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Rush, Nukes, and True Culture
The Bat Segundo Show, the long-running cultural radio program devoted to informed, in-person, and in-depth conversations with today's authors and idiosyncratic thinkers, has four new shows that you can listen to for free!
This latest quartet includes a rare 70 minute conversation with acclaimed writer Norman Rush that covers his entire career, an eye-popping overview of reckless nuclear military policy with investigative journalist Eric Schlosser, and two related conversations devoted to the epidemic of Americans gravitating to mainstream culture in an age of limitless choice.
Kiese Laymon's essays (along with his novel, Long Division) have made great efforts to respond to the problem of blinkered culture. We spend an hour with Kiese discussing hip-hop, the rich Mississippi tradition of storytelling, the "worst of white folks," and why America is terrified of variegated cultural engagement.
We also approach the problem from the iconoclast position with Republic of Outsiders author Alissa Quart. Why are we becoming more hostile to original voices? And how do cosplay, transphobia, animal rights, and Mad Pride fit into all tihs? (We can also report that, with the inclusion of Alissa Quart, we have now interviewed every letter of the alphabet. We apologize to all authors whose last names begin with Q for the delay. The full A-Z list is here.)
And if that's not enough for you, there are also more than 500 additional conversations with some of the sharpest and sexiest minds alive that you can enjoy in our archive!
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Norman Rush
In this wide-ranging conversation, we talk with acclaimed novelist Norman Rush (author of Mating, Mortals, and Subtle Bodies) about revolution, James Joyce, Botswana, his friendship with Thomas Disch, why his characters are seduced by quacks, and countless other subjects. (70 mins.)
Eric Schlosser
In the mid-20th century, nuclear missiles were maintained with flimsy safeguards and rapidly failing technology. How close were we to Dr. Strangelove? And how safe are we today? We talk with investigative journalist Eric Schlosser, the author of Command and Control, about our remarkably reckless military history, which culminated in several close disasters, and what this means in an age driven by terrorism and religious fundamentalism.. (56 mins.)
Kiese Laymon
In the first of two related programs devoted to the American epidemic of gravitating to mainstream culture in an age of limitless choice, we talk with Kiese Laymon about how his novel, Long Division, and his essays have responded to this problem. We discuss hip-hop, the rich Mississippi tradition of storytelling, “the worst of white folks,” and why America is terrified of rich and variegated cultural engagement. (54 mins.)
Alissa Quart
Republic of Outsiders author Alissa Quart discusses about how outsiders and iconoclasts have been appropriated by institutional forces. Why have we shifted to a culture hostile to original voices? Why is it all about being liked? And how do cosplay, transphobia, animal rights, and Mad Pride fit into this great conundrum? (54 mins.)
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