Not All Propaganda Is Art
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<h3>“Not All Propaganda is Art” unravels the gripping tale of three iconic writers—Richard Wright, Dwight Macdonald, and Kenneth Tynan—who became entangled in the covert battles of the Cultural Cold War in the late 1950s. As the boundaries between art and influence blurred, these pivotal figures served as both collaborators and targets of American, British, and French security agencies, ensnared in a high-stakes propaganda war over fiercely contested ideas such as the critique of mass culture and the power of politically engaged art—debates that still resonate.</h3>
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April 16, 2024
Not All Propaganda is Art 9: Freedom or Death
ToE's Cultural Cold War miniseries concludes with three stories about containment and death. Richard Wright delivers his final lecture on Black Spies in Paris, Dwight Macdonald’s Mass Cult & Mid Cult finally debuts & flops, and Kenneth Tynan discovers the limits of social and cultural protest. Show notes: Matthew Tynan reads <a href="https://harpers.org/archive/1961/01/mr-tynan-replies/">Kenneth Tynan’s 1960 speech</a>, Michael Billington wrote a <a href="https://theoryofeverythingpodcast.com/2024/02/napia3/">1960 Parody</a> of Kenneth Tynan, Jefferson Pooley <a href="https://theoryofeverythingpodcast.com/2024/03/napia6/">recaps Personal Influence</a> and <a href="https://www.huffpost.com/entry/mi6-patrice-lumumba-assassination-daphne-park_n_2998226">Daphne Park</a> explains how she got Lumumba killed. Support ToE and get access to the incredible exclusive bonus companion series to Not All Propaganda is Art by subscribing at<a href="https://theoryofeverything.supercast.com/"> https://theoryofeverything.supercast.com/</a>, or subscribe directly in Apple Podcasts by hitting “Subscribe” right on the show page.
April 2, 2024
Not All Propaganda is Art 8: Signature Acoustique
]Richard Wright died from a mysterious illness on November 28th, 1960. Or was he murdered? Tune in for a new listen to the final chapter of Richard Wright’s life: forged letters, fake terrorist groups, fraudulent doctors and French Radio. Shownotes: Françoise Vergès writes about <a href="https://www.plutobooks.com/9780745345673/a-feminist-theory-of-violence/">decolonialism</a>, and French history and thought, Kathleen Gyssels is writing about the <a href="https://journals.openedition.org/etudescaribeennes/28568">Moulin d’Andé</a>. Thomas Riegler writes about the <a href="https://www.jstor.org/stable/26296892">Red Hand</a>, Madeleine S’s father was assassinated by the <a href="https://thomas-riegler.net/2022/09/17/der-terror-der-roten-hand/">Red Hand</a>, Lauren du Graf wrote about <a href="https://www.jstor.org/stable/45284680">Richard Wright and Jean Paul Sartre</a>, Richard Wright’s daughter Julia Wright published The <a href="https://www.loa.org/books/652-the-man-who-lived-underground/">Man who Lived Underground</a> in 2021. Richard Gibson is a <a href="https://www.newsweek.com/richard-gibson-cia-spies-james-baldwin-amiri-baraka-richard-wright-cuba-926428">BIG</a> <a href="https://muse.jhu.edu/article/191665/summary">BIG</a> <a href="https://www.archives.gov/files/research/jfk/releases/2023/104-10217-10225.pdf">LIAR</a>. Support ToE and get access to the incredible exclusive bonus companion series to Not All Propaganda is Art by subscribing at<a href="https://theoryofeverything.supercast.com/"> https://theoryofeverything.supercast.com/</a>, or subscribe directly in Apple Podcasts by hitting “Subscribe” right on the show page.
March 19, 2024
Not All Propaganda is Art 7: Manufacturing Dissent
In 1959, Anti-Americanism surged in the UK. England seethed over America’s treatment of its Prime Minister who was smacked down for daring to use diplomacy to resolve the crisis over divided Germany. In 1959 England also fretted over a new American export: the Beatnik. The British foreign office forcefully responded with a report advocating for “ an increased effort in the field of press, radio and television in the U.K. to say the right kind of things about the Americans.” This is the very moment Kenneth Tynan was commissioned to make a documentary for British Television about American Non-conformism and Dissent. We take a close look at one of the Cold War's most bizarre and inspired artifacts of Anti Anti-American propaganda. Shownotes: Laura Bradley writes on <a href="https://www.research.ed.ac.uk/en/publications/watching-spectatorship-and-judgment-trial-scenes-in-brechts-epic-">Brecht</a> and German theater. Kenneth Tynan’s documentary aired on January 27th, 1960 and then was supposedly erased (it wasn’t). Support ToE and get access to the incredible exclusive bonus companion series to Not All Propaganda is Art by subscribing at<a href="https://theoryofeverything.supercast.com/"> https://theoryofeverything.supercast.com/</a>, or subscribe directly in Apple Podcasts by hitting “Subscribe” right on the show page.
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<h3>“Not All Propaganda is Art” unravels the gripping tale of three iconic writers—Richard Wright, Dwight Macdonald, and Kenneth Tynan—who became entangled in the covert battles of the Cultural Cold War in the late 1950s. As the boundaries between art and influence blurred, these pivotal figures served as both collaborators and targets of American, British, and French security agencies, ensnared in a high-stakes propaganda war over fiercely contested ideas such as the critique of mass culture and the power of politically engaged art—debates that still resonate.</h3> - How often does this podcast release new episodes?
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