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Send us a textNostalgia isn't just a feeling—it's also a powerful selling tool. Right as China's GDP growth slows and the future feels uncertain, consumers are increasingly drawn to products and stories that evoke the past. Whether it's retro snacks or hit TV shows reviving bygone eras, some are tapping into a deep emotional connection.Featuring- Chu Dandan: - Yaling Jiang: Consultant-  Haoyue : Film ProducerTo go further- Middle Earth episode #54 What is the future of China's animation industry?- TWOC's article How to Talk About Box Office Performance Like a Pro by Aria Zhang- TWOC's article  about Zong Qinghou ; The Beverage Company That Made China's Richest Man by Tan Yunfei - Douyin Accounts about the 1980's : 阿牛小卖部 & 怀旧铺子Middle Earth is made by China Compass Productions and hosted by Aladin Farré. If you have a China-themed cultural project, like shooting your next documentary, or are looking for a specific talent, please get in touch! Chinese speaker? Follow our Bilibili account 阿拉丁_说电影 or RedNote (阿拉丁说电影)The World of Chinese MagazineA magazine about Chinese society, culture, history, arts, language, and more.

Send us a textIn recent months, China's box office has faced significant challenges, making a recent development all the more remarkable. Recently the animated film Ne Zha 2 has skyrocketed into the global box office top 10 in just one month. With currently over 1.9 billion in revenue, the film has achieved two groundbreaking milestones:- It's the first non-English film to break into this elite category.- It's now the highest-grossing animated film worldwide, surpassing Inside Out 2, the previous record holder.Featuring- Dalton Grant Jr: Mapletoons Animation - Animation Writer & Director- Lena Li: IP Acquisitions Consultant- Hayley Zhao: TWOC - Journalist & EditorTo go further- Middle Earth episode #54 What is the future of China's animation industry?- TWOC's article How to Talk About Box Office Performance Like a Pro by Aria ZhangMiddle Earth is made by China Compass Productions and hosted by Aladin Farré. If you have a China-themed cultural project, like shooting your next documentary, or are looking for a specific talent, please get in touch! Chinese speaker? Follow our Bilibili account 阿拉丁_说电影 or RedNote (阿拉丁说电影)The World of Chinese MagazineA magazine about Chinese society, culture, history, arts, language, and more.

Send us a textIt has been a crazy week following the non-TikTok ban and witnessing real 'positive energy' on both sides of the Pacific. How did over 1 million Americans flock to RedNote/小红书? What hurdles lie ahead for us, and are there any potential business opportunities for international content creators?Featuring- Jim Fields: Relay Video - CEO(小红书: Jim技术咨询)- Lucy Lv: Culture news reporter(IG-TT: nihaolucylv)- Wang Zichen: Policy Expert(www.pekingnology.com)To go further- Middle Earth episode #50 Xiaohongshu : Marrying content and e-commerce- TWOC's article Seeing RED: The Rise China's Hottest Trend-Setting App by Hatty Liu- TWOC's article Parallel Worlds: How A Lifestyle App Shed Light on China's Education Gap by Outside the Fifth Ring (五环外)- Dr. Candise Lin who bridged RedNote And Tiktok in 2024: @drcandiselin Middle Earth is made by China Compass Productions and hosted by Aladin Farré. If you have a China-themed cultural project, like shooting your next documentary, or are looking for a specific talent, please get in touch! Chinese speaker? Follow our Bilibili account 阿拉丁_说电影 or RedNote (阿拉丁说电影)The World of Chinese MagazineA magazine about Chinese society, culture, history, arts, language, and more.

Send us a textWhen the Middle Earth Podcast started years ago, it was hard to find any feminist mainstream cultural products. But recently, movies like HER STORY (好东西) and LIKE A ROLLING STONE (出走的决心), along with female stand-up comedians and influencers, have been making their way into the mainstream. How did these success stories come to be?Featuring- Xiaotong Jiang: Kudos Comedy - Founder- Jiaxi Wang: Scriptwriter & Director- Hayley Zhao: TWOC - Journalist & EditorTo go further- Middle Earth episode #92 How writers, bookstore owners, and printers survive in China's publishing industry - Middle Earth episode #46 China's TV format industry- TWOC's article Roasted and Burned by Tan Yunfei- TWOC's article “Girls Should be Brave”: A Feminist's Bumpy Journey in a Chinese Small Town by Yang Tingting- TWOC's article The Rise of Female Perspectives in China's Movie Industry by Liu JueMiddle Earth is made by China Compass Productions and hosted by Aladin Farré. If you have a China-themed cultural project, like shooting your next documentary, or are looking for a specific talent, please get in touch! Chinese speaker? Follow our Bilibili account 阿拉丁_说电影With thanks Li Muyuan for additional research, and Sean Calvo for music support.The World of Chinese MagazineA magazine about Chinese society, culture, history, arts, language, and more.

Send us a textDespite China's reputation for having difficulty selling cultural products due to local regulations and the audience's taste, some do manage to bridge the Chinese audience with international content. Where do such opportunities lie, and how has the Chinese audience evolved over the years?Featuring- Marion Bertagna: MB Projects - Founder & Director- Sun Wenxin (aka Yoyo): Global Concert OrganizerTo go further- Middle Earth episode #87 How local government & foundations sponsor culture in China- Middle Earth episode #77 Big in China: Bringing Foreign Creators Onto Chinese Platforms- Middle Earth episode #60 The Golden Age of China's Museums?- TWOC's article Can China's Detective Novels Finally Make Crime Pay? by Jesse Young- International dancers mentioned : Rachid Ouramdane, Pina BauschMiddle Earth is made by China Compass Productions and hosted by Aladin Farré. If you have a China-themed cultural project, like shooting your next documentary, or are looking for a specific talent, please get in touch! Chinese speaker? Follow our Bilibili account 阿拉丁_说电影With thanks Li Muyuan for research, and Sean Calvo for music support.The World of Chinese MagazineA magazine about Chinese society, culture, history, arts, language, and more.

Send us a textChina's first AAA game Black Myth: Wukong certainly caught the world's attention for its production value, commercial success, and controversies. How did the creative team pull that off, and why was this game considered the "perfect package"?Featuring- Daniel Ahmad: Niko Partners - Director of Research & Insights- Lundy Lan: Video Game Technical Artist- Jesse Young: Independent Researcher  To go further- Middle Earth trilogy about Chinese video games industry : #67 Creating Games for the West#70 China's Indie Games#73 Chinese E-sports- Middle Earth episode #87 How local government & foundations sponsor culture in China- Middle Earth episode #79 Exploring Wuxia (think "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon")- TWOC's article Monkeying Around: Chinese Gamers on the ‘Black Myth' Phenomenon by Jesse Young & Yang Tingting- Chinese Video games mentioned : The Perceiver, Lost Soul Aside, Phantom Blade Zero, Phantom Blade: Executioners, The Grass of Genesis, Code: To Jin Yong,Where Winds Meet, Zenless Zone Zero & Honor of Kings: WorldMiddle Earth is made by China Compass Productions and hosted by Aladin Farré. If you have a China-themed cultural project, like shooting your next documentary, or are looking for a specific talent, please get in touch! Chinese speaker? Follow our Bilibili account 阿拉丁_说电影With thanks Li Muyuan for research, and Sean Calvo for music support.The World of Chinese MagazineA magazine about Chinese society, culture, history, arts, language, and more.

Send us a textLeaving Chinese Tier 1 cities that are often the heartbeat of cultural creation and where artists can find patreons, we met two creatives that leave in remote artists communities. Leveraging cheap rent and the artistic community around them, they offer a testimony to creatives' never ending resourcefulness.Featuring- Guo Xiadong : Film Producer (in Songzhuang - near Beijing)- Ryan LaBar : Artist (in Jingdezhen - Jiangxi province)To go further- Middle Earth episode #20 Making a Metropolis: Contemporary Chinese Architecture and Urban Planning - Middle Earth episode #86 Surviving the cutthroat world of e-commerce in China, with Dr Lin Zhang author of "The Labor of Reinvention" - TWOC's article What's Next for China's Once-Thriving Artist Communes? by Alex Colville- TWOC's article Bringing the Porcelain Capital of the World into the 21st Century by TIna XuMiddle Earth is made by China Compass Productions and hosted by Aladin Farré. If you have a China-themed cultural project, like shooting your next documentary, or are looking for a specific talent, please get in touch! Chinese speaker? Follow our Bilibili account 阿拉丁_说电影With thanks Ren Jiayin for production, and Sean Calvo for music support.The World of Chinese MagazineA magazine about Chinese society, culture, history, arts, language, and more.

Send us a Text Message.As any taxi driver in China would tell you, the country is safe on every level. But that must make "true crime" storytellers' lives difficult. Therefore, how can those entertainers of the dark world propose to Chinese audiences?Featuring- A Yi (阿乙) : Writer- Eric Changan : Content Creator- Wapi : Content Creator & WriterTo go further- Middle Earth episode #95 Chinese Web Novels: The Hidden Golden Goose?- Middle Earth episode #92 How writers, bookstore owners, and printers survive in China's publishing industry - Middle Earth episode #50 Xiaohongshu : Marrying content and e-commerce - TWOC's article Can China's Detective Novels Finally Make Crime Pay? by Jesse Young. - A Yi (阿乙)'s short novels are on TWOC- Wapi's media called 没药花园 (can be found on wechat, RED, Youtube, 小宇宙)- Eric Changan's bilibili account is called Eric长安万年Middle Earth is made by China Compass Productions and hosted by Aladin Farré. If you have a China-themed cultural project, like shooting your next documentary, or are looking for a specific talent, please get in touch! Chinese speaker? Follow our Bilibili account 阿拉丁_说电影With thanks to Sean Calvo for music support and Martin Lopez for poster picture.

