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The Dr. Phil PodcastPart 2 Bring Them Home: Hostage Families Still WaitingAs some hostages, return, others remain in the shadow – Dr. Phil continues the urgent conversation with families still waiting for their loved ones to come home. In this powerful Part 2 episode, Dr. Phil returns to the human cost of October 7th Hamas attacks with families still trapped in the agony of uncertainty. Keith Siegel, once held hostage, shares emotional memories with Lishay, the wife of fellow captive Omri Miran, who remains in Gaza. Illay David opens up about his brother Evyatar’s abduction form the Nova music festival – still no word, no return. And Bar Godard shares her hear...2025-06-1043 min
The Dr. Phil PodcastFamilies Who Survived the Unthinkable: Held HostageDr. Phil sits down with hostages taken by Hamas – Aviva & Keith Siegel for a harrowing account of survival, captivity, and the fight to reclaim life after terror. On October 7th, 2023, Hamas terrorists stormed into Israel, kidnapping civilians taking them into Gaza. Among those captured were American Israeli Keith Siegel, his wife Aviva and Omri Miran whose peaceful morning turned into a living nightmare. In this gripping and emotional episode, Dr. Phil sits down with the survivors and Lishay Lavi Miran, the wife of Omri who is still in captivity for an unflinching look at what happened that day – the trauma that lingers and...2025-06-0746 min
Wasliestdieda252 Meerjungfrau und Plastik - Phil Humor„Ich verwende in meinen Texten und Büchern gerne Philosophie und Humor. Deswegen: Phil Humor.“Phil Humor schreibt seit 2008. Er hat mehrere Bücher und Kurzgeschichten verfasst.Auszug aus den Veröffentlichungen:*69 Short Stories: Mit Philosophie und HumorCartoons und SprücheStorys, die uns ein Leben lang begleitenMit Philosophie und Humor: Storys Theaterstücke Gedichte DrabblesEigene Blütenlese: Aphorismen, Sprüche, GedankenEssays & Co.Merry Christmas: Weihnachts-Storys und -GedichteAnna Boleyn und Heinrich VIII.Jesus und das ThomasevangeliumWeitere Informationen zu Phil Humor findest du...2025-05-0913 min
Manifesto!Episode 75: American Honor and the IliadJake and Phil discuss Phil's New York Times essay "Trump, Hegseth, and the Honor of the American Military" and Homer's "Embassy to Achilles"
The Manifesto:
Phil Klay, "Trump, Hegseth, and the Honor of the American Military"
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/02/opinion/trump-hegseth-military-morality.html
The Art:
Homer, "Embassy to Achilles"
https://www.penguinbookshop.com/book/97801402753602025-01-251h 12Manifesto!Episode 70: Punk and MetalJake and Phil are joined by Nate DiMeo, podcaster and author of the forthcoming The Memory Palace, to discuss the Riot Grrrl Manifesto, Steve Albini's The Problem with Music, and The Decline of Western Civilization Part II: The Metal Years
The Manifestos:
Kathleen Hanna, The Riot Grrrl Manifesto
https://actipedia.org/project/riot-grrrl-manifesto
Steve Albini, The Problem with Music
https://thebaffler.com/salvos/the-problem-with-music
The Art:
Penelope Spheeris - The Decline of Western Civilization Part II: The Metal Years
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5DZu6T8...2024-08-301h 31
Informed FaithTurn Anxiety into Peace: Phil 4:6-7What if you could transform your anxiety into a profound sense of peace using ancient wisdom? In this enlightening episode of Informed Faith, we explore powerful biblical principles that can help you manage anxiety. Delving into Philippians 4:6-7, we uncover the transformative message the Apostle Paul shared while imprisoned: to "be anxious for nothing." We unpack the deep meaning of the Greek word "merimeneo," illuminating its portrayal of worry as a divided mind. Coupled with Jesus' teachings in Matthew 6:25-34, which underscore the importance of trusting in God's provision, we reveal how shifting your focus from personal troubles to...2024-08-2914 minManifesto!Episode 69: Should We Bring Children Into Existence?Phil and Jake are joined by Anastasia Berg and Rachel Wiseman, the authors of What Are Children For? On Ambivalence and Choice, to discuss David Benatar's 1997 paper "Why It Is Better Never to Come into Existence," alongside Paul Schrader's 2017 film First Reformed.
The Manifesto:
David Benatar - "Why It Is Better Never to Come into Existence"
https://www.jstor.org/stable/20009904
The Art:
Paul Schrader - First Reformed
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6053438/
Anastasia Berg and Rachel Wiseman - What Are Children For? On Ambivalence and Choice
...2024-07-252h 04Manifesto!Episode 68: The Serious ArtistJake and Phil are joined by the poet and critic Alice Gribbin to discuss Ezra Pound's The Serious Artist and Eliot Weinberger's The Life of Tu Fu
The Manifesto:
Ezra Pound, The Serious Artist
https://archive.org/details/literaryessaysof00poun/page/n5/mode/2up
The Art:
Eliot Weinberger, The Life of Tu Fu
https://www.ndbooks.com/book/the-life-of-tu-fu/
For more of Alice's writing:
https://www.alicegribbin.com/?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=web&utm_campaign=substack_profile2024-06-281h 48Manifesto!Episode 67: Wallace Stegner's Crossing to SafetyJake and Phil are joined by Sam Kimbriel, director of the Aspen Institute's Philosophy and Society Initiative, to discuss Wallace Stegner's 1987 novel Crossing to Safety. 2024-05-3059 min
Supply Chain Saga#16 - Phil SiegelIn this episode of Supply Chain Saga, we're joined by Phil Siegel, an entrepreneur whose experience includes founding companies, management consulting, venture capital, and private equity. We discuss how a vacation to Legoland inspired Phil and his wife to found Newgistics, revolutionizing online returns management and eventually leading to an acquisition by Pitney Bowes. Phil shares valuable insights from the early days of Newgistics, discusses current market dynamics, and their implications for the supply chain and broader economy. Tune in to hear lessons from a seasoned innovator in the industry."https://warehouserepublic.com/https://www.supplychainsaga...2024-05-2939 min
Manifesto!Episode 66: Hobbits, Goblins and the Very Adult World of Fairy-StoriesJake and Phil are joined by the novelist and chronicler of post-secular religious movements, Tara Isabella Burton, to discuss J.R.R. Tolkien's 1939 essay “On Fairy-Stories” and Christina Rossetti's 1862 poem, "Goblin Market."
The manifesto:
https://ieas-szeged.hu/downtherabbithole/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Tolkien-On-Fairy-Stories.pdf
The Art:
https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/44996/goblin-market
Tara's new novel, Here In Avalon:
https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Here-in-Avalon/Tara-Isabella-Burton/97819821700972024-04-291h 23
The Michael Brian ShowPhil Siegel: AI Crisis Prevention EP482Phil Siegel (LinkedIn) is the co-founder of the centre for advanced preparedness and threat response simulation (CAPTRS).
We discuss the idea of using technology and AI to predict threats and neutralise them to save more lives, easier, and faster.
