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Long-Distance Call
By Michael VenturaSociety & Culture
Long-Distance Call episodes
- 13 min
- Trump's Rallies - If They PERMIT You To Murder Them, Is That Still Murder
Trump's super-spreader rallies should be reported as what they are: Murder. The electorate is too crazy to predict, but as we near Election Day it's not crazy to think Biden can win.
14 min - Re-Wiring? Really? Climate Change, Are You Kidding?
No, your brain is not being rewired, and, yes, climate change changes everything.
15 min - Zeitgeist, Zeigeist, Who's Got The Zeitgeist?
We are part of an enormous project, whether we know it or not: the redefinition of human nature.
12 min - Today in this country, tell me -- who do you think is really important?
This is about who's REALLY important. (It's also about merry-go-rounds.)
13 min - Is this election the beginning of the end of a bad time, or the end of the beginning of a horrible time?
What's happening here is a 21st century crossroads, and I've got a feeling the whole century's riding on it.
9 min - An Artifact Of This Christian's Faith
A poem entitled "The Leader of the Synagogue."
The hell of it is: now, when the miracle is facing you,
You cannot accept it.
13 min - What's Up With You White Trump-Supporting Evangelical Christians?
When I consider Christianity and I consider Donald J. Trump, I end up wondering about his Christians: Who is this God you believe in?
10 min - How Can We Take Responsibility For What We Know?
While more or less a thousand of us a day die because of Trumpian incompetence and many thousands believe any nonsense to justify their complicity in Trumpian catastrophes . . . while climate change scorches and floods us, the Weeping of that . . . but coming as far as we can with a recognition of The Weeping, we’re faced with a question, as we always are when we’ve come far enough: How do I take responsibility for what I know?
26 min - What Do You Do When You Hear The Weeping
With distress piled upon distress as 2020, like a rising flood, rushes on toward a presidential election, there is one faction-less element that unites this historical moment: The Weeping.
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About Long-Distance Call
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American essayist, cultural critic, novelist and screenwriter, Michael Ventura offers commentary in this moment of history before the 2020 election.