Sign up to save your podcasts
Or
Share Michael and Us: Conquest of the Useless
Share to email
Share to Facebook
Share to X
Share to email
Share to Facebook
Share to X
Or
Michael and Us: Conquest of the Useless
The classic documentary BURDEN OF DREAMS (1982) captures director Werner Herzog as he's mounting the most ambitious feat of his career: attempting to haul a literal steamship over a literal mountain for his film Fitzcarraldo. We discuss how this legendary saga of directorial megalomania in a world where directorial megalomania has gone out of fashion. PLUS: the complicated reasons why there are no nice things in American politics.
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
View all episodes
By Jacobin
4.7
14241,424 ratings
The classic documentary BURDEN OF DREAMS (1982) captures director Werner Herzog as he's mounting the most ambitious feat of his career: attempting to haul a literal steamship over a literal mountain for his film Fitzcarraldo. We discuss how this legendary saga of directorial megalomania in a world where directorial megalomania has gone out of fashion. PLUS: the complicated reasons why there are no nice things in American politics.
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
More shows like Jacobin Radio
View all
Behind the News with Doug Henwood
494 Listeners
New Books in Critical Theory
144 Listeners
The Dig
1,549 Listeners
Chapo Trap House
8,808 Listeners
Michael and Us
598 Listeners
The Intercept Briefing
6,113 Listeners
Rev Left Radio
3,265 Listeners
Citations Needed
3,878 Listeners
Politics Theory Other
177 Listeners
The Antifada
930 Listeners
People's History Podcast
339 Listeners
Know Your Enemy
1,965 Listeners
Guerrilla History
584 Listeners
What's Left of Philosophy
264 Listeners
The Jacobin Sports Show
24 Listeners
American Prestige
922 Listeners
Macrodose
25 Listeners