You can find our more about the work Phil does over at https://captrs.org/
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Get your 2-month free trial of...2024-04-0845 minManifesto!Episode 65: Orwell and UkrainePhil and Jake are joined by the Matt Gallagher, author of Daybreak, to discuss George Orwell's "Looking Back on the Spanish War", and Benjamin Busch's photographs from Ukraine, "Nine Dialogues: Conflict in Context"
The Manifesto:
George Orwell, "Looking Back on the Spanish War"
https://www.orwellfoundation.com/the-orwell-foundation/orwell/essays-and-other-works/looking-back-on-the-spanish-war/
The Art:
Benjamin Busch, "Nine Dialogues: Conflict in Context"
https://www.wlajournal.com/copy-of-busch-gallery
Ben's hair:
https://lthumb.lisimg.com/939/13342939.jpg?width=280&sharpen=true2024-03-301h 11Manifesto!Episode 64: Power of the Powerless and the Velvet UndergroundJake and Phil are joined by the novelist and essayist Jared Marcel Pollen to discuss Vaclav Havel’s “The Power of the Powerless” and The Velvet Underground’s second album, White Light/White Heat
The Manifesto:
https://www.nonviolent-conflict.org/wp-content/uploads/1979/01/the-power-of-the-powerless.pdf
The Art:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AJy0LP8iYPg&list=PLaVHibd49QFIsKywss9Jh0rati5skWEYD
Jared's essay, The Metaphysician-in-Chief, in Liberties
https://libertiesjournal.com/articles/the-metaphysician-in-chief/2024-02-281h 22
Straight No Chaser - A Jazz ShowPodcast 966: A Conversation with Sullivan Fortner, Part One The latest release from the rising star Sullivan Fortner shows off two very different sides of his musical pallet – lyrical and moving solo piano, and electronic explorations. Both will leave you wanting more, and to hear what he has next up his sleeve. Frustrated by his lack of musical outlets during the pandemic, “Game,” the second of two discs that make up Solo Game came first. Visiting a studio in Brooklyn to consider a project, Fortner began employing a range of instruments and effects — Fender Rhodes, Hammond B3, Moog, vocoder, celesta, chimes, drums, an immense variety of percussi...2024-02-1729 minManifesto!Episode 63: How Money Culture Hurts the American Family and GirlsJake and Phil discuss "How Money Culture Hurts the American Family," by Ian Marcus Corbin, and episode seven of the first season of Girls
The Manifesto:
Ian Marcus Corbin, "How Money Culture Hurts the American Family"
https://www.capita.org/money-culture
Girls, Welcome to Bushwick a.k.a. The Crackcident
https://www.hbo.com/girls/season-1/7-welcome-to-bushwick-a-k-a-the-crackcident2024-01-261h 12
The DynamistCould AI Blunt the Next Pandemic? w/ Phil SiegelWith the benefit of hindsight, there’s a lot that people wish they could have done differently after a pandemic, wildfire, or other disasters. That’s why governments, militaries, public health entities, and first responders spend significant time and resources “wargaming” potential scenarios and how best to respond. But while technologies like flight simulators have long played a role in disaster preparedness, AI could dramatically change how wargaming is done and help overcome human “failures of imagination.” How does AI threat-casting compare to human creativity? How could AI change the way governments respond to major stress tests? How might the response...2023-12-2641 min
Manifesto!Episode 62: Last Men and Women: George Scialabba and the Challenge of ModernityJake and Phil are joined live at Fairfield University by the great critic and essayist George Scialabba to discuss Last Men and Women
At a time of war, impending ecological disaster, and partisan rage, our commitments to the modern, liberal order are being questioned like never before. Do we understand ourselves best as individuals or as members of a community? Must we renew our absolute commitment to political freedoms, or accept greater state control to deal with the dangers and allures of new technologies? Should the future be post-liberal, neo-liberal, or some other, perhaps more frightening and...2023-12-071h 20Manifesto!Episode 61: Red Music and Mal WaldronJake and Phil discuss Josef Skvorecky's "Red Music," an account of playing jazz under Nazism and Communism, alongside Mal Waldron's "Mal Waldron Plays Erik Satie"
The Manifesto:
Josef Skvorecky, "Red Music"
https://harpers.org/archive/1986/03/red-music/
The Art:
Mal Waldron, "Mal Waldron Plays Erik Satie"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=juNNxsUXvQw2023-11-271h 08
Straight No Chaser - A Jazz ShowPodcast 958: A Conversation with Sean Mendelson For the first time ever, the complete Vince Guaraldi soundtrack to A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving, the timeless 10th animated Peanuts special, from writer and creator Charles Schulz, director Bill Melendez and Phil Roman and producers Melendez and Lee Mendelson. Originally airing on November 20, 1973 on CBS-TV, the special has been broadcast or streamed every year for the last 50 years. But the soundtrack album has remained elusively out of reach. Now we have the original recordings that comprise the thirteen song cues of the Special, plus another nine bonus or alternative tracks that have never been released or heard befor...2023-11-2030 minManifesto!Episode 59: Israel and HamasPhil asks Jake about the recent conflict in Israel, and they take listener questions. 2023-10-291h 53Manifesto!Episode 58: The Enlightenment of Katzuo NakamatsuPhil is joined by Sam Kimbriel, director of the Aspen Institute's Philosophy and Society Initiative, and Jennifer Shyue, a Spanish language literary translator, to discuss her recently published translation of Augusto Higa Oshiro's The Enlightenment of Katzuo Nakamatsu.
https://archipelagobooks.org/book/the-enlightenment-of-katzuo-nakamatsu/2023-09-2731 minManifesto!Episode 57: Some Lying and Some BSJake and Phil are joined by Walter Kirn to discuss Kirn's essay "The Bullshit" alongside Mark Twain's "My First Lie and How I Got Out of It"
The Manifesto:
Walter Kirn, "The Bullshit"
https://walterkirn.substack.com/p/the-bullshit
The Art:
Mark Twain's "My First Lie and How I Got Out of It"
https://americanliterature.com/author/mark-twain/short-story/my-first-lie-and-how-i-got-out-of-it2023-09-101h 34Manifesto!Episode 56: The Secular SaintJake and Phil are joined by Santiago Ramos, a contributing writer to Commonweal Magazine, to discuss Michael Novak's The Secular Saint and the epilogue to Michel Houellebecq's 1998 novel The Elementary Particles.
The Manifesto:
Michael Novak, The Secular Saint
https://www.amazon.com/theology-radical-politics-Michael-Novak/dp/B0006BZ4H2
The Art:
Michel Houellebecq, The Elementary Particles, Epilogue
https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/83039/the-elementary-particles-by-michel-houellebecq/2023-08-091h 35
2 Broke TwimbosThe Chatty Catty EpisodeComrades, the 2 Broke Twimbos have elevated. The quality of content will only get better from here, just watch. In this brand-new episode, expect some rational takes on world-changing topics like Doja Cat, Spotify & Temba Mliswa. NO seriously, there's intelligent debate in here, I promise. Enjoy!Timestamps: 00:04:25 - Sinead O'Connor00:09:55 - Intro00:13:00 - Zimbabweans Doing It Big 00:15:00 - Follow Up From Last Episode00:18:00 - DaBaby Coming to Zimbabwe00:26:00 - Jah Prayzah's Manager on the phone Keen00:37:00 - The Golden Age of Zim Hip Hop?2023-07-282h 12Manifesto!Episode 55: The Great Mating DebatePhil is joined by Becca Rothfeld, BD McClay, and Jon Baskin to discuss Norman Rush's 1991 novel Mating, and whether it offers a roadmap for love in the 21st century.
Becca Rothfeld is the nonfiction book critic at the Washington Post and an editor at the Point.
BD McClay is an essayist and critic who has written for publications like Lapham's Quarterly, The New Yorker, and New York Times Magazine.
Jon Baskin is Deputy Editor at Harper's and a founding editor of The Point.
The Art:
Norman Rush, Mating
https://www.penguinrandomhouse...2023-07-121h 18Manifesto!Episode 54: Nirvana and The Trials of the YoungPhil is joined by the great novelist, short story writer and essayist Mary Gaitskill to discuss Gaitskill's essay "The Trials of the Young" in the most recent Liberties Journal, alongside the Nirvana songs "Drain You" and "Moist Vagina."
