PREVIEW - #104 - Capitalist Realism

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05/31/19 • 1 min

PATREON EXCLUSIVE: https://www.patreon.com/posts/27271114 Can satire save the republic? Saturday Night Live certainly didn't when they invited then-candidate Donald Trump to host in the fall of 2015. We finally explore one of the pillars of American comedy by examining one of its all-time worst episodes. PLUS: the reactionary politics of one of Britain's best-loved citizens!

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In the early 20th century, artists tried to grapple with the trauma of World War I, while regimes in the Soviet Union and Germany sought to use art as a tool of power. Legendary art critic Robert Hughes surveyed dadaism, expressionism, futurism, and the Russian avant-garde in his 1980 BBC documentary series SHOCK OF THE NEW. We ask the age-old question, "Can art inspire social/political change?"... and also ask: "Should it even try?" PLUS: the hosts grapple with the divide between high and low culture, and Luke shares his love of Star Trek.

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Before Brexit, before the "chicken coup," and before Labour's surprising showing in the 2017 British election, newly-minted Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn gave Vice Media unusual access for their short documentary "Jeremy Corbyn: The Outsider." This 2016 time-capsule gives us opportunity to consider where the left-wing leader came from, how he got there, how he's still here, and where he might be going. PLUS: we riff on some listener mail, and discuss Toronto's hottest new gentrifier! "Jeremy Corbyn: The Outsider" - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=94ptAcbfKP0