Utopian Horizons

Utopian Horizons

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Utopian Horizons episodes

  • Degrowth w/ Vincent Liegey & Anitra Nelson
    Vincent Liegey and Anitra Nelson, the authors of the book Exploring Degrowth: A Critical Guide, join me to talk about what Degrowth means, how it aims to address the climate crises and change our world, why it is difficult for capitalism to co-opt it, and why we can't assume that renewable energy will solve all our problems.
    Utopian Horizons is a podcast about utopia. Each episode covers a different utopia, dystopia, utopian thinker, or utopian movement, asking what they can tell us about ourselves, our society, and our future.
    Twitter: https://twitter.com/utopianhorizons
    email: utopianhorizonspod [at] gmail dot com
    Support the podcast: https://www.patreon.com/utopianhorizons
    Music: The Fiction of Utopian Studies/The Road To Oceania by The Fucked Up Beat.
    1 hr 7 min
  • Kentucky Route Zero w/ Rosie
    Rosie from the Twin Peaks podcast Diane joins the show again to talk about the unique and surreal videogame world of Kentucky Route Zero. We chat about themes of debt and exploitation, the powerful use of haunting, different ways of thinking about foreground and background, and a possible kernel of utopian hope in a overwhelmingly dystopic world.
    Utopian Horizons is a podcast about utopia. Each episode covers a different utopia, dystopia, utopian thinker, or utopian movement, asking what they can tell us about ourselves, our society, and our future.
    Twitter: https://twitter.com/utopianhorizons
    email: utopianhorizonspod [at] gmail dot com
    Support the podcast: https://www.patreon.com/utopianhorizons
    Music: The Fiction of Utopian Studies/The Road To Oceania by The Fucked Up Beat.
    47 min
  • The Penultimate Truth
    I finally return to my run-through of every Philip K Dick novel to talk about 1964's The Penultimate Truth. I touch on class differences, the loss of the new, authority in postmodernity and conspiracy theory.
    Utopian Horizons is a podcast about utopia. Each episode covers a different utopia, dystopia, utopian thinker, or utopian movement, asking what they can tell us about ourselves, our society, and our future.
    Twitter: https://twitter.com/utopianhorizons
    email: utopianhorizonspod [at] gmail dot com
    Support the podcast: https://www.patreon.com/utopianhorizons
    Music: The Fiction of Utopian Studies/The Road To Oceania by The Fucked Up Beat.
    56 min
  • The Matrix w/ Anna McFarlane
    Dr Anna McFarlane from the University of Glasgow returns to the podcast to talk about 1999 science fiction phenomenon The Matrix. We discuss what The Matrix represents, systemic power, cyberpunk, trans readings of the film and more.
    Utopian Horizons is a podcast about utopia. Each episode covers a different utopia, dystopia, utopian thinker, or utopian movement, asking what they can tell us about ourselves, our society, and our future.
    Twitter: https://twitter.com/utopianhorizons
    email: utopianhorizonspod [at] gmail dot com
    Support the podcast: https://www.patreon.com/utopianhorizons
    Music: The Fiction of Utopian Studies/The Road To Oceania by The Fucked Up Beat.
    1 hr 8 min
  • Abolish Silicon Valley w/ Wendy Liu
    The author of Abolish Silicon Valley, Wendy Liu, joins the podcast to give an insider perspective of Silicon Valley from a former Google intern who once brought into the industry's lofty ideas of itself. We discuss Silicon Valley ideology, how capitalism limits the potential of technology and much more.
    Utopian Horizons is a podcast about utopia. Each episode covers a different utopia, dystopia, utopian thinker, or utopian movement, asking what they can tell us about ourselves, our society, and our future.
    Twitter: @utopianhorizons
    email: utopianhorizonspod [at] gmail dot com
    Support the podcast: patreon.com/utopianhorizons
    Music: The Fiction of Utopian Studies/The Road To Oceania by The Fucked Up Beat.