The Manifesto:
Mary Gaitskill, "The Trials of the Young "
https://marygaitskill.substack.com/p/the-despair-of-the-young
The Art:
Nirvana, "Drain You"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AJUpHxlJUNQ
Nirvana, "Moist Vagina"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZRT6sYzVN782023-06-131h 20
A Life That's Good11. A Season of Love @ Stratford Festival (Lee Siegel - RENT)SO EXCITED ABOUT THIS ONE ... sorry for yelling. My first guest is an actor I've been following for longer than I remember. Yes, I'm a fan of his work ... but also fan of the human ... he's a good guy ... a real good guy. Lee Siegel has performed locally for Drayton Entertainment and Stratford Festival. He's been on Broadway and everywhere in between. This year, he stars in the Stratford Festival production of RENT.
Later in the show Ann Swerdfager, Stratford Festival publicity director will join us to get us up to speed on many of the things...2023-05-2944 minManifesto!Episode 53: Poe's Law and Philip K. Dick's Faith of Our FathersJake and Phil are joined by Gurwinder Bhogal to discuss Poe's Law and Philip K. Dick's Faith of Our Fathers
The Manifesto: "Poe's Law"
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poe%27s_law
The Art: Philip K. Dick's "Faith of Our Fathers"
https://genius.com/Philip-k-dick-faith-of-our-fathers-annotated
Also discussed:
Gurwinder Bhogal, "The Best Cure for Fake News is Fake News"
https://rabbitholemag.com/the-best-cure-for-fake-news-is-fake-news/
Ryan Ruby, A Golden Age?
https://www.vinduet.no/essayistikk/a-golden-age-ryan-ruby-on-literary-criticism-and-the-internet/2023-05-161h 36
Talking Out Your Glass podcastPhil Siegel: The Wizard and Beyond - Sharing Universal Stories through Archetype Pipesworld-renowned glass artist located in Washington State, Phil Siegel developed his own unique understanding of flameworked glass without any formal education or apprenticeship. With an extensive background in construction and education in architecture, he challenges himself to create a relationship between fantasy and structure throughout his pieces while relating to his spiritual, intellectual, and emotional self. Born in 1972 in Petaluma, California, Siegel developed a career as a general contractor designing and building high-end homes, working with clients from the ground up. In 2008 the economy crashed, banks stopped loaning money, and people stopped building houses. Out of work an...2023-04-271h 18
Manifesto!Episode 52: True Believers and the Case of the Writer Turned CongressmanJake and Phil are joined by former Michigan Congressman Peter Meijer to discuss longshoreman philosopher Eric Hoffer’s 1951 book, The True Believer: Thoughts on the Nature of Mass Movements, and the poem “On Reading Crowds and Power,” by Geoffrey Hill.
The Manifesto (an edition with some very cool cover art):
The True Believer: Thoughts on the Nature of Mass Movements
https://archive.org/details/truebelieverthou0000hoff/mode/2up
The Art:
On Reading Crowds and Power
https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazine/poems/49285/on-reading-crowds-and-power2023-04-131h 51Manifesto!Episode 51: A Public Address, A Colloquium, or Maybe Just a Q&AJake and Phil answer questions from our listeners. 2023-03-211h 09Manifesto!Episode 50: El Greco, Picasso, and The Pleasures of IgnoranceJake and Phil discuss Aldous Huxley's "Meditation on El Greco", and Picasso's Les Demoiselles d'Avignon.
The Manifesto:
Aldous Huxley - "Meditation on El Greco"
https://cooperative-individualism.org/huxley-aldous_meditation-on-el-greco-pleasure-that-comes-from-ignorance.pdf
The Art:
Picasso - Les Demoiselles d'Avignon
https://www.moma.org/collection/works/79766?sov_referrer=theme&theme_id=51352023-02-221h 08Manifesto!Episode 49: Angry Popes and ArchitectureJake and Phil are joined by John Davis, an environmental and architectural historian at the Knowlton School at Ohio State, to discuss Pascendi Dominici Gregis, Pope Pius X's encyclical against the modernists, and Antoni Gaudí’s La Sagrada Familia basilica in Barcelona, Spain.
The Manifesto:
Pascendi Dominici Gregis, Pope Pius X
https://www.vatican.va/content/pius-x/en/encyclicals/documents/hf_p-x_enc_19070908_pascendi-dominici-gregis.html
Basílica i Temple Expiatori de la Sagrada Família
https://sagradafamilia.org/en/2023-01-261h 33
Wasliestdieda130 Homer und Kassandra - Phil Humor„Ich verwende in meinen Texten und Büchern gerne Philosophie und Humor. Deswegen: Phil Humor.“Phil Humor schreibt seit 2008. Er hat mehrere Bücher und Kurzgeschichten verfasst. Auszug aus den Veröffentlichungen:*69 Short Stories: Mit Philosophie und HumorCartoons und Sprüche Storys, die uns ein Leben lang begleitenMit Philosophie und Humor: Storys Theaterstücke Gedichte DrabblesEigene Blütenlese: Aphorismen, Sprüche, GedankenEssays & Co.Merry Christmas: Weihnachts-Storys und -GedichteAnna Boleyn und Heinrich VIII.Jesus und das ThomasevangeliumWeitere Informationen zu Phil Humor findest du a...2023-01-1320 minManifesto!Episode 48: The Ultimate RevolutionJake and Phil are joined by Becca Rothfeld (https://www.beccarothfeld.com/) to discuss Shulamith Firestone's The Dialectic of Sex and Sheila Heti's That Longing for a Holy Completeness (from her novel MOTHERHOOD)
Shulamith Firestone, The Dialectic of Sex
http://biopolitics.kom.uni.st/Shulamith%20Firestone/The%20Dialectic%20of%20Sex_%20The%20Case%20for%20Feminist%20Revolution%20(139)/The%20Dialectic%20of%20Sex_%20The%20Case%20for%20Feminis%20-%20Shulamith%20Firestone.pdf
Sheila Heti, That Longing for a Holy Completeness
https://www.nplusonemag.com/online-only/online-only/that-longing-for-a-holy-completeness/2022-11-221h 56Manifesto!Episode 47: The Democracy Engineering ComplexPhil is joined by Sam Kimbriel, the founding director of Aspen's Philosophy & Society Initiative, to discuss Sam's essay "What the Democracy Engineering Complex Misses"
The Manifesto:
Sam Kimbriel, What the Democracy Engineering Complex Misses
https://wisdomofcrowds.live/the-democracy-engineering-complex/2022-10-1858 min
Straight No Chaser - A Jazz ShowPodcast 938: A Conversation with Bruce BarthA pivotal member of New York's Jazz scene for 40 years, pianist Bruce Barth's inspired vision and generous accompaniment has always led to rich musical collaborations, none more so than with his working trio of many years with bassist Vicente Archer and drummer Montez Coleman. Their collective voice found its perfect setting, which makes the release of Dedication a profound and emotion-filled moment, as Montez passed away 5 months after the recording session at the age of 48. Celebrating the joy and camaraderie Montez brought to their work, the thread of relationships, inspiration, guidance and gratefulness that imbued the recording revealed itself, le...2022-10-1425 minManifesto!Episode 46: Sunday Morning and God's GrandeurJake and Phil discuss Wallace Stevens' "Sunday Morning" and Gerard Manley Hopkins' "God's Grandeur."
