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Broadcaster W. Coleman explores surveillance capitalism and Broadcaster S. Cisneros gets to know a rebel musician. Featuring Leanne Thacker, Angela Barraza, and Edgar Ricaud. Stay tuned for updates regarding the release of Edgar's latest album.
Theme music by Sun Blood Stories
Cover Art by Jeremie Serrano
The Age of Surveillance Capitalism by Shoshana Zuboff (affiliate link, purchasing on Bookshop helps support Dispatch from the Desert Planet but we don't care where you shop as long as the profit goes to independent bookstores.)
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The great outdoors (from space!)
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Featuring Kent Overshown as Broadcaster K. Baldwin. Cover art by Jeremie Serrano and music by Sun Blood Stories.
Real-world Links:
Diversify Outdoors
National Parks and Racial Equity
Nature and Health
Climate Change and Indigenous Activism
Standing Rock
Spotlight on Indigenous Activists
Coffee Break featured Inca Lands by Hiram Bingham, reading courtesy of Librivox
This special non-fiction episode includes commentary about the attempted insurrection on January 6th, 2021 and extended reading/listening/watching resources.
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Related to the complicity of Capitol police (be it active or passive) Aljazeera is reporting on the FBI’s warning US Law Enforcement before the attack. They also have live updates pertaining to the insurrection, Donald Trump, consequences, and lack thereof.
BBC News has an article called The 65 Days that Led to Chaos at the Capitol that helps track some of the key moments, predominately on social media, that led to Wednesday’s action as well as the evolution of the Stop the Steal quote, movement.
Unicorn Riot’s reporting on Proud Boy’s leader Henry Tarrio’s arrest. Tarrio was arrested before the attempted insurrection, upon arrival to DC, because in December of 2020 he carried out a hate crime against a Black church in the area. His arrest revealed two illegal high capacity firearms. I think this one is particularly important because it helps illustrate that Wednesday’s action was part of a steady violent escalation, very much reinforced by racism, rather than a spontaneous show of political ideology.
PRX’s podcast Reveal’s most recent episode Democracy Under Siege dives into the attempted coup and explores a historical parallel
Politics and Prose Bookstore has lecture/reading from On Tyranny author Timothy Snyder free on YouTube. It’s a bit over an hour. The takeaway is, it can happen and it happens fast.
It Could Happen Here is Robert Evan’s podcast from 2019 that considers the possibility of a modern American civil war.
Speaking of imaginings of a modern US civil war, Omar El-Akkad’s American War is a work of speculative fiction that reads like historical fiction. As a former conflict journalist El-Akkad brings intense realism to his dystopia. (Affiliate link included, purchasing through Bookshop helps support DDP)
And, if you’re turning to SpecFic right now, obviously, read Octavia Butler’s Parable of the Sower. If it’s not an option for you right now due to funds. A teacher has done a very cool thing and shared a reading on Youtube to help get students through shelter in place. She also displays the PDF text.
In June of last year Politico wrote about the current golden age of conspiracy theories.
Reporter Jake Hanrahan’s podcasts Q Clearance delves into the origins of the Qanon conspiracy.
Also, check out our Bingo, Fascism card! It’s free, and terrifying.
Catch some of the 89.x1 crews evening announcements. Thank you to our donors, and sustaining Ko-fi/Patreon supporters for making Dispatch from the Desert Planet Possible.
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Deepest gratitude Bean, Angela, Sarra, Sagrario, Leanne, Leanne, Matt, Berry, Justin, Tevanna, Mariah, Alyse, Lauren, Gina, Amber and the entire Sun Blood Stories team, Oliver, Oliver, Mara, Miki, Bobby, Michelle, Alyssa, Alyssa, Sophia, Jo, Eva, Connor, Cassidy, Kayla, Carolyn, Jordyn, Gabriella, Samantha, Samara, Melissa, Hedda, Sami, and Cindy.
Broadcaster C. Countee embraces life as a space pirate and takes some time to do a broadcast.
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Morgan Wolski as Broadcaster C. Countee
Morgan Maxwell as Broadcaster J. June
Leanne Thacker as Broadcaster W. Coleman
Angela Barraza as Broadcaster S. Cisneros
Kent Overshown as Broadcaster K. Baldwin
Dispatch from the Desert Planet is a work of fiction. For non-fiction learning we recommend starting with the following links. (None of the following people, resources, or organizations are affiliated with this podcast in any way.)
Prisons for profit: Concerns mount about Trousdale Turner Correctional Center, operator CoreCivic (article)
Today It Locks Up Immigrants. But CoreCivic’s Roots Lie in the Brutal Past of America’s Prisons (article)
CoreCivic (website for a diversified, government-solutions company with the scale and experience needed to solve tough government challenges in cost-effective ways.)
Starting to consider yourself an abolitionist? Looking for more reading? Try:
Dereka Purnell's article How I Became an Abolitionist in the Atlantic
Thank you to Librivox for our poetry interlude. Ralph Chaplin's From Bars and Shadows.
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Join Broadcasters W. Coleman, J. June, and L. Hughes for an epically un-fun game.
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Broadcaster W. Coleman played by Leanne Thacker
Broadcaster. J. June played by Morgan Maxwell
Broadcaster L. Hughes played by Rhae-Dawn Royal
Cover Art By Jeremie Serrano
Music by Sun Blood Stories. Pre-order Sun Blood Stories' latest project (a)Live and Alone at Visual Arts Collective by making any monetary donation. All funds will be donated to VAC. More information here
Dispatch from the Desert Planet is a work of fiction. Any resemblance it may bear to the real world is purely coincidental. For non-fictional learning about fascism check out Robert O. Paxton's The Anatomy of Fascism or the Behind the Bastards Podcast. (Both sources are entirely unaffiliated with Dispatch from the Desert Planet.)
The poetry interlude this episode was Langston Hughes' My Loves courtesy of LibriVox
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Angela Barraza as Broadcaster S. Cisneros
Athena Hagen as "Broadcaster" Jane
Morgan Maxwell as Broadcaster J. June
Kent Overshown as Broadcaster K. Baldwin
Rhae-Dawn Royal as Broadcaster L. Hughes
Leanne Thacker as Broadcaster W. Coleman
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Morgan Wolski as Broadcaster C. Countee
Cover art by Jeremie Serrano and music by Sun Blood Stories. For more about Sun Blood Stories click here
Dispatch from the Desert Planet is a work of fiction. Any resemblance it may bear to the real world is purely coincidental.
For non-fictional learning about legal tactics for suppressing journalism check out:
https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2018/12/29/2018-a-year-of-media-suppression-and-rights-abuses-in-pakistan/
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/437610-trump-calls-press-the-enemy-of-the-people
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/sep/07/donald-trump-war-on-the-media-oppo-research
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Broadcaster J. June calls home.
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Transcripts available here. Broadcaster J. June makes the second phone call in a farewell series. Featuring Sagrario Estrella.
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Transcripts available here. Message One in a three part series. Broadcaster J. June as opened a case of Break in Case of Emergency! Plus, meet The Council.
Content Notice: Two uses of explicit language
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The podcast currently has 25 episodes available.