The Epoch of Incredulity

By Epoch of Incredulity

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 -- ... more

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August 27, 2023 Episode 118 - Snowblind on Planet X
Joe is back for a bit of a more normal one this week. After a busy cold open we dive into the news and give updates on some important stories we missed, most importantly Maui and Hurricane Hilary. As always this launches us into another length discussion about climate, and the Government's response or lack thereof. In more positive news, we cover the ratification of the Teamster's contract after beating UPS, and the electoral victory of Bernardo Arévalo (and The Left) in Guatemala. To end the episode, Joe responds to our take about the failure of Socialism from our previous episode. Scott gets a little heated about it, but we all make up by the end. Thank you for listening and visit our patreon: https://www.patreon.com/epicincredulity
(00:00:00) A busy cold open
(00:05:30) Real Intro this time
(00:09:00) Can't go anywhere without getting shot in America
(00:13:00) Air Traffic Control, Reagan, and The Labor Movement
(00:16:20) Maui Update
(00:20:26) The Government says we have no right to a stable Climate
(00:25:40) Using the military to fight wildfires, is better than using prisoner
(00:27:30) Hurricane Hilary and some bright ideas to fight climate change
(00:36:00) UPS Teamsters ratify their contract
(00:36:20) Guatemala elects Bernardo Arévalo
(00:40:15) Joe responds to our take from last episode (and Scott doesn't like it)
(01:00:30) Outro and Social Media
(01:02:20) Slam recommendation
(01:07:40) extras

[ AUDIO CREDITS ]

===/ Theme music /===
Written & performed by Contingence (https://soundcloud.com/contingenceBoston)

===/ Intro clip /===
Clipped from an episode of "beep beep lettuce"
Episode title: #219 - Vodka Briefcase
Upload date: August 11th, 2023
Source: https://www.patreon.com/posts/219-vodka-87555300

===/ Background music during our confusion /===
Song title: Lobby Time
Artist: Kevin MacLeod
Source: https://filmmusic.io/song/3986-lobby-time
License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

===/ Segue music /===
Song title: Local Forecast
Artist: Kevin MacLeod
Source: https://filmmusic.io/song/3989-local-forecast
License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

===/ Slam recommendation /===
Song title: Gluttonous Consumption of Prenatal Malformation
Artist: Delusional Parasitosis
Album: Ingurgitating Intestinal Rot
Label: New Standard Elite
Released: December 31st, 2014
Location: Michigan, USA / Dusseldorf, Germany
Bandcamp (album URL): https://delusionalparasitosis.bandcamp.com/album/ingurgitating-intestinal-rot
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1h 10min
August 20, 2023 MM | Bureaucratic Capitalism in the Third World [4/5] ~ Peru People's Movement
In this installment of Marxist Menagerie, comrade Jesse continues to read from "Notes on the process of bureaucratic capitalism in the third world countries".
The reading is primarily concerned with the semi-colony of Taiwan.

Background music:
"6th" prod. NK Music -- https://youtu.be/3loL8Dff4aM
"Berry" prod. NK Music -- https://youtu.be/Tc8lNwVIt54

Theme music:
Written and performed by Contingence -- https://soundcloud.com/contingenceboston

This episode was released to our patrons on March 14th, 2023.
For early releases and other goodies, subscribe to our Patreon at https://patreon.com/epicincredulity
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25min
August 17, 2023 Episode 117 - Could've Been My Arm.
Joe surprised everyone by being off this week -- He was on Cape Cod -- so for this episode you get an hour of Jesse and Scott rambling. Things stay on topic enough, or they try to, but this some raw stuff. Thankfully, there is editing! And we get theoretical! We open with a discussion concerning
Israel, Palestine, apartheid, and moral clarity. We then debate why exactly we believe the social project failed in the twentieth century, from the Spanish Civil War, The Soviet Union, and The Atomic Bomb. Then it's the news, both international and local; all of which is a little dated, but seems like Hot Labor Summer continues, as more industries try to unionize or even strike. Plus, in the middle of things, Scott gives us a rant on why conservatives are often so bad at media analysis. Thank you for listening, and visit our patreon: patreon.com/epicincredulity

(00:00) Israel and Apartheid, Palestine and moral clarity.
(02:37) Intro
(02:49) Israel/Palestine cont'd
(08:30) Why the Socialist Project failed in the 20th century
(20:00) Burkina Faso/Niger Coup (this is a little dated)
(24:39) Ohio Issue 1 Special Election
(25:55) Everyone is going on strike!
(38:30) Scott goes off on conservatives and their bad media analysis
(43:24) Maura Healey declares an state of emergency for migrant families
(45:55) Hull Police Sergeant attacks elderly neighbor
(47:50) Bad reporting on Mass and Cass
(49:22) Wage increases for MBTA workers
(50:30) Going over the 2024 ballot
(52:49) Severed arm found in Boston
(53:45) Outro and Social media
(54:10) Slam Recommendation

MUSIC CREDITS:

