Benjamin Studebaker On The Crisis Of Democracy | ArtiFact #42: Alex Sheremet, Benjamin Studebaker
According to the Left, Right, and Center, democracy is under attack. Donald Trump claimed election fraud in 2020, while both Joe Biden and Hillary Clinton hinted at fascism with a Republican administr...
5 Jul 20232h 7min
ArtiFact #41: Is YouTube Destroying Art? | Alex Sheremet, Ezekiel Yu, Dan Schneider
Art YouTube ranges from academic to street, high-brow to low-brow, natural, performative, good and bad. In ArtiFact #41, writers Alex Sheremet, Ezekiel Yu, and Dan Schneider tackle some of the more po...
28 Jun 20232h 5min
How ”The Limits To Growth” (1972) Was Vindicated | ArtiFact #40: Arnold Schroder, Alex Sheremet
In 1972, four scientists – Donella H. Meadows, Dennis L. Meadows, Jørgen Randers, William W. Behrens III – published a book called The Limits To Growth, about planetary limits based on a new computer ...
18 Apr 20231h 34min
ArtiFact #39: On Friedrich Nietzsche’s ”The Gay Science” | Laura Woods, Alex Sheremet
Friedrich Nietzsche wrote a large number of books defying systematization, creating a reputation for difficulty that is not altogether fair. For instance, “The Gay Science” (1882) captures the bulk of...
8 Mar 20232h 34min
ArtiFact #38: Ivan Katchanovski On Russia / Ukraine Propaganda, Maidan, Donbass, & The USSR
Although Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 caught many analysts off-guard, Ukrainian-born scholar Ivan Katchanovski (University of Ottawa) predicted the growth of tensions well before the ...
24 Feb 20233h 35min
ArtiFact #37: Junichiro Tanizaki’s ”Some Prefer Nettles” | Ruslan Gallopyn, Alex Sheremet
Junichiro Tanizaki (1886 – 1965) was a Japanese novelist born to a Tokyo merchant family. His work combined some of the best elements of modernism while tapping both Japanese and Western aesthetics. I...
15 Feb 20232h 2min
ArtiFact #36: EKPHRASM – Jessica Schneider’s Ekphrastic Poetry | Alex Sheremet, Jessica Schneider
Although ekphrastic poetry (‘poetry about art’) has been around for a long time, the majority of ekphrastic writing does little more than recapitulate and describe a painting. In ArtiFact #36, Alex Sh...
25 Jan 20231h 24min
ArtiFact #35: The Life & Times Of Bruce Ario, Poet | Joel Ario, Alex Sheremet, Dan Schneider
Bruce Ario (1955 – 2022) was a great Minneapolis poet with a fascinating backstory. Although he did not have much interest in writing in the start of his adult life, a car accident and traumatic brain...
11 Jan 20231h 15min
