KMO of the the C-Realm Podcast is the guest this week, and we discuss my recent conversation with Dmitry Orlov, our prospects for life after our oil crash, and the continuing question of social vs. natural systems. The compass of pseudo-enlightenment itself is the invention of author Kevin Dole, and is explained in this livejournal entry. The points on the compass are these: Neil Kramer to the North, James Howard Kunstler to the South, KMO to the East, and I’m to the left. Also this week I offer a copy of my newest short story, Noam Chomsky and the Time Box to everyone who donates any amount to the podcast. Music includes Chris Isto White, the Original Dixieland Jazz Band, and clips of R.E.M. And the Titanic factoid includes dragonblood. You can download the podcast from dietsoap.podomatic.com or subscribe at iTunes.

Author Robert Jensen is the guest this week and we discuss his essay Getting Rid of Hope and Faith, his relationship with Abe Osheroff, and the possible uses of utopian visions. The music in this episode includes Woody Guthrie singing Jarama Valley, Wayne King’s cover of Dream a Little Dream of Me, the Bill Murray Experience‘s cover of Bill Murray’s “Shine on Harvest Moon“, Robert Crumb‘s cover of the Wall Street Rag, and Chris ‘Isto’ White‘s cover of “When You Wish Upon a Star.” The Titanic Factoid this week is a warning: Thinking about the Titanic can drive you insane. You can listen to the podcast at dietsoap.podomatic.com or subscribe at iTunes.

Dmitry Orlov is a blogger, author of books and essays comparing the collapse of the Soviet Union to the current US collapse, and he’s the guest this week. Also featured is music from Chris “Isto” White whose new album Let’s Get Friendly is available on iTunes. George Bush and the Vitamin String Quartet offer up covers of REM’s hit It’s the End of the World as We Know It. We also hear from KMO who wishes the podcast a happy 50th, and the Titanic Factoid comes with quotes from Emma Goldman. You can download this episode at dietsoap.podomatic.com or subscribe at iTunes.

Self described centrist James Howard Kunstler is this week’s guest and we discuss capitalism, collapse, suburbs, Jim’s play Big Slide, and how the American public may or may not be to blame. There is no free lunch, unless you work for Goldman Sachs. If you work for Goldman Sachs there may be such a thing as a free luncheonette. Also featured this week is music from the Bill Murray Experience, Chris ‘Isto’ White, Scott Joplin, Antonio Quijano and Edgar Abraham, MIA, and Fabian Andre. Download this episode at dietsoap.podomatic.com or subscribe via iTunes.

Chris “Isto” White is this week’s guest, and we discuss his superpower, the children’s performer Raffi, Mister Rogers, and the importance (or lack of importance) of philosophical ideas and music lessons. This week’s episode is laden with music and song including Cartoon Music from Isto’s latest album Let’s Get Friendly. Also this week you’ll hear about the Mummy aboard the Titanic. You can download the podcast at dietsoap.podomatic.com or subscribe for free at iTunes.

Dennis Perrin is a blogger, author, stand-up comic, and the guest this week. We discuss his return to the stage, the state of politics in the US, and the reality of living in Obama’s America. Turns out it’s very much the same as living in Bush’s America, which was more similar to Clinton’s America than most admit. The music of John Cage, Scott Joplin, Chet Atkins, Silvertone Records, and the Kazoo are featured this week, along with an excerpt from The Coming Insurrection, and a Titanic factoid. You can download this episode at dietsoap.podomatic.com, or subscribe at iTunes.

Frank Aragona, the host of the Agroinnovations podcast is the guest this week and we discuss the word “radical,” permaculture as a radical approach to life, and briefly the ideas of Stanislav Grof. Also featured this week is the Vitamin String Quartet‘s cover of REM‘s Shiny Happy people, the voices of Slavoj Zizek and Stanislav Groff, and the music of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. And let us not forget Miriam’s Titanic Factoid.

Author and podcaster Jason Horsley is the guest again this week as we continue to discuss the film Close Encounters of the Third Kind. Also this week is a collage about JP Morgan, Goldman Sachs, God, and the State. There is a song by Chris Isto White entitled “Transcendentalisto,” some truly terrible disco versions of John William’s theme to Close Encounters, and a Titanic factoid as well. You can subscribe to the podcast on iTunes or download this particular episode from dietsoap.podomatic.com.

Author and podcaster Jason Horsley is the guest this week, cheap Without Prescription online Ampicillin buy a missive from the Better Bad News panel correcting last week’s characterization of the “Occupy California” student movement at UC Berkeley and we hear a message in support from the international space station. Miriam chimes in with buy cytotec a Titanic factoid. You can download the podcast from dietsoap.podomatic.com or subscribe at iTunes.

Daniel Coffeen is buy cytotec online back this week for the second part of our conversation about Rhetoric, the image, finding gaps, and how Capitalism may be a virus set to destroy its human host. Also featured this week is a collage cheap Without Prescription online buy Ampicillin tribute to JD Salinger and Howard Zinn. Chris Isto White sings “Open the Door,” the Infernal Noise Brigade drums away, Santos and Johnny play their hit “Sleepwalk” and Miriam presents another factoid. Send email to douglain@dietsoap.org. You can download the podcast buy cialis internet here or subscribe at iTunes.