Episodes
Sunday Jan 14, 2018
Foundscape #9: I Gotta Rainbow
Sunday Jan 14, 2018
Sunday Jan 14, 2018
Been collecting and mixing this stuff for months. Finally had time to put it all together.
You have messages. Get matter resolved. You're sick. Matter resolved.
Walk electric. We have thousands of dollars. I have rainbows.
Simple ideas. On other line. Andy New Port Richey.
What he left? Health problems. Ummmmm.
Heads up. I gotta rainbow. I'd like to know.
I've have an issue. Nope.
Running out of cool. Computer expired.
Can't stand.... Get my message?
Maximum storage time. Bye bye.
Sunday Dec 31, 2017
Goodbye Homo Economicus
Sunday Dec 31, 2017
Sunday Dec 31, 2017
This year, Richard Thaler won the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences. His research points to the fact that humans are economically irrational. Homo Economicus is a simplifying construct that has, for years, been the basis of economic theory. It assumes all economic actors are "rational" and only interested in maximizing personal utility. That is not true.
There's this guy... Richard Thaler wins Nobel. Francis Edgeworth.
Financial forecasters vs. weather forecasters. The Japanese Miracle.
Examples of irrationality. Rejecting Homo Economical Rationalism.
Bounded Rationality. Most cooperative species on Earth.
Empathy, sympathy dread. Paul Piff's Study (Ted Talk - 2014).
Science advances one funeral at a time. Goodbye Homo Economicus.
Sunday Oct 29, 2017
E-Raced
Sunday Oct 29, 2017
Sunday Oct 29, 2017
Admittedly didactic and dark, this episode examines the ongoing attempts to dismantle signs of African-America success, thoughout American history. Next one will be lighter, it has to be.
GENTILE. Undoing Obama's actions. Dismantling African-Americam accomplishment.
Black Wall Street destroyed. Rosewood, Florida. Bad logic.
Good guy goes bad. Infidel Gun & Gear. Fortune Taylor's name restored.
Highways and stadiums displace communities. Baader Meinhof.
Renaming Denali. Unraveling progress. Outrage becomes disappointment.
Quote from Sam Rayburn. Repeal care, Die.
Sources: theroot.com, racewithhistory.org, richardwolff.org.
Friday Sep 22, 2017
Slapped By Irma
Friday Sep 22, 2017
Friday Sep 22, 2017
We thought Irma was going to hit us as a Category 4 turned out to be a weak 2. I had planned on this podcast being a little more exciting. However, I'm not complaining, really.
Emergency. What we're expecting. It's only stuff. Pasco alert: Fear of looting.
My cat Byron's is outside. Final boarding up. The morning after with Clay Pigeon on WFMU.
Tired and philosophical. Water is more important than electricity. Cicadas.
More storms on the horizon. Cleaning up.
Thursday Aug 31, 2017
Charlottesville- A Turning Point?
Thursday Aug 31, 2017
Thursday Aug 31, 2017
The Right unites to fight to protect a statue of Robert E. Lee that he wouldn't have wanted. Antifascists use violence to resist those promoting violence. Sure punching Nazis seems like fun, it is not very creative. Absurdism and satire may be a better approach.
Robert E. Lee on Civil War monuments. Trump and the White-Nationalist code.
Sean Patrick Nielsen (WVTF/Radio IQ). David Duke, Ronald Reagan.
Blood and soil. No Nazis. False equivalency. We are Alt-Right.
Justice delivered. Unite us. They hate dishonest people. I hit them.
Jews will not replace us. HATE. Hatred and violence has America.
Killing Jews. Donald Trump is evil. Condemn Obama. Anarchists.
Honest media. Antifa. Punching Nazis = fun not creative.
Thanks to WTVF/Radio IQ, PBS Newshour, MSNBC, Brennan Gilmore (filmed car attack).
Tuesday Jun 13, 2017
The Firing of History
Tuesday Jun 13, 2017
Tuesday Jun 13, 2017
It is disturbing to feel the pull of the impending political crisis on one’s attention. Every attempt to turn one's attention away for any length of time fails. It seems like we’ve entered a transitional time and the outcome(s) could be dire. Looking away feels like complicity.
Russian interference: not just smoke. Comey's firing. Putin’s disinformation technique.
Trump and Russians. Trump’s attraction to powerful men. The Big Story.
Russian relations. No Fuzz. They’re laughing at us. Punch ladies in the face.
Firing history. Russians very powerful. Am I stupid? New FBI director.
Never stop fighting. American anger. Wreak the world.
Russian uniform. Illegal. Look at how I give up. Bad situation.
Pence really bad. Give up.
Sources: Late Show with David Letterman (NBC), Executive Session (WMNF-88.5 Tampa),
CBS News, Lester Holt NBCNews, On Point
with Tom Ashbrook (NPR), The Minutemen-Paranoid Chant.
Monday May 15, 2017
Serious Charges
Monday May 15, 2017
Monday May 15, 2017
Foundscape #8. IRS Scammers, wrong numbers, marketers, soundboard girls and confused women provided the grist for the Foundscape mill.
Get arrested on serious charges. Call from Mom: my bowels. I'm not sorry.
Don't be a statistic. Don't get arrested. Press 9.
Siri: the Third Density. I am a real live person. Hang up.
Wednesday Apr 26, 2017
Bad Connection
Wednesday Apr 26, 2017
Wednesday Apr 26, 2017
One of the greatest benefits of doing this podcast is I get to take potentially annoying data from ordinary life, be it political phone calls or -as in this case- a need for some technical support, and play with it. It goes from being an irritation to a source of inspiration.
Report a problem. Support. Need a new battery.
Verify. Fredericks Inc.. Hear the crackling? Blame me.
Aw right, all right. Blah blah. I wanna mislead you.
You're being recorded. Fantastic. Goodbye.
Tuesday Apr 04, 2017
I'm Afraid To Understand
Tuesday Apr 04, 2017
Tuesday Apr 04, 2017
Everytime I post an episode, I feel like I'm abandoning it rather than finishing it. This one in particular. Trumpian intrigue seems unending. Sure, he's president and we should be paying attention to what he says, but what he is saying is mostly absurd. What are the tweets and Sean Spicer distracting us from. Today, Spicer labeled Propublica, one of the best investigative groups working in the English language, "a left-wing blog." What is the administration attempting to hide? I'll give you my answer in collage form.
Business with the Russians. Very interesting fascists. Fascists to the forefront.
He's not joking. Russian connections. Hold on, butty but.
I'm afraid to understand intellegent crickets. I have connections.
Seems like I'm answering facts. I'm a fascist.
Wednesday Mar 15, 2017
Trump Sessions
Wednesday Mar 15, 2017
Wednesday Mar 15, 2017
Take disinformation, distractions and falsehoods run them through the Mind Thing and something resembling truth emerges.
Do your job. Gotta work it. Ranting and raving. Good at sucking up people's money.
The leaks are real. FOX and Friends: Good drug-dealers. Incredible racist.
The "Fake People." Gout. Horrible agenda. Nuclear weapons. Chaos.
Bad dudes. Sessions, Franken and the Russians. Mike Flynn. Wrestle the truth.
Nothing to love. The leaks are real. The wall. Fighting the NEWS.