#65: Andrew Milne - Tourists In Our Own Reality: Susan Sontag's Photography at 50
In this episode Barry and Mike talk about Andrew Milne’s essay, “Tourists in our own Reality: Susan Sontag’s Photography at 50” in an attempt to update her arguments for the digital age. They puzzle ...
26 Apr 20241h 9min
#64: Jonathan Crary - Scorched Earth, pt. 2
In this episode Barry and Mike discuss chapter 2 of of Jonathan Crary’s “Scorched Earth.” They focus on social media as a pharmacological problem within the Internet Complex.
12 Apr 202442min
#63: Jonathan Crary - Scorched Earth
Barry and Mike discuss Jonathan Crary’s critique of the “internet complex” and what it means.
29 Mar 20241h 8min
#62: Siegfried Kracauer - Cult of Distraction: On Berlin's Picture Palaces
Barry and Mike discuss Siegfried Kracauer's 1926 essay "Cult of Distraction: On Berlin's Picture Palaces." Written nearly 100 years ago, the essay is strangely relevant to our current political lands...
15 Mar 202447min
#61: Yanis Varoufakis - Technofeudalism
Barry and Mike discuss Yanis Varoufakis' book, Technofeudalism: What Killed Capitalism, and the challenge it presents to Marxist theories about global capital.
1 Mar 202445min
Evgeny Morozov - Only Disconnect
In this episode Barry and Mike relate Evgeny Morozov’s 2013 New Yorker essay, “Only Disconnect” to their previous discussion of A. Romero’s meditation on boredom and distraction and the internet.
16 Feb 202438min
Alberto Romero - The Most Important Skill in the 21st Century
In this episode Barry and Mike discuss “The Most Important Skill in the 21st Century,” Alberto Romero’s polemical defense of boredom in the media entertainment age. They discuss whether it’s possible ...
2 Feb 202445min
Philip K. Dick - Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep
In this episode Barry and Mike return to the earlier discussion of Sherry Turkle’s “Alone Together” and question her conclusion regarding the human/robotic distinction in light of PKD’s “Do Androids ...
19 Jan 20241h 10min