Send us a Text Message.After 224 guests, 4,439 minutes of content and 1 pandemic we are shamelessly celebrating Midde Earth – China's cultural industry Podcast 100th episode! In order to make it big I have summoned all my supportive friends living in Beijing and we are today at Chill Bar for a live event to have quick introspection about the show, and so much more.Featuring- Aladin Farré : Content Producer & Middle Earth Podcast Founder- Sara Huang  :  Scriptwriter and Translator - Sam Davies :  TWOC - Managing Editor As we reach 100 episodes I would like to thanks, in chronological order Steve Seidenberg, Li Muyuan, Brenden Gonsalves, Sean Calvo, Alex Colville, Hatty Liu, Dragos Cacio, all the team at TWOC, today's guests and previous guests.It was a public event that could have been made possible without Wendy Xu, Hu Qifei, Wang Siqi and Roman KierstChinese speaker? Follow our Bilibili account 阿拉丁_说电影With thanks to Sean Calvo for music support and Zhang Jiayu for poster picture.

On this week's episode of Organize the Unorganized, we cover some of the key CIO unions not yet discussed in great detail, including the UE, ILWU, TWOC and PWOC. There were many other unions that formed the CIO - unions in oil, printing, transport, retail - but the four that we're covering on this episode were four of the biggest and most influential that we haven't yet gotten into. Guests in order of appearance: James Young, Professor Emeritus of History at Edinboro University; Robert Cherny, Professor Emeritus of History at San Francisco State University; Peter Cole, Professor of History at Western Illinois University; Erik Loomis, Professor of History at the University of Rhode Island; Steve Fraser, Labor Historian; Rick Halpern, Professor of American Studies at the University of Toronto; David Brody, Professor Emeritus of History at UC-Davis Clips in order of appearance: “A View of the Future: James Matles UE Retirement Speech (Fitzie Introduction),” UE History, https://soundcloud.com/user-141302221/a-view-of-the-future-james-matles-ue-retirement-speech (0:00); Roll the Union On Intro, “Tom Glazer Sings Favorite American Union Songs circa 1948,” United Packinghouse, Food, and Allied Workers Records, 1937-1968, Wisconsin Historical Society (Audio 375A/78), https://digicoll.library.wisc.edu/cgi/f/findaid/findaid-idx?c=wiarchives;id=navbarbrowselink;cginame=findaid-idx;cc=wiarchives;view=reslist;subview=standard;didno=uw-whs-mss00118;focusrgn=C02;byte=412854728 (6:47); “The 1934 West Coast waterfront strike | Oregon Experience | OPB,” Oregon Public Broadcasting, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SbiI8age-y4 (12:53); “A Conversation with Harry Bridges,” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9EFZOj7_1qI (18:12, 27:50); Cleophas Williams, “Oral History interview with Harvey Schwartz in 1998,” ILWU Library (22:07); “WDVA, Boyd Patton on the history of the Textile Workers Union of America, 29 June 1952 (Audio 1524A/56),” Wisconsin Historical Society, https://digicoll.library.wisc.edu/cgi/f/findaid/findaid-idx?c=wiarchives;cc=wiarchives;type=simple;rgn=Entire%20Finding%20Aid;q1=mine%20workers;view=reslist;sort=freq;didno=uw-whs-us00129a;idno=uw-whs-us00129a;focusrgn=C01;byte=761311434;start=1;size=25;subview=standard (32:34) Quotes in order of appearance: Robert Zieger, The CIO: 1935-1955, p. 74 (28:24) Songs in order of appearance: Pete Seeger, “Roll the Union On,” The Original Talking Union and Other Unions Songs with the Almanac Singers with Pete Seeger and Chorus, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t1JWheVR028 (7:04); Arlo Guthrie, “The Ballad of Harry Bridges,” Step by Step: Music from the film, From Wharf Rats to Lords of the Docks, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rJDIywPDlPs (17:20); Floyd Jones, “Stockyard Blues,” Chicago Blues, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NBdm1vKmyac (37:50) Theme music by Drake Tyler. Quote music is Martin Tallstrom's cover of “Freight Train,” used here with permission: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L9LEUMgBkX8.

Mon Schafter, the Content Lead of ABC Queer, speaks about their podcast 'Innies and Outies', the visibility of non-binary people in Australia, and how to media can better serve LGBTQIA+ communities. The podcast brings you fascinating stories from diverse LGBTQIA+ Australians about coming out or staying in, and is available to listen to on all streaming platforms. //Rebeckah Loveday, founding member of Trans Sisters United and organiser of Trans Pride March Melbourne, speaks on the upcoming march and the process of organising it. //LOCAL EVENTSTrans Pride March Melbourne -- Sun Nov 13, 12pm at the State Library, kick off Trans Awareness Week by coming along to Victoria's first ever trans pride march. Hear from 15 inspiring speakers and relish in trans joy! LGBTQIA+ community and allies welcome. Check out FB event here. Instagram here. An Evening with Trans Elders -- Fri Nov 18, 5pm at Palace of Magnificent Experiences, 267 Swan St, Richmond. Hear from four trans elders as they share their life stories and journeys. Performances by Miss Cairo. Free entry for TWOC and First Nations. Check out FB event here. SONGS PLAYEDEveryone's Waiting by Missy HigginsFlicker by Keelan MakTalia by King PrincessHawaiian Party by Cub SportTreat Me Like a Slut by Kim Petras

After being ostracized for years, motorbike culture is slowly building momentum among Chinese youths. Between 2016 and 2019, the number of bike sales doubled, and since the pandemic especially, a lot of entrepreneurs are jumping on new business opportunities provided by people craving the open road. Featuring Steven Tsui :  BG Performance - CEO Zhang Shuren : Pansaki North Station - FounderLi Huaqi : Student & EntrepreneurMiddle Earth is distributed by The World of Chinese (www.theworldofchinese.com). Every two months, both in print and online, the team at TWOC takes a contemporary issue in Chinese society and culture and looks behind the headlines to share how it affects people on the ground. Middle Earth is made by China Compass Productions and hosted by Aladin Farré. If you have a China-themed cultural project like shooting your next documentary or look for a specific talent, please get in touch! With thanks to Sean Calvo for music support and Forrest Speyer for the translation. The World of Chinese Magazine A magazine about Chinese society, culture, history, arts, language, and more.

C-Dramas have certainly changed over the years as the competitions grew fierce for eyeballs. Why did such changes happen, and what's the future for Chinese TV series industry? Featuring Sara Huang : Scriptwriter Jia Liu : TV Producer Middle Earth is distributed by The World of Chinese (www.theworldofchinese.com). Every two months, both in print and online, the team at TWOC takes a contemporary issue in Chinese society and culture and looks behind the headlines to share how it affects people on the ground.  Middle Earth is made by China Compass Productions and hosted by Aladin Farré. If you have a China-themed cultural project like shooting your next documentary or look for a specific talent, please get in touch! With thanks to Sean Calvo for music support. The World of Chinese Magazine A magazine about Chinese society, culture, history, arts, language, and more.

With 400 million fans watching over 5000 professional team competing over many games, China's e-sports industry is one of the most vivid area of China's cultural industry. How come this industry keeps growing, and what are the recent issues that e-sports players and companies had to face?  Featuring - Josh Lee: Perfect World Esports & tournaments director - Zeng Wensen : Riot China Action Genre Publishing Lead - Lucy Zhu : BSC Esports Lecturer & Module Leader Middle Earth is distributed by The World of Chinese (www.theworldofchinese.com). Every two months, both in print and online, the team at TWOC takes a contemporary issue in Chinese society and culture and looks behind the headlines to share how it affects people on the ground.  Middle Earth is made by China Compass Productions and hosted by Aladin Farré. If you have a China-themed cultural project like shooting your next documentary or look for a specific talent, please get in touch! With thanks to Sean Calvo for music support.The World of Chinese Magazine A magazine about Chinese society, culture, history, arts, language, and more.

China has become the biggest film's market in the world after Covid-19, with 82,000 screens, so distributing a movie in Chinese cinemas seems like it would be an easy task. But with dozens of films coming out each week, what are the tricks for film distributors to find their audience?  Featuring - Cai Yuchen : UEP Media film distributor - Fan Lixin : Director & InHope Pictures cofounder Middle Earth is distributed by The World of Chinese (www.theworldofchinese.com). Every two months, both in print and online, the team at TWOC takes a contemporary issue in Chinese society and culture and looks behind the headlines to share how it affects people on the ground.  Middle Earth is made by China Compass Productions and hosted by Aladin Farré. If you have a China-themed cultural project like shooting your next documentary or look for a specific talent, please get in touch! With thanks to Sean Calvo for music support and Chu Siyi for live translation. The World of Chinese Magazine A magazine about Chinese society, culture, history, arts, language, and more.The World of Chinese Magazine A magazine about Chinese society, culture, history, arts, language, and more.

Music festivals have only been around for two decades in China, but have increased exponentially—even leading some to worry about a bubble—until the Covid-19 outbreak. Since then, how has the industry tried to make a comeback for Chinese music-lovers? Featuring - Eric de Fontenay - MusicDish 独立小炒 President- Yang Yu - Midi Festival Head of International Middle Earth is distributed by The World of Chinese (www.theworldofchinese.com). Every two months, both in print and online, the team at TWOC takes a contemporary issue in Chinese society and culture and looks behind the headlines to share how it affects people on the ground.  Middle Earth is made by China Compass Productions and hosted by Aladin Farré. If you have a China-themed cultural project like shooting your next documentary or look for a specific talent, please get in touch! With thanks to Sean Calvo for music support.The World of Chinese Magazine A magazine about Chinese society, culture, history, arts, language, and more.

