase .exe A Cadence Turing Mystery visit: https://bookshop.org/a/82376/9780578959344To purchase Hungry Is The Night visit: https://books2read.com/hungry-is-the-nightBecome an Associate Producer!Become an Associate Producer of our podcast through a $20/month sponsorship on Patreon! A professionally recognized credit, you can gain access to Associate Producer meetings to help guide our podcast into the future! Get started today: patreon.com/thisqueerbookCreditsHost/Founder: J.P. Der BoghossianExecutive Producer: Jim PoundsAssociate Producers: Archie Arnold, K Jason Bryan and David Rephan, Bob Bush, Natalie Cruz, Jonathan Fried, Paul Kaefer, Joe Perazzo, Bill Shay, and Sean SmithPatreon Subscribers: Stephen D., Terry D., Stephen Flamm, Ida Göteburg, Thomas Michna, and Gary Nygaard.Creative and Accounting support provided by: Gordy EricksonMusic and SFX credits: visit thiqueerbook.com/musicQuatrefoil LibraryQuatrefoil has created a curated lending library made up of the books featured on our podcast! If you can't buy these books, then borrow them! Link: https://libbyapp.com/library/quatrefoil/curated-1404336/page-1Support the Show.

Breaking Form: a Poetry and Culture Podcast
Commitments: A Revisit of Essex Hemphill

Breaking Form: a Poetry and Culture Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 22, 2024 25:14


Aaron and James revisit an iconic poem about queer duty and erasure by Essex Hemphill.If you'd like to support Breaking Form:Review the show on Apple Podcasts here.Buy our books:     Aaron's STOP LYING is available from the Pitt Poetry Series.     James's ROMANTIC COMEDY is available from Four Way Books.SHOW NOTESRead Hemphill's biographical sketch on the Poetry Foundation.We reference Hemphill's canonical poem, which you can read: "American Wedding" (listen to Justin Smith read the poem here).Hemphill's Ceremonies was published by Cleis Press in 1992.Hit the 1:04 mark on this clip to hear Hemphill read a poem as part of Tongues Untied. Hemphill took part in a panel during the Black Nations/Queer Nations Conference in the early 90s alongside Samuel R. Delaney and Coco Fusco. His talk is about HIV, Blackness, and queerness. 

Tales of Horror Podcast
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Tales of Horror Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 7, 2024 28:04


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The Bookstore
158 - Babel-17

The Bookstore

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 24, 2023 53:31


Action Items - US Campaign for Palestinian Rights  Action Items - Jewish Voices for Peace Free Ebooks - Haymarket Books Open Letter from ArabLit Recommended titles: Minor Detail by Adania Shibli and Qissat: Short Stories by Palestinian Women edited by Jo Glanville* *These are NOT affiliate links, The Bookstore will NOT receive commission from Bookshop from any purchases made while visiting these links. This is simply the most convenient non-Amazon related listing to link to. Please also use your local library for resources. This week we read Babel-17 by Samuel R. Delaney, a sci-fi about a polyglot poet and a rag-tag crew of star-shipmen who are tasked with translating an unknown language to fight an unknown enemy known as Invaders. Content Warnings: brief discussion of how the book handles suicide.  Spoiler Warning: We do spoil the ending, but there is warning in the episode. If you want to read along with The Bookstore Challenge 2023, you can find Instagram graphics for your story or grid in this Google Drive folder. You can also join us on The StoryGraph to see what others are reading for each month and get ideas for your TBR: The Bookstore Challenge 2023. Get two audiobook credits for the price of one at Libro.fm when you sign up using the code BOOKSTOREPOD. Website | Patreon

The Bookstore
157 - Present Tense Machine

The Bookstore

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 10, 2023 45:21


Our first book for October's prompt to read a book set in an alternate dimension or different planet is Present Tense Machine by Gunnhild Øyehaug. This is a dreamlike, speculative novel about a woman who is pulled into an alternate universe. Content warnings: None that we can think of. Our next reads will be Babel-17 by Samuel R. Delaney. You can find them at your local bookstore or library and read along with us. If you want to read along with The Bookstore Challenge 2023, you can find Instagram graphics for your story or grid in this Google Drive folder. You can also join us on The StoryGraph to see what others are reading for each month and get ideas for your TBR: The Bookstore Challenge 2023. Get two audiobook credits for the price of one at Libro.fm when you sign up using the code BOOKSTOREPOD. Website | Patreon

The Bookstore
Detroit Festival of Books 2023

The Bookstore

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 26, 2023 7:52


Just a teeny tiny mini episode about Becca's experience at the Detroit Bookfest this past summer.  Our next reads will be Present Tense Machine by Gunnhild Øyehaug and Babel-17 by Samuel R. Delaney. You can find them at your local bookstore or library and read along with us. If you want to read along with The Bookstore Challenge 2023, you can find Instagram graphics for your story or grid in this Google Drive folder. You can also join us on The StoryGraph to see what others are reading for each month and get ideas for your TBR: The Bookstore Challenge 2023. Get two audiobook credits for the price of one at Libro.fm when you sign up using the code BOOKSTOREPOD. Website | Patreon

The Bookstore
156 - Gorilla, My Love

The Bookstore

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 19, 2023 50:57


We read Gorilla, My Love by Toni Cade Bambara. This short story collection was first published in 1972 and features 15 stories, and the incredible voices of folks in New York City and sometimes in the rural south. Content Warnings (for the book, less so for the episode): sexual assault, child abuse, murder Our next reads will be Present Tense Machine by Gunnhild Øyehaug and Babel-17 buy Samuel R. Delaney. You can find them at your local bookstore or library and read along with us. If you want to read along with The Bookstore Challenge 2023, you can find Instagram graphics for your story or grid in this Google Drive folder. You can also join us on The StoryGraph to see what others are reading for each month and get ideas for your TBR: The Bookstore Challenge 2023. Get two audiobook credits for the price of one at Libro.fm when you sign up using the code BOOKSTOREPOD. Website | Patreon

