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Boonta VistaEPISODE 392: Mountain Jus (with Jesse Black)Marine biologist of the show Jesse Black joins us to non-fishly discuss: A car that will always be Sheryl Crow's, how to talk normal in conversation, a possible Starman in New Jersey, the power of musical nostalgia, and Headline News.
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Listen to Savant Garde here: https://podcasts.apple.com/lu/podcast/savant-garde/id1801643885
Listen to Sludgefest here: https://sludgefest.substack.com/
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Outro: Road Head - Japanese Breakfast
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Email the show at mailbag@boontavista.com! Call in and leave us a question or a message...2025-04-191h 06
Savant GardeEpisode 1: The NoticerMonk S1 E1 + E2Good Doctor S1 E1CHANGING OF THE GARDE: ~36:30Welcome to the first episode of Savant Garde! In this episode, Lucy (Boonta Vista, autism) and Jesse (Sludgefest, OCD) and discuss the pilots of two unforgettable television programs: Monk, starring Tony Shalhoub as Adrian Monk, and The Good Doctor, starring Freddy Highmore as Dr. Shaun Murphy.Watch both shows along with us! Or just watch one of them. Or watch neither-- we're not your boss!We're going to cover one episode of each show per episode of...2025-03-101h 02
SludgefestEAT THIS BOOK! feat. Lucy ValentineEverything is aggressively stupid and evil right now, so Lucy and I just talked about whatever we felt like for about an hour. With as few references to Elon Musk as we could manage. Need to tune your brain to TV static for an hour? This is the episode for you.Energy drinks, television shows, AI slop, manosphere ghouls, edible books, biased steaks, and a sequel to the groundbreaking 2015 documentary Chappie.CW: we do discuss briefly Criminal Minds, which is a pretty offensively shitty show about serial killers and sex criminals.Please feel...2025-03-0556 min
SludgefestYellow Tree IV"I hope they are a little bit more than intrigued"
The fourth in our series on the environmental and humanitarian legacy of US uranium mines in The Navajo Nation. In this episode, we cover the 1950’s and 60’s. The Atomic Age promises endless energy and domestic convenience for middle-class white America, but is sustained Navajo miners and millers working long days in uranium mines at great expense to their long-term health and that of their families. Mining companies and government agencies fail to inform the Navajo community of the hazards for decades- until it is far too la...2024-10-2952 min
SludgefestYellow Tree III"Mean, bad man"
The third in our series on the environmental and humanitarian legacy of US uranium mines in The Navajo Nation. In this episode, we cover the years 1868-1960. The Navajo return home after being ethnically cleansed by the American military to Bosque Redondo. After losing nearly everything, they rebuild their lives, herds, and communities. The United States continues to attempt to forcibly assimilate the Navajo into the “American way” through through cruel boarding schools and draconian regulations on livestock. World War II, the Code Talkers, and the birth of the toxic uranium mining industry on Nava...2024-09-041h 14
SludgefestYellow Tree II"Soup Will Be Your Salvation"
The second in our series on the environmental and humanitarian legacy of US uranium mines in The Navajo Nation and abroad. Before we talk about the mines, we need to discuss the historical context of settler-colonial oppression of the Navajo by the United States. In this episode, we cover the years 1849-1868, during which the United States military subjects the Navajo people to horrific, genocidal violence and displacement as a means to secure their land and resources as they expand westward.
Content warning for violence, upsetting content, a...2024-08-2058 min
SludgefestYellow Tree IThe first in our series on the environmental and humanitarian legacy of US uranium mines in The Navajo Nation and abroad. Before we get there, we will need to bring along some history. In this episode, we outline the broader historical context, in which the Navajo find themselves beset by a succession of ruthless settler-colonial empires: first Spain, then Mexico, and finally the United States.
*Content warning* for violence, upsetting content, and reference to SA.
Next episode will be out in a week. Thank you for listening!
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SludgefestMonster Soup feat. Lucy ValentineJoin Jesse and Lucy Valentine of the Boonta Vista podcast as they wade through the sewage of yore. Waste pits below an ancient cathedral. The River Thames, swollen with turds. Favorite soups. Urine therapy. It’s all here.
Intro/Outro by Chat Pile
Political cartoon slideshow
References:
River Thames documentary, ITV 1991
Magnusson, Roberta J. Water technology in the Middle Ages: cities, monasteries, and waterworks after the Roman Empire. JHU press, 2003.
