The Relentless Picnic
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Cabin - Ep. 0: Prologue
The Relentless Picnic
04/24/20 • 11 min
A preview of CABIN: the upcoming season from The Relentless Picnic.
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Ep. 20 - Secret Teaching
The Relentless Picnic
08/02/17 • 118 min
This week from our special plans department, Leo Strauss: a guide for the perplexed. Politics, both ancient and modern; the allure of elite cabals; a whiskey spill Rorschach test; polemics, hermeneutics, and sex in the stacks. Plus—Iraq, intelligence, independence, and other declarations of the great atheist priest: Text. WORKS CITED: Leo Strauss and the Politics of American Empire (Yale University Press, 2004), by Anne Norton; The Enduring Importance of Leo Strauss (University of Chicago Press, 2013), by Laurence Lampert; Silent Warfare: Understanding the World of Intelligence (3rd ed., Potomac Books, 2002), by Abram N. Shulsky and Gary J. Schmitt; "Leo Strauss and the World of Intelligence (By Which We Do Not Mean Nous)," by Gary J. Schmitt and Abram N. Shulksy: http://bit.ly/2woEPwb ; "Sphinx Without a Secret," by M.F. Burnyeat, NY Review of Books (May 1985): http://bit.ly/2wp0DrH ; "What Is Liberal Education?" by Leo Strauss (June 1959): http://bit.ly/2u7v2xI ; Harvey Mansfield in conversation with Bill Kristol: https://youtu.be/t-gH7Waedtk ; "Leo Strauss: September 20, 1899-October 18, 1973," by Allan Bloom: http://bit.ly/2hqL5Rp ; "Leo Strauss: Friend of Liberal Democracy," by Jeet Heer (March '08): http://bit.ly/2u4kxaq ; Leo Strauss as Teacher, 2011 conference at U. of Chicago: https://youtu.be/vyaqZAwodeU ; "Seminar in Political Philosophy: Karl Marx," Leo Strauss (with Joseph Cropsey): http://bit.ly/2vsCjbd [excerpt is from 4/20/60; nice]. FURTHER READING: Profile of Abram Shulsky: "Selective Intelligence," by Seymour M. Hersh, New Yorker (May 2003): http://bit.ly/2o0t2mZ ; Jenny Strauss Clay, adoptive daughter of Leo, responds to his critics: "The Real Leo Strauss," NY Times (June 2003): http://nyti.ms/1i6Dj4I ; BBC documentary filmmaker Adam Curtis on Leo Strauss, from The Power of Nightmares (2004): https://youtu.be/FyKpjDup8Fw ; "Reading Leo Strauss," by Steven B. Smith, NY Times (June 2006): http://nyti.ms/2vsSHbr ; "The Pro-Trump Intellectuals Who Want to Overthrow America," by Jeet Heer, New Republic (Oct. 2016): http://bit.ly/2n6v6al.
Ep. 18 - Happy Nation
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06/28/17 • 107 min
Chaos reigns! The Relentless Picnic emerges victorious after the heinous destruction of our National Caverns! Justly! Jurassic Park, )))Ace of Base(((, Future Trump Scandals, Groundhog Day, and yet more dredging at the limit of human intelligence.
Ep. 4 - Alexa Lives on Aristotle
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01/11/17 • 65 min
We send three virtual humans to the Consumer Electronics Show to sample the gadgets of the destructor class. - "To save books, librarians create fake 'reader' to check out titles" (Dec. '16): http://bit.ly/2iB2Dtr
Ep. 3 - The Id Queen
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12/31/16 • 81 min
Battling the swarm of political messaging, a quick zip into the abyss with Vladislav Surkov, and bets are placed on the shape of the new American fascism. - "Without Sky" by "Natan Dubovitsky" (trans. Bill Bowler): http://www.bewilderingstories.com/issue582/without_sky.html
Cabin - Ep. 7
The Relentless Picnic
12/29/20 • 73 min
“‘Oh!’ say the technophiles, ‘Science is going to fix all that! We will conquer famine, eliminate psychological suffering, make everybody healthy and happy!’ Yeah, sure. The technophiles are hopelessly naive (or self-deceiving) in their understanding of social problems. Thus it will take a long and difficult period of trial and error for the technophiles to work the bugs out of their Brave New World (if they ever do). In the mean time there will be great suffering.” —T. Kaczynski, Industrial Society and Its Future (1995). Cabin is the new season from The Relentless Picnic. It's one story told over multiple episodes. It's a story about solitude and isolation, community and loss, Henry David Thoreau and Ted Kaczynski—and it's told through audio recorded throughout 2019 and 2020. Support us at patreon.com/relentlesspicnic for access to a ton of bonus content. Our web site is relentlesspicnic.com SOURCES (Ep. 7): - The Unabomber In His Own Words (2018), dir. Mick Grogan, on Netflix: bit.ly/2DbHkuh ; - Technological Slavery: The Collected Writings of Theodore J. Kaczynski, a.k.a. “The Unabomber”, ed. and introduction by David Skirbina, 2010: amzn.to/2STTFYH ; - Walden; or, Life in the Woods, by H.D. Thoreau (1854): bit.ly/35RyPPQ ; - Patrick Conley: bit.ly/3pGdIIL ; - Ken Baumann: bit.ly/2WUmHK1 ; - Jacques Ellul, The Technological Society (1954): amzn.to/3o2zdmy ; - Eric Hoffer, The True Believer (1951): amzn.to/34TDrFl ; - The History of Violence in America, eds. H.D. Graham & T.R. Gurr (1969): amzn.to/3rCmGsl ; - Chester C. Tan, Chinese Political Thought in the Twentieth Century (1971): amzn.to/3aUNCgQ ; - L. Sprague de Camp, The Ancient Engineers (1963): amzn.to/3o8lavW ; - “Why the Future Doesn’t Need Us,” by Bill Joy (WIRED, Apr., 2000): bit.ly/3hw5uQD ; - season photo: "Untitled #2214" by Todd Hido, 1998.
