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- Episode 40 - Cut a Bus in Half
This week on the Epoch, things go a little haywire, but we still champion through it all, to deliver your weekly dispatch from the Boston Commune. Our beefy opening news segment, and well, most of the episode, could best be summarized by quoting Matt Christman, "Democrats suck ass." From Kyrsten Sinema, Joe Manchin, Seth Harris, and all the other corrupt Millionaire Democrats, and even in our humble state of Massachusetts, it's a complete shit show. No minimum wage in increase, a tepid stimulus, a party that seems to refuse to govern and projects that they want to lose power, Prop 22 in nationwide, and public transportation service to go along with it! Are you not proud to be an American? Hey, don't worry, we're slowly lurching towards complete annihilation, so maybe it'll be over soon. We can hope tho! Please enjoy!
For Scott's list of movie recommendations, go |here|.
Check out our |Patreon| for bonus content and access to our Discord.
Please visit |comrade-rosie.org| for resources in the greater Boston area.
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00:00:00 - Intro - Jesse pulls back the curtain, and we have a new intro song!
00:04:20 - What's up with Ed Markey's Daylight Savings Obsession?
00:09:11 - Scott rudely segways into the news.
00:09:20 - Minimum Wage! (Again)
00:09:54 - Kyrsten Sinema
00:11:50 - and the rest of the Millionaire Democrats
00:14:32 - "Liberals, amirite?"
00:15:40 - The future of the Democrats
00:17:16 - Joe Manchin
00:18:48 - "is it true that Joe Manchin is a Senator because he couldn't land the lead role in Home Improvement?"
00:19:06 - Joe calls Home Improvement a really old TV show
00:20:28 - Old TV Shows
00:21:38 - WandaVision, The Marvel Cinematic Universe, and the Pentagon
00:22:47 - Seth Harris
00:23:32 - Joe has to do his job
00:24:14 - Prop 22 in Mass
00:26:37 - More MBTA service cuts
00:30:09 - Quick Bird Content
00:31:00 - "are they gonna just start cutting the buses in half at some point?"
00:33:13 - How this happened
00:34:19 - A missile crisis with China
00:37:35 - We lose Jesse for the episode
00:38:35 - Jesse remixes Scott, again
00:38:18 - Good news: Socialists in office
00:43:06 - SEGMENT - You Can't Make This Shit Up w/ Comrade LE
00:46:29 - Self aware pets
00:48:33 - Baby Sign Language and Dog Buttons
00:49:00 - Elon's new rocket exploded, again
00:52:56 - Why Elon Musk is so fucking cool
00:53:40 - The power is not out in all of Allston
00:55:58 - SEGMENT - Comrade Scott Tells You What to Watch
00:58:32 - Outro
01:02:49 - Outtakes
---Audio Credits---
Nomyn - "Flow" / distributed by No Copyright Beats
Fenek Studio - "Tears Music" / composed by Ibrahim Chaabane
Segment @3m48s clipped from Revolutionary Left Radio |episode| entitled "White Reconstruction" w/ Dylan Rodriguez.
All theme music written & performed by |Contingence|.
1 hr 4 min - MM | Autobiography [2/3] ~ Alexandra Kollontai
In this installment of Marxist Menagerie, Comrade Jesse continues to read from Alexandra Kollontai's The Autobiography of a Sexually Emancipated Communist Woman.
Part two covers the section entitled The Years of Political Emigration.
Background music:
Prod. Riddiman - "Deep Space".This content was released to our patrons on 2/15/21.
For early releases and other goodies, please become a patron here => patreon.com/epicincredulity19 min - Episode 39 - Tell Your Dad to F**k Off
After last week's chonky Epoch, we're back with a short boy. As always, we open with Joe and the news for the first half. We talk about Neera Tanden, the minimum wage, American "norms", how we saw the failure of the Biden administration coming, the political spectrum, Texas reopning, Andrew Cuomo, Charlie Baker, MSNBC, and the psychological effect of COVID on young people. In the second half, after Joe goes to sleep, LE talks about bears and outhouses. Finally, Comrade Karleen joins us to discuss the sexualization of women at a young age and how it relates to capitalism and patriarchy.
CONTENT WARNING for the episode. Please enjoy, and be safe comrades.
