#kurt andersen

[books-and-cookies]

imagine earning a thousand times more than your employee

a thousand times more

and some people have the audacity to say corporate greed isn't a thing

#i'm flabbergasted #books #booklr #reading #evil geniuses #kurt andersen #nonfiction

[thatwritererinoriordan]

#evil geniuses: the unmaking of america #a recent history #kurt andersen #nonfiction #u.s. politics

[jwood718]

With apologies to Kurt Andersen and Random House, an extended excerpt:

“’Left-of-Center Americans let themselves get played for too long by the economic right.’”

     “Permit me to repeat: forty years ago in a Wall Street Journal column, the pioneering modern right-wing intellectual announced a main part of that cynical plan, presenting it as a defining fuck-you-chumps feature of the conservatives’ new approach: if tax cuts for the rich and big business ‘leave us with a fiscal problem,’ Irving Kristol wrote, again with a smile, mammoth government debt is fine, because from now on ‘the neoconservative’ would force��‘his opponents to tidy up afterwards.’”

Irving Kristol, 1976 via The Guardian.

     “Ever since, the liberals’ political role on economics and deficits...[has been working] to prove that they are responsible grown-ups...conservative the way conservatives used to be.  As college-educated professionals became a more and more important Democratic constituency, the general reluctance on  the left to try anything too crazy also grew...the left learned the lesson too well, and by the ‘90s it became a very bad habit...

     In the spring of 2020 we urgently increased the total federal debt by 13 percent.  Watch: if Democrats get more power in Washington anytime soon, there well be a new Republican outbreak of mock fiscal panic and insistence on restraint--hysterical in both senses, overwrought as well as darkly funny.  It’s past time to resist that trap... Knee-jerk centrism, splitting the difference from the get-go between themselves and the official right, with the goal of upsetting nobody very much, has been a terrible Democratic reflex on economics...” [emphasis added].

This was published in 2020, before the elections of that year.  Now, in 2023, that “mock fiscal panic and insistence on restraint” however hysterical in any sense seems to be quite true.  Very prescient, Mr. Andersen.

Evil Geniuses: The Unmaking of America - A Recent History by Kurt Andersen; Random House, New York, NY; 2020.  Pgs 356-357.

One of the books I’d put on my essential history reading list.

#neolibereralism #capitalism! #kurt andersen #bookworm #the political economy #the system is built this way

[starborn-souls]

PLANETARY AESTHETICS, bold or italicize what applies.

SUN. egotistical. melted wax wings and fingers. stretching sunburnt skin. the most generous soul. blood in the fruit. halos. anger on fire. high vitality. thunderous laughter. is pride really a sin? halogenic aura.

MERCURY. expansion of the mind. silver tongued. an everlasting wanderer. polyglot. high dexterity. handwritten letters. innately critical. en vogue. eyes in the trees. hidden libraries. there's always room for improvement.

VENUS. in love with strangers. iridescent waters. love potions for your mirror. selfless devotion. shattering crystal. seafoam upon sand. the golden ratio. drowning in your own passion. material value and high principles. luring. plush lips.

EARTH. fresh springs. tree hugger. we can start again tomorrow. a blazing rainforest. respects survival of the fittest. nature's adversity. lazy bones. constantly evolving. flowers sprouting from wounds. a granite altar. fossilized remains.

MOON. illusory. silver shimmer off the ocean. secrets and gossip. cycles of reincarnation. crybaby. physically ethereal. shared glances with a stranger. cat eyes. mistrusting their intuition. fear is a prison. ornate magic wands.

MARS. healthy competition. attraction and repulsion. magma and rubies. a blade being forged. wrath, wrath, wrath. malefic. intense eye contact. cannon fodder and fireworks. blood floods. copper taste on your tongue.

JUPITER. red robes and a suit of armor. beacon of stability. leader from birth. thunderbolts and lightning. guilty but can't stop. secret rich kid. golden touch, golden tears. innate optimist. failure isn't an option. constantly reaching for more. unfinished symphonies.

