Radically Human

I talk to David Cayley about Ivan Illich and where the response to the pandemic comes from.

David Cayley is a Toronto-based Canadian writer and broadcaster, who is known for documenting the philosophies of prominent thinkers of the 20th century - among them, the work of Ivan Illich. Recently, Cayley has been written several powerful works on the Pandemic, including the Prognosis, which was published in Literary Review Canada. He joined me on my podcast to discuss the philosophy of Ivan Illich and how it might be understood in light of recent developments.

Blog post with transcript and links: https://friedavizel.com/2021/08/03/29-of-podcast/

A trip down memory lane, remembering my struggle for bodily autonomy within the Hasidic community. What does it mean to be forced? Is coercion force?

Blogpost with links and transcript: https://friedavizel.com/2021/08/24/32-of-podcast/

That's a wrap for the first season of my podcast! 

It was a great joy to make - I hope I shared links, articles, books, and more resources that you might find enlightening.

I've listed some of my favorite episodes that flesh out some of my important foundational thoughts - here they are:

INTERVIEWS:

In this episode I talk to Alex Klaushofer, a great essayist on culture, authoritarianism and the lockdowns.

Alex Klaushofer is a British writer newly-based in Lisbon. Her books are a blend of travel writing, reportage and one or two other genres. She’s fascinated by the relationship between people and places and is currently working on a book about Europe through the lens of three of its lesser-known cities.

Link to blogpost for episode: https://friedavizel.com/2021/05/26/24-of-podcast/

An update on covid in the city + then a proposal for a little Luddite Bookshop in NYC. 

Links here: https://friedavizel.com/2021/05/19/23ofpodcast/

Shannon Kuta Kelly is an exceptionally talented poet, writer, editor and a PhD student at Queen's University Belfast. She also edits my work and runs my social media. Shannon's been between locked down Northern Ireland and fairly-open Nebraska, Lincoln during the pandemic, so I invited her on the podcast to talk about that - and other things!

Blog post with photos and Shannon's poetry:

https://friedavizel.com/2021/05/05/21-of-podcast/

In this episode, I talk to my high school age son about his schooling. The education system is undergoing profound changes since the first covid-19 related closures. Here Seth shares a bit what school is like as a student.

Post on podcast:

https://friedavizel.com/2021/04/28/20ofpodcast/

Who knew -- while I have decided that the mechanical mindset (ie "scientism") can offer no insight into the human condition, I've decided there is salvation in the onion. See what satire can tell us!

Blog post with episode notes:

https://friedavizel.com/2021/04/21/podcast19/

A comparison of two dystopias that predict human decline: The film Idiocracy vs the short story: The Machine Stops

Blogpost for links:

https://friedavizel.com/2021/04/08/idiocracy/