"To wake up, I recommend listening to "Accidental Gods," a podcast by the award-winning author and environmentalist Manda Scott. With a weekly guest, she looks past Band-Aid environmentalism, toward new economic systems, psilocybin trips, anti-border ideology, and a healthy dose of back-to-the-land. The tone ranges from hopeful to exasperated-a common rejoinder is that death precedes new, healthy growth-but the over-all effect is a refreshingly cold shower."
""Doomscroll," a podcast hosted by the artist and writer Joshua Citarella, is a kind of audio accompaniment to an art practice devoted to the exploration of hyper-specific visions of social and political organization. In a conversation with Grimes, the tech-obsessed pop star held forth on the risks of children using A.I. tools; when the photographer Trevor Paglen was on the show, Citarella asked about the chances of democracy persisting in a world where "consensus reality" is splintering apart."
Podcasts suited for travel or quiet holiday moments range from ecological deep dives to explorations of political and social imaginaries. Accidental Gods examines ecology, new economic systems, psilocybin experiences, anti-border ideology, and back-to-the-land movements, balancing hope and exasperation while emphasizing that death often precedes new growth. Episodes include discussions of revitalizing kinship with wild horses and possibilities for a twenty-first-century barter economy. Doomscroll functions as an audio accompaniment to an art practice that probes hyper-specific visions of social and political organization, addressing risks of children using A.I., the future of democracy, and the splintering of consensus reality.
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