We are Russian agents on this one. Billy, Joy, and new guest Nikolai discuss the Strelka Institute, an architecture and urban planning school/think tank housed in Moscow, which Joy and Nikolai both attend. We also discuss the strange dreams tha

18: Joy Is a Good Girl/ I Wanna be Sent to a Penal Colony

Jan 24th, 2018 1h 7m

Billy (@goodpureform) and Joy (@dykwyas) are joined by Rob Kozar and Jackson Frons (@fronssss). We discuss indie lit, Tao Lin, Jackson's various literary side hustles, Jacques Tati's "Playtime," WKW's "Fallen Angels," Kafka's "The Castle," Joy'

17: Wong Kar-wai Not (have an episode on Wong Kar-wai)?

Jan 4th, 2018 1h 25m

In this episode, the original gang of Billy (@goodpureform), Joy (@dykwyas), and Kyle (@chickenpaprkia) discuss a few films by Wong Kar-wai, most notably Chungking Express, Happy Together, and Fallen Angels, with reference to Ackbar Abbas' book

16: The Production of Male Rage, Net Neutrality, and 'Bama

Dec 19th, 2017 1h 9m

William Lennon, Rob Kozar, and Kyle are at it again, discussing the revoking of net neutrality, Doug Jones' victory in the Alabama special election and its implications, and Dayna Tortorici's essay in the latest edition of N+1, "In the Maze." (

15: Pernicious Narratives

Dec 11th, 2017 1h 14m

In this episode, myself and Rob Kozar have a two-pronged thesis. The first part of it is that US government puts forth false narratives in order to justify our military presence in foreign countries, namely the Middle East. The second part of i

14: And the Cycle Continues (On Gentrification)

Nov 16th, 2017 1h 20m

Billy, Jasmine and Kevin talk about gentrification in New York and Cleveland. We talk about how a combination of artists moving to low-income areas in conjunction with developers drive out people who have lived in those low-income areas for a l

13: I'm Allowed To Say This Because I'm X

Oct 2nd, 2017 1h 27m

Billy and Kyle are joined by special guest Jasmine. We discuss Torts, Hillary's new book, Trash TV, cigarettes, and Kingdom Hearts. Articles discussed are by Sam Kriss.(http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/hillary-clinton-what-happened-review_us

12: Transgression; Or, Draymond Green's a Surrealist

Jul 3rd, 2017 1h 10m

On this episode, Billy, Kyle, and Joy discuss the colonization of Hong Kong, 4 chan, left Facebook, editing Wikipedia pages for Feminism, and why Draymond Green is kind of a surrealist. Articles and books discussed are "Collaborative Colonial P

11: Ministry of Swag

Jun 28th, 2017 1h 13m

I'm joined by Rob Kozar, Jackson Frons, and Peter Adler Asch. We discuss Dad rock, celebrities in politics, valor, identity politics, Lena Dunham and OBJ, Marxism, the Arab Spring, D3 tennis, sports culture, Peter's Great Grandfather Solomon As

10: Miss the Moment

Jun 20th, 2017 45m 55s

I'm joined by my housemate, fellow JD collaborator, and professor at LCCC, Rob Kozar. We discuss evolutionary theory, the state of the left, social psychological experiments, Zizek, Lenin, Althusser, and Radiohead's song "Optimistic", which I s

9: Disruption

Jun 13th, 2017 1h 5m

On this episode Jason, Kyle, and Billy discuss Amber A'Lee Frost's recent piece in the Baffler (https://thebaffler.com/outbursts/all-worked-up-nowhere-to-go-frost) as well as a piece on the alt-right by Evan Malmgren (https://www.dissentmagazin

9: Disruption

Jun 13th, 2017 1h 5m

8: Transclusivity and Darkness

Jun 6th, 2017 51m 7s

On this episode we talk about Eamon Levesque's article "Crimes Against Design (https://www.jacobinmag.com/2017/06/trump-gucci-vetements-fashion-couture-art) and David Alm's article on Richard Spencer in the Point (https://thepointmag.com/2017/p

7: Basketball Boys

May 30th, 2017 1h

This week we brought on Charlie and my boy Dan. We preview the NBA Finals and breakdown the current state of the league, as well as comparing this series to the civil war (Tech dystopia vs Post-industrial dystopia). Also general banter, with a

6: Poison is My Remedy

Mar 30th, 2017 1h 21m

In episode 6, we do a little reading series. We look at Giorgio Agamben, Nietzsche, Chu Tien-Wen, some author whose name I forgot that Joy talked about, and Svetlana Alexievich. We also talk about Charles Murray's visit to Middlebury, and analy

Junior Dance 5: Buried Futures, New Worlds, Other Rooms (w/Mark Fisher)

Feb 28th, 2017 56m 15s

Mark Fisher, the Future, Milton Friedman, Kate, de Chirico, and Burial.

4: You Ain't No Dickens

Dec 21st, 2016 1h 8m

This week we discuss an interview Kyle had, Soviet Socialist Realist literature, and Jonathan Franzen's Harper's Essay.

3: to have and to have not economic anxiety

Dec 8th, 2016 54m 57s

We are Lind-Boys this week! Kyle and Billy, in the absence of Joy, talk about whether or not the Midwest will become more relevant after the Democrats failed to create a coalition of the coasts and large urban areas, Michael Lind's article "To

2: Contingent Floppy Disk Rorty Boys 2016

Nov 29th, 2016 1h 16m

The boys are once again joined by Joy, and they discuss a variety of topics, including the Japanese education system, where we got the name for our podcast, Billy's supposed resemblance to Kevin Love, Adorno's presence in a department store, Fi

Episode 1: Complete the System

Nov 21st, 2016 1h 47m

In Episode 1 of a podcast to be named, chief and garwin are joined by special guest Joy (Hong Kong). They discuss, amongst other things, living abroad, 10 pound cocktails, hipster bakeries, Cracker Barrel, Marxist aesthetic theory, UK football

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