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Absolutely Nothing & All It Doesn’t MeanCole: Pt. 1Sorry for the gap in episodes. Anyway, here’s a disorganized attempt at thought at 4 am.
2020-04-1712 min
If You Hate Grapefruits...The Worst Day of Sophomore YearIf you had Haddock for English 11 AP 5th period, um... I’m really fucking sorry.
2020-03-1314 minAbsolutely Nothing & All It Doesn’t MeanArt From the Ashes (Miklós Radnóti): Pt. 2In this episode, I try once again to tackle and unpack a couple of the major themes found throughout Miklós Radnóti’s poetry, as published in Lawrence Landry’s “Art From the Ashes.” My message is a little bit more organized and articulate in this episode, thanks to the input I received from my wonderful classmates, Sadie Odom and Allan Miles, among with support and guidance from Dr. Orzoff.
2020-03-1214 minAbsolutely Nothing & All It Doesn’t MeanArt From the Ashes (Miklós Radnóti): Pt. 1In this episode, I helplessly flounder around some very difficult ideas woven into the poetry of Miklós Radnóti, as published in Lawrence Landry’s anthology “Art from the Ashes.” I did not have an easy time with this episode and was feeling rather inarticulate. I’m hoping to have a better grasp of some of these ideas by the time I get back from class today. Thanks for bearing with me.
2020-03-1014 minAbsolutely Nothing & All It Doesn’t MeanMaus (And Here My Troubles Began): Pt. 2In this episode, I revisit two of the heaviest and most loaded pieces of dialogue from the second part of Maus by Art Spiegelman, with some added insight from one of my peers and from Dr. Orzoff herself. I also discuss some of the implications of terminology surrounding the holocaust. Also I’m not recording in my car today! Special thanks to my classmate Allan Miles, whose idea I mentioned in this episode.
2020-03-0413 minAbsolutely Nothing & All It Doesn’t MeanMaus (And Here My Troubles Began): Pt. 1In this episode, I try to break down some of the most loaded quotes from the first couple chapters of Part II of Maus by Art Spiegelman. There are a lot of big ideas to unpack here, and my organization skills are slowly improving and allowing me to get a better grasp of these enormous and somewhat fuzzy ideas. Also, I’m recording in my car!
2020-03-0311 minIf You Hate Grapefruits...Is This a Diary?This is boring and I y’all about literally nothing. Enjoy.
2020-02-2912 minAbsolutely Nothing & All It Doesn’t MeanMaus (My Father Bleeds History): Pt. 2In this Episode, I revisit the possible animal metaphors used by Art Spiegelman in his comic book “Maus,” with the new insights I’ve gained from my peers. I then go on to explore Spiegelman’s use of other visual elements, and how he used the comic book medium to tell his and his father’s stories. Credit to the following peers whom I mentioned in this episode:Allan MilesBen JenkinsSamantha GonzalezAna MaldonadoNote: The ending of this might be a little shaky because my roommate came home and I had to abr...
2020-02-2613 minAbsolutely Nothing & All It Doesn’t MeanMaus (My Father Bleeds History): Pt. 1In this episode, I explore the animal-related themes that I found intriguing and perplexing throughout “My Father Bleeds History,” which is part 1 of “Maus” by Art Spiegelman. I try to unravel the symbolism of each animal used to depict a group of people, and then I delve into some more philosophical topics, such as the defining line between humans and animals... or the lack thereof.
2020-02-2514 min2020-02-2314 minAbsolutely Nothing & All It Doesn’t MeanFatelessness: Pt. 2In this episode, I discuss my thoughts on the book Fatelessness by Nobel Laureate: Imre Kertész after having discussed some of the themes and literary elements with my peers. “Finding a purpose in having no purpose,” was a quote from my classmate Ben Jenkins that I wrote down from the discussion to use in this episode. Thanks, Ben!
2020-02-1914 minIf You Hate Grapefruits...It’s a Boy! It’s a Girl! It’s... a Fucking GrapefruitIn this episode I uhhhh unload on y’all about all the queer phases I’ve gone through throughout my life.
2020-02-1914 minAbsolutely Nothing & All It Doesn’t MeanAbsolutely Nothing & All it Doesn’t Mean... What Does it Mean?In this episode, I explain the thought process that went into coming up with the name of this podcast and the cover image to go with it.
2020-02-1911 minAbsolutely Nothing & All It Doesn’t MeanFatelessness: Pt. 1My own insight and questions after finishing “Fatelessness” by Nobel laureate: Imre Kertész
2020-02-1914 minAbsolutely Nothing & All It Doesn’t MeanHere’s How It’s Gonna GoHi, my name is Mackenzie Draney, and this is documentation of my personal philosophical interpretations of holocaust literature. This episode details the purpose and function of this podcast, and gives a general introduction.
2020-02-1905 min
If You Hate Grapefruits...Arthropoda Galore: Part 1Taking my first entomology class of my college years, and it made me think of when I first became fascinated with Arthropods :') happy memories. This episode is kinda all over the place cause I just needed to get my mind focused on something happy. 10/10 highly recommend Thinking Happy Thoughts ™️ So uhhhh give a listen if you’re bored and uhhhhh especially if you like insects and arachnids and whatnot. Many more stories to come.
2020-02-1414 min
If You Hate Grapefruits...OCD and Me: Part 2This is just a continuation, (as you may have guessed), of Part 1 of OCD and Me. So uhhhh if you wanna hear about OCD affecting me growing up, give that a listen, maybe. But if you wanna hear about OCD affecting me in the present, uhhhh give this a listen. K?Keep hating grapefruits
2020-02-1214 min
If You Hate Grapefruits...OCD and Me: Part 1If you have OCD, suspect you might, or are curious about how OCD tends to manifest, or how it is expressed in early childhood sometimes, uhhhhh maybe gimme a listen. K? I decided I’m gonna do a part two because I have uhhhh so much more to say about this topic. You might say I’m... obsessive? Keep hating grapefruits
2020-02-1213 min
If You Hate Grapefruits...Whatd’ya Call a Grapefruit Hater with a Perm?Ever been curious about getting a perm? Think you wanna try lookin like a poodle? Maybe a beachy babe? Maybe a person with uhhhh maybe with straight hair? Well uhhhh maybe listen to my story. K?In this episode, I start off thinking I’m gonna discuss 3 things, then realize this app cuts me off after 15 minutes, so I only talk about one thing, and that’s my uhhhhh my perm. Also I give a lengthy outro that has a lot of bad background noise... guess I was uhhhh hitting the mic a lot? Idk.
2020-02-1213 min
If You Hate Grapefruits...If you Hate Grapefruits...Hi, my name’s Mackenzie Draney, I’m from Southern New Mexico, I hate grapefruits, and I have some things to talk about.
2020-02-1208 min