Craig, T. "Deaths of farmworkers in cow manure ponds put oversight of...2024-07-1256 min
Twisted, Torn And MoistJukebox MonkeySend us a textI had the pleasure chatting to Jukebox Monkey, or Jukebox Monks as I affectionately referred to them as. Sludgefest was awesome and I'm so glad I didn't end up in The Dog House by the end of the night!!We chatted about them being accident prone, being cold because they are from "Daaaaaan South" Great tattoo's and comparing members to Feral Cats!We had a fantastic chat and it was great to get to know this new band I discovered! My mum Sue would even approve of their music a...2024-06-0714 min
SludgefestRay Catz feat. Lucy ValentineCome, enter the Landscape of Thorns and join Jesse and Lucy Valentine (of the Boonta Vista podcast) by the fire. New episodes of Sludgefest are coming soon, and they're pretty upsetting so, we're taking a brief psychic rest to discuss mildly less depressing topics. Jonathan Frakes’ haunted chalkboard, Spam musubi, radioactive cats, car salesmen with sharpened nipples. It's all here.
Things you can do:
American Friends Service Committee (@afsc_org on twitter) compiled a list of campus protest orgs that need support here.
Things we mentioned:
Environmental Warfare in...2024-05-0456 min
Twisted, Torn And MoistEschalonSend us a textSludgefest Stafford headliners Eschalon really did not disappoint! Simon Garrod and his band of brothers ALWAYS put on such a wonderful show wherever they play.The wealth of experience they have between them really comes to fruition during each performance, their wealth of knowledge that they have gained over the years they are not afraid to share and encourage newer, younger bands.These guys are only a door away from BIG things, so please help them on their quest to break through as a well established band....2024-05-0416 min
Twisted, Torn And MoistRazor Sharp Death BlizzardSend us a textHailing from the Scottish Borders are a band called Razor Sharp Death Blizzard! Forged from the molten steel remnants of RIDGEBACK and SWELLYBELLYS🔥This band come with a warning though, they contain copious amounts of PUNK ETHOS and METAL RIFFS throughout and if you get too close they will melt your face off, these guys certainly know how to bring the party!I had the pleasure of catching up with them at The Doghouse in Stafford which hosted the annual Sludgefest and sludge it was, the riffs were that dirty I nee...2024-04-2423 min
SludgefestLemon Springs feat. Lucy ValentineJoin Jesse and Lucy Valentine from the Boonta Vista podcast as we take a dip in the viscous, multicolored pools of Lemon Springs. We discuss one of Australia’s weirdest environmental crimes and what it could mean for wildlife and collectors of horror film-memorabilia.
Listen to the Boonta Vista Podcast here or anywhere you get your pods.
Sludgefest produced by Jesse Black and Shannon Rawlings
Intro/Outro by Chat Pile
Ambient music by California Death Worm
Backround image by Joe Armao, EPA
Sources and li...2024-01-2343 min
SludgefestNauru Bonus: Interview with Dr. Julia MorrisJesse speaks with Dr. Julia Morris, author of the book Asylum and Extraction in the Republic of Nauru. It's a great book and tremendous piece of research which deeply informed our series on Nauru. If you haven't listened to the previous two episodes of our series on Nauru, you may want to check those out first.
Dr. Morris is Assistant Professor of International Studies at the University of North Carolina Wilmington, where she researches migration policy with a focus on western outsourcing of asylum processing and offshore detention to other nations- often “former” colonial hold...2023-11-1359 min
SludgefestNauru Part 2: Resource Curse
The second and final episode of our series on Nauru. After gaining independence and taking control over the phosphate industry, the island undergoes an unprecedented economic boom, followed by a devastating crash. Amid financial crises, Nauru finds temporarily lifelines in two new industries- lifelines that further entangle the island with extractive capitalism and a dark colonial legacy.
Hosted by Jesse Black and Shannon Rawlings
Music by California Death Worm (californiadeathworm.bandcamp.com)
Asylum and Extraction in the Republic of Nauru by Dr. Julia Morris
Nauru: Phosphate and...2023-09-261h 39
SludgefestNauru Part 1: Company TownFrom mines in the jungle, to shining company towns, to refugee tents, to the deep ocean floor- join us as we follow the story of the island in part 1 of our 2 part series.
Thank you to those who helped make Sludgefest possible:
Editor, sound designer and logo artist Shannon Rawlings (@bbytengu on Twitter).
Music by by California Death Worm.
You, dear listener!
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SludgefestBluegill3M and Dupont carry on the legacy of colonial violence by poisoning water, wildlife, people, and Indigenous ways-of life with "forever chemicals".
Donate to mutual aid programs to benefit Indigenous communities at indigenousmutualaid.org.
Donate to the Western Klamath Restoration Project, a partnership of conservation researchers and the Karuk Tribe to restore their ancestral lands and fisheries.
Editor, sound designer and logo artist Shannon Rawlings (@bbytengu on Twitter). She’s a triple threat!
Background ambience by California Death Worm.
Intro and outro by PUP the Band.