Ep. 8 - Fight Song
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02/18/17 • 67 min
A free-form, Saul-into-Paul hour-long lightning round. With a white-knuckle tour of Mark Zuckerberg's babyteaching, shirtshooting, A.I.-in-the-home. Plus: a deep scan of Paul Ryan's cowardice and a meditation on the Court's Snuggie addict supreme, Sam Alito.
Ep. 7 - Stanley Picnic Presents: Citizen Kane
The Relentless Picnic
02/08/17 • 116 min
We take a freedive into American culture's most unlikely and prophetic artefact. No supplemental oxygen allowed. First in a series.
Ep. 0 - Bulletproof Evidence & the Basement that Wasn't
The Relentless Picnic
12/02/16 • 39 min
In our hearts we are all the pizzagate shooter.
Ep. 26 - This Is Marketplace
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01/17/18 • 109 min
Like I always say, if the markets are a-singin', you better know how to make 'em dance. Today on the program, it's a deep dive in the shallow pond that is NPR's Marketplace. We'll ask the question: are there Nazis in-studio forcing them to be like this? Or is there a more covert kind of fascism within the neoliberal soul? I'm Kai Ryssdal, and this sinking ship is called Marketplace. SOURCES: - "Buying 450 Million Ripple? - $1Billion Ripple XRP Buy - XRP Ripple CryptoCurrency," by the right reputable Crypto Coin News: https://youtu.be/_TGELnePogs ; - "Is Amazon finally poised for a complete retail takeover?" (Oct. 27, 2017): http://bit.ly/2Dd9mku ; - "Why accountants can't wait for the new tax bill" (Oct. 30, 2017): http://bit.ly/2DJqfEw ; - "Does trickle-down economics make any sense?" (Nov. 7, 2017): http://bit.ly/2EOQiJP ; - "F is For Future: How to Think About Public Media's Next 50 Years" a Knight Foundation whitepaper by Melody Kramer and Betsy Odonovan (2017): http://kng.ht/2AFoCGp ; - Weekly Wrap: "What lowering the tax rate means for the economy" (Sept. 1, 2017): http://bit.ly/2mENxDo ; - "How will corporations spend their tax cuts?" (Dec. 1, 2017): http://bit.ly/2DbtByT ; - "How Kai Ryssdal, Radio Host, Does It," by Kai Ryssdal, as told to KJ Dell'Antonia (NY Times; May 29, 2013): http://nyti.ms/2rdDmLr ; - Vanity Fair profile of Kai Ryssdal, by Sarah Ball (Oct. 17, 2013): http://bit.ly/2mG6GEM ; - Kai on PBS NewsHour with Hari Sreenivasan (Oct. 18, 2016): https://youtu.be/gbMxKqUk02E ; - "A surprise viral hit: Income inequality, the movie" (March 8, 2013): http://bit.ly/2FLj13d ; - "Inequality: Capitalism's 'squeaky wheel'" (Jan. 29, 2014): http://bit.ly/2DmwvnY ; - sporadic Marketplace excerpts from 4/5/17–1/12/18 ; - music from the episode: http://bit.ly/2DmLtKu.
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How many episodes does The Relentless Picnic have?
The Relentless Picnic currently has 52 episodes available.
What topics does The Relentless Picnic cover?
The podcast is about Mad Men, Literature, Society & Culture, Advertising, Television, Podcasts, Philosophy, Tv and Analysis.
What is the most popular episode on The Relentless Picnic?
The episode title 'Cabin - Ep. 0: Prologue' is the most popular.
What is the average episode length on The Relentless Picnic?
The average episode length on The Relentless Picnic is 80 minutes.
How often are episodes of The Relentless Picnic released?
Episodes of The Relentless Picnic are typically released every 18 days.
When was the first episode of The Relentless Picnic?
The first episode of The Relentless Picnic was released on Dec 2, 2016.
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