Weird Studies
Episode 145: Waiting for the Miracle: On Vanessa Onwuemezi's "Dark Neighbourhood"

Weird Studies

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 26, 2023 89:55


In this episode, Phil and JF discuss Vanessa Onwuemezi's, "Dark Neighbourhood," a tale of scintillant darkness from her debut collection of the same name. This strangest of strange stories is set in a vast encampment of destitute yet hopeful people whose lives consist entirely of waiting for their turn to step through the iron gates of the Beyond. Living off the dregs of civilization, they seem the last of our kind. They are the ones who, having made it to the front of the line, have the dubious honour of contemplating directly the mystery that awaits us all. Unlike anything we've covered on the show, "Dark Neighbourhood" is a chilling and moving story that elicits interpretation as elegantly as it resists it. Pierre-Yves Martel's album Mer bleue (https://pierre-yvesmartel.bandcamp.com/album/mer-bleue) drops on May 1st, 2023! Support us on Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/weirdstudies) and gain access to Phil's ongoing podcast on Richard Wagner's Ring Cycle. Listen to volume 1 (https://pierre-yvesmartel.bandcamp.com/album/weird-studies-music-from-the-podcast-vol-1) and volume 2 (https://pierre-yvesmartel.bandcamp.com/album/weird-studies-music-from-the-podcast-vol-2) of the Weird Studies soundtrack by Pierre-Yves Martel (https://www.pymartel.com) Find us on Discord (https://discord.com/invite/Jw22CHfGwp) Get the T-shirt design from Cotton Bureau (https://cottonbureau.com/products/can-o-content#/13435958/tee-men-standard-tee-vintage-black-tri-blend-s)! Get your Weird Studies merchandise (https://www.redbubble.com/people/Weird-Studies/shop?asc=u) (t-shirts, coffee mugs, etc.) Visit the Weird Studies Bookshop (https://bookshop.org/shop/weirdstudies) REFERENCES Show Notes.docx Vanessa Omwuemezi, Dark Neighbourhood (https://bookshop.org/a/18799/9781913097707) Peter Breugel, Landscape with the Fall of Icarus (https://www.bl.uk/collection-items/landscape-with-the-fall-of-icarus) Weird Studies, Episode 140 on “Spirited Away” (https://www.weirdstudies.com/140) Karl Marx, Capital (https://bookshop.org/a/18799/9781453716540) Phil Ford, Dig (https://bookshop.org/a/18799/9780199939916) Murray Bookchin, Post-Scarcity Anarchism (https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/murray-bookchin-post-scarcity-anarchism-book) Weird Studies, Episode 98 on “Taboo” (https://www.weirdstudies.com/98 https://www.weirdstudies.com/98) Michael Wadleigh (dir.), Woodstock (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0066580/) Samuel R. Delaney, Dahlgren (https://bookshop.org/p/books/dhalgren-samuel-r-delany/8507517?ean=9780375706684) Leonard Cohen, “Waiting for the Miracle (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LXvG0SMP7tw) Martin Esslin, The Theatre of the Absurd (https://bookshop.org/a/18799/9781400075232) One red paperclip (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One_red_paperclip), story of guy who traded a paper clip for a house Weird Studies, Episode 101 on Tanizaki (https://www.weirdstudies.com/101) James Hillman, The Dream and the Underworld (https://bookshop.org/a/18799/9780060906825) George Steiner, Real Presences (https://bookshop.org/a/18799/9780226772349) H. P. Lovecraft, “Nyarlothotep” (https://www.hplovecraft.com/writings/texts/fiction/n.aspx) Alexander Wendt and Raymond Duvall, “Sovereignty and the UFO” (https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/0090591708317902) Weird Studies, Episode 144 on Hellraiser (https://www.weirdstudies.com/144) Weird Studies, Episode 29 on Lovecraft (https://www.weirdstudies.com/29)

The Write Attention Podcast
Imagination and Identity

The Write Attention Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 5, 2023 51:56


Today's podcast episode surrounds the concept of imagining and one particular genre: science fiction. Although the conversation focuses on one specific genre, the subject elicits questions about what writing within a particular genre does for your work. Which genres do you write in and what ways do they help you imagine? Does writing in a particular genre open doors to reimagine reality?   Questions 1. How do you learn craft between workshops, writing classes/seminars, reading and practice? What do you think the right balance when it comes to learning craft? Do you ever feel out of balance and why? 2. The question Octavia Butler was often asked: What good is science fiction to Black people?”    Show Notes Octavia Butler, Positive Obsession essay can be found here: https://www.loa.org/news-and-views/1779-octavia-e-butler-positive-obsession  Samuel R Delaney, The Motion of Light and Water, https://www.eileenmcginnis.com/blog/2018/10/19/turn-and-face-the-strange-samuel-delany-queering-science-fiction-queering-fatherhood Check out the wonderful world of Helen Oyeyemi here: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/80808.Helen_Oyeyemi  Robert Jordan, Wheel of Time, https://www.goodreads.com/series/41526-the-wheel-of-time  Crystal Wilkinson again! - https://www.crystalewilkinson.net/ Hurston-Wright Foundation (https://www.hurstonwright.org/) has some upcoming workshops for emerging Black writers definitely worth checking out  Lighthouse Writers Workshop - https://www.lighthousewriters.org/  Neil Gaiman, American Gods, https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/30165203-american-gods  Deep Reading taught by Michael Duszat, The Reader Berlin, https://www.thereaderberlin.com/weekend-workshop/the-deep-reading-workshop-with-michael-duszat/ - sign up for this class whenever it is on next! E.M. Forrester, A Passage to India (not voyage!), https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/45195.A_Passage_to_India  Toni Morrison, Paradise, https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5198.Paradise?ref=nav_sb_ss_1_14 - "They shoot the white girl first. With the rest they can take their time." - what a line! Eimear McBride, A Girl Is a Half-Formed Thing,  https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18218630-a-girl-is-a-half-formed-thing?from_search=true&from_srp=true&qid=69SsZIKOJh&rank=1  Experimental Writing for Non-Experimental Writers  was facilitated by Porochista Khakpour  (https://porochistakhakpour.com/) via The Center for Fiction  (https://centerforfiction.org/groups-workshops-all/)  Brittany's amazing VONA instructor for Fiction, Mathangi Subramanian,  https://www.mathangisubramanian.com/  VONA- https://www.vonavoices.org/ Rooted and Written Poetry Cohort - https://rooted-written.org/ led by Tonya Foster (https://tonyafosterpoet.com/)

