The Zen Revolution - Dead Season #18

08/26/10 • 19 min

Chapter Eighteen - Dead Season - H. Grevemberg reads an excerpt from Upton Sinclair’sThe Jungle, of the rare breed of novel that drives real change, political change. Chapter 18 - Dead Season, the final chapter of Season Three - The Fall, describes the final moments before the author’s return to practice. The bumper music is The Cranes -Jewel - Leave Her to Heaven.

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The Zen Revolution - Fire #19

Chapter Nineteen - Fire - H. Grevemberg reads an excerpt from Mark Twain’s Life on the Mississippi - an excerpt that reveals much about life. In Fire, the author returns to formal practice at the desert monastery after a fire nearly destroys it, and finds something extraordinary. The bumper music is the author’s own - Strong.

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The Zen Revolution - The Press Forward #17

Chapter Seventeen - The Press Forward - H. Grevemberg reads an excerpt from Hunter S. Thompson’s The Great Shark Hunt — an out-of-print collection of essays that covers a good span of the author’s work — this one from Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas. Chapter 17 - The Press Forward is an argument against relationship developed from H. Grevemberg’s Giant essay — a heady look into the production of a saint. The bumper music is Black Sabbath - Volume Four - The Straightener.