For Scott's list of movie recommendations, go here: https://letterboxd.com/deathmullet/list/comrade-scotts-compulsory-viewings/
Check out our Patreon for bonus content and access to our Discord. Please visit comrade-rosie.org for resources in the greater Boston area.
---Timestamp---
00:00:00 - Intro -- If Jesse can get through it
00:02:00 - Joe likes Comic Sans?
00:03:00 - Joein' off with Joe (News!)
00:04:00 - Neera Tanden and the minimum wage
00:05:30 - A brief dip in energy
00:07:00 - American "norms"
00:08:48 - We saw this coming
00:10:22 - American political parties and the political spectrum
00:12:15 - Jesse goes off
00:13:55 - Texas is reopening
00:15:12 - "A bronze medal also gets you a blowjob."
00:15:28 - Andrew Cuomo
00:17:15 - MSNCB
00:18:40 - Baker still trying to reopen Mass
00:21:00 - The psychological effect of COVID
00:22:30 - "The revolution is not an apple that falls when it is ripe, you have to make it fall."
00:24:00 - Joe goes to bed and we take a break
00:24:20 - And we're back
00:24:52 - SEGMENT - You Can't Make this Shit Up w/ Comrade LE
00:29:10 - How great it is to shit in an outhouse
00:30:27 - "The president you should show your ass to is Nixon."
00:31:10 - Waiting...
00:32:45 - CW: Comrade Karleen on the sexualization of women at a young age and how it's tied into capitalism and patriarchy
00:38:54 - If you need a place to tell anyone in your life to fuck off, come to the Epoch, comrades!
00:41:00 - A little bit about the patreon
00:41:50 - The Marriage, Beauty and Advertising Industries
00:45:40 - Taking up smoking to get the vaccine
00:46:41 - Jesse's experience with the vaccine
00:48:18 - SGEMENT - Comrade Scott Tells You What to Watch
00:49:46 - Outro 00:50:40 - Slam as a genre
00:55:24 - Outtakes
---Music Credits---
"Five Card Shuffle" by Kevin MacLeod | Silent Film: Light Collection ℗ Kevin MacLeod | Released on: 2014-12-30
"Skinned and Fucked" by Ingested | Surpassing the Boundaries of Human Suffering - Remastered | ℗ 2016 Siege Of Amida | Released on: 2016-06-03
"Local Forecast - Elevator" by Kevin MacLeod | Disco Ultralounge ℗ Kevin MacLeod | Released on: 2014-12-25
"On Hold For You" by Kevin MacLeod [https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/6928-on-hold-for-you]
"Astroworld" By SZN Beats
All theme music written & performed by Contingence [https://soundcloud.com/contingenceboston]
57 min - MM | Autobiography [1/3] ~ Alexandra KollontaiComrade Jesse begins narrating Alexandra Kollontai's The Autobiography of a Sexually Emancipated Communist Woman. This episode of Marxist Menagerie covers the first section, entitled The Aims and Worth of My Life.Background Music:FreeBeats.io - "Leaving"This episode was released to our patrons on 2/6/21.For more early content and other goodies, sign up for our Patreon at patreon.com/epicincredulity.19 min
- Episode 38 - Mutual Aid
On this week's chonky Epoch we have a full crew, with Jesse, Joe, Le, Scott and introducing Comrade Sarah here to talk about Allston-Brighton Mutual Aid (abmutualaid.org). What's the benefits to mutual aid? What services can be provided? How you can get involved? We cover all this and deliver the normal shenanigans and general tom-foolery. Please enjoy!
For Scott's list of movie recommendations, go here: https://letterboxd.com/deathmullet/list/comrade-scotts-compulsory-viewings/Check out our Patreon for bonus content and access to our Discord.
Please visit comrade-rosie.org for resources in the greater Boston area.