You, dear li...2023-06-281h 04
SludgefestDerailerNorthfolk Southern brings black skies and acid rain to Ohio. Special thanks to Shannon Rawlings for edits and sage wisdom.
Full reference list here:
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Casual DiehardOhtani: The New Name For SturgeonThis episode sets a Willets Pod record for Jesses, with two. Jesse Black can be found at Sludgefest being serious and on Twitch streaming fish video games. He’s been asked here for his ichthyological expertise, as we try to determine which fish should be renamed after Shohei Ohtani.You already know that it’s sturgeon, what with the episode title being Ohtani: The New Name For Sturgeon, but it’s not about the destination so much as the journey. On this week’s journey, we discovered many things that we do and do not like. After review...2023-03-211h 21Boonta VistaUNLOCKED BONUS EPISODE: By The Dim Light Of The Sex Candelabra (with Jesse Black)Fish correspondent, ex-husband of the show and podcast host Jesse Black joins Lucy and Ben to talk about: Sex lamps, sturgeon lifespan, perfume poisoning, chicken sludge, and how to get away with arson.
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Check out Jesse's new podcast here: https://sludgefest.substack.com/
Follow him on Twitch here: https://www.twitch.tv/yallseenthisfish
Follow him on Twitter here: @jesseblacksci
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It's Freemium Freebruary! Bonus episodes are free for this, the shortest month of the year, so that you will hopefully grow dependent on them. They go back behind the paywall in march so enjoy it while it lasts!2023-02-191h 01
MIETI VÄHÄ!Pikkuorava Sludgefest eli vuosi 2022 tarkastelussaPodi kääntää joulun ja uudenvuoden välisessä liminaaliajassa silmänsä kohti mennyttä ja laittaa vuoden 2022 pakettiin just ajoissa myöhäiseen lahjontaan, ei, en unohtanut, mä vaan jätin sen kämpille, vannon. Vuoden parhaiden ja vähiten parhaiden juttujen ohessa jaetaan myös himoittu MIETI VÄHÄ! Itkunauruhymiöpalkinto ehkä vähemmän yllättävälle taholle ja kuullaan ulkomaankirjeenvaihtajan kuulumiset. Kyllä tällaista vuotta kelpaakin muistella, eikun, äh, no niin, no, näitähän nää nykyään on, koitetaan nyt vaan mennä eteenpäin, ok?2023-01-031h 02
One Dollar VinylAlvin and the Chipmunks - The Chipmunks Rock the HouseThese squeaky voiced anthropomorphic rodents have been largely inescapable since the 1960s. How did something so annoying get so popular? And, more importantly, can we get through listening to an entire album of those high pitched voices without flipping the turntable in rage?
Show notes:
David Seville - Don't Whistle at me Baby
1990 drug prevention film special "Cartoon All-Stars to the Rescue"
Sludgefest (Chipmunks slowed down to recorded speed)
2022-08-2650 min
Night Clerk Radio: Haunted Music ReviewsDiscussing Chipmunks on 16 Speed and SludgeDiscord Spring CleaningSupport Night Clerk Radio on Patreon In this episode, we’re discussing the haunted plunderphonics project: chipmunks on 16 speed. These albums consist of pop covers, as sung by Alvin and the Chipmunks, slowed down and processed to sound as if they are being played on a 16 RPM record player. The result is a sludgy and doomy rendition of a pop song that sits perfectly between the unsettling and the familiar.Music Discussedchipmunkson16speed - SoundCloudchipmunkson16speed - BandCampChipmunks On 16 Speed - Sludgefest (Full Al...2022-03-2831 min
Cool Stuff Ride HomeWed. 03/09 - Why Has "Z" Become a Pro-War Symbol?
