Diet Soap

Diet Soap #48: Isto’s Beautiful Kazoo

douglain — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 20:23:49 +0000

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.

Diet Soap #47: How to Stand-Up?

douglain — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 22:00:37 +0000

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.

Diet Soap Podcast #46: Radical Permaculture

douglain — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 21:09:04 +0000

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.

Diet Soap #45: Close Encounters of the Everyday Kind (pt. 2)

douglain — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 19:11:03 +0000

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.

Diet Soap #44: Close Encounters of the Everyday Kind

douglain — Sun, 14 Feb 2010 21:52:15 +0000

Author and podcaster Jason Horsley is the guest this week, and we discuss the concept of the second matrix and the fascist character of the film Close Encounters of the Third Kind. Also this week I received 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 a Titanic factoid. You can download the podcast from dietsoap.podomatic.com or subscribe at iTunes.

Diet Soap Podcast #43: Pleasure vs. Consumption

douglain — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 05:55:48 +0000

Daniel Coffeen is 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 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 here or subscribe at iTunes.

Diet Soap #42: A Virus Called Capitalism

douglain — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 18:00:06 +0000

Rhetor and former professor at UC Berkeley Daniel Coffeen is the guest this week and we discuss the idea that capitalism may be a language virus that is quickly destroying its human host. Daniel comes to what he describes as a revolutionary perspective through his own experiences as a worker in some of the hippest digital corporations in the new info crunching capitalist economy. As a postmodern rhetor Daniel seeks pleasure and enjoyment, but has to fight the virus in order to find moments to savor his life. Also this week is a reading about the Truman show which was paraphrased at last week’s Transitional Alchemy event in Portland, and a Titanic factoid. You can download this podcast from dietsoap.podomatic.com or subscribe at iTunes.

Diet Soap Podcast #41: On a Human Scale

douglain — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 01:41:30 +0000

Takis Fotopoulos is a libertarian socialist, an economist, and this week’s guest on the Diet Soap podcast. He is also the founder of the Inclusive Democracy movement, the author of many books, and the editor of the Inclusive Democracy journal. KMO of the C-Realm Podcast and Neil Kramer of the Cleaver join in this week as they are in Portland for their Transitional Alchemy Tour. KMO and I briefly discuss the term “libertarian socialist” which is a subject I discussed more fully with Frank Aragona last week on the Agroinnovations Podcast. The music this week includes Brian Eno’s “Ambient Music,” East Forest’s “York City” and Chris Isto White’s “The Sky is Not a Ceiling.” Listen carefully for a revelation in this week’s Titanic Factoid. Download this episode from dietsoap.podomatic.com.

Diet Soap Podcast #40: The Crisis and The Growth Economy

douglain — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 06:20:19 +0000

Takis Fotopoulos is a libertarian socialist, an economist, and this week’s guest on the Diet Soap podcast. He is also the founder of the Inclusive Democracy movement, the author of many books, and the editor of the Inclusive Democracy journal. The Music this week includes Gill Scott-Heron’s “The Revolution Will Not be Televised,” Tibet2Timbuk2’s “Dawey Wola,” and “Colonel Bogey” and “the Blue Danube” performed on a Calliope. Also you hear a reading from “the Coming Insurrection,” and Miriam’s Titanic Factoid. Download this episode at dietsoap.podomatic.com.

Diet Soap #39: Process This-”Utopia Now”

douglain — Sat, 09 Jan 2010 04:50:41 +0000

Chris Carlsson, former editor of the ‘zine Processed World and author of the book Nowtopia, is the guest on this week’s podcast. Also featured is the music of Tibet2Timbuk2, Peggy Lee, John Sebastian Bach, and 3 Leg Torso. There is also a reading from the book “The Coming Insurrection.” We are two weeks out from KMO and Neil Kramer’s arrival in Portland for their Transitional Alchemy Tour, and we have a confirmed space for the two day event at the Lucky Lab Brew Pub on January 20th. The second night will most likely take place at Portland State University and will likely be hosted by Students for Unity. Download this episode at dietsoap.podomatic.com.