• Episode 2: Jeremy Zallen: American Lucifers (Part 2/2)
    Sep 5 2025

    The second part of my review of the excellent history book American Lucifers: The Dark History of Artificial Light. Who are today's Lucifers and is their story still dark?

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    38 mins
  • Episode 1: Jeremy Zallen: American Lucifers, The Dark History of Artificial Light (Part 1/2)
    Sep 3 2025

    To start this new phase of this podcast, I am reviewing one of the best history books I read in the past year, Jeremy Zallen's American Lucifers, a book about capitalism, labor, violence, and the environment and how they all interrelate. Let me know what you think of the ideas of the book and if you read the book, let me know what you think I got wrong.

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    50 mins
  • Soft Reboot Episode
    Sep 2 2025

    The episode in which I explain where this podcast will go from here, so as not to overwhelm me and my capacities.

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    10 mins
  • Robert A. Heinlein Book Club: Episode 103: No Time For Love (Part 1)
    Nov 4 2024

    This is the first episode of my review of Robert Heinlein's longest work, NO TIME FOR LOVE. We are reintroduced to an old friend, Lazarus Long, as he reflects on his life (but maybe not enough reflection for this reader).

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    31 mins
  • Episode 663: James Baldwin: The Devil Finds Work (1976)
    Nov 4 2024

    THE DEVIL FINDS WORK was James Baldwin's final major essay and a fascinating exploration of how he has seen and experienced American (and some non-American) films over the course of his life, finding the problem at the heart of America's major cultural export.

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    31 mins
  • Robert A. Heinlein Book Club: Episode 102: I Will Fear no Evil (Part 4)
    Oct 28 2024

    The finale of my review of I WILL FEAR NO EVIL by Robert A. Heinlein. Next up, NO TIME FOR LOVE.

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    23 mins
  • Robert A. Heinlein Book Club: Episode 101: I Will Fear No Evil (Part 3)
    Oct 16 2024

    Part three of my thoughts on I WILL FEAR NO EVIL by Robert A. Heinlein.

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    20 mins
  • Episode 662: James Baldwin: No Name in the Street
    Oct 16 2024

    My quick review of James Baldwin's excellent essay NO NAME IN THE STREET. The last 20 pages of this essay are particularly hard hitting and remain meaningful.

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    21 mins