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Nooks and Crannies’ Emergency-Minisode #1

Iran Contra 2.0; The Downfall of the Amerikan Imperial Empire; or A Big Nothing Burger?

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****NSFW Warning, boy howdy folks, I drop a lot of Eff Bombs in this one! It is because I am exasperated and pretty freaked out. If you don’t feel like getting fired, don’t play this through your office computer speakers!****

Reminiscent of our Ottawa Day’s, when a major world event would happen I would rush over to Evan’s house to get things explained. Only difference here is that I did as much research as possible and Evan is wearing pants *apparently.

Pretty heavy episode, tried to get Evan to provide the Rational Actor Theory take to calm my frazzled nerves, but it totally didn’t work. Instead we go chronologically through the events of this rapidly evolving then fizzling story.

We pepper this review with some of our views and opinions, make a few connections then disagree a bunch without fighting. One conclusion we did make is that this is not WW3! But I am still convinced that this will be looked back upon as the powder keg that resulted in the downfall of the US internationalist empire (Matt talking here), but maybe just take a peek at these sources and decide for yourselves :-)

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Sources:

https://www.pri.org/stories/2019-12-31/us-embassy-evacuated-violent-baghdad-protesters-attack-over-air-strikes

https://www.arabnews.com/node/1609381/middle-east

https://www.aa.com.tr/en/europe/poland-evacuates-its-ambassador-from-iraq/1696661

https://www.voanews.com/middle-east/voa-news-iran/philippines-orders-evacuation-filipinos-iraq-iran

https://www.aa.com.tr/en/europe/poland-evacuates-its-ambassador-from-iraq/1696661

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2020/01/09/iran-tv-news-channels-general-soleimani-killed-missile-attack/4418272002/

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2020/01/09/iran-tv-news-channels-general-soleimani-killed-missile-attack/4418272002/

https://www.cbsnews.com/live-updates/iran-commander-vows-harsher-revenge-against-us-relief-in-tehran-today-after-trump-speech-2020-01-09/

https://www.voanews.com/usa/iran-may-have-accidentally-shot-down-passenger-jet

https://www.ctvnews.ca/politics/intelligence-indicates-flight-ps752-was-shot-down-by-iran-trudeau-1.4759850

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Welcome to Episode 33 of Nooks and Crannies!

Intersectional Wine, Weed Activism and Revolutionary Politics in Jersey! w/Heather from New Jersey Revolution Radio

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Welcome to 2020! This was a long time in the making; we have the privilege of chatting with our Amerikan Comrade, Heather from New Jersey Revolution Radio and Wine Women and Revolution to talk intersectionally about Communism!

We kick things off with a brief splaner on the network (NJRR), her show (WWR), the website (http://njrevolutionradio.com/) and the numerous ways they provide technical support to other activists in the region. Then we hear about Heather and her comrades’ run-in with a group of heinous Nazi’s who tried to throw an event that they disrupted. That’s Badass! Then we take a “Crazy Ivan” and start talking about how she got into Activism, Art and Activism and why she still has her Doc Martin’s.

Then, cuz its Nooks and Crannies, we take another sudden and unexpected Lefty turn (CI), deep diving on Intersectionality, Inclusivity and Women’s’ Health

Welcome to Episode 32 of Nooks and Crannies!

Decant the Halls with Old Growth Grinches or Turning the Tables on Henley Santa?

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Epen and Mamoo kick things off with some much overdue weather gabbing, before launching into a Holiday Season babble-festivus! We talk about our favorite holiday movies, including Elf and why Evan has issues with Will Farrell’s elfish-pants…Matt likes his chest hair..so, ya. Stay-at-home parent Matt gives you some solid child-gift buying tips, while Evan and Matt used the tears of Amazon’s Robots to save online. Evan has a weirdly spot-on Seinfeld-esque rant about receiving cliché hobby related gifts and why he keeps buying so many antique decanters!

