Best Jacob Fairfield Podcasts (2024)

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Episode 69: Should We Bring Children Into Existence? 2:04:28

23d ago2:04:28

2:04:28

Phil and Jake are joined by Anastasia Berg and Rachel Wiseman, the authors of What Are Children For? On Ambivalence and Choice, to discuss David Benatar's 1997 paper "Why It Is Better Never to Come into Existence," alongside Paul Schrader's 2017 film First Reformed. The Manifesto: David Benatar - "Why It Is Better Never to Come into Existence" http…

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Episode 68: The Serious Artist 1:48:37

2M ago1:48:37

1:48:37

Jake and Phil are joined by the poet and critic Alice Gribbin to discuss Ezra Pound's The Serious Artist and Eliot Weinberger's The Life of Tu Fu The Manifesto: Ezra Pound, The Serious Artist https://archive.org/details/literaryessaysof00poun/page/n5/mode/2up The Art: Eliot Weinberger, The Life of Tu Fu https://www.ndbooks.com/book/the-life-of-tu-f…

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Episode 67: Wallace Stegner's Crossing to Safety 59:17

3M ago59:17

59:17

Jake and Phil are joined by Sam Kimbriel, director of the Aspen Institute's Philosophy and Society Initiative, to discuss Wallace Stegner's 1987 novel Crossing to Safety.By Manifesto! A Podcast

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Episode 66: Hobbits, Goblins and the Very Adult World of Fairy-Stories 1:23:11

4M ago1:23:11

1:23:11

Jake and Phil are joined by the novelist and chronicler of post-secular religious movements, Tara Isabella Burton, to discuss J.R.R. Tolkien's 1939 essay “On Fairy-Stories” and Christina Rossetti's 1862 poem, "Goblin Market." The manifesto: https://ieas-szeged.hu/downtherabbithole/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Tolkien-On-Fairy-Stories.pdf The Art: htt…

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Episode 65: Orwell and Ukraine 1:11:20

5M ago1:11:20

1:11:20

Phil and Jake are joined by the Matt Gallagher, author of Daybreak, to discuss George Orwell's "Looking Back on the Spanish War", and Benjamin Busch's photographs from Ukraine, "Nine Dialogues: Conflict in Context" The Manifesto: George Orwell, "Looking Back on the Spanish War" https://www.orwellfoundation.com/the-orwell-foundation/orwell/essays-an…

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Episode 64: Power of the Powerless and the Velvet Underground 1:22:03

6M ago1:22:03

1:22:03

Jake and Phil are joined by the novelist and essayist Jared Marcel Pollen to discuss Vaclav Havel’s “The Power of the Powerless” and The Velvet Underground’s second album, White Light/White Heat The Manifesto: https://www.nonviolent-conflict.org/wp-content/uploads/1979/01/the-power-of-the-powerless.pdf The Art: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AJy0L…

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Episode 63: How Money Culture Hurts the American Family and Girls 1:12:03

7M ago1:12:03

1:12:03

Jake and Phil discuss "How Money Culture Hurts the American Family," by Ian Marcus Corbin, and episode seven of the first season of Girls The Manifesto: Ian Marcus Corbin, "How Money Culture Hurts the American Family" https://www.capita.org/money-culture Girls, Welcome to Bushwick a.k.a. The Crackcident https://www.hbo.com/girls/season-1/7-welcome-…

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Episode 62: Last Men and Women: George Scialabba and the Challenge of Modernity 1:20:54

9M ago1:20:54

1:20:54

Jake and Phil are joined live at Fairfield University by the great critic and essayist George Scialabba to discuss Last Men and Women At a time of war, impending ecological disaster, and partisan rage, our commitments to the modern, liberal order are being questioned like never before. Do we understand ourselves best as individuals or as members of…

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Episode 61: Red Music and Mal Waldron 1:08:52

9M ago1:08:52

1:08:52

Jake and Phil discuss Josef Skvorecky's "Red Music," an account of playing jazz under Nazism and Communism, alongside Mal Waldron's "Mal Waldron Plays Erik Satie" The Manifesto: Josef Skvorecky, "Red Music" https://harpers.org/archive/1986/03/red-music/ The Art: Mal Waldron, "Mal Waldron Plays Erik Satie" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=juNNxsUXvQw…

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Episode 60: The Palestinian People and the Western Observer 1:01:34

10M ago1:01:34

1:01:34

Phil talks with poet and translator Philip Metres about the current conflict, the position of a Western observer in regards to what is happening in Gaza, his poem "Remorse for Temperate Speech," as well as his book "Returning to Jaffa." https://philipmetres.comBy Manifesto! A Podcast