---Timestamp---
00:00:00 - Intro00:01:22 - Plenty to celebrate (Rush Died)00:03:44 - The depressing News, with Joe00:04:50 - Killing Elon Musk (parody)00:06:40 - Half a million dead from COVID00:09:27 - Joe Manchin00:11:00 - More on the minimum wage (which isn't happening now, so it's a moot point, but whatever)00:13:55 - "sounds very complicated to be a senator..."00:14:55 - Massachusetts is inhabited by incompetent morons00:16:00 - We briefly become Blink 15500:18:43 - Baker is somehow more popular now00:20:00 - How the state collected this polling data00:22:08 - Massachusetts elementary schools to be forced to reopen00:24:34 - Biden won't forgive student debt00:27:06 - Texas00:27:40 - "You know what the invisible hand of the market is doing right now? Jerking off!"00:28:50 - Scott gets cancelled again00:30:10 - Why the power grid failed00:35:10 - What happened in New London, Texas in 193700:40:03 - Ted Cruz sucks00:42:06 - Some space shit00:46:22 - The long black cylinder00:49:40 - Church of Satan and the Satanic Temple00:51:37 - An important announcement00:55:13 - SEGMENT - You Can't Make This Shit Up w/ Comrade LE01:00:37 - "All of my thoughts are now in Lindsey Graham's voice."01:01:00 - *MUTUAL AID DISCUSSION*01:31:30 - Average dick energy01:33:34 - SEGMENT - Comrade Scott Tells You What to Watch01:35:38 - Outro01:42:40 - Outtakes---Music Credits---
• Kevin MacLeod - "Lobby Time"
• NCB - "Armed" (prod. Debox)
• All theme music written & performed by Contingence (soundcloud.com/contingenceboston).
1 hr 45 min - MM | On Practice ~ Mao Tse Tung
In this installment of Marxist Menagerie, comrade Jesse reads Mao's On Practice.
Background Music:
Caps Ctl - "Infrared"Eunoia - "Find Me"FreeBeats.io - "Fragile"This content was released to our patrons on 1/23/2021.
For early releases, extra content, and goodies, sign up for our Patreon.35 min - Episode 37 - "I cheat, I eat a meat."
We're a trio again this week on the Epoch, as Joe takes a sabbatical for rest. As frigid temperatures take hold of the southern US, and widescale power outages rip through Texas, the Democrats fail, again, to impeach Trump, and altogether forget about the stimulus. Proving once again, no matter which side of the aisle, the Unite States government is an institution of, for, and comprised of elites that have little concern when it comes to helping the average person within its boarders; such as protecting them from debt or death, or holding anyone accountable, or well, doing anything they're supposed to do.
For Scott's list of movie recommendations, go here: https://letterboxd.com/deathmullet/list/comrade-scotts-compulsory-viewings/Check out our Patreon for bonus content and access to our Discord.
Please visit comrade-rosie.org for resources in the greater Boston area.
Timestamp:00:00:00 - Intro00:01:23 - Joe-free News00:02:54 - The History of Texas and snow00:07:17 - Whatever Happened to the Stimulus?00:09:00 - Mormons00:11:23 - Joseph Smith00:15:04 - SEGMENT - Rabid Radlibs w/ Comrade Jesse00:28:07 - Article one of the constitution00:28:50 - Some more news, still no Joe00:29:54 - We praise Matt Binder00:32:40 - "Sometimes I cheat and I eat a meat."00:33:30 - Scott's keyboard00:35:53 - You Can't Make This Shit Up w/ Comrade LE00:42:08 - NEOM, "it's time to draw the line."00:43:29 - A pet resume00:44:45 - Real estate vacancy during COVID00:46:47 - Stuvi 2 @ BU00:49:02 - Our discord and Boston DSA00:51:15 - SEGMENT - Comrade Scott Tells You What to Watch00:54:26 - Epoch Movie Club, on patreon!00:56:22 - "Theory sucked me off"00:57:12 - Outro(s)00:57:55 - Soda can tabs00:59:49 - "If you really want to get to know us..."01:04:37 - OuttakesMusic credits:[00:39:37] "Local Forecast" · Kevin MacLeod | Rollin' at 5 · Released 2014-12-29 ℗ Kevin MacLeod
[01:06:38] "Turbo Queef Tornado" · Gutrectomy | Slaughter the Innocent · Released 2020-08-06 ℗ Gutrectomy
All theme music written & performed by Contingence [soundcloud.com/contingenceboston]
1 hr 8 min - PREVIEW: Movie Club #1: Knight of Cups
Welcome to a short preview for the first episode of The Epoch of Incredulity's Movie Club. In our inaugural episode, we examine the 2015 experimental drama, Knight of Cups, written and directed by Terrence Malick.
