Echologorrhea

Guest Julian (MeOnAPicnicTable) joins Saath for a dramatic reading of a piece that was rejected for having "no action." Saath disagrees. Some supplemental reading ERCOLINO, S. (2012). The Maximalist Novel. Comparative Literature , 64 (3), 241–256. http://www.jstor.org/stable/23252885 The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro The Station Agent, dir Tom McCarthy Moonlight, dir Barry Jenkins Baraka, d...

The thrilling conclusions! Still working on the audio but it's better than before! Supplemental materials: https://www.bfi.org.uk/features/infographic-what-makes-film-noir Film Noir: An Introduction Noir and Neonoir | The Criterion Collection Grossman, Julie (2009). Rethinking the Femme Fatale in Film Noir: Ready for Her Close-Up . Keaney, Michael F. (2003). Film Noir Guide: 745 Films of the Class...

Friend of the Indelicate, Orbific (James B), joins to talk about one of his favorite art pieces of all time. Another crispy crunchy episode because Saath was screwing around with the audio inputs. Notes and supplemental material: High quality image of the art https://www.moma.org/collection/works/114939 Thomas Friedman: https://www.tomfriedmanartist.com Tehching Hsieh: https://www.tehchinghsieh.ne...

Xel (XelBleedsGlitter on Tumblr) comes back to talk more about fandom and some of the strange ways one can become a micro-celebrity whether they want to or not.

Guest Xel (XelBleedsGlitter on Tumblr) joins us to discuss how fandom has changed in our lifetimes. Wrev is cooking with gas on this one too. Some additional reading-- Memorial Blog to Dee AKA @spockslash Matt Baume's work on queerness on All In The Family Bronte Sisters and Gondal Queer and Now by Eve Sedgewick Lawrence v Texas

Friend of The Indelicates, Mayer, comes to hang out and talk about "outsider art" and the origins of the term itself. Sadly, Wrev could not join us. Spoiler: We think that term sucks! Supplemental Reading: Benedetto Croce, The Aesthetic as the Science of Expression and of the Linguistic in General Minturn, Kent. "Dubuffet, Levi-Strauss, and the Idea of Art Brut". Anthropology and Aesthetics Outsid...

We get back previous guest Teucer to explain why Jimmy Buffett is a musician worth your time. Supplemental reading: Following the Equator (sometimes titled "More Tramps Abroad") (1897) - Mark Twain Don't Stop the Carnival (1965) - Herman Wouk Tales from Margaritaville Where is Jon Merchant? Friends are always welcomed. If you're famous or otherwise notable, yeah you can come play in our sandbox to...

A double-stuffed episode! Supplemental Work: Click and Clack The Tap-it Brothers - NPR David Cronenberg and JG Ballard in Conversation at Cannes And of course. Simulacra and Simulation by Jean Baudrillard Friends are always welcomed. If you're famous or otherwise notable, yeah you can come play in our sandbox too. _____ On Tumblr: @echologorrhea Email: echologorrhea@tutamail.com Phone: 336-477-342...

We have been excited for this for too long. Supplemental Work: Unsafe at Any Speed by Ralph Nader, 1965 https://www.npr.org/2021/04/07/984784455/a-brief-history-of-how-racism-shaped-interstate-highways https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/jul/29/could-the-us-highways-that-split-communities-on-racial-lines-finally-fall https://dirt.asla.org/ Friends are always welcomed. If you're famous or othe...

A real crispy crunchy episode where Saath rambles, starting with Alexander Siddig and ending with world politics. And yes, of course. It would be incredibly cool of him or his family to reach out, even to just say hello. Supplemental reading: The Philosophy of the Teachings of Islam by Mirza Ghulam Ahmad Ahmadiyya Arguments in Support of the Book of Allah - the Qur'an, and the Prophethood of Muham...

Everything's as if we never recorded a podcast. Alright, the audio on this was crunchier than we like, so hopefully the edits around it are fun. Supplemental materials: Swanson on Swanson (1980) Ready for My Close-Up: The Making of Sunset Boulevard and the Dark Side of the Hollywood Dream by David Lubin (2024) Heller, Karen (December 30, 2022). "The newly relevant relationship between Trump and 'S...