SATURN. traditional. overbearing energy. a sculptor of reality. this existence is a karmic one. has a heart; it's just way down deep. law, order, and justice. avoid all necessary risk. the sound of shackles clanging. sisyphus' struggle. grappling with the reality of time. self - governing.

URANUS. psychedelic funk music. overflowing cups. a rebellion with skin. looking good in a photo id. oblivious but caring. middle fingers in the air. double rainbows. icy diamond exterior. holographic. afraid of their own mediocrity. pearlescent smoke.

NEPTUNE. an elegy for the lost. dissolving boundaries. white horses. the burden of mystical conditions. deceptive. escapism is their reality. a polarizing entity. artist's soul. paranoia. searching for the unseen. a siren's swan song.

PLUTO. angel statues over graves. power. the cycle of necrosis. transformative. unfathomable depths. an ivory tower toppling over. screaming at the sky. violets and irises. eclipsed darkness. speaks with their shadow. sex. death. rebirth.

#Kurt Andersen // dragon of the north #truths brought to light // headcanons and lore #dash games

[johnny-dynamo]

A Very Gremlins Christmas by Kurt M. Andersen

[limbusrailway]

PINNED POST INTRO

I am Ace! (They/Them) I’m a funny little writer, I like classic lit, Limbus launched and I got into Project Moon. We will see if this blog maintains ANY sort of consistent activity.

My Limbus Company friend code is S359631343 - I try to keep units relatively leveled and have my favorite/most powerful of each sinner up in their respective number slot. If you know me via discord or somewhere else just message me and I’m willing to swap out IDs and EGO and the like to meet needs!

Favorite Sinners are Sinclair, Meursault, Rodya, Yi Sang, Faust, Hong Lu, and Gregor because everyone like Gregor that’s the law. But I generally enjoy everyone!!

General info on my “bus” of fansinners underneath the cut.

Limbus OC content generally under the tag “LCR (limbus company railway)”

Individual Sinner/Character Tags for this blog:

Yi Sang - make friends with crows

Faust - faust is quite gay

Don Quixote - ONWARD BRAVE KNIGHT

Ryoushuu - B.L.E.E.D. (Big Lesbian Energy Extra Debauchery)

Meursault - MEURSAULTS TITS

Hong Lu - poor little rich boy

Heathcliff - hes gonna clobber ya

Ishmael - fishmael

Rodion - gambling addiction

Sinclair - cheepcheep

Outis - outism moment

Gregor - *scuttling noises*

Dante - tiktok

Vergilius - oh no hes giving me THE LOOK--

Charon - the wheels on the bus go crunch crunch crunch

Sinner #1 (23) - Kai

Source: The Snow Queen (Hans Christen Andersen)

Color: Beau Blue (BCD4E6)

Icon: A Snowflake  

Weapon: Virkelighed (Danish; "Reality") [Unique knife designed for slashing, blade loops around the fingers of a fist much like brass knuckles.]

E.G.O.: The Devil's Mirror

Sinner #2 (24) - Pan

Source: Peter Pan (J. M. Barrie)

Color: Forest Green (0B6623)

Icon: Panpipes & a Feather

Weapon: Youth [Short sword.]

E.G.O.: Second Star to the Right

Sinner #3 (25) - Dorothy

Source: The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (L. Frank Baum)

Color: Ruddy Blue (76ABDF)

Icon: The Silver Slippers

Weapon: Home [A hammer.]

E.G.O.: Over the Rainbow

Sinner #4 (26) - Orpheus

Source: Greek Myth

Color: Bone (E7DECC) 

Icon: A Lyre.

Weapon: Μούσα (Greek; "Muse") [A guitar.]

E.G.O.: Don’t Look Back

Sinner #5 (27) - Aino

Source: The Kalevala (The National Epic of Finland)

Color: Arsenic (3B444B) 

Icon: A Fish.

Weapon: Neitsyt (Finnish; "Maiden") [A whip.]

E.G.O.: Moonmaid’s Silver, Sunmaid’s Gold

Sinner #6 (28) - Charles Wallace

Source: A Wrinkle In Time (Madeleine L'Engle)

Color: Pastel Pink (FFD1DC) 

Icon: A ringed planet.

Weapon: Tesseract [A flail.]

