Mars on Life

Mars on Life

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Mars on Life episodes

  • The Falling Middle Cast: Episode 8

    In this week's second installment, our cohosts read over the first two segments of "Chapter 3: The Discovery of the Working Class":

    • "Middle Americans" in the Media
    • The Blue-Collar Stereotype

    Social media:

    Mars on Life: @marsonlifeshow on Twitter and Instagram

    Ryan Mancini: @mancinira (Twitter) and @manciniryan (Instagram)

    Sebastian Schug: ⁠Seabass⁠ on YouTube

    Artwork by Zachary Erberich (@zacharyerberichart)

    1 hr 30 min
  • The Falling Middle Cast: Episode 7

    In this week's first installment, our cohosts conclude Chapter 2 with the final two sections: 

    • Middle-Class Childraising: Ambivalence and Anxiety
    • The Revenge of the Lower Class
    • Social media:

      Mars on Life: @marsonlifeshow on Twitter and Instagram

      Ryan Mancini: @mancinira (Twitter) and @manciniryan (Instagram)

      Sebastian Schug: ⁠Seabass⁠ on YouTube

      Artwork by Zachary Erberich (@zacharyerberichart)

      "Covert Affairs" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
      Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License
      http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

      1 hr 41 min
    • Fear and Swift's Loathing (186)

      We run another gamut of topics, from the ongoing Jonathan Majors controversy to a shooting in New Mexico following protests next to the statue of an obscure conquistador. We cap off the episode with the fandom surrounding Taylor Swift as she enters the "wide world," you could say, of sports.

      To read the article Andrew recommended from the Rio Grande Sun about the Oñate shooter, here's the link: https://www.riograndesun.com/news/shooter-email-i-will-be-there/article_cac54c64-62d0-11ee-a1fa-9b576be30006.html

      Social media:

      Mars on Life: @marsonlifeshow on Twitter and Instagram

      Ryan Mancini: @mancinira (Twitter) and @manciniryan (Instagram)

      Andrew Martinez: @andrewomartinez (Twitter)

      Matt Fernandez: @matt_fern (Twitter) and @thewoodseyninja (Instagram)

      Artwork by Zachary Erberich (@zacharyerberichart)

      "Space X-plorers" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
      Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License
      http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

      56 min
    • The Falling Middle Cast: Episode 6

      In this week's second installment, our cohosts read over the following segments of Chapter 2:

      • "Permissiveness" Enters Politics
      • The Youth Revolt as Class Treason
      • The Professions as Class Fortress
      • Social media:

        Mars on Life: @marsonlifeshow on Twitter and Instagram

        Ryan Mancini: @mancinira (Twitter) and @manciniryan (Instagram)

        Sebastian Schug: ⁠Seabass⁠ on YouTube

        Artwork by Zachary Erberich (@zacharyerberichart)

        "Covert Affairs" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
        Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License
        http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

        1 hr 28 min
      • The Falling Middle Cast: Episode 5

        In this week's first installment, our cohosts read over the first two segments of "Chapter 2: The Middle Class on the Defensive":

        • The Threat of the Left
        • The Intellectual Backlash
        • Social media:

          Mars on Life: @marsonlifeshow on Twitter and Instagram

          Ryan Mancini: @mancinira (Twitter) and @manciniryan (Instagram)

          Sebastian Schug: ⁠Seabass⁠ on YouTube

          Artwork by Zachary Erberich (@zacharyerberichart)

          "Covert Affairs" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
          Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License
          http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

          1 hr 2 min
        • Try That in a Smallville: "Man of Steel" Review (185)

          The "mediocre DC movie train" leaves the station as Ryan and Matt review the 2013 film "Man of Steel."

          Social media:

          Mars on Life: @marsonlifeshow on Twitter and Instagram

          Ryan Mancini: @mancinira (Twitter) and @manciniryan (Instagram)

          Matt Fernandez: @matt_fern (Twitter) and @thewoodseyninja (Instagram)

          Artwork by Zachary Erberich (@zacharyerberichart)

          "Space X-plorers" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
          Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License
          http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

          1 hr 11 min
        • The Falling Middle Cast: Episode 4

          In this week's second installment, our cohosts conclude Chapter 1 with the final section:

          • Infantilizing the Poor
          • And with reading the opening of "Chapter 2: The Middle Class on the Defensive."

            Social media:

            Mars on Life: @marsonlifeshow on Twitter and Instagram

            Ryan Mancini: @mancinira (Twitter) and @manciniryan (Instagram)

            Sebastian Schug: ⁠Seabass⁠ on YouTube

            Artwork by Zachary Erberich (@zacharyerberichart)

            "Covert Affairs" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
            Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License
            http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

            "Shadowlands 7 – Codex" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
            Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License
            http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

            1 hr 23 min
          • The Falling Middle Cast: Episode 3

            In this week's first installment, our cohosts read over the following segments of Chapter 1:

            • The Sources of Dread
            • Feminism and "Progressive Demoralization"
            • Poverty Discovered
            • Social media:

              Mars on Life: @marsonlifeshow on Twitter and Instagram

              Ryan Mancini: @mancinira (Twitter) and @manciniryan (Instagram)

              Sebastian Schug: ⁠Seabass⁠ on YouTube

              Artwork by Zachary Erberich (@zacharyerberichart)

              "Covert Affairs" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
              Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License
              http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

              1 hr 22 min
            • Death, Scabs and 3 Cuties (184)

              J'accuse! Scabs are allegedly afoot in the face of the ongoing writers and actors strikes. Also, we talk about the sad lethality of sports arenas before we close off on a high note: more aliens??

              Social media:

              Mars on Life: @marsonlifeshow on Twitter and Instagram

              Ryan Mancini: @mancinira (Twitter) and @manciniryan (Instagram)

              Andrew Martinez: @andrewomartinez (Twitter)

              Matt Fernandez: @matt_fern (Twitter) and @thewoodseyninja (Instagram)

              Artwork by Zachary Erberich (@zacharyerberichart)

              "Space X-plorers" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
              Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License
              http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

              52 min
            • The Falling Middle Cast: Episode 2

              In this week's second installment, our cohosts read over the first three segments of "Chapter 1: Affluence, Dread and the Discovery of Poverty":

              • The Problem of Problemlessness
              • Sociology and the Specter of Class
              • The Blight of Affluence
              • Social media:

                Mars on Life: @marsonlifeshow on Twitter and Instagram

                Ryan Mancini: @mancinira (Twitter) and @manciniryan (Instagram)

                Sebastian Schug: ⁠Seabass⁠ on YouTube

                Artwork by Zachary Erberich (@zacharyerberichart)

                "Covert Affairs" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
                Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License
                http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

                1 hr 21 min

              About Mars on Life

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              Welcome to "Mars on Life." From California to Massachusetts, listen as four friends understand the arts, culture, class and life itself in this irreverent series. If you keep going, you'll make it to…