Living in the End Times

Today Amos and Ex talk Coen Brothers films, the prospects of Alexandria Ocasio Cortez’s proposed Green New Deal in Washington, anarchist LARPing, David Graeber’s take on the ongoing gilets jaunes movement in France, and how being a leftist is like being a Minnesota Vikings fan.

Happy Holidays, yalls. Tis the season for your co-hosts to discuss the ways in which the Christian tradition especially seems to have lost its appetite for eschatological or end-of-days thinking (relative to the 1990s “Left Behind” hysteria) as we actually get closer to such a moment coming to pass. Likewise, given the “eschatological” utopianism in some far left traditions, where are all the Marxists and anarchists these days when it comes to talking end of days?

Who starts a podcast in the 21st Century by talking about the GREAT Omaha band 311? Amos and Ex do. Also discussed further are 2018 election outcomes and the main focus: reconceptualizing climate change as a technology itself to be manipulated, regulated, and shaped by by humans.

The morning after. As the Democrats boast about recapturing the US house of Representatives our jolly hosts Amos and Ex stumble their way through the day after the 2018 midterm elections and discuss the results of both national and state races. Bottom line: a mixed bag of hope and anxiety.

Amos and Ex talk Halloween, Slovenian philosopher Slavoj Zizek, the hyperreal / simulated nature of the Trump presidency, and why the Left needs to take a cue from the American President and start being “more like him” (without all the incompetence, lying, sexism, and human rights violations) if it wants to win. That is: be more … Continue reading LET007