My 12-Month Video Fast

In which the podcaster stops by a diner, tells you what you don’t want to know, tells you what you do want to know, and bids you adieu . MY LINKS Creative website: http://richardloranger.com Literary Services: http://PowerUnit17.com Bandcamp page: https://richardloranger.bandcamp.com/   Email: hello@richardloranger.com   LINKS & INFO Also sprach Zarathustra , tone poem by Richard Strauss  “Her...

Episode 32 – Weeks 49-50:  I’ll Show You the Life of the Mind In which the podcaster gives a bad review, takes you on a walk to nowhere, and advocates ecstasy as a form of resistance.    LINKS & INFO Also sprach Zarathustra , tone poem by Richard Strauss   Barton Fink , 1991 film by the Coen Brothers Coen Brothers   Equus , a play by Peter Shaeffer Surrealism   Exquisite corpse     Influx Blin...

Episode 31 – Weeks 47-48:  The H-Word In which the podcaster explains the tragedy of humankind and you can’t stop laughing.   LINKS & INFO The B-52s   “Rock Lobster” on YouTube   https://www.howitworksdaily.com/how-do-we-laugh/   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laughter   O Brother, Where Art Thou?   Doctor Strangelove   Waiting for Guffman   Galaxy Quest   Marx Brothers   What’s Up Doc?   Mack...

Episode 30 – Weeks 45-46:  Aye, I, Eye  In which the podcaster introduces himself, dissolves all boundaries, and stirs up some weather.   LINKS & INFO Moustafa Bayoumi   graysexuality   Henri Tajfel     Mammal , Roof Books, 2023   Neurodiversity   Vitreous Detachment   Drop me a note! Support the show And thanks for listening! Visit http://richardloranger.com for writings, publications, readin...

In which the podcaster reanimates dialog, disobeys much, and proffers ingredients for an albatross stew.  LINKS & INFO Network , dir. Sidney Lumet (1976).   Speech 1 Peter Finch as Howard Beale   Speech 2 Ned Beatty as Arthur Jensen Joy Harjo , “The Woman Hanging from the Thirteenth Floor Window” from She Had Some Horses. New York: Thunder's Mouth Press, 1983  Victor Hernandez Cruz , “tu...

In which the podcaster gives you an unexpected assignment.    LINKS The cut-up lines on the episode logo are from the poem “Final Exam” by Nancy Lambert, taken from the anthology Practising Angels , ed. Michael Mayo, Seismograph Publications (1986). You can find a digital copy of this terrific collection here on the Internet Archive .  Alien (1979) on Wikipedia (this entry is just for the first fi...

In which the podcaster puts on a classic, takes off some masks, and explains the politics of the moment.    LINKS The Wizard of Oz on Wikipedia (includes a link to the page about the books)  Muriel Rukeyser on Wikipedia   Adrienne Rich on Wikipedia   No More Masks! anthology – page on poets.org  (has a couple of links to purchase that are not Amazon) To find Meta Support for Instagram or Facebook,...

In which the podcaster takes on a tragicomic perspective while shattering glass, misplacing teeth, and taking a joyride through Hollywood.   LINKS Dianoga – Wookieepedia page   Golden State Film Festival – 2025 Program   ·         Not sure this link will hold up, but you can open a pdf of the program. It has a bad interface, but if you click on the three bars on the upper left, you can scroll down...

In which the podcaster exposes himself, offers his hand, chases ghosts from a bridge, rips off a few facades, and extols the joys of oranges.    LINKS Ru Paul MasterClass excerpt Ru Paul’s Wikipedia site Heather Cox Richardson comments Heather Cox Richardson’s YouTube channel ACT UP   William Blake – Wikipedia page   Adrienne Rich – Wikipedia page   Dean Spade comments Dean Spade’s website I n Def...

In which the podcaster recalls talking, derides cyborgs, and examines a chest of survival methods.    LINKS Year of the Snake  Videodrome , dir. David Cronenberg (1983) Tetsuo: The Iron Man , dir. Shin'ya Tsukamoto (1989)   Hardware , dir. Richard Stanley (1990) Virus , dir. John Bruno (1999) Transhumanism – Wikipedia page   Posthumanism - Wikipedia page   Posthuman - Wikipedia page  Bayo Ako...

In which the podcaster presents the third and final special episode for the month of January in which he interviews artists and writers about how they manage to support themselves and their creative work while carving out time for it in contemporary American culture.     WITH GUESTS   Paul Corman-Roberts Paul Corman-Roberts has been learning how to be an on-the-fly organizer, publisher and all aro...

In which the podcaster presents the second of three special episodes for the month of January in which he interviews artists and writers about how they manage to support themselves and their creative work while carving out time for it in contemporary American culture.     WITH GUESTS   Jennifer Blowdryer Jennifer Blowdryer is a singer and writer whose songs observe in a somewhat detached manner th...