The Manifesto:
Wallace Stevens' "Sunday Morning"
https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazine/poems/13261/sunday-morning
The Art:
Gerard Manley Hopkins' "God's Grandeur."
https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/44395/gods-grandeur
Works referenced:
Wallace Stevens, The Idea of Order at Key West
https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/43431/the-idea-of-order-at-key-west
Wallace Stevens, Anecdote of the Jar
https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazine/poems/14575/anecdote-of-the-jar
Wallace Stevens, Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Blackbird
https://www...2022-09-191h 12
Straight No Chaser - A Jazz ShowPodcast 930: A Conversation with Brian LynchBrian Lynch is well known for his work in Latin, Afro-Carribean and other global sounds, as well as for a Hard Bop trumpet sound that never gets tired. His latest release, Songbook Vol. 2: Dance The Way U Want To finds him bringing new life to older Lynch compositions, backed by his crack band Spheres of Influence. Spheres of Influence represents some of the best of the Miami jazz scene, with a core rhythm section of Rodner Padilla (electric bass), Hilario Bell (drums), and Murphy Aucamp (percussion) backing Lynch's trumpet. Other players moved in and out of the sess...2022-08-2633 minManifesto!Episode 45: Spielberg and Roxy MusicJake and Phil are joined by culture critic Armond White to discuss Make Spielberg Great Again and Roxy Music's 1979 album Manifesto
The Manifesto:
Make Spielberg Great Again (specifically focusing on the chapters "The Wailing Wall" and "Steven Spielberg's Obama"), Armond White
https://www.amazon.com/Make-Spielberg-Great-Again-Chronicles/dp/0984215913
The Art:
Roxy Music, Manifesto
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fjkVYOArUQM2022-07-211h 58
Straight No Chaser - A Jazz ShowPodcast 914: A Conversation with Grant StewartThe hard-swinging saxophonist Grant Stewart has been leading quartets for years. His latest album, The Lighting Of The Lamps (Cellar Music), features regular collaborators, bassist David Wong, pianist Tardo Hammer and drummer Phil Stewart. However, in a twist, the group is joined by special guest trumpeter Bruce Harris for a searching, straight-ahead date. The Toronto-born bandleader has collaborated with the likes of Jimmy Cobb, Harold Mabern, Louis Hayes and Clark Terry in the past, as well as recording over twenty albums as leader or co-leader. I'm especially fond of his three "Reeds and Deeds" albums with co-leader E...2022-06-1822 minManifesto!Episode 44: We're All Stars Now In the Dope ShowJake and Phil are joined by James Poulos, author of Human Forever: The Digital Politics of Spiritual War, to discuss Jacques Ellul and Marilyn Manson.
The Manifesto:
Jacques Ellul, Propaganda - Chapter 5 (The Socio-Political Effects”), Part 3 (“Propaganda and Grouping), section “Effects on the Churches.”
https://monoskop.org/images/4/44/Ellul_Jacques_Propaganda_The_Formation_of_Mens_Attitudes.pdf
The Art:
Marilyn Manson, Mechanical Animals
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL6ogdCG3tAWinzV1alDntKEi3uO9Mq5ES2022-06-171h 38Manifesto!Episode 43: Tradition and the Individual TalentJake and Phil discuss T.S. Eliot's "Tradition and the Individual Talent", and James Joyce's "A Mother"
The Manifesto:
T.S. Eliot, "Tradition and the Individual Talent"
https://www.poetryfoundation.org/articles/69400/tradition-and-the-individual-talent
The Art:
James Joyce, "A Mother"
http://www.online-literature.com/james_joyce/963/2022-05-281h 17Manifesto!Episode 42: The Transmogrifications of Gary LeibPhil is joined by Peter Catapano, of the New York Times, and graphic novelist Jess Ruliffson to discuss Peter's essay on the life and work of cartoonist Gary Leib
The Manifesto:
Peter Catapano, “I’m Going to Make a Fire”: The Transmogrifications of Gary Leib
https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/im-going-to-make-a-fire-the-transmogrifications-of-gary-leib/
The Art:
Gary Leib's animation for The Stone
https://vimeo.com/148232540
Leib's animations for the Times
https://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/01/opinion/01leib_bio.html
Other:
Pre-order Peter's forthcoming book, Question Everything
https://wwnorton.com/bo...2022-04-111h 09Manifesto!Episode 41: To Be IncarnationalJake and Phil are joined by the great poet Tom Sleigh to discuss his essay "To Be Incarnational," on the World War I poetry of David Jones, as well as Tom's poem "In Which a Spider Weaves a Web on My Computer Screen"
The Manifesto:
Tom Sleigh, To Be Incarnational
https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazine/articles/70066/to-be-incarnational
The Art:
Tom Sleigh, "In Which a Spider Weaves a Web on My Computer Screen"
https://vimeo.com/6693172832022-03-051h 45Manifesto!Episode 40: Flannery O'Connor versus Andre Dubus IIJake and Phil (finally) discuss Flannery O'Connor's Some Aspects of the Grotesque in Southern Fiction, alongside Andre Dubus II's short story Killings
The Manifesto:
Flannery O'Connor, Some Aspects of the Grotesque in Southern Fiction
https://bscc.instructure.com/courses/4608/files/434937/download?download_frd=1
Audio: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bMrveIu0DdE
The Art:
Andre Dubus II, Killings
https://www.uww.edu/documents/library/ersearch/er/moore_g/moore_101/dubuskillings_101_moore.pdf2022-02-041h 28Manifesto!Episode 39: What Jazz Is and Isn'tJake and Phil are joined by jazz pianist and composer Ethan Iverson to discuss Wynton Marsalis' "What Jazz Is—and Isn't", as well as Marsalis' 1985 album J Mood.
The Manifesto:
Wynton Marsalis - "What Jazz Is—and Isn't",
https://wyntonmarsalis.org/news/entry/music-what-jazz-is-and-isnt
The Art:
Wynton Marsalis - J Mood
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PerIfsVGl_0
Ethan Iverson's website:
https://ethaniverson.com/
The track played of Ethan's in the middle of the podcast is The Eternal Verities, off his upcoming album Every Note is True...2022-01-061h 32
Wasliestdieda046 SpacetourSoon - Phil Humor„Ich verwende in meinen Texten und Büchern gerne Philosophie und Humor. Deswegen: Phil Humor.“ Phil Humor schreibt seit 2008. Er hat mehrere Bücher und Kurzgeschichten verfasst. Auszug aus den Veröffentlichungen:*69 Short Stories: Mit Philosophie und Humor Cartoons und SprücheStorys, die uns ein Leben lang begleitenMit Philosophie und Humor: Storys Theaterstücke Gedichte DrabblesEigene Blütenlese: Aphorismen, Sprüche, GedankenEssays & Co.Merry Christmas: Weihnachts-Storys und -GedichteAnna Boleyn und Heinrich VIII.Jesus und das ThomasevangeliumWeitere Informationen zu Phil Humor findest du...2021-12-0810 minManifesto!Episode 38: My Quarrel with Authentic ReactionariesJake and Phil are joined by Joseph Keegin to discuss Nicolás Gómez Dávila‘s “The Authentic Reactionary,” and Chaim Grade’s classic of Yiddish literature: “My Quarrel with Hersh Rasseyner”
The Manifesto:
Nicolás Gómez Dávila‘s “The Authentic Reactionary”
https://isi.org/modern-age/the-authentic-reactionary/
The Art:
Chaim Grade’s “My Quarrel with Hersh Rasseyner”
https://mosaicmagazine.com/response/arts-culture/2020/12/my-quarrel-with-hersh-rasseyner/2021-11-101h 44Manifesto!Episode 37: Humane WarPhil is joined by Samuel Moyn to discuss his new book, Humane: How the United States Abandoned Peace and Reinvented War, alongside Kathe Kollwitz's The Survivors
The Manifesto:
Samuel Moyn - Humane: How the United States Abandoned Peace and Reinvented War
https://us.macmillan.com/books/9780374173708/humane
The Art:
Kathe Kollwitz, The Survivors
https://aestronauts.com/post/114048762630/kathe-kollwitz-the-survivors2021-10-071h 05Manifesto!Episode 36: The Simple Art of MurderJake and Phil discuss Raymond Chandler's The Simple Art of Murder, alongside Ross MacDonald's novel Black Money.