DEATH // SENTENCE
Samuel R. Delany - Dhalgren

DEATH // SENTENCE

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 13, 2023 91:09


We finally did it. We tackled 'the Ulysses of Science Fiction', all 600 pages of Samuel R. Delaney's magnum opus Dhalgren. We talk about race, sex, Deleuze, Doctor Who, and the bad compromises queer writers had to make in the seventies. Music by GEL

Novel Gaming!
#41 — Book Club: 'Tales of Nevèrÿon' by Samuel R. Delany

Novel Gaming!

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 21, 2022 81:20


This week on the pod join Vicki, Katie, and Doug on an adventure to the land of Neveryon in Book Club. The trio read Tales of Neveryon by Samuel R. Delaney. Warning, it's a whole lot of book. Rooted in the sword and sorcery genre our hosts put their English major hats on and try to disect the many, varied themes packed into this book of short stories. Up for the challenge? Per usual, the NG crew will share what they're playing, watching and thinking about. CW: Suicide from 18:15 - 22:15 Playing: Far Cry New Dawn (PS4) Marvel's Spider-Man: Miles Morales (PS4) Far: Lone Sails (PS4) Watching: Moon Knight (Disney+) Old Enough (Netflix) The Girl from Plainville (Hulu) Thinking About: 'Want You in My Room' Carly Rae Jepsen 'Like a Prayer' Miley Cyrus 'Snakes' Corook Bugsnax DLC (Switch, PS4, PS5) 'It's Raining Them' Mila Jam Find us on Twitter: @NovelGamingPod Send us an e-mail: novelgamingpodcast@gmail.com Logo by: Katie! Theme song: "Bit Bossa" by Azureflux

Science Fiction Book Review Podcast » Podcast Feed
SFBRP #481 – Samuel R Delaney – Babel-17

Science Fiction Book Review Podcast » Podcast Feed

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 16, 2022 71:47


Luke and Juliane discuss language, the Sapir–Whorf hypothesis, and Babel-17 by Samuel R Delaney. Buy this book at , or discuss this book at Goodreads.com Luke blogs at: https://www.lukeburrage.com/blog Follow Luke on twitter: https://twitter.com/lukeburrage Luke writes his own novels, like “Minding Tomorrow”, “Combat”, “Get that rat off my face!” and “The Monster Story Conference”, so […]

Off the Shelf with Delaware Library
Off the Shelf Radio Show - November 12th 2021

Off the Shelf with Delaware Library

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 15, 2021 24:22


Recording of Off the Shelf Radio Show from WDLR with co-hosts George Needham and Nicole Fowles. Our special guest this week is Jayne McDaniel-Browning, our newest staff member. She is the newest member of the Communications Department and we speak with her about what she will be doing within the department.  Recommendations include The Autobiography of Kathryn Janeway by Una McCormack, The Sounds of Gravel by Ruth Wariner, and Of Solids and Surds by Samuel R. Delaney.  Read more about today's episode here. Listen live every Friday morning at 9 AM https://wdlrradio.com/program-schedule/off-the-shelf/  This episode originally aired on November 12, 2021

The Final Straw Radio
Max Fox on Chitty's "Sexual Hegemony"

The Final Straw Radio

Play Episode Listen Later May 2, 2021 105:44


This week, you'll hear Scott's chat with Max Fox, editor of the late Christopher Chitty's book, “Sexual Hegemony: Statecraft, Sodomy and Capital in the Rise of the World System”, published by Duke University Press in 2020. Max Fox is an editor of Pinko Magazine, a former editor of New Inquiry Magazine and translator of Guy Hocquinguem's novel “The Ampitheatre of the Dead”. You can find Max on twitter at @mxwfx. Christopher Chitty was a phd candidate in the History of Consciousness at the University of Califronia, Santa Cruz. For the hour they spoke on the failures of Gay Liberation, connections between sexual identity, class and the state and how sexuality ties into current liberation movements. Some of the thinkers mentioned during the chat include Silvia Federici, Karl Marx, Guy Hocquenghem, Michel Foucault, Samuel R. Delaney and Giovanni Arrighi. Fox also notes that workers at the publisher, Duke University Press, are currently struggling to unionize. You can find out more about that struggle at DUPWorkersUnion.orgj Announcements Oso Blanco Postcards Revolutionary, Indigenous political prisoner, Oso Blanco, is marketing the first in a series of full-color postcards based on his paintings to fund-raise for children's schools in Zapatista territories and Turtle Island. More at BurningBooks.com Certain Days Calendar Call-Up The Certain Days: Freedom for Political Prisoners Calendar collective (CertainDays.org) will be releasing our 21st calendar this coming autumn. The 2022 theme is “Creating a New World in the Shell of the Old,” looking at collective approaches at creating a more inclusive and fulfilling world through mutual effort. Read the invitation up at their website! . ... . .. Featured Track: Punks Instrumental by Odd Nosdam from Kenny Dennis LP Instumentals Soul Silhouette (instrumental) by Funky DL

