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Caged Bearcats 2: Self-Reliance
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“Ray, when someone asks you if you're a god, you say YES!” ― Winston Zeddmore, Ghostbusters (1984)
“We have time to grow old. The air is full of our cries. But habit is a great deadener.”― Samuel Beckett, Waiting for Godot
Social distancing, teleworking, beans and rice/rice and beans, TP shortages, virtual happy hours, and forgetting to hit mute—is Ralph Waldo Emerson the person we need to transcend all this? This week the Red Taped lost boys try to grow up and become self-reliant (although we would prefer not to). This quasi-normal episode gets a little off topic and explores: tiny mammal things (friend, foe, or delicious?); virtual train travel for cool guys; less than horrible elevator music; cider virginity stories; hot and bothered bats; and the erotic lives of America’s nonagenarian intelligentsia. If you want to skip us catching up and get straight to the book forward to 17:50.
Read your Emerson and keep listening!
(Production note: please hang in with us and we work on improving the quality of the remote recording.)
Book: “Self-Reliance” by Ralph Waldo Emerson
Drinks: a moral imperative at this point
Next episode: “Compensation” by Ralph Waldo Emerson
Attributes and References:
Go for a train ride:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mw9qiV7XlFs
Background music for work:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BuBCIwEzBBI
American Philosophy: A Love Story by John Kaag (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/28116747-american-philosophy)
Ethics by Baruch Spinoza https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/205218.Ethics?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=jCFmYrXPgq&rank=1 )
Hot Bats?
https://massivesci.com/articles/bat-immune-systems-ncov-sars-nipah-mers-ebola-coronavirus/
Opening:
Charles Ives “Symphony No 1” : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SM5e9fjFRHg&t=89s
Reading of “Self-Reliance”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-pEhC3345JE
Closing:
“Bartelby the Scrivener” (short film): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yUBA_KR-VNU&t=1307s
32 episodes
Manage episode 259502164 series 2470576
“Ray, when someone asks you if you're a god, you say YES!” ― Winston Zeddmore, Ghostbusters (1984)
“We have time to grow old. The air is full of our cries. But habit is a great deadener.”― Samuel Beckett, Waiting for Godot
Social distancing, teleworking, beans and rice/rice and beans, TP shortages, virtual happy hours, and forgetting to hit mute—is Ralph Waldo Emerson the person we need to transcend all this? This week the Red Taped lost boys try to grow up and become self-reliant (although we would prefer not to). This quasi-normal episode gets a little off topic and explores: tiny mammal things (friend, foe, or delicious?); virtual train travel for cool guys; less than horrible elevator music; cider virginity stories; hot and bothered bats; and the erotic lives of America’s nonagenarian intelligentsia. If you want to skip us catching up and get straight to the book forward to 17:50.
Read your Emerson and keep listening!
(Production note: please hang in with us and we work on improving the quality of the remote recording.)
Book: “Self-Reliance” by Ralph Waldo Emerson
Drinks: a moral imperative at this point
Next episode: “Compensation” by Ralph Waldo Emerson
Attributes and References:
Go for a train ride:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mw9qiV7XlFs
Background music for work:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BuBCIwEzBBI
American Philosophy: A Love Story by John Kaag (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/28116747-american-philosophy)
Ethics by Baruch Spinoza https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/205218.Ethics?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=jCFmYrXPgq&rank=1 )
Hot Bats?
https://massivesci.com/articles/bat-immune-systems-ncov-sars-nipah-mers-ebola-coronavirus/
Opening:
Charles Ives “Symphony No 1” : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SM5e9fjFRHg&t=89s
Reading of “Self-Reliance”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-pEhC3345JE
Closing:
“Bartelby the Scrivener” (short film): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yUBA_KR-VNU&t=1307s
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