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Episode 59: Israel and Hamas 1:53:14

10M ago1:53:14

1:53:14

Phil asks Jake about the recent conflict in Israel, and they take listener questions.By Manifesto! A Podcast

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Episode 58: The Enlightenment of Katzuo Nakamatsu 31:24

11M ago31:24

31:24

Phil is joined by Sam Kimbriel, director of the Aspen Institute's Philosophy and Society Initiative, and Jennifer Shyue, a Spanish language literary translator, to discuss her recently published translation of Augusto Higa Oshiro's The Enlightenment of Katzuo Nakamatsu. https://archipelagobooks.org/book/the-enlightenment-of-katzuo-nakamatsu/…

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Episode 57: Some Lying and Some BS 1:34:50

12M ago1:34:50

1:34:50

Jake and Phil are joined by Walter Kirn to discuss Kirn's essay "The Bullshit" alongside Mark Twain's "My First Lie and How I Got Out of It" The Manifesto: Walter Kirn, "The Bullshit" https://walterkirn.substack.com/p/the-bullshit The Art: Mark Twain's "My First Lie and How I Got Out of It" https://americanliterature.com/author/mark-twain/short-sto…

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Episode 56: The Secular Saint 1:35:27

1y ago1:35:27

1:35:27

Jake and Phil are joined by Santiago Ramos, a contributing writer to Commonweal Magazine, to discuss Michael Novak's The Secular Saint and the epilogue to Michel Houellebecq's 1998 novel The Elementary Particles. The Manifesto: Michael Novak, The Secular Saint https://www.amazon.com/theology-radical-politics-Michael-Novak/dp/B0006BZ4H2 The Art: Mic…

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Episode 55: The Great Mating Debate 1:18:22

1y ago1:18:22

1:18:22

Phil is joined by Becca Rothfeld, BD McClay, and Jon Baskin to discuss Norman Rush's 1991 novel Mating, and whether it offers a roadmap for love in the 21st century. Becca Rothfeld is the nonfiction book critic at the Washington Post and an editor at the Point. BD McClay is an essayist and critic who has written for publications like Lapham's Quart…

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Episode 54: Nirvana and The Trials of the Young 1:20:14

1y ago1:20:14

1:20:14

Phil is joined by the great novelist, short story writer and essayist Mary Gaitskill to discuss Gaitskill's essay "The Trials of the Young" in the most recent Liberties Journal, alongside the Nirvana songs "Drain You" and "Moist Vagina." The Manifesto: Mary Gaitskill, "The Trials of the Young " https://marygaitskill.substack.com/p/the-despair-of-th…

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Episode 53: Poe's Law and Philip K. Dick's Faith of Our Fathers 1:36:34

1+ y ago1:36:34

1:36:34

Jake and Phil are joined by Gurwinder Bhogal to discuss Poe's Law and Philip K. Dick's Faith of Our Fathers The Manifesto: "Poe's Law" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poe%27s_law The Art: Philip K. Dick's "Faith of Our Fathers" https://genius.com/Philip-k-dick-faith-of-our-fathers-annotated Also discussed: Gurwinder Bhogal, "The Best Cure for Fake Ne…

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Episode 52: True Believers and the Case of the Writer Turned Congressman 1:51:27

1+ y ago1:51:27

1:51:27

Jake and Phil are joined by former Michigan Congressman Peter Meijer to discuss longshoreman philosopher Eric Hoffer’s 1951 book, The True Believer: Thoughts on the Nature of Mass Movements, and the poem “On Reading Crowds and Power,” by Geoffrey Hill. The Manifesto (an edition with some very cool cover art): The True Believer: Thoughts on the Natu…

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Episode 51: A Public Address, A Colloquium, or Maybe Just a Q&A 1:09:21

1+ y ago1:09:21

1:09:21

Jake and Phil answer questions from our listeners.By Manifesto! A Podcast

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Episode 50: El Greco, Picasso, and The Pleasures of Ignorance 1:08:00

1+ y ago1:08:00

1:08:00

Jake and Phil discuss Aldous Huxley's "Meditation on El Greco", and Picasso's Les Demoiselles d'Avignon. The Manifesto: Aldous Huxley - "Meditation on El Greco" https://cooperative-individualism.org/huxley-aldous_meditation-on-el-greco-pleasure-that-comes-from-ignorance.pdf The Art: Picasso - Les Demoiselles d'Avignon https://www.moma.org/collectio…

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Episode 49: Angry Popes and Architecture 1:33:33