Best Book Ever
041 Caraway Carter on "Tales of the City" by Armistead Maupin

Best Book Ever

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 22, 2021 25:16


I love chatting with my friend Caraway Carter. Our conversations are always freewheeling adventures about life, love, books, and adventure. I was thrilled that I finally landed him on the show to talk about a book I've heard him refer to many times over the years: “Tales of the City” by Armistead Maupin.   Support the Best Book Ever Podcast on Patreon   Follow the Best Book Ever Podcast on Instagram or on the Best Book Ever Website   Host: Julie Strauss Website/Instagram/Facebook   Guest: Caraway Carter Website/Instagram/Facebook   Discussed in this episode: Tales of the City by Armistead Maupin The Marvel Universe movies in order Babylon 5 Star Wars the Machete order Great British Baking Show Nadiya Bakes Home Town Prince of Hearts by Caraway Carter in 1001 Dark Nights Book Kresley Cole Fated Mates Podcast Jess Michaels Tales of the City the Series Hearts Repaired by Caraway Carter Queer As Folk Bridgerton Band Sinister by KJ Charles John Sanford Dhalgren by Samuel R. Delaney Laura Antoniou The Eighth Night by CC   Discussed in our Patreon Conversation: (Yes, really. We contain multitudes.) 7 With 1 Blow by Caraway Carter Harriet the Spy by Louise Fitzhugh Harriet Spies Again by Louise Fitzhugh Sport by Louise Fitzhugh (Note: Some of the above links are affiliate links. If you shop using my affiliate link on Bookshop, a portion of your purchase will go to me, at no extra expense to you. Thank you for supporting indie bookstores and for helping to keep the Best Book Ever Podcast in business!)

Best Book Ever
041 Caraway Carter on "Tales of the City" by Armistead Maupin

Best Book Ever

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 22, 2021 25:16


I love chatting with my friend Caraway Carter. Our conversations are always freewheeling adventures about life, love, books, and adventure. I was thrilled that I finally landed him on the show to talk about a book I’ve heard him refer to many times over the years: “Tales of the City” by Armistead Maupin.   Support the Best Book Ever Podcast on Patreon   Follow the Best Book Ever Podcast on Instagram or on the Best Book Ever Website   Host: Julie Strauss Website/Instagram/Facebook   Guest: Caraway Carter Website/Instagram/Facebook   Discussed in this episode: Tales of the City by Armistead Maupin The Marvel Universe movies in order Babylon 5 Star Wars the Machete order Great British Baking Show Nadiya Bakes Home Town Prince of Hearts by Caraway Carter in 1001 Dark Nights Book Kresley Cole Fated Mates Podcast Jess Michaels Tales of the City the Series Hearts Repaired by Caraway Carter Queer As Folk Bridgerton Band Sinister by KJ Charles John Sanford Dhalgren by Samuel R. Delaney Laura Antoniou The Eighth Night by CC   Discussed in our Patreon Conversation: (Yes, really. We contain multitudes.) 7 With 1 Blow by Caraway Carter Harriet the Spy by Louise Fitzhugh Harriet Spies Again by Louise Fitzhugh Sport by Louise Fitzhugh (Note: Some of the above links are affiliate links. If you shop using my affiliate link on Bookshop, a portion of your purchase will go to me, at no extra expense to you. Thank you for supporting indie bookstores and for helping to keep the Best Book Ever Podcast in business!)

Contain Podcast
Episode 18: Sex with Asher Penn (Sex Magazine)

Contain Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 16, 2020 100:00


Barrett, Sam (@rubberwidow), & Asher Penn of Sex Magazine have a discussion about the relaunch of SEX, on self-platforming, why consuming and creating long, physical media is important, Paul Schrader, Samuel R. Delaney, the creative help guide of Julia Cameron, and how much more you could get away with in 2004. Buy the excellent SEX issue #11 here: http://sexmag.info/

The Perfume Nationalist
Through the Valley of the Nest of Spiders

The Perfume Nationalist

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 6, 2020 163:48


Aoud Cuir d'Arabie (2006) by Montale + Samuel R. Delaney's Through the Valley of the Nest of Spiders (2012) + Joe Gage's Kansas City Trucking Co. (1976) with The Surfing Violinist @fordlikethecar + @lowahekn + @rubberwindow To gain access to the full catalog of TPN content please support us at https://www.patreon.com/perfumenationalist

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Isle Of Faces
Black Lives Matter Resources