**/ Theme Music /**
Written & performed by Contingence (⁠https://soundcloud.com/contingenceBoston⁠)

**/ Background music during cutaways /**
"Random"
Artist: Jonny Gios (https://unsplash.com/@supergios)
Song URL: https://youtu.be/B6jHXc0xdio
Producer: NK Music (https://nkmusicarchive.beatstars.com)
"George Street Shuffle"
Artist: Kevin MacLeod
Song URL: https://filmmusic.io/song/3800-george-street-shuffle
License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

**/ Slam Recommendation /**
"Unearthing the Void"
Artist: Molested Divinity
Album: Unearthing the Void
Label: New Standard Elite Records
Released: March 25th, 2020
Hometown: Ankara, Türkiye
Bandcamp (album URL): https://molesteddivinity.bandcamp.com/album/unearthing-the-void
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58min
August 06, 2023 MM | Bureaucratic Capitalism in the Third World [3/5] ~ Peru People's Movement
In this installment of Marxist Menagerie, comrade Jesse continues to read from "Notes on the process of bureaucratic capitalism in the third world countries" by Peru People's Movement.
Thee reading primarily focuses on semi-colonies in Southeast Asia, namely Korea.
Background music:
  "Go" prod. NK Music -- https://youtu.be/4UgGmXYp3J0
  "Kishar" prod. NK Music -- https://youtu.be/v0R25kiUZm81
Theme music:
  Written and performed by Contingence -- https://soundcloud.com/contingenceboston
This episode was released to our patrons on March 9th, 2023.
For early releases and other goodies, subscribe to our Patreon at https://patreon.com/epicincredulity
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30min
August 02, 2023 Episode 116 - Cambodian YouTube
It's been a month, and we're back, baby! We open with a quick riff on Ben Shapiro's awful Barbie review, and which quickly spirals into a discussion of material security versus the value form, the disconnected nature of the average American, and the flattening of history. After the theme song we make sure to give some time to some news we missed over the past month, particularly the Titan implosion. Then we get back to the grind with the elections in Spain, the Teamsters victory over UPS, the SAG-AFTRA strike, the Gulf Stream, unrest in France, Elon, the end of Twitter, and the arrival of Threads. As always, thank you for listening, it's great to be back, please enjoy!
visit our patreon: patreon.com/epicincredulity

(00:00:00) Ben Shapiro's Barbie review
(00:04:00) We're back! It's been a month...
(00:09:35) There are no adversaries left but ourselves
(00:13:00) Material security vs. value form. The flattening, the end, and the beginning of history
(00:17:30) Theme Song
(00:17:41) What's been up with you? Highlights from the last month
(00:21:10) The Titan, Scott's weird Titanic obsession, and Carnival's freak cruise ship
(00:25:00) The Elections in Spain
(00:32:00) Teamsters Union UPS contract win
(00:44:40) SAG-AFTRA strike and other labor actions
(00:46:20) Cambodian YouTube
(00:48:00) The world's on fire, the gulf stream, and more on climate
(00:55:15) Tumult in France
(00:59:00) Elon, X, the end of Twitter, and Threads
(01:04:40) The end of America and The Jet Stream
(01:08:00) Outro and social media
(01:09:40) Slam Recommendation
(01:11:40) EXTRA: Scott's thoughts on The Bear

===[ AUDIO CREDITS ]===

Background music / Cutaway #1:
"Riphonus" prod. NK Music
Song URL: https://youtu.be/9hGcg5yf6dg

Background music / Cutaway #2 and #3:
"Lobby Time" by Kevin MacLeod
Song URL: https://filmmusic.io/song/3986-lobby-time
License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

Slam recommendation:
Song title: "Voracious Instinct"
Artist: DeathAwaits
Album: Voracious Instinct
Released: May 19th, 2023
Bandcamp URL: https://deathawaits.bandcamp.com
Hometown: Lyon, France

Theme music:
Written & performed by Contingence
SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/contingenceboston

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1h 15min
July 22, 2023 MM | Bureaucratic Capitalism in the Third World [2/5] ~ Peru People's Movement
In this installment of Marxist Menagerie, comrade Jesse continues to read from "Notes on the process of bureaucratic capitalism in the third world countries" by Peru People's Movement.
The reading covers the remainder of the section titled "Understanding Bureaucratic Capitalism is Essential to Democratic Revolution".
Background music:
    "Explorer" prod. NK Music -- https://youtu.be/GbqGvqmPFIM
    "Shatters" prod. NK Music -- https://youtu.be/kfFtPDLAhlA
Theme music:
    Written and performed by Contingence -- https://soundcloud.com/contingenceboston
This episode was released to our patrons on February 26th, 2023.
For early releases and other goodies, subscribe to our Patreon at https://patreon.com/epicincredulity
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26min
July 08, 2023 MM | Bureaucratic Capitalism in the Third World [1/5] ~ Peru People's Movement
In this installment of Marxist Menagerie, comrade Jesse begins reading "Notes on the process of bureaucratic capitalism in the third-world countries", originally published by Peru People's Movement in 2014.
Background music:
"Ilkley" prod. NK Music -- https://youtu.be/fahUIF3So38
Theme music:
Written and performed by Contingence - https://soundcloud.com/contingenceboston
This episode was released to our patrons on February 21st, 2023.
For early releases and other goodies, subscribe to our Patreon at https://patreon.com/epicincredulity
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18min
June 29, 2023 MM | Neutralizing Homelessness ~ Peter Marcuse
In this special episode of Marxist Menagerie, comrade Jesse reads Peter Marcuse's "Neutralizing Homelessness".

