Parallax Views w/ J.G. Michael
Society & Culture
On this edition of Parallax Views, playwright Matthew Gasda joins the show to discuss his Compact Magazine piece "Downtown Demons" about micro-celebrities and micro-cultures in New York went from rebellious parties during the pandemic to feeding political nihilism in the guise of far-right politics. Matthew is the author of the play "Dimes Square" and discusses the scene culture of Manhattan during the pandemic in this regard. Those with and interest in the culture and trollish politics that have emerged out of Manhattan in the past few years through podcasts, events, and Peter Thiel money, may want to give this a listen. Matthew argues that the trollish politics of the scene culture can evolve into something much more dangerous and bleak in the course of conversation and we also manage to tie-in the pro wrestling idea of "kayfabe" into our discussion of meme culture, micro-celebrity podcasters, and the like.
Davos Man: How the Billionaires Devoured the World w/ Peter S. Goodman
Libya’s Political Turmoil w/ Mustafa Fetouri/Asia Pacific Arms Build-Up & South Korea’s Hawkish New President-Elect w/ Andrew Corbley
The U.S. Role in the Rise of Vladimir Putin w/ Greg Palast/The Hidden History of Big Brother w/ Thom Hartmann/Orthodox Christianity, Russkiy Mir, & the Ukraine Crisis w/ George Demacopoulos
Cuba & Ukraine Crisis w/ William LeoGrande/Gulf States & Ukraine Crisis w/ Kristian Ulrichsen/U.S. Foreign Policy & Ukraine w/ Daniel Bessner
Hitler’s Cosmopolitan Bastard: Count Richard Coudenhove-Kalergi, the Founding Father of Europe w/ Martyn Bond/Russia and Sanctions w/ Brian Grodsky
Soaring Gas Prices & the Economy w/ Mike Swanson/Putin’s Game in Ukraine w/ Larry Hancock
The Cloak-and-Dagger, Hall of Mirrors World of the Donbass w/ Aaron Lake Smith/Project Censored’s State of the Free Press 2022 w/ Mickey Huff
Ukraine Crisis w/ John Feffer
Putin’s Ukraine Gamble, War, and Hubris w/ Patrick Cockburn
Ukraine Crisis w/ Zachary Paikin/World Beyond War w/ David Swanson
Ukraine Crisis w/ Kuba Wrzesniewski
Ukraine Crisis w/ James W. Carden
70s Blaxploitation Cinema and Its Pop Culture Legacy w/ Thaddeus Russell & Kamasi Hill
The Palestinian Struggle and Human Rights w/ Dr. Hanan Ashrawi/The 2022 Israel Lobby Con w/ Grant F. Smith
The Problems of Genocide: Permanent Security and the Language of Transgression w/ A. Dirk Moses
The Cabinet: George Washington and the Creation of an American Institution w/ Lindsay M. Chervinsky
The Golden Age of Islamic Philosophy + Muhammad Ali Jinnah w/ Amb. Akbar Ahmed/Global Wealth Inequality w/ Chuck Collins
Cuba: The 60 Year Embargo, the Pandemic Response, & Havana Syndrome w/ Dr. Mitchell Valdés Sosa/Foreign Interventions & Turmoil in Libya (+ Gulf Politics & Yemen) w/ Giorgio Cafiero
The Azov Battalion and U.S. Support of the Ukrainian Far-Right w/ Lev Golinkin
FIXED: Havana Syndrome, TikTok Tics, & Mass Psychogenic Saber-Rattling/The Lucrative Business of Anti-Vaxx? w/ Mia Jankowicz/Amensty International Israel/Palestine Report w/ Stephen Zunes
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