China's video game industry is huge, but most of the games are made for the mass market of online mobile players. But what about the niche market of indie games, often focused more on single player story or particular game mechanics? How do Chinese creators find their audience, and do they have an audience outside of China?  Featuring - Jin Yu : Wanba Studio Founder & Game Producer - Zog Zhu : Indie Games Publishing Manager Middle Earth is distributed by The World of Chinese (www.theworldofchinese.com). Every two months, both in print and online, the team at TWOC takes a contemporary issue in Chinese society and culture and looks behind the headlines to share how it affects people on the ground.  Middle Earth is made by China Compass Productions and hosted by Aladin Farré. If you have a China-themed cultural project like shooting your next documentary or look for a specific talent, please get in touch! With thanks to Sean Calvo for music support and Li Muyuan for live translation. The World of Chinese Magazine A magazine about Chinese society, culture, history, arts, language, and more.The World of Chinese Magazine A magazine about Chinese society, culture, history, arts, language, and more.

As China's cultural market becomes more and more competitive, some content producers are looking for the silver bullet to avoid failure: IP. What does IP mean in the Chinese market, and what's the best way to create one?  Featuring - Kevin Feng : Stars Collective China Executive Officer - Li Danlei : Story FM Podcast Copyright Manager - Xu Xinyi : Bridging the Dragon Sales Coordinator  Middle Earth is distributed by The World of Chinese (www.theworldofchinese.com). Every two months, both in print and online, the team at TWOC takes a contemporary issue in Chinese society and culture and looks behind the headlines to share how it affects people on the ground.  Middle Earth is made by China Compass Productions and hosted by Aladin Farré. If you have a China-themed cultural project like shooting your next documentary or look for a specific talent, please get in touch! With thanks to Sean Calvo for music support and Chu Siyi for live translation. The World of Chinese Magazine A magazine about Chinese society, culture, history, arts, language, and more.The World of Chinese Magazine A magazine about Chinese society, culture, history, arts, language, and more.

Chinese literature is generating an increasing amount of interest overseas. More and more books are getting translated, while Chinese authors are winning international prizes. Yet are the authors and stories being translated representative of what China's general public is reading?  Featuring - Yan Ge : author - Daniel Li: production manager at ACA Publishing & Sinoist Books - Emily Xueni Jin : Translator & PhD candidate in East Asian Literature Middle Earth is distributed by The World of Chinese (www.theworldofchinese.com). Every two months, both in print and online, the team at TWOC takes a contemporary issue in Chinese society and culture and looks behind the headlines to share how it affects people on the ground.  Middle Earth is made by China Compass Productions and hosted by Aladin Farré. If you have a China-themed cultural project like shooting your next documentary or look for a specific talent, please get in touch! With thanks to Sean Calvo for music support and Hatty Liu for co-hosting The World of Chinese Magazine A magazine about Chinese society, culture, history, arts, language, and more.The World of Chinese Magazine A magazine about Chinese society, culture, history, arts, language, and more.

If China has some issues exporting its music & film, did you know that video games often meet success on the international market? What kind of games meet success abroad, what kind of strategy Chinese companies have to use, and what are the issues inherent to game localization?  Featuring - Chen Jia - Oasis Game COO - Joshua Ogden-Davis - Video Game Localizer - Stacey Lee - Video Game consultant  Middle Earth is distributed by The World of Chinese (www.theworldofchinese.com). Every two months, both in print and online, the team at TWOC takes a contemporary issue in Chinese society and culture and looks behind the headlines to share how it affects people on the ground.  Middle Earth is made by China Compass Productions and hosted by Aladin Farré. If you have a China-themed cultural project like shooting your next documentary or look for a specific talent, please get in touch! With thanks to Sean Calvo for music support and Chu Siyi for live translation. The World of Chinese Magazine A magazine about Chinese society, culture, history, arts, language, and more.

 At the intersection of KOLs and metaverse lies the niche world of “virtual idols”—animated characters created for the purpose of becoming celebrities. Started in Japan in the 1980s, virtual idols have exploded in popularity in China, especially as Covid-19 continues to change the world of live entertainment: In 2021, the Chinese virtual idol industry was worth 6.2 billion renminbi (almost 1 billion US dollars), and animated star Luo Tianyi attracted over 2.7 million viewers in a Taobao livestream. So how do you build successful virtual idols in China, and will their popularity last in the real world?  Featuring - Elaine Yau - showbiz reporter - Inés Feng - Kunyue Shanghai VP - Peng Mengyu - Dreamland Maker Tech Branding director  Middle Earth is distributed by The World of Chinese (www.theworldofchinese.com). Every two months, both in print and online, the team at TWOC takes a contemporary issue in Chinese society and culture and looks behind the headlines to share how it affects people on the ground.  Middle Earth is made by China Compass Productions and hosted by Aladin Farré. If you have a China-themed cultural project like shooting your next documentary or look for a specific talent, please get in touch! With thanks to Sean Calvo for music support. The World of Chinese Magazine A magazine about Chinese society, culture, history, arts, language, and more.

The 2022 Winter Olympics is about to start in Beijing, with around 2900 athletes and possibly zero spectators, yet the country now boasts 300 million winter sports enthusiasts. How did China's winter sports industry grow so fast, and does it differ from other nations? Featuring - Ban Tao: Eternal Star Ice & Snow Head of Branding - Liu Xia: Burton China Resort Business Manager  Middle Earth is distributed by The World of Chinese (www.theworldofchinese.com). Every two months, both in print and online, the team at TWOC takes a contemporary issue in Chinese society and culture, and looks behind the headlines at how it affects people on the ground.  Middle Earth is made by China Compass Productions and hosted by Aladin Farré. If you have a China-themed cultural project, like shooting your next documentary, or are looking for a specific talent, please get in touch! With thanks to Sean Calvo for music support and Chu Siyi for live translation. The World of Chinese Magazine A magazine about Chinese society, culture, history, arts, language, and more.

Finishing our “Dark Series” on China's guilty pleasures, we tackle gambling, one of the key forms of spending among Chinese tourists overseas.  Did Covid-19 kill the gambling industry, or is it coming back even stronger? Featuring - Alan Robles: Journalist - Ben Lee: Managing Partner at IGamiX - Sebastian Strangio:  Journalist & Author Middle Earth is distributed by The World of Chinese (www.theworldofchinese.com). Every two months, both in print and online, the team at TWOC takes a contemporary issue in Chinese society and culture and looks behind the headlines to share how it affects people on the ground.  Middle Earth is made by China Compass Productions and hosted by Aladin Farré. If you have a China-themed cultural project like shooting your next documentary or look for a specific talent, please get in touch! With thanks to Sean Calvo for music support. The World of Chinese Magazine A magazine about Chinese society, culture, history, arts, language, and more.

In this special episode, we review our top 5 stories from this past year, and make a few predictions for trends in China's culture industries in 2022. Featuring - Aladin Farré : Founder of Middle Earth Podcast - Hatty Liu : Managing editor at TWOC - William Ace Rowles, Miro Li, Juan Tan, Jerry Kim & Elaine Yau Middle Earth is distributed by The World of Chinese (www.theworldofchinese.com). Every two months, both in print and online, the team at TWOC takes a contemporary issue in Chinese society and culture and looks behind the headlines to share how it affects people on the ground.  Middle Earth is made by China Compass Productions and hosted by Aladin Farré. If you have a China-themed cultural project like shooting your next documentary or look for a specific talent, please get in touch! With thanks to Sean Calvo for music support. 

 A mix between the boardgame Cluedo and LARP (live action role-playing), jubensha is the latest craze for over 10 million game enthusiasts in China. Played mostly by young white-collar workers, the industry has seen a massive influx of players and capital while entrepreneurs and scriptwriters want to offer the best experience for players. Where does this success come from and where is this industry heading? Featuring - D Qiuqiu: Partner and Jubensha's market manager at G STone- Lu Mingfei : Jubensha store owner Middle Earth is distributed by The World of Chinese (www.theworldofchinese.com). Every two months, both in print and online, the team at TWOC takes a contemporary issue in Chinese society and culture and looks behind the headlines to share how it affects people on the ground.  Middle Earth is made by China Compass Productions and hosted by Aladin Farré.  If you have a China-themed cultural project like shooting your next documentary or look for a specific talent, please get in touch! With thanks to Sean Calvo for music support. The World of Chinese Magazine A magazine about Chinese society, culture, history, arts, language, and more.

Illegal drug usage among China's adult population is one of the lowest in the world: 0.16%. But has it always been like this since the Reform and Opening Up period? And did you know there are plantations that legally grow cannabis in China? Featuring - Mathias Boelinger: Journalist at DW - Dylan Levi King: Translator & Author Middle Earth is distributed by The World of Chinese (www.theworldofchinese.com). Every two months, both in print and online, the team at TWOC takes a contemporary issue in Chinese society and culture and looks behind the headlines to share how it affects people on the ground.  Middle Earth is made by China Compass Productions and hosted by Aladin Farré. If you have a China-themed cultural project like shooting your next documentary or look for a specific talent, please get in touch! With thanks to Sean Calvo for music support. The World of Chinese Magazine A magazine about Chinese society, culture, history, arts, language, and more.

In this week's episode, you'll hear stories from Cecilia who, as a child, only saw one opportunity for trans women: sex work and drugs. But now? She proudly identifies as an elder at 44 years old and lives a “boring life” with a 9-5 and a 401(k) and wouldn't have it any other way. And Mila who had fame, a following, and performances with celebrities as a popular drag persona but gave it all up to start over from scratch, this time living authentically as an out and proud trans woman. To discuss these stories and topics with our hosts is author, advocate, activist, and actor Precious Brady-Davis, whose new memoir, “I Have Always Been Me,” is both a testimony about both her childhood trauma as a ward of the state and a celebration of life and authenticity.