Art, Philosophy, and Religion? WRONG. BRATZ DOLLS Supplemental Materials: Bratz Was Ahead Of Its Time. Culture Finally Caught Up. https://www.nylon.com/life/bratz-dolls-evolution-history-creators Lookin Bratz https://www.lookinbratz.com/guides Brown V. Board: The Significance of the "doll test" https://www.naacpldf.org/brown-vs-board/significance-doll-test/ Gordon Parks, the photographer who captu...

That's right: 10 episodes in, and now we decide to explain the whole point of this thing. Some reading: A Note On The Ongoing Processes of Commodification: From The Audience Commodity To The Social Factory by Jernej Prodnik. Samizdat and Political Dissent in the Soviet Union by M. F. Feldbrugge, Viewing: Sifl and Olly. The Illusion of Independent Radio. Friends are always welcomed. If you're famou...

We are taking advantage of the medium and the lack of monetization to talk about sex in a very blunt way. CW for discussion of rape and sexual assault. Some additional topics include nudity, tentacle porn, and Texas Chainsaw Massacre (but in a good way) This one was a bit off-the-cuff but we will touch on this again, and we will try to compile a reading list On Tumblr: @echologorrhea Email: echolo...

Part of the impetus for this whole experiment. Saath was so excited to talk about this that they forgot some of their notes. Some additional reading: Silence (2016 film) - Wikipedia Endō Shūsaku: a literature of reconciliation by Mark Williams. The Life of Francis Xavier in Japan Shogun by James Clavell and the subsequent miniseries, Richard Chamberlain (1980) and Cosmo Jarvis (2024). Kamen Rider...

Our first "lost" episode! A first pass at the topic of wrestling that led up to the more cohesive discussion. Saath hadn't seen the Fundie Fridays video at that time. Some things to check out: Fundie Fridays on Hulk Hogan, anything by Dave "Tuna" Meltzer, and probably more things. We had a lot going on in our lives when we recorded this and were a bit scattered. ++++ Find us on Tumblr @echologorrh...

THERE ARE NO HULKAMANIACS HERE! Consider a supplementary piece to the wonderful video on wrestling that Fundie Fridays put out. Further reading: The Death of WCW by Bryan Alvarez, Simulacra and Simulation by Jean Baudrillard, The Order of Things by Michael Foucault, Simulation and Dissimulation by Francis Bacon, and these two essays Jean Baudrillard- Two Essays ("Simulacra and Science Fiction" and...

It's time to talk about a movie that deserves a second look from everyone who has whimsey in their heart. ++++ Find us on Tumblr @echologorrhea Email us via echologorrhea@tutamail.com Or, give us a call at 336-477-3425

A hopefully cathartic conclusion. A note: Saath's comment on Marx is helpfully rebutted by Ryan Moore in "Marx Goes To Texas", published in Protean Magazine: https://proteanmag.com/2024/08/11/marx-goes-to-texas/ Other additional resources: Oil! by Upton Sinclair (basis for There Will Be Blood ) Brookings Institute on the Teapot Dome scandal (basis for Oil! ) https://academic.brooklyn.cuny.edu/hist...

We really wished this one had been less relevant. Some resources referenced in the episode: Human Dignity and Humiliation Studies: https://www.humiliationstudies.org/ Vinogradovs, V. Kant’s Phenomenology of Humiliation. J Value Inquiry 53 , 193–211 (2019). Laing, James. The harm of humiliation. European Journal of Philosophy. 32, 532-547 (2024) Kaufman, Paulus ed. Humiliation, degradation, dehuman...

The thrilling followup! Note: In the moment, Saath couldn't remember that name of the franchise for Skyrim and Oblivion is The Elder Scrolls series. We forgot that other podcasts give ways to contact people. So, here's how to contact us: Find us on Tumblr @echologorrhea Email us via echologorrhea@tutamail.com Or, give us a call at 336-477-3425

Everyone's favorite post-nuclear franchise that is also obsessed with retrofuturism! We cover the Fallout games from the perspective of the diegetic music. And of course, this is a part 1. Stay tuned for Part 2