Semi-Intellectual Musings
 

Semi-Intellectual Musings

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Podcast focusing on the social sciences, humanities and arts.

Episodes

Patio Session #1

Thursday Sep 28, 2017

Thursday Sep 28, 2017

Semi-Intellectual Musings's first recorded Patio Session. We sit outside with a maple whiskey from Quebec. Somehow the discussion went from a lovely view of the Gatineau hills to a ghost story. 

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Patio Sessions are where we sit down to chat with little to no prep work done. It's a way to provide updates on the show, talk about what's on our minds and connect the old fashioned way: over drinks. 

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Music: Song "Soul Challenger" appearing on "Cullahnary School" by Cullah. Available at: http://www.cullah.com. Under CC BY SA license http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

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The Art of Satire

Monday Sep 25, 2017

Monday Sep 25, 2017

It’s the start of Banned Books week, which means we begin to pontificate over works that have been challenged, mostly wondering why someone would want to ban The Catcher in the Rye or To Kill a Mockingbird or One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest. We figured a look at satire is a good entry way into the realm of the forbidden. Before we fall too far down that rabbit hole, we pause to thank some friends of the show.

The Art of Satire (14:33)

Satire isn’t easy. Too offensive and the satirist comes off as simply ill-hearted. Not offensive enough, however, the aspirating rhetorician will appear to be but a decoy (or in John Stewart's words: a hack). A good satire, a satire that sticks and makes people remember the punishment has to have just the right amount of wit, humour and pointedness. In this episode we discuss the art of satire from books, to plays, to visual arts and music. We try to understand what the idea of satire is and how it is best practiced. We wonder how satire differs from parody, irony, lampoons and farces. We end with a discussion of the cult-classic television cartoon South Park, exploring how satire is deployed in the series while debating it’s ironic value and wondering if it’s really all that funny (1:15:05). It’s an episode packed with attempts at humor, irony, exaggeration, and lots of ridicule. Not for the faint of heart. 

Links to audio clips:

Further reading:

Concluding thought:  

Satire is a sort of glass, wherein beholders do generally discover everybody's face but their own

-Jonathan Swift

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We played a promo for the Forgotten News Podcast. Check them out at: https://itunes.apple.com/ca/podcast/forgotten-news-podcast/id1260175711?mt=2

We also played a promo for Our Strange Skies podcast, which will debut in January. Follow the developments on Twitter: https://twitter.com/ourstrangeskies and https://twitter.com/YerUFOGuy

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  • Intro Music #1: Song "Soul Challenger" appearing on "Cullahnary School" by Cullah Available at: http://www.cullah.com Under CC BY SA license http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
  • Intro Music #2: Song “Word Crimes: appearing on “Mandatory Fun“ by ‘Weird Al’ Yankovic.
  • Interlude Music: Song “Pollution” (1969) From the Reprise album RS 6179 "That Was The Year That Was" by Tom Lehrer
  • Outro Music: Song "Model of a Modern Network TV Show" appearing on ‘Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip’, Season 1 Episode 2 “The Cold Open” (TV Series, Creator: Aaron Sorkin, Director: Thomas Schlamme)

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Networks of Conspiracies - Part 2

Saturday Sep 16, 2017

Saturday Sep 16, 2017

This is the conclusion to Networks of Conspiracies Part 1. We kick it off with a discussion of the 1980’s political, economic  and cultural context to help understand the war on drugs. We then dive into the conspiratorial plots of the 1990’s: Tupac, Biggie, Princess Diana and Kurt Cobain. We end with a discussion and a montage of newsroom sound bites from the most organized series of events in recent United States History: September 11th 2001. We get a little emotional about the whole affair, then ask some tough questions about the dark corners of the internet.

Links to audio clips:

Concluding thought:  

The world is governed by very different personages from what is imagined by those who are not behind the scenes.

Benjamin Disraeli, Coningsby, or the New Generation (1844).

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This episode featured a few beers from Collective Arts Brewery located in Hamilton, Ontario. Great beers, beautiful artwork and amazing music await you: http://collectiveartsbrewing.com/home/

In honour of the banished, we tasted a Cabernet Sauvignon from 19 Crimes. Dark but subtle, it was a perfect way to end a long recording session. Check out their offerings and the stories behind the wine: http://19crimes.com/

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Networks of Conspiracies - Part 1

Monday Sep 11, 2017

Monday Sep 11, 2017

Matt & Phil put on tinfoil hats, shut the curtains and prepare to free their minds. But first, they settle a debate about peameal bacon: friend or foe? Phil recounts a Facebook occurrence involving the Bombs Away podcast. Call it fate, or divine intervention, Disney’s Angels in the Outfield came back. Skip from the Skip and Josh podcast couldn’t resist getting in on the baseball movie action. Save us all, hockey season better start soon.

