On this episode, Benjamin Gorman takes you to the dog park, shares a poem, then compares it to the lack of concrete answers many of us feel in a world where the criminals are in charge of enforcing the law.

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Here’s the text of the poem:

How Does a Dog

by Benjamin Gorman

How does a dog

interpret “I’m going to miss you”

through the veil of

new vocabulary and

incomprehensible tense?

Does it sound like

“I love you” or

“I’m sad” or

“You’ve been bad”

or just

“I’m giving you attention now

and that’s enough”?

and is it

really that different

for anyone else?

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On this episode, Benjamin Gorman takes you on a tour of the Cathedral of Barcelona and talks about why he likes architecture therapy.

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On this episode, Benjamin Gorman (and Doug the Producer, of course), talk about generative large language model artificial intelligence, the Turing Test, and an alternate argument for avoiding AI slop.

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On this episode, Doug the Producer and Benjamin Gorman host guest Barack Obama …’s recent post on Bluesky and make a small but significant correction.

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On this episode, Chrys and Benjamin Gorman talk with Melinda Mitchell, author of FORTUNATE SON, about her recent trip to Tijuana to work with Unified U.S. Deported Veterans, about Christmas traditions, and about centering our antifascism around maintaining our kindness.

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On this episode, Chrys and Benjamin Gorman talk with Antonio Michael Downing, author of BLACK CHEROKEE and SAGA BOY, about growing up in Trinidad, a remarkable act of kindness, and books as “counter-algorithmic” resistance.

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On this episode, Chrys and Benjamin Gorman talk with Karen Eisenbrey, author of DEEP RIVER RISING, about cozy romantasies, neighborhood cats, golf-course lightning, the existence of Hell, and fighting fascism with small ideas that grow.

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Website: kareneisenbreywriter.com

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On this episode, Chrys and Benjamin Gorman talk with Trevor W. Harrison, author of TALES THIS SIDE OF THE ELYSIAN FIELDS. They talk about travel, disillusionment with the American myth, the importance of critical thinking in a world of AI slop, and finding hope in small acts of kindness.

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