Episode Eight – Indigenity I

This is the eighth episode of the Brilliant podcast. Stories about brilliant people, ideas, and how they are lived in the world. This episode is the first of two about Indigenity (although, to be fair this one turns out to not really be about what we promise). We respond to feedback from Emile and discuss the recent review of John Zerzan’s new book Why Hope? which is the question of the day, isn’t it? Recorded October 16th, 2015 Join us in conversation by email tick tock 0:00 By popular request: new theme song! 2:20 Welcome, first listener feedback, beginning of dialogue Are we talking about indigeneity? Aragorn promises it. Bellamy scapegoated, a common experience 3:45 Sometimes the Brilliant listens to you: Emile Bellamy outs himself as an Emilist…or claims Emile as a Bellamyist…either way, he monologues for almost three minutes A! implies Bellamy is pretentious/pedantic. Bellamy proves him right Where do disses come from? 14:10 The Spirit of Gravity is annoying… Unreferenced pronoun terrorism 17:00 Incontrovertible proof!: A! plays human beings like chess pieces and is a subjectivist post-modernist Bellamy can’t stop saying “mmhmm…” 22:05 John Zerzan’s “Why Hope?” and Ian Smith’s review Disses come from book titles Ian Smith: the Reasonable Anarcho-Primitivist Just the place for a snark! Nihilism is a disease; the tumor must be excised 28:10 We are diseased Fashionable posturing by A! Fashionable posturing by Bellamy 32:30 John Zerzan’s Origins Where reviews end and cheerleading begins 39:43 The Natives lose to the Anthropocene Weird plug for the East Bay Anarchist Bookfair and Conversation Event Plague of People We are the new cyanobacteria 51:30 Loathsome futilitarians “Hope-ist” is a thing now Pessimism as radical humility? URLs Announcement of this podcast The Anthropocene East Bay Book and Conversation Event “Review” of Why Hope? email us (1041)