Isle Of Faces

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 4, 2020 7:22


Please click and expand the description for this episode. PLEASE NOTE: This list is copy and pasted (with permission) from the Girls Gone Canon podcast. An extreme thank you to them for compiling this list and all those who authored, created the resources within #BlackLivesMatter This is by no means an exhaustive list, and if you have other creators, resources, articles, actions or organizations that you would like for us to add, please feel free to reach out.  Support Black creators in our communities.  Cast & Content Creators The Hype's Watch - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCbMRMaprM4O5WzAIQJnvz9g  A Don of Ice & Fire aka Don Willi  - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC507i_iipyO50QZFk4s8brA  Alicia Kingston - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFINw6LLA-4NiycBCAhxxvQ  Chrissy of Oldstones - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC7SPSiaoyBsXF0bG4Jq8veg  Quinn - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1rFmaGLYr0Ve_Y_soxZNWQ & https://obsidiannightspodcast.podbean.com/ Tadhya, Quinn’s upcoming graphic novel: https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/tadhya-graphic-novel/coming_soon I'ma Need More Wine Pod - http://morewinepod.buzzsprout.com/  Tee Baby - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCSOlQn5fok-SSyschqNbjRA  Christina/the Sphinx - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmuy1eNsQx0BIqLFWKhM2cw || https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCfLhsjfgjyvkjly8iHgrAWQ  Teflon TV - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCz7FuRHvd0CpH8vwKqU9Ruw  The Amber Spycast - https://www.theamberspycast.com/  Critical Hit Shop - https://www.etsy.com/shop/CriticalHitShop  Drafturgy - https://www.drafturgy.com/about  ManaroGeek - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1lo_HzhE8_5Q6gxn7h4cUA  Podcast Winterfell - https://podcastwinterfell.com/ Misty aka AquaVenatus - https://mistyaquavenatus.com/   Support Black storytellers. Science Fiction & Fantasy Authors Tomi Adeyemi Nalo Hopkinson Samuel R. Delaney N.K. Jemisin Nnedi Okorafor Tananarive Due Airea D. Matthews Walter Mosley Geoffrey Thorne Minister Faust Sheree R. Thomas Ta-Nehisi Coates Tochi Onyebuchi Karen Lord Steven Barnes Sofia Samatar David Anthony Durham Octavia Butler Maurice Broaddus Barry Nugent  FURTHER LIST OF BOOKS TO READ: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1eT3U74lNb9KPLKA3mUmNauSPwbcK5LQv70KmBW7EwdA/edit#gid=0 PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE: CHECK OUT THIS LIST OF ANTI-RACISM RESOURCES COMPILED BY SARAH SOPHIE FLICKER AND ALYSSA KLEIN https://docs.google.com/document/d/1BRlF2_zhNe86SGgHa6-VlBO-QgirITwCTugSfKie5Fs/preview?pru=AAABcqDhrCs*godMQCSHOqftXrgq3I8DGA Sooooo many good resources already listed on here. You’ll see some overlap in the later sections but this is a great compilation that people have put a lot of great work into.    SIMILARLY. PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE also check out PLUS1.ORG’S ANTI-RACISM TOOLKIT.  Again, people who are more knowledgeable than us have done this great work so that we can do more to actively dismantle white supremacy. Check it out. https://docs.google.com/document/d/1vMlmL9TCZJW9bDNfr_nBu8FZEc8LZQd2fi4hbD1s7dg/edit?fbclid=IwAR1GSNbcbw-KRtvhM-7OQmTt2HtuBUTcPbOMtAb-DDnXe3dBIapMpHWUmto    Books About Anti-Racism, Racist Systems, Criminalization in America, etc.    Locking Up Our Own: Crime and Punishment in Black America - James Forman, Jr.    Me and White Supremacy - Layla Saad How to be An Antiracist - Ibram X. Kendi White Fragility: Why it’s so hard for white people to talk about racism - Robin DiAngelo   Reproductive Justice - Loretta Ross and Rickie Solinger   So you want to talk about race  - Ijeoma Oluo   How We Get Free: Black Feminism and the Combahee River Collective - edited by Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor   The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness - Michelle Alexander   GO CHECK OUT THOSE LISTS WE LINKED ABOVE Organizations You Can Donate To or Financially Support George Floyd Memorial Fund - https://www.gofundme.com/f/georgefloyd?fbclid=IwAR342hEyNUlpvaJbtbm0qgLiXUmURvaq845KXTlvIjQtgm5207WIjwimsf0  Black Owned Bookstores in the United States - https://aalbc.com/bookstores/list.php  Black Visions Collective - https://www.blackvisionsmn.org/  Reclaim the Block - https://www.reclaimtheblock.org/home  Mobile Outreach and Outdoor Drop-In (MOODI) - https://www.givemn.org/story/Mxmjeg  Pimento Relief Fund - https://abepmpls.org/pimento-relief-fund  SANCTUARY Philadelphia - Sanctuaryphiladelphia.org  Philly for REAL Justice - http://phillyrealjustice.com/  Philadelphia Resource Guide from REAL JUSTICE: - https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1c69EhaddDpb5X684S8Bk7B-XwsKg3EuYowbEoN39SRg/edit#gid=0  DONATE TO DOZENS OF BAIL PLACES AT ONCE - https://t.co/uscstATQLB?amp=1  Philly Bail Fund - OVERFLOWING - fund BLMPhilly.com - BLMPhilly.com  Youth Art and Self-Empowerment Project - http://www.yasproject.com/  Reclaim Philadelphia / Judicial Accountability Table - reclaimphiladelphia.org  Movement Alliance Project - https://movementalliance.org/  Black Lives Matter DC - https://www.blacklivesmatterdmv.org/fund-the-movement/ Black Lives Matter DC Legal Support Fund ($800k goal, currently at $500k) - https://www.gofundme.com/f/defendblmdc?utm_source=fb_copy_link&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=m_pd+share-sheet&fbclid=IwAR00qGS94DeimUwk_zrcWCIwhLfM_UUVqUeL4I84xq-exdOJL3PDMahcRg4 Please note: DC does not have cash bail (though money may be used for legal funds or post-and-forfeit, so do your research if someone is requesting funds for DC bail!) DC Black-Owned Restaurants Open During Covid-19 - https://www.feedthemalik.com/post/dc-black-owned-open-covid-19 Black Mamas Bail Out - nationalbailout.org/black-mamas-bail-out/  Brooklyn Community Bail Fund - brooklynbailfund.org North Star Health Collective - northstarhealthcollective.org  The Marsha P. Johnson Institute - https://marshap.org/donate/ Compiled list of bail funds and legal help - https://docs.google.com/document/d/1X4-YS3vFn5CLL9QtJSU0xqmTh_h8XilXgOqGAjZISBI/preview?pru=AAABcorfceg*78tcFXW3vT50KJh-VthBGA&fbclid=IwAR1pEfBcMbEiGLiVtP3hLlf-6sWQiTdG61PY-qBQV3-pdWluVNrqao5HTyc Femme Empowerment Project - https://www.instagram.com/femmeempowermentproject/  Life After Release - https://lifeafterrelease.org/ Disability Justice Mutual Aid Fund - Venmo: @sheabutterfemme || Cashapp: $HSHA24   Direct Actions You Can Take Click this link with a fully written email and placeholders with your name and city to demand the Minneapolis Police Department take all four of George Floyd’s killers and take them into custody - www.tinyurl.com/emailforfloyd/ Click this link to write an email demanding justice for Breonna Taylor - www.tinyurl.com/ycha6nuu If you are in the DC area:  More resources and guidance: instagram.com/avahmann If you want to call your DC council member and don’t know how, send us a DM! Submit a testimony to urge the DC council to divest from the DC Metropolitan Police Department - read this document about the issue, why this is important, and what actually works: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1V2l7bdg6QeqtqVWDr5HFzVzieiT0vg6jZASN6syBNyY/preview?link_id=2&can_id=77140cfd7b3097e48a6e6fdd19b2f451&source=email-make-your-voices-heard-divestfrommpd-now&email_referrer=email_819293&email_subject=make-your-voices-heard-divestfrommpd-now&pru=AAABcpn9JGM*i99REKSEQVFf7imV8Riqog Email/call the DC Council Committee on the judiciary and public affairs and demand they redirect the money into programs that help Black communities! (Dept of Health, Dept of Health Care Finance, Dept of Behavioral Health) - judiciary@dccouncil.us  -  202-350-1362 For everyone: Write your state representative!  Here’s a scripted email about no-knock warrants if you don’t know what to write:  Hi [State Rep],My name is [YOUR NAME], and I live in your district. I’ve been moved by the protests against police brutality across the nation. One situation that breaks my heart is the killing of Breonna Taylor in Louisville. She was killed in her own home when officers executed a no-knock warrant at the wrong home.Nothing can make up for her tragic loss of life. But no-knock warrants aren’t just a problem in Louisville. Police use no-knock warrants in our district! I’m writing to you in hopes that you will file legislation to ban no-knock warrants.Please see this 2014 ACLU report on police execution of warrants for more info: https://www.aclu.org/sites/default/files/assets/jus14-warcomeshome-report-web-rel1.pdf    [Please note that this email may not apply to your district if you live in Oregon or Florida.]     Some other articles and resources for non-black people of color regarding anti-blackness in non-white communities:  20+ Allyship Actions for Asians to Show Up for the Black Community Right Now - https://medium.com/awaken-blog/20-allyship-actions-for-asians-to-show-up-for-the-black-community-right-now-464e5689cf3e Letters for Black lives - on talking to your family about why #BlackLivesMatter (with Tagalog translation) - https://www.instagram.com/p/CA5vzQopEiU/?igshid=qo3lluto6ncj    This list was only possible because of the countless efforts and hours of many people paving the way. Credit to: @trishalvaro (IG), @Stanfordfraser (Twitter), @h_e_r_s_t_o_r_y (IG), @ericachidi (IG), @mireillecharper (IG), @dciwoc (IG), @law4blacklivesdc (IG), @brige0x (IG), @soft_masc_shawty (IG) (I lost the account that drafted the instant email link demanding justice for Breonna Taylor in direct actions, and am working on recovering that)