China had just 25 museums in 1949, and around 350 at the start of the reform era in 1979. Since 2000, though, over 4,000 new museums have been built in the country on a wide range of subjects, such as the history of every province and county, or the silly-sounding “Watermelon Museum” in Beijing. In 2019, China saw 1.2 billion museum visits. What's driving this museum-building boom, and how do you design a good museum? Featuring - Oranda HOU : Rockart Bund Museum partnership manager - YU Wanying : podcaster about museums (also guest on Middle Earth #16) - ZHUANG Yongwen : architect and urban designer Notes Middle Earth is distributed by The World of Chinese (www.theworldofchinese.com). Every two months, both in print and online, the team at TWOC takes a contemporary issue in Chinese society and culture and looks behind the headlines to share how it affects people on the ground.  Middle Earth is made by China Compass Productions and hosted by Aladin Farré. If you have a China-themed cultural project like shooting your next documentary or look for a specific talent, please get in touch! With thanks to Sean Calvo for music support. 

Short-video app Quibi failed in just six months after launching in the US, so it's too bad the company didn't come to China, where hundreds of millions of people watch short drama series that bring you new twists every few seconds… all in vertical form. Why do Chinese audience love such high-speed storytelling and who are the people behind this new content format?  After all, as The World of Chinese found out in this article ; most people hold their phones vertically 94 percent of the time, and Chinese mobile content creators are beginning to take note. Featuring - Ivy YU : Director and Producer of《别怕，恋爱吧！》 - YU York : Commissioner for Kuaishou's micro-series. Middle Earth is distributed by The World of Chinese (www.theworldofchinese.com). Every two months, both in print and online, the team at TWOC takes a contemporary issue in Chinese society and culture and looks behind the headlines to share how it affects people on the ground.  Middle Earth is made by China Compass Productions. If you have a China-themed cultural project like shooting your next documentary or look for a specific talent, please get in touch! With thanks to Sean Calvo for music support. Show Notes - The highest score for a micro-series on Douban is 另一半的我和你 - The most shared micro-series is 大唐小吃货 

 Pornography has been banned in China since 1949. Yet 80 percent of young men (18 – 29 years old) and 50 percent of young women, or 30 percent of the whole Chinese population, admit to consuming porn as of 2015.  So how do they access it? And are there actually local producers making and distributing this illegal content within China?  This is the first installment of a three-part series on China's “guilty pleasures”: sex, drugs, and casinos. Featuring Danny: Chinese translator at Pornhub Dr. Runze Ding : Postdoctoral researcher, School of Media and Communication, Shenzhen University Shawn Suyong Yi Jones : PhD Candidate at Concordia UniversityMiddle Earth is distributed by The World of Chinese (www.theworldofchinese.com). Every two months, both in print and online, the team at TWOC takes a contemporary issue in Chinese society and culture and looks behind the headlines to share how it affects people on the ground.  Middle Earth is made by China Compass Productions. If you have a China-themed cultural project like shooting your next documentary or look for a specific talent, please get in touch! With thanks to Sean Calvo for music support. 

China may have 5,000 years of history, but now it has to compete for clicks and eyeballs with short videos on Douyin. From martial arts to Confucian classics to architecture, find out how businesses focused on Chinese traditional culture marketing themselves for young consumers in the modern day. Featuring AJ Donnelly : Co-founder of Cultural Keys Chinese Culture CompanyMatthew Hu : Co-founder of The Courtyard InstituteCarol Yin : Project Manager at the Beijing Institute of Yangming Philosophy Middle Earth is distributed by The World of Chinese (www.theworldofchinese.com). Every two months, both in print and online, the team at TWOC takes a contemporary issue in Chinese society and culture and looks behind the headlines to share how it affects people on the ground.  Middle Earth is made by China Compass Productions. If you have a China-themed cultural project like shooting your next documentary or look for a specific talent, please get in touch! With thanks to Sean Calvo for music support. 

Though streaming is on the rise, film festivals are still an important channel for creators to showcase their work. If you're an indie filmmaker in China, the Xining FIRST Youth Film Exhibition has become the place to see and be seen. Started in 2006, it is now known as the “Sundance of China,” and it is where directors like Wen Muye, director of 2018's Dying To Survive (the third-highest grossing film at the Chinese box office), was discovered. In 2011, the festival moved to the remote Qinghai province, a Tibetan region better known for its green pastures than its film industry. We invite three attendees from this year's festival, which just wrapped up in July, on how FIRST helped them find their voice, the challenges of putting on an indie film festival in China, and how FIRST became a standard-bearer of quality for the industry?  Featuring Vivian Bao: Independent Producer Khashem Gyal: Director Tina Xu: Culture Editor at The World of Chinese  Middle Earth is distributed by The World of Chinese (www.theworldofchinese.com). Every two months, both in print and online, the team at TWOC takes a contemporary issue in Chinese society and culture and looks behind the headlines to share how it affects people on the ground.  Middle Earth is made by China Compass Productions. If you have a China-themed cultural project like shooting your next documentary or look for a specific talent, please get in touch! With thanks to Sean Calvo for music support. 

The Communist Party of China celebrating its 100th year anniversary this year, driving up tourism to revolutionary sites around the country. The “red tourism” sector has seen significant growth from 140 million visit in 2004 to 1.15 billion in 2019, and now the “Gen Z” is following the trend. How do red tourism sites stay relevant for a new generation? Featuring  Dr. Mimi Li : associate professor at the School of Hotel and Tourism Management (PolyU) Michael Wang : VP of Content Dragon Trail International Made in partnership with The Chinese Tourism Podcast Middle Earth is distributed by The World of Chinese (www.theworldofchinese.com). Every two months, both in print and online, the team at TWOC takes a contemporary issue in Chinese society and culture and looks behind the headlines to share how it affects people on the ground.  Middle Earth is made by China Compass Productions. If you have a China-themed cultural project like shooting your next documentary or look for a specific talent, please get in touch! With thanks to Sean Calvo for music support. 

With a market that will quadruple between 2013 and 2025, China's animation industry is getting more and more assertive with success stories like Ne Zha (2019), currently the third highest-grossing films in Chinese box office. But what challenges do Chinese animators, producers, and storytellers still face? And how can animated Chinese stories find an audience abroad? Featuring Lulu Hansen: Creative producer Yi Yan: General Manager of Ju Pin Pictures Dalton Grant Jr.: Co-Founder Floating World Animation Studio Middle Earth is distributed by The World of Chinese (www.theworldofchinese.com). Every two months, both in print and online, the team at TWOC takes a contemporary issue in Chinese society and culture and looks behind the headlines to share how it affects people on the ground.  Middle Earth is made by China Compass Productions. If you have a China-themed cultural project like shooting your next documentary or look for a specific talent, please get in touch! With thanks to Sean Calvo for music support. 

In February 2021 China's cinemas sold more ticket than the USA—a result of the COVID-19 epidemic, but also of a population more and more eager to see quality movies on the big screen. Yet for every movie that comes to the silver screen, several others are released over the internet at the same time. Called e-movies, or wǎngdà (网大), they became a massive pop-culture phenomenon in China with a production peak of over 2,200 films in 2017. How did this industry evolve over the last decade, and what does it say about the growth of Chinese cinema? Middle Earth is distributed by The World of Chinese (www.theworldofchinese.com). Every two months, both in print and online, the team at TWOC takes a contemporary issue in Chinese society and culture, and looks behind the headlines to share how it affects people on the ground.  Middle Earth is made by China Compass Productions. If you have a China-themed cultural project like shooting your next documentary or look for a specific talent, please get in touch! With thanks to Sean Calvo for music support. 

Not far from the Forbidden City lies Temple Dongjingyuan (Temple 东景缘), formerly knowed as the Zhizhu Temple. It was founded at the beginning of the 15th century, and the current buildings date from 1700. Centuries after it was founded, and decades after it was decommissioned for religious services in the 1950s, the place is miraculously still standing and is a center of culture in the neighborhood. In 2007, Juan van Wassenhove and Lin fan (林凡) decided to restore the place and run it as a cultural heritage enterprise. How do they manage to keep the place afloat and find a balance between preserving the history and making a profit ? Middle Earth is distributed by The World of Chinese (www.theworldofchinese.com). Every two months, both in print and online, the team at TWOC takes a contemporary issue in Chinese society and culture, and looks behind the headlines to share how it affects people on the ground.  Middle Earth is made by China Compass Productions. If you have a China-themed cultural project like shooting your next documentary or look for a specific talent, please get in touch! With thanks to Sean Calvo for music support. 

If you are on this side of the Great Wall, you might have seen their shops and vending machines in malls: Pop Mart. This public company worth 11 billion USD sells “mystery” toy boxes containing a single cute figurine from a potential set of several characters. Buyers do not know which figurine they have bought until they open the box. The company is widely successful in China and has even led other companies to copy their marketing methods.Joining Middle Earth Podcast are creative director Juan Tan, Pop Mart's representative Amaia Perea, and business journalist Jiang Yaling, who will talk about how Pop Mart became so successful, the process of creating their IP, and the dark sides of the mystery box craze. Middle Earth is distributed by The World of Chinese (www.theworldofchinese.com). Every two months, both in print and online, the team at TWOC takes a contemporary issue in Chinese society and culture, and looks behind the headlines to share how it affects people on the ground.  Middle Earth is made by China Compass Productions. If you have a China-themed cultural project like shooting your next documentary or look for a specific talent, please get in touch! With thanks to Sean Calvo for music support.

Middle Earth is now joining The World of Chinese magazine podcast network.The World of Chinese (TWOC) is a bi-monthly English magazine and website dedicated to Chinese society, language, and culture. Every two months, both in print and online, the team at TWOC takes a contemporary issue in Chinese society and culture and looks behind the headlines to share how it affects people on the ground. As Middle Earth focuses on the creation and distribution of art and content in China, we saw some common values and topics, that’s why we decided to join forces. More to come in the coming weeks. To find out more about The World of Chinese, go to www.theworldofchinese.com, link in the podcast description, and subscribe to the print or digital issue of the magazine.

