This week’s episode leads me to discuss the “ship of fools” allegory from Michel Foucault’s History of Madness, a brief history of Illinois Central Railroad and the nineteenth century California writer Bret Harte.
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Joel’s First Message (Joel 1)
This week’s message leads me to recall the great south Chicago institution AACM: The Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians, and the 1987 world series victory of the Minnesota Twins.
Mom’s First Message (Mom 1)
This episode contains a message from my mom.
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Phone Messages: The Explanation
After weeks of planning, I have finally posted the first episode of my podcast. Continue reading Phone Messages: The Explanation
Learning from Buffalo

Rima Yamazaki’s poetic documentary on the Buffalo architectural landscape reveals how labor maintains structures and labor’s loss brings rust. Continue reading Learning from Buffalo