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There Was Another World Before This One. I Saw It. I Am Telling You It Was Better.
The internet was a mistake.
It’s not just that online life has been privatized and controlled by powerful, unseen forces. It’s that it’s very structure is antithetical to what is innately human, to what connects people, to the only things that really matter in this fleeting existence. We, all of us, are being forced into an increasingly inhuman world, told it is progress, and nobody is counting the costs.
I am asking you to count those costs with me. Please.
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14 Jun 2024
The Purgatory of Working in Live Theatre in America
For those who don’t know, prior to the pandemic, I spent my entire working life in the technical side of the live entertainment industry. This was primarily as a lighting designer for theatre and as a scenic carpenter, welder, and rigger. But more generally, I worked as a jack-of-all-trades event technician. These are the people who set up and run the sound and lighting equipment for all the live shows you see. They handle costume and makeup changes for performers. They repair the props. They build the sets. They fly the scenery. They call the cues. They ride the tour bus from city to city. Some are unionized and some are not. Often, they’re just scraping by.
Over the years, I have grown troubled by certain aspects of theatre which often go without mention, even, or perhaps especially, by those who make their primary living from it. This episode of Weird Catastrophe is an examination of how live theatre in America often fails to live up to its storytelling potential and how we can produce better shows and improve working conditions for those who give their labor to this silly endeavor.
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15 May 2024
Sam Harris and Yuval Noah Harari Are Wrong About Palestine
This episode is a response to pro-Israel arguments made by Sam Harris and Yuval Noah Harari in the midst of Israel's ongoing genocide of the Palestinians.
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