Hello everyone.

The time has come to face our enemy once more. Yuval Noah Harari wrote another book, so we dive into how it is, indeed, a torment of pain and horror.

We try to fathom how Harari misunderstands History, historical practice, information, institutions, religion, power, science fiction, AI etc etc. There is very little accurate in this book, and yet, it seems to be rather successful in its nonsense.

As we interweave some of the MANY ways this book misrepresents reality, we try to get into what Harari understands and believes, and how he's still terrible in it.

We suffer, but for your enjoyment! Have fun!

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http://librarypunk.gay/

The Preacher and the Slave

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Intro Credits: Ultralounge, Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

Outro Credits: Leve Palestina, Spartacus

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Hello everyone!!

We have a special episode with a great guest! In order to talk about the magnificent show The Wire (2002-2008) we bring along Oli Mould, professor of Human Geography at Royal Holloway, University of London!

In this episode we dive into this destructive institution that is the police, alongside a few others. All while understanding how the show interweaves its characters, environment and narrative that is always aware of the sociological, the psychological and the personal.

There is nothing quite like The Wire, and we have to talk about how it is still relevant for understanding the militarization of the US and its police, and plenty plenty more.

Enjoy!

Check out the article we mentioned by Oli!

https://tacity.co.uk/2024/12/16/american-tv-and-post-9-11-political-imaginaries-24-the-west-wing-and-the-wire/

And Oli's TikTok & BlueSky!

https://www.tiktok.com/@olimouldt=ZG-8wVtptq6hGb&r=1

https://bsky.app/profile/olimould.bsky.social

If you can and are interested in early episodes and the Here Be Extras, check our Patreon!

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Also! If you're not there already, feel free to join our Discord, as we have been more talkative than usual, and plan to do so more and more!

https://discord.gg/J2wgG3yrPN

Intro Music: Home, by Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio

Outro Music: Leve Palestina, Spartacus

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