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Colacast, presented by The Cola Corporation
by Cola
A head-on collision between politics and streetwear.
Episodes
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Blacklisted from Chicago "Cultural" Orgs
Topics include: • Chicago Cultural Center / Buddy / Design Museum exclusion • LAPD legal threat and viral response • CBP confiscation and the Confiscated Collection • Platform bans and ad restrictions • Postcard Club and the value of handwritten, physical objects • Touch, weight, and material…
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Speaking in Tongues: The Cola Origin Story
The Cola Corporation wouldn't exist without apostolic religion, specifically the United Pentecostal Church. The Church says no to everything: no school dances, no playing sports, no attending sporting events, no secular music, etc. This left young Cola feeling alienated from his peers at public...
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Cola Athletic Part 1
“I like getting into granular sh!t.” In this episode, Joe Cola sits down with his buddy Jack to break down half of the Cola Athletic collection. They get nerdy about fabric weights, fit, print methods, and product specs, and dig into the backstory behind each piece. If you’re into independent...
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Episode 6: "We're Not Here to Entertain: Punk Rock, Ronald Reagan, and the Real Culture War of 1980s America"
This episode features an interview with Kevin Mattson, author of "We're Not Here to Entertain: Punk Rock, Ronald Reagan, and the Real Culture War of 1980s America." Topics include how anarchism, DIY ethics, and straightedge politics informed a music-driven movement against Ronald Reagan and the...
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Episode 5: Swastikas and Safety Pins (1970s UK punk / "England's Dreaming" review)
Cola looks at the dress and politics of 1970s punk, focusing on the use of swastikas as fashion accessories. We consider the merits of using the Nazi symbol to attack English bourgeois mythology and comment on the commercialization of Nazism during the Hitler Wave of the 1970s. Focusing on the…
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Episode 4: Politics and Dress in Early U.S. Punk ("Please Kill Me" Review)
Cola and Derek review the book "Please Kill Me: The Uncensored Oral History of Punk." We look at how politics and dress influenced the work of protopunk pioneers like the Velvet Underground, the MC5, The Stooges, the New York Dolls, and others--and how their music influenced the Sex Pistols and...
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Episode 3: How Sprezzatura Cockblocked Mussolini
In this episode, Cola and Derek talk about sprezzatura, the distinctly Italian air of practiced nonchalance, and how it cockblocked Mussolini's plan to establish a monolithic Italian style.
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Episode 2: QAnon Goes Mainstream, with Mike Rothschild
In this episode, Cola talks with Mike Rothschild, author of "The Storm Is Upon Us: How QAnon Became a Movement, Cult, and Conspiracy Theory of Everything."
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Episode 1: Fascism in 2021 with Shane Burley
In this episode, Cola talks to Shane Burley about Shane's 2017 book, "Fascism Today: What It Is and How to End It," and how United States fascism has changed in the last four years.
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