E260 - Stone Age Noir w/ Rachel Kushner
Added 2024-09-04 10:00:07 +0000 UTCRachel Kushner joins us to talk about her new novel Creation Lake--the story of an American agent-provacateur infiltrating a rural commune in France.
We go through some of the inspirations behind her characters in this and past books (including Jacques Camatte, Julian Coupat, and Ben Morea), a Soviet historian's theory of the Neanderthal origins of class war, and the RKCU (Rachel Kushner Cinematic Universe)
Megabasin protests: https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2023/06/water-mega-basins-reservoirs-france-drought/674313/
Drift Mag interview: https://www.thedriftmag.com/history-as-it-is-happening/
Nation Review: https://www.thenation.com/article/culture/rachel-kushner-creation-lake/
Info on Eric McDavid entrapment case: https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2006/01/18/40682.php
The Tribe: Interviews with Jean-Michel Mension
Jacques Camatte - This World We Must Leave
Tiqqun - Introduction to Civil War
The Invisible Comittee - The Coming Insurrection
The Zad and NoTAV: Territorial Struggles and the Making of a New Political Intelligence
Song: Daft Punk - Get Lucky (V A P O R W A V E)
Comments
This is something that has been done by every generation, to varying extents imho (it's just harder to live on less money now than it was in like, the 70's)
Isabelle
2024-09-06 01:48:08 +0000 UTC@ 4:15, perfect ep for being baked
M.R. Alchemist
2024-09-06 00:07:30 +0000 UTCgood luck with your tonsillectomy Sean! I got mine done when I was 19 & it hurt like an mf. it's not your fault, tonsillectomy was rare for like 3-4 decades, glad you found someone now who will take em out :)
alexandra
2024-09-05 18:00:34 +0000 UTCGreat interview so far but there is something about cosplaying as homeless and calling it "art" that makes me shake my head at the Gen X sensibilities involved.
GolfBaller
2024-09-04 16:15:53 +0000 UTCnope, sorry! possibly an edited transcript coming though
The Antifada
2024-09-04 15:39:11 +0000 UTCI now must read Soviet Sasquatch!
Tom Allman
2024-09-04 15:19:35 +0000 UTCIs there a video of this interview? If that's the case I'd love to watch it
Yves Chan-You
2024-09-04 15:17:26 +0000 UTC