[This episode was originally released on October 31st, 2019. We're re-releasing it as an end-of-summer extra for new listeners and will be back with new episodes in September.] For a century, the automobile has been sold to Americans as the ultimate freedom machine. In her groundbreaking new book, “Policing the Open Road,” historian and legal scholar Sarah Seo explodes that myth. Seo shows how modern policing evolved in lockstep with the development of the car. And that rather than giving Americans greater freedom, the massive body of traffic law required to facilitate mass motoring helped to establish a kind of automotive police state. Is a car a private, personal space deserving Fourth Amendment protection from “unreasonable searches and seizures?” Or is a car something else entirely? It's a question that courts have struggled with for decades, ultimately leaving it up to the police to use their own discretion, often with horrifying results, especially for minorities. In this revelatory conversation with TWOC co-host Aaron Naparstek, Seo offers an entirely new way of looking at the impact of the automobile on American life, law and culture. Support the podcast on Patreon. Rate and review us on iTunes. Buy an official War on Cars t-shirt at Cotton Bureau. Buy books from all the authors featured on the podcast at Bookshop.org. SHOW NOTES:  Buy Sarah Seo's book, “Policing the Open Road: How Cars Transformed American Freedom.” Follow Sarah Seo on Twitter and visit her website. Was the Automotive Era a Terrible Mistake? By Nathan Heller. (The New Yorker) How Cars Transformed Policing (Boston Review) On the Road Police Power Has Few Limits (The Atlantic) Stopped, Ticketed, Fined: The Pitfalls of Driving While Black in Ferguson (New York Times) Why we can — and must — create a fairer system of traffic enforcement. Its discretionary nature has left it ripe for abuse (Washington Post) Driving (and walking) While Black: Sandra Bland, Philando Castile, Michael Brown and The Ferguson Report. This episode was edited by Jaime Kaiser and recorded at Great City Post and the Brooklyn Podcasting Studio. Find us on Twitter: @TheWarOnCars, Aaron Naparstek @Naparstek, Doug Gordon @BrooklynSpoke, Sarah Goodyear @buttermilk1 Drop us a line: thewaroncars@gmail.com https://thewaroncars.org  

This week Michelle hands the keys to the show over to Diamond Stylze (Marsha's Plate) as she chats with fellow US black trans people Josephine, Felix and Yannick Taylor (Conversations With The Priestess) as well as UK activist and campaigner Nim Ralph (co-founder QTIPOC London) about Black Lives Matter, police brutality, white supremacy and finding solace in cooking. Link sheet: https://bit.ly/3h7BdXE http://whatthetrans.com http://twitter.com/whatthetrans  

For a century, the automobile has been sold to Americans as the ultimate freedom machine. In her groundbreaking new book, “Policing the Open Road,” historian and legal scholar Sarah Seo explodes that myth. Seo shows how modern policing evolved in lockstep with the development of the car. And that rather than giving Americans greater freedom, the massive body of traffic law required to facilitate mass motoring helped to establish a kind of automotive police state. Is a car a private, personal space deserving Fourth Amendment protection from “unreasonable searches and seizures?” Or is a car something else entirely? It's a question that courts have struggled with for decades, ultimately leaving it up to the police to use their own discretion, often with horrifying results, especially for minorities. In this revelatory conversation with TWOC co-host Aaron Naparstek, Seo offers an entirely new way of looking at the impact of the automobile on American life, law and culture. Support The War on Cars on Patreon. Rate and review the war effort on iTunes. Buy your uniform at Cotton Bureau. SHOW NOTES:  Buy Sarah Seo's book, “Policing the Open Road: How Cars Transformed American Freedom.” Sarah-Seo.com Was the Automotive Era a Terrible Mistake? (The New Yorker) How Cars Transformed Policing (Boston Review) On the Road Police Power Has Few Limits (The Atlantic) Stopped, Ticketed, Fined: The Pitfalls of Driving While Black in Ferguson (New York Times) Why we can — and must — create a fairer system of traffic enforcement. Its discretionary nature has left it ripe for abuse (Washington Post) Driving (and walking) While Black: Sandra Bland, Philando Castile, Michael Brown and The Ferguson Report. Supreme Court case Carroll v. United States, 1925 (Oyez) Follow Sarah Seo on Twitter. Sarah Seo, Associate Professor of Law, University of Iowa College of Law. This episode was edited by Jaime Kaiser and recorded at Great City Post and the Brooklyn Podcasting Studio. Find us on Twitter: @TheWarOnCars, Aaron Naparstek @Naparstek, Doug Gordon @BrooklynSpoke, Sarah Goodyear @buttermilk1. Drop us a line: thewaroncars@gmail.com https://thewaroncars.org

In Part 1 of "The Problem With Public Meetings" we took you inside a difficult community meeting in Fort Greene, Brooklyn and urged compassion and understanding for neighbors who aren't quite yet on board with The War on Cars. Here in Part 2, we take you to yet another community meeting, this time, in Park Slope, Brooklyn where diplomacy fails, the action gets kinetic and a TWOC co-host is physically assaulted by a bike lane-hating conspiracy theorist meditation instructor. Yes, you heard that right. How do you know when it's time to stop seeking common ground with parking-obsessed, car-addicted, change-averse members of your community and start working on their utter, total and overwhelming defeat in the arena of local politics? Strap on your helmet, soldiers. Get ready for The Battle of 9th Street. Are you feeling the Shock & Awe? Support The War on Cars on Patreon! Rate and review us on iTunes. Buy a War on Cars t-shirt at Cotton Bureau.  SHOW NOTES: Video of The Battle of 9th Street via Jake Offenhartz Video of the The Battle of 9th Street via Brian Howald. Bikelash's Latest Tactics: Pedophile Smears and Conspiracy Theories, Streetsblog. People have been fighting to stop the carnage and make 9th Street safer for years and years and years. It's endless. The most recent 9th Street horror: What New York Should Learn From the Park Slope Crash That Killed Two Children, New York Magazine. Is a Better Public Meeting Possible? Casey Berkovitz, The Century Foundation. Progressive Boomers are Making it Impossible for Cities to Fix the Housing Crisis. Michael Hobbes, The Huffington Post. This episode was edited by Matt Cutler. Find us on Twitter @TheWarOnCars, Aaron Naparstek @Naparstek, Sarah Goodyear @buttermilk1 and Doug Gordon @BrooklynSpoke. Email us: thewaroncars@gmail.com https://thewaroncars.org

When you're used to the culture of streets in the United States of America — that is, variations on kill or be killed — traveling to countries that do it differently can be both a shock to the system and an inspiration. So it was when TWOC co-host Sarah Goodyear spent three weeks in Japan this summer, and heard exactly one car honk in that entire time. In this episode, we discuss the human infrastructure of mutual respect that makes Japanese cities so different from American ones; hear from Japanese street activists about how they're inspired by their counterparts in the United States and Europe; and talk about what we can learn by leaving home. Also, members of a group called the Tokyo Picnic Club discuss “the right to picnic” as a basic human right for people in crowded cities.  Support The War on Cars on Patreon and receive stickers, T-shirts, exclusive access to special audio content and more. Buy an official War on Cars T-shirt at Cotton Bureau. Rate and review The War On Cars on iTunes. SHOW NOTES:  Bike ambassador Chad Feyen offers bicycle tours of Tokyo at Freewheeling Japan. You can also follow him on Twitter. Connect with the network of Japanese public space activists called Sotonoba. Learn about the Tokyo Picnic Club and their fight for better public space in Tokyo. Plus, a cautionary tale from The Onion: Woman who ‘Loves Brazil' Has Only Seen Four Square Miles of It  This episode was produced by Matt Cutler and recorded by Josh Wilcox at the Brooklyn Podcasting Studio. Find us on Twitter: @TheWarOnCars, Sarah Goodyear @buttermilk1, Doug Gordon @BrooklynSpoke, Aaron Naparstek @Naparstek. Email us: thewaroncars@gmail.com https://thewaroncars.org

Barcelona, Spain is testing out a powerful new weapon in the war on cars. It's called the Superilla or, in english, the "Superblock." Last October, Vox Media's energy and environment reporter David Roberts spent ten days in Barcelona taking a deep dive into the city's ambitious plan to reclaim more than half of its total street space from motor vehicles by creating five hundred Superblocks. In this one-on-one conversation, David sits down with TWOC co-host Aaron Naparstek and tells the inside story of Barcelona's visionary car-fighting, air-cleaning and neighborhood-empowering strategy. Could Superblocks even be a solution for fixing dysfunctional liberal democracies? It's so crazy it just might work.  Support The War on Cars on Patreon and receive stickers, T-shirts, exclusive access to special audio content and more. Buy an official War on Cars T-shirt at Cotton Bureau. Rate and review The War On Cars on iTunes. SHOW NOTES:  Barcelona's Radical Plan to Take Back Streets From Cars is David Roberts' must-read five-part series at Vox. Seriously, it's great.  The Vox team produced a video about Superblocks as did Streetfilms' Clarence Eckerson.  BCNecologia is the organization behind Barcelona's Sustainable Urban Mobility Plan and Superblocks project.   Rethinking Manhattan's Grid at CityLab.  Follow David on Twitter.  This episode was edited by Matt Cutler. Eilís O'Neill recorded David Roberts in Seattle.  Find us on Twitter: @TheWarOnCars, Sarah Goodyear @buttermilk1, Doug Gordon @BrooklynSpoke, Aaron Naparstek @Naparstek. Email us: thewaroncars@gmail.com  https://thewaroncars.org

In this TWOC Extra, we present co-host Doug Gordon's full interview with Ray Magliozzi of "Car Talk," conducted in February 2019 at the WBUR studios in Boston and previously available only to Patreon supporters. Hear more about Ray's thoughts on how cities are changing to be more friendly to people who aren't in cars and learn why he sometimes runs red lights on his bike. ----- For nearly thirty years, brothers Ray and Tom Magliozzi were the hosts of NPR's “Car Talk” and the voices of American car culture. Famous for their distinctive Boston accents and infectious laughs, Click and Clack didn't just diagnose engine troubles, they recognized that people's personal relationships often revolved around their automobiles. In a War on Cars exclusive, Doug sits down with Ray Magliozzi to talk about car culture, the brothers' surprising war on SUVs, and whether or not “Bike Talk” could even be half the phenomenon “Car Talk” was… and still is. Support The War on Cars on Patreon and receive exclusive access to the extended interview with Ray Magliozzi plus TWOC stickers and other rewards. Buy a “buttery soft” War on Cars T-shirt at Cotton Bureau. Rate and review The War On Cars on iTunes. Show Notes: Learn more about Car Talk… …and listen to “The Best of Car Talk.” “Car Talk's Tom Magliozzi: An Unlikely Environmental Advocate.” (ThinkProgress) Tom and Ray's “Live Large, Drive Smaller” anti-SUV campaign. (The New Yorker) Tom and Ray's 2007 letter to Congress in favor of higher fuel standards. (Car Talk) Dispatches from Aaron's years-long Twitter crusade to banish “Car Talk” from WNYC. Twitter: @TheWarOnCars, Doug Gordon @BrooklynSpoke, Aaron Naparstek @Naparstek, Sarah Goodyear @buttermilk1 Questions? Suggestions? Email us: thewaroncars@gmail.com.

