Episode 177 WTN …and Disgust

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People often seem stupid. Sometimes, though, they simply don't have better choices. Their reactions are guided by innate morality, even if others vehemently deny what the people are collectively reacting against. Hence, Episode 177: WTN …and Disgust.

In this episode, I read from: Thomas Frank's book Listen, Liberal, or What Ever Happened to the Party of the People?; and John Michael Greer's 2019 essay, "Dancers at the End of Time, Part Three: A Mortal Splendor".

I play: D. L. Myers invoking the Powell Movement stinger; Kevin Bacon's hazing into the preppy frat from the movie Animal House; and an excerpt featuring researcher Karen Wynn, from the Nova documentary "The Violence Paradox". Musically, I play: two from Lee Rosevere, first snippets of "Curiosity", and then "And So Then". I open with Henry Giroux backed by KMFDM, and close with Mistle Thrush doing "It's All Like Today."