***14:42 SANTA PART*** Folks who might be listening to this with little ears in the room, don’t know why you would be, but at 14:42 I share the story where I was ALMOST convinced that Santa MIGHT NOT BE an immortal elf from the Magnetic North Pole…So skip forward to 15:33 to hear the rest and the lead into Henley Santa******  

(15:58) Hold onto your authentic beard Santy, Mamoo is about to turn the tables on you with the hardest most tangentially unrelated yet all related to phenomenology, questions that have been burning since my childhood! Like, why so many names, what are you trying to hide? How did Rudolph’s nose get that way and how do you get around the world so fast *Aside from methane empowered, carrot infused, reindeer farts!

Oh and if my sister’s conduct warranted her perpetual inclusion on the Naughty List, then why did she always, totally, like always get at least like the same level of present if not even better presents for like, seriously, like our whole life!! IT’s NOT FAIR!!! **Spoiler: Turns out, there is no such thing as this list, Santa thinks every kid is special and pure and perfect, but if there was one…boy howdy I just got my smart-alek self on it!

Thanks again Santa, I will leave some carrots out that will surely be Glitter Free (LINK book and past episode)! And I will go ahead and drink that beer ahead of time, but save you a wee sip ;)

(35:30) To wrap things up, as per tradition on Nooks and Crannies, apparently, we will cap this one off with a little Holiday story. Matt is going to ATTEMPT to read How the Grinch Stole Christmas to wee Ms Vi. If she says, nah guy, then Matt will be solo-reading HtGSC! Plus Violet’s podcasting debut with her speed metal rendition of Jingle Bells!

Enjoy the season folks, and for my fellow podcasters, who are grieving as Matty is too, be well to yourself and others over the next few weeks. I am here for you if you need to chat or someone to listen.  

Much love, aren’t we lucky, and we will talk to You Alls in 2020, check you on the Flip Side! *Love that phrase :)

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Thanks again for the audio tidy Derek from Rolling Misadventures: https://rollingmisadventures.podbean.com/

Henley Santa’s Books: https://www.amazon.com/Henley-Santa/e/B07Z9JLPX1/ref=dp_byline_cont_book_1

Partial Proceeds from the Books to support: Stand up to Cancer: Charlie’s Page https://www.facebook.com/charlieilsleyUK/

Santa and the Gingerbread Man w/Voice-Over work from one of his grandkids :) https://youtu.be/VclLmY7WiOg

Henley Santa’s Buzzfeed/Amazon UK Ad:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0TPdG2vAAeM

Santa School, Ministry of Fun, Class of 2018: http://www.ministryoffun.net/santa-school-class-of-2018/

Telegraph Article on the school and incoming class of 2019: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/men/the-filter/11298848/Santa-school-my-gruelling-training-to-become-Father-Christmas.html

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Welcome to Episode 31 of Nooks and Crannies!

Henley Santa is Coming to Town, W/Out Glittery Reindeer Relish!!

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Deck the Halls, grab your Santy Hat and Scotch, it’s the Holiday Season here at Nooks and Crannies, and who better to talk to than the Right Jolly Old Elf Himself!

Professional Father Christmas, Henley Santa! Who is Joining us from the other-side of the pond!

Mike and Matty kick things off by hearing how Mike became Henley Santa and why he chose such a posh, up-market name, and how these fateful choices has lead to a vibrant post-retirement career which leaves room for volunteering and basically a lot of “good fun”

Matty then steers the chat towards professionalism and the industry, including working conditions, how to interact with children and adults with various chronic ailments or challenges *super interesting side convo on ASL/BSL and Makaton, and ways to be empathetic by “staying in character” asking yourself: would Santa do this?

