If you like the podcast and want more, please consider supporting us. ![]() Follow NY Communities for Change to support disruptions at Pete Buttigeig and Joe Biden Wall Street fundraising events. Posting and podcast legends Jack Allison and Leslie Lee III join us to discuss Bloomberg, Lis Smith, and how “independent Democrats” (aka Republicans, but also whatever both parties uphold the neoliberal hegemony) use unlimited funds to buy elections, stop progressive legislation, and promote fascist police tactics all over the world. Hey all, here’s the latest bonus letter from your good friend, me.Download file | Play in new window | Duration: 55:55 I already have some idea of what my next piece will be on, so this is possibly the start of a series on mundane occultism. It took me a few weeks to get my podcast queue back under control after mostly ignoring it for three weeks while I was in the States. I don’t subscribe to that many podcasts, and plenty of them are only irregular, but in those weeks away that queue hit critical mass (largely thanks to a backlog of Philosophize This!, admittedly). It weighed on my mind as if it was an important responsibility I’d been avoiding, like vacuuming, flossing, or my email inbox, but one that would take 60-odd hours to complete – even listening at 1.2x speed. Because, like many people who read The Invisibles in their teens or early twenties, Im interested in chaos magic(k), and occult/esoteric beliefs/thoughts/. Normally I listen to podcasts for a good chunk of the day while I do my dayjob, when I’m cooking and doing chores, during commutes, and when I go out my daily walk. Every day when I went on my walk/jog, I’d follow the track along the creek – edged with native flora, its every concrete surface marked with graffiti that would fade and bloom with the spraypaint seasons, always changing.Ī few years and a couple of houses ago, I lived close to a creek (and a highway, but that’s not important). ![]() I mean, I hated running it – never trust anyone who tells you they enjoy running – but the track itself was a great backdrop. I hit the track with a headful of ideas, and ears full of music, the wind and birds in the trees, and interesting images and turns of phrase painted along the path. ![]() All of it came together to feed me even more ideas – stories, characters, dialogue, twists. The only problem is, running is really fucking boring. ‘Good for you’ maybe, ‘good for your mental health’, but so fucking boring. For every one of those moments of inspiration, I’d have thirty minutes of mind-numbing, calf-aching, bullshit running. I’d tune it out and my inner monologue would have a chance to dominate, and all my inner voice would say is “Can’t we just fuck off back home and eat an entire pack of Oreos?” And after a while, the music became too easy to tune out. The podcasts at least require proper engagement. You either follow along with the conversation, or you get left behind. (For a while, later on, at a different house, even podcasts weren’t enough to counter the boredom, and I took to using my housemate’s treadmill and watching TV shows on my tablet. ![]() If it can’t distract you from the monotony of the hamster wheel, then it’s not a good show.) Let me tell you, that is a great way to test some of the crap that ends up on these streaming platforms. One of the podcasts I listen to is Ultraculture, a podcast about occult and countercultural thinking. Leslie Lee III and Jack Allison wade into the best and worst of movies, music. Because, like many people who read The Invisibles in their teens or early twenties, I’m interested in chaos magic(k), and occult/esoteric beliefs/thoughts/history more generally. Struggle Session is the worlds finest politics and pop culture podcast.
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