    1 hr 12 min
  • Utopias: Navigating Without Coordinates w/ Jack & Gabriel
    Gabriel and Jack from the AAA Collective talk to me about their new game about utopia, the process of creating it, and matching theme to process.
    You can find the game here: https://aaa.itch.io/utopias
    Utopian Horizons is a podcast about utopia. Each episode covers a different utopia, dystopia, utopian thinker, or utopian movement, asking what they can tell us about ourselves, our society, and our future.
    Twitter: @utopianhorizons
    email: utopianhorizonspod [at] gmail dot com
    Support the podcast: patreon.com/utopianhorizons
    Music: The Fiction of Utopian Studies/The Road To Oceania by The Fucked Up Beat.
    53 min
  • Snow Crash w/ Lucy Brady
    Lucy Brady from Wyrd Signal joins me to talk about Neal Stephenson's cyberpunk parody novel Snow Crash. We discuss late capitalism, the nature of work under neoliberalism, Silicon Valley determinism, the American Century and much more.
    Utopian Horizons is a podcast about utopia. Each episode covers a different utopia, dystopia, utopian thinker, or utopian movement, asking what they can tell us about ourselves, our society, and our future.
    Twitter: @utopianhorizons
    email: utopianhorizonspod [at] gmail dot com
    Support the podcast: patreon.com/utopianhorizons
    Music: The Fiction of Utopian Studies/The Road To Oceania by The Fucked Up Beat.
    1 hr 39 min
  • Island w/ Mark Taylor
    Mark Taylor from Moscow's HSE University joins the podcast to talk about the utopian society of Pala laid out by Aldous Huxley in his last novel. We discuss merging East and West, Mutual Adoption Clubs, sex, and Henri Bergson while exploring this island paradise.
    Utopian Horizons is a podcast about utopia. Each episode covers a different utopia, dystopia, utopian thinker, or utopian movement, asking what they can tell us about ourselves, our society, and our future.
    Twitter: @utopianhorizons
    email: utopianhorizonspod [at] gmail dot com
    Support the podcast: patreon.com/utopianhorizons
    Music: The Fiction of Utopian Studies/The Road To Oceania by The Fucked Up Beat.
    1 hr 14 min
  • Economic Science Fictions Ch. 3: Currencies of Social Organisation: The Future of Money
    Money is the subject of the latest chapter in my run-through of Economic Science Fictions. Sherryl Vint's essay lays out the argument for thinking of money as a social technology rather than as a thing, and explains the role science fiction can play in helping us to rethink it.
    Utopian Horizons is a podcast about utopia. Each episode covers a different utopia, dystopia, utopian thinker, or utopian movement, asking what they can tell us about ourselves, our society, and our future.
    email: utopianhorizonspod [at] gmail.com
    Twitter: @utopianhorizons
    Support: patreon.com/utopianhorizons
    Music: The Fiction of Utopian Studies/The Road To Oceania by The Fucked Up Beat.
    31 min
  • Inventing The Future & Library Socialism w/ Srsly Wrong
    I'm joined by fellow utopians Aaron and Shawn from the utopian comedy podcast Srsly Wrong. We talk about the valuable critique and strategies laid out in Inventing the Future, a book arguing for a postcapitalist world without work, and delve into the intricacies of Aaron and Shawn's own utopian vision: Library Socialism.
    Utopian Horizons is a podcast about utopia. Each episode covers a different utopia, dystopia, utopian thinker, or utopian movement, asking what they can tell us about ourselves, our society, and our future.
    Twitter: @utopianhorizons
    email: utopianhorizonspod [at] gmail dot com
    Support the podcast: patreon.com/utopianhorizons
    Music: The Fiction of Utopian Studies/The Road To Oceania by The Fucked Up Beat.
    1 hr 43 min

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Utopian Horizons is a podcast about utopia. Each episode covers a different utopia, dystopia, utopian thinker, or utopian movement, asking what they can tell us about ourselves, our society, and our…