Then I had to ask: what do you do when a ‘snot-nosed little *kid*’ tries to trip you up with tough questions to impress (lets be honest) HIS buddies :) Henley Santa has a tonne of insights in this regard, including his views on what makes a “Bad Santa”

The Ministry of Fun is Henley Santa’s booking agency, first off, great name eh? Its like you are not allowed by law to not have fun just so long as you follow the outlined regulations and procedures. ANYWAY, they also have a Santa school that has been written about and just seems like a lot of fun!

We also talk about Henley Santa’s Publishing efforts, including a quick retelling of his version of the Gingerbread Man story and why we should not leave Glitter Laced granola out for reindeer! Partial proceeds from the sale of his books go to support a local youth who is undergoing extreme cancer treatments, link to the FB page and ways to help below.

We end the conversation on a very serious, but we both think, crucially important point: What happens when a child discloses serious neglect or abuse? What is your role or responsibilities in this regard and is there any training aside from a Criminal Background Check that is provided to Santa’s who may encounter vulnerable populations. Phew, tough but compelling

Ho, Ho, Oh, did you think we were done?? Nah buddy, hit subscribe because a few days before Christmas, we will release the last portion of this chat where Matty turns the tables, reverts to wee lil Mamoo and absolutely GRILLS Santa with all the tough unanswered/unanswerable questions I had for him from Childhood, including: why did my sister get gifts despite being perpetually naughty, why did you not slam those beers I left out for you, how you get around the world so fast, and of course: are you like a reverse immortal, aged till 65 then retired from aging or something? AND, appalling Elfish Working Conditions!

Love and Miss you Mom, I know this was one that you were looking forward to hearing, and I know you are listening from afar. Aren’t We Lucky!

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LINKS:

Thanks again for the audio tidy Derek from Rolling Misadventures: https://rollingmisadventures.podbean.com/

Henley Santa’s Books: https://www.amazon.com/Henley-Santa/e/B07Z9JLPX1/ref=dp_byline_cont_book_1

Partial Proceeds from the Books to support: Stand up to Cancer: Charlie’s Page https://www.facebook.com/charlieilsleyUK/

Santa and the Gingerbread Man w/Voice-Over work from one of his grandchildren :) https://youtu.be/VclLmY7WiOg

Henley Santa’s Buzzfeed/Amazon UK Ad:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0TPdG2vAAeM

Santa School, Ministry of Fun, Class of 2018: http://www.ministryoffun.net/santa-school-class-of-2018/

Telegraph Article on the school and incoming class of 2019: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/men/the-filter/11298848/Santa-school-my-gruelling-training-to-become-Father-Christmas.html

Berkshire Vision: one of the many charities that Henley San

Welcome to Nooks and Crannies!

Minisode2: Socialism, What is to be Done?

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What started as a simple question: What is socialism to both of us, what does it look like, developed into an interesting little primer on Socialism, highlighting the works of some pre-Marxist thinkers.

Evan suggests that socialism can be defined as Worker’s; owning the Means of their own Production (both their productive capacities and profits). From this simple assertion we speak about some of the differences between Communism and Socialism before getting into some early theorists like:

Pierre-Joseph Proudhon  Robert Owen  Henri de Saint-Simon and Charles Fourier

As Matty’s favorite European Feminist Socialist Philosophers, En Vogue, would say: Free Your Mind, the Rest Will Follow!

Aren’t we Lucky, and as always, Talk to y’all Soon!

P.S. Happy Colonization Day Amerika! Hope Black Friday and Cyber Monday remind y'all of the limits of Capitalism, Consumerism and Craven Consumption! :) 

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Welcome to Episode 30 of Nooks and Crannies!