4 min - MM | Socialism: Utopian & Scientific - Ch. 3 ~ Freidrich Engels
Happy Valentine's Day, dear listener, from all of us at the commune. If you don't yet have a valentine, we will be yours.
In this installment of Marxist Menagerie, comrade Jesse concludes his reading of Engels' Socialism: Utopian and Scientific.
If you'd like Jesse to narrate a particular text, please become a patron and cast your vote! [Link below].Theme music:
by Contingence [https://soundcloud.com/contingenceBoston]Background music:
Dimatus - "Two Ways"Zymek - "Tomorrow"Poolz - "You're With Me"This content was released to our patrons on 1/11/2021.
To access content early and get extra stuff, sign up for our Patreon here: https://patreon.com/join/epicincredulity44 min - Episode 36 - Don't Have HeroesThe wolf is on the prowl on this week's Epoch. And why not? The vaccine roll out sucks. The stimulus still sucks. The minimum wage sucks. The Super Bowl sucked. 5 to 9 sucks. Trump sucks. The Democrats trying to impeach Trump, again, suck. Neera Tanden sucks. Nazis suck. Having Heroes sucks. And finally, the existential dread of Climate Change sucks. But at least, despite all things, Vietnam is doing well right now. Also, coming soon to the Patreon; The Epoch's Movie Club.For Scott's list of movie recommendations, go here: https://letterboxd.com/deathmullet/list/comrade-scotts-compulsory-viewings/Check out our Patreon for bonus content and access to our Discord.Please visit comrade-rosie.org for resources in the greater Boston area.---Timestamp---00:00:00 - Intro00:01:20 - The wolf is on the prowl for Headlines (news)00:04:30 - Climate Change stats00:05:10 - Massachusetts vaccine roll out00:06:35 - Joe used to/still does(?) smoke00:07:21 - Stimulus still sucks00:08:42 - "We're idiots." "I know you guys are."00:12:49 - Minimum wage, child labor, and how we frame arguments00:15:54 - "A hundred dollars a minute..."00:17:02 - "Thirty dollars a minute."00:19:00 - Money doesn't really mean anything00:21:26 - Talkin' about the man's man, Tim Allen00:22:36 - Poopy pants news00:23:45 - Jesse loses patients with Scott's soundboard00:26:25 - The Communism/Geology Venn diagram00:27:00 - Super Bowl/Dolly Parton mini-discussion00:29:35 - "Just don't have heroes"00:31:00 - Trump's second impeachment00:32:15 - How's Vietnam doing right now?00:35:30 - Vocal fry, Steve-O, Joe Rogan00:38:26 - Neera Tanden00:40:00 - More Spyify, and other techno-crypto-fascists00:43:00 - SEGMENT - You Can't Make This Shit Up w/ Comrade LE00:47:45 - Instead of Rabid Radlibs, Jesse has a story00:50:11 - Oklahoma/Missouri history lesson00:52:30 - Mustache talk00:57:25 - Jesse reflects on his contributions to the show00:59:07 - SEGMENT - Comrade Scott Tells You What to Watch/Introducing the Epoch's Movie Club01:00:00 - Chava and Le01:05:48 - Outro01:13:02 - Outtakes---Music credits---"The Entertainer" • Performed by Kevin MacLeod • Link = https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/5765-the-entertainer • License = https://filmmusic.io/standard-license"Global Systemic Collapse" • Performed by Malignancy • Written by Danny Nelson, Mike Heller, Roger Beaujard, Ron Kachnic • ℗ 2012 Willowtip RecordsAll theme music • Written & performed by Contingence • Link = https://soundcloud.com/contingenceboston1 hr 16 min
About The Epoch of Incredulity
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Here in the Boston Commune, we interpret the tumultuous churn of modernity through a Marxist lens. Episodes alternate between analyses of current events -- from the hyperlocal to the international -- and narrations of theoretical texts by communists and anti-imperialists the world over. This project was birthed in a mental health working group during the pandemic and continues in true DIY fashion, without any advertisements or monetization (save for a few generous patrons). Hard to believe, we know; for it is, after all, the Epoch of Incredulity.
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