The Manifesto:
http://jacksharman.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/Raymond-Chandler-Simple-Art-of-Murder.pdf
The Art:
https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/105230/black-money-by-ross-macdonald/2021-09-151h 12Manifesto!Episode 35: Did You Kill Anyone?Jake and Phil are joined by Scott Beauchamp to discuss his new book, Did You Kill Anyone? Reunderstanding My Military Experience as a Critique of Modern Culture, and Alistair Macleod's "The Closing Down of Summer"
The Manifesto:
Scott Beauchamp, Did You Kill Anyone? Reunderstanding My Military Experience as a Critique of Modern Culture
Read an excerpt: https://www.johnhuntpublishing.com/zer0-books/our-books/did-you-kill-anyone
The Art:
Alistair Macleod, "The Closing Down of Summer"
https://wwnorton.com/books/97803933411882021-07-171h 22
What Bubbles UpS2 E9: What Bubbles Up in...Blogging!As he surpasses 3,000 posts, Round Seventeen Blogger and Creative Director Rich Siegel joins us for a drink and raucous chat about the power of writing to turn the tables on fake Nigerian Prince internet scammers, to get you occasionally banned from Facebook, and to turn a blank page into an endless opportunity to express every aspect of the joy and wonder of life.
Drinks: Berkshire Brewing Company Russian Imperial Stout, Old Ox Brewery Hoppy Place West Coast IPA, Bulleit Rye Whiskey
Links: http://roundseventeen.blogspot.com/
2021-05-2443 minManifesto!Episode 34: Fratelli Tutti and FairviewA special live episode of Manifesto! A Podcast courtesy of Fairfield University's Inspired Writers Series. Jake and Phil are joined by Vinson Cunningham, a theater critic and staff writer at the New Yorker, to discuss Pope Francis' Fratelli Tutti and Jackie Sibblies Drury's Fairview.
The Manifesto:
Pope Francis, Fratelli Tutti
http://www.vatican.va/content/francesco/en/encyclicals/documents/papa-francesco_20201003_enciclica-fratelli-tutti.html
Jackie Sibblies Drury, Fairview
https://www.pulitzer.org/winners/jackie-sibblies-drury
Other work referenced:
Vinson Cunningham, Many and One
https://www.commonwealmagazine.org/many-and-one-02021-05-191h 17Manifesto!Episode 33: The Dream of Meritocracy Produces MonstersPhil is joined by Eugene McCarraher, Professor of the Humanities and History at Villanova University, to discuss his article "A Providentialism Without God: The Case Against Meritocracy" as well as Goya's "The Dream of Reason Produces Monsters"
The Manifesto:
Eugene McCarraher, "A Providentialism Without God: The Case Against Meritocracy"
https://www.commonwealmagazine.org/providentialism-without-god
The Art:
Goya, "The Dream of Reason Produces Monsters"
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Sleep_of_Reason_Produces_Monsters#/media/File:Francisco_Jos%C3%A9_de_Goya_y_Lucientes_-_The_sleep_of_reason_produces_monsters...2021-04-131h 29
Straight No Chaser - A Jazz ShowPodcast 808: A Conversation with Jim SnideroLive performances have been at a premium these many pandemic-plagued months. A new live recording may be even rarer. But in October 2020, veteran saxophonist Jim Snidero found himself with an opportunity he couldn’t pass up – a chance to play a live gig at the famed Deer Head Inn in Pennsylvania and record it for the Savant imprint. He put together a top quartet for the performance, including Orrin Evans (piano), Peter Washington (bass), and Joe Farnsworth (drums). The result is his first live album in over thirty years, appropriately entitled Live at the Deer Head Inn. Given...2021-03-3130 minManifesto!Episode 32: Repressive Tolerance and The JudgementJake and Phil are joined by Geoff Shullenberg of Outsider Theory to discuss Herbert Marcuse's "Repressive Tolerance" and Franz Kafka's "The Judgement".
The Manifesto:
Herbert Marcuse, "Repressive Tolerance"
https://www.marcuse.org/herbert/publications/1960s/1965-repressive-tolerance-fulltext.html
The Art:
Franz Kafka, "The Judgement"
https://www.kafka-online.info/-the-judgement.html2021-03-162h 07
TONKA & PHILKann man Schmerzempfinden durch Achtsamkeit beeinflussen? Ein Gespräch mit Christopher Lalk #2Heute im Podcast sprechen wir mit Christopher Lalk über seine Studie im Rahmen seiner Masterthesis. Untersucht wurde, ob und inwiefern Achtsamkeit dabei helfen kann, Schmerzen besser auszuhalten. Dafür mussten die Probanden ihre Hand erstmal in Eiswasser tauchen – ganz schön schmerzhaft. Danach ging es für einen Teil der Probanden zur Meditation – und im Anschluss das Ganze noch einmal! Ob und wie das wohl gewirkt hat und viele weiter nützliche und interessante Infos erfährst du im Podcast!Was du aus dieser Folge mitnimmst:Input zum wissenschaftlichen Studienaufbau und wissenschaftlichen MethodenVerschiedene MeditationstechnikenEinfluss von Motivation/Druck auf...2021-03-151h 11Manifesto!Episode 31: Everything is BrokenJake and Phil are joined by Alana Newhouse to discuss her essay “Everything Is Broken” and the Ani DiFranco live album “Living in Clip.”
The Manifesto:
Alana Newhouse, Everything is Broken
https://www.tabletmag.com/sections/news/articles/everything-is-broken
The Art:
Ani DiFranco, Living in Clip
https://anidifranco.bandcamp.com/album/living-in-clip
Works Mentioned:
Eugene McCarraher, Comrade Ruskin - How a Victorian visionary can save communism from Marx
https://www.plough.com/en/topics/justice/comrade-ruskin
Rowan Williams – Interiority and Epiphany
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/fu...2021-02-121h 53Manifesto!Episode 30: King Lear or Endgame or PsalmJake and Phil discuss Jan Kott's "King Lear or Endgame" and George Oppen's "Psalm."
The Manifesto:
Jan Kott, "King Lear or Endgame"
https://t.co/L9FRGoRD3L?amp=1
The Art:
George Oppen's "Psalm"
https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazine/poems/29449/psalm-56d212ff620c52021-01-041h 14Manifesto!Episode 29: What Were We ThinkingJake and Phil are joined by Carlos Lozada to discuss his new book, What Were We Thinking: A Brief Intellectual History of the Trump Era, and the chapter "Decent People" from Garth Greenwell's Cleanness.
The Manifesto:
Carlos Lozada, What Were We Thinking: A Brief Intellectual History of the Trump Era
https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/What-Were-We-Thinking/Carlos-Lozada/9781982145620
The Art:
Garth Greenwell, "Decent People"
https://thesewaneereview.com/articles/decent-people2020-12-032h 02
Go Lead Everything (GLE) with Phil SwansonEpisode 035 - Craig Landon Siegel (Cultivate Lasting Symphony)In this show, Craig Landon Siegel and I manufacture some mindset magic, and Craig shares some tremendous knowledge bombs that you do not want to miss.
