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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The Preacher and the Slave

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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

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Outro Music: Leve Palestina, Spartacus

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Hello everyone!!

The time has come. We finish our first long-term game series! Dragon Age has come to an end as we understand it. Let's talk about The Veilguard, with good friend Holly!

It is a sad time, as we go over some of the many failings of The Veilguard, its faults in production, writing, execution... And yet, all boiling down to a rather generic game (and failing even at that), that is quite unrecognizable from the Dragon Age series, even in its lowest points before.

So come along for the ride, as we close the book and lay out our memorial service for this once rather unique, and damn right phenomenal, videogame series.

Enjoy!

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Hello everyone!!

For our late Left Page this month, we dive into an odd choice, but a fruitful one! Emperor Marcus Aurelius' Meditations, from 161 A.D.!

In what we find to be one of the original inspirations for self-help books, we... certainly suffer through this one! Talking about how an Emperor can isolate himself from his society and keep himself above it, becoming "a perfect and invincible soul".

And we tackle it in turn, with our own experiences, charging against his feeble attempts at "human nature", what he understands existance and history to be, and worst and scariest of all, the horror of men.

Enjoy!

And check out the Existential Comics Frank mentioned on Epictetus!

https://existentialcomics.com/comic/264

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

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Hello everyone!!

It's been a little while, but we're back with another Concept episode! This time trying to thing about what makes an RPG!

In this new series we intend to understand a few of the several messy questions that surround this genre, including trying to define what is an RPG. In this first episode we tackle that initial question, with Leon putting forth a framework that might be the most useful way to understand not just the genre, but how games and their connection to us, can be broached.

Enjoy!

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We found something.

Video Referenced:

https://youtu.be/AnySV4SZdqg

Thank you.

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Hello everyone!!

In another collab with our good friend Jay, we finally decided to talk about Opera, in particular, Don Giovani!!

Come along with us as we dissect this odd portrayal of the "Don Juan" image, his terrible deeds and punishment, and continually this articulation of sound, story and music that opera can create. While never forgetting several matters of class within opera, the notions of performance and lots more!

Enjoy!

And check out Jay's stuff elsewhere!

Library Punk

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