Networks of Conspiracies - Part 1 (22:08)

From government cover ups to alien encounters to covert mind control programs, conspiracies and conspiracy theories have captivated our imaginations for generations. But what can social science, humanities and arts offer us in order to make sense of enigmatic tales? By situating conspiracy theories in time and place and by focusing on the context and setting, we are provided with a unique view of socio-cultural anxieties and political uncertainties. At it’s foundation, theorizing conspiracies is a way for individuals and groups to 'locate' their anxiety about uncertainty and mistrust of forces beyond their control. By paying attention to the networks that form around conspiracies, we can then start thinking about the societal, cultural and political apprehensions of our times and bring some certainty to uncertain futures.

Further reading:

Links to audio clips:

Concluding thought: 

Secrecy, being an instrument of conspiracy, ought never to be the system of a regular government.

― Jeremy Bentham

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  • Outro Music: Song “Clubbed to Death” appearing on “The Matrix: Music From the Motion Picture” by Rob Dougan.

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Hockey Night at the Museum

Sunday Sep 03, 2017

Sunday Sep 03, 2017

As the leaves turn to bright reds and golden yellows in our fast approaching fall season, nightmares of long snowy winters begin to occupy our minds. After all, it is September. For some, September means back to school. For us, this month also means leaving the enchanted woods where we record this podcast to venture into the world. Don’t worry, Matt went and returned safe. At least from what we can see. We talk cognitive nutritional supplements in a new Top 5.

Hockey Night at the Museum (25:25)

If you live or have travelled to Canada, you’ve been exposed to hockey in some way. From local team fundraising drives to very public NHL product endorsement, and from outdoor rinks lit throughout the night to the quasi-ubiquitous talk about who will win the Stanley Cup this season: hockey is a part of Canada, there is little denying that. But what happens when hockey becomes part of an exhibit meant to be a celebration of the influence of the game? Could the confines of the museum trap hockey, limiting our impression of just how pan-Canadian the game is? Or could this exhibit, created to align with Canada’s 150 celebrations, show us that hockey is much more ingrained in the mostly barren frozen land we call Canada? Matt spent a night at the Canadian Museum of History’s exhibit, appropriately entitled, Hockey in Canada: More than Just a Game! Matt gives us a thorough runthrough of the display as we dive into the socio-cultural aspects of the exhibit. We explore gender, race, Aboriginal and First Nations’ representation as we pick apart the revisionist portrayal of how hockey has made Canada and, how Canadians have made hockey. For more information on the exhibit visit: http://www.historymuseum.ca/hockey/

Recommendations (1:06:50)

Concluding thought:  “I like ice hockey. No one is ever going to ask me to write about that as a metaphor for life”

― Steven Pinker

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Intro Music #1: Song "Soul Challenger" appearing on "Cullahnary School" by Cullah

Available at: http://www.cullah.com

Under CC BY SA license http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

Intro Music #2: CBC’s Hockey Night in Canada Theme Song - circa 1968.

Interlude Music: Song “The Hockey Song” appearing on “Stompin' Tom and The Hockey Song” by Stompin' Tom Connors.

Interlude Music #2: Song “He Shoots He Scores” appearing on “The Hockey Album” by Tripp & Giver.

Outro Music: Song “The Hey Song” appearing on “Rock and Roll (Part 2)” by Gary Glitter.

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Revolutionary Forces of Change

Monday Aug 28, 2017

Monday Aug 28, 2017

While we continue to podcast in the sleepy woods, the world continues to spin - perhaps out of control. Good thing Matt brought a special guest along to this episode, because Phil seems mad about recent events and wants some answers. We talk politics and some current events before getting into a new recurring segment. We tackle Youtube or U2: friends or foes?

Revolutionary Forces of Change (15:35)

Special guest Evan Ferguson is on to discuss Spain’s civil war and the workers’ social revolution of 1936. We talk about the forces that fought fascism and momentarily created an egalitarian ideal. Evan offers us an overview of some of the main players. We discuss the social and cultural aspects of the implementation of anarchist and libertarian socialist organizational principles throughout various portions of Spain. Paying attention to the regional realities of the revolution,  we debate a few potential critiques of the movement before drawing attention to George Orwell’s beloved account of the civil war and his admiration of the social revolution. We end by drawing connections between the Spanish revolutionary ideals of the past and present day Kurdish revolutionary forces.

