Episodes
Thursday Feb 28, 2019
Episode 293: Assorted Jefferson Writings
Thursday Feb 28, 2019
Thursday Feb 28, 2019
In this episode I take on some assorted writings by Thomas Jefferson. Maybe the most important are the collected memoirs called the "Anas".
Thursday Feb 28, 2019
Thursday Feb 28, 2019
Back to a Philip K. Dick short story with the posthumously published "Cadbury, the Beaver Who Lacked". Is it his final word on marriage? Not quite, but it seems to serve as such.
Sunday Feb 24, 2019
Episode 292: Jefferson as Empire Builder (Jefferson's Speeches)
Sunday Feb 24, 2019
Sunday Feb 24, 2019
In this episode, I look at some of Thomas Jefferson's speeches and examine how he envisioned the place of Indians in the American empire. Of particular importance are his written annual addresses and the speeches he delivered to Indian nations during his presidency.
Sunday Feb 24, 2019
Sunday Feb 24, 2019
In the final part of my review of OUR FRIENDS FROM FROLIX 8 we see the brutal way that equality can be restored in a world where the elite are superior post-humans.
Thursday Feb 21, 2019
Thursday Feb 21, 2019
In part 3 of my review of "Our Friends from Frolix 8" we see the nature of the friendship offered by aliens and need to wonder what is the best path to institutional change: reform from within, movements from the outside, or help from foreign powers.
Monday Feb 18, 2019
Monday Feb 18, 2019
In part two of my review of OUR FRIENDS FROM FROLIX 8, we get a closer look at the movement culture that emerged to resist the posthumans in power, consider how much it resembles drug dealing, and continue to enjoy watching the back and forth between the New Men and Unusuals, the two varieties of posthumans.
Monday Feb 18, 2019
Episode 292: Jefferson and the Party System (Public Papers 1791-1826)
Monday Feb 18, 2019
Monday Feb 18, 2019
In this episode I look at the public papers Jefferson produced while Secretary of State, when he developed his opposition to Hamilton's policies. I also glance at his plans for the University of Virginia and his opposition to the import duty on books.
Friday Feb 15, 2019
Episode 291: Jefferson the Legislator (TJ's Public Papers 1775-1790)
Friday Feb 15, 2019
Friday Feb 15, 2019
In this episode I look at Thomas Jefferson's public papers from the time before he became Secretary of State, when he was mostly working in Virginia politics. Of special interest is his draft for a Virginia Constitution and his laws on education, crime, and religion.
Friday Feb 15, 2019
Friday Feb 15, 2019
In part one of my review of OUR FRIENDS FROM FROLIX 8, I examine how meritocracy and posthumanism leads to a pretty interesting dystopia.
Wednesday Feb 13, 2019
Philip K. Dick Book Club: Episode 130.4: A Maze of Death, Part 4
Wednesday Feb 13, 2019
Wednesday Feb 13, 2019
The finale of my look at Philip K. Dick's A MAZE OF DEATH. Tell me, is this book the antithesis of GALACTIC POT-HEALER?
Sunday Feb 10, 2019
Episode 290: Thomas Jefferson, "Notes on the State of Virginia" (Part 2)
Sunday Feb 10, 2019
Sunday Feb 10, 2019
The conclusion to my brief series on Jefferson's important text "Notes on the State of Virginia". In this episode we take a look at Jefferson's views on race, immigration, land rights, and industry.
Sunday Feb 10, 2019
Philip K. Dick Book Club: Episode 130.3: A Maze of Death, Part 3
Sunday Feb 10, 2019
Sunday Feb 10, 2019
During a quest to find out where they are, the unfortunate pioneers on Delmak-O begin to learn that their subjectivities are coming true. The results are murderous. Learn about this and more in part 3 of my review of Philip K. Dick's "A Maze of Death."
Friday Feb 08, 2019
Friday Feb 08, 2019
In this episode, I look at "Summary of the Rights of British America" by Thomas Jefferson. I also jump into the first half of "Notes on the State of Virginia". So let's begin exploring his political ideas as well as what his thoughts on science, nature, the "Columbian Exchange" and Native Americans.
Thursday Feb 07, 2019
Philip K. Dick Book Club: Episode 130.2: A Maze of Death, Part 2
Thursday Feb 07, 2019
Thursday Feb 07, 2019
Part two of my thoughts on "A Maze of Death" by Philip K. Dick. Things start to get dark quickly.
Sunday Feb 03, 2019
Episode 288: Thomas Jefferson, "Autobiography"
Sunday Feb 03, 2019
Sunday Feb 03, 2019
The autobiography of Thomas Jefferson was written in 1821 and covers his life from the 1760s to his return from Paris. It has some interesting things to say about his views of slavery, the French Revolution, and the writing of the "Declaration of Independence". We kick off a new series on American political writing with this interesting, if unessential work.
Sunday Feb 03, 2019
Philip K. Dick Book Club: Episode 130.1: A Maze of Death
Sunday Feb 03, 2019
Sunday Feb 03, 2019
Now for the antithesis to "Galactic Pot-Healer". "A Maze of Death" by Philip K. Dick asks some of the same questions as GPH but comes to very different and bleaker answers. What to make of this?