Craig started on wall street, ended up building an 8 figure business, and is now on fire for helping people with his CLS (Cultivate Lasting Symphony) movement. Craig is the founder of Cultivate Lasting Symphony, a transformative life coaching program. He helps clients reframe their mindset, boost confidence and transform themselves into someone extraordinary. Craig is on a mission to make an impact in his client's lives. Craig believes that while people a...2020-12-0338 minManifesto!Episode 28: They Will Eat the CIA Men FirstThis week Jake and Phil are joined by special guest Jesse Walker of Reason Magazine to discuss William S. Burroughs The Revised Boy Scout Manual and Charles Ridley's short anti-Nazi propaganda film, Schichlegruber Doing the Lambeth Walk (assisted by the Gestapo 'Hep-Cats')
The Manifesto: William S. Burroughs, The Revised Boy Scout Manual
https://ohiostatepress.org/books/titles/9780814254899.html
The Art: Charles Ridley, 1941, Schichlegruber Doing the Lambeth Walk (assisted by the Gestapo 'Hep-Cats')
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gYdmk3GP3iM
Works discussed
Jesse Walker, The Sultan of Sewers: Will...2020-09-291h 40
Straight No Chaser - A Jazz ShowPodcast 756: Jazz for the Dog Days (COVID-19 Edition)It's past the midpoint in what has been a hot and sticky summer in New England, so why not some summer themed music for these remaining lazy, hot days? Today is August 16th, the feast day of Saint Roch, the patron saint of Dogs, so why not celebrate the "Dog Days"? The Romans associated the hot weather with the star Sirius. They considered Sirius to be the "Dog Star" because it is the brightest star in the constellation Canis Major (Large Dog), as well as the brightest star in the night sky. The term "Dog Days" was...2020-08-161h 01Manifesto!Episode 27: The Owl of Minerva Trots at DuskPhil and Jake are joined by Ian Marcus Corbin to discuss Joseph Conrad's Preface and Saul Bellow's "Mosby's Memoirs"
The Manifesto:
Conrad, The Preface
https://www.gutenberg.org/files/17731/17731-h/17731-h.htm#link2H_PREF
The Art:
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/1968/07/20/mosbys-memoirs2020-08-132h 01
(Un)gefährliches Halbwissen12. Wie sind wir eigentlich auf diese Brücke gekommen?Was ist eigentlich bei Fantasy-Autoren los? Neben dem Erbe von Helmut Kohl bequatschen Hendrik und Phil ob man in sehr sensiblen Zeiten politischer Korrektheit auch mit konträren Ansichten zusammen eine Show machen kann oder ob man dafür ideologisch D'accord sein muss. Außerdem im Programm: black lives still matter, Persönliche Fragen an Phil und die Personen der Woche - Stay tuned!
Heute in der Nerd-Corner: Bio is' für mich Abfall...?! Eben nicht! Hendrik navigiert uns heute in der Nerd-Corner durch das Wirrwarr an Nachhaltigkeitssiegeln in Supermärkten und erläutert welche kleinen Sybölchen wirklich für das ste...2020-07-101h 29Manifesto!Episode 26: On Pain and on Fallujah RevisitedJake and Phil are joined by Elliot Ackerman to discuss Ernst Junger’s 1934 essay On Pain, alongside Elliot’s A Battle in Fallujah, Revisited, an excerpt of his memoir, Places and Names.
The Manifesto
Ernst Junger, On Pain
https://www.amazon.com/Pain-Ernst-J%C3%BCnger/dp/0914386409
The Art
Elliot Ackerman, A Battle in Fallujah, Revisted
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/25/opinion/memorial-day-falluja.html
(adapted from Places and Names)
https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/580119/places-and-names-by-elliot-ackerman/
Works cited
Junger, Storm of Steel
Junger, Battle as an Inne...2020-07-061h 32Manifesto!Episode 25: The PlagueJake and Phil are joined by Paul Berman to discuss The Plague, by Albert Camus.
The Manifesto:
Albert Camus, The Plague (the second half of Part II)
The Art:
Albert Camus, The Plague (the second half of Part II)
Works Discussed
Paul Berman, "Modern Times"
https://www.tabletmag.com/sections/news/articles/paul-berman-modern-times-1
Paul Berman, Terror and Liberalism
https://wwnorton.com/books/9780393325553
Albert Camus, The Rebel
Iris Murdoch, "The Existentialist Hero"
https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/330442/existentialists-and-mystics-by-iris-murdoch/
Dostoevsky...2020-06-061h 40Manifesto!Episode 24: Vietnam Means Never Having to Say You're SorryJake and Phil are joined by novelist, essayist, and Penthouse Magazine national security columnist Matt Gallagher to discuss Gustav Hasford’s June 1987 article in Penthouse Magazine, Vietnam Means Never Having to Say Your Sorry. Due to coronavirus-related time constraints (we all have children who need minding), we are departing from our usual format and will just be discussing the manifesto.
The Manifesto:
Gustaf Hasford, Vietnam Means Never Having to Say You’re Sorry
http://gustavhasford.blogspot.com/2013/01/vietnam-means-never-having-to-say-youre.html
The Art:
Rambo, I guess?
Works mentioned:
Matt Gallagher and...2020-04-2055 minManifesto!Episode 22: Reluctant ProphetsJake and Phil are joined by novelist Daniel Torday to discuss Robert Alter's “A Literary Approach to the Bible,” alongside The Book of Jonah.
The Manifesto:
Robert Alter, “A Literary Approach to the Bible,” from The Art of Biblical Narrative
https://www.basicbooks.com/titles/robert-alter/the-art-of-biblical-narrative/9780465022557/
The Art:
The Book of Jonah
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Jonah+1&version=KJV
Works cited:
Amy Hungerford, Postmodern Belief: American Literature and Religion Since 1960
https://press.princeton.edu/books/paperback/9780691145754/postmodern-belief
Genesis 38, Judah and Tamar
http...2020-03-041h 29Manifesto!Episode 21: Class War and AudenPhil is out today, so Jake talks with Michael Lind about his book, The New Class War, as well as Auden's The Fall of Rome
Manifesto:
Michael Lind, The New Class War
https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/607661/the-new-class-war-by-michael-lind/
Art:
Auden, The Fall of Rome
https://poets.org/poem/fall-rome
Works mentioned:
Dustin Guastella, White collar populism
https://www.jacobinmag.com/2019/11/white-collar-populism/
Zach Goldberg, America's White Saviors
https://www.tabletmag.com/jewish-news-and-politics/284875/americas-white-saviors
Auden, Lullaby
https://poets.org/poem/lullaby-02020-02-171h 33Manifesto!Episode 19: Stuckists and BebopJake and Phil are joined by Alex Brook Lynn to discuss the Stuckists’ Manifesto and Julio Cortázar’s The Pursuer
Manifesto:
The Stuckists Manifesto
http://www.stuckism.com/stuckistmanifesto.html#manifest
Art:
Julio Cortázar, The Pursuer
https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/32198/blow-up-by-julio-cortazar/
References:
Jakes’s sartorial splendor
https://www.instagram.com/p/B1otkYalkBM/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
The Stuckists, “An Open Letter to Sir Nicolas Serota”
https://www.stuckism.com/serotaletter.html
Jonathan Jones, "The Stuckists Are Enemies of A...2019-12-161h 43
Straight No Chaser - A Jazz ShowPodcast 711: A Conversation with Ada Rovatti and Randy BreckerIt was only a matter of time before Randy Brecker and Ada Rovatti made a record together. Married for almost twenty years, they have played together in the Brecker Brothers Reunion Band and other projects, but it has taken years for them to play together in a project devoted to Ada’s work. Brecker Plays Rovatti: Sacred Bond is the result, and it includes not only the legendary trumpter Brecker and saxophonist-composer Ms. Rovatti but also their 10-year-old daughter Stella in a vocal cameo appearance on one track. A versatile core group of pianist David Kikoski, bassist Alex Claffy and dr...2019-11-2042 minManifesto!Episode 18: Omni-Americans and Unlearning RaceJake and Phil are joined by Thomas Chatterton Williams to discuss Albert Murray’s The Omni-Americans and Thomas’ new memoir, Self-Portrait in Black and White
Manifesto:
Albert Murray, The Omni-Americans
https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/543160/the-omni-americans-by-albert-murray--with-a-foreword-by-henry-louis-gates-jr/
Art:
Thomas Chatterton Williams, Self-Portrait in Black and White
https://www.penguinrandomhouse.ca/books/617884/self-portrait-in-black-and-white-by-thomas-chatterton-williams/9780393608861
References:
Stanley Crouch
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanley_Crouch
Ralph Ellison and Albert Murray, Trading Twelves
https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/46140/trading-twelves-by-edited-by-albert-murray-and-john-f-callahan-preface-by-albert-murray-introduction-by-john-f-callahan/
Ralph Ellison, Invisible Man
http://www.rand...2019-10-162h 33Manifesto!Episode 17: The Unabomber and OK ComputerJake and Phil talk with Jake Hanrahan of Popular Front (https://www.popularfront.co/) about Ted Kaczynski’s Unabomber Manifesto: Industrial Society and It’s Future and Radiohead’s OK Computer.