E.G.O.: Something New

Sinner #7 (29) - Hallward

Source: The Picture of Dorian Gray (Oscar Wilde)

Color: Teal (48AAAD) 

Icon: A painter’s palette.

Weapon: Worship [A staff.]

E.G.O.: Portrait of the Artist

Sinner #9 (31) - Momo

Source: Momo or The Gray Men (Michael Ende)

Color: Ochre (CC7722)

Icon: A blossoming flower.

Weapon: Zeit (German; "Time") [Armor.]

E.G.O.: The Hour Blossoms

Sinner #10 (32) - Candide

Source: Candide (Voltaire)

Color: Eminence (6C3082) 

Icon: A two-sided mask, reminiscent of that of comedy and tragedy.

Weapon: Pire (French; "Worst") [A rapier.]

E.G.O.: Everything Is Best

Sinner #11 (33) - Billy Pilgrim

Source: Slaughterhouse 5 (Kurt Vonnegut)

Color: Ruby (900603) 

Icon: A broken clock.

Weapon: Poo-tee-weet [A shotgun.]

E.G.O.: Unstuck in Time

Sinner #12 (34) - Darcy

Source: Pride & Prejudice (Jane Austen)

Color: Yale Blue (00356B) 

Icon: A coin & ring.

Weapon: Pride [Throwing knives.]

E.G.O.: Lost Forever

Sinner #13 (35) - Riviera

Source: Neuromancer (William Gibson)

Color: Lime (AEF359) 

Icon: A syringe.

Weapon: Chrome [Claws.]

E.G.O.: Millions of Illusions

Sinner #8 [30] MANAGER - Alice

Source: Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland (Lewis Carrol)

GUIDE - Lily / The White Queen

Source: Through the Looking-Glass (Lewis Carrol)

E.G.O.: Lost Daughter

DRIVER - Nemo

Source: 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (Jules Verne)

#limbus #limbus company #project moon #lobotomy corporation #library of ruina #my ocs #LCR (limbus company railway) #fansinners #ace writes #limbus oc

[aggravateddurian]

Cyberpunk 2079: Chorus

Dorian Bautista (2079)

Dorian has new friends. Don't worry, they don't bite... much.

Girl with the green hair is a generic Barghest grunt, but I love her look so I'm giving her a whole name and backstory.

Tarryn Arias is a former member of BARGHEST.

When Kurt Hansen died, she and a small retinue of BARGHEST soldiers found issue with Bennett's leadership and left the organisation. For a time, they operated in the Badlands, 'draining the swamp' (read: flatlining Raffens) and stealing supplies from Militech convoys.

Then they met Dorian Bautista and his netrunner ally, Kaylee Andersen. Bautista told Tarryn about a malevolent scheme called Carpe Noctem, a scheme by Militech and Night Corp to covertly steal Night City and destroy what little freedom Night Citizens have left. All Dorian had to tell Tarryn was 'corpo plot' and she and her crew were aboard with his scheme to wage war with Night Corp.

Alone, they don't have much of a chance, however, Dorian and Kaylee have a secret weapon, an abandoned Militech project that will be as destructive to the powers that be as any nuclear warhead.

#cyberpunk #cyberpunk 2077 #cyberpunk 2077 photomode #cp2077 #cp2077 photomode #virtual photography #my vp #cp2077 au: chorus #oc: dorian bautista #oc: tarryn arias #barghest #carpe noctem

[tcustodis]

My fav things from pokemon manga so far:

- Some Kanto gym leaders being in Team Rocket

- Oak and Agatha writing a ballad together with Kurt and old couple from the Day Care

- Kanto elite four being evil (with some good motivations)

- Yellow

- Giovanni not being a one dimensional villain.