In 2002, Theresa Sareo, an up-and-coming singer, had her life changed forever when a reckless driver hit her as she stood on a Manhattan sidewalk waiting to cross the street. She lost her leg and nearly died, making her one of the millions of people injured by automobiles in the United States every year. In New York City alone, the toll was more than 59,000 people in 2018. Theresa tells her story of recovery and resilience in the face of overwhelming odds. Support The War on Cars on Patreon and get exclusive TWOC stickers and other rewards. Buy a War on Cars T-shirt at Cotton Bureau. Rate and review the podcast on iTunes. Show notes: Visit Theresa Sareo's personal website to find out more about her story and her music. Read the New York magazine article about the crash and its aftermath. Find data about auto-related injuries and fatalities on New York City's crash data map. Follow us on Twitter: @TheWarOnCars. Sarah Goodyear @buttermilk1, Doug Gordon @brooklynspoke, and Aaron Naparstek @Naparstek. This episode was produced and edited by Sarah Goodyear. Do you have an issue you want to discuss with us on the show? Send a voice memo to: thewaroncars@gmail.com. We'd love to hear from you. 

A new generation of urban leaders is rising to power and they're kicking butt and challenging long-standing assumptions about the role of the car in the city. Among them is Corey Johnson, New York City's new City Council Speaker. At 37 years old, Corey is the first bonafide, avocado toast–eating Millennial to hold citywide elected office. We ride the subway with Corey to learn more about his plans to “break car culture” in the Big Apple. So can Millennials win the War on Cars? What even is a Millennial anyway? Plus, a special round-up of the all-time great historic speeches in The War on Cars. Support The War on Cars on Patreon and get exclusive TWOC stickers and other rewards. Buy a War on Cars T-shirt at Cotton Bureau. Rate and review the podcast on iTunes. Show Notes: Watch New York City Council Speaker Corey Johnson's 2019 State of the City Address on Vimeo. Or read a transcript of the speech. "Why Housing Policy Is Climate Policy," by California State Senator Scott Wiener and Prof. Daniel Kammen. Vancouver, British Columbia Legislative Assembly Member Bowinn Ma teaches her fellow elected officials about induced demand. Car-free Oklahoma City Councilor JoBeth Hamon has “resting bicycle face.” And here are some more exciting, up-and-coming local elected officials: Michelle Wu, Boston; Lisa Bender, Minneapolis; Pete Buttigieg, South Bend; Scott Wiener, San Francisco; Mitra Jalali Nelson, St. Paul; Jason Dozier, Atlanta; Rob Dooling, Washington D.C.; Antonio Reynoso, Brooklyn; Teresa Mosqueda, Seattle; Meghan Sahli-Wells of Culver City is “burning calories, not carbon.” Check out this Twitter thread for dozens more urban leaders who are fighting and winning The War on Cars. Thanks for all of your suggestions and tips. The full report that Corey Johnson's office released along with his speech: “A Case for Municipal Control and a Comprehensive Transportation Vision for the Five Boroughs.” And a very special thanks to Steve Ross for his impressions of FDR, JFK and Reagan. You can find more of Steve's work on YouTube. Follow us on Twitter: @TheWarOnCars. Aaron Naparstek @Naparstek, Sarah Goodyear @buttermilk1, Doug Gordon @brooklynspoke. Our show is produced and edited by Curtis Fox Productions @curtisfox. Questions? Comments? Ideas? Email or send a voice memo to: thewaroncars@gmail.com.

For nearly thirty years, brothers Ray and Tom Magliozzi were the hosts of NPR's "Car Talk" and the voices of American car culture. Famous for their distinctive Boston accents and infectious laughs, Click and Clack didn't just diagnose engine troubles, they recognized that people's personal relationships often revolved around their automobiles. In a War on Cars exclusive, Doug sits down with Ray Magliozzi to talk about car culture, the brothers' surprising war on SUVs, and whether or not “Bike Talk” could even be half the phenomenon “Car Talk” was… and still is. Support The War on Cars on Patreon and receive exclusive access to the extended interview with Ray Magliozzi plus TWOC stickers and other rewards. Buy a “buttery soft” War on Cars T-shirt at Cotton Bureau. Rate and review The War On Cars on iTunes. SHOW NOTES: Learn more about Car Talk… …and listen to “The Best of Car Talk.” “Car Talk's Tom Magliozzi: An Unlikely Environmental Advocate.” (ThinkProgress) Tom and Ray's “Live Large, Drive Smaller” anti-SUV campaign. (The New Yorker) Tom and Ray's 2007 letter to Congress in favor of higher fuel standards. (Car Talk) Dispatches from Aaron's years-long Twitter crusade to banish "Car Talk" from WNYC.  Twitter: @TheWarOnCars, Doug Gordon @BrooklynSpoke, Aaron Naparstek @Naparstek, Sarah Goodyear @buttermilk1 and producer Curtis Fox @curtisfox Questions? Suggestions? Email us: thewaroncars@gmail.com.

What if you could get around quickly and reliably in a state-of-the-art vehicle that you didn't have to drive, park, fuel, or insure? No, it's not an Uber or a self-driving car... it's the bus! In this episode, we talk to Cam Hardy of the Better Bus Coalition in Cincinnati, Ohio, about why buses are chronically unloved and underfunded. Plus, we look at attempts to make buses cool through the power of advertising, and hear the latest battle news from the global War on Cars. Support The War on Cars on Patreon and get exclusive TWOC stickers and other rewards. Buy a War on Cars T-shirt at Cotton Bureau. Rate and review the podcast on iTunes. Show notes: Cincinnati's Better Bus Coalition Cam Hardy's epic Facebook Live bus rant “The Bus” from Greater Toronto's GO Transit Midttraffik bus ad from Denmark Human Transit, Jarrett Walker's blog Twitter: @TheWarOnCars, Sarah Goodyear @buttermilk1, Doug Gordon @brooklynspoke, Aaron Naparstek @Naparstek, and producer Curtis Fox @curtisfox. Questions? Suggestions? Email us: thewaroncars@gmail.com.

On Super Bowl Sunday, a hundred million Americans gathered in front of their TVs and absorbed a fearsome barrage of automobile advertising. While most viewers munched on snacks, guzzled beer and focused on the game, our crack team of intelligence analysts were busy studying the car commercials. What do these multimillion-dollar productions say about car culture, the fantasy of driving versus the reality, and about America itself? To win The War on Cars we must understand the enemy.  Support The War on Cars on Patreon and get exclusive TWOC stickers and other rewards. Buy a War on Cars T-shirt at Cotton Bureau. Rate and review the podcast on iTunes. SHOW NOTES: Hyundai, "The Elevator." Audi, "Cashew." Mercedes-Benz A-Class, "Say the Word." Kia Telluride, "Give It Everything." Jeep "More Than Just Words." How much it costs to air a commercial during the Super Bowl (CNBC) Super Bowl draws lowest audience in more than a decade (CNBC) “Stand Up” by Ludacris featuring Shawnna (YouTube) Twitter: @TheWarOnCars, Aaron Naparstek @Naparstek, Sarah Goodyear @buttermilk1, Doug Gordon @brooklynspoke, Questions? Suggestions? Email us: thewaroncars@gmail.com.

You're listening to WCAR talk radio with Spoke and the Mad Dog. In this episode we take listener questions and comments, tackling everything from fixing the suburbs, tips for lonely bike advocates, why car-free days are one of the best tools for improving cities and how to make even the most sprawled-out metropolis in America better for people on two feet, two wheels or transit. Plus, can a War on Cars t-shirt get a person out of jury duty? Don't touch that dial!  Support The War on Cars on Patreon and get exclusive TWOC stickers and other rewards. Buy a War on Cars T-shirt at Cotton Bureau. Rate and review us on iTunes. SHOW NOTES: Safe Streets Advocates: Whoopi's ‘Apology' Just Isn't Enough (Streetsblog) Ellen Dunham Jones, “Retrofitting Suburbia” (TED) “An advanced city is not one where even the poor use cars, but rather one where even the rich use public transport.” - Enrique Peñalosa (TED) Twitter: @TheWarOnCars, Doug Gordon @brooklynspoke, Aaron Naparstek @Naparstek, Sarah Goodyear @buttermilk1. Questions? Suggestions? Email us: thewaroncars@gmail.com. Send us a voice memo and maybe we'll play it on a future listener mailbag episode.