30 - The Meritocratic Mythos of Private Equity Firms or a Workers Revolt with Austerity and Chaka Khan

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(2:00) Meritocratic Meritocracy is a Relativistic Mythos:

Evan and Matt kick things off with an interrogation of the concept of Meritocracy and how it relates to education and work. We look at how meritocratic expectations are embodied by many undergrads from privileged backgrounds are reinforced through their lived experiences vs how working class students approach expectations of meritocracy. Then Evan brings the chat to the workplace, how the idea of ‘hard work will pay off’ is a mythos *not totally untrue, just rare in practice but reinforced through cultural artifacts like the media. It is evident that Matty has been out of the ‘job game’ and ‘employment field’ for quite some time, but he tries to keep up…

(20:38) Violet’s Terrible Two’s:

Vi announced her presence on the pod so the BFF’s decided to do a lil impromptu ditty on her adventures *and our, with being a cantankerous 21/4 year old! We also chat about Matt’s birthday and both make each other feel bad for forgetting each others B-Day’s! Miss you mom…

(24:20) Battle of Blair Mountain:

Funny and tragic story from our collective Labour history. Hey, you like your weekend’s and 8 hour day? Maybe you are like me and think, hey Domestic Labour is just as valuable as conventional Labour..Or maybe you find yourself thinking: “You know what this protest needs, gatling-guns and homemade shrapnel, to spice things up!” Well hold onto your private detective agency badge folks, Evan is about to tell ya’all and an exasperated Mamoo about The Battle of Blair Mountain (W. Virginia)!

(40:43) Impromptu Cast Commercial:

Despite this being a pretty solid recording sesh by your valiant co-host’s, we had major technical issues (tape delay due to faulty internet), luckily we use Cast! The exceptional audio recording platform that has saved my arse on multiple occasions (I recorded the entire Chronicity Series *forthcoming, on Cast, I had major connectivity issues then too, the recordings are clean as a whistle). So if any podcaster is curious, give Cast a Try.

(41:52) Timmies, Canada’s Favorite Private Equity Firm:

What started as a begin yet very common Canadian Question: How do you take your Tim’s? Diatribed into a interesting investigation into Private Equity Firms, especially 3G Capital. Here is a link to their contact page, if you are curious as to why they use Temporary Foreign Workers or maybe just..what’s the deal with the fries at Tim’s? Be sure to reach out: https://www.3g-capital.com/contact.html After complaining about this for a bit, Evan offers up a couple more examples of the evils of PEF’s (Canadian Media conglomeration and the US housing market). Good Times!

(57:42) And to end things on a lighter note, listen to this Spotify playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1KLqQq6TnTyfLG81ej1oaq and find out why the universalistic opinion (Evan and Matt’s wife Melly) all think that Matty has the musical styling’s of a 52 y.o. woman from Ohio. Yes folks, this is Matt’s much anticipated by no one: Great Female Singers (ongoing), recommendations are strongly encouraged eh..happy to add to this generic list :)

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Welcome to Nooks and Crannies!

Mini: The Algorithmic Manipulation of Kids via Youtube

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Hold onto your phones folks, we have a very spooky Minisode in store for you today…A month ago Evan sent Matty this essay by James Bridle “Something is Wrong on the Internet” all about the algorithmic manipulation of our children through Youtube video’s!

After a brief synopsis and a bit of Matt-Back-Patting, the fella’s get into some of the minutia of why we find video’s like this “Aladdin” example so very unsettling. We then dovetail into how they are made and why the characters all look alike, before digging into Peppa Pig with the Finger Family *Gross!  

Familiar characters are used to draw kids’ attention towards the right-hand suggested video’s and within these suggestions are the rabbit holes that kids can tumble down into outright disturbing content. We muse on what the implications of all this might be and how this might be effecting learning outcomes at the university level since Youtube has now been around for 15 years.

Folks, I don’t like telling parents what to do, but this might be one moment where you may want to take a second to think about your kid(s) video streaming usage and I dunno, just be careful.

Anywho, Talk to you all soon, and aren’t you lucky?!

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James Bridle: Something is Wrong on the Internet, Medium.com

https://medium.com/@jamesbridle/something-is-wrong-on-the-internet-c39c471271d2

A nice explainer video about all this, with examples: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LKp2gikIkD8

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Welcome to Episode 29 of Nooks and Crannies!