The Manifesto:
Ted Kaczynski, “Unabomber Manifesto: Industrial Society and It’s Future”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/national/longterm/unabomber/manifesto.text.htm
The Art:
Radiohead, OK Computer
Works Referenced:
Matt Taibbi, “The American Left’s Silly Victim Complex”
http://theneweditor.com/index.php?/archives/6352-The-American-Lefts-Silly-Victim-Complex.html
Heidegger, “The Question Concerning Technology”
https://monoskop.o...2019-09-051h 33Manifesto!Episode 16: Walcott's New Adam and Gallant's LatehomecomingJake and Phil are joined by essayist and fiction-writer Victoria Brown of Rollins College to discuss Derek Walcott’s The Muse of History alongside Mavis Gallant’s The Latehomecomer
The Manifesto:
Derek Walcott, The Muse of History
http://www.worldcat.org/title/what-the-twilight-says-essays/oclc/38976188&referer=brief_results
The Art:
Mavis Gallant, “The Latehomecomer”
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/1974/07/08/the-latehomecomer
Works Cited:
Derek Walcott, “Bleecker Street, Summer”
https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/57109/bleecker-street-summer
Derek Walcott, “Hic Jacet”
https://us.macmillan.com/books/9780374537579
Derek Walcott, “...2019-08-011h 47Manifesto!Episode 15: Dadism and Public EnemyJake and Phil discuss Hugo Ball's 1916 Dada Manifesto, as well as Public Enemy's 1988 album It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back.
The Manifesto:
Hugo Ball, Dada Manifesto
https://t.co/ZpW3qN32KO
The Art:
Public Enemy, It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back
Works Referenced:
Photo of Hugo Ball in his costume at the Cabaret Voltaire.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugo_Ball#/media/File:Hugo_Ball_Cabaret_Voltaire.jpg
Hugo Ball, Karawane
https://poets.org/poem...2019-07-031h 41
Straight No Chaser - A Jazz ShowPodcast 687: A Conversation with Alex SillCalifornia native Alex Sill began playing guitar and piano at age 12 and progressed quickly, eventually earning a top spot in Lee Ritenour’s international Six String Theory Competition. Inspired by the likes of Larry Koonse, who suggested Sill enroll at CalArts, and shredder Steve Vai, who has said that “Alex Sill is one of those rare talented individuals that has all the elements in place,” he continues to grow and improve. Sill’s debut album, Experiences: Real and Imaginary not only shows him to be a promising jazz guitarist and composer, but also allows Alex to share some of hi...2019-07-0138 minManifesto!Episode 14: New Conservative Manifestos and My Father Left Me IrelandA new episode of Manifesto! A Podcast with special guest Michael Brendan Dougherty
Jake, Phil and Michael discuss three new conservative manifestos and Michael’s memoir, My Father Left Me Ireland.
The Manifestos:
First Things, Against the Dead Consensus https://www.firstthings.com/web-exclusives/2019/03/against-the-dead-consensus
Gladden Pappin, Toward a Party of the State https://americanaffairsjournal.org/2019/02/toward-a-party-of-the-state/
Daniel McCarthy, A New Conservative Agenda https://www.firstthings.com/article/2019/03/a-new-conservative-agenda
The Art:
Michael Brendan Dougherty, My Father Left Me Ireland https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/591812/my-father-left-me-ireland-by-michael-brendan-dougherty/9780525538653/
Works:
Tim Ca...2019-06-042h 30Manifesto!Episode 13: Personism and Ellen WestJake and Phil discuss America's greatest poets named Frank, with Frank O’Hara’s "Personism Manifesto" and Frank Bidart’s “Ellen West”
Frank O’Hara, “Personism”
http://opencourses.uoa.gr/modules/document/file.php/ENL9/Instructional%20Package/Texts//Readings/Week%203%3A%20Pop%20art%3A%20breaking%20down%20the%20boundaries%20between%20high%20and%20low/Frank%20O%27Hara%20Personism-2.pdf
Reuben Brower, The Fields of Light
https://books.google.com/books/about/The_fields_of_light.html?id=AuhYAAAAMAAJ
Kenneth Koch, “Fresh Air”
https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/52929/fresh-air
Daniel Clowes, Art School Confident...2019-05-061h 28Manifesto!Episode 12: Accelerationism and Big Sex Object MirrorfacesJake and Phil discuss several accelerationist manifestos along with the video American Reflexxx, by Alli Coates and Signe Pierce.
Works referenced:
Nick Land, A Quick and Dirty Introduction to Accelerationism
https://jacobitemag.com/2017/05/25/a-quick-and-dirty-introduction-to-accelerationism/
Joseph Lawrence, “A Fable”
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2016/01/25/a-fable-poems-lawrence-joseph
Lewis Thomas, “On Societies as Organisms”
https://www.nejm.org/doi/pdf/10.1056/NEJM197107082850207
Alex Williams and Nick Srnicek, #accelerate Manifesto
http://criticallegalthinking.com/2013/05/14/accelerate-manifesto-for-an-accelerationist-politics/
William James, “The Will to Believe”
https://www.mnsu.edu/philosophy/THEWILLTOBELIEVEbyJames.pdf
Ethan Kaps...2019-02-281h 33Manifesto!Episode 11: The Modern Essay and the Decline of CivilizationPark MacDougald joins Phil and Jake to discuss Virginia Woolf’s “The Modern Essay” and VS Naipaul’s “Jacques Soustelle and the Decline of the West.”
Works referenced:
Virginia Woolf, “The Modern Essay” “Mr. Bennett and Mrs. Brown”
https://www.thoughtco.com/the-modern-essay-by-virginia-woolf-1690207
http://www.columbia.edu/~em36/MrBennettAndMrsBrown.pdf
Max Beerbohm, “A Relic,” “Laughter”
http://www.gutenberg.org/files/1956/1956-h/1956-h.htm#link2H_4_0001
Daniel Clowes
http://www.fantagraphics.com/artists/daniel-clowes/#/category/967
Eliot Weinberger, An Elemental Thing
https://www.ndbooks.com/book/an-elemental-thing/
A...2019-01-051h 48Manifesto!Episode 10: Violence according to Hannah Arendt and Frank MillerJake and Phil discuss Hannah Arendt's "Reflections on Violence" and Frank Miller's "The Dark Knight Returns."
