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Anarcast #10: Revolutions, Libya, & Gaddafi

February 22, 2011 By Leave a Comment

The Playful Anarchist podcast, with Asher Black

Topic: The revolutions in Tunisia, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Libya. Gaddafi the Acid-head. Chants as Middle Eastern Kumbaya. The hypocrisy of conservatism. Inconsistent conspiracies.  Sarah Palin (always more nutty goodness). The embarrassment of the West – US & Europe. The news as ongoing demonstration of conspiracy and anarchist premises.

Music: by Kalakh (“Hoba Hoba Spirit”). Opinions: solely those of Asher Black.

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Anarcast #9: Earthquakes & Fundamentalism

February 27, 2010 By Leave a Comment

The Playful Anarchist podcast, with Asher Black

Topic: Earthquakes that get lots of press and so lots of aid, prompt some fundamentalists to ask whether it’s God’s judgment on some particular nation – as though God considers national boundaries the defining factor in whom he judges, and as though the US, where such discussion occurs, is a righteous and good nation, with whom God is quite pleased, while countries like Haiti and Chile are bad ones, and God is angry with them – anger being presumably the cause of judgment. Asher analyzes this kind of thinking in the context of these and other earthquakes, drawing on the US Geological Survey, the Center for Earthquake Research and Information, and other references.

Music: by Beth Quist (Q Song) on the Magnatune label. Opinions: solely those of Asher Black.

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Anarcast #8: Attack on Google & Internet Freedom

February 27, 2010 By Leave a Comment

The Playful Anarchist podcast, with Asher Black (Anarcast #8, AsherCast #8).

Topic: the Italian courts jailing Google executives for not pulling an offensive video from Youtube more quickly. Asher argues that the method by which governments are progressively regulating the internet is by exposing free speech providers to massive litigation or criminal charges, so that they have to restrict speech on the governments’ behalf (the Napster protocol). Asher makes the case that this effectively insulates governments and their incestuous pacts with corporations from criticism – by appeal to a right to privacy. Asher makes the point that the supposed “right to privacy” that upheld Roe vs. Wade in the US offers a similar justification of internet restrictions in the United States, and that the “liberals” who made that “pact with the devil” will be responsible, ironically, for the restrictions of free speech (including their own) that are the outcome.

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Music: by Stellamara (Immrama) on the Magnatune label. Opinions: solely those of Asher Black.

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Anarcast #7: Tea Party Politics – Hate Everyone Else

February 20, 2010 By Leave a Comment

The Playful Anarchist podcast, with Asher Black (Anarcast #7, AsherCast #7). The Tea Party are just asking for it, like lame gazelles to a predator. When does the politics of anger become the politics of hate. Asher compares the Tea Party movement to identity groups, and blasts their supposed Christian base. Music by Thursday Group (Like White on Rice) on the Magnatune label. Opinions: solely those of Asher Black. New call-center style headset. Smaller mp3 size.

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Anarcast #6: Auras, Energies, Good Vibrations

February 11, 2010 By Leave a Comment

The Playful Anarchist podcast, with Asher Black (Anarcast #6, AsherCast #6). Yielding your personal moral and intellectual sovereignty takes many forms. Asher talks about how adopting a belief in ‘new age’ auras, energies, and vibrations turns otherwise effective intellects into merely receptive tools. Music by Ehren Starks (The Tale of Room 620) and Jan Hanford (Prelude No. 14 in D Minor), both on the Magnatune label. Opinions: solely those of Asher Black. Trying some editing (removing pauses and silences, etc.), trailing music.

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Anarcast #5: The Edge of Burlington

February 11, 2010 By Leave a Comment

The Playful Anarchist podcast, with Asher Black (Anarcast #5, AsherCast #5). Asher talks about the Mel Gibson film Edge of Darkness and the shoe section at Burlington Coat Factory (an anarchy of fashion). Music by Paul Berget (Recercar) on the Magnatune Label. Opinions: solely those of Asher Black. Trying some editing (removal of pauses and silences, lead and trailing music).

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Anarcast #4: Issues and Art

February 9, 2010 By Leave a Comment

The Playful Anarchist podcast, with Asher Black (Anarcast #4, AsherCast #4). Better audio quality. Late night. An anarchist will acknowledge that everything is political, which is why turning it into something with a life of its own makes little sense. Talking about politics, social issues, and art, as well as health claims in TV commercials. Music is by Fernwood – “Music played by hand on instruments made of wood”. Song is called “Sandpiper”. It’s on the Magnatune label.

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Anarcast #3: Sarah Palin

February 8, 2010 By Leave a Comment

The Playful Anarchist podcast, with Asher Black (Anarcast #3, AsherCast #3). Warning: audio quality is low. Which is better – the absence of government or the absence of thought in government? Discussing Sarah Palin at National Tea Party Convention in the US, the Politics of Obstruction utilized by Republicans in 2009-2010, and International Adoption as human trafficking. Music: Aeon by Adam Fielding, Magnatune label. Opinions: solely those of Asher Black.

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Anarcast #2: Jeremy Saw Monsters

February 7, 2010 By Leave a Comment

The Playful Anarchist podcast, with Asher Black (Anarcast #2, AsherCast #2). One form of playful anarchy is doing something non-political or that precludes the artificiality of political speech, such as replacing it with truth in the form of fiction. Reading of original fiction by Asher Black. Story is copyright 2009 by Asher Black.

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Anarcast #1: To Hell with the RIAA

February 7, 2010 By Leave a Comment

The Playful Anarchist podcast, with Asher Black (Anarcast #1, AsherCast #1). When you can’t go along, you go around. – Asher Black. Music: by Beth Quist on the Magnatune label. Opinions: solely those of Asher Black.

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