Girls Gone Canon Cast
Announcement - June 4, 2020

Girls Gone Canon Cast

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 4, 2020 6:40


Please click and expand the description for this episode. #BlackLivesMatter This is by no means an exhaustive list, and if you have other creators, resources, articles, actions or organizations that you would like for us to add, please feel free to reach out.  Support Black creators in our communities.  Cast & Content Creators The Hype's Watch - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCbMRMaprM4O5WzAIQJnvz9g  A Don of Ice & Fire aka Don Willi  - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC507i_iipyO50QZFk4s8brA  Alicia Kingston - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFINw6LLA-4NiycBCAhxxvQ  Chrissy of Oldstones - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC7SPSiaoyBsXF0bG4Jq8veg  Quinn - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1rFmaGLYr0Ve_Y_soxZNWQ & https://obsidiannightspodcast.podbean.com/ Tadhya, Quinn’s upcoming graphic novel: https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/tadhya-graphic-novel/coming_soon I'ma Need More Wine Pod - http://morewinepod.buzzsprout.com/  Tee Baby - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCSOlQn5fok-SSyschqNbjRA  Christina/the Sphinx - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmuy1eNsQx0BIqLFWKhM2cw || https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCfLhsjfgjyvkjly8iHgrAWQ  Teflon TV - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCz7FuRHvd0CpH8vwKqU9Ruw  The Amber Spycast - https://www.theamberspycast.com/  Critical Hit Shop - https://www.etsy.com/shop/CriticalHitShop  Drafturgy - https://www.drafturgy.com/about  ManaroGeek - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1lo_HzhE8_5Q6gxn7h4cUA  Podcast Winterfell - https://podcastwinterfell.com/ Misty aka AquaVenatus - https://mistyaquavenatus.com/ A Thousand Eyes and One Podcast - https://thousandeyespodcast.com/ Lady Diligence - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFbuPUn7_XyRdQd6VoUnEBg Ser Hunts Reviews - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCDdSjDnWwcJp-DJUUBlIOFw Support Black storytellers. Science Fiction & Fantasy Authors Tomi Adeyemi Nalo Hopkinson Samuel R. Delaney N.K. Jemisin Nnedi Okorafor Tananarive Due Airea D. Matthews Walter Mosley Geoffrey Thorne Minister Faust Sheree R. Thomas Ta-Nehisi Coates Tochi Onyebuchi Karen Lord Steven Barnes Sofia Samatar David Anthony Durham Octavia Butler Maurice Broaddus Barry Nugent  FURTHER LIST OF BOOKS TO READ, THANKS RACHELGOMES: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1eT3U74lNb9KPLKA3mUmNauSPwbcK5LQv70KmBW7EwdA/edit#gid=0 PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE: CHECK OUT THIS LIST OF ANTI-RACISM RESOURCES COMPILED BY SARAH SOPHIE FLICKER AND ALYSSA KLEIN https://docs.google.com/document/d/1BRlF2_zhNe86SGgHa6-VlBO-QgirITwCTugSfKie5Fs/preview?pru=AAABcqDhrCs*godMQCSHOqftXrgq3I8DGA Sooooo many good resources already listed on here. You’ll see some overlap in the later sections but this is a great compilation that people have put a lot of great work into.    SIMILARLY. PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE also check out PLUS1.ORG’S ANTI-RACISM TOOLKIT.  Again, people who are more knowledgeable than us have done this great work so that we can do more to actively dismantle white supremacy. Check it out. https://docs.google.com/document/d/1vMlmL9TCZJW9bDNfr_nBu8FZEc8LZQd2fi4hbD1s7dg/edit?fbclid=IwAR1GSNbcbw-KRtvhM-7OQmTt2HtuBUTcPbOMtAb-DDnXe3dBIapMpHWUmto    Books About Anti-Racism, Racist Systems, Criminalization in America, etc.    Locking Up Our Own: Crime and Punishment in Black America - James Forman, Jr.    Me and White Supremacy - Layla Saad How to be An Antiracist - Ibram X. Kendi White Fragility: Why it’s so hard for white people to talk about racism - Robin DiAngelo   Reproductive Justice - Loretta Ross and Rickie Solinger   So you want to talk about race  - Ijeoma Oluo   How We Get Free: Black Feminism and the Combahee River Collective - edited by Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor   The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness - Michelle Alexander   GO CHECK OUT THOSE LISTS WE LINKED ABOVE Organizations You Can Donate To or Financially Support George Floyd Memorial Fund - https://www.gofundme.com/f/georgefloyd?fbclid=IwAR342hEyNUlpvaJbtbm0qgLiXUmURvaq845KXTlvIjQtgm5207WIjwimsf0  Black Owned Bookstores in the United States - https://aalbc.com/bookstores/list.php  Black Visions Collective - https://www.blackvisionsmn.org/  Reclaim the Block - https://www.reclaimtheblock.org/home  Mobile Outreach and Outdoor Drop-In (MOODI) - https://www.givemn.org/story/Mxmjeg  Pimento Relief Fund - https://abepmpls.org/pimento-relief-fund  SANCTUARY Philadelphia - Sanctuaryphiladelphia.org  Philly for REAL Justice - http://phillyrealjustice.com/  Philadelphia Resource Guide from REAL JUSTICE: - https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1c69EhaddDpb5X684S8Bk7B-XwsKg3EuYowbEoN39SRg/edit#gid=0  