Shows
Burned By BooksLexi Freiman, "The Book of Ayn" (Catapult, 2023)An original and hilarious satire of both our political culture and those who rage against it, The Book of Ayn (Catapult, 2023) follows a writer from New York to Los Angeles to Lesbos as she searches for artistic and spiritual fulfillment in radical selfishness, altruism, and ego-death.After writing a satirical novel that The New York Times calls classist, Anna is shunned by the literary establishment and, in her hurt, radicalized by the philosophy of Ayn Rand. Determined to follow Rand's theory of rational selfishness, Anna alienates herself from the scene and eventually her friends and family. Finally, in tr...2023-12-2937 min
New Books in Literary StudiesLexi Freiman, "The Book of Ayn" (Catapult, 2023)An original and hilarious satire of both our political culture and those who rage against it, The Book of Ayn (Catapult, 2023) follows a writer from New York to Los Angeles to Lesbos as she searches for artistic and spiritual fulfillment in radical selfishness, altruism, and ego-death.After writing a satirical novel that The New York Times calls classist, Anna is shunned by the literary establishment and, in her hurt, radicalized by the philosophy of Ayn Rand. Determined to follow Rand's theory of rational selfishness, Anna alienates herself from the scene and eventually her friends and family. Finally, in tr...2023-12-2937 min
New Books in LiteratureLexi Freiman, "The Book of Ayn" (Catapult, 2023)An original and hilarious satire of both our political culture and those who rage against it, The Book of Ayn (Catapult, 2023) follows a writer from New York to Los Angeles to Lesbos as she searches for artistic and spiritual fulfillment in radical selfishness, altruism, and ego-death.After writing a satirical novel that The New York Times calls classist, Anna is shunned by the literary establishment and, in her hurt, radicalized by the philosophy of Ayn Rand. Determined to follow Rand's theory of rational selfishness, Anna alienates herself from the scene and eventually her friends and family. Finally, in tr...2023-12-2937 min
ART FICTIONSUnwavering Sensitivity and Valuing Confusion (ANNA CLEGG)Guest artist ANNA CLEGG joins curator and critic VANESSA MURRELL to discuss her multi-disciplinary art practice via 'My Loose Thread' by Denis Cooper. Published in 2002 by Canongate Books, this claustrophobic novel circulates around teenage Larry who is wrestling with the point of his own existence and explores teen depression, moral vacuity and the confusion of love.
Please be warned that in following the content of Cooper's text, the programme contains references to violence and suicide.
Anna and Vanessa's discussion also encompasses psychedelics, obsession, faux Nazis, feeling violated, animal stickers, unwavering sensitivity, st...2023-09-291h 05
Deconstructing CompThe Mod Squad: WCI Live!Send us a textA fun group, we are calling the "mod squad" includes Dr. Geralyn Datz, Jeffrey Adelson, and Stuart Colburn. We have a very fun and energetic conversation about dinner the night before and the beginning of the WCI Conference. Experience the energy of the WCI conference as we chat about this groups thoughts on various topics. They all love to poke fun at Yvonne, so laugh along with the conversation about dingers. We finally pulled ourselves together and talked about the conference opening session and some of the important topics di...2023-09-0219 min
Deconstructing CompBill Zachry: LIVE at Elevate 2023!Send us a textGuest #2 during Elevate LIVE! Yvonne Guibert and guest co-host Adam Lopez chat with Bill for our live podcasting at Elevate! in San Diego, CA on April 11. Bill talks about his Elevate! session with George Parisotto where they will talk about changes at the California Division of Workers' Compensation and how they are getting back to business following the pandemic with technology changes, fee schedule changes and so much more!WARNING: There is no editing, and the sound quality is not the best, but the conversation i...2023-04-2009 min
ChromeRadioA WRITER'S WAR 2 | FêteA WRITER'S WAR looks at how those who fought and those at home in Britain, France, Germany and former colonies of the British and French Empires responded to the First World War, the horrors of the trenches and the advent of mechanised violence.
This is the second of four podcasts, in which we hear from Year 10 students at OXFORD SPIRES ACADEMY. CONTRIBUTORS: Mira Harris, George Guibert, Garrincha Da Costa, Jemima Webster, Gianluca Walker.
MUSIC: Maurice Ravel, Le Tombeau de Couperin, M 68, II. Fugue, licensed courtesy of Vox Legends.
In 2019 OXFORD UNIVERSITY'S MEDIEVAL & MODERN LANGUAGES FACULTY ran a series of workshops...2021-03-1912 min
Rock & CómicsRock & Cómics 150 - Santiago García, Luis Bustos, El fotografo, Estela Plateada, flechitas, grupos superheroinasCentésimo quincuagésimo programa de Rock & Cómics, veinteavo de la quinta temporada. Programa dedicado al mundo del cómic y aderezado con la mejor música rock.
SUMARIO:
[01' 21"] - La Cárcel de Papel
Álvaro Pons nos trae dos nuevas obras: El Fotógrafo de Didier Lefèvre, Emmanuel Guibert y Frédéric Lemercier editado por Astiberri y Estela Plateada de Dan Slott y Michael Allred.
[12' 03"] - Entrevista
Hablamos con Santiago García y Luis Bustos sobre ¡García! el primer número de dos publicado por Astiberri.
[26' 48"] - Canción
"Y viva España" de Manolo Esco...2015-09-301h 00
Inkstuds RadioBest of 2009
This is the somewhat annual Inkstuds discussion show, where I am joined by people smarter than myself to talk about the comics that have stood out over the previous year. This year i am joined by a bevy of prominent comics bloggers. Timothy Hodler is a member of the always enlightening ComicsComics, Sean T Collins has his own blog, Attentiondeficitdisorderly Too Flat and lastly Robot 6,Chris Mautner. The work we decided to cover, doesn’t necessarily make up a definitive best of 2009 list, but instead, is a grouping of work that we would like to discuss more cl...2009-12-1800 min