The Good and Basic Podcast: Better and More Complex

In which we lay out a manifesto for cottage industrialism while galloping through Karl Marx, Ayn Rand, Jordan B. Peterson, G.K. Chesterton, and Hilaire Belloc.  It's an exhilarating ride with lots of interesting side quests--we think you'll enjoy it.

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In which we reminisce about a two-day survival camp we attempted ten years ago, and how it compared to our night in Sherwood Forest.  Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance comes up, as does Brandon Sanderson's Stormlight Archive.  We also spend a bit more time on Robin Hood's chaotic good alignment.

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 In which we start by talking about the rye harvest and end by talking about neo-Luddism.  

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In which we look through the various perspectives of last week's videos to try to answer the question of what makes good or bad technology.  This week's discussion is a little like punching a giant marshmallow again and again...it's not clear how much progress you're making, but isn't it kind of fun anyway?

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Song Credit: Spanish Summer from Audionautix.com

 In which we have a conversation with Dr. Patrick Curry about Tolken and  enchantment.  Dr. Curry's academic interests range far and wide, but  here his work on Tolkien, enchantment, and ecology come to the fore.  We  discuss his preference for the term "ecology" instead of "environment,"  the metaphysics of objects and subjects, and how to do technology  right.  

You can find out more about Dr. Curry's work at patrickcurry.co.uk

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 In which we answer your questions in our first ever livestream.  Thanks  to all who participated!  And thank you, as always, for your support. 

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In which we ponder the fact that bone adzes do the same job that bronze adzes do, and why you have to believe that fire works in order for fire to work.  Videos covered include our smelting project with Neil Burridge and bronze casting with Will Lord--very fun projects to revisit for our podcast.

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In which we revisit a couple videos from last week and preview a particularly awesome one going up this week.  What's so cool about bowl carving, pole lathing, or skinning a deer with a rock?  The fact that you can do them without being an expert.  We muse about this and about the distance between experts and amateurs and why you should try to do these things yourself--while managing to invoke a couple of our favorite books on crafts and philosophy (see Amazon Affiliate links below).  Exactly one deer was harmed (indirectly) in the production of this podcast; rocks and carving tools not included in this digital format.

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Song Credit:  Spanish Summer from Audionatix.com

In which we recap our recent trip to Europe (where we did everything from camp in Sherwood forest to visiting a scalable plastic recycling facility) and draw out a couple of important themes, including the ways we saw our heroes on the trip and how to weight the value of the good (ethics) against the value of the true/real (epistemology/metaphysics).  If you'd like more about our trip, check the Youtube channel soon for videos we filmed (youtube.com/goodandbasic and listen to our bonus podcast episode recorded during our trip at anchor.fm/goodandbasic

Song is Spanish Summer from Audionatix.com

This is a special podcast episode recorded in a car on our recent trip to Europe where we sum up the first week of our trip and offer some reflections.  The audio quality is not great but the thoughts are pretty interesting.  If you'd like to know more about what we did on our trip and what it all means, see our regular podcast episode (in better quality too) at anchor.fm/goodandbasic.  If you enjoyed the podcast, consider checking out our project videos at youtube.com/goodandbasic.

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