DONATE TO DOZENS OF BAIL PLACES AT ONCE - https://t.co/uscstATQLB?amp=1  Philly Bail Fund - OVERFLOWING - fund BLMPhilly.com - BLMPhilly.com  Youth Art and Self-Empowerment Project - http://www.yasproject.com/  Reclaim Philadelphia / Judicial Accountability Table - reclaimphiladelphia.org  Movement Alliance Project - https://movementalliance.org/  Black Lives Matter DC - https://www.blacklivesmatterdmv.org/fund-the-movement/ Black Lives Matter DC Legal Support Fund ($800k goal, currently at $500k) - https://www.gofundme.com/f/defendblmdc?utm_source=fb_copy_link&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=m_pd+share-sheet&fbclid=IwAR00qGS94DeimUwk_zrcWCIwhLfM_UUVqUeL4I84xq-exdOJL3PDMahcRg4 Please note: DC does not have cash bail (though money may be used for legal funds or post-and-forfeit, so do your research if someone is requesting funds for DC bail!) DC Black-Owned Restaurants Open During Covid-19 - https://www.feedthemalik.com/post/dc-black-owned-open-covid-19 Black Mamas Bail Out - nationalbailout.org/black-mamas-bail-out/  Brooklyn Community Bail Fund - brooklynbailfund.org North Star Health Collective - northstarhealthcollective.org  The Marsha P. Johnson Institute - https://marshap.org/donate/ Compiled list of bail funds and legal help - https://docs.google.com/document/d/1X4-YS3vFn5CLL9QtJSU0xqmTh_h8XilXgOqGAjZISBI/preview?pru=AAABcorfceg*78tcFXW3vT50KJh-VthBGA&fbclid=IwAR1pEfBcMbEiGLiVtP3hLlf-6sWQiTdG61PY-qBQV3-pdWluVNrqao5HTyc Femme Empowerment Project - https://www.instagram.com/femmeempowermentproject/  Life After Release - https://lifeafterrelease.org/ Disability Justice Mutual Aid Fund - Venmo: @sheabutterfemme || Cashapp: $HSHA24   Direct Actions You Can Take Click this link with a fully written email and placeholders with your name and city to demand the Minneapolis Police Department take all four of George Floyd’s killers and take them into custody - www.tinyurl.com/emailforfloyd/ Click this link to write an email demanding justice for Breonna Taylor - www.tinyurl.com/ycha6nuu If you are in the DC area:  More resources and guidance: instagram.com/avahmann If you want to call your DC council member and don’t know how, send us a DM! Submit a testimony to urge the DC council to divest from the DC Metropolitan Police Department - read this document about the issue, why this is important, and what actually works: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1V2l7bdg6QeqtqVWDr5HFzVzieiT0vg6jZASN6syBNyY/preview?link_id=2&can_id=77140cfd7b3097e48a6e6fdd19b2f451&source=email-make-your-voices-heard-divestfrommpd-now&email_referrer=email_819293&email_subject=make-your-voices-heard-divestfrommpd-now&pru=AAABcpn9JGM*i99REKSEQVFf7imV8Riqog Email/call the DC Council Committee on the judiciary and public affairs and demand they redirect the money into programs that help Black communities! (Dept of Health, Dept of Health Care Finance, Dept of Behavioral Health) - judiciary@dccouncil.us  -  202-350-1362 For everyone: Write your state representative! (Don't know your state delegate/representative or senator? Use this website or let us know, and I will help you!)  Here’s a scripted email about no-knock warrants if you don’t know what to write:  Hi [State Rep], My name is [YOUR NAME], and I live in your district. I’ve been moved by the protests against police brutality across the nation. One situation that breaks my heart is the killing of Breonna Taylor in Louisville. She was killed in her own home when officers executed a no-knock warrant at the wrong home. Nothing can make up for her tragic loss of life. But no-knock warrants aren’t just a problem in Louisville. Police use no-knock warrants in our district! I’m writing to you in hopes that you will file legislation to ban no-knock warrants. Please see this 2014 ACLU report on police execution of warrants for more info: https://www.aclu.org/sites/default/files/assets/jus14-warcomeshome-report-web-rel1.pdf    [Please note that this email may not apply to your district if you live in Oregon or Florida.]     Some other articles and resources for non-black people of color regarding anti-blackness in non-white communities:  20+ Allyship Actions for Asians to Show Up for the Black Community Right Now - https://medium.com/awaken-blog/20-allyship-actions-for-asians-to-show-up-for-the-black-community-right-now-464e5689cf3e Letters for Black lives - on talking to your family about why #BlackLivesMatter (with Tagalog translation) - https://www.instagram.com/p/CA5vzQopEiU/?igshid=qo3lluto6ncj    This list was only possible because of the countless efforts and hours of many people paving the way. Credit to: @trishalvaro (IG), @Stanfordfraser (Twitter), @h_e_r_s_t_o_r_y (IG), @ericachidi (IG), @mireillecharper (IG), @dciwoc (IG), @law4blacklivesdc (IG), @brige0x (IG), @soft_masc_shawty (IG) (I lost the account that drafted the instant email link demanding justice for Breonna Taylor in direct actions, and am working on recovering that)  