29–Maple Syrup’ed LED Misunderstandings and the Rise of German Fascism  

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Welcome folks to another Dazzling episode of Nooks and Crannies! Albeit a slightly more downcast endeavor (0:24)

(3:08) To keep this promise Evan informs Matt of the reemergence of German-Style Fascism in the recent regional elections in Thuringia. We spin this into a discussion of societal apathy, the rise of polemic populists, how off-base Francis Fukuyama was and the ways xenophobia is used to deepen existing divides. Fun!

(17:52): Pull up an arm chair, stoke that fire and adopt a pretentious expression…it’s time for another Canadian Heritage Minute with Evan and Matty! This week we have Jacques Cartier Misnaming Canada and the “Discovery” of Maple Syrup by apparently a bunch of starving settler colonialists, or something. And here is a link to that random story Matt stumbled upon about the Oklahoma Farmers turned away by the Canadian government in the mid 1800’s (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M9h51JxiC6U  )   

(24:41) Hey is that an prematurely Old Man on a tin roof shouting at the moon?!? Nah, its just old man Matty with his surprisingly well researched rant on the increasing prevalence of LED headlights and the dangers they pose to old folks like himself. Here are the sources for my irrational anger:

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/03/24/drivers-complain-dazzling-headlights-led-bulbs-installed-cars/

https://www.nhtsa.gov/sites/nhtsa.dot.gov/files/vanderlofske.pdf

https://www.theguardian.pe.ca/news/provincial/rcmp-warns-about-use-of-aftermarket-led-lights-1521/

https://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/27/automobiles/27LIGHT.html

https://www.psychologicalscience.org/news/minds-business/cognition-at-the-speed-of-led-lights.html

https://www.cnn.com/2019/05/16/health/blue-light-led-health-effects-bn-trnd/index.html

https://www.ledsmagazine.com/smart-lighting-iot/smart-cities/article/16699866/light-and-human-health-led-risks-highlighted

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/296621681_A_summary_of_LED_lighting_impacts_on_health

(41:18): And to put a cap on this one, Matty in rather graphic detail, describes to Evan the nature and dimensionality of his long standing (pun absolutely intended) Knee injury, the physio he just got, for some reason Matt ties in mind-body dialectical phenomenology, all in a sad attempt to segue into an update on the Chronicity series *halfway done the transcriptions, like 30% done on the whole series.

Be well, check you on the flip side, aren’t you lucky?!

**If you read this far, congrats..as a special reward you are the first to know that we have another minisode upcoming! It will be about the algorithmic manipulation of our children through YouTube Videos based on the amazing essay written by James Bridle.  

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Episode (NUMBER) Links:

Thuringia Elections: https://www.dw.com/en/german-european-stability-prospects-unclear-after-thuringia-election/a-51022595

Cartier and the Misnaming of Canada: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nfKr-D5VDBU

The “Discovery” of Maple Syrup: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tdikUhN4gSo

James Bridle Youtube article: https://medium.com/@jamesbridle/something-is-wrong-on-the-internet-c39c471271d2

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Welcome to Episode 28 of Nooks and Crannies!

Halloween Spectacular: Self Immolating Sens Fans, Floppy Disked ICQ chatting, Making Bread with Cod Baskets.  

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(4:37) Evan immediately breaks his promise of a “no rant” episode by absolutely loosing it on Ottawa Senator’s owner Eugene Melnyk. Folks this is the best rant in Nooks and Crannies history! In solidarity with my valiant co host, here are just a few stories that support his vitriol; Gambling Debts, apparently he is trying to get his private jet back (sad really), how he literally guilt tripped a diehard Sens fan into giving him a chunk of their liver! and of course, rumors continue to swirl about him selling the team but he won’t because he is likes this shit. Oh, and we also talk about the Canucks, who are going to be okay going forward, Poor Evan.   

