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- Mar 3, 20251h 5m
Media Literacy + Propaganda (w/ Ben from Dummy)
Today I am joined by Ben from the YouTube channel Dummy, where he talks about media theory, history, and business. In this episode we touch on a wide range of topics, from propaganda, to Noam Chomsky, an ecological approach to media literacy, the Israel-Palestine war, YouTube censorship, Trump 2.0, big tech, and much more!I also give a preview of what's coming down the pipe for this podcast. I got a lot of ideas!Ben's VideoMy videoOther linksSUBSTACKYOUTUBESUPPORT THE CHANNELINSTAGRAMEMAIL: remarkablebooksandfilm@gmail.comNEW DISCORD Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
- Oct 16, 202423 min
Little Miss Sunshine | Accepting The Absurd
'Little Miss Sunshine' teaches us to accept our absurd existence, and in this acceptance, we can find joy. In this video, I bring in concepts from Albert Camus, Friedrich Nietszche, and Marcel Proust to illustrate that the suffering we feel should not be resisted, but accepted, a powerful concept to anyone who’s gone through a dark time in their life.My other videos:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xM-cp9Mw810https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Us5_-iiEbEhttps://youtu.be/DdCxER5hoLc?si=HzYPZEPW99Kx268Khttps://youtu.be/rRPkaVtx1_o?si=g9lWy-jbyWHT1l25Website: https://remarkablebooksandfilm.com/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thestorieswetell303/Email: remarkablebooksandfilm@gmail.comPodcast: https://remarkablebooksandfilm.com/podcastBuy used books from me if you live in Denver: https://remarkablebooksandfilm.com/buy-books0:00 - Sisyphus1:20 - The Power of Acceptance3:40 - Channel Intro4:22 - Dwayne; or Do What You Love & Fuck the Rest9:14 - Frank; or Forgive Yourself11:42 - Richard; or It's Okay to Lose14:47 - Sheryl; or Accept What You Cannot Control16:31 - Olive; or Embrace Yourself19:18 - Accepting the AbsurdSources'The Myth of Sisyphus' by Albert Camus'The Will to Power by Friedrich Nietszche'Thus Spoke Zarathustra' by Friedrich Nietszche'In Search of Lost Time' by Marcel Prousthttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q4pDUxth5fQ#philosophy #camus #nietzsche #videoessay #proust #filmreview #acceptance #mentalhealth #sisyphus Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
- Oct 9, 202431 min
Crime & Punishment pt. 2 | Strength in the Face of Patriarchy
In part 2 of my 'Crime & Punishment' analysis, we will take a look at Dunya, and how she shows strength in the face of patriarchal dominance and ideals#crimeandpunishment #feminism #Dostoevsky #philosophy #classics #literature #russianclassics #videoessay #patriarchy My other videos:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OzqZOPxcIfchttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Us5_-iiEbEhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xM-cp9Mw810https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EKBdxYqavCwhttps://youtu.be/DdCxER5hoLc?si=iOIlR2e3EFcUvfdshttps://youtu.be/rRPkaVtx1_o?si=g9lWy-jbyWHT1l25Website: https://remarkablebooksandfilm.com/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thestorieswetell303/Email: remarkablebooksandfilm@gmail.comPodcast: https://remarkablebooksandfilm.com/podcastBuy used books from me if you live in Denver: https://remarkablebooksandfilm.com/buy-booksSourceshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jbweDNPP_Ak&t=1s‘Sonya, Silent no More: A response to the woman question in Crime and Punishment’ by Elizabeth Blakehttps://youtu.be/F1KKNKHJsuY?si=9IGHRsfxIeAAk7gMhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bOpf6KcWYywDostoevsky and Women by M. https://dostoevsky-bts.com/blog/dostoyevsky-and-women/Dostoevsky on Feminism by Thinking Housewife https://www.thinkinghousewife.com/2013/08/dostoevsky-on-feminism/Svidrigailov and the "Performing Self" by R.E. RichardsonArt used:Raskolnikov, Dünya, and Svidrigailov: https://carcinogenical.tumblr.com/Sonya: https://medium.com/@premiumeth/femininity-in-fyodor-dostoevskys-crime-and-punishment-7970cb924de1Timestamps:0:00 - Intro4:14 - Svidrigailov: Patriarchy as a Weapon16:58 - Luzhin's Miscalculated Risks25:10 - Dunya, Sonya & Feminism Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
- Oct 4, 202433 min
Crime & Punishment pt 1 | A Psychological Schism Bridged By Love
Watch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Us5_-iiEbEUnpacking Raskolnikov’s Egoistic Utilitarianism and Sonya’s love as a savior in Fyodor Dostoevsky’s Crime and Punishment.#CrimeAndPunishment #Dostoevsky #philosophy #classics #literature #russianclassics #Raskolnikov #Sonya #videoessay #utilitarianism #egoismMy other videos:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xM-cp9Mw810https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EKBdxYqavCwhttps://youtu.be/DdCxER5hoLc?si=iOIlR2e3EFcUvfdshttps://youtu.be/DdCxER5hoLc?si=HzYPZEPW99Kx268Khttps://youtu.be/rRPkaVtx1_o?si=g9lWy-jbyWHT1l25Website: https://remarkablebooksandfilm.com/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thestorieswetell303/Email: remarkablebooksandfilm@gmail.comPodcast: https://remarkablebooksandfilm.com/podcastBuy used books from me if you live in Denver: https://remarkablebooksandfilm.com/buy-booksSourceshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jbweDNPP_Ak&t=1s‘Sonya, Silent no More: A response to the woman question in Crime and Punishment’ by Elizabeth Blakehttps://youtu.be/F1KKNKHJsuY?si=9IGHRsfxIeAAk7gMhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bOpf6KcWYywTimestamps:0:00 - Intro4:44 - Raskolnikov | Egoistic Utilitarianism17:26 - Sonya | Moral Integrity and Love23:24 - Love as a Savior Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