- Wallace having a flying car in the year 2004

- Hans Christian Andersen existed in this universe

#tc venting machine #tc reads pokespe

[singeratlarge]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY to Hans Christian Andersen, Beethoven’s 1st Symphony (1800), Giacomo Casanova, Charlemagne, Walter Chrysler, tap dancer Honi Coles, Larry Coryell, Billy Dean, Dr. Demento, Buddy Ebsen, Michael Fassbinder, Serge Gainsbourg, Alec Guinness, Emmylou Harris, Håkan Hellström, Chris Janson, artist & singer-songwriter Ben Kaplan, Rodney King, music curator Kevin Marhanka, trumpeter David Mason (“Penny Lane”), Christopher Meloni, Herbert Mills (Mills Brothers), Lou Monte, agent John Regna, David Robinson (The Cars), Leon Russell, the 1968 film 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY, Joe Vitale, Jack Webb, Leon Wilkeson (Lynyrd Skynyrd), Kurt Winter (Guess Who), Émile Zola, and the multi-talented groundbreaking singer-songwriter Marvin Gaye—A pioneer of “soul musis,” opening up the genre to orchestral, jazz, and pop expressions while baring his raw soul in song. He was a prolific, very creative, and tormented soul who spoke to so many and gave a voice to many more. Here's an acoustic (unedited board tape) "coffee house version" I did of his evergreen song "What's Goin' On." HB Marvin, and hopefully you found peace beyond your mortal coil.

 

#marvingaye #motown #gordyrecords #soulmusic #singersongwriter #civilrightsmovement #coffeehouse #johnnyjblair #singeratlarge #williamsportpa #pennsylvania

#Marvin Gaye #Motown #soul music #singer songwriter #civil rights movement #coffee house #Johnny J Blair #Williamsport #Pennsylvania

[contentgreenearth]

ACCUMULATED TYPINGS

These are people/characters (other than the 200 people from my dreams), who I've typed personally, or I've seen typed somewhere else, and I agree with the typing. To agree with a typing, the person had to type the same using my methodology as outlined in my Typing In Practice Posts.

If I actually know, or can be fairly certain of, a person's DISC and SOJT type, I will put it after their name in parenthesis. If there's a Typing In Practice post for this person, the number will also appear after their name in parenthesis

ESTJ

Astrippus (&)

Diana Ross (#11)

Lindsay Johnson/LiJo (#2)

Madonna (#12) (D/C [S] slot 21) (Te-s/Se-f)

Napoleon (&)

Paul from Tarsus in the Bible

ESTP

Adele (#13)

"Eminem " persona

Göthe (&)

"Harry Potter "

Jennifer Lopez ( #16 )(D=I [-], not on wheel)(Se T>F)

Laban in the Bible

ENTJ

C S Joseph (#17)

Donald Trump

"Darth Vader"

Lenin (&)

King Solomon in the Bible

ENTP

Ben Vasserlan (#14)

Chris from "Asura Psych" (#17)

Joshua in the Bible

Socrates (&)

Taylor Swift (#6) (D/I [S] slot 24)(Ne T>F)

ESFJ

Ariana Grande

Barnabas in the Bible

Beyonce Knowles

Bill Clinton (F-s E>I)

Doctor Mike

Elton John

"Lady Gaga" persona

Marshall Mathers (#10)(I/S/D slot 47)(Fe S>N)

Mary Wilson-Supremes (#11)(I=S)(F-s E>I)

Ronald Regan

ESFP

Aaron the Priest in the Bible

Alecia Moore/P!nk (#9)(I [S][C] slot 8)(Fe-s short dom/long aux)

Florence Ballard-Supremes (#11)

Jack from Jacksepticeye YouTube channel (#19)

Kurt Cobain-Nirvana (#18)

Michael Hutchence-INXS (#18)

Miley Cyrus (#4)

Pushkin (&)

Robin Williams/comedian

ENFJ

Joseph Göbbels (Hitler's media manager)

Kristin from "Dear Kristin" (#5)(I/D [S] Slot 26)(Fe-n/Ne-t)

Rebekah in the Bible

Simon Peter in the Bible

Tolstoy (&)

ENFP

Erik Thor (#7)(I [C][D] Slot 105)(Ne F>T)

Frank James

Ghazali (&)

Hans Christian Andersen (&)

King David in the Bible

Michael Jackson (#3)

Oscar Wilde

Prince Rogers Nelson

ISTJ

Jacob in the Bible

Plato (&)

St. Augustine (&) (FP to TJ in transit)

ISTP

Epicurus (&)