(18:13) Hold onto your Cod Basket’s folks, cuz its time for another Canadian Heritage Moment! This week we are discussing the fake-Italian not quite British ‘explorer’ John, don’t you dare call me Giovanni, Cabot, and the “discovery” of cod off the coast of Newfoundland! Fish heads, fish heads, eat them up yum!

(22:25) Get your floppy disks out folks, we are taking the time machine back to like I dunno, lets say 1989…Its another addition of “Dimming 90’s Memories with Mamoo”. Matty explains to Evan what the eff DOS is, how to download shareware games from a Surrey Library database, stealing AOL CD’s, and the glorious world of ICQ *Uh..uooo! (Side Note: First Google suggestion on ICQ was “Is ICQ still a thing?” Apparently it is!!

Then Evan turns the tables, talking about the quite frightening sounding Omegle… :( According to their still existing website, they see things a little differently: The Internet is full of cool people; Omegle lets you meet them. When you use Omegle, we pick someone else at random so you can have a one-on-one chat.

(35:50) Then for no reason whatsoever, Matty decided to explain to Epen how to make bread from hand (by hand?). Two notes that I forgot to mention, for egg wash; add a small splash of water and whip that up a bit with a fork, secondly; when baking with milk add no more than half what the recipe calls for, for liquid (this recipe calls for 2 cups of water, sub 1 of those for milk), and you will want to microwave that milk first (like 20-30 seconds). Enjoy! Even though your first loaf will suck…

(44:55) And to wrap things up, the fella’s felt obliged to talk about their least favorite holiday, Halloween *We also hate Thanksgiving, which happens in October in Canada, not really sure why…Anyway, we keep it rather non-ranty, we talk about our favorite childhood costumes, trick or treat strategies (including Matty’s full sized chocolate bar recon schemes), teenage hijinx *including Matty’s near nard loss due to a hammered down screetch-a-roo, and why we both hate adult Halloween, but also why we need to get Evan back into that cape and bejeweled crown!

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Episode 28 Links:

Fun Eugene Melnyk Story’s:

https://www.macleans.ca/society/health/did-eugene-melnyk-jump-the-queue-for-a-new-liver/

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/ottawa-senators-owner-eugene-takes-legal-action-to-get-private-jet-back-1.5287642

https://thehockeywriters.com/ottawa-senators-ownership-problem-an-nhl-problem/

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/casino-cash-chips-melnyk-1.5304618

James Beard bread book: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/545911.Beard_on_Bread

Mark Bittman’s How to Cook Everything: http://www.howtocookeverything.com/

John Cabot, Canadian Heritage Minute: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ds8G9sFOK5w

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Minisode 1: Radical Feminist Medical Anthropology

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Welcome folks to the first of many more Minisodes! On this one Evan and Matt offer up a primer on Medical Anthropology; What is it and what does it examine.

We start by explaining what anthropology is and what medical anth looks at, then get right into the Marxist Feminist applications. We talk about the influence of Capital and Big Pharma as well as the role the Media and Thought Leaders play in shaping how we view ourselves as ill or well.

Evan offers up thoughts on Instagram Wellness trends while Matty deep dives into the longstanding reinforced prejudices that impact women’s ability to access care and feel heard. Yes folks, we are talking about wandering hysterical uterus’! Seriously…

We will surely be doing a future minisode on this dynamic of historical bias in medicine and how it is played out today in Medical Encounters. We wrap things up by discussing some of the dimensionalities *unnecessary academic phrase, of Medical Authority and offer up some of our own views on what a “Good Doctor” looks like, but sadly no Tardis involved :(

Talk to ya all soon, aren’t we lucky!

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Extra Stuff:

Episode of ours, talking about Reflexivity as a Medi Anth Method (17:55)

A bit more about The Holy Fool in The Brothers Karamazov

Mark Fisher (Guardian - July 16, 2012): Why Mental Health is a Political Issue  

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