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E146 - The Nuclear Club, Pt. 1 w/ Jonathan Hunt Today’s episode is the first part of our discussion with Jonathan Hunt about his book on the world’s most exclusive clique. open.substack.com/pub/americanpr…
It’s a real shame how everything that happens is immediately slotted into culture war bullshit
Senior Democrat warns of “leftwing fascism” and “totalitarian” protesters: amp.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/a…
So basically finance bros who work too many hours to even watch tv are squeezing Hollywood writers so they can’t work enough paid hours to create good tv so that we are all left at the end of our work days with crap tv. Way to go, America. (Excellent work by @dbessner @Harpers )
Why are so many authors of fiction so absolutely dull on podcasts
Extremely stimulating, often heated debate between @dbessner and @shadihamid on global democracy, US hegemony etc. As a historian, I confess to a certain political science allergy, but these are 2 really sharp guys really going at it. Worth your time. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/ame…
Check out our ep on Brazilian history in the 17th and 18th cs
Ok I do have a gripe w/ US political scientists because a good number make arguments like “the US started promoting democracy in Latin America during the 1980s.” Like Central America didn’t exist
Ok I do have a gripe w/ US political scientists because a good number make arguments like “the US started promoting democracy in Latin America during the 1980s.” Like Central America didn’t exist
Finally found time to read this excellent @dbessner essay. It’s a real indictment of today’s Hollywood and the asset management mentality that’s denying us entertainment that’s actually good, novel, edifying, and interesting. harpers.org/archive/2024/0…
lmao my normie friend spent some time on academic twitter
The piece of the @dbessner's "death of Hollywood" article that I think hasn't gotten enough attention is the observation that despite the recent-ish attempts to promote diversity in writer's rooms, poor and working class writers have been entirely left out. (Short 🧵, probably)
Academic elites have spent the last few years mostly externalizing the threat to freedom ("Donald Trump") while standing passively by as grad workers and contingent faculty suffered the brunt of authoritarian university policies. But that authoritarianism can be turned on anyone.
It also poses a real challenge for liberal academia, caught between its desire for attention from elected Democrats and MSNBC; & its embrace of neoliberal rhetorics of "care" that depoliticize the demands of students while prompting concern for their treatment.
It also poses a real challenge for liberal academia, caught between its desire for attention from elected Democrats and MSNBC; & its embrace of neoliberal rhetorics of "care" that depoliticize the demands of students while prompting concern for their treatment.
Did an interview with Think on NPR about Hollywood—talked about a bunch of details that couldn’t make it into my piece think.kera.org/2024/05/03/why…
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19K Followers 646 Following Writer/Exec Producer - @LokiOfficial. I prefer unattractive people.@tomstrand_ @dbessner @mbrenes1 This article is perfect for teaching. So polemical. Haven’t read the edited vol yet though.
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ppl in this town would rather point fingers at the latest Marvel movie’s box office failure than broader govnt deregulation bc that might contradict their personal myth-making beliefs in creative meritocracy
The shocking thing about Bessner’s piece on the crisis in Hollywood isn’t its content, which is well-researched and incontrovertible. The shocking thing is the pearl-clutching responses from industry journalists as if macroeconomic and regulatory factors don’t exist.
After a year of work, my piece on writing and contemporary Hollywood has been released as the cover of the May issue of Harper's. ... harpers.org/archive/2024/0…
@mattkeeley @dbessner Just based on fresh air interviews and the like I feel this is true. George Saunders gives great interview for example.
@dbessner @brendengallager If that's the case, I wonder if writers who teach in English departments or MFA programs tend to present better on podcasts?
@dbessner Different skill set. If they were good talkers they wouldn't become writers.
@dbessner Absent an acknowledgement of class, it's all they've got...
@dbessner Is it fascism? a) Yes, it’s fascism. b) No, it’s not fascism so therefore I don’t care about saving American democracy.
@dbessner And the “Everyone who disagrees with me is a ‘fascist’” mentality
Alan Turing has been Looksmaxxing
My grandparents/great-grandparents were Mensheviks, who fled Stalin, Hitler, and the Nazi invasion of France. They were both endangered for their politics and (some) escaped because of those politics. I interviewed my father for @BungaCast about his book on these relatives.
🚨New Episode🚨 Lenin, Mensheviks, Nazis; fleeing Moscow, Berlin, Paris; arriving in America, lost letters, torture, and death. This family history is a remarkable 20th century tale. Alex Gourevitch talks to his father, Peter Gourevitch. 🎧 bungacast.podbean.com/e/408-was-it-r…
@dbessner I’m going to be a pretentious fuck here and recall how Gore Vidal in one of his memoirs (I think it was the one after Palimpsest) said writers were boring hangs and the best storytellers and joke tellers during a night out were actors like Orson Wells.
My novel is now Amazon UK’s best seller in cyberpunk science fiction lmaoo thank you so much everyone
@dbessner The only other option is ignoring 99% of everything that happens, and what fun is that?
E146 - The Nuclear Club, Pt. 1 w/ Jonathan Hunt Today’s episode is the first part of our discussion with Jonathan Hunt about his book on the world’s most exclusive clique. open.substack.com/pub/americanpr…
@dbessner I just want to enjoy my afternoon ayran w/o everyone getting mad
I don’t generally lean towards pessimism but this is one of those big picture pieces of journalism by an academic (2 other professions being destroyed) that may just convert me to the dark side