In which the podcaster presents the first of three special episodes for the month of January in which he interviews artists and writers about how they manage to support themselves and their creative work while carving out time for it in contemporary American culture.  WITH GUESTS Taneesh Kaur Taneesh Kaur ("Core") is a US-born Punjabi teaching artist whose primary media are writing (poet...

In which the podcaster sings to you a composition of his own design, humbly made and humbly offered. NOTE: This episode comes across much better with headphones or earbuds. A medium volume may serve it well in any case. I accompany my vocals with djembe for the drum track and balafon for supporting melody. Balafon – Wikipedia page  Djembe - Wikipedia page As a bonus for reading the episode notes,...

Episode 19 – Weeks 26-27:  “Clean” In which the podcaster jumps up and down, makes an argument for impurity, and reveals his true desire.    FEATURED LINKS The White Trash Debutantes on Bandcamp MDC on Bandcamp MDC on Spotify   The Scriveners on YouTube (diff kind of improv but good stuff) (there are five of these – click here to find more) Lydia Lunch - Wikipedia page Global Spider Community on B...

In which the podcaster finally reveals where and when his beef with the televised world began, and uses that to try to light a way forward through darker times.   Video link: Little Billy Magee on "Happy The Clown" - June 1955   THE NEXT POD WILL BE CAST ON SATURDAY, DECEMBER 7.      Drop me a note! Support the show And thanks for listening! Visit http://richardloranger.com for writings,...

In which the podcaster defends asymmetry, antagonizes Buddhists, and takes you on a journey somewhere very close you’ve never been. Referenced Texts The Overstory by Richard Powers https://www.richardpowers.net/the-overstory/   Poetry and Flash Prose (by Richard Loranger) "I Daphne May" was originally printed in the chapbook Poetry is a Form of Light (1986, Clamor Press, SF), and was rep...

In which the podcaster plays Telephone Games with prehistory, breaks down the industry of Western tradition, and leaves you with a pile of bacon. Mhe! He also humbly begs your forgiveness for his zombie-like pronunciation of dead languages. THE NEXT POD WILL BE CAST ON SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 2.  Drop me a note! Support the show And thanks for listening! Visit http://richardloranger.com for writings, p...

In which the podcaster regresses, confesses, and redresses.     THE NEXT POD WILL BE CAST ON SATURDAY, OCTOBER 19.      Drop me a note! Support the show And thanks for listening! Visit http://richardloranger.com for writings, publications, reading and performance videos, upcoming events, and more! Also a podcast tab that includes large versions of all the episode logos.  :) 7/25/24 - There's...

In which the podcaster starts a new chapter with blank pages, makes a foul shot, and has an in-body experience.    THE NEXT POD WILL BE CAST ON SATURDAY, OCTOBER 5.  Drop me a note! Support the show And thanks for listening! Visit http://richardloranger.com for writings, publications, reading and performance videos, upcoming events, and more! Also a podcast tab that includes large versions of all...

In which the podcaster lays down some tracks of extended and deleted scenes, explains why you can trust him, then ties up all the episodes to date with a pretty green ribbon, kind of like the writers of 24 accidentally wrapped up the plot of Season 1 halfway through, but unlike them pledges to actually provide new plotlines instead of just repeating the same one twice over. Whereas this isn't...

In which the podcaster takes you on a Fantastic Voyage into the wilderness of the brain to discover the roots of the hit song "Dopamine Jones" (c.f. Episode 2). REFERRED TEXTS The Molecule of More by Daniel Z. Lieberman, M.D. and Michael E. Long Goodreads page Health Sciences Research Commons Dopamine Nation by Anna Lembke, M.D. Goodreads page NPR interview Note: Anna Lembke is a profess...

In which the podcaster takes you down a rabbit hole but doesn't guarantee he'll lead you back out. But don't worry, it's not a real rabbit hole, not really. Or is it? Remember, I'm now posting these on Odd Saturdays, so the next episode will appear on the fifth Saturday of this month, August 31. And hopefully it won't go up as late in the day as this somewhat special...

In which the podcaster travels back to a snarkier time, performs strange rituals in the underworld, and witnesses a life-changing moment of physics.    NOTE: THE NEXT POD WILL BE CAST ON SATURDAY, AUGUST 17.  THEY ARE NOW DROPPING ON ODD SATURDAYS ONLY. Drop me a note! Support the show And thanks for listening! Visit http://richardloranger.com for writings, publications, reading and performance vi...

In which the podcaster jousts with Theodor Adorno, takes a digestif with Jerry Mander, and loses patience with certain techn(olog)ical difficulties. Drop me a note! Support the show And thanks for listening! Visit http://richardloranger.com for writings, publications, reading and performance videos, upcoming events, and more! Also a podcast tab that includes large versions of all the episode logos...