Centered Subject

Live in NYC, Jenny and Yelena are joined by philosopher Brian Irwin who reports on “Designing a Green New Deal”, a conference that took place at UPenn on Sept. 13th. Also discussed: the climate strike, ways to effect political change, Jonathan Franzen (is he a dick?), anthropogenic urban planning, and 'ge-stell'.

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Of relevance:

“Designing a Green New Deal”

https://mcharg.upenn.edu/events/%E2%80%9Cdesigning-green-new-deal%E2%80%9D

 

“US politics is stuck. Can the climate movement shake it loose?” by David Roberts, a panelist at “Designing a Green New Deal” conference.

https://www.vox.com/energy-and-environment/2019/9/23/20877731/climate-strike-politics-march-dc

 

Jeet Heer on Jonathan Franzen:

https://www.thenation.com/article/climate-change-jonathan-franzen/

Jenny and Yelena reunite to discuss 1960’s LA, Kenneth Anger, Marjorie Cameron, Edgar Cayce, drones, too fast a service at 7/11, instructions for collective humanity, will power, becoming a pixel, patience, materiality, immediacy, boredom, and country houses.

 

Centered Subject is Jenny Campbell (NYC) and Yelena Zhelezov (LA).  Frequent themes: harrowing news, smart objects, nature, fine arts, Jenny's insight into human behavior, Yelena's Soviet memories, and the perils of capitalism. Sounds by Julia Holter. Subscribe!

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In this truly existential ep, Jenny and Yelena contemplate the nature of belonging and alienation, drive-in brothels, living in one’s car, the gendered nature of modernist architecture, and the Millennial nun trend. Tune in for guidance on intimate housework and being your own pet.

 

References:

• Drive-thru brothels: why cities are building 'sexual infrastructure' by Nate Berg

https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2019/sep/02/drive-thru-brothels-why-cities-are-building-sexual-infrastructure

 

• WHY I REALLY LIVE IN MY CAR | Katie Carney

https://youtu.be/4i3z5hjcibg

 

• The Sex of Architecture, edited by Diana Agrest, Patricia Conway and Leslie Kanes Weisman

 

• Behold, the Millennial Nuns by by Eve Fairbanks

https://www.huffpost.com/highline/article/millennial-nuns/

A time-travel episode with special guest Julia Holter. Jenny moves to the Middle Ages and reports from the scene, Yelena draws contemporary parallels, and Julia provides the allegorical counterpoints.

Discussed: emoji as modern iconography, area 51 Facebook group meet up vs peasant riots, plague era graffiti, tawdry tales from Decameron, YouTube rituals, medieval dinner parties, jester politics and again Marianne Williamson. Bonus: Julia leads us in a purifying ritual and we sing a wistful song. We bequeath this episode to you.

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Centered Subject is Jenny Campbell (NYC) and Yelena Zhelezov (LA),  parsing harrowing news from The Internet every Thursday. Frequent themes: tech, nature, fine arts, Jenny's insight into human behavior, Yelena's Soviet memories, and the perils of capitalism. Sounds by Julia Holter. Subscribe!

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Jenny and Yelena get discursive about perfectionism, work ethics, envy, social media, and dick pics in the age of digital reproduction. Special appearances by Henry VIII, Anne of Cleves, and Greenland!

 

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Centered Subject is Jenny Campbell (NYC) and Yelena Zhelezov (LA),  parsing harrowing news from the Internet every Thursday. Frequent themes: tech, nature, fine arts, Jenny's insight into human behavior, Yelena's Soviet memories, and the perils of neoliberalism. Sounds by Julia Holter. Subscribe!

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Moderately personal episode in which Yelena and Jenny consider going off the rails. Discussed: smoking, disgrace insurance, Epstein, Kanye’s Tattooine architecture, bystander effect, Trump’s emoji diplomacy, ability to be alone and finding community through your smart fridge.

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Centered Subject is Jenny Campbell (NYC) and Yelena Zhelezov (LA),  parsing harrowing news from the Internet every Thursday. Frequent themes: tech, nature, fine arts, Jenny's insight into human behavior, Yelena's Soviet memories, and the perils of neoliberalism. Sounds by Julia Holter. Subscribe!

 

Artist Robbie Nock joins Jenny and Yelena to ponder the relationship between innovation, hysteria, and the supernatural. We take a short trip to the center of the earth, read from books by John Patrick Leary and Jeffrey Sconce, and debate capitalism ONCE AGAIN. Bonus: Yelena goes rogue and performs Keywords*.

Required reading:

*Keywords: The New Language of Capitalism, by John Patrick Leary 

Haunted Media: Electronic Presence from Telegraphy to Television, by Jeffrey Sconce

Pattern Recognition, by William Gibson

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Clinging to humanity despite harrowing news from The Internet, Jenny Campbell (NYC) and Yelena Zhelezov (LA) make a podcast every Thursday, sometimes Monday or on occasion Tuesday.

Frequently discussed: tech, nature, fine arts, human behavior, relationships, Soviet memories, and sharing economy. Dulcet sounds by Julia Holter.

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Artist Nicolas Grenier joins Jenny and Yelena for a conversation on systems that propel the growth-oriented economy. Broached: Jack Burnham’s “System Esthetics”, Individualism vs Collectivity, Marianne Williamson’s appeal, Boris Johnson’s calculated clown act, contemporary medievalism, propaganda, mushroom sculptures and more.

 

Refs:

Margaret Levi: Creating a New Moral Political Economy
https://casbs.stanford.edu/projects/projects/creating-new-moral-political-economy

Future of Humanity Institute:
https://www.fhi.ox.ac.uk/
And the Vulnerable World Hypothesis by Nick Bostrom (from the Future of Humanity Institute) https://nickbostrom.com/papers/vulnerable.pdf

Caliban and the Witch, Silvia Federici
https://libcom.org/files/Caliban%20and%20the%20Witch.pdf

Nonviolent Communication, Marshall Rosenberg

Deleuze and Guattari The Concept of the Rhizome, http://ensemble.va.com.au/enslogic/text/smn_lct08.htm

Red Hangover, Legacies of Twentieth-Century Communism, Kristen Ghodsee
https://www.dukeupress.edu/red-hangover

Zoe Aja Moore joins Yelena and Jenny for rock hard hammering, philately fetish, desire construction, consent and the bohemian, AOL chatrooms, object relations, and a meta review of Quinn and Dipsea audio erotica apps. Moan.

 

Clinging to humanity despite harrowing news from The Internet, Jenny Campbell (NYC) and Yelena Zhelezov (LA) make a podcast every Thursday.

Frequently discussed: tech, nature, fine arts, human behavior, relationships, Soviet memories, and sharing economy - with sounds by Julia Holter.

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Intrigued by the Amazon Nomads phenomenon, J and Y discuss the erosion of brick and mortar retail and uncanny nature of networked economy. Jenny talks about the notion of “third place”, and Yelena waxes about Victor Gruen, the socialist father of the shopping malls. Also mentioned: teenage dreamworld architecture, tales of out of work ghosts and zero gravity conflict management.

 

Quoted and Referenced:

Architechture as Participation, Brian Irwin, PhD.

Victor Gruen, AIA

Thinking Like a Mall: Environmental Philosophy and the End of Nature, Steven Vogel

“Road Tripping with the Amazon Nomads” by Josh Dzieza

Josh Korda of Dharmapunx NYC