 Suggested Reading:

Recommendations (1:08:30)

Concluding thought:  

When I see an actual flesh-and-blood worker in conflict with his natural enemy, the policeman, I do not have to ask myself which side I am on.

― George Orwell, Homage to Catalonia

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Intro Music: Song "Soul Challenger" appearing on "Cullahnary School" by Cullah. Available at: http://www.cullah.com. Under CC BY SA license http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

Interlude Music: A Las Barricadas, Spanish Anarchist Anthem of the CNT-FAI from the Spanish anarchist songs collection, Canciones Libertarias; CNT-AIT Spanish Anarchist Folk song.

Outro Music: Song “1936, un peublo en armas” appearing on “Guerra a la guerra” by Sin Dios.

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Public Scholarship & Engaged Research

Sunday Aug 20, 2017

Sunday Aug 20, 2017

We’re slowly recovering from the last few weeks. It must have something to do with the eclipse. Matt’s family is travelling so that means he can eat, sleep and podcast. Phil is back from a short trip to Montreal that involved a grilled cheese. Before getting on with our 25th episode, we send out some special messages and get into our podcasting friends’ top 5 baseball movie list.

Public Scholarship & Engaged Research (13:13)

We trace the concept of public sociology, or public scholarship at large, by assessing the ongoing relevance of Michael Burawoy’s call to action during his 2004 American Sociological Association (ASA) Presidential address. From his typology of practices, to his insistence that public scholarship requires a particular political standpoint, we review and critique some of Burawoy’s 11 theses. Is his call to sharpen the axe still relevant today? Which public or publics are included/excluded, and what role do researchers play at defining those boundaries? Can something like Nancy Fraser’s concept of counterpublic help the program of public scholarship reconcile its different audiences? We also consider a few of the potential tensions social media brings to public scholarship, offering our thoughts on the delicate balancing act that online forums and communities can entail. 

Suggested Reading:

Recommendations (1:29:57)

  • Matt recommends two podcasts: Politically Re-Active & PRI’s The World to help consume the political tensions of the day, as well as a few beers from the Quebec based brewery Unibroue to help digest those White House stories.  
  • Phil recommends two podcasts: Oh No! Lit Class, which is probably more addictive than any street drug; a new podcast from a fellow Canadian called Salty Canadian that offers rants, reviews and stories. 

Concluding thought: 

At any given moment, public opinion is a chaos of superstition, misinformation and prejudice - Gore Vidal

 

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Music: Song "Soul Challenger" appearing on "Cullahnary School" by Cullah

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August Bonus - Matt & Phil's Top 5

Monday Aug 14, 2017

Monday Aug 14, 2017

Top 5 lists serve a precise purpose: they tell us what’s cool. David Letterman put out his top 10 lists night after night, and everyone fell in love. So, with a feeling of nostalgia, we decided to offer you our Top 5. From procrastination activities (or strategies) to podcasting pet-peeves and from cooking tips to favorite baseball movies, you’ll find that we seldom agree on stuff. And that’s a bonus.   

We truly hope you enjoy it!

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Music: Song "Soul Challenger" appearing on "Cullahnary School" by Cullah

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Friend or Foe?

Sunday Aug 06, 2017

Sunday Aug 06, 2017

It’s mid-summer and that means another form of nuisance has arrived to the rural way of life. To continue our fly-suite discussions, Phil talks about how deer flies made him miserable for a few days. Matt went to physio therapy and reports back on his sensory overload session. It seems that all of our senses were under attack this past week. Sometimes it's better to stay in a dark room. A very dark, quiet room.

Friend or Foe? (18:30)

For this episode we tell you what we really think about everyday things. Are microwaves our friend or foe? Is the knuckle-shredder box cheese grater something we love or hate? What about postmodern social theory, friend? Foe? We try to uncover what’s so great about camping chairs and dental floss, while agreeing that some people take academic citation styles and driverless cars way too seriously. So put on your best yoga pants, snap a selfie, update your Tinder/POF profile, grab an energy drink and get ready for some modern AM radio with your very own Batman and Robin podcasters. It’s almost as fun as fishing, but as addictive as a Buzzfeed list with a hint of new car smell.

Recommendations (57:55)

Concluding thought: We'll be best friends forever because you already know too much. 

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Music: Song "Soul Challenger" appearing on "Cullahnary School" by Cullah

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July Bonus - Journey Through History

Sunday Jul 30, 2017

Sunday Jul 30, 2017

Join us on a journey as we recount the funny, the strange, the whimsical and the just plain odd newspapers stories of the past. It’s a very different episode than the regular show, and that’s a bonus.

We truly hope you enjoy it!

 

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