Keegan Brady, Taylor Lewandowski, and Lynne Tillman talk about how Lewandowski and Tillman’s interview book The Mystery of Perception took shape, reflecting on their collaborative process and considering the interview-as-book as a contemporary, metamodern twist on the literary “I".

Listen to the full segment ➚here

Bonus Links:

>>> Get your hands on the book through Archway Editions ➚here.

>>> Listen to more Lynne Tillman in the MPR archive ➚here.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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For this segment, young militants involved in Palestine solidarity encampments join Ruth Wilson Gilmore — veteran organizer, Marxist geographer, and founding figure of the prison abolition movement — for a one-time seminar designed to trade insights and reflect collectively on the challenges and victories of resistance.

Listen to the full segment ➚here

Bonus Links:

>>> Listen to the lecture that informed their conversation ➚here.

>>> Introducing The Bad Side ➚here.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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The Committee is a radio play by Liz Magic Lazer that weaves student testimonies into a collective autofiction — part psychodrama, part political satire. Presented as a live news broadcast, it draws on the rhetoric of McCarthyism, the spectacle of reality TV, and the fragility of artistic freedom in a time of protest and repression.

Listen to Act 1 ➚here

Listen to Act 2 ➚here

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Pascale de Graaf traces the origins of electronic music and cybernetics through the lens of Jasia Reichardt’s robotics archive. From Halim El-Dabh’s groundbreaking Wire Recorder Piece (1944) and John Cage’s pioneering tape compositions of the 1960s, to Philip K. Dick’s speculative fiction and the genre-defying music of Arca, this episode provides an interdisciplinary perspective on the intertwined histories of technology that have shaped contemporary artistic visions of the future.

Listen to the full segment ➚here

Bonus Links:

>>> Read "The Electric Ant" by Philip K Dick ➚here.

>>> Watch Eris Sykes' film "The Plank" ➚here.

>>> Watch Jasia Reichardts' Brief Tour of Cybernetic Serendipity ➚here.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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ART follows musician Dorian Electra’s encounters with their favorite works from Antiquity. Part tribute and part experiment, ART is a self-aware outsider’s attempt at translation.

This book-launching segment features readings and performances by Dorian Electra, Jane Balfus, Sam Rolfes, Corrine Ciani, Julian Ribeiro, Babedrea33, Izzy Casey, Christian Prince, Ruby Justice, Lewis Grant, Count Baldor, DJ F*ck, Nicholas Christenson + Lulu West, and more.

Listen to the full segment ➚here

Bonus Links:

>>> Buy a copy of ART ➚here.

>>> Listen to Dorian talk alt-media conspiracies & ideological mixology ➚here.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Asha Tamarisa chairs a roundtable discussion that unsettles “official” histories and dominant archival logics while illuminating the intricate relationship between the Global South and American experimental sonic arts.

Listen ➚here

Bonus Links:

>>> Read "Cache Rules Everything Around Me" from the Counter Archive Issue of Incite! ➚here.

>>> Read more about the Counter-Archiving the Avant-Garde platform ➚here.

>>> Listen to more episodes about archives in MPR's archive under the Archive tab ➚here. Archives...archives...archives...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Hear director Luna Mahoux discuss The Other Queen of Memphis, her documentary celebrating the unsung icon of Memphis rap, La Chat. Traversing resistence and rememberance as we follow La Chat through the city, the film traces a story of legacy, loss, and the tension between cultural influence and material wealth.

Listen to the full segment ➚here

Bonus Links:

>>> Listen to La Chats' legendary album Murder She Spoke ➚here.

>>> Listen to La Chats' NTS show ➚here.

>>> Listen Memphis legends tear up the club via the MPR archive ➚here.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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