John son of Zebedee in the Bible

Moses in the Bible

INTJ

Blaise Pascal (&)

Einstein (&)

Elijah in the Bible

George W Bush

Jung

INTP

Lao Tsu (&)

Nietzsche

ISFJ

Akhmatova (&)

Isaac in the Bible

ISFP

Alicia Argello-Cook/Alicia Keys (#15) (S/D [C], slot 132) (S-f I>E)

Nehemiah in the Bible

Stefani Germanotta (#8)

INFJ

Adolf Hitler

Isabel Myers-MBTI inventor

INFP

Abraham in the Bible

Rousseau (&)

This is all I have for now. I will add and edit as I get more. (*) means I have typed the person as such, using my method. I just haven't written the Typing In Practice post for that person yet 🙃

(&) is a new symbol I'm adding to represent mass typings from "The Syntax of Love " by Afansayev. There will be so many, I'm not going to do Typing In Practice Posts for them, but I will place the people I was successfully able to type from that book, in SOJT, to this list

[dearestaeneas]

for the book asks! i'm curious about 1, 2 and 10 ✨

my beloved mutual!!

1) Neil Gaiman’s American Gods, for sure. He’s the weird goth writer that made me into a weird goth writer. Everything I create is his fault. (Also on my most reread is Fangs by Sarah Andersen, depending on how you wanna categorize comics + graphic novels with books)

2) American Gods (surprising, I know), Slaughterhouse Five by Kurt Vonnegut, Alice Isn’t Dead by Joseph Fink, The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller, and The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern! These are in no particular order, really, but I WILL say that Alice Isn’t Dead was an INSTANT favorite. I love Joseph Fink’s style! He’s also one of the authors I accidentally have an autographed book from (the other being Gail Carriger!)

10) I don’t think I have one! I guess as a genre, romance? I don’t read novels that are strictly romance, it’s more that there are important romantic plots in a lot of the stuff I like, but the majority of the book will fall under fantasy, etc. I don’t consider myself to be someone who reads a lot of romance, but if you look at my storygraph apparently that is an AGGRESSIVE LIE. (I mentioned Gail Carriger- NO ONE is doing it like her. I think the Parasol Protectorate books are what made me go “Oh, oh, oh no, I am not immune to supernatural romance.”)

#thanks for the ask!! #I rambled! I rambled and I’m sorry for that! #this has reminded me to start categorizing my books as ‘intentional autograph’ or ‘whoopsy autograph’ #:3

[thatwritererinoriordan]

#Evil Geniuses: The Unmaking of America: A Recent History #Kurt Andersen #History #U.S. History #nonfiction

[alexlacquemanne]

Avril MMXXII

Films

Death Proof (2007) de Quentin Tarantino avec Kurt Russell, Zoë Bell, Rose McGowan, Rosario Dawson, Vanessa Ferlito et Sydney Tamiia Poitier

The Battle of the Sexes (1959) de Charles Crichton avec Peter Sellers, Robert Morley, Constance Cummings, Jameson Clark, Ernest Thesiger et Donald Pleasence

Le Bal des casse-pieds (1992) de Yves Robert avec Jean Rochefort, Jacques Villeret, Victor Lanoux, Miou-Miou, Sandrine Caron, Jean Carmet et Odette Laure

Le Gentleman d'Epsom (1962) de Gilles Grangier avec Jean Gabin, Louis de Funès, Jean Lefebvre, Paul Frankeur, Franck Villard, Madeleine Robinson et Joëlle Bernard

La Comtesse de Hong-Kong (A Countess from Hong Kong) (1967) de Charlie Chaplin avec Marlon Brando, Sophia Loren, Tippi Hedren, Margaret Rutherford et Sydney Chaplin

La Banquière (1980) de Francis Girod avec Romy Schneider, Marie-France Pisier, Claude Brasseur, Jean-Claude Brialy, Jean Carmet et Jean-Louis Trintignant

La Grande Vadrouille (1966) de Gérard Oury avec Bourvil, Louis de Funès, Terry-Thomas, Claudio Brook, Mike Marshall, Marie Dubois, Pierre Bertin et Andréa Parisy