When New York City mayor Bill de Blasio went on ABC's "The View" to discuss universal health care, little did he know he'd be on the receiving end of an epic anti-bike-lane rant courtesy of Oscar-winner and daily car commuter Whoopi Goldberg. Whoopi's fact-free diatribe exposed one of the biggest obstacles cities face as they try to modernize their transportation systems: The liberal blind spot for cars. In this special episode of The War on Cars, we discuss why it is that even the most liberal people in the most progressive cities are so often unable to see the problems wrought by automobiles, much less support alternative forms of transportation. Plus, as civilization faces a looming climate catastrophe, can the Green New Deal offer some hope or will Baby Boomer talk show hosts doom us all? Support The War on Cars on Patreon and get exclusive TWOC stickers, t-shirts, and other rewards. Plus, be entered to win a Cleverhood rain cape by donating at any level in January. Rate and review us on iTunes. SHOW NOTES: Whoopi Goldberg slams Bill de Blasio on ‘The View' over NYC bike lanes (NY Post) Day Two: Whoopi Goldberg still pissed over NYC bike lanes (NY Post) Mom of slain cyclist slams Whoop Goldberg for bike lane gripes (NY Post) Whoopi issues non-apology to families of people killed by drivers. (@WhoopiGoldberg) Twitter: @TheWarOnCars, Sarah Goodyear @buttermilk1, Doug Gordon @brooklynspoke, Aaron Naparstek @Naparstek. Questions? Suggestions? Email us: thewaroncars@gmail.com.

Which is more destructive? Cars or guns? A recent study showed that guns are now the second-leading killer of children in the U.S. But what does it say about our culture that the press seemed to gloss over the first? (Spoiler alert: It's cars.) In this episode, we discuss the similarities between these two threats to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. Plus, what can safe streets advocates learn from gun control advocates, and vice versa?  Support The War on Cars on Patreon and get exclusive TWOC stickers, t-shirts, and other rewards. Plus, be entered to win a Cleverhood rain cape by donating at any level in January. Rate and review us on iTunes. SHOW NOTES: Guns now the second leading killer of kids, after cars. (NBC News) “Monster” vehicles more likely to cause fatal collisions. (National Post) Death on Foot: America's love for SUVs is killing pedestrians and federal safety regulators have known for years. (Detroit Free Press) Charlton Heston's “My cold dead hands” NRA speech. (YouTube) Dodge needed a spokesman for their muscle cars. They chose the actor Michael C. Hall when he was playing a serial killer on the popular Showtime series "Dexter." (YouTube) “Buy a little freedom, buy a Yugo!” (YouTube) Twitter: @TheWarOnCars, Aaron Naparstek @Naparstek, Sarah Goodyear @buttermilk1, Doug Gordon @brooklynspoke, Questions? Suggestions? Email us: thewaroncars@gmail.com.

The stakes are literally life and death, but can humor be an effective weapon in the war on cars? In this episode we talk to Charlie Todd, the founder of Improv Everywhere, about how using the city as a stage for elaborate comedy scenes can help people see public space in a new light. What's the connection between turning parking spots into parks and unleashing hordes of pants-free people on the subway? Plus, how does a father of two become radicalized against automobiles? Support The War on Cars on Patreon and get exclusive TWOC stickers, t-shirts, and other rewards.  Rate and review us on iTunes. SHOW NOTES: Charlie Todd on Twitter: @charlietodd Improv Everywhere turns a pair of payphones into a coworking space. A brief history of Park(ing) Day. (CityLab) Jonathan Fertig's “Flower Lanes.” (Boston Globe) Twitter: @TheWarOnCars, Doug Gordon @brooklynspoke, Aaron Naparstek @Naparstek, Sarah Goodyear @buttermilk1. Questions? Suggestions? Email us: thewaroncars@gmail.com.

Why is driving a car seen as masculine and riding a bicycle seen as feminine? Is it even possible to look like an adult while riding an e-scooter? Our experience of moving through public space is deeply affected by our mode of transportation and our gender identity; the mode we choose affects not only how we are seen by others, but how we see ourselves. In this episode, we cover biking while female, taking the Metro in Mexico City and what The 40-Year-Old Virgin has to say about guys who bike.  Support The War on Cars on Patreon and get exclusive TWOC stickers, t-shirts, and other rewards. Buy an official The War on Cars t-shirt from Cotton Bureau. Rate and review us on iTunes. EPISODE NOTES: How not having a car became Hollywood shorthand for loser. (Slate) You can't say they're not trying to make e-scooters manly. (Robb Report) Twitter: @TheWarOnCars, Sarah Goodyear @buttermilk1, Doug Gordon @brooklynspoke, Aaron Naparstek @Naparstek. Questions? Suggestions? Email us: thewaroncars@gmail.com.

When is a car not a car? When it's a source of solace and comfort, a curbside living room and a personal aesthetic statement. This episode is brought to you “live” from the interior of a 1987 Cadillac DeVille as we hear from Alex Brook Lynn, the producer of FAQ NYC, about why she escapes to her car for a little private time amidst the hustle and bustle of the Big Apple. What would it take for Alex to quit her car? Support The War on Cars on Patreon and get exclusive TWOC stickers, t-shirts, and other rewards. Rate and review us on iTunes. EPISODE NOTES: Follow Alex Brook Lynn on Twitter.  Listen to the FAQ NYC podcast. Almost half of Americans (45%) go to their car to have a private moment. (Fast Company/IKEA) Follow us on Twitter: @TheWarOnCars Aaron Naparstek @Naparstek, Sarah Goodyear @buttermilk1, Doug Gordon @brooklynspoke. Questions? Suggestions? Complaints? Talk to us: thewaroncars@gmail.com.

From coast to coast, electric-bikes are having their moment. But a New York City Police Department crackdown on delivery cyclists who rely on e-bikes to do their jobs has some wondering if a double standard isn't at play. At a time when big companies are jumping on the e-bike bandwagon, are the immigrant men who deliver food being unfairly punished? We discuss the murky laws surrounding e-bikes and what the future has in store with Helen Ho of the Biking Public Project. Support The War on Cars on Patreon and get exclusive TWOC stickers, t-shirts, and other rewards.  Rate and review us on iTunes. EPISODE NOTES: The Biking Public Project (Tumblr) “One Man's Fight to Regulate E-Bikes in His Neighborhood” (WNYC) Who really gets fined when the police crackdown on e-bikes? (Gothamist) Twitter: @TheWarOnCars, Doug Gordon @brooklynspoke, Aaron Naparstek @Naparstek and Sarah Goodyear @buttermilk1. Questions? Suggestions? Complaints about how much we curse? Email us! thewaroncars@gmail.com.

In 2009, soon-to-be Toronto Mayor Rob Ford declared that he would end the war on cars. His remarks were the opening shots in a battle that would come to signify more than just how people get around. How did cars and the urban/surburban divide become a cultural flashpoint? And did you know that a “War on Autoists” was front-page news a century before the War on Cars? Support The War on Cars on Patreon and get exclusive TWOC stickers, t-shirts and other rewards.  Rate and review us on iTunes. EPISODE NOTES: Rob Ford: “There's no secret about it, there's a war on cars in the city!” (YouTube) “The War on Cars” by Prager U. (YouTube)  “Fighting Traffic: The Dawn of the Motor Age in the American City,” by Peter Norton (MIT Press) "'War on Cars': A History" by Eric de Place (Sightline Institute) Rob Ford: "Yes, I have smoked crack cocaine." (YouTube) Twitter: @TheWarOnCars, Sarah Goodyear @buttermilk1, Doug Gordon @brooklynspoke, Aaron Naparstek @Naparstek. Questions? Suggestions? Want to be a part of our “Quit Your Car” segment? Email us: thewaroncars@gmail.com.

With cities on the front lines of the war on cars, can mayors muster the courage to put automobiles in their rightful place? Not to name names, but does it matter if elected officials are driven twelve miles to the gym every day in a three SUV convoy just to jog on a treadmill? Plus, Doug announces his candidacy for mayor. Can he withstand the inevitable barrage of dark money attack ads? Support The War on Cars on Patreon and get exclusive TWOC stickers, t-shirts and other rewards. Rate and review us on iTunes. EPISODE NOTES: Paris mayor's war on cars moves up a gear with ban in heart of city. (France 24) Watch Oslo transform into a car-free utopia (Curbed) Barcelona mayor delcares war on injustice of private car use (Reuters) In Montreal, an electrifying win for a long-shot who campaigned on better transit and cycling (Streetsblog) Cars set to be banned from half of roads in London's Square Mile (Evening Standard) German cities to trial free public transportation to cut pollution. (The Guardian) Why Jennifer Keesmaat's Gardiner teardown pitch is key to her campaign (Toronto Star) Car Ownership Continues to Rise Under Mayor de Blasio (Streetsblog) Follow the show on Twitter: @TheWarOnCars, Sarah Goodyear @buttermilk1, Doug Gordon @brooklynspoke, Aaron Naparstek @Naparstek. Questions? Suggestions? Gripes? Email us at thewaroncars@gmail.com.

In our penultimate Pride episode, learn about a third figure from Stonewall: Latina transgender activist and revolutionist Sylvia Rivera. Plus, our round table is joined by Erin Kyan of the Love and Luck podcast!   Round Table: LGBT Media and Happy Endings Music: “So Far So Good” by Jonathan Coulton Research Lead: Miri

Continuing our June theme of figures from Stonewall: learn about Marsha P. Johnson, an activist and transgender woman of color. Content Warnings: Transmisogyny, racism, hate crimes, murder. After the ending announcements, warning for a brief discussion of the Pulse shooting.  Round Table: Are LGBT people inherently activists? Music: “So Far So Good” by Jonathan Coulton Research Lead: Adrian

Kicking off our weekly Pride Month episodes by talking about a transgender woman of color, activist, former sex worker, survivor of prison incarceration, and member of the Stonewall Riots. Round Table: Inaccessibility of LGBT History Music: “So Far So Good” by Jonathan Coulton Research Lead: Miri

Our first episode. We have a sit down for part 1 of our interview with Jack Reichardt. We discuss his origins in motorcycling, and his views on his generation's evolution in motorcycle culture.