SFF Yeah!
SFF Yeah Ep. #19: Very Long, Very Good Books

SFF Yeah!

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 14, 2018 50:43


Sharifah and Jenn discuss Firefly books, Star Wars news, writing retreats, and long books that are worth the read. This episode is sponsored by The Hazel Wood by Melissa Albert and Your One and Only by Adrianne Finlay.   News: Firefly is getting books! Live-action Sword in the Stone might have a director Benioff & Weiss to write Star Wars films Star Wars Writers/Directors dominated by white men Solo: A Star Wars Story Trailer George R.R. Martin starts 'Worldbuilder Scholarship' for aspiring fantasy, sci-fi writers   Books Discussed: Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell by Susanna Clarke Dhalgren by Samuel R. Delaney Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi (out March 6) Seveneves by Neal Stephenson

Writing in Real Life
Episode 84: The One where It Is Happening Again

Writing in Real Life

Play Episode Listen Later May 31, 2017 30:14


Barry and Morgan talk about Twin Peaks. A lot. Especially since it just might explain EVERYTHING about Barry’s writing. Do readers today demand more closure in books, and if so, why? Plus: How cool superheroes are and why geekdom should be for everyone, regardless of race, sex, or planet of origin. Links: Why Is ‘Twin Peaks’ So Influential? - The Atlantic Twin Peaks - Official Series Site | SHOWTIME The West Wing Episode Guide "Endings to be useful must be inconclusive." - Samuel R. Delaney The Leftovers | The Official Website for the HBO Series Mad Men - Wikipedia MARK FROST - novelist, television/film writer, director, Producer The Millions : Dragons Are for White Kids with Money: On the Friction of Geekdom and Race - The Millions Durlans | DC Database Pre-Crisis | DC Database Adventures of Superman Vol 1 507: The comic where Superman doesn’t drop the n-bomb Superman decries racism Rate us on iTunes

The Organist
Episode 68: The Metaphysics of Dub

The Organist

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 8, 2016 25:59


Louis Chude-Sokei is a Nigerian-Jamaican- American writer and scholar at the University of Seattle, Washington. In this episode, he discusses the music culture surrounding Nigeria's internet scammers (known as “Yahoozees”), his own experience as a black immigrant in Los Angeles' Inglewood neighborhood during the era of NWA, and the way blackface performance is perceived outside the U.S. He's the author of The Last Darky: Bert Williams, Black-on- Black Minstrelsy, and the African Diaspora (Duke University, 2006), which examines the life of Bert Williams, a top vaudeville performer-- a black blackface performer-- and one of the most famous entertainers of his era. His new book, The Sound of Culture: Diaspora and Black Technopoetics (Wesleyan, 2015), tackles the complex relationships between blackness, robotics, and technology. In this way, the book is in conversation with Afrofuturism. First coined by the cultural critic Mark Dery, Afrofuturism is a growing field of art, music, and academic scholarship which finds its roots in sci-fi imagery in black culture: Sun Ra, George Clinton, Octavia Butler, and Samuel R. Delaney. Afrofuturism seeks to find alternates to the current sometimes harrowing circumstances of contemporary black life through imagined futures and emergent possibilities. Its expression is visible in the work of Janelle Monae, producer Flying Lotus, and rap duo Shabazz Palaces. In his conversation with Ben Bush for the Organist, Chude-Sokei emphasizes the emerging field's pre-20th century roots as well as non-US aspects that have until now fallen outside the critical paradigm related to Afrofuturism—from PT Barnum's black cyborg to the metaphysical echo of instrumental dub reggae.   Links: A playlist based on songs discussed in this episode (and in The Sound of Culture)  Louis Chude-Sokei on Joice Heth, PT Barnum's black cyborg Bina48 on the Organist  Video trailer Credits: Interview by Ben Bush. Produced by Mickey Capper.