Les Demoiselles de Rochefort (1967) de Jacques Demy avec Catherine Deneuve, Françoise Dorléac, Jacques Perrin, George Chakiris, Gene Kelly, Danielle Darrieux et Michel Piccoli

Le Mans (1971) de Lee H. Katzin avec Steve McQueen, Siegfried Rauch, Elga Andersen et Luc Merenda

Ma famille t'adore déjà ! (2016) de Jérôme Commandeur et Alan Corno avec Arthur Dupont, Déborah François, Thierry Lhermitte, Marie-Anne Chazel, Jérôme Commandeur, Valérie Karsenti, Sabine Azéma, Éric Berger et Alicia Endemann

Séries

Kaamelott Livre IV, III

La Baliste II - Les Bonnes - La Révolte III - Le Rapport - L’Art de la table - Les Novices - Les Refoulés - Les Tuteurs II - Le Tourment IV - Le Rassemblement du corbeau II - Le Grand Départ - L’Auberge rouge - Les Curieux 1re partie - Les Curieux 2e partie - La Clandestine - Les Envahisseurs - La vie est belle - La Relève - Les Tacticiens 1re partie - Les Tacticiens 2e partie - Drakkars ! - La Réponse - Unagi IV - La Permission - Anges et Démons - La Rémanence - Silbury Hill II - Le repos du guerrier II - La poétique : 1e partie - La poétique : 2e partie - Cryda de Tintagel - Le déserteur - Les Suppléants - Le petit poucet - L'Ivresse II - La Potion de Vérité - Les Cousins - La Corne d'abondance - L'abstinent - Le Refuge - Le Dragon gris - La Potion de vivacité II - Vox populi III - La Sonde - La Réaffectation - La Poétique II : 1re partie - La Poétique II : 2e partie - Le Jeu de la guerre - Le Rêve d’Ygerne - Les Chaperons - L’Habitué - Le Camp romain - L’Usurpateur - Loth et le Graal - Le Paladin - Perceval fait ritournelle - La Dame et le Lac - Beaucoup de bruit pour rien - L’Ultimatum

Starsky et Hutch Saison 3, 4

Collection - La Folie du jeu - Le Poids lourd - Garde d'un corps - Le Piège - Sorcellerie - Le Professeur - La Corvée - Discomania - Ultimatum - La Photo - À votre santé

Columbo Saison 4, 5

Réaction négative - Tout n’est qu’illusion

Le Visiteur du Futur Saison 1

La Canette - La Pizza - La Copine - Le Casse-dalle - Le Policier - Le Policier Bis - La Réalité - Le Plan - Les Robots-Tueurs - La Bière - L'Aïeul - La Vérité - La Dépression - Le Docteur - L'Individu Perturbateur - Le Présent du Visiteur - Le Présent de la Brigade Temporelle - L'Échappée - Le Destin de Raph - La Traque - Spoilers ! - The end of the world as we know it

La Ligue des Justiciers Saison 1

L'Invasion : 1re partie - L'invasion : 2e partie - L'invasion : 3e partie - Au Cœur de la nuit : 1re partie - Au Cœur de la nuit : 2e partie

Meurtres au paradis saison 11

Enlèvement - Frères ennemis - Toujours plus haut - Un vent de Jamaïque

Le Coffre à Catch

#67 : Quand la WWE innove c'est bien ! - #68 : Qui se souvient de ce Triple Catch ?! - #69 : LA ECW VEND DU RÊVE

Dix pour cent Saison 2

Virginie et Ramzy - Fabrice - Norman - Isabelle - Guy - Juliette

The Grand Tour Saison 2, 3, 1

Les garçons du Niagara - Des Jaaaaags ! - Oh, Canada - Courses de Noël - Nouveau record - Oh oui, de l'essence - Bagages et vintage - Les Buggy Beach Boys : première partie - Les Buggy Beach Boys : seconde partie - Gare à l'Urus - Aston, astronautes et les enfants d’Angelina - Course polaire - Coup de vieux - Mozambique

