Deathnography Podcast #5 - Is School Bad? Does Art Suck? Communism and the Academy ft Taylor Genovese and McKenna Gray

12/06/19 • 86 min

In this episode of the Deathnography Podcast, I talk to two leftist scholars about Marxism, subtle anti-communism in the academy, and art history. Taylor Genovese explains the neoliberal co-option of radical politics in the corporate university. McKenna Gray tells us about their time in a conservative art college, and the colonial roots of museums.

McKenna Gray has also prepared a reading list to accompany this podcast, about the relationship between capitalism and contemporary art: www.mckennagray.com/deathnography

Thank you to the Patreon subscribers who support my work - sorry for the long wait.

McKenna Gray has also prepared a reading list to accompany this podcast, about the relationship between capitalism and contemporary art: www.mckennagray.com/deathnography

Thank you to the Patreon subscribers who support my work - sorry for the long wait.

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Deathnography Podcast #4 - Sport / Gym / Gender ft Prof Katie Rose Hejtmanek and Liona Gibbs-Bravo

This episode of Deathnography Podcast delves into fitness, combat, sport, and our competitive drives. I speak to Professor Katie Rose Hejtmanek about her research on (and participation in) Crossfit and weightlifting. Liona Gibbs-Bravo tells us how an anthropologist ends up in a boxing gym. We talk about gender, gyms, and the stories we craft about ourselves.

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Deathnography Podcast #6 - China and COVID-19 featuring Amanda, Vijay Prashad, Justin Kong

Let's talk about China and COVID-19! Let's take a look at western imperialism at the root of the current media war on China! Let's visit a wet market with our grandmas! In this episode of the Deathnography Podcast, I speak with three guests about these topics. Amanda (@catcontentonly) breaks down the American ideological state apparatuses known as "The New York Times" and "The Washington Post." Vijay Prashad tells us how pandemics are racialized, historically, and gives us a chronology of early Chinese responses to this Coronavirus. Justin Kong reports on sinophobia faced by Chinese Canadians.

If you want to support the organizations mentioned by Amanda and Justin:

https://ca.gofundme.com/f/emergency-stirfry-mealsonwheels-for-seniors

https://ccnctoronto.ca/

https://secure.givelively.org/donate/minkwon-center-for-community-action-inc/flushing-mutual-aid-fund

Read Vijay Prashad, Du Xiaojun, and Weiyan Zhu's report "China and Coronashock" here:

https://www.thetricontinental.org/studies-2-coronavirus/

Read Justin Kong's report on anti-Chinese sentiment in Canadian politics:

https://ricochet.media/en/3068/right-wing-political-strategies-based-on-anti-chinese-prejudice-are-growing

If you want to learn more about imperialism you can read Imperialism, the Highest Stage of Capitalism, by Vladimir Ilyich Lenin: https://www.marxists.org/archive/lenin/works/1916/imp-hsc/

Special thanks to Jen, Sydney, Elizabeth, Sharmeen, Ri, Gareth, and Liona for test-listening to this episode. Thank you also to all my supporters on Patreon.