One of the most famous shipwrecks has finally been discovered at the bottom of a sea in Antarctica. Plus, why the letter “Z” has become a Russian pro-war symbol. And, post-punk Alvin and the Chipmunks. Sponsors: Indeed, Get a free $75 credit at Indeed.com/goodnews
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Links:
At the Bottom of an Icy Sea, One of History's Great Wrecks Is Found (NY Times)
Endurance: 'Finest wooden shipwreck I've ever seen' (BBC)
Endurance: Shackleton's lost...2022-03-0916 min
Surviving TomorrowThe World Needs Far Less Facebook, Not More by a Different NameCongrats to Dylan Mobley, winner of a book and $100 free Cardano! Stay tuned for more giveaways in the future. Also: One of my books is free on Amazon this week!Last week, someone offered to pay me $500 to write a short Medium article about their new NFT startup.That’s a lot of money for someone with a brand new baby at home.The company “sends” its “community” on a different digital “travel experience” each month.One month everyone will digitally attend Coachella or Burning Man, another time they’ll go to the Superb...2021-11-0307 min
Future FaithThe World Needs Far Less Facebook, Not More by a Different NameLast week, someone offered to pay me $500 to write a short Medium article about their new NFT startup.That’s a lot of money for someone with a brand new baby at home.The company “sends” its “community” on a different digital “travel experience” each month.One month everyone will digitally attend Coachella or Burning Man, another time they’ll go to the Superbowl or the NBA Finals.It’s a really cool idea, until you think about it for like four seconds.I wrote back:“Dear [so and so]. Sorry to...2021-11-0110 min
And Introducing#95 DINOSAUR JR. (feat. Jake Longstreth)And introducing WE POD ECONO: an Our Band Could Be Your Life miniseries! We are taking a journey through Michael Azerrad’s chronicle of the 1980’s American underground rock scene, continuing today with Chapter Ten: Dinosaur Jr.! We’re joined by Time Crisis and Mountain Brews’ Jake Longstreth to take a look at Dinosaur Jr., the band that pushes volume, epic guitarmanship, and toxic interpersonal relationships to the absolute limit.
GET TIX TO THE FRQNCY1 FEST HERE: https://frqncy.live/frqncy1
Check out Jake’s band Moutain Brews here: https://mountainbrews.bandcamp.com/
SONGS IN ORDER:
Deep Wound - I Saw It
Din...2021-05-131h 39
Go Cultivate!Are We Doing This Right? // Placemaking Edition (Part 1)Placemaking is one of those ubiquitous urbanist buzzwords these days. Yet it can be difficult to get a broadly agreed-upon definition. We discuss what is actually means (as far as we can tell), what trends it came about as a response to, and why it might look different depending on the location. We run through some of the key elements of (the different forms of) placemaking, and a few notable (good and bad) examples of where it's been done.This is Part 1 of a two-part discussion. In Part 2, we'll get more familiar with some of the different...2019-10-301h 04
The HACK inc. Podcast#15 Irish People Watch Captain Planet w/ Niall Mac + Mark StokesGar sits down with fellow CEOs Niall Mac Giolla Chomhgaill and Mark Stokes to discuss the Captain Planet episode "If it's Doomsday, it must be Belfast"
Whistle While You Work reccies
Podcasts: Talking Simpsons + What a Cartoon
Music: Chipmunks On 16 Speed - Sludgefest
The Mollusk - Ween
Like, Retweet...share. I dunno.2019-05-271h 02
Corbin vs. The WorldCVTW 023: Gachinko Fight ClubOn this edition of Corbin vs. The World, we have front row seats to the hottest international feud to hit the Tokyo Dome since Naito vs. Jericho! Our hero plays hype man for Japan’s newest adopted sons, Dinosaur Jr! Who will win this Sludgefest Slobberknocker? Make No Bones about it, one of these men are gonna Feel The Pain! Confused? You won’t be after this week’s episode of Corbin vs. The World! Featuring guest appearances by Greta von Fleet Foxes, Mecha-Scorsese, and your Sobriety-Free Guide To Enjoying Award Shows! Tune in to witness the carnage!Suppor...2019-02-161h 02
The DraftaholicsFantasy Football Week 7: DRAFT & DFS & "Sludgefest Sunday"The Draftaholics Matt (@draftaholic), George (@georgeslotin), and William (@wspinnato) break down their Week 7 Fantasy Football strategy, but begin by discussing Rob Gronkowski's lack of usage, and compare his disappointing start to the rest of the TE position.
Then it’s on to the NFL Week 7 matchups of the weekend that they're most excited to check-out, including Bengals/Chiefs, the highest over/under of the week according to Las Vegas odds, the "battle of philosophies" in Saints/Ravens, and a clash of 2017 NFC Elites in Panthers/Eagles.
Next they reveal their Top-12 FLEX players and Top-3 QBs for the week by do...2018-10-201h 00
Artist of the weekArtist of the Week: DINOSAUR JRThis week you are listening to the granddaddies of grunge, a band that fused punk, hardcore and classic rock into a unique sound that influenced many others. You are listening to Dinosaur Jr.
Tracklisting:
1. Freek Scene
2. The Leper
3. Repulsion
4. Little Furry Things
5. Sludgefest
6. They Always Come
7. Budge
8. Pond Song
9. The Wagon
10. I Live For That Look
11. How’d You Pin That One On Me
12. Whatever’s Cool With Me
13. Not You Again
14. Start Chopin’
15. I Don’t Think
16. Over It
17. Yeah We Know
Tracks 2 and 3 Taken from Dinosaur
Tracks 1, 6, 7, 8, 17
Taken from Bug
Tracks 4 and 5
Taken from You’re Living All Over Me
T...2011-02-1658 min