Doctor Who

Legend of the Sea Devils

Les Petits Meurtres d'Agatha Christie Saison 3

Quand les souris dansent

Livres

La colère de Fantômas, tome 1 : Les bois de justice d'Olivier Bocquet et Julie Rocheleau

Kaamelott, tome 3 : L'Énigme du Coffre d'Alexandre Astier, Steven Dupré et Benoît Bekaert

C'est bon mais c'est chaud d'Antoine de Caunes

La colère de Fantômas, tome 2 : Tout l'or de Paris d'Olivier Bocquet et Julie Rocheleau

La colère de Fantômas, tome 3 : À tombeau ouvert d'Olivier Bocquet et Julie Rocheleau

Astérix, tome 15 : La Zizanie de René Goscinny et Albert Uderzo

Haute Tension de Richard Castle

#mediatheque #avril22

[starborn-souls]

Kurt: Agnar, if you don't shut the fuck up I'm going to throw myself out of the car. click Kurt: DID YOU JUST TURN THE FUCKING CHILDRENS LOCK ON?!

#Kurt Andersen // dragon of the north #Agnar Andersen // dragonfire soul #from the winds // incorrect quotes

[jmg-digitalhistoryuta]

History and Journalism

In journalism there is a saying that sometimes a story is too good to fact check, a story that is too good to bog down with tedious factchecking that would undermine the narrative and are less interesting to readers.  A perfect example is the report by Martin Gansberg on the murder of Kitty Genovese, titled “37 Who Saw Murder Didn’t Call Police,” and led to the psychological phrase “The Bystander Effect,” but unreported at the time was that there were people who did indeed call the police.  So as more journalists move into the historic profession, from writing books like War on Peace, to podcasts like Bag Man by journalist Rachel Maddow from MSNBC, it is important to remain skeptical of their findings no matter how entertaining or accurate they may be.  With journalism not only is there a difference in methodology and approach to research, but their work has also been codified into a consumer product, designed to entrance their audience into either purchasing their newspapers, their magazines, or tune in to their TV and radio news broadcasts.  The news with the largest outreach, not the most accurate, are then the ones rewarded with the most advertising dollars.

History by historians on the other hand, is more academically rigorous, and peer reviewed.  Instead of being strained by viewership, ad revenue, and corporate interest, most historians work in academia, museums, even the books most historians published are from various University Presses.  This not meant to pin historians and journalists against each other, nor is this a strict critique on the institution of journalism.  Afterall, Slate Magazine managed to create a thorough deep dive into the Richard Nixon Watergate scandal with their podcast Slow Burn.  But to get audiences enticed to listening they started their journey with Martha Mitchell, the wife of the United States Attorney General John N. Mitchell and was known as a frequent gossiper to the press to the point of ridicule on Rowan & Martin’s Laugh-In, a hilarious story designed to pull more viewers than to simply inform them of a subject.  But that levity and personal touch is needed to lure the masses to comprehend complex subjects.  After all, if you search YouTube for a video explaining how SLAPP lawsuits work the first result is from HBO’s news satire program Last Week Tonight, the video also has the most views on the subject with 22 million while most of the others have not even break a million.

But historians have also participated in creating podcasts that are both entertaining and informative, the most notable that you should check out and listen for yourself is Nixon at War the podcast hosted by novelist and historian Kurt Andersen and published by the Public Radio Exchange, PRX, the focus was shifted away from the sensational Watergate scandal like most journalists tend to favor and instead focused on President Nixon’s experience with the Vietnam War.  The success led to the spiritual sequel LBJ’s War about Nixon’s predecessor Lyndon B. Johnson and his tenure over the Vietnam War, beginning with Johnson’s friendship with Vietnam President Diem.  However instead of historian Kurt Andersen LBJ’s War was hosted by journalist for The Texas Standard David D. Brown. Perhaps if we historians want to have our work viewed by the public sector then we must also have a voice for radio, some of us certainly have the voice for it.

#UT arlington #digital humanities #Nixon at war #bystander effect #lyndon b. johnson

[nusca]

The 1920s to the 2020s was kind of the century of the magazine. Today, the industry is in more of a dusk, a slow dusk, and we're closer to sunset.

Kurt Andersen

#magazines