Mattathias Reads The World

About Mattathias Reads The World

Mattathias Reads The World will say whatever I feel like saying, whenever I feel like recording what I say and broadcasting it publicly. I am often joined by friends and acquaintances who have thoughts worth sharing. It is inspired by James's Crappy Podcast (https://soundcloud.com/jamesgoldberg) and observes the Crappy Podcast promise of providing unedited, unscripted, unvarnished content.

Publisher

Mattathias

Category

society & culture

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

9 Jun 2020

Latest episode

20 Feb 2021

Latest episodes

22 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   20 Feb 2021

   Mattathias and the ARCH-POETs: #Archtober2020 Reminiscences

   Mattathias is joined by a band of weird and wonderful Mormon poets to share and celebrate their contributions to the ARCH-HIVE collective's 2020 Mormon Art Twitter challenge, #Archtober2020. The blessing of poetry to express what is just beyond reach, the useful vulnerability of sharing one's creations with a circle of friends, and the benefits of creating art alongside others who are drawn to the same sources of inspiration are all commented upon. ____ Guests in this episode are: Grace (https://twitter.com/sunnystarpoetry (https://twitter.com/sunnystarpoetry)) Madie (https://twitter.com/missmadiejean (https://twitter.com/missmadiejean)) Joah (https://twitter.com/JoahFussel (https://twitter.com/JoahFussel)l) Elizabeth (https://www.elizabethpinborough.com/ (https://www.elizabethpinborough.com/) and https://lovelybrains.substack.com/ (https://lovelybrains.substack.com/)) You can check out all of the fruits of #archtober here: https://twitter.com/search?q=%23archtober2020 (https://twitter.com/search?q=%23archtober2020)

2. 

   30 Jan 2021

   Special Episode: A Breaking Public Health Update from Community Health Expert, Dr. Madison Beckstrand

   Out of serious concern about the global spread of a terrifyingly destructive strain of a debilitating and often terminal disease, I've invited the foremost community health expert, Dr. Madison Beckstrand, DA* who helped raise the alarm about the epidemic last year, to share her guidance on how the syndrome currently is spreading through our communities, how an easy self-test she's developed could be transformative in catching this destructive disease early to minimize the damage, and the currently available treatments and therapies that can help patients regain quality of life, even though there is, as of yet, no fully recognized cure for the terrible condition the good doctor has dubbed "Main Character Syndrome". If you find Dr. Beckstrand's counsel useful to you or to one of your loved ones or members of your community, please share it to raise awareness of these important diagnostic and treatment options, because as our expert says, it's never to late to take action against this dreadful plague. You may also find therapeutic benefit from Dr. Beckstrand's prior visit to us here at MRtW Studios: https://anchor.fm/mattathias/episodes/Mattathias-Reads-the-Lit-Blitz--Episode-4-Part-Heaven-by-Madi-Beckstrand-eghlaa *Doctor of Awesome

3. 

   19 Jan 2021

   MLK Jr. Day Special Episode: Black History TV Pitch Reel

   Hello, listeners, and thank you for joining us for the first MRtW episode of 2021. For this special holiday episode, I'm joined here on the air by my good friend Mido so that we can discuss Martin Luther King's legacy, the contradiction of being both non-white and non-black in a race-driven country, and then we take a break from our regularly scheduled sobering reality to share quick pitches for 3 television dramas for a better world: 1. 40 Acres and a Mule: This alternate history drama features Territorial Governor Bass Reeves in an 1884 the United States offered freed slaves land... in the same fraught territory where indigenous nations already faced exile. And with restive ex-Confederate states resisting martial law, another bloody Presidential election looming, and white land speculators looking West once more, the citizens of Exodus Territory must decide whether what they seek is statehood... or independence. 2. BLM (Black Les Mis): an audacious multi-season intensive adaptation of the classic French novel which inspired one of America's favorite Broadway musicals, BLM will place Hugo's drama of police brutality, mass incarceration, unplanned parenthood, workplace sexual harassment, student activism, and persistent destructive wealth gaps among black Americans in and around Minneapolis from 1964 to 2020. 3. Back to Africa: Based on 100% true black American and transatlantic history, this smash biopic miniseries features Civil Rights legends John Lewis, Fannie Lou Hamer, Bob Moses, and many more as young SNCC activists immediately following 1964's Freedom Summer, as Harry Belafonte offers them a reprieve from America's racial nightmare with an all-expenses paid trip to meet their peers in the newly independent African nations of Senegal and Guinea. Revitalized by the experience, Lewis and others decide to continue the journey by traveling onwards to Ethiopia, Egypt, Kenya and more. Outside of American racial lines, they can for a time enjoy a new world where black is the default and whiteness truly a foreign concept. We hope you enjoy these pitches, and look forward to seeing these shows greenlit, cast, produced, and released for streaming worldwide soon!

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