Works referenced
Hannah Arendt, “Reflections on Violence”
https://www.nybooks.com/articles/1969/02/27/a-special-supplement-reflections-on-violence/
Frantz Fanon, The Wretched of the Earth (with introduction by Jean-Paul Sartre)
http://home.ku.edu.tr/~mbaker/CSHS503/FrantzFanon.pdf
Albert Camus, “Camus at ‘Combat’”
https://press.princeton.edu/titles/8020.html
Martin van Creveld, “The Transformation of War”
http://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Transformation-of-War/Martin-Van-Creveld/9780029331552
Francis Fukuyama, “The Origins of Political Order”
https://us.macmillan...2018-12-061h 23Manifesto!Episode 9: The Oulipo and the Naked CityJake and Phil are joined by Olivia Garard (@teaandtactics) of The Strategy Bridge (https://thestrategybridge.org/editorial-team/2016/8/16/olivia-a-garard) to discuss Oulipo member Anne Garréta's "On Bookselves" and Guy Debord’s “The Naked City”
Works cited:
R.O. Kwon, In Defense of Keeping Books Spine In
https://lithub.com/in-defense-of-keeping-books-spine-in/
Anne Garréta, On Bookselves
http://oulipo.net/fr/on-bookselves
Wittgenstein's private language argument
https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/private-language/
Borges, The Library of Babel
https://libraryofbabel.info/libraryofbabel.html
Daniel Dennett, Intuition Pumps an...2018-11-081h 28Manifesto!Episode 8: Resentments, Justice, and the Sins of the FatherJake and Phil overcome audio difficulties to discuss Jean Amery's "Resentments" and Andre Dubus II's short story "A Father's Story."
Works cited:
Jean Amery, At the Mind’s Limits
https://rosswolfe.files.wordpress.com/2015/03/jean-amery-at-the-minds-limits-contemplations-by-a-survivor-on-auschwitz-and-its-realities.pdf
Camus on Scheller’s definition of resentment: The Rebel
https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/23475/the-rebel-by-albert-camus/9780679733843
Portraits of Reconciliation
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2014/04/06/magazine/06-pieter-hugo-rwanda-portraits.html
Rwanda and the NY Times
https://africasacountry.com/2014/04/rwanda-the-genocide-must-live-on
Derrida, ‘To Forgive: The Unforgivable and the Imprescriptible’
https://eclass.uoa.gr/modules...2018-10-101h 28Manifesto!Episode 7: Patriotism and the Unknown SoldierJake and Phil discuss Alasdair MacIntyre's "Is Patriotism a Virtue?" and the story of the November 11, 1921 burial of the Unknown Soldier, as told by Jonathan Ebel in his book GI Messiahs
Works referred to in this episode:
Alasdair MacIntyre, “Is Patriotism A Virtue”
https://kuscholarworks.ku.edu/bitstream/handle/1808/12398/Is%20Patriotism%20a%20Virtue-1984.pdf
Abu Bakr ibn Tufayl, Hayy ibn Yaqzan
http://www.marcresource.org/ibn-tufayls-hayy-ibn-yaqzan/
Peter Singer, “The Drowning Child and the Expanding Circle”
https://www.utilitarian.net/singer/by/199704--.htm
Bernard Williams, “A Critique o...2018-09-101h 39Manifesto!Episode 6: Revolution, Entropy, and Abstract ArtJake and Phil side with the madmen, hermits, heretics, dreamers, rebels and skeptics on this episode, discussing Yevgeny Zamyatin's “On Literature, Revolution, Entropy, and Other Matters,” alongside the paintings Composition VI and Composition VII, by Vasily Kandinsky.
Works referenced in Episode 6
Yevgeny Zamyatin, “On Literature, Revolution, Entropy, and Other Matters”
http://evildrclam.blogspot.com/2008/11/on-literature-revolution-entropy-and.html
Yevgeny Zamyatin, We
https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/17201/we/
Alistair Hamilton, The Appeal of Fascism
https://www.amazon.com/Appeal-Fascism-Study-Intellectuals-1919-45/dp/0218514263/
Isaiah Berlin, Russian Thinkers
https://www.penguin...2018-08-071h 20Manifesto!Episode 5: Everybody's Protest Novel and the Responsibilities of ArtJake and Phil talk about the political and social obligations of art. To set the stage they discuss W.E.B. Du Bois' "Criteria for Negro Art" originally delivered as a speech to the 1926 Conference of the NAACP in Chicago. The main event is a consideration of James Baldwin's famous 1949 essay "Everybody's Protest Novel." For the finale, the gents
talk about James Thurber's 1931 short story, "The Greatest Man in the World."
Other works referenced in this episode:
Paul C. Taylor, Black is Beautiful: A Philosophy of Black Aesthetics
https://www.wiley.com/en-us...2018-07-101h 29
Travel Tales with Mike SiegelPhil Sylvester
Direct from Sydney, Australia! Phil Sylvester of World Nomads checks in to talk about travel insurance: why you need it, why you don't, what is covers, and what were some of the strangest claims they've ever received. He also gives great Australia travel tips!
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Under the Crossbones The Pirate PodcastSam Siegel of Schooner Pursuit For extended show notes and more pirate goodies, visit www.UnderTheCrossbones.com Sam Siegel is a man with a dream. After a work injury his friend told him he should become a pirate. So he bought a ship. But she's not quite seaworthy yet. This is the story of a work in progress. We'll find out Sam's background in Revolutionary War reenactments, how he came to pirates, how he got the ship, and what he's planning on doing with her when she's all fixed up. Today's show is sponsored by:2017-02-1440 min
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The passing of Phil Woods made me realize the Podcast was a necessity. So many non-jazz fans lear...2016-02-0447 min
Straight No Chaser - A Jazz ShowPodcast 507: The Billy Strayhorn Centennial Podcast"Billy Strayhorn was my right arm, my left arm, all the eyes in the back of my head, my brain waves in his head, and his in mine.” – Duke Ellington
This week marks the 100th anniversary of the birth of William Thomas “Billy” Strayhorn, one of the greatest jazz composers of all-time. Podcast 5__ celebrates the life and works of the man called by man names - "Strays", Swee' Pea","Weely" – and remembered by all who love jazz.
Strayhorn was a collaborator – and much more – with Duke Ellington from late 1938 until Strayhorn’s untimely death from cancer in 1967...2015-11-291h 05
Straight No Chaser - A Jazz ShowPodcast 504: A Conversation with Jim Snidero about Phil WoodsThe passing of Phil Woods last month is still being felt in the jazz world. One of Woods’ protégées, alto saxophonist Jim Snidero, will take a moment to honor his long-time mentor and friends this Thursday with a concert called “One for Phil” at the Smoke Jazz and Supper Club in New York City. Snidero’s band – Snidero on Alto Saxophone; Alex Sipiagin on Trumpet; Andy LaVerne on Piano; Ugonna Okegwo on Bass; and Jason Tiemann on Drums – will play three sets at Smoke, in what promises to be a memorable evening.
Snidero first met Woods in 1975...2015-10-2842 min
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Last week my wife Nancy and I were in Manhattan for a few days, and found ourselves sitting on park bench in Central Park, resting our feet for a while. In a fit of inspiration, I grabbed my iPhone and serenaded her with Tal Farlow’s version of “Autumn in New York”, as we watched leaves slowly fall from the trees and people bustle about...2014-11-1359 min