==| TIMESTAMPS |==

(00:00) Intro
(00:58) Neutralizing Homelessness
(05:37) The Historical Character of Today's Homelessness
(11:10) The Causes of Homelessness
(13:03) Abandonment and Gentrification
(17:04) Deindustrialization
(22:09) The New Conservatism
(25:36) Publicizing Homelessness
(28:03) The Emerging Homeless Movement
(32:59) The Tradition of Charity
(34:45) Homelessness and Delegitimation
(39:00) Homelessness and the Public Policy Dilemma
(53:25) Solving Homelessness: A Serious Approach

==| MUSIC CREDITS |==

Theme music:
Written & performed by Contingence -- https://soundcloud.com/contingenceboston
Background music:
"Hypno" prod. NK Music -- https://youtu.be/eWF2kdGhYkA
"Ninlil" prod. NK Music -- https://youtu.be/fUgL0GMaaqw
"Lucid, pt. 2" prod. NK Music -- https://youtu.be/OzjUGeSgTW0
"Tishpak" prod. NK Music -- https://youtu.be/F8zbgIeDNzE
"Compose" prod. NK Music -- https://youtu.be/wmeydlxHu6w

Check out our Patreon at https://patreon.com/epicincredulity for more readings like this.

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59min
June 25, 2023 MM | With Respect to Social Classes in the Guatemalan Revolution of October ~ Huberto Alvarado
In this installment of Marxist Menagerie, comrade Jesse reads Huberto Alvarado's 1974 essay, With Respect to Social Classes in the [Guatemalan] Revolution of October.
Background music:
  "Tacita" prod. NK Music -- https://youtu.be/P2i6bToWEQw
  "Quiritis" prod. NK Music -- https://youtu.be/TY7lgEGVkPc
Theme music:
  Written and performed by Contingence - https://soundcloud.com/contingenceboston
This episode was released to our patrons on February 7th, 2023.
For early releases and other goodies, subscribe to our Patreon at https://patreon.com/epicincredulity
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37min
June 21, 2023 Episode 115 - Radicaling [Season 3 Finale]
Welcome back to the Epoch. It our season 3 finale! To celebrate, Trump was indicted! Okay, maybe that had nothing to do with us, but whatever. I95 collapsed, and Mayor Pete is still doing a terrible job. Ukraine probably blew up their own dam? Silvio Berlusconi died. Pakistan buys oil with Chinese currency, hopefully accelerating de-dollarization (ask Joe). Both DuPont and 3M have been lying about forever chemicals, forever. Plus, Cornel West announces he's running for president, Starbucks bans Pride décor, Cop City, and Canadian wildfires turn Manhattan into Hell. We're taking a little break from the Epoch, but we'll be back for season 4, soon enough. Thank you for listening and check out our patreon: https://www.patreon.com/epicincredulity/

===| Episode with all the PFAS/PFOS stuff |===

Episode 107 - Neo-psychedelic Postmodern X-Files Episode Universe
Spotify: ⁠⁠https://open.spotify.com/episode/0Fd7yQ14Zzw3Pb4q84bDsU⁠⁠
Patreon: ⁠⁠https://www.patreon.com/posts/episode-107-neo-78919953⁠
---Timestamp---

(00:00:00) - intro
(00:01:40) - Trump has been indicted
(00:06:50) - I95 collapse/more of Mayor Pete's incompetence
(00:13:00) - Ukraine blew up their own dam, probably?
(00:21:50) - Silvio Berlusconi dies
(00:29:45) - Pakistan buys oil with Chinese Currency instead of the dollar
(00:35:10) - DuPont and 3M lied about PFAS chemicals
(00:38:00) - we need themes/a discussion of Philip DeFranco
(00:45:00) - Cornel West is running for president
(00:52:40) - Starbucks bans Pride décor
(00:57:15) - Bud Lite and Target
(01:00:20) - Cop City
(01:03:15) - outro and social media
(01:05:22) - SLAM recommendation
(01:10:50) - extra

===| AUDIO CREDITS |===

Intro clip (taken from a YouTube short):
Video: "How the US Bans Communists from Citizenship" | https://youtu.be/OMZyJZHom4I
Channel: "red." | https://www.youtube.com/@redstreamnet

Background music during cutaways:
"Lobby Time" by Kevin MacLeod
Song URL: https://filmmusic.io/song/3986-lobby-time
License URL: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

Slam recommendation:
Song title: "DDT"
Artist: Parasitic Infestation
Album: Intergalactic Harvest
Released: October 14th, 2022
Hometown: Auckland, New Zealand
Bandcamp (album URL): https://parasiticinfestation.bandcamp.com/album/intergalactic-harvest

Theme music:
Written & performed by Contingence -- https://soundcloud.com/contingenceboston

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1h 12min

FAQs about The Epoch of Incredulity:

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