- Aug 26, 20249 min
Be (Mindfulness, Space & Absurdism)
VIDEO ESSAY ON YOUTUBEMindfulness, space, absurdism & writing. You don't have to be anything. You only have to be.#meditation #mindfulness #absurdism #nature #buddhism #space #philosophy #camus #sisyphus #videoessay My other videos:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xM-cp9Mw810https://youtu.be/DdCxER5hoLc?si=iOIlR2e3EFcUvfdshttps://youtu.be/DdCxER5hoLc?si=HzYPZEPW99Kx268Khttps://youtu.be/rRPkaVtx1_o?si=g9lWy-jbyWHT1l25Website: https://remarkablebooksandfilm.com/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thestorieswetell303/Email: remarkablebooksandfilm@gmail.comPodcast: https://remarkablebooksandfilm.com/podcastBuy used books from me if you live in Denver: https://remarkablebooksandfilm.com/buy-booksSources:https://bigthink.com/hard-science/the-universe-may-be-a-giant-neural-network-heres-why/https://www.bbc.com/news/health-43674270'The Art of Living' by Thich Nhat Hanh'The Myth of Sisyphus' by Albert Camus'Thus Spoke Zarathustra' by Friedrich Nietzsche Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
- Aug 22, 202436 min
Propaganda, Hollywood & Ideology | The Sympathizer by Viet Thanh Nguyen
FULL VIDEO ESSAY ON YOUTUBE! The greatest art makes you question. Question who you are, what you believe. Question the assumptions you make about the world around you. Question the fabric of reality, the nature of being. Question free will or fate. Question systemic influences of behavior, or intrinsic human desires.It does not answer, because in answers we find a more shallow understanding of ourselves and of the world’s complexity.The Sympathizer by Viet Thanh Nguyen is one of these great pieces of art. Its questions are not concerned with your preexisting notions of the Vietnam War, nor will it dichotomize the opposing sides into good and bad, right and wrong. The complexities of the War are not simplified, and our American-centric perspective is challenged at every turn. If you read closely and mindfully, you may finish the book having examined the very nature of your way of thinking, our collective desire to neatly place thought into ideological boxes that give us an easy position on any issue.#vietnamwar #books #booktube #ideology #videoessay #zizek #slavojzizek #capitalism #philosophy #vietnam #literature #thesympathizer #propoganda #hollywood #communism #consumerism #vietnamesebooks0:00 - Intro1:12 - A Man of Two Faces7:50 - Asian-American Rage14:44 - Independence and Freedom21:31 - Question Everything32:45 - Conclusion Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
- May 10, 202420 min
Shaping Identity: The Iron Giant & Spirited Away
THIS EPISODE IS AVAILABLE AS A VIDEO ESSAY ON MY YOUTUBE CHANNELThe Iron Giant and Spirited Away's No-Face have more in common than you might think. I'll explore how their identity is shaped by empathy, and how this relates to my own struggles with identity.#film #studioghibli #theirongiant #ghibli #filmreview #videoessay Website: https://remarkablebooksandfilm.com/Instagram: / thestorieswetell303 Podcast: https://remarkablebooksandfilm.com/po...Buy used books from me if you live in Denver: https://remarkablebooksandfilm.com/bu...0:00 - Intro1:00 - Finding Identity5:31 - It Came from Outer Space9:45 - Xenophobia14:46 - Full Circle Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
- Apr 19, 202430 min
'Frankenstein': The Futility of Thoughtless Ambition
EPISODE AVAILABLE ON YOUTUBE!!!Vanity masquerades as individuality. Selfishness masquerades as acheivement. Pointless pursuits masquerade as progress.Victor Frankenstein embodied these ideas when he devoted years of his life to merciless toil in the name of science. He was vain, selfish, and pursued great accomplishments, not for the sake of improving the world or helping people, but for his own ego and legacy. The cruel twist of irony in Frankenstein is that exactly this arrogance doomed him to a life of vicious misery.Mary Shelley wrote Frankenstein, the 1818 classic of gothic horror and science fiction, in the age of—and largely in response to—the Industrial Revolution, a time of great human “progress” and “achievement”. It is a harrowing tale of a scientist that goes too far and creates a monster in his desire to learn “the secrets of heaven and earth”. And although he occasionally frames this thirst for knowledge as a driver, the much greater desires, by his own admition, are glory and power. Frankenstein says, “A new species would bless me as its creator and source; many happy and excellent natures would owe their being to me. No father could claim the gratitude of his child so completely as I should deserve theirs.” Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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