Our first episode. We have a sit down for part 1 of our interview with Jack Reichardt. We discuss his origins in motorcycling, and his views on his generation's evolution in motorcycle culture.

Do pilots experience jet lag? Why are there different types of rhythms? What does your heart beat ‘to’? Is all of life periodic (because of the sun)? Is there a master clock to everything, & are all clocks analogous? Does each cell have its own (genetic) clock? Do clocks help us stay in phase with each other? Do ‘autonomous’ (hardware) clocks always drift? How do clocks correct themselves? Are computer network clocks eventually physically anchored (in, say, Caesium clocks)? How are atomic clocks made to keep solar time? How is time served on networks? Is temporal constancy of fundamental constants, even, possible to measure? What makes a clock more accurate and/or robust? Does digital hardware ‘need’ a pulse trigger? Is time an artefact, & less ‘fundamental’ than frequency? Do clocks primarily help manage transitions, & is time keeping, therefore, state keeping? Why do the blind have shorter lifespans? Can causality exist without the notion of time? Will we do more things in the same amount of time in the future? Would our body clocks change – will we sleep well? Will all planes autoland? Is a clock-free paradigm possible? Are we too synchronized…? SynTalk thinks about these & more questions using concepts from atomic physics (Dr. Subhadeep De, CSIR-NPL, New Delhi), computer science (Prof. S. Arun-Kumar, IIT Delhi, New Delhi), & chronobiology (Prof. Vinod Kumar, University of Delhi, New Delhi). Listen in...

In this week's episode of Fortification: Spiritual Sustenance for Movement Leadership, Caitlin Breedlove, Vice President of Movement Leadership at Auburn Seminary is joined by Isa Noyola. Isa Noyola is a translatina activist, a national leader in LGBT immigrant rights movement, and the deputy director at Transgender Law Center. She works extensively for the release of transgender women from ICE detention and an end to all deportations. She is a part of the #Not1more campaign team and sits on the advisory boards of TAJA coalition, El/La para Translatinas , and Familia:Trans, Queer Liberation movement. She has organized the first ever national trans anti-violence convening that brought together over 100 activists, mostly trans women of color, to address the epidemic of violence trans communities are facing. Isa is passionate about building the leadership of transgender communities, especially TWOC who experience high levels of discrimination and violence. She is leading programmatic strategies to help build a leadership pipeline through the creation of trainings & leadership gatherings to share advocacy tools and strategies.

This month, I had the pleasure of meeting Venus Selenite in person while she started her first leg of her #RehabYearTour. Venus is a Bettering American Poetry 2016 nominee, a 2017 Pink Door Fellow, and one of the most notable trans women of color interdisciplinary artists in the United States. She is the author of two books: trigger and the fire been here. She lives in Washington, D.C. and the internet. Venus's website Venus's Patreon trigger The Fire Been Here James Baldwin, The Fire Next Time Nameless Woman anthology Goddess X KOKUMỌ J Mase III Jamie Berrout Lady Dane Figueroa Edidi  Her new book: For Black Trans Girls Who Gotta Cuss a Motherfucker Out When Snatching an Edge Ain't Enough Jayy Dodd  Their new book Mannish Tongues Also, shameless plug for my interview with them back on Episode 10 What you can do to support trans artists of color (thread) The Sound of Waves Breaking is by Chris Lynn, a recording of voices in Washington, D.C. near the Jefferson Memorial.   The editor is Mitchel Davidovitz, and the show is produced by me. 

Black Girl Squee 36: #BlackTransWomensLivesMatter We squee a lot in episode 36 of BGS. There's Black Girl Magic at The Oscars, Gina Torres pitches a Jessica Pearson spinoff and timeless treasures from Alice Coltrane find new life on vinyl. Our main topic is the epidemic of violence against Black trans women and other TWOC. Then we drag someone who still hasn't absorbed some of the basic tenets of intersectional feminism. It's only an hour but it's a journey, y'all! Please forgive any technical difficulties. Intro: "Quick" by Tank and the Bangas Outro: "Rockets" by Lion Babe feat. Moe Moks Links: Tank and the Bangas on NPR’s Tiny Desk Concert A treasure trove of Alice Coltrane’s spiritual jazz recordings released on vinyl for the first time From Black Lives Matter: The Loud Silence When Trans Women of Color Are Killed From Tumblr user, SmartAssJen (Jen Richards): Want to Stop Trans Murders? From Black Youth Project: #TransCrowdFund: The Radical Redistribution of Wealth We Need by J. Skyler Contact Us On: Twitter: @blackgirlsquee @indascorner @dustdaughter Tumblr: blackgirlsquee.tumblr.com Email: blackgirlsquee@gmail.com iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/black-girl-squees-podcast/id1029727623?mt=2 Simplecast: blackgirlsquee.simplecast.fm/

I am so honored to get to speak with Vita E. Cleveland about her recent chapbook Dedications. The conversation, of course, wanders toward her percussion expertise, musings on art's intersection with activism, slut shaming in activist circles, and more.  Notes of Poets Mentioned in this episode:   Vita E's tumblr Vita E's youtube Vita's new ebook, Dedications Saul WilliamsJ Mase III Regie Cabico  Kavindu Ade awQward Talent Agency TaneshaNicole Tyler's performance at TED Talk Timothy DuWhite CeCe McDonald giving a talk at the Humanist Hall Dane Figueroa Edidi Ashleigh Shackelford Capturing Fire 2016 Kay Barrett Kit Yan Venus Selenite Linette Reeman Nik Moreno   Edited by: Mitchel Davidovitz, whose experimental audio work you can check out at his bandcamp.    "The Sounds of Waves Breaking" was Vita E's drum solo "Clave." You can listen to the entirety of "Clave" at her SoundCloud page.    Transcripts forthcoming.

Author Josh Stallings comes back on the show to talk about his latest novel YOUNG AMERICANS and the glitter rock club scene of the 1970s. He takes an incredible cast, starring women (including a TWOC) in this hot pursuit heist story.

Let's go ahead and center this episode around trans women of color. 

By the time we find out ?#‎WhoIsBurningBlackChurches?, we'll be on the anniversary of Michael Brown's murder. While their indictment is getting thrown out, we'll be back to black face costumes for Halloween.... (again) and probably costumes of the 9 people murdered. Then we'll be trying to remember Tamir Rice amidst black Friday "deals" and the "war on x-mas". Then we go into the new year of which we'll spend the first several weeks remembering our TWOC sisters murdered in ice cold blood. ?#‎ThinkingOutLoud?. Folks can complain about vigilantism all day, but I bet the hackers at?#‎anonymous? find out ?#‎WhoIsBurningBlackChurches? before some "good-ole-boy" southern cops do. 1 black man killed by cops.  A CVS burns.  The response.  ?#‎CorporateBuildingsMatter? 9 black folks murdered in a church with a historic background Several churches burned The response. Gather around your TV and watch white rappers on the BET awards

For roughly four decades, Caitlyn Jenner has been a soldier at the ballot box with the weapon of the vote aimed at those who aren't in her privileged postition as a rich white person who lived a life of extended opportunity, celebrity and praise.  Now I'm supposed to cheer her on while poor trans women of color are murdered for fun???  How about, No.  Oh, and Cameron Palone.  Don't try to check me in public and then chat it out in private.  You're a weak little buster and I peeped your style.  https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100003061974531

In this crazy world where it is perceived that the bad guys get more rights than some victims,George is always at his happiest when he feels he's got 'one over' on a defence solicitor. Like most police officers who interview their own prisoners he views the defence brief as a necessary evil. Given that the UK Criminal Justice System is deemed as one of the fairest in the world and a model that even the US built theirs on, he accepts them for what they are.How they sleep at night however is beyond his comprehension but then he might guess that someone has to do it or the system wouldn't work. For the most part defence solicitors know how to play the system and are reasonably well behaved. Like everyone George has had a few stroppy ones who have decided that his line of questioning  was inappropriate. He has even had occasions where a solicitor has hijacked the interview, answering questions on behalf of the prisoner. That's no problem though, he just stopped the tapes and ejected the wayward brief from his interview.Anyway there's a line drawn in the sand as far as George is concerned, a clear one and some of them decide to try and cross it.Take new years eve. As a result of a routine traffic stop George arrested a disqualified driver for taking a motor vehicle without owners consent or TWOC. Also known as Taking and Driving or TDA to some among you. The prisoner coughed to it at the roadside, and then again at the custody desk. He didn't want a solicitor so George decided on a quick taped interview because he'd admitted his wrong-doing twice already and he could have him charged and released from custody in very short orderPrior to and during interview he was offered the services of a legal representative, which he declined and then he sang like a canary, admitting to both offences while being tape recorded. On the way back to the custody desk with his prisoner George bumped into Jan, a duty solicitor who was there on another job. She recognised George's prisoner, obviously not a good thing for the prisoner, and asked if they had been into interview already. The prisoner replied 'yes' and that he was 'bang to rights' which he was.At this point the duty brief erupted like a banshee, she shouted at the prisoner and then turned her attention to George, accusing him of tricking her client, being unethical and unprofessional. Of course George reminded her that she was in a police custody office and who she was speaking to. He also pointed out that if she continued to shout in the custody area, causing a disturbance, she would be removed.Jan wasn't happy with this at all and demanded to speak to the Inspector. Fortunately he was already in custody carrying out prisoner reviews and had heard the entire commotion. He took Jan to one side and reminded her of the process, a prisoner had just as much right to not be advised by her or any other legal representative as they did to get it. Just as the police could not force the prisoner to give up the right to independent legal advice, she could not force him to take it. Her erstwhile client had been offered legal advice on three separate occasions and she should wind her neck in.Nice one guv, good to have the support of the boss. George went home a happy bobby and looking forward to his next encounter with Jan. 'Right Click' and 'Save as' to download the audio version