Marshall McLuhan - The Medium is the Massage: An Inventory of Effects pt. 2
In this episode Barry and Mike wrap up their discussion of Marshall McLuhan’s “The Medium is the Massage: An Inventory of Effects,” focusing on the question of education and media.
24 Nov 20231h 3min
Marshall McLuhan - The Medium is the Massage: An Inventory of Effects
In this episode Barry and Mike discuss Marshal McLuhan’s seminal text, The Medium is the Massage: An Inventory of Effects. They discuss the form of the book and some of the key opening arguments.
10 Nov 20231h 19min
John Law - Monsters, Machines, and Sociotechnical Relations
In this episode Barry and Mike discuss the three central issues raised by John Law in the introduction to his 1991 anthology, “Sociology of Monsters”: the problem of epistemology; the problem of the s...
27 Okt 20231h 5min
Denise Lu - Want to Enjoy Music More? Stop Streaming it.
In this episode Barry and Mike discuss Denise Lu’s recent New York Times editorial, “Want to Enjoy Music More? Stop Streaming It. Build a real music collection. Reintroduce intimacy to the songs you ...
13 Okt 20231h 1min
The 50th episode- a look back.
On the occasions of their 50th episode, Barry and Mike get reflective. The discuss the purpose or intent of the show, their favorite episodes, what they’d do over, and the biggest surprises that they...
29 Sep 202341min
John Law – Notes on the Theory of the Actor Network: Ordering, Strategy, and Heterogeneity.
In this episode Barry and Mike discussion John Law’s 1992 essay, “Notes on the Theory of the Actor Network: Ordering, Strategy, and Heterogeneity” and in particular Law’s concepts of network compositi...
15 Sep 20231h 11min
Bruno Latour - On Actor-Network Theory: A few clarifications
Barry and Mike discuss Bruno Latour’s essay, “On Actor-Network Theory: A few clarifications.” They work through his key terms in an attempt to better understand the new meanings he ascribes to actors...
1 Sep 20231h 8min
Jacques Attali - Noise
In this episode Barry and Mike discuss a chapter from Jacques Attali, book, Noise: The Political Economy of Music. Following on their discussion from the Glenn Gould episode, they interrogate at Atta...
18 Aug 20231h 8min