1+ y ago1:33:33

1:33:33

Jake and Phil are joined by John Davis, an environmental and architectural historian at the Knowlton School at Ohio State, to discuss Pascendi Dominici Gregis, Pope Pius X's encyclical against the modernists, and Antoni Gaudí’s La Sagrada Familia basilica in Barcelona, Spain. The Manifesto: Pascendi Dominici Gregis, Pope Pius X https://www.vatican.…

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Star Wars: Andor - Best Star Wars show so far? 11:39

1+ y ago11:39

11:39

In this episode, we take a look at the latest Star Wars series to release on Disney Plus: Andor, and how it succeeds in showing us some of the most mature Star Wars content shown so far.By Jacob Fairfield

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Fictional Writing Ft. Julie Drew 14:27

2y ago14:27

14:27

A bit about Dr. Drew and some of her published work: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/415259.Julie_Drew N.K. Jemisin Interview: https://the1a.org/segments/n-k-jemisin-on-science-fiction-world-building-and-new-york-city/By Jacob Fairfield

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Episode 48: The Ultimate Revolution 1:56:10

2y ago1:56:10

1:56:10

Jake and Phil are joined by Becca Rothfeld (https://www.beccarothfeld.com/) to discuss Shulamith Firestone's The Dialectic of Sex and Sheila Heti's That Longing for a Holy Completeness (from her novel MOTHERHOOD) Shulamith Firestone, The Dialectic of Sex http://biopolitics.kom.uni.st/Shulamith%20Firestone/The%20Dialectic%20of%20Sex_%20The%20Case%20…

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House of the Dragon - The best fantasy show on TV? 12:45

2y ago12:45

12:45

In this episode, we'll take a look at the Game of Thrones prequel House of the Dragon, as well as see how it compares to the other fantasy giant, Lord of the Rings: Rings of Power.By Jacob Fairfield

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The Lord of the Rings: Rings of Power - A journey into Middle Earth 10:41

2y ago10:41

10:41

In this episode, we take a look at Rings of Power as we examine what went wrong in this Middle Earth adaptation.By Jacob Fairfield

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Cyberpunk: Edgerunners - A look at Night City 9:55

2y ago9:55

9:55

In this episode, we take a look at the Netflix original Cyberpunk: Edgerunners and how Night City succeeds in winning over its audience.By Jacob Fairfield

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Episode 47: The Democracy Engineering Complex 58:27

2y ago58:27

58:27

Phil is joined by Sam Kimbriel, the founding director of Aspen's Philosophy & Society Initiative, to discuss Sam's essay "What the Democracy Engineering Complex Misses" The Manifesto: Sam Kimbriel, What the Democracy Engineering Complex Misses https://wisdomofcrowds.live/the-democracy-engineering-complex/…

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Episode 69: Should We Bring Children Into Existence? 2:04:28

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Episode 68: The Serious Artist 1:48:37

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Episode 67: Wallace Stegner's Crossing to Safety 59:17

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Episode 66: Hobbits, Goblins and the Very Adult World of Fairy-Stories 1:23:11

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Episode 65: Orwell and Ukraine 1:11:20

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Episode 64: Power of the Powerless and the Velvet Underground 1:22:03

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Episode 63: How Money Culture Hurts the American Family and Girls 1:12:03

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Episode 62: Last Men and Women: George Scialabba and the Challenge of Modernity 1:20:54

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Episode 61: Red Music and Mal Waldron 1:08:52

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Episode 60: The Palestinian People and the Western Observer 1:01:34

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Episode 59: Israel and Hamas 1:53:14

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Episode 58: The Enlightenment of Katzuo Nakamatsu 31:24

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Episode 57: Some Lying and Some BS 1:34:50

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Episode 56: The Secular Saint 1:35:27

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Episode 55: The Great Mating Debate 1:18:22

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Episode 54: Nirvana and The Trials of the Young 1:20:14

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Episode 53: Poe's Law and Philip K. Dick's Faith of Our Fathers 1:36:34

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Episode 52: True Believers and the Case of the Writer Turned Congressman 1:51:27

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Episode 51: A Public Address, A Colloquium, or Maybe Just a Q&A 1:09:21

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Episode 50: El Greco, Picasso, and The Pleasures of Ignorance 1:08:00

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Episode 49: Angry Popes and Architecture 1:33:33

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Star Wars: Andor - Best Star Wars show so far? 11:39

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Fictional Writing Ft. Julie Drew 14:27

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Episode 48: The Ultimate Revolution 1:56:10

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House of the Dragon - The best fantasy show on TV? 12:45

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The Lord of the Rings: Rings of Power - A journey into Middle Earth 10:41

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Cyberpunk: Edgerunners - A look at Night City 9:55

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Episode 47: The Democracy Engineering Complex 58:27

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